With awards season kicking into high gear and Sundance about a week away, the South by Southwest Film and TV Festival released its initial program lineup on Wednesday. This year’s festival, running March 10 to 18, will open with “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” a fantasy-adventure tale, based on the popular role-playing game, directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, and starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant and Regé-Jean Page.
The opening night selection of last year’s festival was “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which went on to become a box-office hit and awards season darling.
Other highlights from the upcoming festival’s headliners section include the world premieres of director Eva Longoria’s “Flamin’ Hot,” the story of Richard Montañez, the disputed creator of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, and “Problemista,” a surreal adventure starring Tilda Swinton alongside writer-director Julio Torres. “Evil Dead Rise,” the latest entry in the venerable horror franchise, this time from Irish writer-director Lee Cronin, will also debut at the fest.
