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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 91st Academy Awards®. The next round will produce a short list of ten that will advance.
Cineplexx International GmbH opened a second and third MX4D Theatre in under two months, this time in Serbia. From Austria to Serbia, Cineplexx is rapidly adding MX4D EFX Theatres to the region bringing audiences the first screen theater experience.
The band's getting back together again at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T. This Is Spinal Tap will return to the big screen for the iconic mockumentary's 35th anniversary at the 2019 Festival.
Storyboard Media will handle worldwide sales on writer/director Rohit Karn Batra's crime thriller Line of Descent starring Brendan Fraser, Abhay Deol, Ronit Roy, Neeraj Kabi, and Max Beesley as an established Indian mafia family after the death of their patriarch.
STXfilms, a division of STX Entertainment, and Lakeshore Entertainment announced The Boy 2, starring Christopher Convery who joins the cast led by Katie Holmes, introduced for the first time at the AFM has been sold out all international.
Summerstorm Entertainment announced today that Alexandra Shipp (Love, Simon, "X-Men" Franchise) and Nicholas Hamilton (It) will star in Endless, directed by Scott Speer (Step Up Revolution). Canadian producer Mind's Eye boards with production beginning in British Columbia.
The Kadokawa Corporation has today announced their latest feature film, Fukushima 50, will be directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu (The Unbroken). Koichi Sato (Terminal, Unforgiven) and Academy Award® nominee Ken Watanabe (Inception, Godzilla) headline the cast.
Gunpowder & Sky has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the Alexandra Cuerdo-directed documentary feature film ULAM: Main Dish. The film will be released under Gunpowder & Sky's FilmBuff label in select theaters starting December 1, 2018.
The H Collective announced today that renowned musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and director Jay Chou (The Green Hornet, Now You See Me 2) will star alongside Vin Diesel in the latest installment of the "xXx" franchise directed by D.J. Caruso.
The 32nd ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL in Los Angeles, the largest showcase of Israeli films in the United States, ended on a huge high note with its biggest audience in over three decades and sold-out screenings throughout.
Greenwich Entertainment and rakontur announced that Greenwich has acquired U.S. rights to Screwball directed by Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys). The surreal documentary about the Alex Rodriguez/Biogenesis doping saga made its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
This morning, Film Independent announced the nominations for the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The Spirit Awards are the primary fundraiser for Film Independent's year-round programs, which cultivate the careers of emerging filmmakers and promote diversity in the industry.
AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi announced the films that received this year's Jury and Audience awards. Live-Action Short Winner WAR PAINT directed by Katrelle Kindred, an alumni of AFI Directing Workshop for Women becomes eligible for Short Film Oscar® category.
Dates for the 2019 COLCOA French Film Festival have been announced by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, creator of the event in 1997. For the first time in 23 years, the showcase will be held in September 2019.
Thursday, November 15, is the deadline to submit Oscars Submission Forms (OSF) in the general entry categories to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 91st Academy Awards®consideration. Films will not be accepted for consideration after the deadline.
One hundred sixty-six features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 91st Academy Awards®. Five will be shortlisted for the 91st Academy Awards and those nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
Film Independent announced that Gemma Chan (Crazy Rich Asians) and Spirit Award Winner Molly Shannon (Private Life) will announce the nominees for the 34th edition of the Spirit Awards at the press conference on Friday, November 16, 2018.
Saban Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Derrick Borte's American Dreamer, which made its World Premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival to a sold-out house, starring Jim Gaffigan (Chappaquiddick) in his debut performance as a leading man.
Saban Films announced they have acquired U.S. distribution rights from Voltage Pictures to true-crime psychological thriller The Haunting of Sharon Tate starring Hilary Duff ("Younger"), Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) and Lydia Hearst (Between Worlds).
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced additional Conversations taking place at AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi. The lineup includes Conversations with director Rob Marshall about his celebrated career and will include an exclusive preview from MARY POPPINS RETURNS.
Highland Film Group announced today that Kate Mara (Megan Leavy, The Martian, "House of Cards") and Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible, Star Trek, The Cornetto Trilogy) are in negotiations to star in the high-stakes thriller Inheritance.
Tri-G and Savvy Media Holdings announced today that Jerry O'Connell ("Billions") and Celia Weston (The Intern) have signed on to star alongside Katie Holmes (The Gift) and Josh Lucas (Sweet Home Alabama) in Andy Tennant's (Hitch) The Secret Movie.
The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center announced today the complete slate of films for the 2018 AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place November 30–December 19 at the American Film Institute’s historic theater in Silver Spring, MD.
"The Dougherty Gang," is based on a true story and the GQ article "The Whole True Story of the Dougherty Gang" by Kathy Dobie. Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sean McEwen, The Dougherty Gang is his second directorial feature film.
NEON has acquired the North American rights to South Korea's top filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho's Parasite, from an original screenplay penned by the director, from CJ Entertainment, marking the 5th collaboration with NEON CEO, Tom Quinn and director Bong Joon-Ho.
