In 2017, Kaoru Shinozaki started an ongoing novel series whose full title is Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells, often abbreviated as simply Failure Frame. After a light novel and manga adaptation, Failure Frame is finally getting an anime adaptation as well, which was officially confirmed in January 2024. Now, we can confirm that the first trailer for the upcoming Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells anime series has been released and that the series has confirmed a July 2024 release window, which means that it will be another great addition to the Summer 2024 slate.
Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells is an isekai series with dark fantasy elements, and fans of the genre are certainly going to enjoy the series, which is why we have decided to provide you with all the latest updates.
Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells is an isekai series with dark fantasy elements, and fans of the genre are certainly going to enjoy the series, which is why we have decided to provide you with all the latest updates.
- 4/22/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Yuuki Wakura is really in over his head with the arrival of the Sixth Unit! A new key visual for this season's Chained Soldier shows him, Kyoka Uzen and Tenka Izumo—with the two ladies striking powerful poses. Take a look: Related: Chained Soldier TV Anime Heralds the Arrival of the Sixth Unit in New Trailer The original Chained Soldier manga is written by Takahiro, illustrated by Yohei Takamura, and published by Shueisha in their Shonen Jump+ magazine. An English language version is also available from Yen Press. Junji Nishimura and Goro Kuji direct the Chained Soldier TV anime at animation studio Seven Arcs. Related: Chained Soldier Anime Turns Back Time with Yuchiho Azuma Character Trailer The series is currently streaming on Hidive, who describe it thus: Two supernatural forces appeared simultaneously on Earth: entrances to another dimension known as Mato, and Peaches, resources that give unique abilities to women.
- 1/25/2024
- by Kara Dennison
- Crunchyroll
Featuring "Turn the World" by Nana Mizuki ( Tomodachi Game Op) and "Dear Pantalei" by Sumire Uesaka ( TenPuru Ed), respectively, the creditless versions of supernatural action anime Shaman King Flowers ' opening and ending theme sequences are now available to watch below. Related: Chained Soldier TV Anime Unleashes Creditless Opening Theme Video Based on the sequel manga by Hiroyuki Takei, Takeshi Furuta ( Double Decker! Doug & Kirill ) directs Shaman King Flowers at studio Bridge, with series composition by Shoji Yonemura, character designs by Mayuko Yamamoto and music by Yuki Hayashi ( My Hero Academia ). Netflix aired the first Shaman King anime reboot in 2021 and 2022. Kodansha USA, which publishes the manga's official Shaman King Flowers English version, describes the series: The action returns in this brand-new sequel to Shaman King! Hana Asakura finds that being the son of Yoh & Anna Asakura isn't all it's cracked up to be, and his boredom has him itching for any kind of excitement.
- 1/17/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
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Young Adam (2003): A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers’ lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer.
Bad Education (2004): An examination...
Young Adam (2003): A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers’ lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer.
Bad Education (2004): An examination...
- 8/7/2023
- by The A.V. Club Bot
- avclub.com
The Challenge two-time finalist Eric “Big Easy” Banks competed in six seasons before taking a nearly decade-long break until viewers saw him again in spinoff All Stars. Where is he now?
Where is Eric ‘Big Easy’ Banks now?
Kentucky native Eric “Big Easy” Banks made his reality TV debut in 2006 for The Challenge: Fresh Meat. After competing in six seasons, he seemingly hung up his jersey for nearly 10 years.
However, he remained in the community by attending events and continuing to interact with fans on social media.
"Unfortunately Eric kind of just rolls me off the edge like a little dog playing with a little ball." ? Throwing it back to this old school Challenge that ends in a major upset! #TheChallenge34 pic.twitter.com/atYn3brgg3
— The Challenge (@TheChallenge) November 21, 2019
Big Easy began showing interest in redeeming himself on the competition show when Mark Long teamed up with the series...
Where is Eric ‘Big Easy’ Banks now?
Kentucky native Eric “Big Easy” Banks made his reality TV debut in 2006 for The Challenge: Fresh Meat. After competing in six seasons, he seemingly hung up his jersey for nearly 10 years.
However, he remained in the community by attending events and continuing to interact with fans on social media.
"Unfortunately Eric kind of just rolls me off the edge like a little dog playing with a little ball." ? Throwing it back to this old school Challenge that ends in a major upset! #TheChallenge34 pic.twitter.com/atYn3brgg3
— The Challenge (@TheChallenge) November 21, 2019
Big Easy began showing interest in redeeming himself on the competition show when Mark Long teamed up with the series...
- 1/29/2023
- by Tamara Grant
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Noble Story Co. has secured the rights to New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews’ The Heart Mender, with plans to develop it for film.
The historical fiction novel tells the story of Helen Mason, a young woman who is unable to abandon her resentment toward the Nazi war machine that took her husband’s life. In the summer of 1942, she comes upon German U-boat officer Lt. Josef Landermann, who has washed ashore after being abandoned and left for dead by the Kriegsmarine, and this moment ends up changing her life forever.
The project was brought to Andrew Teravskis and Adam Gregory’s Noble Story Co. by Edgar Struble, and will produce it alongside the duo. Noble Story Co. is a fan-owned production company with five other features and two series in the works, which is represented by by Arine Harapeti. Andrews is repped by Neely & Callaghan.
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Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures...
The historical fiction novel tells the story of Helen Mason, a young woman who is unable to abandon her resentment toward the Nazi war machine that took her husband’s life. In the summer of 1942, she comes upon German U-boat officer Lt. Josef Landermann, who has washed ashore after being abandoned and left for dead by the Kriegsmarine, and this moment ends up changing her life forever.
The project was brought to Andrew Teravskis and Adam Gregory’s Noble Story Co. by Edgar Struble, and will produce it alongside the duo. Noble Story Co. is a fan-owned production company with five other features and two series in the works, which is represented by by Arine Harapeti. Andrews is repped by Neely & Callaghan.
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Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures...
- 12/3/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Diane Kruger and rising star Talia Ryder are set to don ballet shoes for writer-director James Napier Robertson’s Joika, which has also landed a number of key territory deals and now has a production date in its sights.
Ryder, who broke out in Eliza Hittman’s indie hit and Berlin Silver Bear-winning Never Rarely Sometimes Always for Focus Features, will play Joy “Joika” Womack, one of a handful of foreigners — and only two U.S. women — to ever penetrate Moscow’s infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy. She replaces JoJo Rabbit star Thomasin McKenzie, who was originally attached when the film ...
Ryder, who broke out in Eliza Hittman’s indie hit and Berlin Silver Bear-winning Never Rarely Sometimes Always for Focus Features, will play Joy “Joika” Womack, one of a handful of foreigners — and only two U.S. women — to ever penetrate Moscow’s infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy. She replaces JoJo Rabbit star Thomasin McKenzie, who was originally attached when the film ...
- 9/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Comedian, author and actor Patricia Williams aka Ms. Pat has booked her first hourlong stand-up comedy special at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively.
