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Rifkin's Festival, the latest movie from Woody Allen, is headed to the European Film Market in Berlin with producer Mediapro handling rights. The movie, shot in San Sebastián last summer, stars Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, Gina Gershon, Sergi López, Wallace Shawn and Christoph Waltz. It tells the story of a married…

 With a new film picking up box office steam overseas, Woody Allen has ended his $68 million lawsuit against Amazon. The Jeff Bezos-founded studio and the Oscar-winning director filed paperwork late last night ending the nearly year-old legal action. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but sources close to…

Actor Jeff Goldblum has once again come out in defense of director Woody Allen. In an interview with British outlet The i, the actor said he would work with Allen again, repeating statements he has made before. "I think there is a presumption of innocence until proven guilty," Goldblum said. "I know I enjoyed working…

Woody Allen says he “couldn’t care less” if Hollywood never comes calling (“I’ve always worked in New York”) and maintains he should be a “poster boy” for the #MeToo movement for his long history of working with women. In an interview with French news network France 24 (watch the video above), the director, whose A Rai…

A few years ago, a politically charged movie starring and directed by Nate Parker, and championed by Spike Lee, would have all but walked into the Toronto Film Festival. Not this year. The cultural landscape has been radically and vitally reshaped by the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. As part of that reshaping, a…

The Deauville American Film Festival has set Woody Allen's A Rainy Day In New York as its opening night movie on September 6. The French premiere is the highest-profile showcase the title will have had to date. It was previously shelved by Amazon in the U.S., which also nixed a four-film deal with Allen, citing…

Woody Allen's multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Amazon isn't dead, but it is definitely wounded. In a dense ruling released Wednesday on a motion by the Jeff Bezos-founded streamer to toss Allen’s February 7-filed complaint, a federal judge in New York firmly sliced off a good portion of the Oscar winner's claims…

Woody Allen has taken part in a press conference in Spain to launch his next movie, which has a working title of Rivkin’s Festival. Spanish film and TV stalwart and regular Allen collaborator Mediapro is backing the movie and will co-handle international sales with FilmNation. Letty Aronson's Gravier Productions also…

Woody Allen has lined up a starry, largely European cast for his next movie, which has a working title of Wasp 2019. The cast includes Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, Louis Garrel (The Dreamers), Sergi López (Pan’s Labyrinth), Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In), Wallace Shawn (Manhattan) and Gina Gershon (Blockers). Mediap…

Some years ago I helped architect a film deal for a Woody Allen movie (Play It Again Sam) and Woody resented that he was not specified as director. A week later, when I encountered him, he looked right through me, even though we knew each other. "In Woody's world, when you lose favor you are instantly extinguished,"…

Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke sidestepped addressing Woody Allen's $68 million lawsuit against the streamer at the TCA in February, but the Jeff Bezos-founded company's lawyers were pretty blunt today. While not calling for a full dismissal of the self-described "pariah" director's big bucks February 7th filed com…

Woody Allen is lining up a new film project in Spain with his Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Midnight In Paris producer Mediapro. Details have not been released on the nature of the project but Spanish paper El Pais, citing sources at Mediapro, reports that scouting has been taking place in the Basque city of San…