Following last weekend’s Governors Awards, we now have another sign that Oscar season is moving into high gear with the release of official qualified entries named today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for consideration in Animated…

BBC board member Shumeet Banerji has today resigned as the fallout from a bungled Donald Trump edit continues at the UK broadcaster. The BBC confirmed Banerji’s resignation, though a spokesperson pointed out that the businessman’s term on the board was due to end next month. BBC News, which…

Eurovision has tightened its rules around voting and promotion ahead of a key meeting that will decide on Israel’s participation amid a boycott threat from several nations. Eurovision director Martin Green told the BBC said there had been “a lot of feedback from members and our fans” following…

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Miramax and the Film Committee at Media City Qatar announced on Friday that they are partnering to co-develop premium film titles for audiences across the Middle East and international markets. All the projects are being developed by Miramax MENA+T through its regional headquarters in Doha…

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EXCLUSIVE: Canadian filmmakers Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein have set their next feature, Firesky, under their Motion 58 Productions banner, with Nesta Cooper (Dope Thief), Karin Konoval (War for the Planet of the Apes) and Michael Eklund (Wynonna Earp) signed on to star.  The film was produced…

A second former Strictly Come Dancing star has been arrested for rape in the space of just two months. The news, first revealed by The Sun, comes with the hit BBC entertainment show continuing to remain in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The arrest is understood to relate to last…

Steven Soderbergh has revealed he is close to finishing his untitled feature documentary built around John Lennon's final interview which took place just hours before the music legend was shot dead outside his New York apartment in 1980. "It’s almost done," he told a press conference at the Doha…

The Emmy-winning editor who created the viral Last Supper Selfies is opening an AI studio in the UK. Duncan Thomsen has launched AiStudiosUK.com with former Gogglebox producer Ollie Durrant and Angel Eye Media MD Richard Osborne. Thomsen is the founder of Artificial Studios and Artificial…

Gulf state Qatar has launched its first official film and TV incentive as part of its drive to become a major media and entertainment hub. The new scheme – called the Qatar Screen Production Incentive (QSPI) Programme – was announced by the country's Qatar Film Committee in the opening session…

EXCLUSIVE: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy star Chiwetel Ejiofor has joined the creative team of Royal Shakespeare Company show The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – a project close to his heart because his directorial debut was a Netflix movie of the same title, based on the phenomenally best-selling…