The special, which is still to be titled, will be shot at the Atlanta Comedy Theater on Sept. 25. While this is Ms. Pat’s first hourlong special, she previously appeared in the second season of the streamer’s “The Degenerates” stand-up series, delivering a half-hour set.
Ms. Pat’s unique voice comes from always being honest and personal to her own life, rather than reaching for a hot topic or headline of the moment. That’s why she says you shouldn’t expect Covid jokes in her new special. But you also shouldn’t expect to hear about the same people or pockets of her life she included in “The Degenerates”; her 2017 memoir, “Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat”; or her BET Plus sitcom, “The Ms. Pat Show.
The special, which is still to be titled, will be shot at the Atlanta Comedy Theater on Sept. 25. While this is Ms. Pat’s first hourlong special, she previously appeared in the second season of the streamer’s “The Degenerates” stand-up series, delivering a half-hour set.
Ms. Pat’s unique voice comes from always being honest and personal to her own life, rather than reaching for a hot topic or headline of the moment. That’s why she says you shouldn’t expect Covid jokes in her new special. But you also shouldn’t expect to hear about the same people or pockets of her life she included in “The Degenerates”; her 2017 memoir, “Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat”; or her BET Plus sitcom, “The Ms. Pat Show.
- 8/31/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
In June 2020 Disney announced that Splash Mountain, one of the mainstay rides at its U.S. parks whose theme was based on the Uncle Remus Br’er Rabbit story from the studio’s controversial 1946 film Song of the South, would be reimagined based on its more recent film The Princess and the Frog, which gave the world its first Black Disney princess. Today, Disney revealed new details about the forthcoming attraction at Disneyland and Disney World.
The timetable and name for the new rides have yet to be announced, but Disney Imagineering Senior Creative Producer Charita Carter, who is steering the parks’ Tiana project, said her team has been hard at work behind the scenes crafting an all-new story for Tiana and friends that will be set after the events of the film.
That process has involved a lot of brainstorming, planning and general imagineering. It will also include multiple research trips to New Orleans,...
The timetable and name for the new rides have yet to be announced, but Disney Imagineering Senior Creative Producer Charita Carter, who is steering the parks’ Tiana project, said her team has been hard at work behind the scenes crafting an all-new story for Tiana and friends that will be set after the events of the film.
That process has involved a lot of brainstorming, planning and general imagineering. It will also include multiple research trips to New Orleans,...
- 8/24/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Searchlight Pictures have announced the full cast and crew for the recently completed feature production ‘See How They Run’.
Directed by BAFTA award-winning director Tom George (This Country) and from producers, Damian Jones and Gina Carter, the film, which is based on an original screenplay by Mark Chappell, will include Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody and David Oyelowo as part of an ensemble of acclaimed stage and screen talent.
The film is set in the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theatre underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
Also in news – Sally Hawkins & Mark Rylance...
Directed by BAFTA award-winning director Tom George (This Country) and from producers, Damian Jones and Gina Carter, the film, which is based on an original screenplay by Mark Chappell, will include Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody and David Oyelowo as part of an ensemble of acclaimed stage and screen talent.
The film is set in the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theatre underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
Also in news – Sally Hawkins & Mark Rylance...
- 7/29/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for "American Horror Stories" Episode 3 "Drive In.")
The third installment of FX on Hulu's new "American Horror Story" spinoff anthology series "American Horror Stories" launched Thursday, featuring performances by "AHS" staple John Carroll Lynch and franchise newcomers Madison Bailey and Rhenzy Feliz. In this hour, Lynch plays Larry Bitterman, the filmmaker of the fictional "Rabbit Rabbit," a supposedly cursed film that had all of its prints destroyed after moviegoers killed each other in the first showing.
Turns out, the film is truly cursed and teen lovers Kelley (Bailey) and Chad (Feliz) find that out the hard way when they attend a drive-in showing of the last remaining print and everyone starts becoming murderous zombies that they have to take out to survive.
Eventually, Kelley and Chad figure out the director, who was imprisoned for years after assaulting former second lady Tipper Gore for having his film destroyed,...
The third installment of FX on Hulu's new "American Horror Story" spinoff anthology series "American Horror Stories" launched Thursday, featuring performances by "AHS" staple John Carroll Lynch and franchise newcomers Madison Bailey and Rhenzy Feliz. In this hour, Lynch plays Larry Bitterman, the filmmaker of the fictional "Rabbit Rabbit," a supposedly cursed film that had all of its prints destroyed after moviegoers killed each other in the first showing.
Turns out, the film is truly cursed and teen lovers Kelley (Bailey) and Chad (Feliz) find that out the hard way when they attend a drive-in showing of the last remaining print and everyone starts becoming murderous zombies that they have to take out to survive.
Eventually, Kelley and Chad figure out the director, who was imprisoned for years after assaulting former second lady Tipper Gore for having his film destroyed,...
- 7/23/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Listening to your favorite podcast host can often feel like they’re talking one-on-one to just you in an intimate setting. After all the weekly shows, you may think you know all there is to know about them. But there’s always a deeper, and sometimes darker, backstory about your favorite funny and informative podcasters, and the journey of how they got to where they are.
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Though they’ve technically been around since the mid-2000s, podcasts have exploded in popularity in the past few years,...
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Though they’ve technically been around since the mid-2000s, podcasts have exploded in popularity in the past few years,...
- 6/30/2021
- by Joshua Kanter
- Rollingstone.com
The critics swooned for it, the studio marketed the heck out of it, and its feel-good message couldn’t have arrived at a better time. So why did Warner Bros’ splashy new movie-musical In the Heights receive such a lukewarm turnout in its opening weekend? With advance predictions pegging the debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stage-to-screen adaptation at around $20 million, In the Heights fell well short of expectations, pulling in a soft $11.4 million in its first frame, leaving an opening for the three-week-old horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II to reclaim the top spot in North America. Meanwhile, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway hopped its way into third place in with a $10.4 million bow.
After dropping down to second place last weekend, the John Krasinski-directed A Quiet Place Part II rebounded with just under $11.7 million in its third weekend in theaters. Paramount’s PG-13-rated suspense sequel...
After dropping down to second place last weekend, the John Krasinski-directed A Quiet Place Part II rebounded with just under $11.7 million in its third weekend in theaters. Paramount’s PG-13-rated suspense sequel...
- 6/13/2021
- by Chris Nashawaty <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Here’s a concise description of the reality of the state of moviegoing: In two consecutive weekends, Warner Bros. released two movies. One was the eighth entry in the “Conjuring” horror franchise. The other, an acclaimed musical film, celebrated as a breakthrough in representation of Latinos onscreen. Both concurrently showed at no extra cost on HBO Max for subscribers.
“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” grossed $24.1 million. “In the Heights” managed less than half, at just $11.4 million.
Jon M. Chu’s widely anticipated and critically adored film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 Broadway musical failed to reach #1, falling $245,000 behind a strong third weekend for John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place Part II” (Paramount). The well-received sequel rose from #2 last week and dashed past the $100-million mark, the first film to do so in over a year.
