Warner Bros. has secured the global rights to the Bruce Springsteen performance documentary Western Stars ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Springsteen co-directed the doc feature with Springsteen On Broadway helmer Thom Zimny. The film is titled after Springsteen's…
When Blinded By the Light first premiered at Sundance, it immediately became a buzzy crowd-pleaser that was picked up by New Line. That was in January. As we near the end of summer, the musical dramedy has maintained its buzz like the longevity and energy of a Bruce Springsteen song. Directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend I…
Bruce Springsteen is within reach of EGOT: With his Netflix special Springsteen on Broadway Emmy-nominated for an Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Springsteen could add the TV award to a shelf that already includes an Oscar, a Tony and plenty of Grammys.
Springsteen won an Oscar in 1994 for “Streets of…
Bruce Springsteen fans will get to see the Boss play his new Western Stars album after all – on film. Springsteen made the off-the-cuff announcement about a performance documentary during a 10-minute phone-in call to SiriusXM’s E Street Radio program this morning.
"We made a film of us playing the Western Stars album…
EXCLUSIVE:Clarence Clemons, the celebrated saxophonist who played with Bruce Springsteen for 40 years before his death in 2011, is the subject of a documentary feature that will get a theatrical and home entertainment release this summer.
Virgil Films & Entertainment, which has released films like the Oscar-nominated…
It seems we have President Obama to thank—at least partially—for Bruce Springsteen’s recent Broadway show and its subsequent Netflix film version, Springsteen on Broadway. At the streamer’s FYSEE opening night on Sunday in Los Angeles, Springsteen recounted how an invitation from the former POTUS had been the genesis…
In terms of Emmys, let the streamers battle begin as both Netflix and Amazon are again taking over Hollywood venues to show off their contenders to Television Academy members and other industryites in an up-close-and-personal kind of way.
Today, Netflix announced the lineup for its third annual FYSEE Emmy battle plan…
UPDATED with official confirmation:New Line has confirmed Deadline’s scoop that it has acquired Blinded By the Light after its big Sundance Film Festival bow, and that it is eyeing a release for the Gurinder Chada-directed pic sometime in 2019. The studio’s announcement Friday can be found below our original break.
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The music of Bruce Springsteen fuels Blinded by the Light but tonight the Sundance debut of the Gurinder Chadha directed film did not get a visit from the Boss himself.
“The reason Bruce isn’t here is that he didn’t want to take away from the movie,” Chadha told a packed Eccles Theatre after the screening.
The Bend It…
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival brings more questions than usual.
Sellers believe they have brought the goods, but with few new buyers on the horizon, several more wavering, questions of whether Netflix and Amazon will be aggressive as they make their own content, and the influx of streaming services another year or…
Bruce Springsteen’s career has been a “long and noisy prayer,” the Boss tells us in this new trailer for Springsteen On Broadway, and Netflix watchers can shout a big “Amen” come Dec. 16.
Springsteen On Broadway is, of course, the name of both the Netflix special and the stage show that’s been selling out in New York…
A two-CD Springsteen On Broadway soundtrack will be released Dec. 14, two days before the Netflix launch of a filmed performance of the sold-out Broadway show.
Springsteen has released a single from the soundtrack, “Land of Hope and Dreams,” on his YouTube site. Listen to the audio track above, and see the full track…
