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A24’s “Love Lies Bleeding,” our top new release to stream this week, is more of an Independent Spirit Awards contender than an Academy Awards contender. Watch out for Kristen Stewart in Best Lead Performance and, especially, Katy O’Brian for Best Breakthrough Performance for her work as unstable, steroid-abusing bodybuilder Jackie Cleaver. But there is one Oscar category that “Love Lies Bleeding” should win with extreme prejudice: Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Hair department head Megan Daum came up with the widest variety of mullets ever put on film. Ed Harris somehow has a bald mullet. It’s incredible.
“Love Lies Bleeding” is a romantic crime thriller from director Rose Glass. Gym manager Lou (Stewart) and itinerant bodybuilder Jackie (O’Brian) meet and fall in love, but there are many threats to their relationship, including Lou’s slimy brother-in-law JJ (Dave Franco) and dangerous crime boss father Lou Sr. (Harris). If they want to be free,...
“Love Lies Bleeding” is a romantic crime thriller from director Rose Glass. Gym manager Lou (Stewart) and itinerant bodybuilder Jackie (O’Brian) meet and fall in love, but there are many threats to their relationship, including Lou’s slimy brother-in-law JJ (Dave Franco) and dangerous crime boss father Lou Sr. (Harris). If they want to be free,...
- 7/20/2024
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
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Scandinavian Streaming Surge
Sf Studios and Warner Bros. Discovery have entered a content partnership for the Nordic region. The deal grants Wbd’s Max streaming service first-run rights to Sf Studios’ local and international titles post-theatrical and transactional windows.
The agreement aims to bolster Sf Studios’ investment in Nordic productions and expand audience reach through Max in the region.
Upcoming titles include Tarik Saleh’s “Eagles of the Republic” starring Fares Fares, Norwegian crime adaptation “The Nation’s Gambit,” and Mikkel Serup’s “Kingmaker,” a sequel to 2004’s “Kongekabale.” International films like “The Zone of Interest” and “Horizon – An American Saga” are also part of the deal, starting mid-July.
“The collaboration is an important step in Sf Studios’ strategy to expand its licensing and distribution business in the Nordics and at the same time offer a strong line-up of Nordic and international films to consumers in the Nordic marketplace,” Sf Studios said in a statement.
Sf Studios and Warner Bros. Discovery have entered a content partnership for the Nordic region. The deal grants Wbd’s Max streaming service first-run rights to Sf Studios’ local and international titles post-theatrical and transactional windows.
The agreement aims to bolster Sf Studios’ investment in Nordic productions and expand audience reach through Max in the region.
Upcoming titles include Tarik Saleh’s “Eagles of the Republic” starring Fares Fares, Norwegian crime adaptation “The Nation’s Gambit,” and Mikkel Serup’s “Kingmaker,” a sequel to 2004’s “Kongekabale.” International films like “The Zone of Interest” and “Horizon – An American Saga” are also part of the deal, starting mid-July.
“The collaboration is an important step in Sf Studios’ strategy to expand its licensing and distribution business in the Nordics and at the same time offer a strong line-up of Nordic and international films to consumers in the Nordic marketplace,” Sf Studios said in a statement.
- 7/19/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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While Hans Jürgen Höss had a happy childhood playing with toys at this family's villa, on the other side of the wall Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was playing for her life. Now, eight decades later, Höss, the son of Auschwitz camp commandant Rudolf Höss, and Lasker-Wallfisch meet face-to-face with their children to discuss generational trauma, grief, guilt, and forgiveness. A further look into the real-life events that inspired the Academy Award-winning film "The Zone of Interest," the documentary "The Commandant's Shadow" premieres on Thursday, July 18 at 9 p.m. Et on HBO and can watch with Subscription to Max.
How to Watch “The Commandant’s Shadow” When: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 9 p.m. Et TV: HBO Stream: Watch with a Subscription to Max. About “The Commandant’s Shadow”
Directed, written, and produced by Daniela Völker, “The Commandant’s Shadow” looks closer at the real-life events that inspired the recent Oscar-winning film “The Zone of Interest.
How to Watch “The Commandant’s Shadow” When: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 9 p.m. Et TV: HBO Stream: Watch with a Subscription to Max. About “The Commandant’s Shadow”
Directed, written, and produced by Daniela Völker, “The Commandant’s Shadow” looks closer at the real-life events that inspired the recent Oscar-winning film “The Zone of Interest.
- 7/18/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
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Da kann man nur gratulieren: Wie Leonine Studios vermeldet, ist Deutschland für „The Zone of Interest“ mit sofortiger Wirkung der weltweit umsatzstärkste Markt – als letztes Territorium wurde jetzt noch die USA überflügelt.
Sandra Hüller in „The Zone of Interest“ (Credit: Leonine)
Vier Oscars konnte „The Zone of Interest“ gewinnen, davor war der Film von Jonathan Glazer in Cannes mit dem Großen Preis ausgezeichnet worden. Die deutschen Hauptdarsteller Sandra Hüller und Christian Friedel sind seither international gefragt. Aber auch in der weltweiten Kinoauswertung kann sich der ungewöhnliche Film über die Familie Höß, die ein idyllisches Leben direkt neben dem Vernichtungslager Auschwitz führt, sehen lassen. Weltweit konnte „The Zone of Interest“ bisher 44,93 Mio. Euro umsetzen.
Ganz besonders sticht daraus aber brandaktuell eine Zahl heraus. Der in Deutschland von Leonine Studios in den Kinos ausgewertete Film hat in Deutschland nunmehr 7,86 Mio. Euro eingespielt und ist damit ab sofort der erfolgreichste Markt von „The...
Sandra Hüller in „The Zone of Interest“ (Credit: Leonine)
Vier Oscars konnte „The Zone of Interest“ gewinnen, davor war der Film von Jonathan Glazer in Cannes mit dem Großen Preis ausgezeichnet worden. Die deutschen Hauptdarsteller Sandra Hüller und Christian Friedel sind seither international gefragt. Aber auch in der weltweiten Kinoauswertung kann sich der ungewöhnliche Film über die Familie Höß, die ein idyllisches Leben direkt neben dem Vernichtungslager Auschwitz führt, sehen lassen. Weltweit konnte „The Zone of Interest“ bisher 44,93 Mio. Euro umsetzen.
Ganz besonders sticht daraus aber brandaktuell eine Zahl heraus. Der in Deutschland von Leonine Studios in den Kinos ausgewertete Film hat in Deutschland nunmehr 7,86 Mio. Euro eingespielt und ist damit ab sofort der erfolgreichste Markt von „The...
- 7/17/2024
- by Thomas Schultze
- Spot - Media & Film
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Max has shared a curated list of films available to stream on the service in Summer 2024. Max is home to Warner Bros. Pictures films, classics and new favorites from A24, the Studio Ghibli library, and award-winning films spanning multiple genres.
The platform is showcasing its vast film library with curated summer watch lists of blockbusters, horror, family-friendly films, and more.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Warner Bros. Pictures’ Dune: Part Two, the groundbreaking sequel to Dune, is now available to stream on the platform along with recent hits like Wonka and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which also has an American Sign Language (Asl) version of the film available to stream.
Viewers can also find summer favorites like Mamma Mia!, Meg 2: The Trench, A Night at the Roxbury, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Dune: Part Two
Horror fans can look to Max for their summer scares and favorite films from franchises,...
The platform is showcasing its vast film library with curated summer watch lists of blockbusters, horror, family-friendly films, and more.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Warner Bros. Pictures’ Dune: Part Two, the groundbreaking sequel to Dune, is now available to stream on the platform along with recent hits like Wonka and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which also has an American Sign Language (Asl) version of the film available to stream.
Viewers can also find summer favorites like Mamma Mia!, Meg 2: The Trench, A Night at the Roxbury, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Dune: Part Two
Horror fans can look to Max for their summer scares and favorite films from franchises,...
- 7/16/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
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Before his critically acclaimed film The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer collaborated with Scarlett Johansson in the sci-fi film, Under the Skin. Johansson was riding high on the success of her Marvel films at the time and took a break to star in indie films. While she received several scripts, she sought out Glazer’s film which originally had a very different story.