Four films grossed over $10 million in a single weekend for the first...
“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” grossed $24.1 million. “In the Heights” managed less than half, at just $11.4 million.
Jon M. Chu’s widely anticipated and critically adored film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 Broadway musical failed to reach #1, falling $245,000 behind a strong third weekend for John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place Part II” (Paramount). The well-received sequel rose from #2 last week and dashed past the $100-million mark, the first film to do so in over a year.
Four films grossed over $10 million in a single weekend for the first...
- 6/13/2021
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Exclusive: WestEnd Films has acquired international rights on Dismissed, the buzzy new satirical comedy-drama Israeli TV series about a group of female army recruits.
The show was created by Israeli Television Academy winner Nir Berger (Dead End) and Atara Frish (Heroine), who also directs. It is produced by Naomi Levari (One Week and a Day) and Saar Yogev (Chained) for Black Sheep Film Productions and Kan: Israeli Public Broadcasting. Kan is currently broadcasting the 10 x 35 series and has already picked it up for a second season.
WestEnd will handle sales through its TV-focused WeSeries banner. The company’s series credits include Valley of Tears, which recently aired on HBO Max, and Traitor, which is now in post-production; both series come from writers/producers Ron Leshem (Euphoria) and Amit Cohen (False Flag). WestEnd also has a television development slate with production and financing company, Anton. The first project will be a...
The show was created by Israeli Television Academy winner Nir Berger (Dead End) and Atara Frish (Heroine), who also directs. It is produced by Naomi Levari (One Week and a Day) and Saar Yogev (Chained) for Black Sheep Film Productions and Kan: Israeli Public Broadcasting. Kan is currently broadcasting the 10 x 35 series and has already picked it up for a second season.
WestEnd will handle sales through its TV-focused WeSeries banner. The company’s series credits include Valley of Tears, which recently aired on HBO Max, and Traitor, which is now in post-production; both series come from writers/producers Ron Leshem (Euphoria) and Amit Cohen (False Flag). WestEnd also has a television development slate with production and financing company, Anton. The first project will be a...
- 5/5/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The Critics Choice Awards will be handed out on Sunday night, March 7, two days after the start of voting for Oscar nominations, so they have an opportunity to influence this year’s awards even more than usual. So who will win? Scroll down for our complete predictions in all 20 film categories, listed in order of our racetrack odds with our projected winners highlighted in gold.
SEE2021 Critics Choice TV predictions: Winner odds in 16 television categories
Our odds have been calculated by combining the predictions of Gold Derby users. They include Expert journalists from major media outlets, the Editors who cover awards year-round for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Critics Choice film winners, and the All-Star Top 24 who had the best prediction scores when you combine the last two years’ results.
These awards are handed out by the Critics Choice Association that comprises hundreds of print,...
SEE2021 Critics Choice TV predictions: Winner odds in 16 television categories
Our odds have been calculated by combining the predictions of Gold Derby users. They include Expert journalists from major media outlets, the Editors who cover awards year-round for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Critics Choice film winners, and the All-Star Top 24 who had the best prediction scores when you combine the last two years’ results.
These awards are handed out by the Critics Choice Association that comprises hundreds of print,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Motown/UMe has marked the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s single release for “What’s Going On” — the title track from Rolling Stone’s Greatest Album of All Time — with an all-encompassing digital reissue of the 1971 LP out now on streaming services.
“What’s Going On” was released on January 20th, 1971, four months before the LP arrived. Over the past 20 years, the album has been reissued every decade, with early mixes, instrumentals and other rarities culled from the era added to each release.
To honor the single’s 50th birthday,...
“What’s Going On” was released on January 20th, 1971, four months before the LP arrived. Over the past 20 years, the album has been reissued every decade, with early mixes, instrumentals and other rarities culled from the era added to each release.
To honor the single’s 50th birthday,...
- 1/22/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Terry Gilliam is one of the most famously outspoken directors in the industry, and he knows fine well the impact it had on his career. If he’d simply smiled and nodded like many other filmmakers do, then he would have ended up tackling a number of high profile blockbusters having turned down Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Forrest Gump, both of which experienced major success with Robert Zemeckis at the helm.
He also knocked back an Alien sequel and eventual Best Picture winner Braveheart, tried twice to drag Watchmen out of development hell, found himself on the shortlist for The Truman Show and was J.K. Rowling’s number one choice for adapting Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The author’s preferred candidate was shot down by Warner Bros., but Gilliam remembered and then rejected the opportunity to enter talks for sixth installment Half-Blood Prince.
That leaves 1995 sci-fi 12 Monkeys...
He also knocked back an Alien sequel and eventual Best Picture winner Braveheart, tried twice to drag Watchmen out of development hell, found himself on the shortlist for The Truman Show and was J.K. Rowling’s number one choice for adapting Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The author’s preferred candidate was shot down by Warner Bros., but Gilliam remembered and then rejected the opportunity to enter talks for sixth installment Half-Blood Prince.
That leaves 1995 sci-fi 12 Monkeys...
- 1/9/2021
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Black Panther was the first comic book movie to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, with Todd Phillips’ Joker repeating the trick the following year, but the reason the organization widened the field from five films to anywhere up to ten in the first place is largely due to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.
That’s why the Academy’s decision was informally labeled as ‘the Dark Knight rule,’ because many people believed that the second installment in the filmmaker’s Batman trilogy was grossly and unfairly overlooked for the top prize at the 2009 ceremony, especially when the underwhelming Frost/Nixon and The Reader landed nods for Best Picture.
It did win two gongs from eight nominations in total, though, including one for Heath Ledger’s iconic performance, and in the years since, The Dark Knight has been lauded as arguably...
That’s why the Academy’s decision was informally labeled as ‘the Dark Knight rule,’ because many people believed that the second installment in the filmmaker’s Batman trilogy was grossly and unfairly overlooked for the top prize at the 2009 ceremony, especially when the underwhelming Frost/Nixon and The Reader landed nods for Best Picture.
It did win two gongs from eight nominations in total, though, including one for Heath Ledger’s iconic performance, and in the years since, The Dark Knight has been lauded as arguably...
- 12/28/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Mediawan, one of Europe’s most thriving independent production-distribution groups, is looking to expand its leadership further into Europe with the acquisition of Lagardere Studios and a minority stake in Madrid-based banner Weekend Studio.
Following last month’s clearance by the anti-trust board, Mediawan has finalized its takeover of Lagardere Studios, an expansive French TV producer-distributor comprised of 27 companies, including the Spanish banner Boomerang, whose hit series include “The Time in Between” and “Mum detective;” Atlantique Productions, whose credits include Damien Chazelle’s Netflix series “The Eddy”; and Imagissime, the documentary producers behind hit Netflix documentary series “Who Killed Little Gregory?”
Pierre-Antoine Capton, chairman of Mediawan, said the company is now getting ready to integrate Lagardere Studios’ talent and labels into the org and is preparing to reorganize in order to create more synergies.
“With these new acquisitions we are going to strengthen our footprint in Spain, the Netherlands and Finland,...
