Month: October 2022

Asacha Media Group, the expanding pan-European company, is partnering up with Spain’s Plano a Plano and Mexico’s Dopamine on “Cicatriz,” a high-end action thriller based on Juan Gómez-Jurado’s bestselling novel. “Cicatriz” is developed by a pair of established writers, Pablo Roa and Fernando Sancristóbal, whose credits include “Toy Boy,” “La Casa de Papel” and “Vis
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Netflix has clarified “The Crown” is a fictional dramatization for viewers by adding a logline to its YouTube trailer for Season 5, which is set to launch on Nov. 9. In the description for the trailer, posted by the official Netflix account, the logline reads: “Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatisation tells the story
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The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have revealed the nomination longlists for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film categories. In addition, BIFA’s Raindance Discovery Award longlist has also been unveiled. Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film
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There isn’t a typical co-production model when it comes to international drama, said panelists at Mipcom.   “I wish there was. That’s our struggle now: finding the model that would make everyone happy,” noted Fremantle’s Christian Vesper.   “It all starts with the passion of the writer or creator, who really wants to make the show, and the supporting
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Billed as the first Indigenous and female-led produced, written, and directed drama about the residential school experience in North America, Marie Clements’ “Bones of Crows” is not afraid of making people uncomfortable. “We should be squeamish about it,” the helmer tells Variety at Mipcom, addressing the show’s graphic scenes. A concurrent feature film is also in the
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Spain’s Onza Entertainment, producer of “The Department of Time,” “Little Coincidences” and “Parot,” is joining forces with outfit Intrépidus to develop and co-produce TV fiction and films for the Spanish and the international markets.  With the deal, Onza continues putting creative talent at its core and strengthening its creators network. Recently launched by Fernando J.
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TikTok pushed back on a report that ByteDance, its Chinese parent, planned to use the app to track the physical locations of at least two U.S. citizens. On Thursday, Forbes reported that ByteDance’s Internal Audit and Risk Control department, which investigates possible misconduct by employees, in at least two cases planned to “collect TikTok data
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Check out a Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Official TV Spot starring Tenoch Huerta & Angela Bassett! ► Buy Tickets for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: https://www.fandango.com/black-panther-wakanda-forever-2022-226753/movie-overview?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to be notified of all the hottest trailers: http://bit.ly/2CNniBy US Release Date: November 11, 2022 Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Letitia
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It’s “Folklore” no more; Miss Americana-leaner, we hardly knew ye. Solved in one simultaneous worldwide blast: the mystery of what Taylor Swift’s new album might actually sound like — a basic style question whose answer was held NDA-level-close for months, amid a trail of Easter eggs that substituted for anything so old-fashioned and basic as,
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 49th Student Academy Awards ceremony, which took place during an in-person ceremony at its David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards were presented during the Academy’s first in-person ceremony
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E! announced the return of its nightly entertainment news program “E! News,” with TV personality Adrienne Bailon-Houghton and E! News’ Justin Sylvester tapped to serve as the show’s co-hosts. The nightly broadcast is set to return on Monday, November 14 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. Veteran television producers John Redmann, who has produced CBS’ “The Talk”
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On the evening of Oct. 19, Justin Tranter’s Los Angeles neighbors were treated to a free concert — at least aurally. The prolific hit songwriter hosted their fourth annual in-person “Beyond,” a Spirit Day concert and a fundraiser for GLAAD’s efforts to support LGBTQ youth, in the backyard of their Hancock Park home. Tranter, who
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NewportFilm has announced the revival of its Cinematography Lab, which seeks to provide creative support and mentorship to emerging documentary cinematographers. Six fellows will participate in this year’s program, which is set to be held on Oct. 21-23 at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown, R.I. Robb Moss, a department chair of Visual and Environmental
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United Talent Agency has signed filmmaker and artist Morrisa Maltz for representation in all areas. Maltz’s latest film, “The Unknown Country,” premiered at SXSW this year and marks the artist and filmmaker’s first narrative feature. Filmed in the style of an observational documentary, “The Unknown Country” stars Lily Gladstone (also in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming “Killers
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Warner Bros. Pictures has named longtime executive Jesse Ehrman as president of production and development, Variety has learned exclusively. The 16-year studio executive steps into the role vacated by Courtenay Valenti. He will report to Michael DeLuca and Pamela Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Ehrman will oversee and manage the division’s live-action development
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Halia Abdel-Meguid is set to write and executive produce “Death Note,” a manga adaptation being developed at Netflix. The live action series comes from the company’s overall deal with Upside Down Pictures, the production company launched by “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer earlier this year. The manga of the same name was written
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Highland Film Group has locked distribution deals in key international territories in all media for “Blood for Dust,” a new action-thriller starring Scoot McNairy, Kit Harington and Josh Lucas. The film is directed by Rod Blackhurst, best known for Netflix’s “Amanda Knox” and Peacock’s “John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise,” and written by David Ebeltoft.
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The team behind Netflix’s upcoming Addams Family spinoff series “Wednesday” has touted it as “not a TV series” but “an extended Tim Burton movie,” however Burton only directed four of the eight episodes. Other episodes were directed by the likes of Gandja Monteiro and James Marshall. It turns out having multiple directors made things somewhat
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