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Adele Lim Directing Ashley Park in Untitled R-Rated Comedy for Lionsgate, Point Grey (EXCLUSIVE)
Adele Lim will direct "Emily in Paris" star Ashley Park in an untitled R-rated comedy for Lionsgate and Point Grey Pictures. → Read More
Netflix Delaying ‘The Gray Man’ Production Amid Surging California COVID-19 Cases
Netflix is delaying production of the Chris Evan-Ryan Gosling thriller "The Gray Man" -- which had been scheduled for mid-January. → Read More
Millie Bobby Brown to Star in the Russo Brothers’ Sci-Fi Film ‘The Electric State’
Millie Bobby Brown is attached to star in the science-fiction movie “The Electric State” for Universal Pictures with Anthony and Joe Russo directing and producing. The project, based on Simon Stalenhag’s illustrated novel of the same name, is set in an alternative future and centers on a teenage girl (Brown) who realizes that a strange […] → Read More
Peter Lamont, Production Designer on Bond Films Who Won Oscar for ‘Titanic,’ Dies at 91
Four-time Oscar nominee Peter Lamont, who worked on 18 James Bond films and received an Academy Award for production design for “Titanic,” has died. He was 91. Lamont’s death was disclosed Friday by the official 007 account on Twitter, which posted a statement by producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli that reads, “Peter Lamont […] → Read More
MGM Pacts With Brad Pitt’s Plan B, Sets New Film With ‘Minari’ Director
Metro Goldwyn Mayer has signed a two-year second-look film production deal with Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner’a Plan B Entertainment. As part of this new pact, Plan B has set several projects with MGM, including an untitled love story from “Minari” writer and director Lee Isaac Chung. The project centers on a young man […] → Read More
MGM Pacts With Brad Pitt’s Plan B, Sets New Film With ‘Minari’ Director
Metro Goldwyn Mayer has signed a two-year second look film production deal with Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner'a Plan B. → Read More
‘Nomadland’ Scores Seven Nominations From Chicago Film Critics Association
Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland" has earned seven nominations for 2020 honors from the Chicago Film Critics Association. → Read More
Bucharest Documentary ‘Acasa, My Home’ Gets First Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Zeitgeist Films has unveiled the trailer for "Acasa, My Home," following a Roma family who lived with nature in the Bucharest Delta. → Read More
'Sesame Street' Documentary Sold to Screen Media, Heads to Sundance
Screen Media has bought rights to "Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street" and will premiere the title at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. → Read More
Jeremy Bulloch, Original Boba Fett Actor in 'Star Wars' Films, Dies at 75
Jeremy Bulloch, the British actor who starred as bounty hunter Boba Fett in the original... → Read More
Frances McDormand to Star in ‘Women Talking’ From Director Sarah Polley
Frances McDormand is producing and starring in a film adaptation of the novel “Women Talking,” with Sarah Polley directing for MGM’s recently relaunched Orion Pictures. Orion and Plan B announced the project on Thursday. Polley will direct from her own script, based on Miriam Toews’ bestselling novel. McDormand is producing via her Hear/Say Productions. She […] → Read More
Jeremy Bulloch, Original Boba Fett Actor in ‘Star Wars’ Films, Dies at 75
Jeremy Bulloch, the British actor who starred as bounty hunter Boba Fett in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, died on Thursday in London of complications from Parkinson’s disease, according to his representatives. He was 75. “We are very sad to announce the death of actor Jeremy Bulloch, earlier today,” his agents at Brown, Simcocks & […] → Read More
‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ Honored With Inaugural Ensemble Tribute at Gotham Awards
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” has been selected for the inaugural ensemble tribute by the Independent Filmmaker Project at the upcoming Gotham Awards on Jan. 11, 2021. The film, directed by Aaron Sorkin from his own script, follows the story of the Chicago Seven, a group of anti–Vietnam War protesters who were charged with conspiracy […] → Read More
‘Long Live Rock’ Documentary Lands Distribution, Schedules March Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Abramorama has acquired rights for Jonathan McHugh’s "Long Live Rock...Celebrate The Chaos" documentary and plans a March 11, 2021 release. → Read More
Producers of ‘Nomadland,’ ‘I Carry You With Me’ Sign First-Look Deal With Topic
Topic has signed with The Population, formed by 'Nomadland' producer Mollye Asher, 'I Carry You With Me' producer Mynette Louie. → Read More
Mobile Gaming Company Skillz Goes Public After Merger With Harry Sloan’s Flying Eagle
Skillz Inc. has become the first publicly traded mobile esports platform following completion of its merger with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp., the public acquisition vehicle headed by Hollywood industry veterans Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky. Skillz Inc. and its common stock will begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol […] → Read More
Directors Guild Extends Commercials Contract With COVID-19 Safety Protocols
The Directors Guild of America has extended its commercials contract with producers — including recently approved COVID-19 safety protocols — for a year until Nov. 30, 2021. The DGA, which represents more than 18,000 members, has announced that its national board had unanimously approved the one-year extension of its National Commercial Agreement with the Association […] → Read More
Florence Pugh to Star in Murder Mystery ‘The Maid’ for Universal
Florence Pugh is producing and starring in the murder mystery “The Maid” for Universal Pictures, based on Nita Prose’s debut novel of the same name. Universal announced Wednesday it had acquired the rights to the “The Maid,” set for publication in 2022 via Penguin Random House in the U.S. and Canada, and HarperFiction in the […] → Read More
Robert Werden, Longtime Academy Awards Publicist, Dies at 94
Robert Werden, a longtime Academy Awards publicist, died on Oct. 31 at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 94. His daughter Franchesca Werden made the announcement Tuesday. Werden handled the publicity for the Oscars between 1975 and 1993 as press liaison for the Academy Awards when he worked at Ruder Finn […] → Read More
Scott Marshall Smith, ‘Men of Honor’ Screenwriter, Dies at 62
Producer-writer Scott Marshall Smith, who received his first screenplay credit on “Men of Honor,” died following a stroke, his family said Tuesday. He was 62. Smith was a native of Monterey, Calif., and was raised in the Midwest. A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Smith began his career in entertainment […] → Read More