Following last month’s clearance by the anti-trust board, Mediawan has finalized its takeover of Lagardere Studios, an expansive French TV producer-distributor comprised of 27 companies, including the Spanish banner Boomerang, whose hit series include “The Time in Between” and “Mum detective;” Atlantique Productions, whose credits include Damien Chazelle’s Netflix series “The Eddy”; and Imagissime, the documentary producers behind hit Netflix documentary series “Who Killed Little Gregory?”
Pierre-Antoine Capton, chairman of Mediawan, said the company is now getting ready to integrate Lagardere Studios’ talent and labels into the org and is preparing to reorganize in order to create more synergies.
“With these new acquisitions we are going to strengthen our footprint in Spain, the Netherlands and Finland,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Pamplona — No presentation at Conecta Fiction is as important as its CoPro Pitching Sessions, packed this year with 12 scripted series projects from Latin America and Europe. 2020’s hybrid edition – with Spanish producers and creators pitching in Pamplona, Latin Americans mostly online – is proving no exception. Following, a drill down on the 12 projects, half of which were presented on stage Wednesday morning at Conecta Fiction, whose budgetary level and historical setting reveal a heightened ambition in drama series from the Spanish-speaking world:
“Chained”
June 1940: Dunkirk ends with British defeat, France falls to Hitler’s troops. Two spies – English party girl – or so it seems – June Robinson and Spanish bon vivant Alejandro Salvatierra are recruited in a desperate attempt by Winston Churchill’s government to stop Spain entering WWII and the Dukes of Windsor negotiating Britain’s capitulation. A two programe type genre blender, mixing period drama and espionage thriller, an...
“Chained”
June 1940: Dunkirk ends with British defeat, France falls to Hitler’s troops. Two spies – English party girl – or so it seems – June Robinson and Spanish bon vivant Alejandro Salvatierra are recruited in a desperate attempt by Winston Churchill’s government to stop Spain entering WWII and the Dukes of Windsor negotiating Britain’s capitulation. A two programe type genre blender, mixing period drama and espionage thriller, an...
- 9/2/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
A few weeks back it was our pleasure to attend the press conference for Disney’s brand new movie The One and Only Ivan – the movie based on the hugely popular book by Katherine Applegate.
Attending the press conference were a raft of movie acting legends including Bryan Cranston (“Mack”), Sam Rockwell (“Ivan”), Angelina Jolie (“Stella”), Danny DeVito (“Bob the dog”), Helen Mirren (“Snickers the poodle”), Brooklynn Prince (“Ruby”), Chaka Khan (“Henrietta the chicken”), Mike White (“Frankie the seal” / screenwriter), Phillipa Soo (“Thelma the parrot”) and Ron Funchess (“Murphy the rabbit”) and Thea Sharrock (director).
During the super fun press conference, the cast talked about how they channelled their artsy side, Angelina Jolie and Brooklynn Prince talk about dressing up as elephants and bringing their characters to life while the rest talk about creating something so fresh and new and the wonder of working on such a great project. Director...
Attending the press conference were a raft of movie acting legends including Bryan Cranston (“Mack”), Sam Rockwell (“Ivan”), Angelina Jolie (“Stella”), Danny DeVito (“Bob the dog”), Helen Mirren (“Snickers the poodle”), Brooklynn Prince (“Ruby”), Chaka Khan (“Henrietta the chicken”), Mike White (“Frankie the seal” / screenwriter), Phillipa Soo (“Thelma the parrot”) and Ron Funchess (“Murphy the rabbit”) and Thea Sharrock (director).
During the super fun press conference, the cast talked about how they channelled their artsy side, Angelina Jolie and Brooklynn Prince talk about dressing up as elephants and bringing their characters to life while the rest talk about creating something so fresh and new and the wonder of working on such a great project. Director...
- 8/21/2020
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Provocateur Terry Gilliam has been wending his way back to filmmaking ever since his long-suffering 2018 Cervantes epic “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” finally hit U.S. theaters last year. However, like many directors who were in the middle of new projects, the pandemic has proven a challenge. As revealed in a new interview with the Ventotene Film Festival, as shared by Italian outlet La Repubblica (via The Playlist), Gilliam said he was at work on a movie inspired by a concept from Stanley Kubrick until lockdown stalled the film, despite having a script and cast ready to go.
“I was doing a film that was originally an idea by Stanley Kubrick,” said Gilliam, who added he was due to begin filming in September. “There was a script and I had a cast, but the lockdown has ruined everything.” The “Brazil” and “12 Monkeys” director also added, “At the moment,...
“I was doing a film that was originally an idea by Stanley Kubrick,” said Gilliam, who added he was due to begin filming in September. “There was a script and I had a cast, but the lockdown has ruined everything.” The “Brazil” and “12 Monkeys” director also added, “At the moment,...
- 7/26/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Japan Sinks 2020, the disaster anime on Netflix, is a perfect encapsulation of this awful year.
“Some might feel that a harrowing and hellish vision of the apocalypse in entertainment might be more than they can bear right now — and that’s perfectly understandable. But Pyeon-Gang Ho and Masaaki Yuasa’s Japan Sinks 2020, the latest anime miniseries from Science Saru, is more than worth gritting your teeth and sticking through.”
Read more at Thrillist.
For those working from home, check out these handy Zoom hacks to make your virtual meetings go easier.
“After years of essays, group projects, and corporate strategy plans, you just might consider yourself an expert at using Google Docs, Microsoft Excel, and other popular programs. Video-chatting with Zoom, on the other hand, still feels like new territory for many workers who are spending more time working from home.”
Read more at Mental Floss.
Amazon CEO...
“Some might feel that a harrowing and hellish vision of the apocalypse in entertainment might be more than they can bear right now — and that’s perfectly understandable. But Pyeon-Gang Ho and Masaaki Yuasa’s Japan Sinks 2020, the latest anime miniseries from Science Saru, is more than worth gritting your teeth and sticking through.”
Read more at Thrillist.
For those working from home, check out these handy Zoom hacks to make your virtual meetings go easier.
“After years of essays, group projects, and corporate strategy plans, you just might consider yourself an expert at using Google Docs, Microsoft Excel, and other popular programs. Video-chatting with Zoom, on the other hand, still feels like new territory for many workers who are spending more time working from home.”
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- 7/21/2020
- by Ivan Huang
- Den of Geek
Breaking: Those theaters in low risk areas in China “can resume business in an orderly manner” as early as Monday, July 20, the China Film Administration announced in a recent notice.
There were rumblings in foreign distribution that China would start reopening on this date, however, sources weren’t so sure whether that meant simply that the Shanghai Film Festival was taking place on July 25. Today’s news is a positive sign of something greater.
Of course, those theaters reopening have to practice proper safety Covid-19 protocols. “Middle and high-risk areas are temporarily closed for business,” said the China Film Adminstration, “Once adjusted from low-risk areas to medium-high-risk areas, the epidemic prevention and control regulations shall be strictly implemented, and the prevention and control measures shall be strictly implemented.”
