Christos Nikou's feature debut Apples was already a buzzed about title heading into its premiere at the Venice Film Festival last September, and ultimately emerged with a very notable champion in that edition’s jury president Cate Blanchett. Her company, Dirty Pictures, boarded the movie not long after as executive…
Kevin Hart has closed a deal to star alongside Cate Blanchett in Borderlands, Eli Roth’s feature film adaptation of the bestselling series of video games in the works at Lionsgate.
Hart will play Roland, a skilled soldier-turned-mercenary, in the film, which is set in the distant future when four "Vault Hunters"…
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan is set to star inFingernails, the English-language feature film debut for Greek filmmaker Christos Nikou, whose current movie Apples premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival and is Greece’s submission in the International Feature Oscar race. The new pic reteams Nikou and Dirty…
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) crowned the winners from its 2020 awards ceremony today, with Babyteeh and Stateless dominating the film and TV categories respectively.
Shannon Murphy's tragi-comedy Babyteeth was the big winner on the film side, scooping Best Film, Best Direction…
The IFFAM Project Market (IPM) will return digitally this December for a fifth edition during the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (December 3-8) with projects produced by Cate Blanchett, Eric Khoo and Camille Gatin. Scroll down for lineup.
According to organizers, a total of 14 projects will comprise the…
EXCLUSIVE: Cate Blanchett and her team at Dirty Films are coming on board as executive producers on the Christos Nikou-directed Apples, the film which opened Venice Orizzonti section to strong reviews and was also a selection of Telluride and TIFF and is a potential for the Greece’s choice for Best International…
HBO has been familiar in the Outstanding Limited Series winners circle, last year triumphing overwhelmingly with Chernobyl, even though Netflix gave them a run for their money with When They See Us. This year the two will go head to head again, but HBO seems to have the magic touch here, and, if not them, it has been…
After a day of early press screenings and conferences, the Venice Film Festival officially was declared open this evening by the directors of several major European fests including Venice's own Alberto Barbera and Cannes' Thierry Frémaux.
But before they got to the stage of the Sala Grande, there was plenty to remark…
Venice Film Festival jury President Cate Blanchett is "very excited to be having a conversation with adults," she told journalists on the Lido today, quipping, "I have been talking to pigs and chickens for the past six months." That was one bit of levity during a press conference that touched on some more serious…
Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion animated musical movie Pinocchiofor Netflix has set its cast with newcomer Gregory Mann in the title role, Ewan McGregor as Cricket and David Bradley (Harry Potter franchise, Game of Thrones) as Geppetto.
Other cast includes Oscar winners Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz…
