(2 Sep 2025)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Venice, Italy – 2 September 2025
1. Wide of Idris Elba, zoom in to Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba
2. Various of Elba
3. Wide of Rebecca Ferguson and Rory St. Clair Gainer
4. Various of Rebecca Ferguson
5. Various of Greta Lee
6. Wide, zoom in, Gabriel Basso
7. Wide, zoom in, Jared Harris and Allegra Riggio
8. Wide, zoom in, Tracy Letts
9. Mid of Anthony Ramos
10. Mid of producer Greg Shapiro
11. Mid of writer Noah Oppenheim
12. Mid of director Kathryn Bigelow
13. Wide of Idris Elba signing autographs
14. Various of Eva Herzigová
STORYLINE:
Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson joined director Kathryn Bigelow at the Venice Film Festival Tuesday for the premiere of their new missile strike thriller, "A House of Dynamite."
They were joined on the red carpet by co-stars Richard Harris, Greta Lee, Tracy Letts, Gabriel Basso and Anthony Ramos.
“A House of Dynamite” takes audiences into guarded U.S. government rooms as officials and military leaders attempt to manage a missile strike from an unknown aggressor that is 20 minutes from impact.
Bigelow worked alongside screenwriter and the former president of NBC News, Noah Oppenheim, to craft an authentic portrait of what might transpire in those 20 minutes.
Oppenheim had covered the subject for decades as a journalist and used his arsenal of contacts to help inform the story, including former Pentagon, White House and CIA officials.
The film boasts a large ensemble cast, with Elba as the U.S. President, Harris as the Secretary of Defense, Letts as a general and Basso as the deputy national security advisor.
These are not just suits in situation rooms, either.
The audience gets glimpses into their lives outside of work too.
One person is running late, another is worried about a sick kid, and they’re all dealing with the extreme stress of the quickly unfolding situation.
“A House of Dynamite” is Bigelow’s first film since the 2017 release of “Detroit.”
Her most acclaimed films have been politically themed, from “The Hurt Locker,” for which she became the first woman to win the best director Oscar, to “Zero Dark Thirty.”
The film will be released in theaters on Oct. 10, before streaming on Netflix from Oct. 24.
“A House of Dynamite” is one of three Netflix films playing in competition at the Venice Film Festival, alongside Guillermo del Toro’s classically gothic “Frankenstein” and Noah Baumbach’s Hollywood drama “Jay Kelly.”
The streamer still doesn’t have a best picture win to its name, and Venice has proved itself to be a solid launching pad for awards hopefuls.
The Venice awards, which will be decided on by the Alexander Payne-led jury, will be handed out at the close of the festival on Sept. 6.
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