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It was unlike any films she had committed to before. She barely had any dialogue in the film and she had to be completely naked in a couple of scenes. However, something about Glazer’s film clicked with Johansson.
Scarlett Johansson Chose To Work In Jonathan Glazer’s Bizarre Film Scarlett Johansson in a still from Under the Skin (2013) | BFI/Film4
Scarlett Johansson starred as an alien who preys on men in Scotland in Jonathan Glazer’s third film,...
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It was unlike any films she had committed to before. She barely had any dialogue in the film and she had to be completely naked in a couple of scenes. However, something about Glazer’s film clicked with Johansson.
Scarlett Johansson Chose To Work In Jonathan Glazer’s Bizarre Film Scarlett Johansson in a still from Under the Skin (2013) | BFI/Film4
Scarlett Johansson starred as an alien who preys on men in Scotland in Jonathan Glazer’s third film,...
- 7/11/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
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The son and grandson of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss appear in Daniela Volker’s engrossing documentary, a companion piece to Zone of Interest
The first shock delivered by this engrossing documentary is probably the queasy jolt of recognition. Hans Jürgen Höss, the now elderly son of the Nazi Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss (who was executed in 1947), is taken to see his childhood home: the wartime house with its “paradise flower garden” just next to the camp, where the Höss family lived their grotesquely placid and innocent existence, all unaware – or so they said – of what was going on just over the wall. This is the house and garden re-created in detailed replica not far from the original site by film-maker Jonathan Glazer and production designer Chris Oddy for the chilling, Oscar-winning film The Zone of Interest; for those who have seen that film there is a bizarre, intestinal shock in seeing the house again,...
The first shock delivered by this engrossing documentary is probably the queasy jolt of recognition. Hans Jürgen Höss, the now elderly son of the Nazi Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss (who was executed in 1947), is taken to see his childhood home: the wartime house with its “paradise flower garden” just next to the camp, where the Höss family lived their grotesquely placid and innocent existence, all unaware – or so they said – of what was going on just over the wall. This is the house and garden re-created in detailed replica not far from the original site by film-maker Jonathan Glazer and production designer Chris Oddy for the chilling, Oscar-winning film The Zone of Interest; for those who have seen that film there is a bizarre, intestinal shock in seeing the house again,...
- 7/11/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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Original films these days are just croutons in a Hollywood buzzword salad: sequels and prequels, existing IPs and brands and reboots and remakes
The infinite monkey theorem goes: a monkey typing away at a keyboard for an infinite amount of time could, by chance, produce something worth reading – like, to take a joke from The Simpsons, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Churn out enough and treasure will emerge. Apply this idea to Hollywood, and its paralysing aversion to taking risk, and you end up in our current situation: cinemas clogged with safe, so-so sequels no one really asked for.
That is not to say brilliant films aren’t being made right now. Last year was particularly exceptional. How many years have we had a Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall, Poor Things, Oppenheimer and The Holdovers? How often do we get even one of those,...
The infinite monkey theorem goes: a monkey typing away at a keyboard for an infinite amount of time could, by chance, produce something worth reading – like, to take a joke from The Simpsons, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Churn out enough and treasure will emerge. Apply this idea to Hollywood, and its paralysing aversion to taking risk, and you end up in our current situation: cinemas clogged with safe, so-so sequels no one really asked for.
That is not to say brilliant films aren’t being made right now. Last year was particularly exceptional. How many years have we had a Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall, Poor Things, Oppenheimer and The Holdovers? How often do we get even one of those,...
- 7/10/2024
- by Sian Cain
- The Guardian - Film News
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Disney blockbuster “Inside Out 2” led the U.K. and Ireland box office for the fourth consecutive weekend with £5.1 million ($6.5 million). It now has a running total of £40 million, taking it past Warner Bros.’ “Dune: Part Two” to become the year’s highest-grossing film in the region. It also surpassed the lifetime box office of 2015’s “Inside Out.”
Paramount’s “A Quiet Place: Day One” held onto second place in its sophomore frame, earning £1.6 million and bringing its cumulative total to £6.1 million. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” from Sony rounded out the top three in its fifth week, adding £446,578 to reach a total of £11 million.
Universal’s horror entry “MaXXXine” debuted at No. 4 with £388,043, while the studio’s “The Bikeriders” dropped to fifth place in its third week, collecting £374,066 for a total of £3.1 million.
Indian sci-fi epic “Kalki 2898 Ad” from Dreamz Entertainment landed at sixth with £187,610 in its second week,...
Paramount’s “A Quiet Place: Day One” held onto second place in its sophomore frame, earning £1.6 million and bringing its cumulative total to £6.1 million. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” from Sony rounded out the top three in its fifth week, adding £446,578 to reach a total of £11 million.
Universal’s horror entry “MaXXXine” debuted at No. 4 with £388,043, while the studio’s “The Bikeriders” dropped to fifth place in its third week, collecting £374,066 for a total of £3.1 million.
Indian sci-fi epic “Kalki 2898 Ad” from Dreamz Entertainment landed at sixth with £187,610 in its second week,...
- 7/9/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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“Contempt returns to the sender, and that is how it is,” Catherine Breillat wrote in her essay on Ingmar Bergman’s Sawdust And Tinsel.
Frauke Finsterwalder’s razor-sharp and exquisitely stylish Sisi & I (with Tanja Hausner’s eminently tempting and chronology defying costumes), stars the glorious combination of Susanne Wolff (Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx) as Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, with Sandra Hüller as Irma Countess of Sztáray, her lady-in-waiting. The extraordinary supporting cast includes the two protagonists’ mothers, Sibylle Canonica as Marie Countess of Sztáray and Angela Winkler (Volker Schlöndorff’s Oscar-winning The Tin Drum) as Ludovika of Bavaria, plus Georg Friedrich (Ulrich Seidl’s Rimini) as Sisi’s playful cousin, Archduke Viktor of Austria. Tom Rhys...
Frauke Finsterwalder’s razor-sharp and exquisitely stylish Sisi & I (with Tanja Hausner’s eminently tempting and chronology defying costumes), stars the glorious combination of Susanne Wolff (Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx) as Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, with Sandra Hüller as Irma Countess of Sztáray, her lady-in-waiting. The extraordinary supporting cast includes the two protagonists’ mothers, Sibylle Canonica as Marie Countess of Sztáray and Angela Winkler (Volker Schlöndorff’s Oscar-winning The Tin Drum) as Ludovika of Bavaria, plus Georg Friedrich (Ulrich Seidl’s Rimini) as Sisi’s playful cousin, Archduke Viktor of Austria. Tom Rhys...
- 7/1/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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The Location Managers Guild International is out with the nominations for its 11th Lmgi Awards, which honor the outstanding and creative visual contributions by location professionals in film, TV and commercials worldwide. See the list below.
The Lmgi Awards will be handed Saturday, August 24, at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
Supervising Location Manager Sue Quinn, who has worked on Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean films and many others will receive this year’s Lgmi Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. The group’s Trailblazer, Humanitarian and the Eva Monley awards are Tba.
Among the big winners at last year’s location managers awards were John Wick: Chapter 4, All Quiet on the Western Front, 1923, The White Lotus and The Last of Us
The Location Managers Guild International is a global organization of career location professionals in the motion picture, television, commercial and print production industries.
The Lmgi Awards will be handed Saturday, August 24, at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
Supervising Location Manager Sue Quinn, who has worked on Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean films and many others will receive this year’s Lgmi Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. The group’s Trailblazer, Humanitarian and the Eva Monley awards are Tba.
Among the big winners at last year’s location managers awards were John Wick: Chapter 4, All Quiet on the Western Front, 1923, The White Lotus and The Last of Us
The Location Managers Guild International is a global organization of career location professionals in the motion picture, television, commercial and print production industries.
- 7/1/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov’s latest feature Real, his first since the 2021 Venice comp title Rhino, opens with a messy GoPro shot of Ukrainian soldiers taking cover in a shallow trench in the Donbas, the country’s front line in its defense against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the country.
