State of Play (2009) poster
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FilmPG-132009

State of Play

ThrillerCrimeMystery

Directed by Kevin Macdonald

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend. From TMDB

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State of Play is a 2009 thriller crime mystery film, directed by Kevin Macdonald, starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams.

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  • Lumin 🔜 Eclipse [1st Cour] @screwy.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    >called State of Play >starts with a movie

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  • Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2025

    2 hills I will die on: Most film/TV depictions of journalism/media are v bad (w a side of sexism if reporter is female). Also the best (possibly the only good) depiction of journalism on TV was 2003 UK miniseries State of Play. Stacked cast, showed reporting can be fun, requires courage & isn't easy

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  • PlayStation @playstation.comBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    State of Play debuts a shocking new scene from the upcoming Resident Evil film: play.st/4zObdJ3 In theaters September 18, tickets on sale now.

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  • Giant Bomb @giantbomb.comBluesky · Nov 12, 2025

    We got Alyssa on GMM this morning! We're talking about the State of Play from yesterday, the Game Awards, the Mario movie, and more! twitch.tv/giantbomb youtube.com/live/YWGg5XG...

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  • Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    it's called State of Play because someone hit "Play" on the movie trailer

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  • Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2025

    For me, the only thing that has ever hit the bullseye on many of these fronts re media/journalism is State of Play miniseries. Not the movie! It's bad! I WISH SoP was streaming anywhere in US, it is not, argh. Bill Nighy, Kelly Macdonald, McAvoy, David Morrissey, Polly Walker! it's a twisty delight.

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  • Lew @strongest-lewman.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Okay I'm sorry, as excited as I am for the RE movie, starting your State of Play with a movie rather than a game says so much about Sony rn lmfao

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  • Giant Bomb @giantbomb.comBluesky · Feb 13, 2026

    Happy Friday the 13th! We've got some video game news for ya and we've got @jasonfanelli.com to help chat about the State of Play, SEGA updates, the Helldivers movie, and more! giantbomb.com/live/chat

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  • ProJared @projared.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2026

    They showed this State of Play in *movie theaters*.

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  • Jesse Boo-rascia 👻 @jesseguarascia.comBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    I want to thank Sony for starting the State of Play with a movie trailer so I knew it was going to be a stinker frame 1

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  • Nandre @handle.invalidBluesky · Feb 13, 2025

    we got it all today DRAMA STATE OF PLAY REVIEW PICKING THIS WEEKS DOUBLE FEATURE FOR MOVIE NIGHT WITH FLAKY DARK SOULS 3 GUTS RP BUILD AND NEW JUMP KING SOULSLIKE GAME GET JUICEDDDDDDDDDD LIVE NOW www.twitch.tv/nandre

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  • Tuba Zef 🐟fishpersonshooter.com🐟 @tubazef.comBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Starting State of Play with a movie trailer is not a good way to beat the "PS5 has no games" allegations

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  • lostin24.bsky.social @lostin24.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2025

    #Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected] 1. Reread the Constitution 2. Watch the inauguration video of Trump swearing to uphold and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign or domestic 3. Watched the film State of Play - highly recommend 4. Prayed for strength 5. Walked my dog

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  • Spooxie 👻😱 @roxieproxy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2026

    Lowkey that Toy Story game collection announcement from this afternoon was more exciting than anything they showed at the State of Play, imagine watching ts in a movie theater 😭

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  • VGC @videogameschronicle.comBluesky · Feb 12, 2026

    A John Wick game starring Keanu Reeves was revealed during PlayStation's State of Play, with the movie production team said to be heavily involved. vgc.news/news/john-wi...

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  • Yuna Noire🏳️‍⚧️ @yunanoire.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2026

    WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN THEY SOLD MOVIE THEATRE TICKETS TO WATCH THAT STATE OF PLAY IN A MOVIE THEATRE THEY SOLD TICKETS FOR IT? WHAT?

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  • Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2026

    A John Wick game starring Keanu Reeves was revealed during PlayStation's State of Play, with the movie production team said to be heavily involved. vgc.news/news/john-wi...

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  • DomiKAV @ Fire Emblem Fortunes Weave @domikav.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    trying to rewatch the State of Play by skipping through why did it start on a movie

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  • Trib's full cast of OCs @tribdinosaur.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2025

    State of Play finishing one trailer, then cutting to another trailer that kinda looks visually the same, and also sounds the same with serious narration, and Hollywood movie trailer music over cutscenes

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  • CSketch @csketch.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Saw that new Resident Evil movie clip they showed off at the State of Play and thought it was missing something.