Cinemas have been closed since late January in the world’s second largest box office market,...
There were rumblings in foreign distribution that China would start reopening on this date, however, sources weren’t so sure whether that meant simply that the Shanghai Film Festival was taking place on July 25. Today’s news is a positive sign of something greater.
Of course, those theaters reopening have to practice proper safety Covid-19 protocols. “Middle and high-risk areas are temporarily closed for business,” said the China Film Adminstration, “Once adjusted from low-risk areas to medium-high-risk areas, the epidemic prevention and control regulations shall be strictly implemented, and the prevention and control measures shall be strictly implemented.”
Cinemas have been closed since late January in the world’s second largest box office market,...
- 7/16/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
As cinemas begin to reopen again in many territories, Screen is tracking which films are released across the globe each week.
As cinemas begin to reopen again in many territories, Screen is tracking which films are being released in key territories each week.
France, opening Wednesday July 8
The French box office, which runs Wednesday to Wednesday, entered its third full week of activity on July 8, following the reopening of cinemas on June 22 after their 14-week Covid-19 hiatus. Programming for the first 10 days of reopening consisted mainly of re-released films, the theatrical careers of which were put on hold mid-March due to the lockdown,...
As cinemas begin to reopen again in many territories, Screen is tracking which films are being released in key territories each week.
France, opening Wednesday July 8
The French box office, which runs Wednesday to Wednesday, entered its third full week of activity on July 8, following the reopening of cinemas on June 22 after their 14-week Covid-19 hiatus. Programming for the first 10 days of reopening consisted mainly of re-released films, the theatrical careers of which were put on hold mid-March due to the lockdown,...
- 7/10/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦¬1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦39¦¬158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦¬134¦Jean Noh¦516¦¬1101324¦Elisabet Cabeza¦37¦¬1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Amazon Prime Video is matching moves by streaming rivals by rolling out Watch Party, a new feature allowing simultaneous viewing of film or TV titles up to 100 Prime subscribers.
The feature, available for Prime members in the U.S. at no cost, started to slowly roll out Monday on laptops only. Apple’s Safari browser will not support the the native social viewing tool. It is unclear when — or if — it will arrive on other platforms beyond laptops, like gaming consoles, connected-tv devices or smart TVs.
Hulu said in May it is testing a feature it also calls Watch Party on its ad-free tier. Many Netflix users have spent time in recent months using the “Netflix Party” extension for Chrome web browsers. A Seattle-based startup called Scener has also announced ventures with HBO, Netflix and other programmers to enable social viewing. Kast is a more recent successor to predecessors like Rabbit,...
The feature, available for Prime members in the U.S. at no cost, started to slowly roll out Monday on laptops only. Apple’s Safari browser will not support the the native social viewing tool. It is unclear when — or if — it will arrive on other platforms beyond laptops, like gaming consoles, connected-tv devices or smart TVs.
Hulu said in May it is testing a feature it also calls Watch Party on its ad-free tier. Many Netflix users have spent time in recent months using the “Netflix Party” extension for Chrome web browsers. A Seattle-based startup called Scener has also announced ventures with HBO, Netflix and other programmers to enable social viewing. Kast is a more recent successor to predecessors like Rabbit,...
- 6/29/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Stx Entertainment has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the Elisabeth Moss paranormal thriller “Run Rabbit Run,” the company announced Tuesday.
STXfilms will distribute director Daina Reid’s film in the U.S., U.K and Ireland with STXinternational set to introduce the film to buyers at this week’s Cannes Virtual Market. Umbrella Entertainment will be releasing in Australia and New Zealand.
Novelist Hannah Kent wrote the screenplay based on an original idea she developed with Carver Films. Moss stars as a fertility doctor who has a firm understanding of the cycle of life: you are born, you live, and then you die. But when she is forced to make sense of the increasingly strange behavior of her young daughter Mia, Sarah must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.
Also Read: 'Shirley' Director Says Elisabeth Moss Was Always the 'Top Choice' to Play Author Shirley Jackson...
STXfilms will distribute director Daina Reid’s film in the U.S., U.K and Ireland with STXinternational set to introduce the film to buyers at this week’s Cannes Virtual Market. Umbrella Entertainment will be releasing in Australia and New Zealand.
Novelist Hannah Kent wrote the screenplay based on an original idea she developed with Carver Films. Moss stars as a fertility doctor who has a firm understanding of the cycle of life: you are born, you live, and then you die. But when she is forced to make sense of the increasingly strange behavior of her young daughter Mia, Sarah must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.
Also Read: 'Shirley' Director Says Elisabeth Moss Was Always the 'Top Choice' to Play Author Shirley Jackson...
- 6/23/2020
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Finalists to Conecta Fiction Reboot’s four pitching categories were unveiled Monday at the opening virtual session of the 4th Latin America-Europe TV co-production forum in Pamplona, Spain. Forced online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the on-site edition returns to Pamplona’s Baluarte Congress Center over Sept. 2-3.
Conecta Fiction director Géraldine Gonard hosted the opening ceremony at which María Chivite, President of Navarre, sent a video greeting where she reiterated her steadfast support for the industry.
All finalists will be invited to present their projects in person in September. Among the two key international categories, Pitch CoPro Series and Pitch Short-Form Series, are projects from the likes of Madrid-based Morena Films (“The Year of the Rat”), which has made more than 50 features and worked with a host of notable directors, including Oliver Stone, Asghar Farhadi, Icíar Bollaín, Steven Soderbergh, Carlos Saura and Pablo Trapero.
Colombia’s Fidelio Films made the cut with “Tenebris,...
Conecta Fiction director Géraldine Gonard hosted the opening ceremony at which María Chivite, President of Navarre, sent a video greeting where she reiterated her steadfast support for the industry.
All finalists will be invited to present their projects in person in September. Among the two key international categories, Pitch CoPro Series and Pitch Short-Form Series, are projects from the likes of Madrid-based Morena Films (“The Year of the Rat”), which has made more than 50 features and worked with a host of notable directors, including Oliver Stone, Asghar Farhadi, Icíar Bollaín, Steven Soderbergh, Carlos Saura and Pablo Trapero.
Colombia’s Fidelio Films made the cut with “Tenebris,...
- 6/15/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu will now allow users that subscribe to its ad-free streaming service to watch shows with friends as part of a new testing feature called Hulu Watch Party. While there are plenty of third-party sites for group video streaming, Hulu’s test marks one of the first times a major streamer has added group watching technology directly into its service.
The Hulu Watch Party feature is available on Hulu.com and will run on PC and Mac computers that have Hulu-compatible browsers. As of now, the feature is not available on any of Hulu’s apps on smart TVs, iPhones or Android.
Up to eight people ages 18 and up can join a virtual room that will synchronize on-screen content and let users chat live. If a viewer falls behind, a “click to catch up” button will immediately let them rejoin the rest of the group. To access the new feature,...
The Hulu Watch Party feature is available on Hulu.com and will run on PC and Mac computers that have Hulu-compatible browsers. As of now, the feature is not available on any of Hulu’s apps on smart TVs, iPhones or Android.