Across the next 100 minutes, the camera barely moves from this spot. We don’t see any warfare but we hear it. Soldiers are attacked and Russian bombs are launched. The immediate contemporary comparison, in terms of form, would be Jonathan Glazer’s unwavering Oscar-winner The Zone Of Interest. Unlike Glazer’s fiction movie, however, Real was captured unintentionally by Sentsov on his official military helmet camera. He found the footage months later on his laptop.
“I saw a big video file and I thought I should delete it because it was taking too much space on my laptop,” he told...
Across the next 100 minutes, the camera barely moves from this spot. We don’t see any warfare but we hear it. Soldiers are attacked and Russian bombs are launched. The immediate contemporary comparison, in terms of form, would be Jonathan Glazer’s unwavering Oscar-winner The Zone Of Interest. Unlike Glazer’s fiction movie, however, Real was captured unintentionally by Sentsov on his official military helmet camera. He found the footage months later on his laptop.
“I saw a big video file and I thought I should delete it because it was taking too much space on my laptop,” he told...
- 6/29/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) has invited 487 artists and executives to become members, with Sandra Huller, Justin Triet, Celine Song and Da’Vine Joy Randolph among the high profile invitees.
Also invited to join are actors Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Fiona Shaw, directors Alice Diop, David Yates and S S Rajamouli, and writers Arthur Harari and Tony McNamara.
Executives invited to join that branch of the Academy include British Film Institute CEO Ben Roberts and Fifth Season co-CEOs Chris Rice and Graham Taylor.
Among those invited to join the costume designers branch are Holly Waddington and Małgorzata Karpiuk.
Also invited to join are actors Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Fiona Shaw, directors Alice Diop, David Yates and S S Rajamouli, and writers Arthur Harari and Tony McNamara.
Executives invited to join that branch of the Academy include British Film Institute CEO Ben Roberts and Fifth Season co-CEOs Chris Rice and Graham Taylor.
Among those invited to join the costume designers branch are Holly Waddington and Małgorzata Karpiuk.
- 6/25/2024
- ScreenDaily
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) has invited 487 artists and executives to become members, with Sandra Huller, Justin Triet, Celine Song and Da’Vine Joy Randolph among the high profile invitees.
Also invited to join are actors Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Fiona Shaw, directors Alice Diop, David Yates and S S Rajamouli, and writers Arthur Harari and Tony McNamara.
Executives invited to join that branch of the Academy include British Film Institute CEO Ben Roberts and Fifth Season co-CEOs Chris Rice and Graham Taylor.
Among those invited to join the costume designers branch are Holly Waddington and Małgorzata Karpiuk.
Also invited to join are actors Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Fiona Shaw, directors Alice Diop, David Yates and S S Rajamouli, and writers Arthur Harari and Tony McNamara.
Executives invited to join that branch of the Academy include British Film Institute CEO Ben Roberts and Fifth Season co-CEOs Chris Rice and Graham Taylor.
Among those invited to join the costume designers branch are Holly Waddington and Małgorzata Karpiuk.
- 6/25/2024
- ScreenDaily
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Every summer, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invites a deluge of new members to join its ranks. Since #OscarsSoWhite back in 2015, the Academy has moved away from its elitist tendencies and toward embracing younger and more diverse artists and executives from all over the world. This year’s invited class is no exception.
If the invitees all accept Academy membership, the total members will number 10,910 and voting members 9,934. And with the addition of the 2024 members, 35 percent of Academy members identify as women, 20 percent of Academy members are from underrepresented ethnic and racial communities, and 20 percent of Academy members are from countries or territories outside the U.S.
As usual, a slew of Oscar nominees and winners are gaining admittance to the club (71 Oscar nominees and 19 winners), including actors Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Sandra Hüller, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”), costume designer Holly Waddington...
If the invitees all accept Academy membership, the total members will number 10,910 and voting members 9,934. And with the addition of the 2024 members, 35 percent of Academy members identify as women, 20 percent of Academy members are from underrepresented ethnic and racial communities, and 20 percent of Academy members are from countries or territories outside the U.S.
As usual, a slew of Oscar nominees and winners are gaining admittance to the club (71 Oscar nominees and 19 winners), including actors Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Sandra Hüller, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”), costume designer Holly Waddington...
- 6/25/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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Jessica Alba, Lily Gladstone, Greta Lee, Catherine O’Hara, and S.S. Rajamouli, director of “Rrr,” are among the 487 artists and executives invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. With all expected acceptances, AMPAS membership will rise to 10,910 from 10,817 last year, with 9,934 members eligible to vote in the upcoming 97th Oscars in 2025—an increase from last year’s 9,375.
This year’s invitees include 44% women, a 4% increase from 2023, and 41% from underrepresented ethnic and racial communities, marking a significant 7% rise. The actors, casting directors, costume designers, documentary, executives, makeup artists and hairstylists branches have invited more women than men. The actors, directors, documentary, and writers branches mainly comprised artists from underrepresented communities.
The directors branch features the most impressive array of filmmakers from both international and domestic spheres, such as Lila Avilés (“Totem”), Jayro Bustamante (“La Llorona”), Jd Dillard (“Devotion”), Alice Diop (“Saint Omer”), Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You...
This year’s invitees include 44% women, a 4% increase from 2023, and 41% from underrepresented ethnic and racial communities, marking a significant 7% rise. The actors, casting directors, costume designers, documentary, executives, makeup artists and hairstylists branches have invited more women than men. The actors, directors, documentary, and writers branches mainly comprised artists from underrepresented communities.
The directors branch features the most impressive array of filmmakers from both international and domestic spheres, such as Lila Avilés (“Totem”), Jayro Bustamante (“La Llorona”), Jd Dillard (“Devotion”), Alice Diop (“Saint Omer”), Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You...
- 6/25/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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Four hundred and eighty-seven members of the global film community — among them Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone, Past Lives filmmaker Celine Song, CAA managing partner Chris Silbermann, and SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland — are receiving invitations on Tuesday to become members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization announced this morning.
“We are thrilled to welcome this year’s class of new members,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang said in a joint statement. “These remarkably talented artists and professionals from around the world have made a significant impact on our filmmaking community.”
Invitees who wish to accept, as the vast majority tend to, will join the specific branch of the Academy that invited them. Eight were invited by more than one branch — Michael Andrews (film editors and short films/feature animation), Bahram Beyzaêi (directors and writers...
“We are thrilled to welcome this year’s class of new members,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang said in a joint statement. “These remarkably talented artists and professionals from around the world have made a significant impact on our filmmaking community.”
Invitees who wish to accept, as the vast majority tend to, will join the specific branch of the Academy that invited them. Eight were invited by more than one branch — Michael Andrews (film editors and short films/feature animation), Bahram Beyzaêi (directors and writers...
- 6/25/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday that it is extending invitations to 487 to join the membership ranks of the Oscar organizer. If all accept, it will bring the Academy’s total membership to 10,910, of which 9,934 would be voting members.
This year’s list across 19 branches include 2024 Oscar winners Da’Vine Joy Randolph from The Holdovers; Poor Things costume designer Holly Waddington and production design team James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek; 20 Days in Mariupol director Mstyslav Chernov, War Is Over! producer Brad Booker; The Zone of Interest sound duo Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn; the Godzilla Minus One VFX team Tatsuji Nojima, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Takashi Yamazaki; American Fiction writer-director Cord Jefferson; and Anatomy of a Fall writing duo Justine Triet and Arthur Harari.
Jefferson and Triet are among eight names on the list who were invited to more than one branch (noted...
This year’s list across 19 branches include 2024 Oscar winners Da’Vine Joy Randolph from The Holdovers; Poor Things costume designer Holly Waddington and production design team James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek; 20 Days in Mariupol director Mstyslav Chernov, War Is Over! producer Brad Booker; The Zone of Interest sound duo Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn; the Godzilla Minus One VFX team Tatsuji Nojima, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Takashi Yamazaki; American Fiction writer-director Cord Jefferson; and Anatomy of a Fall writing duo Justine Triet and Arthur Harari.
