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This has been a trying year for movies, with the closing of cinemas in the pandemic, and a pivot by many filmmakers and stars to streaming service projects. As we wait for the boom times to return once a Covid vaccine establish herd immunity and movie theaters fill again, it seemed worthwhile to reflect on what a…

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Mackie has been set for a key role in the Untitled Detroit Project that Kathryn Bigelow will direct from the Mark Boal script for Annapurna. Mackie joins John Boyega, Will Poulter, Ben O'Toole and Jack Reynor in a drama framed around the 1967 Detroit race riots that devastated the city over five…

Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow and Annapurna’s Megan Ellison have found a new way to deal with the complicated issue of global terrorism on film. Bigelow has created a PSA to combat the appetite for ivory that comes from elephants slain in the jungle. She certainly makes a compelling case here in Last Days O…

EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has put together a rights package to tell the story of controversial Blackwater founder Erik Prince, who became a major supplier of security in war-torn Iraq, and reportedly lived a double life as a CIA asset who assembled hit teams to take out al-Qaeda members. His lucrative business was…

The Oscar winning director, the studio and screenwriter Mark Boal say the First Amendment protects them in use of elements of Jeffrey Sarver's life in The Hurt Locker. "By any reasonable measure, the film must be considered a ‘transformative’ work of artistic expression that is protected by the First Amendment," they…

U.S. District Court Judge Jacqueline Nguyen has dismissed a lawsuit against the filmmakers behind Oscar Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker that alleged they improperly used the likeness of an actual soldier, Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver. Sarver filed the suit before the Oscars, claiming screenwriter Mark Boal based the film…

Producers Guild’s 2012 Awards Schedule As the announcement indicates, the PGA is following status quo, not Oscar, which is a bit of a surprise. Despite its close relationship with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Producers Guild of America today confirmed it will not be following Oscar’s lead this…