Lionsgate and IDC have renewed their longstanding distribution partnership for Latin American releases of Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment films. Since the partnership’s formation with predecessor company Summit Entertainment in 2005, IDC has generated over $1.3 billion at the Latin American box office, propelled by the Hunger Games, Twilight Saga, Now You See Me, and John
Month: October 2018
Digital media company Refinery29, facing a 5% revenue shortfall for the year, is cutting 10% of its workforce, or about 40 employees. Company co-founders and co-CEOs Philippe von Borries and Justin Stefano announced the cuts in an internal memo. “While our 2018 revenue will show continued year-over-year growth, we are projecting to come in approximately
Over the past 25 years, multiple women have accused singer R. Kelly of sexual, mental and physical abuse. The singer was charged with child pornography in 2000, and in recent years of holding women against their will in a “sex cult.” While Kelly was acquitted of the child-pornography charges and has never been convicted of
Check out the official Mary Poppins Returns special look starring Emily Blunt! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to Mary Poppins Returns: https://www.fandango.com/mary-poppins-returns-203803/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc US Release Date: December 25, 2018 Starring: Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth Directed By: Rob Marshall Synopsis: In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and
Gibson Brands Inc., the iconic but troubled guitar brand that recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, announced on Tuesday the appointment of James “JC” Curleigh as president and chief executive officer. Curleigh joins Gibson from Levi Strauss & Co., where he served as president of the Levi’s brand, and was a member of its worldwide leadership team.
October 23, 2018 7:39AM PT Under the Milky Way, a leading digital film distribution company, has appointed Juliana Moreira de Souza to run its office in Brazil as its seeks to strengthen its presence in Latin America. The company, which already boasts local offices across 10 countries in Europe, North America and Asia, previously did
The Recording Academy and CBS announced today the dates for the Grammy Awards in 2020 and 2021. The 62nd annual Grammy Awards will air on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, and the 63rd will air on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. As previously announced, both shows will take place at the Grammys’ usual location, the Staples Center
October 23, 2018 7:27AM PT Esports organization 100 Thieves completed its Series A funding round with the investment co-lead by artist Drake and entrepreneur Scooter Braun, the company announced Tuesday. Drake and Braun join the founder of 100 Thieves, former Call of Duty world champion and current YouTube personality, Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag as well as
October 23, 2018 7:27AM PT “One Cut of the Dead,” the Shinichiro Ueda-directed zombie comedy that is Japan’s box office sensation of the year, has hit the 2 million admissions mark. Initially released on June 23 in two Tokyo theaters, the film reached this landmark on Oct. 20. Distributed by Asmik Ace and Enbu Seminar – the Tokyo
October 23, 2018 6:58AM PT Ariana Grande posted a touching video late Monday of Mac Miller getting dressed for Oscar night, taken just weeks before the couple split and two months before he died of an apparent drug overdose. In the clip, Miller is seen standing alongside two women who may be Grande’s mother Joan
In a bid to save MoviePass, the struggling theater-subscription service’s parent — Helios & Matheson Analytics — announced a plan to spin off the division as a separate, publicly traded entity called MoviePass Entertainment Holdings. HMNY said its board had preliminarily approved the spinoff plan that would combine MoviePass Inc. and other film related assets
Tracy Chapman Sues Nicki Minaj … You Stole ‘Baby Can I Hold You’ 10/23/2018 6:11 AM PDT EXCLUSIVE Tracy Chapman is going after Nicki Minaj, saying she straight-up stole her song, “Baby Can I Hold You,” when she recorded “Sorry.” Chapman says in June 2018, Minaj and her reps made multiple requests to license “Baby Can
When Alfonso Cuarón began casting the role of Cleo, a domestic worker closely based on Liboria “Libo” Rodríguez, who raised him from the time he was 9 months old, the director embarked on an exhaustive search throughout Mexico. He eventually found the woman to play Cleo — 24-year-old schoolteacher Yalitza Aparicio — in the southern
More than a decade ago, shortly after wrapping his 2006 dystopian drama “Children of Men,” director Alfonso Cuarón seized upon the idea of making an autobiographical film based on his childhood. Previously, he had worked on various screenplays that obliquely dealt with his upbringing through stories of families falling apart or the absence of a
October 23, 2018 5:49AM PT FilmNation Entertainment will sell international rights to “In the Glorias: A Life on the Road,” Variety has learned. The film is based on the memoir of feminist icon Gloria Steinem. Beyond its source material, the movie has some impressive pedigree. It is directed by Julie Taymor, the visionary director of
