Film

Dastardly murder hornets are buzzing toward Discovery+. At its Winter Press Tour presentation Thursday, the streaming platform announced a February 20 premiere date for Attack of the Murder Hornets, a documentary that examines the vicious, invasive species–formally known as Asian giant hornets–that have secured a…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Alex Noyer’s slasher pic Sound of Violence, which is set to make its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival in March. Gravitas will release the film in theaters and on demand on May 21. Written and directed by Noyer, Sound of Violence stars Jasmin Savoy…

The nonprofit Ghetto Film School has announced that Abby Pucker, director of strategic initiatives and partnerships at Madison Wells, has joined their board. Ghetto Film School (GFS) was founded in 2000 to educate, develop and celebrate the next generation of great American storytellers. It has locations in New York…

Robert B. "Bob" Steuer, a film production and distribution executive for more than 50 years, died Friday, Feb. 5 of dementia complications at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, CA. He was 86.   Born in New Orleans on November 18, 1934, he graduated from Tulane University and joined the U.S…

More than a year after launching Disney+, a clear success with just shy of 94.9 million global subscribers, Disney has so far reported the least amount of viewership data of any major streaming competitor. The company’s quarterly earnings call today with Wall Street analysts continued the close-to-the-vest trend…

OK, here is the breaking good news about Breaking News in Yuba County: With star Allison Janney as a kind of female “Mr. Cellophane” looking for her 15 minutes of fame, this superb actor is at the top of her game, creating a thoroughly three-dimensional tragicomic figure out of thin material. Now, here is the breaking…

Edy Ganem (Devious Maids), Seth Michaels (Doom Patrol), and Patricia Velasquez (The Mummy) have been tapped to star in Free Dead or Alive, an indie action thriller written, produced, and directed by Erik Bernard. The pic follows Eva (Ganem), a beautiful strong-willed young woman who enters a journey to escape her…

EXCLUSIVE: In an effort to expand the scope of representation and inclusion in the TV movie space, producers Jessica Yingling and Adam Ripp have launched Rom Com Pictures, which aims to develop and produce inclusive romance movies written by underrepresented writers whose stories appeal to audiences of all ages. "At…

Leaders of the Hollywood's unions today outlined their legislative agenda to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the arts, entertainment and media industries, including a call on Congress to pass a flurry of legislation to increase federal arts funding; establish diversity objectives for grant recipients; to…

Chick Corea, an American jazz pioneer, composer, keyboardist and bandleader, died Tuesday, according to a post on his Facebook page. He was 79. The Facebook statement says Corea died from “a rare form of cancer which was only discovered very recently.” Corea was the fourth-most-nominated artist in the history of the…

Disney beat forecasts for its fiscal first quarter with revenue of $16.9 billion, versus $20 billion the year before. The media giant’s diluted earnings per share was 32 cents versus $1.53 as the pandemic continued to squeeze businesses from parks and live shows to production to theatrical revenue. However, It's fair…

Disney+ continues to lead the pack of new streaming services, reaching 94.9 million subscribers in the quarter ending January 2, but average revenue per user plunged 28% from year-earlier levels. The subscriber growth was at the high end of analysts’ estimates. ESPN+ is now at 12.1 million subscribers, nearly double…