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Netflix said Thursday that it is turning Sulwe, the bestselling children’s book by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, into an animated musical, the latest move by the streamer to bolster its feature animation slate that already includes Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10½: A Space Age Adventure, Henry Selick’s Wendell & Wild, Nora Twomey’s My Father’s Dragon and

In January, President Joe Biden promised to provide state and local health officials a three week window into how many vaccine doses were on the way. “Until now we’ve had to guess how much vaccine to expect for the next week, and that’s what the governors had to do: ‘How much am I getting next

Brilliant, bad and a little bit mad is Disney’s catchy description for that legendary wearer of fur Cruella de Vil in this new trailer for Cruella, the live-action backstory to the villainess first introduced in 1961’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Starring Emma Stone in the title role, Disney’s Cruella, the studio says, is “about the

California Governor Gavin Newsom was asked on Wednesday if he thinks the entire state might be out of the most restrictive purple tier of his Blueprint for a Safer Reopening by the first day of spring. “Yes,” said the governor, “based on trend lines.” Those trend lines include the numbers in the state’s largest county

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Whirlybird from A&E IndieFilms. The doc, which premiered at last year’s Sundance, is the feature debut of Matt Yoka. It follows a husband-and-wife news helicopter team who covered some of Los Angeles’ most historic events. Encompassing high-profile stories of the 1980s and 90s such as the L.A.

Salsa music pioneer and Fania Records co-founder Johnny Pacheco has died. Fania Records announced Pacheco’s death on Instagram Monday afternoon. He was 85. “He was much more than a musician, bandleader, writer, arranger and producer, he was a visionary,” the Instagram post read. “His music will live on eternally and we are forever grateful to

As the specialty box office space continues to navigate the digital VOD and day and date waters, numbers are trickling in but, again, they don’t necessarily give a solid reflection of a film’s box office performance as they did in the before-times (aka pre-Covid). On this President’s Day holiday weekend, award season faves like A24’s

Los Angeles County is slowly easing out of the holiday coronavirus surge as Public Health officials continue reporting fewer than 5,000 new daily cases of Covid-19. On Saturday Public Health counted 3,254 new confirmed coronavirus cases in Los Angeles, continuing the county’s sub-5000 new daily cases streak. While more than 3,000 new cases and nearly

Brandy showed TikTok followers that reprising the titular role in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella after more than 20 years is far from impossible. On Friday the star of the Emmy-winning musical put her own magical spin on a viral TikTok challenge to promote and celebrate the musical’s Disney+ premiere. Like most TikTok makeup brush challenge

The Lost City of D, starring Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock, is set for 2022 release. Paramount announced on Saturday that the romantic comedy from Adam and Aaron Nee received a wide release date for April 15, 2022. Described as a Romancing The Stone-style romantic comedy, The Lost City of D follows a reclusive romance novelist

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the nominees for its 10th AACTA International Awards with Searchlight’s Nomadland in the lead at six mentions including Best Film, Director, Actress, Screenplay and Supporting Actress and Actor. Also scoring several mentions are DreamWorks/Netflix’s The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Netflix’s Mank, Focus’ Promising

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo actually got nominated for an Academy Award with 2011’s Bridesmaids as Best Original Screenplay. That hilarious comedy also made a mint at the box office for Universal and sparked numerous imitators. Wiig, who also starred in it, steadfastly has resisted turning out a sequel, so I guess what we get with their

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the debut trailer for Finnish movie Fucking With Nobody, which Parisian sales outfit Totem Films has boarded for international sales prior to the film’s U.S. bow at SXSW. Directed by Hannaleena Hauru from a screenplay she co-wrote with Lasse Poser, the satirical comedy film follows Hanna, who teams up with her sister and counterculture friends

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 Brown (the

Tim Richards, CEO and founder of exhibition chain Vue, has been appointed the next Chair of the British Film Institute. Richards will take over the role from interim Chair and BFI Governor Pat Butler. The public appointment was made by the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden. Richards will take up the position from Tuesday 16 February

Hustler founder Larry Flynt has died at 78. The Washington Post confirmed the news with his brother Jimmy. No cause of death was given. Flynt made his fortune with Hustler magazine and associated businesses, but he made a name for himself by challenging cultural norms. He unapologetically called himself “a pornographer.” Injured by an assailant’s

The world is a year into this global pandemic, but there are many, many, many people that still need a reminder that wearing a face mask can help stop the spread the Covid-19. That said, WarnerMedia has teamed up with the Ad Council and CDC for a PSA that serves as a friendly reminder for

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Romano has set an April 19th start date in New York City for an untitled dramedy he’ll direct and star in alongside Laurie Metcalf (The Conners). Romano has written the script with Mark Stegemann. Leo (Romano) and Angela (Metcalf) Russo live a simple, blue-collar life in Queens, surrounded by the big personalities of

The opening scene of Dara Of Jasenovac, Serbia’s submission to the International Feature Oscar race, gives a poignant hint of the horrors to come. The setting is rural Croatia in the 1940s. A large group of Serbian women and children are being marched to a train station by armed guards. Two Croatian women work in