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September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows the ABC Sports broadcasting team who quickly shifted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides an important perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by millions of people at the time.

At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), the story focuses on the intricate details of the high-tech broadcast capabilities of the time, juxtaposed against the many lives at stake and themoral decisions that needed to be made against an impossible ticking clock.

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum,...

Director, writer and producer Tim Fehlbaum and writer Moritz Binder took guests behind their riveting thriller “September 5,” about the game-changing, real-time broadcast coverage of the 1972 Munich massacre from the perspective of the sports broadcasters who raced to cover the events, during the latest presentation of the Variety Screening Series presented by Barco.

They did tremendous research before starting to write the script, and that included a key conversation with producer Geoffrey Mason who was played by John Magaro in the movie. This prompted the decision to tell the story, uniquely from the point of view of CBS Sports broadcasters that were on site to cover the Olympics.

“We thought we were talking to a source, but [Mason] became the source,” Binder related of Mason taking them through the tense 22 hours in Munich. “He’s a very good storyteller; he got into so much detail. He talked about the questions that...

The historical weight of broadcast journalism drama “September 5” was carried by a star-studded ensemble cast, which, according to producer Sean Penn, is the whole reason why the film works.

Penn produced the film that captures the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. “September 5” follows an American sports broadcasting team that had to quickly adapt from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes being taken hostage. The film is an English-language German and U.S. co-production, and includes real archive footage with recreated scenes to have a documentary style.

“‘September 5’ is the true story of a sports television crew that had to make the switch from sports to news on that day,” writer/director/producer Tim Fehlbaum said in a featurette exclusive to IndieWire. “We wanted to have very unique casting.”

And producer Penn couldn’t agree more: “It’s a tremendous group of actors,...

Twenty years ago, John Magaro was an aspiring actor who had just moved to New York when he got a call about being a background actor in Munich, Steven Spielberg‘s historical drama about the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis.

“Mainly it was sitting around in like a community center in Brooklyn, and then the ADs come in and they’re like, ‘Hey, you, you, you come over here.’ We’re walking on the street, walk across the street, past Eric Bana, and don’t f— it up. And that was my start. You can see my younger version of myself walking across the street from Eric Bana,” Magaro tells Gold Derby. “Eric Bana and I ended up working together on this movie that a lot of people haven’t seen called The Finest Hours, this Disney movie, and I never mentioned that [to him]. I never mentioned that I had walked across...

A scene from Paramount Pictures’ ‘September 5’ (Photo © 2024 Paramount Pictures)

Director and co-writer Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 examines the horrifying events of September 5, 1972, when terrorists took 11 Israeli athletes competing in the Munich Olympics hostage. Previous feature films and documentaries have covered the subject, but never from the perspective of the ABC Sports team assigned to cover the competition.

The ABC Sports team was not prepared for the near-instantaneous switchover from heralding athletic achievements in the ring, pool, and on the track to covering a terrorist attack live on air. And how could they have been? No network had ever been in their position before. The ’72 Olympics marked the first-ever live broadcast via satellite around the globe. The network stationed cameras throughout the Olympic venues, the Olympic Village, and atop the Olympic Tower to provide complete, round-the-clock coverage. Nothing would be missed.

Coordinating producer Geoff Mason (John Magaro) was preparing for his...

“September 5” feels as much like a time capsule as a pressure cooker of a film, as an ABC Sports crew doing cutting-edge live broadcasting of the 1972 Munich Olympics ends up covering much more than that.

In its most compelling moments, the Tim Fehlbaum film shows the audience the gulf between the journalists making decisions with imperfect information and the implications of those decisions — the characters’ goal may be “to follow the story,” but real life never abides by the rules of journalistic objectivity. To create this tension throughout the film, production designer Julian R. Wagner needed to craft sets that felt as grounded, authentic, and (sometimes) claustrophobic as possible.

So Wagner and his production design team made their lives a lot more difficult in service of giving “September 5” as honest a depiction as possible of what it would’ve been like to walk the halls of that Munich studio in the summer of ‘72. “Normally,...