Jefferson and Triet are among eight names on the list who were invited to more than one branch (noted...
- 6/25/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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“Inside Out 2” enjoyed a stellar second weekend at the South Korean box office, comfortably beating local thriller “Hijack 1971.”
The Pixar animation recorded a week-on-week drop of only 15% to score $10.3 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis the box office tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Its market share through the weekend was a powerful 70%.
Those performances give the film a $28 million cumulative after 12 days in Korean cinemas. In that short time, “Inside Out 2” has become the third highest-scoring film released this year in the country. And it has overtaken ”Wonka” to be the most watched import title of 2024.
Opening in second place was “Hijack 1971,” a fact-based Korean kidnap story about an airplane hijacking during which an explosion caused the pilot to lose an eye. Starring Ha Jung-woo and Yeo Jin-goo, the film opened in second place It earned $3.36 million and...
The Pixar animation recorded a week-on-week drop of only 15% to score $10.3 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis the box office tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Its market share through the weekend was a powerful 70%.
Those performances give the film a $28 million cumulative after 12 days in Korean cinemas. In that short time, “Inside Out 2” has become the third highest-scoring film released this year in the country. And it has overtaken ”Wonka” to be the most watched import title of 2024.
Opening in second place was “Hijack 1971,” a fact-based Korean kidnap story about an airplane hijacking during which an explosion caused the pilot to lose an eye. Starring Ha Jung-woo and Yeo Jin-goo, the film opened in second place It earned $3.36 million and...
- 6/24/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Through a Glass Very, Very Darkly
If Arthur Slugworth haunted your dreams as a child, then prepare for Günter Meisner to paint your adult nightmares with a sickly blue palette in “In a Glass Cage.”
German actor Meisner played a certain beloved chocolatier’s cadaverous arch-rival in Mel Stuart’s inherently creepy “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” in 1971 — exactly 15 years before he’d play a sadomasochistic Nazi doctor in Agustí Villaronga’s post-World War II revenge picture, “In a Glass Cage,” from 1986. And here, Meisner is just as lacking in...
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Through a Glass Very, Very Darkly
If Arthur Slugworth haunted your dreams as a child, then prepare for Günter Meisner to paint your adult nightmares with a sickly blue palette in “In a Glass Cage.”
German actor Meisner played a certain beloved chocolatier’s cadaverous arch-rival in Mel Stuart’s inherently creepy “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” in 1971 — exactly 15 years before he’d play a sadomasochistic Nazi doctor in Agustí Villaronga’s post-World War II revenge picture, “In a Glass Cage,” from 1986. And here, Meisner is just as lacking in...
- 6/22/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio and Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
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BBC boss Tim Davie hosts regular talent events to charm the people who populate his airwaves, but it’s not often that talk turns to geopolitics. That changed in January when a list of stars, including Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay, gathered and the conversation crackled with a sound that has now become familiar to Davie: unease over Israel-Gaza coverage.
The discussion was said to be diplomatic and Davie receptive, but there were misgivings about the BBC’s output since October 7, when Hamas raided Israel and killed around 1,200 people, while taking more than 200 hostages. It will not have surprised Davie, but it may have cemented any sense that the Israel-Gaza crisis would be a theme of 2024. Six months on, the mood at the BBC is so fraught, some suggest that relations between colleagues, and the corporation’s reputation among Jewish and Muslim viewers, will never be the same again.
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The discussion was said to be diplomatic and Davie receptive, but there were misgivings about the BBC’s output since October 7, when Hamas raided Israel and killed around 1,200 people, while taking more than 200 hostages. It will not have surprised Davie, but it may have cemented any sense that the Israel-Gaza crisis would be a theme of 2024. Six months on, the mood at the BBC is so fraught, some suggest that relations between colleagues, and the corporation’s reputation among Jewish and Muslim viewers, will never be the same again.
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- 6/20/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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In Sundance zählte „A Real Pain“ von Jesse Eisenberg und mit Eisenberg und Kieran Culkin in den Hauptrollen zu den großen Highlights und wurde von Searchlight gekauft. Nun wurde der erste Trailer für den Film veröffentlicht – auch wenn er in Deutschland erst am 15. Januar 2025 im Verleih von Disney in die Kinos kommt.
Jesse Eisenberg ist längst nicht mehr nur als Schauspieler geschätzt, sondern auch als Regisseur, wobei „A Real Pain“, seine neue Arbeit, die er in Sundance vorstellte und wo er den Drehbuchpreis gewinnen konnte, einen echten Quantensprung im Vergleich zu seinem Debüt „When You Finish Saving the World“ von 2022 markiert. An Eisenbergs Seite spielt „Succession“-Star Kieran Culkin. Sie spielen zwei ungleiche Cousins, die gemeinsam nach Polen reisen, um mehr über das Leben ihrer kürzlich verstorbenen Großmutter zu erfahren. Der Roadtrip, der als Reise in die Vergangenheit gedacht war, konfrontiert die beiden mit der Gegenwart, in der sie ihre...
Jesse Eisenberg ist längst nicht mehr nur als Schauspieler geschätzt, sondern auch als Regisseur, wobei „A Real Pain“, seine neue Arbeit, die er in Sundance vorstellte und wo er den Drehbuchpreis gewinnen konnte, einen echten Quantensprung im Vergleich zu seinem Debüt „When You Finish Saving the World“ von 2022 markiert. An Eisenbergs Seite spielt „Succession“-Star Kieran Culkin. Sie spielen zwei ungleiche Cousins, die gemeinsam nach Polen reisen, um mehr über das Leben ihrer kürzlich verstorbenen Großmutter zu erfahren. Der Roadtrip, der als Reise in die Vergangenheit gedacht war, konfrontiert die beiden mit der Gegenwart, in der sie ihre...
- 6/19/2024
- by Thomas Schultze
- Spot - Media & Film
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Searchlight Pictures has revealed a teaser trailer for ‘A Real Pain’ starring Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin.
The film follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reuniting for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, the film stars Eisenberg alongside Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin, with a cast rounded out by BAFTA winner and Emmy® nominee Will Sharpe, Golden Globe® nominee Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes.
Producers are Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Emma Stone, Eisenberg, Jennifer Semler (Theater Camp), and Ewa Puszczyńska.
Also in trailers – “Things have been weird…” Trailer lands for dark comedy series ‘Sunny’
The film will be in UK and Irish cinemas from 10th...
The film follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reuniting for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, the film stars Eisenberg alongside Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin, with a cast rounded out by BAFTA winner and Emmy® nominee Will Sharpe, Golden Globe® nominee Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes.
Producers are Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Emma Stone, Eisenberg, Jennifer Semler (Theater Camp), and Ewa Puszczyńska.
Also in trailers – “Things have been weird…” Trailer lands for dark comedy series ‘Sunny’
The film will be in UK and Irish cinemas from 10th...
- 6/19/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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Im Vorfeld des Filmfest München wird vom Bernhard Wicki Gedächtnis Fonds zum 23. Mal der Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films – Die Brücke vergeben.
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Im Münchner Cuvilliés-Theater verleiht der Bernhard Wicki Gedächtnis Fonds am 25. Juni zum 23. Mal den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films – Die Brücke, der seit 2002 an herausragende Filmemacher sowie künstlerisch wertvolle Filme humanistischer, gesellschaftspolitischer Dimension geht.
Zwei Auszeichnungen gehen an Jonathan Glazers mit dem Oscar als bester internationaler Film ausgezeichnetes Drama „The Zone of Interest“: Glazer selbst erhält den mit 7.500 Euro dotierten internationalen Regiepreis, Christian Friedel, der in der Hauptrolle den Lagerkommandanten von Auschwitz, Rudolf Höß, verkörpert, wird mit dem mit 5.000 Euro dotierten Darstellerpreis geehrt.
Zu Friedels Auszeichnung sagt die Jury: „So wie sich generell die Frage nach der Darstellbarkeit des unfassbaren Verbrechens des Holocausts stellt, stellt sich noch konkreter die Frage, wie man einen Menschen darstellt, der – wie kaum eine andere Person näher – am Ort des Mordens stand.