Up to eight people ages 18 and up can join a virtual room that will synchronize on-screen content and let users chat live. If a viewer falls behind, a “click to catch up” button will immediately let them rejoin the rest of the group. To access the new feature,...
- 5/28/2020
- by Samson Amore
- The Wrap
In today’s film news roundup, Tim Story is in talks to direct Kevin Hart in “Night Wolf,” Michael Moore calls off this year’s Traverse City Film Festival, and New York’s Israel Film Center Festival goes virtual.
Director Attached
Stx Films is in final talks for director-producer Tim Story to re-team with Kevin Hart on the superhero comedy “Night Wolf.”
Story collaborated with Hart on both “Ride Along” movies and the two “Think Like a Man” titles. Hart came on to the “Night Wolf” project last year and will star and produce through his HartBeat Productions.
“Night Wolf,” written by “Detective Pikachu” screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, follows Hart’s character meeting his future father-in-law for the first time only to discover he is secretly the superhero known as the Night Wolf.
Should the deal make, Story will direct and produce through his production company, The Story Company.
Director Attached
Stx Films is in final talks for director-producer Tim Story to re-team with Kevin Hart on the superhero comedy “Night Wolf.”
Story collaborated with Hart on both “Ride Along” movies and the two “Think Like a Man” titles. Hart came on to the “Night Wolf” project last year and will star and produce through his HartBeat Productions.
“Night Wolf,” written by “Detective Pikachu” screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, follows Hart’s character meeting his future father-in-law for the first time only to discover he is secretly the superhero known as the Night Wolf.
Should the deal make, Story will direct and produce through his production company, The Story Company.
- 5/11/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
May the 4th be with you all! Happy Star Wars Day everyone, and to celebrate, we have some exciting news coming to us from a galaxy far, far, away. Yes, as the headline spoils, Taika Waititi is going to be at the helm for a Star Wars feature film. After his work on the Disney+ hit show The Mandalorian, there was no doubt that the powers that be would be hot for him to take the lead on a project of his own. Well, now we know that it’s happening, and Disney has waited until the prime date of May 4th to spring it on us. Read on for more… Not only is Waititi directing this flick, he’s co-writing it with Academy Award nominated writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Both were cited by Oscar last year, for Jojo Rabbit and 1917, respectively, so this brings them together on about as high...
- 5/4/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, find out about the big differences between the […]
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The post The Morning Watch: How ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Compares to Source Material, Kids React to 90s Cartoons & More appeared first on /Film.
- 4/6/2020
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
1917 overtakes lifetime total of Bridget Jones’s Diary in UK.
Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog held on to the international box office crown after an estimated $26.8m haul secured primacy for the third weekend as the coronavirus continued to take a toll on cinema-going.
The spread of the virus has seen the studio delay Sonic’s release in China, and Japan too remains undated. Results for several films suffered in South Korea, the world’s fifth largest market where the recent Oscars success of Parasite had been expected to deliver a major fillip before the virus established the second highest fatality...
Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog held on to the international box office crown after an estimated $26.8m haul secured primacy for the third weekend as the coronavirus continued to take a toll on cinema-going.
The spread of the virus has seen the studio delay Sonic’s release in China, and Japan too remains undated. Results for several films suffered in South Korea, the world’s fifth largest market where the recent Oscars success of Parasite had been expected to deliver a major fillip before the virus established the second highest fatality...
- 3/1/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.
This week’s new release slate includes three big Oscar nominees (and one winner), an acclaimed indie that should’ve been up there with them, new Aardman animation on Netflix, a muscular old-school action flick, and two new Blu-rays from Criterion.
Continue reading The 9 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Beautiful Day,’ ’21 Bridges’ & More at The Playlist.
This week’s new release slate includes three big Oscar nominees (and one winner), an acclaimed indie that should’ve been up there with them, new Aardman animation on Netflix, a muscular old-school action flick, and two new Blu-rays from Criterion.
Continue reading The 9 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Beautiful Day,’ ’21 Bridges’ & More at The Playlist.
- 2/18/2020
- by Jason Bailey
- The Playlist
Kristian Brodie.
The film development fund launched by the UK’s Curzon, Madman Entertainment and Benelux distributor Cinéart is seeking filmmaker-driven projects from both established and emerging talent at all stages of the development process.
The Curzon Cm Development Fund is willing to help producers commission treatments or first drafts and to acquire book options as well as supporting projects in late-stage development.
That’s according to British producer Kristian Brodie, the fund’s head of film development based at Curzon’s London HQ.
The $US1.6 million fund aims to support a slate of 16 projects over three years. After that, the partners will have the option to roll into a second five-year plan, exit or be replaced by another partner.
Asked if he intends to focus on specific genres, Brodie tells If: “We’re pretty genre-agnostic here. While we’re unlikely to do an out-and-out slasher teen horror or a broad gross-out comedy,...
The film development fund launched by the UK’s Curzon, Madman Entertainment and Benelux distributor Cinéart is seeking filmmaker-driven projects from both established and emerging talent at all stages of the development process.
The Curzon Cm Development Fund is willing to help producers commission treatments or first drafts and to acquire book options as well as supporting projects in late-stage development.
That’s according to British producer Kristian Brodie, the fund’s head of film development based at Curzon’s London HQ.
The $US1.6 million fund aims to support a slate of 16 projects over three years. After that, the partners will have the option to roll into a second five-year plan, exit or be replaced by another partner.
Asked if he intends to focus on specific genres, Brodie tells If: “We’re pretty genre-agnostic here. While we’re unlikely to do an out-and-out slasher teen horror or a broad gross-out comedy,...
- 2/18/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The morning after the Academy Awards, Taika Waititi — the winner of the adapted screenplay Oscar for “Jojo Rabbit” — is drinking a Pedialyte. But however hungover the filmmaker might be, it does not stop him from hamming it up for a photo shoot. He writhes on a hotel room couch, folds himself into an armoire and holds out his Oscar with a look of mock terror on his face, as if he’s warding off a vampire with a cross.
“Jojo Rabbit,” loosely based on Christine Leunens’ 2008 novel “Caging Skies,” tells the story of Johannes Betzler, a sensitive 10-year-old boy (Roman Griffin Davis) in late-World War II Germany. Though he has conjured Adolf Hitler (Waititi) as an imaginary friend, his Nazi aspirations do not match his true character. In fact, he gets his nickname when older Hitler Youth kids pressure him to strangle a bunny, and he can’t. Jojo’s...
“Jojo Rabbit,” loosely based on Christine Leunens’ 2008 novel “Caging Skies,” tells the story of Johannes Betzler, a sensitive 10-year-old boy (Roman Griffin Davis) in late-World War II Germany. Though he has conjured Adolf Hitler (Waititi) as an imaginary friend, his Nazi aspirations do not match his true character. In fact, he gets his nickname when older Hitler Youth kids pressure him to strangle a bunny, and he can’t. Jojo’s...