In a technical sense, the archive footage of ABC Sports commentator Jim McKay is the real star of “September 5,” director Tim Fehlbaum’s gripping docudrama about the Munich Summer Olympics hostage crisis of 1972. In fact, treating McKay as one of the characters allowed for a more authentic recreation of the events. This was accomplished by blending the broadcast footage, which played in real-time on the monitors, with directed scenes in the control room set (shot at Bavaria Studios in Munich).

The Munich massacre was historic for two reasons: It was the first live Summer Olympics broadcast (thanks to satellite tech), and it was the first live terrorist attack. For 22 hours, the ABC Sports production team pivoted to news in broadcasting the killing of the Israeli Olympic team, which was taken hostage in Munich by Black September (part of the Palestine Liberation Organization).

“It was a very intuitive process,” editor Hansjörg Weißbrich told IndieWire.

Plot: While covering the 1972 Munich Olympics, the team at ABC Sports find themselves covering the horrifying Munich Massacre in real-time.

Review: September 5 isn’t the first movie about the Munich Massacre. Steven Spielberg brilliantly depicted the events and their aftermath in Munich (perhaps his last truly great film). However, this movie takes a different approach in how it covers the events unravelling in real time from the studios at ABC Sports in Germany. We follow a team of sleep-deprived journalists who are supposed to be there covering the Olympics and find themselves chronicling events that they know can only end in tragedy and will have global consequences, the repercussions of which are still felt today.

For me, the film had particular resonance. Before I started working for JoBlo, I worked in radio as an “op”, which basically meant I handled the audio boards, screened the calls, and ran the operations side of live radio broadcasts.

Like many first ideas, Tim Fehlbaum’s initial vision for “September 5” was wider in scope. Broadly speaking, the film is about the hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The Swiss director’s original script, which he co-wrote with Moritz Binder, told the story from the perspectives of reporters, politicians, and police.

But then he talked to Geoffrey Mason, one of the producers behind ABC Sports’ live 22-hour coverage of the ordeal.

“We started to learn more and more what an important role the media played on that day,” Fehlbaum tells Gold Derby. “And then listening to Geoffrey Mason and his stories of what they experienced as a crew, what challenges they faced … we said, ‘Maybe you can entirely tell it from that perspective.'”

Fehlbaum and Binder streamlined the script to focus solely on the ABC Sports team making on-the-fly decisions after Palestinian militant organization Black September killed two members...

“September 5” marks another film chronicling the 1972 Munich Olympic terror attacks and it’s hitting theaters with an introduction to streaming platforms at a later date.

The acclaimed film explores the events that found the Israeli athletes at the game being held hostage by a terrorist group through the eyes of an American TV broadcast team covering the Games. “September 5” follows them as they make judgement calls on what and how to show the ongoing developments.

Here’s everything you need to know about the new movie, how to watch “September 5” right now and where to expect it on streaming.

When does “September 5” come out?

“September 5” opened in theaters on Friday, Dec. 13.

Is “September 5” streaming or in theaters?

Right now, “September 5” is only playing in theaters so the only way to see it is by buying a movie ticket. Eventually, the film will stream on Paramount+ but details on the...

It’s a quiet afternoon in New York City, two days before Thanksgiving, and “September 5” star John Magaro and I are settled into a bright table at an East Village restaurant for drinks and professional chatter. A few feet away, a group of peppy young women are sitting down for their own mid-afternoon tipple, chatting about movies they’ve caught recently. “Have you seen ‘Wicked’?” one giddily asks her friends. They all have.

With a wry smile, Magaro leans an inch or so toward them, not close enough for the group to see or hear, but just enough to get a laugh out of me, and stage-whispers, “Have you seen ‘September 5’?”

Hire John Magaro for your film, and he’s going to work hard for it, every step of the way. That extends beyond winking recommendations, down to nuts-and-bolts prep and bringing his full self to each and every day.