(Credit: Bernhard Wicki Gedächtnis Fonds e.V.)
Im Münchner Cuvilliés-Theater verleiht der Bernhard Wicki Gedächtnis Fonds am 25. Juni zum 23. Mal den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films – Die Brücke, der seit 2002 an herausragende Filmemacher sowie künstlerisch wertvolle Filme humanistischer, gesellschaftspolitischer Dimension geht.
Zwei Auszeichnungen gehen an Jonathan Glazers mit dem Oscar als bester internationaler Film ausgezeichnetes Drama „The Zone of Interest“: Glazer selbst erhält den mit 7.500 Euro dotierten internationalen Regiepreis, Christian Friedel, der in der Hauptrolle den Lagerkommandanten von Auschwitz, Rudolf Höß, verkörpert, wird mit dem mit 5.000 Euro dotierten Darstellerpreis geehrt.
Zu Friedels Auszeichnung sagt die Jury: „So wie sich generell die Frage nach der Darstellbarkeit des unfassbaren Verbrechens des Holocausts stellt, stellt sich noch konkreter die Frage, wie man einen Menschen darstellt, der – wie kaum eine andere Person näher – am Ort des Mordens stand.
- 6/18/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
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After Jonathan Glazer’s Cannes, Oscar and BAFTA-winning “The Zone of Interest,” Daniela Volker’s “The Commandant’s Shadow” tackles the same subject – what it was like to live next door to a WWII concentration camp.
While Glazer’s film was a work of fiction, based on Martin Amis’ novel, Volker’s film is a documentary. Exploring the legacy of Auschwitz, it follows Hans-Juergen Höss, son of commandant Rudolf Höss, and grandson Kai, on an emotional journey. Their path leads to a meeting with Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, known as the ‘cellist from Auschwitz,’ and her daughter Maya. It features hitherto unseen archival footage and draws from Rudolf Höss’s autobiography, written shortly before his death.
“The Commandant’s Shadow,” produced by Gloria Abramoff from the London-based production company Creators Inc, in association with Snowstorm productions, played at Israel’s DocAviv festival where it won the Yad Vashem Award for outstanding Holocaust-related documentary.
While Glazer’s film was a work of fiction, based on Martin Amis’ novel, Volker’s film is a documentary. Exploring the legacy of Auschwitz, it follows Hans-Juergen Höss, son of commandant Rudolf Höss, and grandson Kai, on an emotional journey. Their path leads to a meeting with Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, known as the ‘cellist from Auschwitz,’ and her daughter Maya. It features hitherto unseen archival footage and draws from Rudolf Höss’s autobiography, written shortly before his death.
“The Commandant’s Shadow,” produced by Gloria Abramoff from the London-based production company Creators Inc, in association with Snowstorm productions, played at Israel’s DocAviv festival where it won the Yad Vashem Award for outstanding Holocaust-related documentary.
- 6/18/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” leaped to a crushing first place debut at the South Korean box office on its opening weekend.
The American animation film earned $12.3 million from 1.75 million ticket sales between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over the five days since its Wednesday debut, it accumulated $14.7 million and 2.08 million ticket sales.
Those numbers gave “Inside Out 2” the third-highest opening weekend score this year at the Korean box office and the highest by an imported film. Kobis reports that it commanded an 84% share of the weekend theatrical market.
The numbers are also substantially stronger than those of the predecessor film. In July 2015, “Inside Out” opened in second position with 679,000 ticket sales and a gross of KRW5.34 million ($3.87 million at today’s currency exchange rates). The first film had endurance and became the 13th highest grossing...
The American animation film earned $12.3 million from 1.75 million ticket sales between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over the five days since its Wednesday debut, it accumulated $14.7 million and 2.08 million ticket sales.
Those numbers gave “Inside Out 2” the third-highest opening weekend score this year at the Korean box office and the highest by an imported film. Kobis reports that it commanded an 84% share of the weekend theatrical market.
The numbers are also substantially stronger than those of the predecessor film. In July 2015, “Inside Out” opened in second position with 679,000 ticket sales and a gross of KRW5.34 million ($3.87 million at today’s currency exchange rates). The first film had endurance and became the 13th highest grossing...
- 6/17/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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With speeds up to 200 mph and up to 397 laps, the 24 Hours of Le Mans begins on Saturday, June 15. The 24-hour endurance auto-racing event features more than 60 auto teams competing in the final race of the Triple Crown of Motorsport.
At a Glance: How to Watch 24 Hours of Le Mans 2024 Online
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The 92nd 24 hours of Le Mans takes place at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France, on Saturday, June 15, with a start time of 6 a.m. Pt/9 a.m. Et. It ends 24 hours later on Sunday, June 16.
You can watch the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2024 on MotorTrend and Max, which is also available as a channel add-on at Prime Video. If you want to watch the entire 24-hour endurance auto race on TV, you...
At a Glance: How to Watch 24 Hours of Le Mans 2024 Online
When Starts on Saturday, June 15, at 6 a.m. Pt/9 a.m. Et Network MotorTrend Stream online Max Watch 24 Hours of Le Mans 2024 on MAx
The 92nd 24 hours of Le Mans takes place at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France, on Saturday, June 15, with a start time of 6 a.m. Pt/9 a.m. Et. It ends 24 hours later on Sunday, June 16.
You can watch the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2024 on MotorTrend and Max, which is also available as a channel add-on at Prime Video. If you want to watch the entire 24-hour endurance auto race on TV, you...
- 6/13/2024
- by Rudie Obias
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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“Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” a hit in multiple other markets worldwide, crashed on its first lap at the South Korean box office. It failed to make even $1 million in on its opening weekend.
Instead, “Wonderland,” a sci-fi fantasy about Artificial Intelligence, took the top spot over the weekend.
Opening in fifth place, “Bad Boys 4” earned just $520,000 or 8% of the Korean market over the Friday to Sunday weekend, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over the five days since its Wednesday theatrical opening, it earned just $803,000.
At this pace, it is unlikely to catch the $3.54 million Korean total of “Bad Boys for Life,” which opened in January 2020.
Competition over the latest weekend was not exactly fierce. Korean-produced “Wonderland” earned a modest $1.66 million in top spot, with a market share of 25%. That was the second weakest first-placed opening of the year.
Instead, “Wonderland,” a sci-fi fantasy about Artificial Intelligence, took the top spot over the weekend.
Opening in fifth place, “Bad Boys 4” earned just $520,000 or 8% of the Korean market over the Friday to Sunday weekend, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over the five days since its Wednesday theatrical opening, it earned just $803,000.
At this pace, it is unlikely to catch the $3.54 million Korean total of “Bad Boys for Life,” which opened in January 2020.
Competition over the latest weekend was not exactly fierce. Korean-produced “Wonderland” earned a modest $1.66 million in top spot, with a market share of 25%. That was the second weakest first-placed opening of the year.
- 6/10/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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George Russell, one of the most prominent characters in HBO’s sprawling period ensemble “The Gilded Age,” is many things: a self-made man; a loving husband; a titan of industry. But Morgan Spector, the actor who plays George in Julian Fellowes’ fictionalized tale of 19th century New York City, is comfortable calling the character out for who he really is. “Robber baron,” Spector declares on Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast. “You can say it!”
The first season of “The Gilded Age” made clear George was no one to trifle with, using his sharp elbows and iron will to get his way with the Russells’ new neighbors on the Upper East Side. But in Season 2, he’s not just a David punching up against Manhattan’s stuffy, hidebound old money; he’s a Goliath facing off against his own employees, who have started organizing for better wages and a more humane working schedule.
The first season of “The Gilded Age” made clear George was no one to trifle with, using his sharp elbows and iron will to get his way with the Russells’ new neighbors on the Upper East Side. But in Season 2, he’s not just a David punching up against Manhattan’s stuffy, hidebound old money; he’s a Goliath facing off against his own employees, who have started organizing for better wages and a more humane working schedule.