Academy Award® winner Mel Gibson (Braveheart), Charlie Hunnam ("Sons of Anarchy") and Eiza González (Baby Driver, upcoming Welcome to Marwen) are attached to star in Tim Kirkby's ("Veep") Waldo. IMR International will launch foreign sales at the AFM this week.
Seth Rogen (The Disaster Artist) and Academy Award® nominee Michael Keaton (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) will star in King of the Jungle, a comedy to be directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You Phillip Morris).
Oscar®-winning producer Donna Gigliotti will produce the 91st Oscars®, and Emmy®-winning director Glenn Weiss will co-produce and direct the show, Academy President John Bailey announced today. The Oscars will air live on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the films playing in the Shorts lineup at AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi. The Shorts section features 47 films from filmmakers from all over the world, showcasing their distinct international viewpoints.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced a Conversation with Natalie Portman has been added to AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi. Honoring the actor’s career, the Conversation will take place Friday, November 9, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
Twenty-five features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 91st Academy Awards®. The 91st Oscars® will be held on at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation announced today several presenters and performers for the 3rd annual Patron of the Artists Awards benefit which takes place Thursday, November 8 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
Oscar®-nominated producer Jennifer Fox will produce the 10th Annual Governors Awards, for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President John Bailey announced. The ceremony will be held Sunday, November 18, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the films that will play in the Special Screenings, Cinema's Legacy and Midnight sections at AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi and showcases some of the most highly anticipated films and episodic series of the season.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced the films that will play in the World Cinema section of AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi. The World Cinema section showcases the most celebrated international films and features 28 titles from 27 countries.
Saban Films has taken U.S. distribution rights to Academy Award® Winner James Marsh's (The Theory of Everything) King of Thieves starring Academy Award® Winner Sir Michael Caine (The Quiet American), Academy Award® Winner Jim Broadbent (The Iron Lady).
Eighty-seven countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 91st Academy Awards®. Malawi and Niger are first-time entrants. The Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
After an all-night negotiation, NEON is excited to announce it has nabbed US rights to Tom Harper's WILD ROSE which premiered to a rapturous standing ovation at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
Joe Gelchion's Tri-G, Matthew George's Savvy Media Holdings and Robert Katz under his Shine Box banner have joined forces to produce The Secret, a love story directed by Andy Tennant (Sweet Home Alabama, Hitch) and starring Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas.
HBO has acquired the U.S. and Canada television rights to Jeff and Michael Zimbalist's eye-opening feature-length documentary film Momentum Generation, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and won the Audience Award.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced the full lineup of Galas that will screen at AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi are the World Premieres of Bird Box and The Kominsky Method also Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, Green Book and Widows.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi will host An Evening With Nicole Kidman. The event will include a conversation and with the Academy Award®-winning actor in tribute to her illustrious career.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in partnership with E! Entertainment and Swarovski, announced today the launch of Action: The Academy Women's Initiative, comprised of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women, the Academy Directory and annual events,
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the twenty-eight films that will be featured in the New Auteurs and American Independents sections at AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi with a record number directed by women.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today additional programming and speakers added to the line-up for the for the 5th edition of Produced By: New York, held on November 10 at One Time Warner Center in New York.
In Reality, Ann Lupo's unconventional exploration of love, the first feature film from Super Deluxe's won Special Jury Mention in U.S. Fiction at the 2018 LA Film Festival on Friday, making its fourth film festival win.
The LA Film Festival has awarded The Passage, Super Deluxe's original modern-day silent comedy, with the top prize in the Short Fiction category. Super Deluxe planned release for the Oscar-qualified film begins November 2, 2018 with limited engagements.
Today the LA Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, announced the winners of the 2018 Festival at the Awards Reception at the W Hotel in Hollywood presided over by Festival Director Jennifer Cochis and Film Independent President Josh Welsh.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation announced it will present its Patron of the Artists Awards to entertainment industry leader, WndrCo Co-founder and NewTV (working title) Founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and trailblazing Director/Producer/Writer Spike Lee whose most recent film BlacKkKlansman opened earlier this year.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that AFI FEST presented by Audi will close with the World Premiere of Focus Features and Working Title's MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, directed by Josie Rourke and written by Academy Award® nominee Beau Willimon.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced the 32nd edition of AFI FEST presented by Audi will open with the World Premiere of Participant Media's ON THE BASIS OF SEX, in association with Alibaba Pictures and distributed by Focus Features.
Of all the divisions in America, none is as insidious and destructive as racism. The powerful documentary THE LONG SHADOW takes a shockingly candid look at America's original sin – slavery -- and traces the history of slavery.
NBA All-Star Baron Davis, founder of No Label Productions, has joined director Brett Fallentine’s documentary FIRE ON THE HILL as an Executive Producer. The film will make its world premiere this coming Saturday, September 22 at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF).
Screen Media announced today it has acquired all North American rights for Tilman Singer's audacious, psychotropic horror film LUZ, ahead of its US opening night Fantastic Fest Premiere and are planning a first quarter 2019 release.