September 5 actors Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Chaplin and John Magaro tell CineMovie that the multi-camera production felt like a theater setting in a guerillo-style shoot with continuous takes around the cramped sets. The actors also reveal shooting in the actual city of Munich and the nearby Olympic Village set the mood for the production. September 5 is playing in select cities now and expanding into more theaters on January 17, 2025. ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s buzziest awards-season films continues with September 5, Paramount’s gripping period thriller directed by Tim Fehlbaum, and written by Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder and co-writer Alex David.

Set amid the events of the 1972 Munich Olympics, the film follows what happens when ABC, which was covering the games for U.S. audiences, was on air when news came down that members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian militant group Black September. The script keeps the Pov of the ABC control room as events unfold, as producers and reporters and scramble to cover the fast-moving story with global implications — and sensitivities of the highest order — in real time, being the only TV network with live cameras filming the hostages’ location in the Olympic Village.

The writers used first-hand accounts including of Geoffrey Mason, the ABC Sports...

"That's a TV! Are they seeing what we're seeing?" Paramount has revealed a new making of featurette video for the film September 5, one of the major Oscar contenders in play this awards season. The official trailer dropped a few months ago, and the film premiered at both the 2024 Venice & Telluride Film Fests earlier in the fall. During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes. The film focuses on the crew of the ABC Sports TV station that was located right inside the Olympic village, covering all the sports events live for the first time ever in TV history. The superb ensemble cast in the film includes Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Marcus Rutherford, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, Ferdinand Dörfler. This featurette is more of a more detailed intro to...

Exclusive: Paradigm has signed veteran actor Ben Chaplin for representation.

Currently, Chaplin can be seen starring opposite Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro in September 5, Tim Fehlbaum’s historical thriller examining the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis from the perspective of the ABC Sports broadcasting team. The film delves into how the crew, initially covering the Olympics, swiftly transitioned to reporting on the unfolding tragedy involving Israeli athletes taken hostage by the Palestinian group Black September. This event marked a pivotal moment in live news coverage, as the world watched the crisis unfold in real-time.

Chaplin plays Marvin Bader, a seasoned ABC Sports producer who plays a crucial role in the network’s coverage of the hostage situation. His work in the film earned him the Best Actor Award from the Denver Film Festival.

Premiering to strong reviews out of Venice, September 5 hits limits theaters on December 13 before expanding nationwide on January 17 for MLK Day weekend.

Historical drama September 5 charts the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis and is tipped to be an Oscar contender. A trailer:

September 5 is releasing in the US this week, which means we’ve got a final trailer to absorb before the film itself lands. Based on the hostage crisis that occurred during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, September 5 is a Paramount film that is said to cover the events from a different angle from previous explorations of the story, including Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film, Munich.

According to the synopsis:

‘The story focuses on Geogg, a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to legendary TV executive Roone Arledge. Together with German interpreter Marianne and his mentor Marvin Bade, Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage.’

Some are speculating that the film is so good that it’ll son be in awards contention. Early reviews are strong, and while early critical...

John Magaro is the glue that holds September 5 together. He stars as ABC Sports producer Geoffrey Mason, who was covering the 1972 Munich Olympics when Black September terrorists took Israeli athletes hostage in the Olympic compound. Magaro must convey the enormous pressure and responsibility placed on Mason as he is suddenly thrust into the hot seat to produce live coverage. Director Tim Fehlbaum chose Magaro because, he says, “He’s one of the best there is.” Next, Magaro is set to appear with Michael Fassbender in the spy drama The Agency, followed by Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film The Bride.

Deadline: You weren’t even born then, but what did you already know about Munich ’72?

John Magaro: I knew about it. I don’t know why I knew about it. I mean, I’ve always been a lover of history. My mother’s Jewish. I was raised Jewish, so I think...

When Leonie Benesch‘s German agent called the actress about “September 5,” she knew what she was going to say. The script came from casting director Simone Bär, who died in January 2023 and had cast Benesch in several projects, including “The White Ribbon,” “The Teachers’ Lounge,” and the series “Babylon Berlin.”

