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EXCLUSIVE: Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana is the latest celebrity to call for film festivals to adopt gender-neutral acting awards categories. Following in the footsteps of Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett and director Kornél Mundruczó, who have voiced their support for the change while at this week’s Venice Film Festival, Khurrana told us: “Gender-neutral awards should become

The cast of “The Princess Bride” is reuniting, and they’re on a mission … to defeat Donald Trump in the cheese state. There will be a live stream table read on Sept. 13 and the cast is intact for “A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion” … Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn

One of DC’s smartest and most powerful heroes, Supergirl is perhaps best known for her portrayal by Melissa Benoist in the television series Supergirl. Despite this, the Kryptonian hero has been a presence in DC comics for more than 60 years, saving the Earth on countless occasions as part of her legacy as a member of the House

EXCLUSIVE: Mona Fastvold’s The World To Come debuts in competition at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, and we’ve got a first-look clip (check it out above). The film, one of the more anticipated titles in Venice, is a frontier romance starring Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby, the latter is doing double duty on the

Sony has set moderate theatrical fall releases for two independent features, Diane Paragas’ narrative feature debut Yellow Rose and Andrew Cohn’s comedy The Last Shift which made its global premiere at Sundance. Last Shift, which Sony Pictures World Acquisitions picked up, will debut on Sept. 25, while Yellow Rose which the label’s Stage 6 Films acquired last year sans Philippines, will

Annie Cordy, a Belgian actress and singer who starred in a number of titles including Le Chat and Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women, has died. She was 92. Cordy, who was also known for lending her voice to Grandmother Willow in the French version of Disney’s 1995 animated classic Pocahontas, died Friday in France. Disney

Nate Moore, one of Black Panther’s executive producers, said that his last interactions with Chadwick Boseman were mostly centered on fulfilling a request from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He said that given the current pandemic situation, it was a logistically difficult task. In retrospect, he was struck by how diligent the actor was, despite the unique

Are you ready to travel back to the 1940s when Netflix did not exist and radio shows were the epicenter of entertainment? During DC FanDome: Explore the Multiverse on September 12, Warner Bros. and The Creative Coalition will bring the classic Superman radio series to life. The re-enactments of the Superman radio series will be available

Tiffany Haddish is revealing she tested positive for the coronavirus, and she’s opening up about her experiences with testing and learning her diagnosis. Tiffany revealed her diagnosis in a video posted on her YouTube page this week, rehashing her experience with the virus with Dr. Anthony Fauci. The actress and comedian says she contracted the

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet launched in the Middle Kingdom on Friday grossing RMB 62.3M, which included previews, translating into a $9.2M take. Pic’s day, at $8.6M, bested local epic The Eight Hundred which is estimated to have grossed $8.2M for a running total of $323.9M. It’s not certain yet if Tenet will best Eight Hundred for the top spot at China’s weekend box

Nickelodeon pulled the new animated series Made By Maddie from its Fall lineup after the characters had striking similarities to the Oscar-winning animated-short Hair Love. The promotional picture for Made by Maddie features a Black family consisting of a father with locks, a mother with natural hair, and their 8-year-old daughter, Maddie. Nick Jr. dropped a trailer for the new series,

When UTA boasted it was first agency to restore paycuts even as it eliminated 50 positions earlier this week, ICM Partners cried foul, pressing the case it has not cut salaries through the pandemic. It seems small consolation, though, because over the past week, the agency cut around 15 positions involving junior agents and coordinators.

As the world seems like it is aflame with a pandemic, divisive rhetoric from an oppressive administration and the unjust killing of Black lives at the hands of police officers, hope seems dim. However, there are voices and role models in the world that are fighting for change and on the frontlines fighting against 45,

Sony’s long-in-the-works “suite” of TV series based on Marvel characters controlled by the studio is getting closer to reality. I hear Sony is in talks with Amazon to be the SVOD distributor of the high-profile package of shows, which includes multiple titles. The first, which was identified by Sony Pictures TV about a year ago

Channing Tatum said he’s been spending more time with his daughter recently, and out popped The One and Only Sparkella, a book dedicated to promoting self expression in young girls. He has dedicated the book to Everly, calling her “the most brilliant magical being that I have ever known” and his “greatest teacher” in his

