EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios is developing the film Steal Away about the daring theft and escape of Robert Smalls, a slave in 1862 Charleston, SC. To Sleep With Anger filmmaker Charles Burnett is attached to direct with Cotty Chubb and George Plamondon producing. Andy Froemke wrote the script. With a crew of fellow…

While it touched all the bases—celebrity, diversity, independence, global reach—the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences seemed not quite to hit a home run with its latest round of Governors Awards, announced early Wednesday afternoon. This year, honorary Oscars, to be presented at a dinner on November 11, will…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced honorees for its 2017 Governors Awards, with actor Donald Sutherland, writer-director Charles Burnett, cinematographer Owen Roizman and director Agnès Varda set to receive Honorary Awards. The gala will take place November 12 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at…