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The WGA told its members Friday that boilerplate force majeure provisions in some TV writers' personal service agreements have been misapplied and that "in several cases, companies are shortchanging writers and we have made demands for compensation." Force majeure provisions are commonly included in all types of…

SAG-AFTRA is hosting a webinar at this hour with Hollywood's talent agents to discuss the industry shutdown and the contractual obligations of employers who declared the coronavirus pandemic a "force majeure" event when they shuttered film and TV productions. In a message to agents, the union said that it has had…

Here's the trailer for Downhill, the black comedy starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Fox Searchlight is realising on Valentine's Day. The project is a remake of Ruben Östlund's 2014 Cannes Un Certain Regard winning Euro pic Force Majeure. It depicts the aftermath that follows when Ferrell's character…

EXCLUSIVE: Will Ferrell is attached to star with Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Downhill, Fox Searchlight’s remake of Ruben Ostlund’s acclaimed Swedish drama-comedy Force Majeure. Oscar winners Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants) have come on board to direct. The biting comedy will chart how a narrow avalanche…

Ruben Östlund is riding high this week, as the newly-crowned winner of the Palme d'Or for his latest film, The Square, which premiered in Cannes a week last Saturday. It's a continuation of themes Östlund explored in his last film, Force Majeure, about the burden of human intelligence and societal propriety inasmuch…

Although he made the Foreign Language Academy Award shortlist, in a shocking turn of events earlier this month, Ruben Ostlund failed to score a nomination with the lauded Force Majeure. At home, however, he earned a record six Guldbagge Awards last night. At Sweden's equivalent to the Oscars, Ostlund's existential…

After winning the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in Cannes and going on to strong box office, great word of mouth and making the Foreign Language Oscar shortlist in December, Swedish helmer Ruben Ostlund’s Force Majeure was shockingly omitted from the Academy’s nominations roster on Thursday. Today, Ostlund…

The Academy started with a record 83 submissions for the Foreign Language Oscar this year, whittling that down to a shortlist of nine in December. Today we are left with five nominees: Damián Szifrón's Wild Tales (Argentina); Zaza Urushadze's Tangerines (Estonia) Abderrahmane Sissako's Timbuktu (Mauritania); Paweł…

Force Majeure director Ruben Ostlund got his start making skiing movies and now finds himself on the Best Foreign Language Oscar shortlist for an existential dramatic comedy that features a giant avalanche. The tidal wave of snow that nearly demolishes a restaurant terrace in the French Alps results in no injuries…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the shortlist of nine films that will advance to the next stage in the Foreign Language Film Oscar race. As was widely expected Pawel Pawlikowski's 60s-set Polish drama Ida, fresh off of five European Film Awards, is in. Also turning up unsurprisingly are…

As the unveiling of the Foreign Language Oscar shortlist approaches, it’s time for my annual look at the films that have a shot at making the cut. For the first time, we are splitting the preview into three parts — and listing the films in no particular order. But as with each year, I don’t envy the committees that…

UPDATE, 12:55 PM PT: Pawel Pawlikowski’s Polish drama Ida took the Best European Film prize at the European Film Awards tonight in Riga, Latvia. The movie also won for Best Director, Cinematographer and Screenwriter, as well as being the People’s Choice honoree; missing out only in the Best Actress category. The…