“She said, ‘Apparently it’s about Munich ’72. I know what you’re going to say: It’s been done before. I agree with you, but Simona said it is a really thrilling read,'” Benesch tells Gold Derby. “And that’s what it was. Because it takes this stance.”

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, who co-wrote the script Moritz Binder, “September 5” chronicles the hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Olympics, when Palestinian militant organization Black September killed two members of the Israel Olympic team in the Olympic Village and held nine others hostage who were later murdered as well. The stance it...

Paramount has tweaked the release dates of two of its awards season contenders heading into the year-end corridor.

Tim Fehlbaum’s newsroom drama September 5, previously dated for an exclusive release on November 29 followed by expansion on December 13, shifts to an exclusive release on December 13 with expansion on January 17, 2025.

Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, and Leonie Benesch lead the cast in the historical account of ABC Sports’ coverage of the unfolding crisis at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, when members of the Black September terrorist group stormed the Olympic Village, killing two Israeli athletes and taking a further nine hostage.

Paramount has tweaked the release dates of two of its awards season contenders heading into the year-end corridor.

Tim Fehlbaum’s newsroom drama September 5, previously dated for an exclusive release on November 29 followed by expansion on December 13, shifts to an exclusive release on December 13 with expansion on January 17, 2025.

Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, and Leonie Benesch lead the cast in the historical account of ABC Sports’ coverage of the unfolding crisis at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, when members of the Black September terrorist group stormed the Olympic Village, killing two Israeli athletes and taking a further nine hostage.

Paramount Pictures has changed the release dates of Oscar hopefuls “September 5” and “Better Man.”

“September 5,” which depicts the ABC Sports team’s coverage of the 1972 Munich hostage crisis, was scheduled to hit theaters on Nov. 29 before expanding on Dec. 13. It will now open on Dec. 17 and expand on Jan. 17, aka the day of Oscar nominations.

“Better Man,” a Robbie Williams biopic in which the British singer is portrayed as a chimpanzee, will keep its limited release date of Dec. 25, but it will now go wide on Jan. 10 instead of Jan. 17.

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, who co-wrote the script, and starring Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, and Leonie Benesch, “September 5” premiered to solid reviews at the Venice Film Festival, kickstarting its Oscar buzz. It currently has an 86 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a 71 on Metacritic. It’s currently in 11th place in the Best Picture Oscar odds.

See ‘September 5’ trailer:...

Paramount is making an awards play with its upcoming journalism drama “September 5,” moving its limited released to December 13 before releasing it nationwide on January 17, 2025.

The film was previously dated for a limited release on Thanksgiving weekend with a wide release in December, but is now being pushed back to a wide January slot that Paramount previously held for the Robbie Williams music biopic “Better Man.” That film will now be released wide on January 10 after a Christmas Day limited release.

“September 5” recounts the terrorist attacks at the 1972 Munich Olympics, in which Palestinian militants took Israeli athletes hostage, through the perspective of the ABC Sports crew that was there to cover the event. Peter Sarsgaard stars as ABC Sports chief Roone Arledge, who found himself unexpectedly in the position of overseeing the first ever live televised coverage of a terrorist attack.

John Magaro, Ben Chaplin and Leonie Benesch also star in the film,...

As awards buzz accumulates for Paramount’s eclectic Robbie Williams biopic Better Man and the ABC Sports Munich Olympics thriller September 5, the studio is tweaking both titles’ theatrical rollout plan.

September 5, which was scheduled to open exclusively on Black Friday, November 29, and expand on December 13, will now bow on December 13 exclusively and go wide on January 17 for MLK Day weekend. The Tim Fehlbaum-directed movie is 86% fresh with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

Meanwhile, Better Man, will still open exclusively on Christmas Day. But instead of going wide over MLK weekend, it now will go coast-to-coast on January 10. The Michael Gracey-directed feature is 87% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with critics.

Related: ‘Better Man’ Review: Robbie Williams Musical Wins Points For Most Unusual Star Casting In Movie Biopic History

Written by Moritz Binder and Fehlbaum, September 5 follows the ABC Sports control room in Germany during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics as the sports-focused...