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  • Gamers Week Podcast @gamersweekpc.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2025

    Ep #181: #007FirstLight State of Play Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3gRL... Also #CallofDuty movie, #Silksong, & no more #Nintendo 3DS at the Louvre Our sponsors @rgcpodcast.bsky.social @loveretrobtw.bsky.social PixelPond.net @absolutebestpc.bsky.social

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  • lostin24.bsky.social @lostin24.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2025

    #Emails2DOGE cc: [email protected] 1. Reread the Constitution 2. Watch the inauguration video of Trump swearing to uphold and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign or domestic 3. Watched the film State of Play - highly recommend 4. Prayed for strength 5. Walked my dog

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  • Sesshomaru's Pupmama @serendipityx6.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2026

    ...im not laughing at the people who went to the movie theater for this State of Play, no I'm sure they had fun. thats all that mattters-

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  • Leaving FilmStruck @leavingfilmstrk.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 1, 2025

    Watched STATE OF PLAY (2003), the BBC series, not to be confused with the later film. Excellent political thriller about an MP who is having an affair with a researcher who gets murdered, and the reporters who uncover what happened. Hope the scriptwriters and editors won all the awards.

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  • St1ka @st1ka.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Opening a State of Play with a movie? Bold move

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  • Derek Van Dyke @derekvandyke.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Welcome to State of Play, here's a movie trailer. That's how we want to set the tone.

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  • marcos! @bigsealmode.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    why are they opening up the State of Play with a fucking movie trailer dude lmao PS5 really don't got no game

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  • Xenobrina @xenobrina.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    The State of Play starting with a fucking movie trailer tells you everything you need to know about how video games are doing

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  • Morten Elgaard @mortenelgaard.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2025

    Created a simple photoshop image for a internal State of Play thing tomorrow, thought it turned out pretty fun. Bonus points if you know what movie the watch was in.

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  • ⭐️ The cabbit of the stars ⭐️ @tommothecabbit.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    The State of Play is showing a movie trailer first LMAO

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  • Lil Lamia Kaikai Twins @lamiaprincesskairi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2026

    I do think it’s funny to imagine a right wing chud gamer who bought movie tickets to see the State of Play, spent $32 on Savage Sticks and Rage Pizza, and $16 on a drink only for the final 20 minutes to be God of War But With A Woman that’s an objectively funny type of man to make up

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  • Zack Burrows @zackburrows.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2026

    We just had a killer State of Play and now Westen has watched another movie?! Miracles do happen!

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  • TCGS @tcgs.coBluesky · Nov 19, 2025

    478: Love To The Memes Lumines Arise, Dispatch, ARC Raiders, Vampire Survivors VR, Black Ops 7, KCD II, Rockstar Games, Steam hardware, State of Play, Super Mario Galaxy movie trailer and so much more. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/jx5WLMiWn14 🎧 Listen: plinkhq.com/i/1100170036... 🤝 Patreon: patreon.com/tcgs

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  • Muddy @muddymusings.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    I'm a couple of days late in saying this but to me the best thing to come out from the State of Play was that somewhere out there, in an expensive movie theater, there was some person eating Savage Sticks and Rage Pizza while watching what felt like an eternity of God of War gameplay

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  • Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2023

    I quite like the film STATE OF PLAY, which is about reporters chasing down a political scandal. And Season 5 of THE WIRE has a reporter/newsroom plotline that weaves in with the others.

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  • PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    Ditto for State of Play. A perfect drama turned into a daft film.

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  • Drink a Beer & Play a Game @dbpg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2026

    We have a new episode of the Power Hour as we react to the latest Sony State of Play, GoW Laufey discourse, the Streets of Rage movie update, the horror game awards showcase, bacon pie, your Patreon questions & more! Up now on YouTube, Apple, Spotify & Podbean, links below 👇

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  • Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    Yeah it has big movie tie-in game energy. Almost feel like they shoulda flipped this and Kena at the State of Play.

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  • Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 1, 2025

    State of Play, but the original series rather than the movie.

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  • Harriet Warnock 🇵🇸🇸🇩🏳️‍⚧️ @harrietwarnock.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2023

    I would also recommend the tv series State Of Play rather than the film

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  • Bookzombie @bookzombie.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2023

    The movie State of Play is based on a 6 part BBC serial with John Simm and David Morrisey, which is excellent (I've not seen the film version to compare!)