- 2/12/2020
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
South Korean smash stuns Hollywood awards show.
South Korea’s Parasite was the big winner at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, earning awards for best picture, director, international feature film, and original screenplay.
All the winners appear below in bold. The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Oscars 2020: Full list of winners
Best Motion Picture of the year
Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Parasite
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Todd Phillips, Joker Sam Mendes, 1917 Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Bong Joon Ho,...
South Korea’s Parasite was the big winner at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, earning awards for best picture, director, international feature film, and original screenplay.
All the winners appear below in bold. The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Oscars 2020: Full list of winners
Best Motion Picture of the year
Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Parasite
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Todd Phillips, Joker Sam Mendes, 1917 Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Bong Joon Ho,...
- 2/10/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦¬1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
South Korean smash stuns Hollywood awards show.
Parasite was the big winner at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, earning awards for best picture, director, international feature film and original screenplay.
All the winners appear below in bold. The 92nd Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Oscars 2020: Full list of winners
Best Motion Picture of the year
Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Parasite
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Todd Phillips, Joker Sam Mendes, 1917 Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Bong Joon Ho,...
Parasite was the big winner at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, earning awards for best picture, director, international feature film and original screenplay.
All the winners appear below in bold. The 92nd Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Oscars 2020: Full list of winners
Best Motion Picture of the year
Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Parasite
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Todd Phillips, Joker Sam Mendes, 1917 Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Bong Joon Ho,...
- 2/10/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Jacqueline Durran took home the Oscar for Costume Design for her work in Little Women, beating out costume designers for The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. This comes after recently picking up the BAFTA award for Best Costume Design.
This win marks Durran’s second Oscar after she won in 2012 for the Joe Wright-directed film, Anna Karenina. She also recently picked up the BAFTA
“I’m indebted to a lot of people,” Durran said while onstage accepting her work. She mentioned the film’s team including the cast and producer Amy Pascal as well as her family for enabling her “to be a working mother.”
To close, she made sure to thank Little Women helmer Greta Gerwig. “She was an inspiration to all of us with her courage.” You can watch her entire speech above.
It’s worth noting that the Academy tends...
This win marks Durran’s second Oscar after she won in 2012 for the Joe Wright-directed film, Anna Karenina. She also recently picked up the BAFTA
“I’m indebted to a lot of people,” Durran said while onstage accepting her work. She mentioned the film’s team including the cast and producer Amy Pascal as well as her family for enabling her “to be a working mother.”
To close, she made sure to thank Little Women helmer Greta Gerwig. “She was an inspiration to all of us with her courage.” You can watch her entire speech above.
It’s worth noting that the Academy tends...
- 2/10/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
South Korean smash ‘Parasite’ stuns Hollywood awards show.
South Korea’s Parasite was the big winner at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, earning awards for best picture, director, international feature film, and original screenplay.
All the winners appear below in bold. The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Oscars 2020: Full list of winners
Best Motion Picture of the year
Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Parasite
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Todd Phillips, Joker Sam Mendes, 1917 Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Bong Joon Ho,...
South Korea’s Parasite was the big winner at the 92nd annual Academy Awards, earning awards for best picture, director, international feature film, and original screenplay.
All the winners appear below in bold. The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Oscars 2020: Full list of winners
Best Motion Picture of the year
Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Parasite
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Todd Phillips, Joker Sam Mendes, 1917 Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood Bong Joon Ho,...
- 2/10/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦¬1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
‘Joker’ leads nominations with 11; ‘The Irishman’, ’Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, ‘1917’ have 10 each.
Parasite has becomes the first film to win the recently renamed best international feature Oscar and the first from South Korea to win the award in the history of Academy’s award for a foreign language film.
Bonh Joon Ho took to the stage and welcomed the category name change. It was the film’s second Oscar of the night after Bong and Han Jin-won won for original screenplay.
Laura Dern won the best supporting actress Oscar for Marriage Story, after Brad Pitt won the...
Parasite has becomes the first film to win the recently renamed best international feature Oscar and the first from South Korea to win the award in the history of Academy’s award for a foreign language film.
Bonh Joon Ho took to the stage and welcomed the category name change. It was the film’s second Oscar of the night after Bong and Han Jin-won won for original screenplay.
Laura Dern won the best supporting actress Oscar for Marriage Story, after Brad Pitt won the...
- 2/9/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
‘Joker’ leads nominations with 11; ‘The Irishman’, ’Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, ‘1917’ have 10 each.
The 92nd Academy Awards takes place in Los Angeles on Sunday night (February 9) and Screen will post all the winners here live and on Twitter as they happen.
As each award is given out, the winner in each category will be shown in bold, below.
For the second year in a row the show will not have a host; instead a rolling list of presenters includes Tom Hanks, Natalie Portman, Timothée Chalamet and Mindy Kaling.
Todd Phillips’ comic book adaptation Joker leads the nominations with 11, 1917,...
The 92nd Academy Awards takes place in Los Angeles on Sunday night (February 9) and Screen will post all the winners here live and on Twitter as they happen.
As each award is given out, the winner in each category will be shown in bold, below.
For the second year in a row the show will not have a host; instead a rolling list of presenters includes Tom Hanks, Natalie Portman, Timothée Chalamet and Mindy Kaling.
Todd Phillips’ comic book adaptation Joker leads the nominations with 11, 1917,...
- 2/9/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
“Joker,” “1917,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “The Irishman” are the only films in contention at the 2020 Oscars to break the double digit barrier in the nominations count. “Joker” reaped a leading 11 bids while the other three films have 10 apiece. All four number among the nine nominees for Best Picture.
Four of the other contenders for the top prize — “Jojo Rabbit,” “Little Women,” “Marriage Story” and “Parasite” — earned six nominations each. The top race is rounded out by four-time nominee “Ford v Ferrari.” Scroll down to see the full list of nominations in all 24 competitive categories at the 92nd Academy Awards on February 9.
See 2020 Oscars online: How to watch 92nd Academy Awards live stream without a TV
Best Picture
“Ford v Ferrari”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Little Women”
“Marriage Story”
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Parasite”
Best Director
Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Sam Mendes, “1917”
Todd Phillips,...
Four of the other contenders for the top prize — “Jojo Rabbit,” “Little Women,” “Marriage Story” and “Parasite” — earned six nominations each. The top race is rounded out by four-time nominee “Ford v Ferrari.” Scroll down to see the full list of nominations in all 24 competitive categories at the 92nd Academy Awards on February 9.
See 2020 Oscars online: How to watch 92nd Academy Awards live stream without a TV
Best Picture
“Ford v Ferrari”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Little Women”
“Marriage Story”
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Parasite”
Best Director
Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Sam Mendes, “1917”
Todd Phillips,...
- 2/9/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
With the Oscars and the Golden Globes overlooking female directors this year, it was the Independent Spirit Awards who outdid them by handing its Best Feature award to Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, Best First Feature to Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart and Best Documentary to Julia Reichert’s American Factory.