September 5 director Tim Fehlbaum is opening up about why the now-Oscar contender was the next story he wanted to tell.

“It was the conversation that we — the producers, the writer and I — had with Geoffrey Mason, the real Geoffrey Mason, the character played by John Magaro,” Fehlbaum told The Hollywood Reporter at a special screening on the Paramount lot.

The film, which counts Sean Penn as one of its producers, chronicles the ABC Sports team at the 1972 Munich Olympics as they pivoted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage in the Olympic Village. Peter Sarsgaard stars as legendary ABC executive Roone Arledge, while Magaro plays Mason, a young producer for the network’s Olympic coverage.

“Listening to his stories and what he experienced during this 22-hour marathon of broadcasting on this crisis situation back then in Munich,” the director continued. “That was the moment when...

Jake Gyllenhaal is hitting the red carpet with his brother-in-law Peter Sarsgaard!

Jake, 43, stepped out to support Peter, 53, at a screening of his new movie September 5 on Tuesday (November 19) held at The Whitby Hotel in New York City.

Fellow cast members in attendance included Ben Chaplin and Leonie Benesch along with director Tim Fehlbaum, co-screenwriter Moritz Binder, and producer Philipp Trauer.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: “September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.”

September 5 hits select theaters on November 29, and opens nationwide in theaters on December 13. Watch the trailer here!

Paramount Pictures’ “September 5,” starring Peter Sarsgaard as TV executive Roone Arledge, has unveiled a first look clip at its upcoming Oscar contender (watch above).

The true-to-life thriller is set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics and chronicles the story of the ABC Sports broadcasting team members who decide to shift focus from covering the sporting event to reporting on the Israeli athletes that were taken hostage. “September 5” had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival in August, which is where Academy Awards buzz started swirling.

Swiss filmmaker Tim Fehlbaum directed the project from a script he co-wrote with Moritz Binder and Alex David. Joining Sarsgaard in the ensemble cast are Leonie Benesch as German interpreter Marianne Gebhardt, John Magaro as young producer Geoff Mason, and Ben Chaplin as Geoff’s mentor Marvin Bader.

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The stars of September 5 are hitting the red carpet.

John Magaro, Leonie Benesch, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ben Chaplin posed together at the premiere of their new movie on Thursday evening (November 14) held at Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.

Director Tim Fehlbaum and producer Sean Penn were also in attendance.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: “September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.”

September 5 hits select theaters on November 29, and opens nationwide in theaters on December 13. Watch the trailer here!

Click through the gallery inside for 20+ pictures of the stars at the premiere…...

The Denver Film Festival has announced the winners of its annual Audience Awards and Festival Juried Awards, with films like “Bob Trevino Likes It” and “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” taking top prizes.

Following the conclusion of the 47th edition of the festival, which ran from November 1 to November 10, Denver Film Festival artistic director Matthew Campbell said via statement, “This year’s Denver Film Festival brought us fantastic films, phenomenal guests, and unforgettable experiences. The films recognized this year tell strong stories through powerful perspectives, providing viewers with the chance to see themselves on the screen while also seeing something completely new. We are honored to recognize so many voices, both new and familiar, and to bring those stories to audiences right here in Denver.”

It is worth noting that, outside of the audience favorite short film “Jellyfish and Lobster,” the audience award winners were not eligible for juried prizes.

Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 stars John Magaro, Peter Sarsgaard, Leonie Benesch, and Ben Chaplin as ABC sports journalists unexpectedly put in the position of narrativizing the hostage crisis of the 1972 Munich Olympics. It’s an effective thriller––one couldn’t accuse it of being boring––but takes what feels like the safest possible approach to its fraught subject matter.

September 5 opens with ABC’s vintage logo as a cheerful voice announces these as the first Olympic Games to be broadcast live, promising that the Munich edition will remind the world of what unites us––an irony-loaded statement for those who know what’s coming. The handheld camera follows the ABC journalists as they begin their day in the studio. It is director Geoffrey’s (Magaro) first day on the job. He’s hoping to impress his bosses: the ambitious Roone Arledge (Sarsgaard) and “voice of reason” Marvin (Chaplin). Soon, shocking...

