Sean Penn told ABC Audio the movie is one he's wanted to make for a while, though Dylan Penn was hesitant at first. "The only way I was going to really know how to make (the movie) was with her ...

Dylan, 30, plays Jennifer Vogel, the daughter of Sean's John Vogel — a man who raised her in a fantastical world but has a con-artist past that Jennifer is forced to come to grips with as an adult.

Sean and Dylan Penn star as a father and daughter in their upcoming film Flag Day, in theaters Aug. 20 Mia McNiece joined PEOPLE in 2010 and is currently the Senior Movies Editor. It's not every ...

Sean Penn and Dylan Penn in 'Flag Day.' Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures Inc. When Dylan Penn was 18, she moved to New York City and began interning in the art department of the Lipman ad agency.

The 30-year-old daughter of Robin Wright and Sean Penn is in New York for promotion of her first major leading film role, after premiering the movie at Cannes and with screenings last week in L.A.

Variety said the film “reveals Dylan Penn to be a major actor.” Just as Penn is withdrawing from movies, his daughter is stepping forward — even if she didn’t immediately seek the spotlight.

Dylan Penn: I mean, when he talks about it like this, it feels so — I feel the romance of what going to a movie theater is, and I really miss that experience.

Not to be outdone by Matt Damon, Sean Penn looked like he was about to cry at the Saturday night premiere of “ Flag Day.” The drama earned a four-minute standing ovation broken up by remarks ...

Dylan, both of your parents released films in the last year that they directed, and Sean, your father, Leo Penn, was a director. SEAN I spent a lot of time with him as a kid on sets.

When Sean Penn first read the script for “ Flag Day,” he knew his daughter Dylan needed to play the starring role. “Rarely have I ever had an actor’s face dominate what I was reading on ...