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Paul Dano Says “Quantity Over Quality” in Hollywood Contributed to Superhero Fatigue
Paul Dano is sharing his thoughts on the superhero fatigue that’s hitting the film industry, calling it a “welcome moment” he thinks could lead to better movies down the road. During an interview with The Independent, published online Saturday, the Spaceman actor said he feels “quantity over quality” in recent years played a role in […]
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Saudi Arabia’s Film AlUla Unveils Music Recording Studio in the Works
Saudi Arabia’s Film AlUla is getting into the music business. The country’s official film agency has unveiled plans for a music recording studio to complement its recently launched film studio complex. Film AlUla plans to open in June 2024 a recording studio with a control room and booths to be used by music artists, choirs, […]
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Beyoncé to Premiere ‘Renaissance’ Concert Film in London and L.A., International Tickets Go on Sale Nov. 9 (Exclusive)
Beyoncé is holding two premieres for her highly anticipated concert film Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé: The world premiere will take place in London on Nov. 30 and the U.S. premiere will be held in Los Angeles on Nov. 25. The events will take place days before Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment and AMC Entertainment debut the […]
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Toronto: Closer Media’s Zhang Xin and William Horberg on Landing Three Films at TIFF, Upcoming Elon Musk Doc
Zhang Xin, the renowned Chinese entrepreneur who used her love of architecture and brilliant business acumen to reshape Beijing and Shanghai’s skyline, has turned her attention to a new challenge: film producer. In September 2022, the billionaire businesswoman — who spent her teenage years working in Hong Kong garment and electronics factories — resigned as CEO of […]
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Saudi Arabia’s Film AlUla Looks to Become a “Beacon for Creativity and Film”
There must be few, if any, places in the world right now that extend quite so far back archaeologically, and, simultaneously, quite so far into the future. Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, AlUla, describes itself as “a living museum … that holds 200,000 years of largely unexplored human history,” while the country’s now […]
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Venice Fest Titles Shine Light on European Migrant Crisis
In Comandante, the World War II-set Italian drama from director Edoardo De Angelis that opened the Venice Film Festival this year, a submarine captain, played by Pierfrancesco Favino, defies orders from his fascist superiors to save two dozen Belgian sailors from perishing at sea. Explaining himself, he says simply: “We’re Italians.” He repeats the explanation […]
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Venice: Indies at Odds Over SAG Interim Agreements, Festival Promotion
Few issues in this fall film festival season have been as contentious as the interim agreement. The agreements, handed out by SAG-AFTRA to allow union members to promote their films at Venice, Toronto and Telluride, have divided the indie industry, with some seeing the agreements as a key means of supporting non-AMPTP projects and others […]
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Lionsgate Nabs ‘Unsung Hero’ Drama from Music Duo For King + Country (Exclusive)
Lionsgate has picked up Kingdom Story Company’s Unsung Hero, the directorial debut of Joel Smallbone, one half of the Christian music duo For King + Country. The drama centers on the Smallbone family, which also includes For King + Country member Luke Smallbone and singer-songwriter Rebecca St. James, as they come to America from their […]
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Saamer Usmani, Amy Forsyth Join Amar Wala’s ‘Shook’ Drama (Exclusive)
Succession actor Saamer Usmani and CODA actress Amy Forsyth have nabbed lead roles in Amar Wala’s debut scripted feature Shook, which is shooting in Toronto. The indie from Film Forge (Infinity Pool, Sleeping Giant) and producer Karen Harnisch and Wala’s banner, Scarborough Pictures, centers on a South Asian family in Toronto and the suburb of […]
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Inside The Hollywood Reporter Roma’s Starry Launch Party in the Eternal City
The Hollywood Reporter Roma, the entertainment media brand’s first European edition, was launched in a majestic mansion in Rome on Thursday night. The starry party at Palazzo Brancaccio attracted 1,000 buzzy Italian well-wishers that included Cinecittà CEO Nicola Maccanico; local Netflix content exec Tinny Andreatta; Piera Detassis, president of the Italian Academy of Cinema; Alessandro Michele, who recently […]
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Hollywood Awards Shows and International Events Canceled Amid Omicron Surge
As Hollywood heads into the peak of Academy Awards season, live events are in limbo amid a worldwide surge of COVID-19 cases linked to the omicron variant. The AFI Awards, the BAFTA Tea Party and the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s awards gala were among the first in-person events canceled as the industry grapples with […]
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Roku Inks Streaming Rights Deal With Saban Films
Streaming video platform Roku is expanding its content push into feature films. The company says that it has signed an exclusive pay-one window deal with Saban Films, covering much of the studio’s 2021 slate. The deal is the first exclusive feature window deal that Roku has signed, with the Saban films set to be available […]
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