- 6/7/2024
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
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Art print by Aleksander Walijewski for Poor Things.In the last roundup, from October, three out of the four most popular posters on my Movie Poster of the Day Instagram over the previous six months were posters for Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things (2023)—two teasers and an official-release poster, all by the great Vasilis Marmatakis—which at that time was still almost two months away from its US theatrical run. So it's no surprise that the most "liked" poster since then is also a poster for Poor Things, an art print by the young, prodigiously talented Polish artist-designer Aleksander Walijewski. What was a surprise, however, is that this poster has racked up more than 10,000 likes since early February, making it by far the most popular poster ever on my Instagram, doubling its nearest competitor (Marmatakis’s original Poor Things teaser). And, making it feel as if Movie Poster of the...
- 6/7/2024
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A prominent Hollywood marketing and branding guru has raised eyebrows by telling staffers that they should refrain from working with anyone who is “posting against Israel.”
Ashlee Margolis, founder of the Beverly Hills firm The A List, wrote an email to her staff about a new mandate to hit “pause on working with any celebrity or influencer or tastemaker posting against Israel.” The company, which is a fixture on red carpets and is at the forefront of brand integration with celebrities, works with such companies as CAA, UTA, Lede Company and Wolf Kasteler Public Relations.
In the email, Margolis stressed that there was a distinction between what she deemed acceptable and unacceptable social media posts about the country and its current military operations in Gaza. “Anyone saying Israel is committing a ‘genocide’ is someone we will pause on working with, as that is simply not true,” the veteran marketing executive wrote.
Ashlee Margolis, founder of the Beverly Hills firm The A List, wrote an email to her staff about a new mandate to hit “pause on working with any celebrity or influencer or tastemaker posting against Israel.” The company, which is a fixture on red carpets and is at the forefront of brand integration with celebrities, works with such companies as CAA, UTA, Lede Company and Wolf Kasteler Public Relations.
In the email, Margolis stressed that there was a distinction between what she deemed acceptable and unacceptable social media posts about the country and its current military operations in Gaza. “Anyone saying Israel is committing a ‘genocide’ is someone we will pause on working with, as that is simply not true,” the veteran marketing executive wrote.
- 6/6/2024
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
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With acclaimed roles in Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” and Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” the latter of which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, Sandra Hüller might have had the biggest year of any actress in 2023. The success ensured that many eyes would be on the versatile actress’ next projects, the first of which is set to hit theaters this July.
Frauke Finsterwalder’s “Sisi & I” sees Huller playing a lady-in-waiting to Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary (Susanne Wolff), better known as Sisi, the monarch who famously spent an unprecedented 44 years on the throne. The film, which Finsterwalder co-wrote with Christian Kracht, also stars Georg Friedrich, Stefan Kurt, Sophie Hutter, Anthony Calf, and Angela Winkler.
Per the film’s official synopsis, Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary — known as Sisi (Wolff) —is living in an aristocratic women-only commune in Greece. Countess Irma (Hüller) is sent...
Frauke Finsterwalder’s “Sisi & I” sees Huller playing a lady-in-waiting to Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary (Susanne Wolff), better known as Sisi, the monarch who famously spent an unprecedented 44 years on the throne. The film, which Finsterwalder co-wrote with Christian Kracht, also stars Georg Friedrich, Stefan Kurt, Sophie Hutter, Anthony Calf, and Angela Winkler.
Per the film’s official synopsis, Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary — known as Sisi (Wolff) —is living in an aristocratic women-only commune in Greece. Countess Irma (Hüller) is sent...
- 6/6/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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Italy’s I Wonder Pictures has acquired Italian rights to three new titles from A24, including Benny Safdie’s hotly anticipated “The Smashing Machine” with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.
The move solidifies an ongoing rapport between the indie U.S. studio and the growing Italian distributor.
“Smashing Machine,” which is currently in production and stars “The Rock” as legendary Mma fighter Mark Kerr, who struggled with addiction and his marriage while becoming an icon of the sport, will be released by I Wonder in Italian cinemas in 2025.
I Wonder, which is owned and operated by Biografilm Festival founder Andrea Romeo, has a longstanding — albeit not exclusive — rapport with A24, having successfully released other A24 titles such as “The Zone of Interest,” Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Besides “Smashing Machine,” I Wonder’s new titles now set for Italian release in 2025 also comprise A...
The move solidifies an ongoing rapport between the indie U.S. studio and the growing Italian distributor.
“Smashing Machine,” which is currently in production and stars “The Rock” as legendary Mma fighter Mark Kerr, who struggled with addiction and his marriage while becoming an icon of the sport, will be released by I Wonder in Italian cinemas in 2025.
I Wonder, which is owned and operated by Biografilm Festival founder Andrea Romeo, has a longstanding — albeit not exclusive — rapport with A24, having successfully released other A24 titles such as “The Zone of Interest,” Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Besides “Smashing Machine,” I Wonder’s new titles now set for Italian release in 2025 also comprise A...
- 6/5/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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Sandra Hüller, fresh off her Oscar-nominated performance in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, is set to join Ryan Gosling in the highly anticipated adaptation of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary. According to a new report from Deadline, this casting news has sparked significant interest, especially considering Hüller’s recent success. Sandra Hüller’s Rising Stardom Hüller garnered critical acclaim for her roles in both ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ and ‘The Zone of Interest’, both of which earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture. Her performance in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ notably earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. With this momentum, studios have...
- 6/4/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
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Warner Bros will give documentary The Commandant’s Shadow, in which the son of Auschwitz head Rudolf Höss confronts his father’s legacy, a one-week awards-qualifying theatrical run starting on June 7.
Daniela Völker’s film received a two-day theatrical release via Fathom Events last week after premiering in New York. Now the studio is broadening the footprint into Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami and New York through a select release.
The Commandant’s Shadow follows 87-year-old Hans Jürgen Höss as he reckons with his family’s horrific past. Höss grew up in the family villa at Auschwitz, adjacent to the camp...
Daniela Völker’s film received a two-day theatrical release via Fathom Events last week after premiering in New York. Now the studio is broadening the footprint into Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami and New York through a select release.
The Commandant’s Shadow follows 87-year-old Hans Jürgen Höss as he reckons with his family’s horrific past. Höss grew up in the family villa at Auschwitz, adjacent to the camp...
- 6/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
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A scattershot but compelling postscript to “The Zone of Interest,” and the film that is guaranteed to start auto-playing every time someone watches that Oscar-winning masterpiece on Max, “The Commandant’s Shadow” similarly examines the moral dissociation that made Auschwitz possible — but where Jonathan Glazer’s anti-drama framed the Final Solution as a nine-to-five job, Daniela Völker’s documentary instead positions that atrocity as an inheritance. Rudolf Höss’ brood of blond little sons and daughters had no way of knowing — or at least no way of understanding — that their father was overseeing the greatest slaughter our species has ever suffered, but the unfathomable reality of the situation naturally began to reveal itself to them as they came of age during the Nuremberg Trials and learned that Auschwitz wasn’t synonymous with “childhood idyll” for the rest of the world. Did the Camp Commandant’s children — and their children’s children — struggle...
- 5/30/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Sandra Huller is set to star opposite Ryan Gosling in 'Project Hail Mary'.The 'Anatomy of a Fall' actress has signed up to feature alongside the 'Barbie' star in the space-set picture that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are directing.Based on Andy Weir's 2021 novel of the same name, the movie tells the story of middle school science teacher Ryland Grace (Gosling), who wakes up on a spaceship with no recollection of who he is or how he got there.He must figure out how to complete an interstellar mission to save Earth from catastrophe completely alone – until he encounters a mysterious alien who has travelled light years to save his own species from a similar fate.The picture is slated for release in March 2026 with Lord and Miller helming from a script written by Drew Goddard.Amy Pascal is to produce for her Pascal Pictures...
- 5/30/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
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Exclusive: Fresh off her Oscar-nomination for her performance in Anatomy of a Fall, Sandra Hüller looks to have found her follow-up project as she looks to team with another Oscar-nominee from the 2024 class. Sources tell Deadline, Hüller is set to join Ryan Gosling in Amazon MGM Studios adaptation of Project Hail Mary with Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Aditya Sood producing.
