This year’s market has been the toughest one to handicap in a good long time. It might well be quiet, meaning that the sums could be modest with dealmaking for most films lingering beyond the festival. But that doesn’t mean that the mart won’t pop with a handful of big deals.
EXCLUSIVE: The 2017 murder of North Korean royal family member Kim Jong-nam, the oldest son of former leader Kim Jong-il and half-brother of current ruler Kim Jong-un, is rigorously explored from all sides — including the accused killers’ — in Assassin.
The documentary returns Ryan White (Ask Dr. Ruth) to the Sundance…
EXCLUSIVE: One of the hottest and most anticipated films of Sundance 2020 is attracting some very big names.
Hillary Clinton is likely to be among the luminaries at today's SFF world premiere of The Dissident, I hear.
Whether the former Secretary of State speaks or not at the screening, Clinton’s presence alone is…
When the Oscar nominations were announced earlier this month, two documentaries about Syria made it through: Feras Fayyad's The Cave, about a courageous woman doctor running a subterranean hospital outside Damascus, and For Sama, directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, the story of Al-Kateab's effort to raise her…
2nd Update, Midday: Who says January stinks at the box office? Sony’sBad Boys for Life and Universal-Amblin-New Republic’s 1917are poised to fly past the $100M mark this weekend becoming 2020’s first two century-plus grossing titles at the domestic box office.
Bad Boys for Lifeshould cross some time on Saturday…
"I just won an Oscar, but will that help me earn a living?" So asked F. Murray Abraham in a note sent to me in 1984 – one that I have faithfully saved. Unlike some Oscar winners, Abraham was both modest and bewildered by his Amadeus triumph. He also correctly predicted the uncertainties of his future.
I thought of him…
UPDATED, 11:30 AM: Judge James Burke said that he will allow actress Rosie Perez to take the stand as a way for the prosecution to bolster Annabella Sciorra’s claim that Harvey Weinstein raped her some time in the winter of 1993-94.
Prosecutor Joan Illuzzi said that they wanted to call Perez as the next witness. She…
"There's not enough praise or admiration we can give Cooper," proclaimed Robert Redford of exiting festival director John Cooper on the opening night of Sundance 2020 last night.
In fact, followed by a standing ovation from the well-heeled and talent packed crowd at the annual Artist at the Table dinner, the SFF…
EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell's Gloria Sanchez Productions has made a multi-year nonexclusive first look TV deal with Netflix. The company separately made a multi-year Paramount feature deal. The company has also named Brittney Segal to be Head of TV and David Koplan to be Head of Film. The Netflix deal…
Chance the Rapper is about to become Chance the Prankster too.
Taking over the gig once held by Ashton Kutcher, the multiple Grammy winner has been revealed to be the host of the Quibi revival of Punk'd.
"Punk'd is one of MTV's most iconic franchises," stated the Chicago-based Chance of the now phone-based series. "I…
ABC’s third-season premiere of Station 19 in its new 8 PM slot in a two-hour crossover with its flagship Grey’s Anatomy gave thee network the two most watched and top-rated shows in primetime Thursday.
With Grey’s showrunner Krista Vernoff now in charge of both shows and three more crossovers in the works this season…
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has set up podcast producer Rainy Day Podcasts — and in its first act, the company has signed a development deal with Warner Bros to make up to seven narrative podcasts.
Rainy Day Podcasts is a collaboration between Jagger and his Jagged Films partner Victoria Pearman, producer…
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and an all-star ensemble take a powerful deep-dive into the downfall of Roger Ailes, with director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph.