Three individuals and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2018 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. For the sixth consecutive year, an ensemble of actors will read selected scenes from the winning scripts.
The LA Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, announced the Closing Night Film is the World Premiere of David Raymond's Nomis starring Henry Cavill, Sir Ben Kingsley, Nathan Fillion, Minka Kelly, Alexandra Daddario and Stanley Tucci.
Film Independent announced the 15 projects and 28 filmmakers selected for the 16th annual Fast Track film finance market. Held during the LA Film Festival, Fast Track helps producer-director teams advance their projects through meetings with top industry executives.
Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski announced today that Focus has set production on Harriet, a new feature chronicling the life of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Tubman will be played by Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award®-winner Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at the El Royale, Widows).
Film acquisition and distribution company, Saban Films has acquired, along with DIRECTV, the North American rights to Sarah Daggar-Nickson's A Vigilante, starring Olivia Wilde (Meadowland, Her, and the upcoming Life Itself).
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to present Honorary Awards to publicist Marvin Levy, composer Lalo Schifrin and actress Cicely Tyson, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall.
Roadside Attractions, a sister company of Lionsgate, has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Todd Robinson's The Last Full Measure, which recounts an extraordinary, untold story about the heart and heroism of American soldiers in Vietnam.
Andrew Lauren Productions (ALP) and writer-director Brady Corbet will reteam for The Brutalist. Corbet, will write and direct The Brutalist, their third pairing, which chronicles 30 years in the life of one artist’s enduring monolithic vision.
Saban Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Ludwig and Paul Shammasian's Romans, starring Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean), Janet Montgomery (Black Swan), Charlie Creed-Miles ("Silent Witness"), Josh Myers (I am Soldier) and Anne Reid (Hot Fuzz).
Something "bookish" is going on, and PBS wants to encourage everyone to be a part of it. Launched this past April and continuing throughout the fall, PBS' THE GREAT AMERICAN READ is asking people to choose "America's Best-Loved Novel."
While remaining committed to celebrating a wide spectrum of movies, the Academy announced today that it will not present the new Oscars® category at the upcoming 91st awards. Key dates for the 92nd Oscars were also announced.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation announced today it will bestow this year's Artists Inspiration Awards to legendary actor Harrison Ford and superstar performer and actor Lady Gaga at the Foundation's 3rd Annual Patron of the Artists Awards.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has appointed industry veteran Juli Goodwin as its new Chief Communications Officer who brings more than 25 years of experience to AFI, most recently as Executive Vice President of Domestic Publicity for Warner Bros. Pictures.
The inaugural ReelAbilities Film Festival: Los Angeles 2018 announced its lineup of narrative and documentary features and short films. The festival runs October 11-14, 2018 at locations throughout the city. Tickets and passes will be available to purchase in early September.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced that Kevin Feige will be honored at the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards with the 2019 David O. Selznick Achievement Award recognizing the producer's body of work in motion pictures.
Film Independent announced today that the call for entries for the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards is now open. The Regular Deadline is Tuesday, September 18, 2018, the Final Deadline is Tuesday, October 9, 2018.
The Walt Disney Studios announced today that Marvel’s The Avengers posted an estimated $200.3 million in its domestic debut May 4-6, shattering previous records and positioning the film as the highest-grossing domestic debut of all time. The film’s cumulative global box office gross is an estimated $641.8 million over 12 days in release.
The 2nd Annual Treadmill Marathon is set to take place Sunday, November 17th in Los Angeles, CA where participants are running for recovery, resiliency and hope for a better life for all those affected by mental illness. All proceeds will go to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Academy Award® winner Mel Gibson (Braveheart), Charlie Hunnam ("Sons of Anarchy") and Eiza González (Baby Driver, upcoming Welcome to Marwen) are attached to star in Tim Kirkby's ("Veep") Waldo. IMR International will launch foreign sales at the AFM this week.
(HOLLYWOOD, CA., MEDIA ALERT)--- Colossal. Stupendous. Epic. These Hollywood adjectives became clichés long ago. When used to describe the films of Cecil B. DeMille, they are accurate. This producer-director captured a worldwide audience with The King of Kings, The Sign of the Cross, The Greatest Show on Earth; Samson and Delilah, and The Ten Commandments.
Seven Continents, from Schiffer Publishing, brings together an unforgettable fifteen year collection of photography amassed through personal travel by Dr. Mohan Bhasker, of unique and remarkable imagery, the expected and the unexpected captures, across each continent.
Oscar®-nominated director and former Academy president Arthur Hiller died today in Los Angeles of natural causes. A member and longtime governor of the Directors Branch, Hiller served as Academy president from 1993 to 1997. He was 92.
Los Angeles, CA - Haute-Lifestyle.com, a Pulse Point Productions Publication, has announced its intention of adding a charitable contribution to the funding campaign as it moves into December and the traditional season for gratitude, giving and selflessness.
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