“We’re so much cooler than other awards shows: It’s daytime, we’re on the beach, and we recognize female directors,” joked Independent Spirit Awards host Aubrey Plaza in her opening monologue as she returned for another back-to-back year of duty.
The Farewell is the second Chinese language movie to win at the Spirit Awards since 2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Wang’s win for The Farewell signals only the second time a female solo director has picked up the Best Feature honor, since 2003 when Sofia Coppola won for Lost in Translation, and Valerie Faris shared a win in...
“We’re so much cooler than other awards shows: It’s daytime, we’re on the beach, and we recognize female directors,” joked Independent Spirit Awards host Aubrey Plaza in her opening monologue as she returned for another back-to-back year of duty.
The Farewell is the second Chinese language movie to win at the Spirit Awards since 2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Wang’s win for The Farewell signals only the second time a female solo director has picked up the Best Feature honor, since 2003 when Sofia Coppola won for Lost in Translation, and Valerie Faris shared a win in...
- 2/8/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: With cameras set to roll on Thursday, Sony is rounding out the cast for Kay Cannon’s new telling of Cinderella, starring Camila Cabello.
Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Minnie Driver is set to play Queen Beatrice, with Grammy-Award winning musician Missy Elliott in talks to play the role of the Town Crier.
Meanwhile, the mice/footmen will be played by award-winning comedians John Mulaney, Romesh Ranganathan, and James Corden, the latter producing the film through his Fullwell73 banner with Leo Pearlman.
They all join Pierce Brosnan, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel, Nicholas Galitzine, Maddie Baillio and Charlotte Spencer. Sony will open the pic on Feb. 5, 2021. The film is a musical comedy that re-imagines the traditional Cinderella story in which our heroine is an ambitious young woman whose dreams are bigger than the world will allow.
Jonathan Kadin and Shannon McIntosh are producing. Louise Rosner serves as executive producer.
Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Minnie Driver is set to play Queen Beatrice, with Grammy-Award winning musician Missy Elliott in talks to play the role of the Town Crier.
Meanwhile, the mice/footmen will be played by award-winning comedians John Mulaney, Romesh Ranganathan, and James Corden, the latter producing the film through his Fullwell73 banner with Leo Pearlman.
They all join Pierce Brosnan, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel, Nicholas Galitzine, Maddie Baillio and Charlotte Spencer. Sony will open the pic on Feb. 5, 2021. The film is a musical comedy that re-imagines the traditional Cinderella story in which our heroine is an ambitious young woman whose dreams are bigger than the world will allow.
Jonathan Kadin and Shannon McIntosh are producing. Louise Rosner serves as executive producer.
- 2/8/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
While ballots were being mulled over, several Oscar voters told Gold Derby who they voted for — and why. They asked us not to reveal their identities, but they were otherwise eager to share their views of the year’s best films. Now that 2020 Academy Awards voting has concluded, we’ll share a few with you. The comments below by Voter #1 for each category are part of the thought process in choosing these potential winners.
Best Picture: “Parasite”
I haven’t seen a movie like it. All of the elements came together to make a perfect film for me. I didn’t even notice the subtitles the second time I saw the movie because I knew what was coming. It was like I was seeing it with new eyes. I loved what he had to see, but he doesn’t beat you over the head with it. He’s been exploring...
Best Picture: “Parasite”
I haven’t seen a movie like it. All of the elements came together to make a perfect film for me. I didn’t even notice the subtitles the second time I saw the movie because I knew what was coming. It was like I was seeing it with new eyes. I loved what he had to see, but he doesn’t beat you over the head with it. He’s been exploring...
- 2/5/2020
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
When Netflix announced it had commissioned Clickbait last year, director Matt Richards began lobbying co-creator Tony Ayres, Matchbox Pictures and Film Victoria to seek a director’s attachment.
That persistence paid off and the filmmaker started work on the Melbourne-based production two weeks ago, shadowing Ben Young, who is directing two episodes of the eight-part, Us-set thriller.
Richards will work on the show on-and-off until early April, fitting around his day job as a moving image designer at the National Gallery of Victoria.
“I really wanted the opportunity to work on a high stakes adult drama and pushed hard to get the attachment,â€. says Richards, who had an attachment on the ABC’s children’s series Tomorrow, When the War Began and has directed the short dramas First Contact, Rabbit and the Screen Australia Hot Shots-funded The Disappearance of Willie Bingham.
“Ben and the Clickbait team have been incredibly open and welcoming.
That persistence paid off and the filmmaker started work on the Melbourne-based production two weeks ago, shadowing Ben Young, who is directing two episodes of the eight-part, Us-set thriller.
Richards will work on the show on-and-off until early April, fitting around his day job as a moving image designer at the National Gallery of Victoria.
“I really wanted the opportunity to work on a high stakes adult drama and pushed hard to get the attachment,â€. says Richards, who had an attachment on the ABC’s children’s series Tomorrow, When the War Began and has directed the short dramas First Contact, Rabbit and the Screen Australia Hot Shots-funded The Disappearance of Willie Bingham.
“Ben and the Clickbait team have been incredibly open and welcoming.
- 2/5/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Jorge Lendeborg Jr. is starring in the Adam Randall-directed Night Teeth, the Netflix thriller film that is just getting underway in New Orleans. He stars with Debby Ryan (Insatiable) Lucy Fry (Bright), Alfie Allen and Raúl Castillo.
Scripted by Brent Dillon (Black Tide Beach), the youth-driven thriller with a genre twist focuses on one evening in L.A. Lendeborg Jr (Bumble Bee and Spider-Man: Homecoming) stars as a young chauffeur who drives two beautiful young women to five different parties and finds himself fighting for his life after he discovers they’re not who they claim to be. This is a film about three young people stuck together for the night. Within the confines of this vehicle, it’s the changing relationships; the suspicion, attraction and threat are all part of it.
The film is produced...
Scripted by Brent Dillon (Black Tide Beach), the youth-driven thriller with a genre twist focuses on one evening in L.A. Lendeborg Jr (Bumble Bee and Spider-Man: Homecoming) stars as a young chauffeur who drives two beautiful young women to five different parties and finds himself fighting for his life after he discovers they’re not who they claim to be. This is a film about three young people stuck together for the night. Within the confines of this vehicle, it’s the changing relationships; the suspicion, attraction and threat are all part of it.
The film is produced...
- 2/3/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The loglines of Rian Johnson's Knives Out and Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit could not be more different.
The first is a whodunnit ensemble film that follows a detective (played by Daniel Craig) who is tasked with finding out who, among a family of eccentric and complicated characters, is behind the murder of its wealthy patriarch. Waititi's film, on the other hand, follows a young aspiring Nazi named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) who discovers that his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is not on the same side of things as he is. But what is similar in both these stories ...
The first is a whodunnit ensemble film that follows a detective (played by Daniel Craig) who is tasked with finding out who, among a family of eccentric and complicated characters, is behind the murder of its wealthy patriarch. Waititi's film, on the other hand, follows a young aspiring Nazi named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) who discovers that his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is not on the same side of things as he is. But what is similar in both these stories ...
- 1/22/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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