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Diane Weyermann has elected to step down from her position as co-chair of AMPAS’ International Feature Film Executive Committee. The move is due to her professional relationship with a film officially selected for this year’s International Feature Film Oscar race. The title in question is understood to be Alexander Nanau’s well-received documentary Collective, which was

On October 24, Kanye West from Keeping Up with the Kardashians sat down with Joe Rogan and answered Joe’s question, “Why do people think there’s something wrong with you?” West is running for POTUS as a member of the “Birthday Party.” Kanye West held a campaign event in South Carolina this past September, and Kanye’s event

EXCLUSIVE: eOne and Hasbro have closed a deal to bring on Bryan Edward Hill to write the Power Rangers feature film adaptation from director Jonathan Entwistle. eOne will develop and produce the project. eOne and Hasbro recently announced that Entwistle will shepherd a new Power Rangers film and television adaptations. Power Rangers is an American entertainment and

The nation’s third largest cinema chain Cinemark said Monday it will open a San Francisco multiplex and locations in Santa Clara County on Oct. 30 with no concessions in a nod to local restrictions. The move, including of the Century San Francisco Centre 9 and XD, follows plans to open five of its Alameda County

EXCLUSIVE: DC’s Stargirl has found its Eclipso and The Shade – two of its primary villains for the series’ upcoming Season 2 on the CW. Nick Tarabay (The Expanse) will play the series regular role of Eclipso and Jonathan Cake (The Affair) will recur as The Shade. Additionally Ysa Penarejo (Project Mc2) will recur as

In Borat 2, the eponymous character meets Judith Dim Evans and her friend in a synagogue after having discovered disinformation claiming that the Holocaust didn’t happen. In order to try and blend, he dresses in a costume ripped straight out of World War II propaganda, but Evans and the other woman at the temple don’t

Financier Library Pictures International and Korean studio CJ Entertainment, producer of the multi-Oscar winner Parasite, have entered into a multi-year, multi-picture slate co-financing deal covering local-language film productions in Indonesia, Vietnam and Turkey. Under terms of the deal, Library will fund up to 50% of the budget of CJ Entertainment-led local-language productions in each of

President Trump thinks Sacha Baron Cohen is an unfunny jerk who tried, but ultimately failed, to fool him years ago — and to that, SBC says … appreciate the plug, DT!!! POTUS gave a harsh critique of Sacha and his work as Borat, especially as it pertains to the sequel that just came out this

Starz said Monday that it has acquired rights to With Drawn Arms, the documentary about Olympian Tommie Smith who reflects on his iconic fist-thrust silent protest on the medal stand during the national anthem at the 1968 Summer Games. The cable network has set a premiere date for November 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, when

Deadpool and Cable have been unlikely allies and pals in the Marvel Universe for a long time, but they’ve never looked as good together as they do featured on a new comic cover by the legendary Alex Ross. The cover features other members of X-Force as well, but Wade Wilson and Cable are front and

Of the titles debuting in the specialty box office space this weekend, Well Go USA’s Synchronic had a decent showing, opening in 326 theaters to the tune of an estimated $225,070, averaging $690 per theater for its opening weekend. Set in New Orleans, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s sci-fi pic follows two best friends Steve

As COVID-19 cases spike, Europe is once again taking serious measures to curb the virus’ spread. After initially shuttering its movie theaters in late February and then reopening in June, Italy is now set to close cinemas once again from tomorrow. At the same time, Spain has approved a new national state of alarm and

While the PDA photos that ran around may have been inadvertent, both Lily-Rose Depp and Timothee Chalamet have done a good job of building their respective brands in the time since. Depp, for example, has already completed work on four more projects, Voyagers, Wolf, Silent Night and Dreamland. Her a-lister father has previously commented on

Refresh for latest…: To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers Army entering the Korean War, the Middle Kingdom released epic The Sacrifice this weekend. The locally-titled Jin Gang Chuan grossed an estimated $53M in its three-day bow. While not a record start for the year in the market, the actioner could hold

Exclusive Wendell Pierce might be singing the blues soon, because he’s NOT been tapped to play B.B. King in an upcoming film as he’s proclaimed … according to King’s estate anyway. Pierce — known for his roles on “The Wire” and “Treme” — made his announcement Monday, saying … “We are official. Preparation has begun

