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Sam Raimi-Produced Netflix Thriller ‘Don’t Move’ Debuts Trailer With Kelsey Asbille, Finn Wittrock
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Jared Leto Went Method on Set of ‘Tron: Ares’ While Playing “Big Rockstar,” Says Co-Star Jeff Bridges
During an appearance on SiriusXM's 'Literally! With Rob Lowe,' the veteran actor opened up on his experience rejoining the 'Tron' franchise opposite Leto and how he navigated his Method ways.
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Sublime Biopic Sets KJ Apa to Star as Late Singer Bradley Nowell for Director Justin Chon
Chon is also working on the script for the feature that is in development from Sony's 3000 Pictures.
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Struggling Hot Docs Festival Plans “Limited” Toronto Theater Reopening
The financially restructuring Canadian documentary festival will reopen its shuttered Toronto cinema on Sept. 28 and name a new leader after president Marie Nelson stepped down following a chaotic 2024 edition.
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AFI Fest Adds ‘Heretic’ and ‘Maria’ to 2024 Lineup
AFI Fest continues to roll out selections for next month’s festival ahead of the reveal of the full lineup. The latest additions, billed as red carpet premieres, include the Hugh Grant-starrer Heretic from Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, and Pablo Larraín’s Maria starring Angelina Jolie as the famed opera singer. Heretic comes first, with its […]
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Queen Latifah Biopic in the Works From Producer Will Smith
A feature about the life of Queen Latifah is in the works as the first in a slate of independently financed hip-hop biopics hailing from Flavor Unit Entertainment, Westbrook Studios and Jesse Collins Entertainment. The film will follow the ascension of Latifah as the performer became a rapper, singer and actress who has won Emmy, Grammy and […]
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George Clooney Says He Wishes ‘Wolfs’ “Was Having a Wider Release” But “We’re Trying to Figure These Things Out as We Go”
George Clooney and Brad Pitt, who haven’t shared a screen together in 16 years, have reignited their iconic partnership for Apple original film Wolfs. The duo play two professional fixers who prefer to work alone but find themselves forced to work together after being hired for the same job. With the close friends playing rivals in the […]
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‘SNL’: The Movie! – How ‘Saturday Night’ Filmmakers Found Their Stars
In order to make Saturday Night, the real-time story of the disastrous and delirious 90 minutes before the first airing of SNL on Oct. 11, 1975, director Jason Reitman had to find actors to play some of the best-known performers to ever grace television sets. To do so, he turned to his longtime casting director […]
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Trans, Non-Binary Cast, Crew “At Risk” on Canadian Film Sets, Study Says
As the Canadian film industry focuses on boosting representation for trans and non-binary people and characters on local film and TV screens, the industry has got a wake-up call about anti-trans sentiment and actions experienced by gender-diverse people working behind the camera. The Spindle Films Foundation, which supports greater inclusion and diversity for Canadian filmmakers, […]
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Freestyle Digital Media Acquires Quincy Jones and Debbie Allen-Produced Doc ‘King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones’
Byron Allen’s digital film distribution wing Freestyle Digital Media has acquired the documentary King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones. The Quincy Jones and Debbie Allen produced documentary from European filmmaker Harriet Marin Jones explores her searching for the truth about her grandfather, Edward Jones. Known as the most famous policy king, Jones rose to political […]
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Montclair Film Festival: ‘Conclave’ to Open, ‘The Piano Lesson’ to Close, ‘Unstoppable’ as Fiction Centerpiece (Exclusive)
The 2024 Montclair Film Festival has set its opening, closing and centerpiece films and revealed this year’s festival honors. The New Jersey festival will open with Edward Berger’s Conclave, following the selection of the new pope, with Ralph Fiennes Cardinal Lawrence running the secret procedure, during which he discovers deep secrets left behind by the […]
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Disney Animation Shake-Up: Jennifer Lee Exiting as Chief Creative Officer, Jared Bush Takes Over
Director-writer Jared Bush is replacing Jennifer Lee as chief creative officer of the Walt Disney Animation Studios as Lee returns to filmmaking full time at the company and stewards the Frozen franchise, Disney announced Thursday. Bush will report to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman, effective immediately. Lee, who had been in the top gig for […]
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Why Bumble — Yes, the Dating App — Is Backing a High-Profile Abortion Film
An abortion documentary backed by Hillary Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence is taking an unusual route to audiences courtesy of Bumble Inc, the Austin-based dating app company. Zurawski v Texas, which screened to critical raves and sold out crowds at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend, will have a special screening in Austin on […]
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Distraught Saoirse Ronan Chases a Missing Child in Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ Trailer
Saoirse Ronan plays a distraught mother searching for her missing son in World War II East London in the trailer for Steve McQueen’s Blitz, which dropped on Thursday. The drama follows George, a 9-year-old boy, played by Elliot Heffernan, in wartime London after his mother Rita (Ronan) sends him as an evacuee to safety in […]
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Oscars 2025: Norway Picks Renate Reinsve Starrer ‘Armand’ for International Feature Race
Norway has entered the 2025 Oscar race, selecting Halfdan Ullmann Tondel’s school-set drama Armand as its contender for next year’s Academy Awards in the best international feature category. Renate Reinsve, the breakout star of Joachim Trier’s double Oscar nominee The Worst Person in the World, plays the lead in Armand, namely Elisabeth, a local celebrity […]
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Outfit MK2 Inks Multi-Year Financing Deal With IPR.VC
French production and sales outfit mk2 films has signed a multi-year financing deal with the Finnish private equity fund IPR.VC to bankroll a slate of new projects, the two companies unveiled on Thursday. The new capital will come in handy for mk2, which is looking to build on recent crossover success, including its co-productions The […]
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