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The third installment of the Sicario franchise is officially in development, with Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin confirmed to return. Padraic McKinley will direct, and Steven Knight is writing the script. Production is slated to begin early next year, with the project being shopped to studios after Lionsgate released the first two films.
Padraic McKinley’s debut The Weight follows Ethan Hawke as a Depression-era prisoner forced to shepherd a team of fellow inmates on a perilous gold-haul across Oregon’s mountains, with Russell Crowe as the warden. While the movie delivers adrenaline-drenched set pieces and Hawke’s commanding performance helps keep the ride engaging, the screenplay leans on blunt racial optics and narrative devices, making it a largely thrilling but uneven wilderness thriller.
A four-film reviews roundup centers on Ethan Hawke’s restrained lead in Padraic McKinley’s The Weight, a 1930s Pacific Northwest prison-heist drama that nods to classic thrillers with practical effects and strong character work; it’s joined by Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom (a warm, silent-stop-motion Halloween romp), The Stunt Driver (a sincere Canadian stuntman biopic led by Jay Baruchel), and Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (Mahershala Ali in a tense thriller about faith and violence that struggles with its ambitions). Overall, Hawke’s standout performance anchors a mix of nostalgia-soaked homage, family-friendly entertainment, and uneven thematic explorations.