Month: March 2021

MTV’s long-running reality competition program “The Challenge” will debut an “All Stars” season on ViacomCBS’ new streaming service Paramount Plus on April 1. Additionally, this upcoming new season will also bring after show “The Challenge: Aftermath,” which is set to provide a behind-the-scenes look at everything from the challenges to eliminations and inside-the-house drama. This
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Playwright Lindsey Ferrentino is adapting her stage show “Amy and the Orphans” into a feature film at Netflix. Ferrentino will write and direct the movie, marking her feature directorial debut. Aggregate Films is producing “Amy and the Orphans.” The story follows estranged siblings Maggie and Jake, who are adults by the time their elderly father
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The 93rd Oscar nominations have finally been announced, recognizing films released during a year where movie theaters were largely closed. If you’re looking to catch up on all of the nominees, we’ve compiled a list of every film that was nominated for an Academy Award this year and where to stream them. Competing for best
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Whodunnit comedy horror film “Werewolves Within,” which was recently acquired by IFC for North American distribution, has been picked up by leading distributors in multiple territories. Mister Smith Entertainment is handling sales on the title, which is based on the virtual reality video game by Ubisoft. The ensemble cast includes Sam Richardson (“Veep,” “Detroiters”) and
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Celine Sciamma’s Berlinale competition title “Petite Maman” has been sold by MK2 Films around the world with some bidding wars in multiple territories. The critically acclaimed film, which marks Sciamma’s follow-up to “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” has been sold to Alamode (Germany), Culture (Japan), Challan (South Korea) Sun (Latin America), Avalon (Spain), Madman
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The William Morris Endeavor agency has launched a new division for representing and servicing celebrity and brand estates. Run by Phil Sandhaus, a veteran estate manager and consultant to late icons like Frank Sinatra, Buddy Holly and Whitney Houston, the new WME shingle will bring trailblazing artists and iconic brands into the modern business landscape.
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“Men always seem to end up on top,” goes “Women Is Losers,” the Janis Joplin song that lends writer-director Lissette Feliciano’s 1960s-set feature debut its title. It’s a fitting line to ponder in the context of her over-enthusiastic yet frustratingly clumsy feminist film, which declares “inspired by real women” in its first frame before going
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Veteran studio executive Lee Rosenthal is leaving Paramount Pictures, it was announced internally on Tuesday. In a memo from Paramount Motion Picture Group President Emma Watts, staff was informed that Rosenthal was “departing Paramount Pictures to pursue other opportunities.” His most recent title was head of physical production. “Lee has been a driving force in
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Epix and Blumhouse have teamed for a new partnership, in which Blumhouse Television will develop and produce eight horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network. Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum will serve as executive producer on the original films slate. “A House on the Bayou” from writer-director Alex McAulay marks the first film in the
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Starzplay has unveiled plot details, casting and a first-look image for “Express,” an original co-produced with Spanish production giant The Mediapro Studio and U.S. streaming platform Pantaya. “Express” is Starzplay’s first local language Spanish production, but one of several announced in August of last year. Each will be available on the Starzplay platform in Spain
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U.S. actors Maika Monroe (“It Follows”), Karl Glusman (“Nocturnal Animals”) and Burn Gorman (“Enola Holmes”) are attached to star in psychological thriller “Watcher,” directed by Chloe Okuno, which starts shooting this month. The previously announced film marks the feature film debut of Okuno, director of the award-winning AFI short film “Slut,” centered on a naive
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Veering between profundity, faux profundity and a faintly discernible mockery of those who might mistake one for the other, Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté administers a thimbleful of COVID-era potion with “Social Hygiene,” which brought him the best director prize in the Berlinale Encounters sidebar (shared with Ramon and Silvan Zürcher for “The Girl and the
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Yaphet Kotto, an actor known for his performances in “Alien,” the James Bond film “Live and Let Die” and the television series “Homicide: Life on the Street,” has died, his agent Ryan Goldhar confirmed to Variety. He was 81. Kotto’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, first posted about Kotto’s death on Facebook Monday night. “I’m saddened and still
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