The 2023 installment of the annual Global Citizen Festival featured a powerful (if rainy) day of music, with sets by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lauryn Hill — who […]
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MIA Speakers to Include Paramount, Imagine Documentaries Execs — Global Bulletin
MARKET MIA, the international market held annually in Rome, has announced the first confirmed speakers for its ninth edition. This year, speakers at the industry event — which […]
CAA Media Finance Set for San Sebastian Creative Investors’ Conference
CAA Media Finance’s Roeg Sutherland, Goodfellas’ Vincent Maraval and Cinetic Media’s John Sloss look set to attend the San Sebastian Festival’s second Creative Investors’ Conference, co-organised once again […]
‘Corsage’ Star Vicky Krieps to Play Murdered Film and TV Producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Jim Sheridan Docu-Drama ‘Re-creation’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Vicky Krieps, best performance prize winner in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard for “Corsage,” will star as Sophie Toscan du Plantier in six time-Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan and David […]
Stage 32, Catalyst Studios Launch Social Impact Screenwriting Contest With Option Guarantee (EXCLUSIVE)
Stage 32, the entertainment industry social network and educational platform, and Catalyst Studios, a U.S. production company supporting female-fronted projects, are partnering to launch a screenwriting contest for […]
Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’: Italy Key Getting Big Hollywood Movie to the Big Screen
It’s no secret that it’s taken decades of twists and turns in Hollywood to get Michael Mann’s anticipated “Ferrari,” which makes its world premiere at the Venice Film […]
Starring Leandra Leal, Marco Pigossi, Yuki Sugimoto, Gabe Klinger’s ‘Okonomiyaki’ Teams Brazil, Chile, France (EXCLUSIVE)
Brazil’s Raccord Produções, Chile’s Araucaria Cine and France’s Nord-Ouest Films are teaming to produce acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Gabe Klinger’s feature drama project “Okonomiyaki.” “Okonomiyaki” will topline celebrated Brazilian […]
How ‘My Mother, the Monster’ Was Inspired by a Photo of a Woman Walking in a Forest Wearing a Scary Mask
The idea for “My Mother, the Monster,” which won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Co-Production Market Thursday, came to Hungarian director Olivér Rudolf […]
‘A Land Imagined’ Director Yeo Siew Hua Casts Taiwan Star Lee Kang-Sheng in Surveillance Thriller ‘Stranger Eyes’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Yeo Siew Hua, the Singaporean director whose “A Land Imagined” won the Locarno Film Festival’s top prize in 2018, has cast acclaimed Taiwanese actors Lee Kang-Sheng (“What Time […]
Disney Accused of ‘Self-Dealing’ by Fox Slate Financier
TSG Entertainment, which has invested more than $3 billion in 140 Fox films including “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “The Shape of Water,” accused Disney in a […]
Big Budgets, Big Headaches: Why ‘Indiana Jones 5’ and ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ are Struggling to Make a Profit
Not even time-tested adventurers like Indiana Jones and Ethan Hunt are immune to the shifting sands of the movie business. Those action heroes, played by Harrison Ford and […]
‘Blown Away’ Producer MarbleMedia Acquired by Canada’s Blue Ant Media, Production and Distribution Merging Into Combined Studio (EXCLUSIVE)
A new heavyweight is about to make a splash in the unscripted ring. Canadian production-distribution powerhouse Blue Ant Media, the producers of “Canada’s Drag Race,” has acquired “Blown […]