Lord and Miller are also directing the film from a script by Drew Goddard. Pascal will produce through her Pascal Pictures along with Rachel O’Connor as will Gosling via his General Admission company; Lord, Miller and Sood will produce via Lord Miller. Weir will also produce.
Project Hail Mary will be filmed for IMAX and released wide in theaters on March 20, 2026. Based on Andy Weir’s (The Martian) novel of the same name, middle school science teacher Ryland Grace (Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship with no...
Lord and Miller are also directing the film from a script by Drew Goddard. Pascal will produce through her Pascal Pictures along with Rachel O’Connor as will Gosling via his General Admission company; Lord, Miller and Sood will produce via Lord Miller. Weir will also produce.
Project Hail Mary will be filmed for IMAX and released wide in theaters on March 20, 2026. Based on Andy Weir’s (The Martian) novel of the same name, middle school science teacher Ryland Grace (Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship with no...
- 5/29/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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No one really expected this year’s Cannes Film Festival to replicate the stellar showing of last year at the Oscars, when official selections Killers of the Flower Moon, Anatomy of a Fall, and The Zone of Interest took an unprecedented three of the 10 Best Picture nominations and a total of 20 noms and three wins among them. How many times can the French catch lightning in a bottle like that achievement? Who thought 2019 could be equaled or topped, when Parasite became the first Palme d’Or winner to take the Best Picture Oscar since Marty did it in 1955 and where Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (also an official selection that year) went on to 10 Oscar nominations and two wins?
Cannes largely had been thought too risky, too early for serious launches of potential Oscar nominees and winners, except for those hoping to land a spot in...
Cannes largely had been thought too risky, too early for serious launches of potential Oscar nominees and winners, except for those hoping to land a spot in...
- 5/28/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
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Jonathan Glazers Holocaustdrama hat bei der gestrigen Verleihung des Civis Medienpreises den Publikumspreis erhalten.
Der Civis Medienpreis wurde gestern erstmals im Rahmen der re:publica vergeben (Credit: CIVIS_Bernhard_Ludewig)
Bei der gestrigen Vergabe des Civis Medienpreises, die erstmals im Rahmen der re:publica in Berlin stattgefunden hat, sind Regisseur Jonathan Glazer sowie die Produzenten James Wilson und Ewa Puszczyńska für das Holocaust-Drama „The Zone of Interest“ mit Sandra Hüller und Christian Friedel in den Hauptrollen mit dem Publikumspreis ausgezeichnet worden.
Der mit 15.000 Euro dotierte Hauptpreis, der Civis Top Award, ging an das Social-Media-Format „STRG_F: Israel und Gaza: Leben zwischen Terror und Krieg“ (Ndr | funk). Die Autoren Manuel Biallas, Armin Ghassim, Lisa Hagen, Mariam Noori, Timo Robben, Sulaiman Tadmory. Schildern darin das Schicksal zweier junger Menschen, die vom Überfall der Hamas auf Israel und vom Krieg Israels in Gaza betroffen sind: die Deutsch-Israelin Yarden und der Deutsch-Palästinenser Abed.
Die Jury des...
Der Civis Medienpreis wurde gestern erstmals im Rahmen der re:publica vergeben (Credit: CIVIS_Bernhard_Ludewig)
Bei der gestrigen Vergabe des Civis Medienpreises, die erstmals im Rahmen der re:publica in Berlin stattgefunden hat, sind Regisseur Jonathan Glazer sowie die Produzenten James Wilson und Ewa Puszczyńska für das Holocaust-Drama „The Zone of Interest“ mit Sandra Hüller und Christian Friedel in den Hauptrollen mit dem Publikumspreis ausgezeichnet worden.
Der mit 15.000 Euro dotierte Hauptpreis, der Civis Top Award, ging an das Social-Media-Format „STRG_F: Israel und Gaza: Leben zwischen Terror und Krieg“ (Ndr | funk). Die Autoren Manuel Biallas, Armin Ghassim, Lisa Hagen, Mariam Noori, Timo Robben, Sulaiman Tadmory. Schildern darin das Schicksal zweier junger Menschen, die vom Überfall der Hamas auf Israel und vom Krieg Israels in Gaza betroffen sind: die Deutsch-Israelin Yarden und der Deutsch-Palästinenser Abed.
Die Jury des...
- 5/28/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
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It seems that after Schindler's List, the recent The Zone of Interest, and hundreds of other films and TV series, it is becoming more and more difficult to talk about the Second World War and the Holocaust. The viewers have looked into this abyss of human suffering from the perspective of the victims and the perpetrators; as direct participants and witnesses of other people's grief.
Should we expect something new from the next project that we don't know yet? Or is the task not to let history be forgotten? You'll find the answer below.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz is Based on a Real Story
On May 2, the mini-series The Tattooist of Auschwitz was released on Peacock – an adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Heather Morris, which is based on the fate of a real concentration camp prisoner, Ludwig Sokolov.
For people interested in the history of the...
Should we expect something new from the next project that we don't know yet? Or is the task not to let history be forgotten? You'll find the answer below.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz is Based on a Real Story
On May 2, the mini-series The Tattooist of Auschwitz was released on Peacock – an adaptation of the bestseller of the same name by Heather Morris, which is based on the fate of a real concentration camp prisoner, Ludwig Sokolov.
For people interested in the history of the...
- 5/27/2024
- by [email protected] (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
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In our critics survey of the best movies at the Cannes Film Festival each year, it’s common to have the critics IndieWire’s polled disagree with the awards given by the festival jury itself. That is not the case for Cannes 2024. The best movies of the festival, picked by 55 critics, representing five continents, were topped by Sean Baker’s “Anora” in our poll, which, of course also won the Palme d’Or.
Last year, Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” topped our poll, differing from the Palme d’Or result, which went to Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall.” It must be said that voter enthusiasm in our poll for “The Zone of Interest” was even that much stronger: It received nearly half of all votes for best film. “Anora,” which stars Mikey Madison, received about a quarter of the overall votes for best film this time...
Last year, Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” topped our poll, differing from the Palme d’Or result, which went to Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall.” It must be said that voter enthusiasm in our poll for “The Zone of Interest” was even that much stronger: It received nearly half of all votes for best film. “Anora,” which stars Mikey Madison, received about a quarter of the overall votes for best film this time...
- 5/27/2024
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
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The 2024 Cannes Film Festival concluded on Saturday, May 25 following two weeks packed with screenings, stars, press and parties. With the prizes having been handed out for the festival’s 77th anniversary, we can now start looking at what contenders might be in the best spot to get into the upcoming Oscar race. Let’s examine the winners from this year’s festival and see the history that each category has when it comes to the Oscars.
In recent years, we’ve seen the festival serve as a huge springboard for major players in the Oscar derby. Three of the last four winners of the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, have nabbed Best Picture nominations: “Parasite” (2019), “Triangle of Sadness” (2022) and “Anatomy of a Fall” (2023). Other big winners at recent festivals that became big Oscar players include “Drive My Car,” “The Zone of Interest” and “BlacKkKlansman.” This year’s...
In recent years, we’ve seen the festival serve as a huge springboard for major players in the Oscar derby. Three of the last four winners of the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, have nabbed Best Picture nominations: “Parasite” (2019), “Triangle of Sadness” (2022) and “Anatomy of a Fall” (2023). Other big winners at recent festivals that became big Oscar players include “Drive My Car,” “The Zone of Interest” and “BlacKkKlansman.” This year’s...
- 5/25/2024
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
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If an animated film turns up in the Competition at Cannes, chances are it’s not going to be another Bambi — although, if it were made today, the traumatic shooting of Bambi’s mother would certainly tickle the selection committee. No, Cannes prefers its animation to be skewed towards adults, like René Lalou’s surreal sci-fi Fantastic Planet (1973), Robert Taylor’s raunchy sequel The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) or Ari Folman’s wartime docudrama Waltz with Bashir (2008). And with The Most Precious of Cargoes, actor turned director and now graphic artist Michel Hazanavicius has turned to the most controversial topic it is possible to approach with pen and ink: the Holocaust.
