Special Edition
Documentary Super Directors, Super Producers Book Passage To Final Sundance In Park City; Brittney Griner, Billie Jean King Also Courted By Festival
Some of the biggest names in documentary film will be descending on Park City, Utah next month for the final edition of Sundance in the mountain town. Oscar winners...
‘Zootopia 2’ Looks To Cage Up No. 1 Again Before ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ Lights Up The Box Office
Two films could gross over $20M apiece this weekend which is pretty good in the pre-Christmas frame: Disney’s third weekend of Zootopia 2 and Universal/Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s...
David Zaslav’s Next Act Looks Murky As Netflix & Paramount Face Off Over Warner Bros Acquisition
Just a few weeks ago, David Zaslav was offered a co-CEO gig by David Ellison in a Paramount-owned Warner Bros Discovery. Then Netflix swooped in and sealed an $83B...
’28 Years Later III’ Moving Forward At Sony: Cillian Murphy In Talks, Alex Garland Penning
EXCLUSIVE: Sony is proceeding with the third 28 Years Later movie following the electric fan reaction from recent screenings of the second film, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,...
Kevin Smith Reveals Actor He Wants To Step Into Alan Rickman’s Role In ‘Dogma 2’, Plus Who He Wants To Play Devil
As Kevin Smith revisits one of his most controversial titles for a long-overdue sequel, the View Askewniverse creator has some ideas for new faces he’d like to cast. Following...
Oscar Contender ‘Norita’ Explores Courageous Woman Who Turned Tragedy Into Triumph Over Military Dictatorship
Diminutive Norita Cortiñas stood less than 5 feet tall — about a foot shorter than Argentina’s dictator, Gen. Jorge Videla, who ruled the country from 1976-1981. But in terms...
Out Of This World: Little Dot Studios Behind First YouTube Original Doc Made Purely From Getty Images’ Archive
EXCLUSIVE: Five… four… three… two… one… Blast-off. Getty Images and Little Dot Studios are teaming to make a two-part, 90-minute science documentaries that will launch on YouTube. Notably, Moons...
Vanity Fair Oscar Party Moves To LACMA
New boss, new Oscar party. The biggest fete on Hollywood’s biggest night is decamping from the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills for the Fairfax-area...
Paramount Says It Has “Air Tight” Financing, Promises Faster, More Certain Approval Than Netflix In Letter To WBD Shareholders
Paramount continues to take its case to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders after launching a hostile takeover offer to pry the company away from Netflix. “Dear Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholder,”...
Walter Hamada’s 18Hz Ups Nick Romano To VP; Ana Tenewitz Joins As Creative Executive
EXCLUSIVE: Walter Hamada‘s 18Hz production company has promoted Nick Romano to VP, while Ana Tenewitz has joined as a Creative Executive. Romano joined 18Hz as a Creative Executive at...
Donald Trump Opposes Warner Bros. Discovery Retaining Ownership Of CNN In Any Merger Transaction
Donald Trump weighed in again on the potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery, this time by saying that he opposes any plan in which the company continues to own...
How Writer-Director Rian Johnson & Cinematographer Steve Yedlin Went “Theatrical With Natural Light Shifts” For ‘Wake Up Dead Man’
For Wake Up Dead Man, the third film in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out series, the tone and palette shift created a major change in how the cinematography was done. “The movie has...