Marin Ireland (Hell or High Water), Michael Abbott Jr. (Loving) and Xander Berkeley (“The Walking Dead,”) will star in the upcoming horror film The Dark & The Wicked from writer and director Bryan Bertino (The Strangers).
The Academy's Board of Governors has approved Oscars® rules for the 92nd Academy Awards®. The most notable changes is the renaming of the Foreign Language Film award and increasing opportunity for the gifted, talented and usually heroes of filmmaking.
The 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications, will feature over 130 short films during the nine day fest from May 2 - May 10. These cinema gems from around the globe featuring stories about love, family, heartbreak, friendships, and self-acceptance are all part of the exciting line up.
The Academy Museum announced the George Lucas Family Foundation has provided a transformative grant in support of the Museum's educational mission. The funds will be used to create an endowment underwriting free admission in perpetuity for visitors ages 17 and younger.
Shea Whigham (“Modern Love,” First Man), two-time Academy Award® nominee Bruce Dern (Nebraska, The Hateful Eight) and Zach Avery (The White Crow, Last Moment of Clarity) have boarded The Gateway alongside previously announced Olivia Munn.
Montclair Film Festival to open with Tom Harper's Wild Rose, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am set for Closing, Nisha Ganatra's Late Night, Stanley Nelson's Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool set as Centerpiece Films.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has today received a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to embark upon an unprecedented, landmark study of gender parity in the history of American film.
The AFI Conservatory and the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation (WJSFF) have partnered to launch the second annual Young Women in Film intensive which will bring 45 female, Los Angeles-area students for an eight-week filmmaking workshop.
MGM Television and Mark Burnett, Worldwide Television Group Chairman, partner with entrepreneur, television personality, author, philanthropist, Bethenny Frankel for a multi-year deal for unscripted development expanding upon Frankel's previous television and business experiences.
Actress Tracey Birdsall has won Actress of the Year of Women in Film at the Women in Film Forum, presented by WeLink Media Groups, held at the United Nations Headquarters. She received the award on March 15, 2019.
Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure) has signed on to star in writer-producer and director Dimitri Logothetis’ martial arts action saga Jiu Jitsu. The cast will also include Alain Moussi (Kickboxer: Retaliation).
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK) is partnering with Paramount Pictures, RealD 3D and D-BOX to provide families in select cities a special experience to celebrate the release of Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies' Wonder Park.
Hollywood rolls out the red carpet as ten Russian beauties step into the spotlight when the 8th Annual Miss Russian LA 2019 competition returns to Hollywood on Sunday, March 24 at the Taglyan Cultural Complex.
The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, unveiled its feature film lineup. Continuing its tradition of elevating exceptional storytelling rooted in today's global film communities, the 18th annual Festival will showcase debut works from emerging talent and new works from notable filmmakers.
Anton announced that its upcoming thriller Come Closer will be directed by David Slade (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch). The film, which is based on the novel of the same name, is penned by the novel's author Sara Gran ("Berlin Station").
Mr. Malcolm’s List will mark Emma Holly Jones’ feature directorial debut and star Gemma Chan (Crazy Rich Asians) and Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) and is the feature adaptation of a successful Refinery29 Short Film.
Indie Memphis is excited to announce the return of the Indie Memphis Black Filmmaker Residency for Screenwriting, supported by the Remembering George Riley Fund. The 2019 Resident will be selected by Academy Award-winning screenwriter/director, Barry Jenkins.
MGM Television has closed a deal with Emmy Award nominated creator/showrunners Will Scheffer and Mark Olsen (HBO's Big Love, Getting On) to adapt T.C. Boyle's PEN/Faulkner Award winning, landmark immigration-themed novel The Tortilla Curtain as a premium series.
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to Richard Bates Jr.'s horror thriller Tone-Deaf. The film stars Robert Patrick ("Scorpion," Terminator 2: Judgement Day) and Amanda Crew ("Silicon Valley," Table 19).
Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu is to be President of the Jury of the 72nd Festival de Cannes, taking place in May 2019. He succeeds Cate Blanchett, Jury President of the 71st Festival de Cannes.
