SF Studios, REinvent Board Big-Budget Film Adaptation of 19th Century Epic...
SF Studios is set to co-produce and distribute “Kalevala: The Story of Kullervo,” a big-budget historical drama based on Finland’s national epic “Kalevala” which will be directed Antti J. Jokinen...
View ArticleOscar Nominee Selma Vilhunen to Stage Biggest Pic Ever, “She Did Not Show...
One of Finland’s most high-profile filmmakers, Selma Vilhunen has given voices to women of all ages in her fiction and non-fiction works, from the Oscar-nominated short “Do I Have to Take Care of...
View ArticleHaugesund’s New Nordic Films Unveils Program with Slew of New Talents, Kids &...
More than 250 international guests, including 53 buyers from 18 countries, have signed up for the Norwegian International Film Festival’s three-day industry event New Nordic Films in Haugesund, which...
View ArticleDisney Commits $5 Billion to U.K. and European Production Over Next Five Years
Disney is set to invest at least $5 billion in production across the U.K. and continental Europe over the next five years, according to Jan Koeppen, the company’s European chief. Koeppen, who oversees...
View ArticleLocarno Competition Entry Explores the Impact on Teenage Girls of a ‘Toxic’...
Showing in competition at Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival, writer-director Saulė Bliuvaitė’s debut feature “Toxic” is a hard-hitting coming-of-age story which eschews the cliches as her 13-year-old...
View ArticleElizabeth Lo’s China-Set Docu Feature ‘Mistress Dispeller’ Joins Party Film...
In the run up to its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Elizabeth Lo (“Stray”)’s anticipated second feature documentary “Mistress Dispeller” has been boarded by The Party Film Sales. The...
View Article‘Zootopia 2’ Casts Ke Huy Quan, First Sequel Footage Introduces Reptiles and...
Walt Disney Animation Studios has teased the first footage for “Zootopia 2,” the long-awaited sequel to its 2016 billion-dollar box office darling. Ginnifer Goodwin welcomed the fans at D23,...
View Article‘Frozen 3’ Gets Icy First Look, Coming in 2027
It’s almost time to build a snowman…for the third time. Disney’s “Frozen 3” is set for a 2027 release and aim to answer unanswered questions. Disney’s chief creative officer Jennifer Lee concluded the...
View Article‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’: Jon Favreau Teases First ‘Star Wars’ Movie in...
Din Djarin and Baby Yoda are returning to a galaxy far, far away. At D23 in Anaheim on Friday, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni unveiled a first look at the upcoming “Star Wars” feature, “The Mandalorian...
View Article‘The Greatest Showman’ Stage Musical in Development at Disney
The greatest show is going live. Hugh Jackman’s passion project “The Greatest Showman” is finally getting a live stage show, thanks to Disney. In a surprise twist at D23 in Anaheim on Friday, Disney...
View Article‘Freaky Friday 2’ Title Revealed as ‘Freakier Friday,’ Brings Back Lindsay...
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis are back. The duo appeared on Friday night as part of the Walt Disney Studios presentation at D23 as the title to “Freaky Friday 2” was announced – “Freakier Friday.”...
View Article‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Remake Gets First Look at CGI Stitch and 2025...
Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten! Disney previewed a taste of the live-action version of “Lilo & Stitch” at D23 on Friday, starring Maia Kealoha as Lilo...
View Article‘Snow White’ Live-Action Trailer: Rachel Zegler Faces Off Against Gal Gadot’s...
Live-action remake “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” has released a trailer. The new Snow White, Rachel Zegler and the new Evil Queen (Gal Gadot) were both on hand at D23 to address the crowd. “It’s...
View Article‘Tron: Ares’ First Footage: Light Bikes, Jeff Bridges Returns and New Music...
The grid is back online. Disney unveiled the first footage of “Tron: Ares,” the third film in the sci-fi franchise about a world of virtual reality based inside a computer mainframe. Cast members Jared...
View Article‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ New Trailer: Young Mufasa and Scar Go From Brothers...
Disney revealed an extended look at the upcoming release “Mufasa: The Lion King” on Friday night at D23. Before that, singers walked onto the stage and teased a snippet of the film’s opening song...
View ArticleTim Blake Nelson Talks Upcoming Western ‘Shoot’ and ‘Captain America’: ‘I...
Tim Blake Nelson is about to shoot a “spectacular” Western “Shoot” in Spain, directed by Guillermo Navarro. Guillermo Del Toro’s regular cinematographer, he already won an Academy Award for “Pan’s...
View ArticleBlake Lively ‘Put Everything I Have Into’ Starring and Producing ‘It Ends...
Blake Lively says producing and starring in “It Ends With Us,” Sony Pictures’ film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling romance novel, took just about everything she had to give. “It was so...
View ArticleBox Office: ‘It Ends With Us’ Begins With Impressive $24 Million Opening Day,...
The August box office is looking Lively with Sony’s drama “It Ends With Us” scoring a spectacular opening day of $24 million from 3,611 locations across Friday and preview screenings. The adaptation of...
View Article‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Director Mohammad Rasoulof on Current State of...
Dissident Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof in May escaped to Europe after receiving a jail and flogging sentence from the country’s authorities for making his latest film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”...
View Article‘Cuckoo’ Director Tilman Singer on Creating the Hooded Woman and Why Mystery...
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains minor spoilers for “Cuckoo,” now playing in theaters. Roughly 40% of cuckoo bird species are “brood parasites.” Instead of building its own nest, the cuckoo...
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