Streaming services that invest heavily in French movies may be able to access fresh local film releases starting in July. France’s major film guilds, including BLIC (Bureau of Cinema Industries), BLOC (Bureau of Cinema Organizations) and ARP (Society for Authors, Directors and Producers), have drafted proposals to amend France’s notoriously strict windowing schedule. The guilds
Month: April 2021
A “reimagined” version of Tom Petty’s “She’s the One,” now retitled “Angel Dream,” is one of the highlights of Record Store Day’s just-announced slate for its main 2020 event. Make that events, plural; with retail shops’ and customers’ sensitivity to pandemic conditions still in mind, the usual singular blowout day in April is being split
“A House on the Bayou,” the first straight-to-service movie in a new deal between Blumhouse and Epix, has found its three lead stars. Paul Schneider (“Tales from the Loop,” “Parks and Recreation”), Angela Sarafyan (“Westworld”), and Jacob Lofland (“Maze Runner”) will lead the cast on the project, which has already begun production in New Orleans.
For Britney Spears’ legions of fans across the globe, the #FreeBritney movement has been top of mind for years. But in recent months, the hashtag has become more prominent with the release of Hulu’s New York Times-produced documentary, “Framing Britney Spears,” which debuted as the pop star’s legal proceedings over her conservatorship have persisted. The
NAACP Image Award winner Michaela Coel and Academy Award nominee Andra Day will be honored at the five-day 2021 Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival next week. Coel, known best for creating and starring in “Chewing Gum” and “I May Destroy You,” will be acknowledged with the Fusion Achievement Award; Day, the star of Lee Daniels’
When Paul Raci sat down to watch “Sound of Metal” at TIFF for the first time, he was sitting next to his wife who has no hearing in her left ear and about 30 percent in her right ear. Raci said she burst into tears because she was able to relate to the way the
Stefano Sollima, the Italian director of “Without Remorse,” starring Michael B. Jordan as Navy SEAL John Kelly, says he likes to “tell stories that are about real humans; not superheroes.” Sollima’s latest film, an adaptation of the Tom Clancy novel, finds the “Black Panther” star pursuing justice and unleashing hell in a high-octane spectacle that
Chris Pratt’s sci-fi thriller “The Tomorrow War” is debuting on Amazon Prime this summer. The time-travel movie, directed by Chris McKay, will land on the streaming platform on July 2. Amazon reportedly shelled out $200 million for rights to “The Tomorrow War,” which was developed and produced by Skydance Media. Paramount Pictures was originally set
Ralph Schuckett, a keyboard player best known as a member of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia as well as an in-demand session player and producer and, later, composer for “Pokemon” and other animation projects, died Sunday at 73. No cause of death was immediately given, although he was known to have been ill. When a Utopia reunion
Check out the official Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer starring Paul Rudd! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Ghostbusters: Afterlife: https://www.fandango.com/ghostbusters-afterlife-2021-219412/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date.
Prominent Iranian producer Gholamreza Moosavi, whose latest film is Berlin standout “Ballad of a White Cow,” has been hospitalized in Tehran due to COVID-19, London-based Iran International TV has reported. Moosavi, 69, who is president of Iran’s film producers’ union and also heads Film Iran, which is the country’s largest domestic distributor, is in an
The worlds of music and gaming are being pureed together by Authentic Artists, a startup touting an AI-powered virtual artist platform whose backers include James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and Linkin Park cofounder Mike Shinoda. The San Francisco-based seed-stage company has created prototypes of 12 “supernatural” virtual-artist avatars, which it describes as ranging from a “lo-fi
Brazilian media giant Globo has forged a long-term strategic partnership with Google Cloud in its bid to become a full-fledged mediatech company. The new deal aims to bring more scale, efficiency and innovation to Globo’s operations and distribution. The brand new alliance dovetails with Globo’s recent digital transformation, with a restructuring focused on direct-to-consumer deliveries.
