Film

Oscar-nominated actress Toni Collette is set to mark her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of New York Times bestselling novel, Writers And Lovers by Lily King. The project is set up at Topic Studios with Collette producing under her Vocab Films label. She’s also adapting the screenplay with Nick Payne (The…

Editors on films ranging from Amazon’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm to Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 have been nominated for the 71st annual ACE Eddie Awards, presented by the American Cinema Editors to recognize the year’s best in picture editing in 14 film, TV and documentary categories. Winners will be…

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy winner Marc Anthony and his Magnus Studios team are joining Sofia Vergara's animated feature comedy, Koati. The project's soundtrack, executive produced by Latin music icon Anthony and produced by Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Julio Reyes Copello, will include 10 original songs by notable…

DC has big plans for June's Pride Month, including the launch of an 80-page anthology comic featuring LGBTQIA+ characters from across the DC Universe. The anthology DC Pride #1 will feature cameos by Batwoman, Renee Montoya, Alan Scott, Midnighter, Apollo, Extraño, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Constantine, and more. The D…

It's been a rocky road but City Of Lies, the Brad Furman-directed crime pic in which Johnny Depp stars as a retired LAPD detective investigating the murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G, is heading to U.S. theaters on March 19 via Saban Films. The movie will then hit PVOD on April 9. Above you can watch the…

EXCLUSIVE: As this week's animation event Cartoon Movie rolls on (virtually), sales outfit New Europe has picked up rights to the upcoming family animation YUKU And The Himalayan Flower. Directed by Rémi Durin and Arnaud Demuynck, with graphics by Paul Jadoul, the film is the story of the titular Yuku, a little mouse…

Indie production company Flying Fish, the newly-launched joint venture from the writers and producers of Fisherman's Friends, has signed a three-year, multi-picture distribution deal with theatrical releaser Entertainment Film Distributors (EFD). Flying Fish has been set up by Fred Films' James Spring and filmmakers…

BBC Royal Family & The Press Doc The BBC has ordered a new 2x60min BBC Two series about the relationship between the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and the media. The program will be accompanied by a Radio 4 podcast for BBC Sounds. Both programs will be fronted by the BBC’s Media Editor…

UPDATE with amended pre-sale figures, writethru after Wednesday post: Long-rumored for a China re-release, James Cameron's Avatar suddenly popped onto the calendar this week. The erstwhile highest-grossing film of all time worldwide will hit Middle Kingdom cinemas on Friday, March 12. In so doing, it has a chance to…

When it comes to diversity, inclusion and representation, Hollywood is far from where it needs to be, but we are seeing progress. However, there are many blind spots that have been overlooked and cracks in the foundation that are growing bigger and bigger each day. If it doesn’t fix them, the industry will have more…

Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas are set to announce nominations for the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Monday. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said today that the spouses will kick off the event at 5:19 a.m. PT in a global livestream ay global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy's…

Watching the new Netflix comedy Yes Day, I got the feeling I was trapped on some kind of strange planet where only kids and their parents were allowed, running rampant without restraint, and from which there was no escape for visitors not a part of the “game.” Or, more accurately, I thought I had wandered into a…