Play video content President Trump‘s disdain for Hollywood and the Oscars didn’t end with “Parasite” … he also lashed out at Academy Award winner, Brad Pitt. Right after Trump got done ripping the South Korean film that won Best Picture — which he seemingly didn’t see — because to him it doesn’t live up to
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Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell’s entertainment accelerator Imagine Impact is extending its reach to to Australia, in partnership with Gentle Giant Media Group and Screen Australia. Having already launched three programs in the U.S., Impact will use their talent identification system to democratize access for creators, leveraging their technology to the global entertainment marketplace. Impact will
The cyberpunk genre is very much in the cultural eye at the moment, at least in the video game industry. CD Projekt Red’s upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 remains one of the most anticipated video games of the year, despite release delays. To pass the time, RuneHeads has developed a different cyberpunk experience in the form of Conglomerate 451, a roguelike
One of the more intriguing titles of this year’s Berlin Film Festival is the new Johnny Depp true life drama, Minamata in which Depp plays the famous Life Magazine photographer W. Eugene Smith who in 1971 undertook the most challenging and important subject of his career in travelling to the small Japanese village of Minamata which had
Peter Levinsohn was named Vice Chairman and Chief Distribution Officer for Universal Filmed Entertainment Group today after serving as President and Chief Distribution Officer since 2013. In his new role, Levinsohn will oversee domestic theatrical distribution, global home entertainment, global television distribution, new media and digital strategy, and film technology. Prior to joining Universal, Levinsohn
“I was born into this world, and my first memories of it are pain,” says the emancipated Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), a synthetic soul created for the amusement of wealthy humans who visit Westworld. “For my kind there was one place we were never allowed to go, one place we were never allowed to see. Your
You can see the finished results of their efforts now on the big screen, as The Call Of The Wild , starring Harrison Ford, Dan Stevens, Karen Gillan, and Omar Sy, has begun Thursday preview screenings all around the country. Stay tuned here on CinemaBlend in the coming days for updates about its box office
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Classics is finalizing a U.S. pre-buy of period drama Farnsworth House, which is to star Ralph Fiennes and Elizabeth Debicki. Debicki, who is soon to be seen starring in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, is in final negotiations to join in the co-lead role which was previously going to be Maggie Gyllenhaal but the latter
Exclusive Joaquin Phoenix didn’t wait long to walk the walk after mentioning the plight of mother cows and their babies in his Best Actor speech at the Academy Awards … and a mama and her calf are living happily together because of it. The “Joker” star visited a slaughterhouse run by Manning Beef in Pico
The 70th Berlin International Film Festival, and the first under new leadership team Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian, got underway tonight with a screening of Philippe Falardeau’s My Salinger Year, starring Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley. The Opening Gala included a minute’s silence to honor the victims of yesterday’s terror attack in the German town
According to director Roland Emmerich, he has an idea for Independence Day 3. Not long after the sequel to the original Independence Day, Independence Day: Resurgence hit theatres in 2016, it seemed like the idea of a part three was dead and buried, despite Emmerich having set up an idea that Independence Day 3 would be an “intergalactic journey.” However, after critics bashed the
EXCLUSIVE: The Man of Bronze is headed to the small screen. Sony Pictures Television and Neal H. Moritz’s Sony-based Original Film have partnered with Condé Nast Entertainment to develop a scripted television series based on the Doc Savage pulp fiction franchise from the Street & Smith library. The project is part of the new three-year
Rialto Pictures is bringing Francis Ford Coppola’s Palme d’Or winning 1974 movie The Conversation back to theaters, starting March 20 at New York’s Film Forum and Landmark’s Nuart Theatre in L.A., with newly struck 35mm prints personally supervised by the six-time Oscar winning filmmaker. The platform release will offer theaters an alternate DCP restoration remixed
EXCLUSIVE: Dame Harriet Walter has joined Ridley Scott’s new epic, The Last Duel, the revenge story that stars Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, Adam Driver and Ben Affleck. Based on Eric Jager’s novel, the script is by Damon, Affleck and Nicole Holofcener. Shooting is just getting underway with filming due to take place in Ireland and
