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Having secured rights to Marília Mendonça’s music and life story, Prime Video is preparing its own ‘Marília-verse’ of projects about the late Brazilian…
The Motion Picture Association and ByteDance on Monday said the two had developed a framework to protect the film and TV industries’ intellectual property…
Nick Reiner’s battle to avoid life in prison without parole or even the death penalty if found guilty of the bloody 2025 killing of his parents may hinge on a…
Film executive Todd Brown has launched Rawk Moving Pictures Corp, a new Canadian production house. One of the company’s first titles is “Two Gun Cohen,” the…
Hayden Panettiere’s death is under investigation, but there were “not any signs of foul play or suspicious circumstances,” according to police. The “Scream”…
UPDATED: Tributes are flooding in for Hayden Panettiere, the Scream and Heroes star who died Sunday at 36. David Arquette and Melissa Barrera, who appeared on…
Bleiberg Entertainment will be selling worldwide rights at the TIFF market to historical drama People of The Book, we can reveal. Directed by Michael Haussman…
Iranian director Ali Asgari, who was in Venice Horizons last year with dark satire “Divine Comedy,” will soon be back — in competition this time — with his new…
The 70th edition of the BFI London Film Festival has revealed its official competition, with 10 titles set to compete for the best film award. The films…
Hirokazu Kore-eda, Carol Morley and Lili Horvát are among the directors in official competition at the London Film Festival (LFF). Ten titles will compete…
A nocturnal odyssey through the spectral streets of Tbilisi is conjured with mesmerizing effect in Georgian writer-director Ana Urushadze’s “Supporting Role.”…
Celebrities are paying tribute to “Nashville” and “Heroes” actress Hayden Panettiere, who died Sunday at 36. Though a cause of death has not been released, her…
Diane Kruger and Dany Boon will play Nazi hunters on the trail of Tim Roth’s Klaus Barbie, in Projet K for Netflix. Kruger and Boon will portray Beate and…
Deluxe Media Inc. and Tokyo-based Tohokushinsha Film Corporation have formed a strategic partnership to expand localization services across the Asia-Pacific…
Found footage may be a fairly stale gimmick in horror these days, but the low-budget British indie “Snapshot” finds a way to freshen up the idea — and if that…
Mexico’s Madrefoca Cine has boarded “Isabel Hernández,” Italian filmmaker Giorgio Giampà’s feature debut, joining Zoe Films, LaDoc and Fiasco on the…
Actor-director Kenneth Branagh arrived in Edinburgh to accept the festival’s inaugural Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award from festival director Paul…
“The Odyssey” ruled the South Korean box office during the weekend of Aug. 14–16. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean…
Former Costa Rican Film Commissioner Marysela Zamora, who was instrumental in reviving the Costa Rica Media Market (CRMM) these past two years, will continue…
Dirty Monkeys’ war comedy-drama “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” took command of the mainland China box office during the Aug. 14–16 weekend, grossing…