Cher, Anita Hill, Mindy Kaling, Alyssa Milano, Samira Wiley and Elle King have been added to the blockbuster lineup of incredible women set to appear on "VH1 Trailblazer Honors." King will perform "Baby Outlaw" from her latest studio album, Shake the Spirit.
The 25th Annual San Luis Obispo Film Festival (March 12-17) has revealed its full slate which begins with the Opening Night performance by Katharine Ross followed by a 50th Anniversary screening of the classic Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
Celebrities continue to line up for Oscar® night presentation duties including Elsie Fisher, Danai Gurira, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Keaton, Helen Mirren, John Mulaney, Tyler Perry, Pharrell Williams, Krysten Ritter, Paul Rudd and Michelle Yeoh.
Director Tara Wood has successfully reclaimed the rights to the authorized Quentin Tarantino documentary feature, "21 Years: Quentin Tarantino". The film, a celebration of Tarantino's works-to-date, looks at the passion behind the worldwide box office dominator.
NEON and IMAX Corporation announced "Apollo 11," the highly-anticipated documentary which premiered to critical acclaim at 2019's Sundance Film Festival, featuring never before seen footage, will release in IMAX theatres exclusively for one week only beginning March 1, 2019.
To ensure public safety and facilitate the production of the 2019 Oscars®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the City of Los Angeles have finalized street closure plans around the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®.
Javier Bardem, Angela Bassett, Chadwick Boseman, Emilia Clarke, Laura Dern, Samuel L. Jackson, Stephan James, Keegan-Michael Key, KiKi Layne, James McAvoy, Melissa McCarthy, Jason Momoa and Sarah Paulson have been announced as presenters at the 91st Academy Awards.
Awkwafina, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lopez, Amy Poehler and Charlize Theron are among the first Academy Awards presenters announced by Oscar® producer Donna Gigliotti, and co-producer and director Glenn Weiss.
In the week leading up to the 91st Oscars®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a series of public programs celebrating this year's nominees with branch governors hosting the and providing insights into the magic.
Producers Donna Gigliotti and Glenn Weiss announced eleven members of the production team for the 91st Oscars®. Weiss, it was announced, will be returning as director for his fourth consecutive year, while sharing producing duties with Gigliotti.
Academy governor Lois Burwell, event producer Cheryl Cecchetto and master chef Wolfgang Puck will team to create this year's Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' official post-Oscars® celebration, which will immediately follow the 91st Oscars ceremony.
The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) announced former Program Director Jim Brunzell has been promoted to Artistic Director for the Austin Based LGBTQ+ film festival and the 32nd edition of aGLIFF takes place August 22-25, 2019.
Principal Photography has begun on Minamata, directed by filmmaker, writer, and acclaimed artist Andrew Levitas and starring three-time Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe winner Johnny Depp as celebrated war photographer W. Eugene Smith.
Saban Films has acquired North American rights to Kevin Smith's highly-anticipated Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, the sequel to the 2001 comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Jason Mewes and Smith are reprising the lead roles.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a western-comedy, from Joel and Ethan Cohen launched a surprise appearance at the 91st Academy Awards announcements, nailing three nominations in what was considered the battle between favorites A Star is Born and Roma.
Rom Com Fest today announced a Call for Entries for the inaugural edition of a brand new film festival focused on and celebrating the romantic comedy, which will take place at Downtown Independent in Los Angeles in June, 2019.
As awards season moves into full swing, the BAFTA nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2019 were announced, with The Favourite, A Star is Born, ROMA, Green Book and BlacKkKlansman garnering Best Film nods.
The Austin Film Society (AFS) announced they will honor actress and entrepreneur Brooklyn Decker with the Rising Star Award at the 2019 Texas Film Awards ceremony in AFS Cinema’s Event Hall on Thursday, March 7, 2019.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures (MGM) has partnered with Emmy Award-winning character FX studio MastersFX to bring to life the BUDDI doll, a contemporary version of the iconic Good Guys doll for Orion Pictures' much anticipated Child's Play.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced that producer/actress Jane Fonda, recognized for her lifetime activism and philanthropic work, will be honored with the Guild's 2019 Stanley Kramer Award at the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards.
