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Carlos Rosado Cobián, director of Spain’s Film Commission, cut a figure of intense pride as he stepped on stage in a small conference room this afternoon at the San Sebastian Film Festival.  That energy was matched by the audience of Spanish industry figures inside the room as Cobián introduced what he described as a groundbreaking

As Jon M. Chu takes on the cinematic event of the year, he’s keeping accessibility in mind. The Wicked director recently discussed creating “a fantastical world with a wheelchair user in mind” on the set of his feature adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s 1995 book and the Tony-winning Broadway musical, which features a handicap-accessible Ozdust Ballroom.

Today was Cate Blanchett day at the San Sebastian Film Festival as the two-time Oscar winner cruised into town to receive the Spanish festival’s Donostia Award for career achievement.  The excitement in San Sebastian was strong. The festival even sent an email updating delegates that Blanchett’s arrival at her hotel — one of the main

Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tossed out in July, but the Emmy winner is still trying to make sure the whole thing is truly over. In a filing Friday in New Mexico state court, lawyers for Baldwin requested that Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey’s long-shot move to

French director Audrey Diwan is opening the San Sebastian Film Festival this evening with third feature Emmanuelle, in the company of its star Noémie Merlant and supporting cast members Will Sharpe, Chacha Huang and Jamie Campbell Bower. Diwan, who won Venice’s Golden Lion for abortion drama Happening in 2021, has taken inspiration for her first

Although many consider it a masterpiece, James Cameron has enough distance from The Terminator to give it his honest review. Marking the 40th anniversary of his directorial debut, the 3x Oscar-winning director looked back on parts of the 1984 film as “pretty cringeworthy” as he admitted the “production value” didn’t age well. “I don’t think

Netflix has unveiled the trailer for its big-budget Australian succession drama Territory, premiering on October 24. The story revolves around the “world’s largest cattle station” named Marianne Station, which is left without a clear successor. Generational clashes threaten to tear the Lawson family apart. Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful

Denmark has selected Magnus von Horn’s The Girl With the Needle as its Oscar submission for the Best International Feature Film category. Starring Vic Carmen Sonne and Trine Dyrholm, The Girl With the Needle riffs on one of Denmark’s most notorious murder cases to weave a poetic and dark fairytale about the people living on

France has selected Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez to represent it in the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards. The drama stars Karla Sofía Gascón as cartel leader Emilia who enlists the help of unappreciated lawyer Rita (Saldana) to help her fake her death so she can live authentically as

UPDATED, with governor signing additional legislation: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills today designed to give greater protections to performers and others over the use of their digital likenesses during their lives and to their estates. Newsom signed the legislation at the Los Angeles headquarters of SAG-AFTRA, which has been one of the major

Iconic Parisian label Mugler celebrates its 50th anniversary with a documentary, Inside the Dream: Mugler, directed by Matthieu Menu. The doc offers a glimpse behind the scenes revealing key moments leading up to the milestone, highlighting the evolution of the fashion house under the new creative direction of Casey Cadwallader. The 60-minute film is a

2024 has been the year of the Brits on Netflix. The streamer’s CEO Ted Sarandos has just revealed that the top four most-watched shows on the platform in the first half of this year were all made in the UK. Episodes of Fool Me Once, Bridgerton, The Gentlemen and Baby Reindeer were watched a combined

Prime Video is rejigging its teams in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As part of a raft of changes, Hwei Loke is named Head of Prime Video Australia and New Zealand, with Hushidar Kharas exiting the post to take on a new role as Head of Global Prime Video Brand and Social Strategy, based out

The Joy Luck Club sequel is still happening per original cast member of the 1993 movie, Rosalind Chao. “The girls are all having a quick zoom Tuesday night to discuss,” shared Chao on the Emmy Red Carpet tonight, “There’s a script.” Deadline first told you about part 2 in October 2022, which will bring back

Refresh for latest…: Last week’s champ, and this week’s holdover winner, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, took in an estimated $28.7M overseas, keeping the momentum spurred by its recent world premiere in Venice. The offshore drop was 44% which is good for this sort of title. The international running cume is $76.3M; and the worldwide total is currently $264.3M through Sunday. Imax added $4.7M