Jamie Lee Curtis reveals she didn’t make money from Halloween movies until late in her career, even taking the minimum upfront on the 2018 sequel. Curtis, the daughter of Psycho star and original scream queen Janet Lee, became a scream queen in her own right after appearing in the original 1978 cult hit Halloween as Laurie Strode, the sole

An inquiry into the fatal incident that took the life of UK cameraman Mark Milsome closed today with a ruling of “accidental death”. Milsome was killed in November 2017 in Ghana while filming a stunt scene on BBC and Netflix series Black Earth Rising. The inquest took place at West London Coroner’s Court this week. The

The specialty streaming space will be On the Rocks this weekend — so to speak. Sofia Coppola’s father-daughter dramedy is set to drop on Apple TV+ on Friday and it seems like light-hearted movie-watching fare from the Oscar-winning filmmaker. Deadline’s resident critic Pete Hammond seems to sign off on the sentiment that this will bring a

What a great time not to be a movie marketer. Theaters half-closed, with COVID-19 again rising. Pipeline dried up. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences asking, in a survey that was due last week, how the pandemic is affecting your craft. Or what’s left of it. But movie promoters on the whole are an

Charlize Theron Had No Idea The Old Guard Would Be Such A Hit While Making It You never really know how a movie is going to turn out, and Charlize Theron had that very feeling while working on The Old Guard. In an interview with Variety, Theron explained that she never considered how big the

Arnold Schwarzenegger might really be a Terminator — he just had another piece of his heart replaced, and yet he says he’s feeling good enough to take his new parts out for a stroll. Arnold just made the surprise revelation about the surgery — coming after the procedure he had 2 years ago. He said

The reverberations of Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s stunning Quibi shutdown are being felt both in financial circles — where the $2 billion failure cements itself as a cautionary tale — and in Hollywood’s beleaguered creative community where many believe Quibi’s demise will make it harder for the next big idea to hook funding. Post

The classic animated sitcom The Simpsons has been re-imagined in the visual style of filmmaker Wes Anderson. Anderson is known for his whimsical films with a very distinct visual style. This style is so iconic that fans have been recreating it in many other mediums, from art to videos to Animal Crossing islands. Related: Theory:

EXCLUSIVE: Following a lengthy search, Roxanne, Roxanne star Chante Adams has landed the female lead opposite Michael B. Jordan in Sony’s Journal For Jordan, directed by Denzel Washington. Written by Academy Award nominee Virgil Williams, the film is based on Dana Canedy’s New York Times best-selling memoir, which was published in 2008. Todd Black, along

John Stankey, CEO of WarnerMedia parent AT&T, said productions – with about 130 underway since last week – are up and running but “the question is, what does exhibition look like?” “That’s still one of the things we don’t have great visibility on,” Stankey said on an investor conference call after the telco, cable and

Terry Nolan – Big Momma’s House By the time the 21st Century rolled around, Martin Lawrence was a massive star and his summer 2000 hit comedy Big Momma’s House only made a stronger case for the box office draw. Seriously, the movie remains one of the funniest of Lawrence’s career and that era in general,

BritBox, the ITV and BBC joint-venture streamer, has promoted Emily Powers to lead its North American operations following the departure of president and CEO Soumya Sriraman earlier this month. Powers, currently SVP and commercial head, will become executive vice president and head of BritBox North America after being part of the streamer’s original launch team.

New York native Christopher Atkins was only 19 years old when he landed his first big acting role as the scantily clad cousin Richard Lestrange — who knocks up his co-star while surviving the natural challenges of living on a deserted island — in Randal Kleiser’s 1980 film “The Blue Lagoon.” Christopher Atkins shared the

A government-mandated curfew that was set in place in France last week has been widely extended across the country, and will come into effect from Friday night. An estimated 46M people (69% of the population) will be impacted by the new measures announced by Prime Minister Jean Castex this evening. Residents of the 54 total

Love Island USA season 2 stars Johnny Middlebrooks and Cely Vazquez have finally reunited during his latest trip to visit her in Los Angeles. It’s been tough for the couples that started in the Las Vegas villa to be physically close to each other now that they’re out in the real world. Many of them live