EXCLUSIVE: The director isn’t giving anything away about his next film “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” which stars Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton and shoots in March. But he has plenty to say about not being done with Mad Max, how there is value in blockbuster franchises (“I watch all of them”), and his ongoing search for depth in storytelling.
A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit.
OK, the fun of November when everyone still has high hopes of Oscar glory has now turned to the chill of December as reality starts to cloud the picture. The week kicked off Sunday with the announcement of winners of the British Independent Film…
A federal judge has indicated he’ll refuse to throw out the federal antitrust lawsuits filed by Hollywood heavyweight agencies CAA, WME and UTA against the Writers Guild of America.
In a crucial hearing for the high-profile guild-vs.-agencies battle in Los Angeles today, U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte Jr…
When it came to discussing the making of one of the year’s biggest sleeper prestige-film hits The Peanut Butter Falcon, writer-directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, and star Shia LaBeouf couldn’t help but focus on Zack Gottsagen.
The young actor, who has Down syndrome, plays the centerpiece role of Zak, a…
It's a small thing, but by the time Michael Gallup's shoe came off on the field it was clear last night's Thursday Night Football was going south for the Dallas Cowboys.
Taken down 31-24 by the Chicago Bears in the Windy City, last night's loss was the third in a row for the Jerry Jones-owned team. Still first in the…
HBO has given a series order to The Untitled Lakers Project, a one-hour limited series drama based on Jeff Pearlman's book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, produced by Oscar winner Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries. The project marks the first limited series under…
The London-based ABC Studios International team led by Managing Director Keli Lee has been let go as Disney Television Studios reevaluates its UK presence and overall international strategy. In all, four staffers were impacted, including Lee, sources said.
For the time being, ongoing development and production matters…
ABC’s Once Upon a Timemay have ended on May 18, 2018, but the fandom for the fairytale series is alive and well — especially at CCXP in Sao Paolo. The crowd was chanting “Lana!” Lana! Lana!” before the show’s star Lana Parrilla stepped on the stage. They had to wait a little longer as a video of Parrilla’s greatest…
Robert Walker Jr., best known for a classic early Star Trek episode and as the son of Hollywood stars Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones, died Thursday in Malibu, according to family members. He was 79.
The New York native portrayed the twitchy, callow title character in “Charlie X,” the second episode of Star Trek’s…
Two organizations representing documentary filmmakers are challenging new State Department “extreme vetting” rules that require visa applicants to disclose all social media handles they have used in the past five years.
“We feel these new policies infringe upon foreign filmmakers' freedom of expression, and they also…
After appearing in Leave No Trace to much critical acclaim last year, Thomasin McKenzie came to Jojo Rabbit excited by the notion of learning from one of the industry's most unconventional voices. In Taika Waititi's World War II drama, centered on an avid member of the Hitler Youth (Roman Griffin Davis), McKenzie…
Sony Pictures says its next chapter in the Ghostbusters franchise, directed by Jason Reitman, will be titled Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The pic, written by Reitman & Gil Kenan and produced by original director Ivan Reitman, had already set a July 10, 2020 release date.
The next chapter in the original Ghostbusters…
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.