La película fue alabada en su estreno mundial en Venecia. © Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de Septiembre 5, un thriller sobre el fatídico momento que cambió para siempre la cobertura informativa en los medios de comunicación y que ha seguido influyendo en el tratamiento de la actualidad.

Septiembre 5 se ambienta en los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich de 1972 y narra las peripecias de un equipo de retransmisión deportiva estadounidense que hace rápidamente la transición de la información deportiva a la cobertura en directo del secuestro de los atletas israelíes. Geoff (John Magaro), un joven y ambicioso productor, se esfuerza por demostrar su valía a su jefe, el legendario ejecutivo de televisión Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Junto con la intérprete alemana Marianne (Leonie Benesch) y su mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), Geoff se hace cargo inesperadamente de la cobertura en directo. Enfrentado a temas y narrativas cambiantes,...

Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 follows the ABC Sports team that covered the armed attack by the Palestinian militant group Black September during the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics that resulted in the deaths of 11 Israeli Olympians. It’s a crisis freighted with geopolitical significance, but Fehlbaum and co-writer Moritz Binder seem almost desperate to avoid engaging with it. Still, the sympathies of September 5 do seem readily apparent. This is a film about a story with clear victims and clear perpetrators, being sold to a global audience by a group of well-meaning American journalists who happened to be caught in the fray.

September 5 is a journalism procedural that’s only impressive for its taut, docu-realistic depiction of a 17-hour ordeal as it affected the members of the ABC Sports crew on the titular day. Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard) is being relieved for the night by rookie TV producer Geoffrey Mason (John Magaro) when...

Journalism thrillers have a long history at the Oscars — All the President’s Men and Best Picture-winner Spotlight being among the most influential in the genre. Although September 5 does not reach those heights, it is a consistently entertaining picture with strong crafts and a solid ensemble.

September 5 Review

September 5 follows the ABC Sports broadcasting team as they find themselves in over their heads at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, having to report on a hostage crisis in which a group of Israeli athletes are taken by a group of terrorists. It’s a story that many people know (and has been told in film before) but from a different perspective than we usually see.

This blend of journalism drama and political thriller results in an utterly gripping thriller. Even though the story takes place over the course of an entire day, Tim Fehlbaum does a great job of ramping...

Ben Chaplin, John Magaro, and Peter Sarsgaard are stepping out to promote their new movie.

The guys posed for photos as they arrived at the AMPAS Tastemaker Luncheon for their new movie September 5 on Friday afternoon (October 25) held at The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills in West Hollywood, Calif.

Also in attendance was director Tim Fehlbaum.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: “September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.”

September 5 hits select theaters on November 29, and opens nationwide in theaters on December 13. Watch the trailer here!

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Paramount Pictures just released an intense, riveting new trailer for September 5, a potential Oscar contender. The film delves into ABC’s coverage of the hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, putting the decisions made behind the scenes in the spotlight.

Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, and Zinedine Soualem star. The cast also includes Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, and Ferdinand Dörfler.

“September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time,” reads Paramount’s synopsis.

“At the heart of the story is...

September 5 is coming.

The movie hits select theaters on November 29, and opens nationwide in theaters on December 13.

Here’s a synopsis: “September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.”

The synopsis continues: “At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage. As narratives shift, time ticks away,...

The trailer for September 5 brings the ethical and moral dilemmas that journalists face to the forefront when an ABC Sports team on the ground in Munich for the 1972 Olympics pivot to covering the terrorist attacks that took place in the Olympic Village that year.

The most in-depth look at the film thus far begins on a regular Olympics morning as the sports newsroom begins covering the games on Sept. 5, 1972, but before they know it, they’re thrust into an entirely different story.

