{"id":429002,"date":"2026-01-25T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T13:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/429002\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T13:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T13:10:08","slug":"sundance-film-festival-natalie-portman-alexander-skarsgard-debut-new-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/429002\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundance Film Festival: Natalie Portman, Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd debut new movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) \u2014 The comedy streak<\/a> at the Sundance Film Festival<\/a> continued Saturday with the world premieres of the art world satire \u201cThe Gallerist,\u201d with Natalie Portman, and Oliva Wilde\u2019s \u201cThe Invite,\u201d a sharp look a crumbling marriage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Invite,\u201d which debuted at the Eccles Theater, marks Wilde\u2019s third time behind the camera and first since \u201cDon\u2019t Worry Darling.\u201d<\/a> It received an enthusiastic standing ovation.<\/p>\n

Will McCormack and Rashida Jones wrote the script for \u201cThe Invite,\u201d in which a couple on the edge (Wilde and Seth Rogen) have their upstairs neighbors (Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Edward Norton) over for dinner. The evening starts with awkward small talk and becomes a raw and revealing encounter that\u2019s funny and devastating at times.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral of the greatest moments of this movie were written by the cast,\u201d Wilde said after the premiere. \u201cWe shot in order, which was incredible. \u2026 It was such a luxury.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was also quite a bit of improv, Wilde and Rogen said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s a seven-hour movie that you would have liked,\u201d Wilde said.<\/p>\n

Wilde has had a busy Sundance so far. On Friday night she helped debut the new Gregg Araki movie \u201cI Want Your Sex,\u201d in which she plays an eccentric artist and sexual provocateur.<\/p>\n

Following \u201cThe Invite\u201d was Cathy Yan\u2019s \u201cThe Gallerist,\u201d starring Portman as gallerist Polina Polinski attempting to make a name for herself at Art Basel in Miami, with the help of her assistant (Jenna Ortega), who gets involved in a plot to sell a dead body. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was such a great original concept that felt really juicy and perfect,\u201d Yan said after the movie, with Portman, Ortega and Charli xcx by her side.<\/p>\n

When an audience member asked if Portman took the role for personal reasons, she quipped, \u201cI\u2019ve never tried to sell a dead body before.\u201d <\/p>\n

Zach Galifianakis plays an influencer and Da\u2019Vine Joy Randolph is an emerging artist in the starry cast, which also includes Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sterling K. Brown and Daniel Br\u00fchl.<\/p>\n

The Eccles also hosted the premiere of \u201cWicker,\u201d starring Olivia Colman as a sardonic fisherwoman who commissions a basket weaver to maker her a husband, played by Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, who co-stars in the Charli xcx movie \u201cThe Moment.\u201d <\/p>\n

All of the films are seeking distribution at the Sundance Film Festival, which runs through Feb. 1.<\/p>\n

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For more coverage of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, visit: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/sundance-film-festival<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARK CITY, Utah (AP) \u2014 The comedy streak at the Sundance Film Festival continued Saturday with the world…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[23974,46218,199643,1036,165075,203788,125975,88,52208,26319,71547,206,59853,75716,139162,97994,203789,203786,200479,12649,23493,98265,3325,3324,203787,213],"class_list":["post-429002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-alexander-skarsgard","tag-catherine-zeta-jones","tag-cathy-yan","tag-comedy","tag-davine-joy-randolph","tag-daniel-brhl","tag-edward-norton","tag-entertainment","tag-fairs-and-festivals","tag-jenna-ortega","tag-movie-premieres","tag-movies","tag-natalie-portman","tag-olivia-colman","tag-olivia-wilde","tag-park-city","tag-polina-polinski","tag-rashida-jones","tag-send-to-apple-news","tag-seth-rogen","tag-sterling-k-brown","tag-sundance-film-festival","tag-ut-state-wire","tag-utah","tag-will-mccormack","tag-zach-galifianakis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}