Verizon’s Oath internet media businesses — anchored by Yahoo and AOL — lost steam in the third quarter of 2018. For Q3, the telco reported Oath revenue of $1.8 billion, down 6.9% compared with the year-earlier quarter. Verizon said it expects Oath revenue to be “relatively flat in the near term” and that it does
October 23, 2018 3:41AM PT The finale of BBC series “Bodyguard” was the most-watched drama in the U.K. since current records began, and the box-set on the iPlayer is the most popular ever on the pubcaster’s catchup service. Netflix invested in the series and will launch it internationally this week The series launched strongly in
Award-winning dramas, “A Land Imagined,” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” are among the Asian films selected for competition at next month’s Singapore International Film Festival. Also competing for the Silver Screen Award are Indian director Rima Das’ “Bulbul Can Sing” and Sri Lankan Suba Sivakumaran’s “House of My Fathers.” The eight-title competition is open
Turkey’s president declared Tuesday that the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul was a “premeditated” act carried out after a large of team of Saudi intelligence, security and forensic personnel suddenly descended on Istanbul. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Saudi officials arrived in Turkey the day before Khashoggi
October 23, 2018 12:01AM PT Hollywood’s premier open source group is getting bigger: Sony Pictures Entertainment/Sony Pictures Imageworks, Warner Bros., the Blender Foundation and the Visual Effects Society (VES) are all joining the Academy Software Foundation, which was founded by the Linux Foundation and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in August. “We are
October 22, 2018 9:39PM PT Sony is moving its “Charlie’s Angels” reboot back five weeks to Nov. 1, 2019, to fill the slot vacated by “Wonder Woman 1984.” Sony made the announcement Monday night, a few hours after Warner Bros. decided it would move Gal Gadot’s “Wonder Woman 1984” to June 6, 2020, with the
In today’s film news roundup, Jason Reitman wins the John Cassavetes award, the documentary “Race Against Time” gets a release and the Ray Harryhausen Foundation is planning “Force of the Trojans.” FILM FESTIVALS The Denver Film Festival has selected Jason Reitman as the recipient of its 2018 John Cassavetes Award for his work as a
October 22, 2018 6:48PM PT Denis Do’s award-winning animated feature suggests the horrors of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime without depicting the worst atrocities. How does one depict a genocide such as that inflicted by the Khmer Rouge on the Cambodian people? Some — such as Rithy Pahn, who used clay figures rather than actors for the
October 22, 2018 5:00PM PT ABC has ordered three additional scripts for four of its fall shows. Freshman dramas “A Million Little Things” and “The Rookie,” along with freshman comedy “The Kids Are Alright” and sophomore comedy “Splitting Up Together” have all received orders for more scripts for this season. In Live+Same Day viewing, “The
October 22, 2018 4:17PM PT Dolly Parton is on the campaign trail. But it’s not for the midterms. The country music legend was in Los Angeles on Monday morning to promote Netflix’s upcoming movie “Dumplin.’” She performed “Girl in the Movies,” an original song she wrote and recorded for the film, for a ballroom full
In Monday’s roundup, Amazon drops the second trailer for “Homecoming,” and BBC America’s “Killing Eve” adds two cast members for Season 2. FIRST LOOKS Amazon Prime Video has released the second official trailer for “Homecoming,” ahead of the series premiere on Nov. 2. Directed by Sam Esmail (creator of “Mr. Robot”), the psychological thriller stars Julia
Pacific Northwest Ballet will premiere a new work with music by film composer Michael Giacchino on Nov. 2 at Seattle Opera House’s McCaw Hall. Designed and choreographed by PNB company dancer Kyle Davis, “A Dark and Lonely Space” will feature symphony orchestra, soprano soloist and chorus, a spokeswoman said. Giacchino, an Oscar winner for “Up”
Veteran executive Jun Oh has joined David Ellison’s Skydance Media as head of theatrical and interactive business and legal affairs. In the newly created role, Oh is responsible for all business and legal affairs related to both feature film development and production and interactive and emerging gaming platforms on a global basis. He will report to
October 22, 2018 2:19PM PT WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture kicks off its inaugural film festival on Wednesday, with Steve McQueen’s “Widows” as the opening selection and Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” as the closing pic on Saturday. The Smithsonian African American Film Festival will screen
October 22, 2018 2:17PM PT A newly constructed residence in the thickly wooded and relatively unsung but hardly inexpensive North Sea area of Southampton, N.Y., conceived and built by a consortium of investors that include Santa Monica-based boutique developer Confluent Development, NBA player Luol Deng and hip hop heavyweight and social media marketing powerhouse DJ
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