“There’s a hostage situation going on right now in the Olympic Village,” John Magaro’s Geoff says in the trailer, as ABC News insists on taking over the story since the sports team is in “way over your head.” But legendary TV executive Roone Arledge, portrayed by Peter Sarsgaard, shuts the news team down and states the sports team will handle it.

“What do I tell the cameras?...

Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for the drama ‘September 5.’

The movie unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, “September 5” provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.

At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage. As narratives shift, time ticks away, and conflicting rumours spread, with the hostages’ lives hanging in the balance,...

Called “Gripping” by The Hollywood Reporter in their Venice Film Festival review, watch the trailer for September 5.

September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, “September 5” provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.

At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage. As narratives shift, time ticks away, and conflicting rumors spread, with...

“September 5” has awards prognosticators buzzing, and the first trailer released on Thursday offers a look at this pulse-pounding thriller that draws a direct corollary between a historic event and modern media.

The film takes place during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics and is told entirely from the point of view of the American Sports broadcasting team on the ground that was forced to jump into action when Israeli athletes were taken hostage. The story chronicles the tough decisions made in the newsroom, like whether their live coverage of the situation may be aiding the terrorists and what to do if someone gets shot live on camera.

John Magaro stars as a young and ambitious producer at the center of the situation, while Peter Sarsgaard plays legendary TV executive Roone Arledge. The cast also includes Leonie Benesch as a German interpreter and Ben Chaplin as Marvin Bader.

Tim Fehlbaum directed the...

Paramount has released the official trailer for September 5, the critically acclaimed drama that follows the ABC Sports TV team during the horrific events of the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, when the Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September took the entire Israeli Olympic team hostage in Munich.

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, September 5 follows the ABC broadcasting team as it quickly adapts from sports reporting to live coverage of the ever-deteriorating hostage situation. As the film’s synopsis states, “Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.”

The synopsis: “At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard). Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage.

Tim Fehlbaum‘s docudrama “September 5” was an unexpected hit at the Venice Film Festival, generating plenty of buzz for its gripping retelling of the 1972 Olympics hostage crisis. Paramount picked it up and has slotted it for an awards-friendly release date of November 29. The new trailer packs a lot into two minutes, encapsulating the conflict at ABC about how to cover the rapidly unfolding events.

Peter Sarsgaard portrays Roone Arledge, the ABC Sports executive overseeing the live coverage produced by John Magaro (Geoffrey Mason) under the direction of Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin). Caught in the middle of the ongoing debate about the ethics of giving airtime to the terrorists is their German interpreter Marianne Gebhardt (Leonie Benesch).

At his Venice Film Festival press conference, the Swiss director praised Arledge: “He was a visionary storyteller. He had ideas that are standard in today’s sports coverage, like handheld cameras on the field,...

While Steven Spielberg‘s 2005 film Munich explored the fallout of the shocking event at the 1972 Olympics, the new thriller, September 5, follows the newsroom of an American Sports broadcasting crew as the incident unfolds. Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for what’s being hailed as “One of the best movies of the year.” The film stars Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker and Ferdinand Dörfler.

The official synopsis reads,

“September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.

"Can we show someone being shot on live television?" Paramount Pictures has finally unveiled the official US trailer for a film called September 5, which premiered to exceptional praise at both the 2024 Venice & Telluride Film Festivals this fall. It has earned some very positive reviews but is only beginning to get buzz with a release dates set for November and December in US theaters. During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes. The film focuses on the crew of the ABC Sports TV station that was located in the Olympic village, covering all the sports events live for the first time ever in television history. Through this lens, September 5 provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time. It's a ticking clock thriller without showing any violence - it's...

As much as I loathe to wade into awards season chatter, one of the most humorous things thus far this year is various pundits predicting September 5 as the frontrunner for Best Picture, a film that has not earned all that much acclaim nor buzz in its festival debuts. Now audiences will get a chance to decide for themselves as Paramount rolls out the film, directed by Tim Fehlbaum and starring Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, and Ferdinand Dörfler, on November 29 before expanding wider on December 13. Ahead of the release, the first trailer has arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: “September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting...