Directors Andrew Goldsmith and Bradley Slabe and Producer Lucy Hayes' beautiful animated short film Lost & Found recently took home the Best Short Animation Award at the AACTA’s and has just been shortlisted for a 2019 Academy Award.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, led by its Future of Film Committee, will present "Oscars® Spotlight: Documentary Feature Shortlist," a new program showcasing the 15 shortlisted documentary feature films in contention for the 91st Oscars.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named Christine Simmons to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Simmons, president and COO of the Los Angeles Sparks, will begin her new role in January.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars® in the Foreign Language Film category. The 91st Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars® in the Makeup and Hairstyling and Visual Effects categories. The 91st Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars® in the Music (Original Score) and Music (Original Song ) categories. The 91st Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars® in the Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film categories. The 91st Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars® in the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject categories. The 91st Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that nine scientific and technical achievements represented by 27 individual award recipients will be honored at its Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.
The Slamdance Film Festival today announced that Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Magic Mike) will be presented with their 2019 Founders Award, given to a Slamdance alumnus who has continued to represent the Slamdance organization.
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.
Art connoisseurs, collectors, scholars and historians are heralding the genius of Pablo Picasso as extensive research has finally proven the long held belief of a stranger hidden, etched, behind one of his greatest masterpieces.
UNDER FIRE: JOURNALISTS IN COMBAT, a brutally accurate documentary from novelist and Director Martyn Burke, chronicles the aftermath of War Correspondents as they cope with psychological trauma sustained on the front lines.
To celebrate 35th anniversary of Sino-American diplomatic relations, the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film and Television is presenting a new and innovative film to the United States, part of an exchange and exhibition of Chinese culture. In conjunction with Dolby Laboratories, the film's director will showcase Farewell My Concubine: The Beijing Opera before a special industry audience on May 30, 2014 at the Dolby Theatre.
L'arrivée incongrue d'ours polaires dans l'archipel de Nouvelle Zemble interroge une fois encore sur les effets du réchauffement climatique mais elle met aussi en évidence l'inconscience et la vanité de l'être humain face à une nature qu'il a toujours cru pouvoir asservir.
Swedes were preparing for a typical Friday evening at the Ahlens Mall in Klarabergsgatan when a lorry truck barreled down the street, jumped the curb, and continued on the sidewalk, in an apparent terrorist attack that killed three.
The DOW Jones Industrial Average, managing to keep the bear market at bay, rode the bull for another week and closed the trading week up with double digit gains as the upswing carried over into North American Markets, London and Asian which all closed up.
"My Old Lady" from Cohen Media Group and BBC Films, presents a quaint, charming, pleasantly intriguing and engaging film filled with unusual twists, turns, and mysteries of life, love, involvements and the wonder of finding home.
A Miami grandmother and a child are among the dozen fatalities of a tour bus crash carrying Royal Caribbean cruise passengers heading to the Mayan Ruins in southeast Mexico, for a day of sightseeing, state department officials have confirmed.
A Pittsburgh McDonald’s fast food employee was arrested and charged with possession of narcotics for distribution as she reportedly sold heroin in Happy Meals to pre-arranged buyers through the drive through window.
At the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU in Miami Beach, the exhibition Tennessee Williams: Playwright and Painter, an intimate showing of nine exquisitely rare paintings by one of America's greatest playwrights, created by Williams in Key West during the 1970s.
OUR SONG TO WAR by Juanita Onzaga is nominated for the L’ŒIL D'OR – Documentary Award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. L’Œil d'or recognises documentaries selected for the festival and will be presented on Saturday, May 19th.
"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn." – Gandhi. Like Gandhi, we like to think of our bed as a sanctuary, the most relaxing place to start and end the day, an oasis far away from all of our problems.
Two NYPD Police Officers, in a gangland style hit, were shot at point blank range while sitting in a marked police cruiser outside the Tompkins Housing Project in Brooklyn at around 3:00pm Saturday.
Florence Hartigan, the New York born and New Zealand-bred actress talks about her starring role in Phoenix Forgotten, the science-fiction independent film produced by Ridley Scott, now streaming on Amazon, the biz and her upcoming projects.
