2022 Jury and Special Award winners of the 29th SXSW Film Festival have been revealed! “It was extraordinary to gather together in person again after so long and we are so grateful to the filmmakers and audience who joined us at SXSW 2022 in Austin, Texas for our first in-person event since 2019,” said Janet
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Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru has been set to open the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in a world premiere on June 13. The fest is returning to a fully in-person event after last year’s hybrid edition. Annecy and the Minions franchise have a long history, going back to 2010’s Despicable Me. The Rise
Imagine if the seven deadly sins were wealthy Gen-Z’rs and threw a house party. Now at said party, imagine each of them was high, drunk, and in such a deranged and disconnected state they wouldn’t even know what planet they were operating on. This is what viewers can expect from Halina Reijn’s first English feature
A historic first meeting has taken place between the UK and Irish heads of actors union Equity in which they called for film productions in Ireland to ensure equal and fair terms and conditions for both British and Irish performers. Ireland has in recent years become a hotbed of activity for TV and film and a
EXCLUSIVE: The untold story of Reverend Jesse Jackson is to be made into a theatrical documentary feature and limited TV series, with Jackson’s son Yusef D Jackson set to co-exec and Peabody Award-winning Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed director Shola Lynch attached. Expanded Media and Lawrence Elman/Nick Fraser’s Docsville Studios are behind the as-yet-untitled big-budget
EXCLUSIVE: Redbox Entertainment has signed North American rights to Verdi Productions’ action-crime film Johnny & Clyde, starring Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap), Ajani Russell (Betty), Tyson Ritter (Preacher) and Megan Fox (The Expendables 4). Directed by Tom DeNucci (Vault), the movie is due to get a theatrical launch later this year and be available day-and-date in Redbox kiosks and on demand. Above
The first trailer for Puss In Boots: The Last Wish was released Tuesday and the swashbuckling feline and his friends are ready to take on a new adventure. The long-awaited Puss In Boots sequel follows the daring outlaw who discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. He’s burned
Paramount Global is temporarily halting its operations in Russia and giving $1 million to support humanitarian relief for Ukraine. Employees were notified of the moves earlier today in a memo from CEO Bob Bakish. The move affects the planned theatrical releases of The Lost City, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as well as book sales and
Paramount Worldwide Acquisition Group has locked down worldwide distribution rights to the action-thriller Sheroes, starring Sasha Luss (Anna), Wallis Day (Infinite), Isabelle Furhman (The Novice), Skai Jackson (Jesse) and Jack Kesy (Without Remorse), which recently wrapped production in Thailand. Plans for its release have not yet been disclosed. The film written and directed by Spring Breakers
EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films is finalizing a deal to acquire North American rights to Ana Lily Amirpour’s Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon, starring Kate Hudson, breakout Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo and Craig Robinson. The fantasy-thriller title, which also stars Ed Skrein and Evan Whitten, debuted at the Venice Film Festival last year before playing at
On Encanto, composer Germaine Franco was tasked with crafting a score that didn’t sound like “traditional Disney”—one that would capture “the rhythms” of Colombia, while tapping into the qualities of magical realism. Franco says that when she was first approached for the project from directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard, which would find her working
FOURTH ANNUAL MAMMOTH FILM FESTIVAL™ PARTNERS WITH THiNK:NFT TO BE FIRST FILM FESTIVAL TO OFFICIALLY GIVE AWAY NFTs TO ALL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS DURING FESTIVAL CLOSING NIGHT AWARD SHOW, AND FIRST FILM FESTIVAL TO STREAM LIVE IN THE METAVERSE MAMMOTH FILM FESTIVAL™ ALSO ANNOUNCES IMMERSIVE LIVE NFT ARTIST GALLERY COMPONENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing
Celebrities Came out to Support Mukesh Modi’s “The Elevator” Film Premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatres Starring Eric Roberts & Eugenia Kuzmina Hollywood, CA – August 10, 2021 – Stars lined up this past weekend to show their support for “The Elevator” Film Premiere starring Eric Roberts, Eugenia Kuzmina, Matt Rife, Avery Ilardi Avery Morris, and
EXCLUSIVE: The Bentonville Film Festival has announced the winners of its jury prizes, awarding Best Documentary to Kili Big and Best Narrative Feature to 7 Days. Two other jury awards were given out, along with three special recognition prizes. The festival led by Academy Award-winning actor and Festival Chair Geena Davis is dedicated to championing underrepresented
Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Last Night in Rozzie, a Boston-set drama starring Neil Brown Jr, Nicky Whelan, Jeremy Sisto and Kevin Chapman. Sean Gannet directed the pic, which will now get a day-and-date release beginning September 17. Written by Ryan McDonough, the plot centers on New York lawyer Ronnie Russo (Brown)
SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris on Friday weighed in on behalf of the actors union on Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit alleging that Disney violated her contract for her role in Black Widow. Johansson filed the lawsuit last week claiming that the studio breached her contract by releasing the Marvel movie Black Widow on Disney+ at the same
EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has acquired North American rights to The Novice, the first feature from writer/director Lauren Hadaway, which will debut in select theaters, digital platforms and VOD on December 17th. The festival favorite follows queer college freshman Alex Dall (Orphan‘s Isabelle Fuhrman), who joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological
Deadline has confirmed that employees at Amazon Studios are now expected to return to office on Jan. 3, 2022. That’s in line with the rest of the Amazon’s corporate employees in the U.S. and some foreign countries. Originally, Amazon employees were looking to return the week of Sept. 7 after working remotely from home. Even
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, co-creators of South Park, have signed a sweeping renewal with ViacomCBS that will keep the show on Comedy Central through 2027 and send 14 original movies to Paramount+. The official announcement of the deal did not specify a dollar figure but Bloomberg pegged it at $900 million, one of the
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