Five long years in the making, Hazanavicius’s adaptation of the 2019 novel by Jean-Claude Grumberg arrives in Cannes two years after the death of its narrator, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and, unfortunately, a year after the debut of Jonathan Glazer...
Five long years in the making, Hazanavicius’s adaptation of the 2019 novel by Jean-Claude Grumberg arrives in Cannes two years after the death of its narrator, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and, unfortunately, a year after the debut of Jonathan Glazer...
- 5/25/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
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Michel Hazanavicius said that when it came to making his Holocaust feature The Most Precious of Cargoes “the question didn’t even arise” when making it animated. “I would never want to make a live film on this.”
The Artist Oscar winner adapted from the Jean-Claude Grumberg novel. The story follows a poor woodcutter and his wife who, once upon a time, lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter’s wife rescues a baby girl thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through the forest.
Some critics have taken umbrage with the Cannes Competition title and its approach to its portrayal of horrifying scenes. The Screen Daily review wrote, “The worst decision comes in a late sequence showing still, stylized black and white images of the faces of the...
The Artist Oscar winner adapted from the Jean-Claude Grumberg novel. The story follows a poor woodcutter and his wife who, once upon a time, lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter’s wife rescues a baby girl thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through the forest.
Some critics have taken umbrage with the Cannes Competition title and its approach to its portrayal of horrifying scenes. The Screen Daily review wrote, “The worst decision comes in a late sequence showing still, stylized black and white images of the faces of the...
- 5/25/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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Of all the films premiering at Cannes this year, “The Most Precious of Cargoes” is both an anomaly (the first animated feature to compete for the Palme d’Or since “Persepolis” in 2007) and the most likely to become a classic. Blending the heavy lines of early-20th-century woodcuts with the gentle pastels of watercolor painting, “The Artist” director Michel Hazanavicius finds a poignant way to address not only the horrors of the Holocaust, but the kindness that combated it, crafting an indelible parable destined to be watched and shared by generations to come.
The polar opposite of “The Zone of Interest,” his hand-drawn adaptation of the slender but impactful novel by Jean-Claude Grumberg engages audiences at the gut, rather than in some abstract intellectual way. It focuses on neither the culprits nor the victims, but average folk who tried to remain neutral — as if such a thing were possible — until...
The polar opposite of “The Zone of Interest,” his hand-drawn adaptation of the slender but impactful novel by Jean-Claude Grumberg engages audiences at the gut, rather than in some abstract intellectual way. It focuses on neither the culprits nor the victims, but average folk who tried to remain neutral — as if such a thing were possible — until...
- 5/24/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
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In just a few months, we will finally get to see Hugh Jackman return to Wolverine, something which he left behind years ago. The actor had no intention to come back to the character that he has been playing for about two decades but when something snapped in him, he decided to join the bandwagon that Ryan Reynolds was on and give Wolverine a second chance.
A still from Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) | Marvel Studios
Needless to say, Deadpool & Wolverine is one of the most anticipated movies of this year, if not the most. However, amidst the hype for the film which brings both Deadpool and Wolverine into the MCU officially, lies yet another Hugh Jackman film that should be recognized. The film in question is A24’s upcoming masterpiece, The Death of Robin Hood which follows a similar theme to that of Logan (2017).
Hugh Jackman Stars in A24’s...
A still from Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) | Marvel Studios
Needless to say, Deadpool & Wolverine is one of the most anticipated movies of this year, if not the most. However, amidst the hype for the film which brings both Deadpool and Wolverine into the MCU officially, lies yet another Hugh Jackman film that should be recognized. The film in question is A24’s upcoming masterpiece, The Death of Robin Hood which follows a similar theme to that of Logan (2017).
Hugh Jackman Stars in A24’s...
- 5/22/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
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There is a subgenre that basks in the creaturely natures of girls and women. Forget the ethereal sisters of “The Virgin Suicides” for here are some hot messes. Found in the literature of Shirley Jackson, Angela Carter and Deborah Levy and in films by Josephine Decker and Luna Carmoon, this is a mode of characterisation that delights in stripping away the illusion of a “fairer sex” in order to marinate in the feminine grotesque.
Ariane Labed’s entry to this canon, her directorial feature debut “September Says,” is infused with her own history as a Greek New Wave actress. There are shades of her break-out role in Yorgos Lanthimos’ claustrophobic family drama “Dogtooth” and a callback to her animal impressions in Athina Rachel Tsangari’s sublime, underrated “Attenberg.” Otherwise, Labed follows the sketchy map laid out by Daisy Johnson’s source novel, “Sisters.”
September (Pascale Kann) is older than her...
Ariane Labed’s entry to this canon, her directorial feature debut “September Says,” is infused with her own history as a Greek New Wave actress. There are shades of her break-out role in Yorgos Lanthimos’ claustrophobic family drama “Dogtooth” and a callback to her animal impressions in Athina Rachel Tsangari’s sublime, underrated “Attenberg.” Otherwise, Labed follows the sketchy map laid out by Daisy Johnson’s source novel, “Sisters.”
September (Pascale Kann) is older than her...
- 5/21/2024
- by Sophie Monks Kaufman
- Indiewire
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It seemed appropriate that the location for the annual Women in Motion dinner in Cannes should be at Place de la Castre, atop Suquet Hill where victors of yore could survey their domain. It was certainly the case that honored guest Dame Donna Langley had captured the castle.
Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch struck the right note when when she remarked to the NBCUniversal Studio Group Chair and Chief Content Officer, and other guests, that “you are sometimes introduced as one of the most powerful women in Hollywood, but in reality you are one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, regardless of gender.”
And it’s true.
Knobloch continued, ”Yes, women can be great leaders, just like you. Yes, woman can be successful, just like you. Yes, women can take risks, just like you. And yes, women can manage 10-figure budgets, just like you.”
(L-r) Bryan Lourd, Salma Hayek,...
Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch struck the right note when when she remarked to the NBCUniversal Studio Group Chair and Chief Content Officer, and other guests, that “you are sometimes introduced as one of the most powerful women in Hollywood, but in reality you are one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, regardless of gender.”
And it’s true.
Knobloch continued, ”Yes, women can be great leaders, just like you. Yes, woman can be successful, just like you. Yes, women can take risks, just like you. And yes, women can manage 10-figure budgets, just like you.”
(L-r) Bryan Lourd, Salma Hayek,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: Studiocanal has been rolling out sales on the first instalment of Germany-language film trilogy Woodwalkers in Cannes.
A joint production between Blue Eyes Fiction and Studiocanal Germany, it is one the most ambitious German-language productions to date for both partners.
The franchise is adapted from the best-selling novels by German writer Katja Brandis about a group of teenagers with secret shapeshifting abilities, known as ‘Woodwalkers’.
Blue Eyes Fiction MD and founder Corinna Mehner is lead producing, with Berlin-based Studiocanal exec Sandrine Mattes, EVP German Production & Acquisition, spearheading her company’s involvement.
Mattes says the Woodwalkers ticks a number of boxes for Studiocanal.
“Studiocanal’s DNA is truly European so we’re always looking for European content that can work on the global market. The ‘Woodwalkers’ books are a perfect fit. They’re one of the biggest IPs we have for family and kids in the German market, both in...
A joint production between Blue Eyes Fiction and Studiocanal Germany, it is one the most ambitious German-language productions to date for both partners.
The franchise is adapted from the best-selling novels by German writer Katja Brandis about a group of teenagers with secret shapeshifting abilities, known as ‘Woodwalkers’.
Blue Eyes Fiction MD and founder Corinna Mehner is lead producing, with Berlin-based Studiocanal exec Sandrine Mattes, EVP German Production & Acquisition, spearheading her company’s involvement.
Mattes says the Woodwalkers ticks a number of boxes for Studiocanal.
“Studiocanal’s DNA is truly European so we’re always looking for European content that can work on the global market. The ‘Woodwalkers’ books are a perfect fit. They’re one of the biggest IPs we have for family and kids in the German market, both in...
- 5/18/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
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