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon has scrapped plans to resume production and complete Cortés y Moctezuma, its epic four-hour miniseries starring and executive produced by Oscar winner Javier Bardem and executive produced by Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna. The Amazon Studios/Amblin Partners project, described as the largest Spanish-language production of all time, was two weeks into filming

Cristiano Ronaldo‘s longtime GF Georgina Rodriguez turned the Venice Film Festival into her very own fashion show on Thursday … and yeah, the woman SLAAAAAAAYED. Yes, that’s 7 As … and they’re all necessary. The soccer superstar’s gorgeous lady showed up for the showings of “The Human Voice” and “Quo Vadis, Aida?” at the big

The Venice Film Festival got off to a stellar start with jury head Cate Blanchett welcoming attendees and Tilda Swinton giving a rousing Golden Lion acceptance speech. Day 2, however, was a different story. Coronavirus prevention protocols such as temperature checks created bottlenecks as festgoers stood in line to see films. As a result, screenings

In Godzilla vs. Kong, it should be Mechagodzilla – not one of the two title characters – who wins the first battle. Godzilla’s robotic counterpart from Toho’s movies hasn’t been officially confirmed for the upcoming fourth installment in the MonsterVerse, but his inclusion was spoiled by a toy leak in January 2020. Introduced in 1974’s

John Boyega has expressed his frustration at being “pushed to the side” in the sequels to his Star Wars debut The Force Awakens, saying that Disney gave “all the nuance” to Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley’s white characters in the later films. In a candid interview with GQ, Boyega also suggests his fellowed diverse major

How seemingly fitting it is to have the box office prospects for a time-travel thriller like Warner Bros’ Tenet changing in real time. That’s not to say that opening-weekend projections are going in reverse, rather, the last-minute reopenings of theaters in New Jersey, Maryland and some parts of California are providing the commercial potential for the

Bubbling close to the surface of this year’s Venice Film Festival are existential questions about the future of festivals and cinema itself. The pandemic has thrown the already anxious cinema business through a loop. We have heard a lot from exhibition bosses in recent months that the fundamentals of cinema-going are strong. Today, it was

Back To The Future Trilogy (1985 – 1990) Starting with Back to the Future in 1985, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), and their trusty DeLorean time machine travel through space and time on adventures that take them to the 1950s, forward to the 21st Century, and way way back to the

Mulan will be released to all Disney+ subscribers at no extra charge on December 4, two months after it begins its run at $30 exclusively through the streaming service. Instead of labeling it a premium video on demand (PVOD) release, Disney created a new category for the $200 million tentpole: Premier Access. Any Disney+ subscriber

Exclusive The tributes to Chadwick Boseman keep pouring in, and the latest honor for the late “Black Panther” star is all about education. Walter Mayfield, principal at T. L. Hanna High School in South Carolina where the actor attended, tells TMZ … they’re forming the Chadwick Boseman Memorial Scholarship for a yearly honor to a

PlayStation Now’s September lineup has been announced, adding memorable games like Resident Evil 7 and Final Fantasy XV to Sony’s cloud-based gaming service. PS Now has been providing subscribers with titles from every PlayStation generation since it was first launched back in 2014, allowing players to enjoy them on either PS4 or PC for the

The BFI and BAFTA have joined forces to launch ‘A Screen New Deal – a Route Map to Sustainable Film Production’. The report examines the systemic changes needed within film production in order to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, in line with UK government legislation. The report focuses on five key areas:

EXCLUSIVE: The box office weekend projections for Warner Bros.’ Tenet just got higher. We can report that Regal Cinemas will have their cinemas reopened in time for this weekend’s release of the Christopher Nolan movie in New Jersey, Maryland and some cities in California. As of tomorrow, Wednesday at 5PM, Regal will be reopening their theatres in

The WGA says it’s had “cordial discussions” with WME and CAA about signing its agency franchise agreement, but told its members Tuesday that it’s not close to a deal with the two largest packaging agencies. The WGA has signed more than 100 agencies to its franchise agreement over the past 18 months, including UTA and

Bill and Ted Face the Music made just over $1 million, showing in just over 1,000 theaters in the U.S. The majority of that success was found at drive-ins. While that number is only a fraction of the $7 million that The New Mutants made, Face the Music is doing much better at home as,