Paramount Pictures has revealed the official trailer and poster for September 5, which unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today.

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, the film will open in select theaters on November 29, 2024, and opens nationwide on December 13.

Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, September 5 follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, the film provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.

At the heart of the story is Geoff (John Magaro), a young and ambitious producer striving to prove himself to his boss, the legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard).

Together with German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) and his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin), Geoff unexpectedly takes the helm of the live coverage.

For the first time in its history, the contest for the Audience Award at the Middleburg Film Festival has resulted in a tie. “Conclave” from Edward Berger and “September 5” from Tim Fehlbaum won top honors at the 12th edition of the Northern Virginia event.

“Conclave” centers on a cardinal (Ralph Fiennes) who is tasked with leading the secretive papal election after the sudden death of the Pope and finds himself in the middle of a battle for the direction of the Universal Church. It also stars Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Rossellini. Rossellini received the Agnès Varda Trailblazing Film Artist Award at this year’s festivities.

“September 5” chronicles the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis from the perspective of the ABC television crew that covered the Olympics outside the Olympic Village. It stars Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, and Leonie Benesch.

The top honor for documentary filmmaking went to “Martha,...

Paramount Global label Republic Pictures taken US and Canadian distribution rights to Alex Winter-directed Adulthood.

The parent company revived the Republic label in 2023 with a remit to acquire third-party fare. Paramount Global’s chief content licensing officer Dan Cohen is also president of Republic Pictures.

Cohen shared news of the acquisition in a keynote address at Mipcom today.

Cohen described Adulthood as a Coen Brothers-esque caper gone wrong. It stars Josh Gad, Kaya Scodelario,Anthony Carrigan and Winter himself, who is known for playing Bill in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. “But what he really is is a director.

Paramount is making some big shifts on its 2025 release calendar, the biggest title dated being Edgar Wright’s reboot of The Running Man starring Glen Powell. The pic is going the Friday before Thanksgiving next year, on November 21.

Running Man will race against Wicked: Part Two on that date as well as Angel Studios’ David and a Warner Bros event movie.

In regards to this year, Paramount also said Friday that its awards-season contender September 5 is now opening November 29 limited before getting a December 13 expansion. Previously, the pic that world premiered at the Venice and Telluride film festivals was set to go on November 27. The Tim Fehlbaum-directed movie starring Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin and Leonie Benesch depicts what happened with the ABC Sports TV control booth had to contend with a live act of terrorism during the 1972 Munich Olympics.

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After stealing the hearts of rom-com fans, tornado enthusiasts and hitmen this year, Glen Powell finally has his next major role dated for 2025.

He’ll star in director Edgar Wright’s remake of “The Running Man,” which is being released by Paramount on Nov. 21, 2025, the company announced Friday. Powell is taking on the role originated by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1987 action film, based on the novel by Stephen King. The film takes place in a dystopian future where a TV show follows criminal “runners” escape professional killers.

Paramount shuffled the dates for several other 2025 films. The “Naked Gun” reboot, starring Liam Neeson, has moved from July 18 to August 1. The cast includes Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, Danny Huston, Liza Koshy, Cody Rhodes, Cch Pounder and Busta Rhymes. Neeson stars as the son of Leslie Nielsen’s character in his classic, slapstick comedy franchise. It’s directed by Akiva Schaffer...

With one month to go before showtime at the 47th Denver Film Festival, festival organizers have peeled back the curtain to reveal this year’s official selections, honorees and jurors.

Presented by Denver Film, the festival will kick off with the opening night presentation of Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut The Piano Lesson from Netflix on Nov. 1. Hitting the screen at the McA Denver at the Holiday Theater, The Piano Lesson is an August Wilson adaptation starring Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Stephan James, Erykah Badu and more.

The festival runs Nov. 1-10, and during that time 185 features, documentaries and shorts will screen in the Colorado capital. Justin Kurzel’s The Order starring Jude Law as an FBI agent on the trail of a white supremacist group in the Pacific Northwest will serve as a centerpiece presentation on Nov. 8. The film, which also...