Miles Teller to Star in ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ Remake at Paramount
Paramount is updating “An Officer and a Gentleman” with Miles Teller set to star. Teller will take on the lead role in the modern take on the 1982 classic starring Richard Gere, which was nominated for...
View ArticleNicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock Were Circling ‘Practical Magic 2’ for a...
Nicole Kidman is ready for more “Practical Magic.” On the red carpet for her new Netflix movie “A Family Affair,” the Oscar winner confirmed to Variety’s Marc Malkin that she is planning to star in the...
View ArticleMoviePass Co-Founder Hamet Watt Launches Share Ventures (EXCLUSIVE)
A lot of people have reached out to Hamet Watt after watching HBO’s “MoviePass, MovieCrash.” Some have congratulated him on having his journey told through the film, while others have offered...
View ArticleFrench Film and TV Business Braces for Fallout as Possibility of Far-Right...
The historic gains of the French far-right party Rassemblement National (National Rally, or RN) during the European elections on June 9 and French President Emmanuel Macron’s shock decision to dissolve...
View Article‘Circle’: Netflix’s 2015 Cult Horror Film Entering Production on an Indie...
In 2015, Netflix acquired the indie horror film “Circle,” which saw 50 strangers trapped in a room and forced to decide who would be the one survivor through a series of votes and debates about the...
View ArticleHowdy Partner: How Rideback Rise Aims to Nurture Creators of Color
How do you change a culture? Influence the storytellers. That’s the vision that drives the work of Rideback Rise, the nonprofit organization founded by producer Dan Lin to provide support to creators...
View ArticleMadrid’s ECAM Forum Off to Flying Start as ‘Gods of Stone’ Pic, ‘Estrella del...
Under the auspices of Comunidad de Madrid and the prestigious ECAM film school, the four day ECAM Forum co-production market got off to a flying start with its inaugural session, closing June 13 with...
View ArticleRussell Crowe Turned Down Aragorn in ‘Lord of the Rings’ After Iffy Peter...
Russell Crowe has no regrets when it comes to “The Lord of the Rings.” The Oscar-winning actor met director Peter Jackson to play the role of Aragorn in his film trilogy, but their conversation...
View ArticleDominique Boutonnat, President of France’s Powerful Film Board CNC, Faces...
Trialed for alleged sexual assault on June 14, Dominique Boutonnat, the president of the National Film Board, France’s most powerful film institution, is facing a three-year suspended prison sentence....
View ArticleStephen Fry on Reprising the King in ‘Red, White & Royal Blue 2’ and Why...
British actor Stephen Fry remembers being about 10 years old in the late 1960s when he first saw a production of Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest” on television. He immediately...
View ArticleA ‘Blade’ Timeline: Five Years and Counting for Marvel’s Reboot With...
Before “Iron Man” and “Thor,” before “Spider-Man” and “X-Men,” there was “Blade.” Starring Wesley Snipes as the titular daywalking half-vampire vampire slayer, the movie debuted in 1998 at a time when...
View ArticleNoah Schamus on How Their Debut Feature ‘Summer Solstice’ Captures Trans...
The only thing more powerful than a first impression is a second one — at least, that’s the bet that “Summer Solstice,” a new anti-romantic comedy from Cartilage Films, makes on itself. Beginning with...
View Article‘Peripheral,’‘The Waterboyz’ Win at American Black Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
Sulayman Tahir’s “Peripheral” and Coke Daniels’ “The Waterboyz” were among the winners of this year’s Best of ABFF Awards, presented Saturday at the American Black Film Festival. Hosted by Dondré...
View ArticleJoe Alwyn Opens Up About Taylor Swift Breakup: ‘A Hard Thing to Navigate’
Joe Alwyn opened up about the end of his relationship with Taylor Swift in a recent interview with the Sunday Times Style Magazine. In April 2023, Alwyn and Swift’s breakup was reported, and by...
View Article‘Memoir of a Snail,’‘Flow’ Split Feature Honors at Annecy, ‘Percebes’ Wins...
The Annecy Animation Festival hosted its closing ceremony on Saturday, where there were two clear winners from the main feature film competition. Adam Elliot’s “Memoir of a Snail” took Annecy’s top...
View Article10 Trends That Dominated Annecy 2024: Buzz Titles, Adult Animation and the...
The Annecy Animation Festival, the most important eight days of the year for the global animation industry, wraps up tonight, so we’re looking back at 10 themes that dominated the dialogue around this...
View ArticleSony Pictures Classics, FilmNation Execs Among Dozens of Industry Figures Who...
Sony Pictures Classics’ Dylan Leiner along with FilmNation’s Stefan Zorich and Paramount’s Fabrizio Carrer were among the top film executives and companies who participated in the 13th NY Film &...
View ArticleIndia’s Manohara Evolves From Award-Winning Child Actor to Director of...
Indian actor and filmmaker Manohara has had an inspirational journey. Hailing from humble circumstances in Bengaluru, southern India, Manohara was picked out of school and cast by filmmaker Prithvi...
View ArticleShanghai Celebrates Festival Opening With Glitzy Red Carpet Event
Foreign visitors were in short supply at Saturday’s opening ceremony of the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival, but that did little to diminish the festive atmosphere. The ceremony was held at...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg Throws Apple Watch at ‘Sugarland Express’ 50th Anniversary...
Apple, or at least its technology, was worried about the health and well-being of Hollywood’s greatest director. In the middle of Steven Spielberg’s Tribeca Festival talk on Saturday, where the...
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