Actor Adam Driver, finest identified for taking part in Kylo Ren/Ben Solo within the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, will reportedly be in attendance when “Paper Tiger” opens the New York Movie Pageant later this yr. The movie, directed by James Grey, debuted on the Cannes Movie Pageant, the place it acquired rave critiques. The movie additionally stars Driver’s “Marriage Story” costar Scarlett Johansson and “High Gun: Maverick” star Miles Teller.
“Paper Tiger,” the crime drama directed by James Grey, will open the 64th New York Movie Pageant on September 25. That is Grey’s fourth movie to look on the movie competition, following 2013’s “The Immigrant” and 2022’s “Armageddon Time,” which have been each official fundamental choices. 2016’s “The Misplaced Metropolis of Z” was the closing night time movie.
The movie, which premiered at Cannes and acquired a seven-minute standing ovation, options two brothers: Irwin Pearl (Teller) and Gary Pearl (Driver). Irwin will get entangled with the Russian mafia after Gary, a former cop, drags him right into a get-rich-quick scheme that shortly goes sideways and places Irwin’s two sons and his spouse (Johansson) in peril.
Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, and Miles Teller Anticipated To Attend NYFF
“James Grey has been a fixture on the New York Movie Pageant for a few years, and we’re thrilled to welcome him again as our Opening Night time filmmaker with a career-best achievement,” NYFF Inventive Director Dennis Lim mentioned in an announcement to Variety.
Director James Grey added, “I’m immensely grateful to be welcomed again to this exceptional competition. This deeply private movie is rooted in New York Metropolis; from my upbringing to life-changing household experiences. To be right here, on the coronary heart of artwork and cinema, with our forged and crew — a lot of whom are New Yorkers — is a privilege.”
Grey, together with members of the forged and crew – together with Driver, Johannson, and Teller – is predicted to attend the premiere. NYFF64 single tickets will go on sale to most of the people on Tuesday, September 15, at midday Japanese Time. Presale entry for FLC members and move holders might be out there earlier than then.
Miles Teller Talks Working With Adam Driver On ‘Paper Tiger’
As The Blast beforehand reported, “Eternity” actor Miles Teller talked to IndieWire about working with Adam Driver on the set of the crime drama. He described one scene wherein he’s appearing reverse Driver, and he’s so indignant that his face quivers with rage.
“At the very least in my very own life, your loved ones can get to you in a approach that no person else can,” Teller defined. “These emotions are so deeply rooted and established from childhood, so I assume in that second, and neither one is absolutely conscious of the ramifications of the Russians, this deal going unhealthy, and the way it’s affecting that particular person of their life.”
“In that individual scene, you’re letting out. It’s not nearly what they’re speaking about proper there,” he continued. “It’s a complete lifetime of misgivings — he’s going to let him have it.”
Scarlett Johansson Wished Extra Scenes With Adam Driver
Scarlett Johansson performed Driver’s estranged spouse in 2019’s “Marriage Story.” In “Paper Tiger,” she performs Teller’s spouse. That being mentioned, she wished that she bought to movie extra scenes with the “Star Wars” alum.
She informed The Hollywood Reporter, “I might’ve liked to have had much more scenework with him,” including, “I really like working with him.”
In 2025, she informed PEOPLE journal that she had a “nice” expertise working with Driver on the set of the 2019 divorce drama. “I really like Adam as an individual, and he’s a fully extraordinary actor,” she mentioned on the time. “If I may make each film with Adam Driver, I might.”
Adam Driver Answered A Query About Lena Dunham’s Memoir Claims At Cannes
In her 2026 memoir “Famesick,” Lena Dunham alleged that Driver may turn out to be aggressive whereas they have been filming the hit HBO comedy “Ladies.” In a single passage, she detailed how he “hurled a chair on the wall” and screamed obscenities after she forgot her strains.
“I bear in mind doing a battle scene with Adam and the way scary it was to fulfill somebody so completely current with such absence,” Dunham wrote in her tell-all guide. “Late one night time, as we practiced strains in my trailer, I discovered that mine have been all of a sudden gone. I knew I’d written them. I’d identified them solely minutes earlier than. However once I opened my mouth, all that got here out was a stammer — till lastly, Adam screamed, ‘F-CKING SAY SOMETHING’ and hurled a chair on the wall subsequent to me. ‘WAKE THE F-CK UP,’ he informed me. ‘I’M SICK OF WATCHING YOU JUST STARE.’”
On the Cannes press convention following the “Paper Tiger” premiere, Driver was requested concerning the allegations. “I’ve no touch upon any of that,” he mentioned, as per Deadline. “I’m saving all of it for my guide.”