The Property Masters Guild handed out its inaugural MacGuffin Awards tonight in Los Angeles, celebrating significant artistic achievements of property masters in film and TV. Winners lauded at the Belasco Theater included Best Picture Oscar winner Oppenheimer and nominee Poor Things, along with Emmy winners The Bear and The Last of Us. See the full

Ballerina Michaela DePrince has died aged 29, her family has announced. The death of the dancer, born in Sierra Leone and who performed with stars across the world and appeared on Dancing with the Stars aged just 17, was announced on her personal Instagram page, with her family adding in a statement that she was

In 2008, Faiza Ahmad Khan made a documentary, Supermen Of Malegaon, that focused on the making of a parody-style movie by amateur director Nasir Shaikh who found success with his friends in the poor small Indian city of Malegaon, where they used their hometown to copy popular movies, and by doing so gave new life

CONCLAVESection: Special PresentationsDirector: Edward BergerLogline: Conclave unfolds over a tension-riddled 72 hours, depicting a gripping confrontation between tradition, politics, and faith. Featuring brilliant supporting performances — most notably from Isabella Rossellini as the silent yet formidable Sister Agnes — it focuses on the all-too-human aspects of a hallowed procedure, one that speculates on the role of

It is a deceptively simple premise for a two-hour feature film. A married couple who had planned their retirement in a B&B are, due to dire financial circumstances and bum luck, forced out of their home at a point that is, on the surface at least, completely devastating. With their kids now off at school,

Matt Reeves is reassuring DC fans that the plan for The Batman with Robert Pattinson in the titled role was envisioned as a trilogy. The filmmaker said that Batman II and the HBO series The Penguin are all part of his vision for the Batman universe he created. “Yes, that is still the plan,” Reeves told Collider about

A+E Networks EMEA will be known as Hearst Networks EMEA going forwards. The rebrand at the international broadcaster will see A+E’s international division divided into four units: Hearst Networks UK, A+E’s long-standing joint venture with Sky operating across the UK, Nordics, Benelux, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; Hearst Networks Germany; Hearst

ALL OF YOU Section: Special Presentations Director: William Bridges Screenwriter: William Bridges, Brett Goldstein Logline: Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots star in a stirring near-futuristic romance as best friends who harbour an unspoken love for one another even after a test matches one of them up with their supposed soulmate. Panelists: William Bridges, Brett Goldstein,

Elizabeth Olsen played Wanda Maximoff, also known as the Scarlet Witch, across the Marvel Universe and is seemingly down to continue reprising the role. In a recent interview, the WandaVision star opened up about playing the Marvel character and what it would take for her to portray her again. “It’s a character that I love

Hugh Grant has been doing a lot to dismantle his dashingly disheveled ’90s rom-com image in the last 15 years or more, but Heretic might be the film to blow it all to kingdom come. Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, a key part of the creative team behind the thoughtfully unnerving

In one of the most explosive documentary premieres in TIFF history, a film sharply critical of Benjamin Netanyahu bowed before a packed house in Toronto Monday night, despite a last-ditch effort by the Israeli prime minister to block it. The Bibi Files, produced by Alex Gibney and directed by Alexis Bloom, contains never-before-seen video of

Wesley Snipes recalls how the idea of reprising his superhero role as Blade in Deadpool and Wolverine came about. Snipes opened up about a call he got from Ryan Reynolds and how he questioned if it would ever happen. “It started with a text from Ryan Reynolds,” Snipes told Entertainment Weekly. Snipes joked that when he saw the text

Jeremy Clarkson has denied that Top Gear ever scripted a scathing Tesla review after his successor Chris Harris claimed that the BBC show was “naughty” in its treatment of Elon Musk‘s electric car. In his weekly column in The Sun newspaper, Clarkson said he was wound up “something rotten” by Harris telling The Joe Rogan

After taking the internet by storm in recent years with his Emmy-winning sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave, Tim Robinson has found his first lead film role in Friendship, a surreal buddy comedy co-starring Paul Rudd that’s making its world premiere tonight in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto Film Festival. Tonally

An investigation into a sex trafficking ring at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con Convention has led to 14 arrests and 10 victims “recovered,”  California’s Attorney General said Wednesday. “Unfortunately, sex traffickers capitalize on large scale events such as Comic-Con to exploit their victims for profit,” Rob Bonta said toady, announcing the sting at the just-concluded convention. Along