Greg Berlanti’s domination of the CW continues with “Kung Fu” — and the new drama he executive produces is proof positive that the super-producer is using his powers for good. The show is a revival of a drama starring David Carradine that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1975. The whitewash of Carradine in the
U.K. public service broadcaster Channel 4 contributes £992 million ($1.36 billion) to the economy and supports 10,600 jobs, a new report has found. The report, by consulting firm EY, was commissioned by Channel 4 and released on Wednesday. In 2018, the broadcaster announced a major shift in focus with its ‘4 All The U.K.’ strategy
Check out the official Those Who Wish Me Dead Trailer starring Angelina Jolie! Let us know what you think in the comments below. Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: May 14, 2021 Starring: Angelina
Check out the official Cruella Trailer starring Emma Stone! Let us know what you think in the comments below. Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: May 28, 2021 Starring: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Mark
Fox and iHeartMedia have announced the nominees for the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Following 2020’s cancelled live TV broadcast, this year’s event will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on May 27. The ceremony celebrates the most-played artists and songs across iHeartRadio platforms and will feature a new category, “TikTok Bop of
Resorts World Las Vegas announced that artist, DJ and producer Zedd will headline Zouk Nightclub and Ayu Dayclub, Las Vegas’ new “day and nightlife experiences,” opening this summer. The venues are the first new resort to be built on the Strip in more than a decade, and they are the first to open in the United States from Zouk Group, Singapore’s 29-year-old
DMX remained in a coma at a New York hospital on Wednesday after he suffered a heart attack last week, his manager, Steve Rifkind, told NBC News. Rifkind said the 50-year-old rapper’s condition remains unchanged, and that doctors are scheduled to perform tests to determine the level of his brain function. The results from Wednesday’s
Taylor Swift has dropped a brand new song, “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” leading up to the Friday release of “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” the re-recording of her 2008 album. On Twitter, Swift revealed that the song was originally written in 2008 during her “Fearless” era, but it did not make it onto the album. “Mr. Perfectly Fine”
WarnerMedia has revitalized one of the most iconic names in animation history with the establishment of London-based Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. The newly renamed facility, which was formerly known as Cartoon Network Studios Europe, operating from Great Marlborough Productions, will be WarnerMedia’s flagship television animation studio within Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Sam Register, president
The third season of “Tyler Perry’s Sistas” will premiere on June 9, BET announced Tuesday. The one-hour drama will pick up right where the Season 2 finale left off, in the aftermath of Gary (Chido Nwokocha) being shot. The show follows a group of single Black women as they navigate love, careers and friendship in
TBS wanted to find a way to reach more Black viewers with its lineup of scripted and unscripted comedies. To do so, the WarnerMedia cabler turned to a pair of former TBS marketing executives who launched their own creative shop last year in Atlanta last year. Lori J. Hall and Jessica D. Lane, co-founders of
‘Twas the night before Earth Day, and all through houses tuned in to National Geographic’s website or YouTube channel will be the sounds of artists including Willie Nelson, Valerie June, Ziggy Marley and My Morning Jacket, all performing for “Earth Day Eve 2021: A Virtual Celebration.” Others joining in in song for the 90-minute webcast
Italy has officially abolished film censorship by scrapping legislation that since 1913 has allowed the government to censor scenes and ban movies such as, most famously, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom” and Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris.” The move — which is symbolically important, though censorship is de-facto no
Theatrical box office in Hong Kong was down by only 4% over the four-day Easter holidays, compared with the same period in 2019, the last pre-COVID year. The score was achieved despite mandatory seating restrictions still in place. Data published Wednesday by Hong Kong Box Office Limited, showed gross revenues of HK$28.4 million ($3.64 million)
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, one of the world’s leading non-fiction cinema events, has revamped its program structure, with two main competition sections at its center. The festival said the move was intended to respond to a historic “transformation” in documentary filmmaking. As well as introducing the International Competition and the Envision Competition sections,
In today’s Global Bulletin, Amazon Prime Video commissions “Celebrity Bake Off España”; BBC Three sets launch date for “Dreaming Whilst Black”; HBO Max boards “Lucy the Human Chimp”; Banijay Iberia shakes up its executive team; and Beyond Rights acquires “Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death” ahead of MipTV. FORMAT Amazon Prime Video is bringing Love
After canceling last year’s edition due to the pandemic, Cannes Lions, the international advertising and marketing showcase, has announced it will go fully digital for its 2021 edition, set to run June 21-25. “Over the last year, we’ve been consulting with our customers and working on our plans, including the development of Cannes Lions Live
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