{"id":308441,"date":"2026-07-29T09:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/308441\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:35:55","slug":"the-new-york-film-festival-has-just-announced-a-behemoth-world-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/308441\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Film Festival has just announced a \u2018Behemoth!\u2019 world premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Move over Venice and Toronto, because the 64th New York Film Festival has just announced a major scoop of its own.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/theater\/lincoln-center-for-the-performing-arts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln Center<\/a>\u2019s Alice Tully Hall will be playing host to the world premiere of Tony Gilroy\u2019s much-anticipated new musical drama, Behemoth!, as the festival\u2019s Centerpiece pick on October 2.<\/p>\n<p>Starring Pedro Pascal as a musician heading back to LA to reset his life and find new inspiration, Behemoth! already looks like a major awards season prospect.<\/p>\n<p>Co-stars Olivia Wilde, currently having a moment of her own with relationship comedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-invite-review-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Invite<\/a>, Will Arnett, Hank Azaria, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/sorry-baby-review-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sorry, Baby<\/a> director-star Eva Victor, should add plenty more star power to the New York red carpet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A gifted cellist, Alex Serian (Pascal), returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road,\u2019 runs the synopsis. \u2018Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry Alex on an adventure that will change him forever.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The man behind Andor and Oscar-winning thriller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/michael-clayton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Clayton<\/a>, Gilroy has a sure touch with the kind of grown-up material the NYFF loves to champion. Expect big things from this one \u2013 and plenty more to follow when the festival announces its full line-up. Tickets and festival passes are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmlinc.org\/nyff\/tickets-and-passes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on sale now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have been orbiting NYFF for the great majority of my life,\u2019 says the writer-director. \u2018I was baptized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/fitzcarraldo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fitzcarraldo<\/a>. I was tending bar across the street and a customer tipped me a single ticket. It was a bad seat to the most remarkable screening I\u2019d ever attended. There were many memorable nights to follow. The Centerpiece invitation is a fantasy I\u2019ve conjured more times than I care to admit. NYFF has always been the benchmark for me; the opportunity to premiere a film I cannot wait to show, in that hall, to that audience, feels every bit as thrilling as I\u2019d imagined.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There is so much to savor in this immaculately crafted film, from its creative use of music to its note-perfect ensemble cast,\u2019 says Dennis Lim, NYFF Artistic Director. \u2018Holding it all together is a tour de force by Pedro Pascal, one of the performances of the year from one of our true movie stars.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Behemoth!\u00a0screens at the festival on Friday, October 2, ahead of its December 4 theatrical release. Watch the movie\u2019s\u00a0trailer below.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"video_splash lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sddefault.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>When is New York Film Festival 2026?<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmlinc.org\/nyff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York Film Festival <\/a>runs from September 25 through October 12. Head to the official website for all the info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Move over Venice and Toronto, because the 64th New York Film Festival has just announced a major scoop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[13687,75,84,83,158,9,24,13688,63],"class_list":["post-308441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-categories-movies","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-movies","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-movies","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}