Tom Holland, along with millions of other people, has seen EZRyderX47’s deep fake video on YouTube and while he may have gotten a kick out of it, as he told ET, he has no interest in starring in a Back to the Future remake. That’s because, as far as he’s concerned, Back to the Future
Defense attorneys in the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein failed in their attempt to obtain a gag order against attorney and victims rights advocate Gloria Allred on Wednesday, prompting Allred to tell Deadline, “Harvey Weinstein is not going to silence me.” Allred is not directly involved in this criminal trial, but has been in the
Exclusive Shutterstock Premier Veteran character actress Esther Scott — who’s been in countless movies and shows over the years — has died. A member of Esther’s family tells TMZ … Esther suffered an apparent heart attack last Tuesday at her Santa Monica home, and was later found unconscious and taken to a hospital. We’re told
EXCLUSIVE: When They See Us star Freddy Miyares is reteaming with Ava DuVernay for her upcoming HBO Max pilot DMZ. He joins previously announced cast members Rosario Dawson and Benjamin Bratt for the adaptation of the DC comic book series. DMZ is set the near future where America is embroiled in a bitter civil war, leaving
The code for an upcoming Pokemon GO update being released for Android users reveals the arrival of Shadow Eggs. The new Eggs will likely arrive with a new Team GO Rocket Event. In July 2019, Team GO Rocket notoriously took over a number of PokeStops around the world. After defeating the Grunt guarding these stops, trainers
Blackhall Studios, which runs a film production facility in Atlanta, Georgia, is planning to enter the UK market with a major development earmarked for Reading, west of London. The company said it was proposing “the largest purpose-built film studio and digital creative hub complex in the UK” and that it would incorporate “extensive purpose-built digital
The first Disney release of 2020, Pixar’s Onward, arrived on tracking today with a $44 million projection. Some believe that the forecast for the March 6 release is low and could go higher. The movie directed by Dan Scanlon and featuring the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Octavia Spencer and Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set in a suburban
EXCLUSIVE: Marginal Mediaworks CEO and founder Sanjay Sharma is collaborating with Attic Light Films’ Milan Chakraborty (executive producer of the comedy Plus One) to produce the coming-of-age romantic comedy Rearranged from screenwriter Zarna Garg. Garg’s screenplay for Rearranged was an Academy Nicholl Semi-Finalist and won the Best Comedy Prize at the Austin Film Festival, where she landed a
Alice Braga (Dr. Cecilia Reyes) In The New Mutants comics, Dr. Cecilia Reyes, portrayed by Alice Braga in the movie, has Latin American origins and works as a medical doctor. She is also a mutant with the power to create a protective force field. She acts as a mentor and guide. Unlike many mutants, Cecilia
Breaking News Getty Jason “Gummi Bear” Davis — who voiced Mikey Blumberg on ‘Recess’ for years — has reportedly died. The voice actor — who’s also the grandson of the late Hollywood billionaire mogul Marvin Davis and Barbara Davis — passed away Sunday in Los Angeles … according to a family statement provided to THR.
An executive and director who worked with Hubei Film Studios in Wuhan, China, has died after contracting coronavirus, along with three other members of his immediate family. Chang Kai, 55, succumbed to pneumonia caused by the coronavirus on February 14, Hubei said on social media. His father and mother reportedly died in the preceding days,
American Horror Story featured a prolific serial killer turned unstable ghost called the Axeman (Danny Huston), and he’s based on a real person. Over the course of its nine seasons on the air so far, FX anthology series American Horror Story has played hosts to all kinds of dastardly villains. In fact, during some seasons,
EXCLUSIVE: Ruth Wilson and Matt Bomer are attached to lead The Book Of Ruth, a feature based on the true story of Ruth Coker Burks, a devout Christian divorcée and single mother from Arkansas who became a champion and caregiver for AIDS sufferers in 1980s America. Michael Arden, the two-time Tony Award nominated theater director
The indie distributor Neon is becoming the cool, popular kid in Hollywood and on the box office playground since they dominated the Oscars with the multiple Parasite wins. This weekend, the distributor, founded by Tim League and Tom Quinn, saw the return of Portrait of a Lady on Fire in theaters, while Parasite took a victory lap after winning
Since his debut with WWE in 2002, Cena has racked up dozens of title reigns, millions of dollars, and has met with over 600 kids through the Make-A-Wish program. He’s a household name and brings a little something for kids and adults alike. It doesn’t matter if wrestling fans love him or hate him, Cena
EXCLUSIVE: Megan Fox and Bruce Willis are joining Emile Hirsch in Randall Emmett’s directorial debut Midnight In The Switchgrass, which Highland Film Group will be selling at the upcoming EFM. Set in 2004, the film will follow an FBI agent (Fox) and a Florida State officer (Hirsch) who team up to investigate a string of