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2026

    Film-wise: at 6.35pm, Vera Cruz on 5Action. At 7.30pm, Star Trek on Sky One. At 8.15pm, Avengers: Endgame on C4. At 9pm, Face/Off on 5Action or Inside Man on Legend Xtra. At 11pm, State Of Play on Legend. At 11.50pm, I, Robot on C4. At 1am, Let Him Go on Film4. At 1.50am, Saint Omer on BBC2 #telly

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  • Booybit 👻 @broybit.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Something unbelievably funny about Sony starting an Absolute State of Play with an actual movie preview.

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  • Midnight Jahn @jahnjira.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    >State of Play >movie trailer

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  • Lamprey @lamprey.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    the difference between Sony having fucking movie theater showings for their State of Play stream and Nintendo just casually tossing out a livestream date via their specific Nintendo News App is so funny

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  • H-DEE 🎮 🎃 👻 @hdeetv.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    Sony must be planning a huge announcement for the State of Play if they screening it in select movie theaters

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  • John-Charles Holmes @sonic9jct.jctholmes.comBluesky · Jul 17, 2025

    Definitely noticed that with that recent State of Play, they were REALLY pushing that Yotei is supposed to feel like a pulpy samurai film and by gum they're really leaning into that

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  • JocularClaymore @jocularclaymore.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    And when I thought I couldn't possibly be more hyped for Ghost of Yotei, the State of Play revealed: -the return of Kurosawa Mode -the addition of Takashi Miike Mode (inspired by the 2010 film 13 Assassins) -the addition of Shinichiro Watanabe Mode (inspired by the 2004 anime Samurai Champloo) 🤯🤯🤯

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  • Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2025

    My movie choices continue to be quite random. Revisited Jack Ryan movies for some reason in a very out of order fashion. Tonight I watched Spotlight because I wanted a lighthearted romp I guess! (I think revisiting State of Play put me in a journalism movie frame of mind.)

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  • The SML Podcast @thesmlpodcast.comBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    SML 1164 is HERE and we've got @ladymagritte.bsky.social @mrfreight.bsky.social & @gunplagirlfriend.bsky.social chatting about not one, but TWO mediocre State of Play events! We also chat Xbox disc to digital, ball squad, movie watch, and Cloud Gaming time limits! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3qI...

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  • NEVER FAILED TO FAIL! @levidownes.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    State of Play... Opens with a movie trailer and them saying "Your weeb shit is in a different castle after this one." Oh fuck you too then Sony

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  • Alan Wen @damisanthrope.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    I mean, I’m looking to it but why is the Resident Evil movie that’s not even a first party IP being shown on State of Play?

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  • DeoxysPrime @deoxysprime.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Call it a State of Play, begin the show with a movie trailer. What the hell I can't play this?

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  • James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2026

    Just finished watching State of Play with Russell Crowe and Ben Afflek Everything in that film is happening right now The politics, private military contractors involved in domestic policing and detention, the corruption and this was made in 2006 Ppl saw this coming It was not inevitable

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  • BeatRushMetro @beatrushmetro.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2026

    Summer Game Fest and State of Play were actually good, Bluesky is making userful updates, I saw two different kids out irl using digital camera to film/take photos instead of their phone cameras, my Digital Circus theater experience was peak June's been so elite, dude

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  • Welton B. Marsland @wbmarsland.bsky.socialBluesky · May 26, 2026

    How did State Of Play stack up? (the original tv series, obvs, not the movie version)

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    Film-wise: at 8.30pm, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes on BBC4. At 9pm, Three Days Of The Condor on Sky Arts, State Of Play on Legend or Fury on Film4. At 10.45pm, How To Marry A Millionaire on BBC4 or The Dark Knight Rises on ITV1. At 11.40pm, Glory on Film4. At 11.50pm, Crazy Rich Asians on BBC3 #telly

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2026

    Film-wise: at 8pm, Live & Let Die on ITV4. At 9pm, The Rock on Comedy Central or State Of Play on Legend. At 9.05pm, The October Man on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 10.15pm, Cat Person on BBC3. At 10.40pm, Marry Me on BBC1. At 10.45pm, Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom on ITV1 #telly

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  • NintenDomain @nintendomain.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2025

    This week on NintenDomain, we talk about the Mario Galaxy Movie Direct, Dragon Quest, Sony's State of Play, Yakuza Kiwami, Luigi's Mansion, and much more!

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  • Matt Poxon @rawrdom.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2025

    State of Play Japan son or Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct daughter?

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