Month: January 2024

Warner Bros.’ “Wonka” continued its dominance over the U.K. and Ireland box office with £3.7 million ($4.8 million) in its fifth weekend, according to numbers from Comscore. The Timothée Chalamet starrer has now amassed £53.3 million. In second place, another Warner Bros. title, “One Life,” starring Anthony Hopkins, which opened on Jan. 1, collected £1.7
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Imax boasted a near-record year at the box office in 2023, thanks to the smash success of Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic “Oppenheimer.” The company — which houses some of the biggest and brightest movie theater screens, known in the industry as premium large formats (PLF) — collected $1.06 billion worldwide, the second-largest year in its
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Actors Ewan McGregor, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, directors Ruben Östlund, Ernst de Geer, Ramata-Toulaye Sy and Cannes Film Festival honcho Thierry Frémaux are some of the stellar guests set to walk the red carpet at the 47th edition of Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival. This year’s Göteborg Fest unspools from Jan. 26 to
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Temps Noir, the French documentary production powerhouse behind Mediawan Rights sales hits “Kubrick by Kubrick” and “Cinecittà: Making of History,” has boarded “Passengers for the Last Trip,” the fiction feature debut of Cuba’s Marta María Borrás (“Atardecer en el Trópico”).  It will hit Spain’s Malaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event (MAFF) this March as the
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Jimmy Kimmel addressed his recent feud with New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers during his first monologue of the year on Monday night, calling him “Karen Rodgers” for suggesting that Kimmel’s name would appear on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s client list. During an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Jan. 2, Rodgers said that
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A record 54 market premieres will be hosted at the Rendez-Vous showcase held by the French film promotion org Unifrance in Paris which will kick off Jan. 16 with the world premiere of Pascal Bonitzer’s “Auction.” The biggest film market dedicated exclusively to French movies, the Rendez-Vous in Paris will welcome 420 buyers from 50
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Amazon Prime Video’s “The Boys” led all series at Monday night’s Astra TV Awards, scoring six trophies — including best streaming drama series. HBO’s “Succession” was close behind with five wins, including best cale drama series. Organized by the newly renamed Hollywood Creative Alliance, the also-redubbed Astra TV Awards were formerly known as the HCA
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The Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom was abuzz Sunday evening with the rolling thunder of excited conversations, clinking glasses and the general whoosh of pedestrian traffic around a party packed with mega-stars and supernovas including Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Springsteen. But when Steven Yeun stepped up to the stage to accept his trophy for
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Bruce Dern will star alongside Nepali cinema stalwarts Dayahang Rai and Hari Bansha Acharya in Binod Paudel’s “The World’s Happiest Man.” The story delves into the plight of Bhutanese-Nepali refugees who settled in the Ohio-Pennsylvania area and fought alienation and displacement. Paudel’s “Bulbul” was chosen as Nepal’s entry in the Oscars’ international category in 2019.
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Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds‘ FX documentary series “Welcome to Wrexham” picked up five wins at the 2023 Creative Arts Emmys, including outstanding unstructured reality program. The two marked the occasion with a social media video in which Reynolds revived Deadpool to poke fun at the Oscars. “Wow, an Emmy, what an incredible honor,” McElhenney
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With Daisy Ridley set to return to the “Star Wars” franchise as Rey in a new film set after the events of 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,” many fans are wondering whether or not the actor’s co-stars might also book a return trip to a galaxy far, far away. John Boyega’s Finn and Oscar Isaac’s
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While Martin Scorsese is celebrating his latest epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” on the awards circuit, the filmmaker is already teasing what could be his next movie, based on Shūsaku Endō’s book “A Life of Jesus.” (Endō also wrote “Silence,” which Scorsese adapted into the 2016 historical drama starring Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver.)
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Detroit‘s entertainment and event-service provider the Right Productions and the homeless-assistance program the Neighborhood Service Organization have joined forces to launch an initiative for artists experiencing homelessness. The Tommy Garrett House was inaugurated at a ceremony held late last month. Located on the northwest side of Detroit, the building is a three-bedroom, 1,920-square-foot home, designed
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Natalie Portman‘s career has spanned Oscar-winning roles and Marvel blockbusters, but what it has never included is Method acting. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal Magazine, the “Black Swan” Oscar winner revealed she’s never once tried to Method act during her career and even said such a technique is not something many women
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Amazon‘s Prime Video has ordered a series adaptation of the Ed Brubaker graphic novel “Criminal,” Variety has confirmed. Brubaker created the graphic novel along with Sean Phillips. Both serve as executive producers. Brubaker also wrote the pilot script and will serve as co-showrunner alongside executive producer Jordan Harper. “’Criminal’ is a beloved graphic novel created
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Annaleigh Ashford is set for the lead role in the Paramount+ series “Happy Face,” Variety has learned. In addition, Michael Showalter is attached to direct the first episode and executive produce. The series is inspired by the podcast of the same name from iHeartMedia and Melissa Jesperson-Moore, the book “Shattered Silence” written by Jesperson-Moore with
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Oprah Winfrey is shutting down any speculation involving an apparent feud with Taraji P. Henson amid revelations that “The Color Purple” cast did not originally have food or trailers provided to them on set during rehearsals. Oprah was a producer on the new film, decades after originating the role of Sofia and earning an Oscar
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New York-based The Film Sales Company has pounced on the worldwide rights to Colombian documentary feature “Igualada” by Juan Mejía Botero ahead of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition sidebar. Mejía Botero, whose most recent feature documentary “Death by a Thousand Cuts” won the Audience Award at
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Visit Films has acquired worldwide sales rights for “Realm of Satan,” the feature film debut of seasoned editor Scott Cummings. The film, a documentary about Satanists, will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. On its website, the festival warns potential viewers: “This film contains graphic sexual content.” Cummings previously directed short film
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The Academy announced that 321 features have qualified for this year’s Oscars. Of that number, just 265 films are also eligible in the best picture category, which has additional requirements beyond those for general entry. To be considered for general entry categories, the rules implemented for the 96th Oscars year specify that films must open
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