As his pic starring Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor debuts today on HBO Max, the filmmaker talks about how its third lead is the global pandemic and how an adventurous spirit helped him in putting together the movie that will shoot aboard an Elon Musk SpaceX capsule.
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired rights to Safer at Home, a pandemic thriller directed by Will Wernick that Voltage Pictures had introduced to buyers at last November at the virtual American Film Market. The pic, which went into production during the Covid pandemic, will now get a day-and-date release in…
It has been 11 years since Sophia Loren, the great Italian star and one of the only surviving icons of Hollywood's Golden Age, last graced the screen. And longer still since she last took a leading role. After her Oscar-winning heyday in the '50s and '60s, Loren turned to the only passion that could match her love for…
With the world coming to a total standstill in the pandemic, Andy Samberg's quirky time-loop rom-com genre mashup Palm Springs became a representation of everyone's emotional isolation, and a blueprint for us to find our redemptive souls in the process. "All of a sudden, it morphed from this movie that blended genres…
The 11th annual Youth Diversity Film Festival will open this weekend, featuring panel discussions and more than 60 films by young filmmakers from the U.S. and 13 other countries, including the UK, Kenya, Russia, Brazil, Bangladesh, South Korea, Iran and India. Presented by the Black Hollywood Education and Resource Cen…
Veteran exhibition analyst Eric Wold of B. Riley has given Cinemark stock a big shot in the arm, so to speak, upgrading it to “buy” from “neutral” and doubling his price target.
In a note to clients, Wold said he held a “fireside chat” with the management of the major theater circuit earlier this week. Despite the…
Netflix has slotted Monday, February 15 for the premiere of Kevin James’ NASCAR comedy seriesThe Crew. (The date just happens to follow the Daytona 500 on February 14). The streamer also unveiled the first trailer and announced new guest cast members Paris Berelc (Alexa & Katie, Hubie Halloween) and Bruce McGill (Nati…
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has prevailed in a competitive auction for worldwide rights on Heart of Stone, the espionage thriller developed by Skydance Media with Gal Gadot starring. Tom Harper, who helmed The Aeronauts and Wild Rose, will direct a film that aspires to hatch a female-centric franchise with the action and…
“You got the Lakers, you got the Clippers and you got Sierra Canyon High School.”
IMDb TV is teaming with LeBron James and Maverick Carter on Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers, a docuseries about a new mecca of high school athletics just outside of Los Angeles. Check out the trailer…
The IFC Films documentary MLK/FBI from filmmaker Sam Pollard (Two Trains Runnin’, Eyes on the Prize) makes its debut in select theaters today as well as on demand. The release aligns with Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 18 and it is super relevant to America’s wild inequity and racist treatment of the Black…
The Berlin Film Festival's European Film Market has confirmed details for how its online incarnation will work March 1-5.
As Deadline revealed, Dennis Ruh took the reins at the EFM in September 2020 and faces an unconventional first edition.
"International sales agents have filled their lineups for the start of the…
Former CBS Corp. and ShowtimeCFOChristina Spade has been appointed to the same role at AMC Networks.
Effective today, she replaces Sean Sullivan, who stepped down last October. She will report to CEO Josh Sapan
At AMC Networks, which owns a portfolio of cable networks and streaming services, Spade will oversee…
The Palm Springs Film Awards kicked off its annual film-awards honors, revealing Friday that Carey Mulligan is the recipient of the International Star Award for her performance in Promising Young Woman. The festival will dole out awards as usual this year despite opting to cancel its 32nd edition, which had been…
