Meryl Streep lends her voice to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s children’s literacy program, Storyline Online. Streep reads “The Three Questions,” which is a children’s book based on a story by Leo Tolstory, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth, accompanied with watercolor illustrations and published by Scholastic. It’s about a young boy who asks questions like […]
Tony McFarr, who was Chris Pratt’s stunt double in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and two of the “Jurassic World” movies, died on Monday. He was 47. McFarr’s mother told TMZ that he died at his home outside of Orlando, Fla. No cause of death has been given. The stuntman performed in dozens of […]
Although it was released back in Nov. 2023, the Sony PlayStation Portal has been sold out just about everywhere. Thanks to high demand, the remote player just can’t seem to stay on store shelves with third-party retailers selling it for double, sometimes even triple, its list price. However, retailers like Target, Amazon, Walmart and PlayStation […]
The Emmy race just got a bit more spicy. Three popular YouTube web series have found their content creators taking a chance on themselves, which could significantly impact the Emmy race in some categories. The spicy chicken wing interview series Hot Ones, hosted by Sean Evans, has successfully petitioned to be included in the outstanding […]
Variety has announced the initial lineup for the Kering Women in Motion Talks at the Cannes Film Festival. This year’s talks include some of the most important women working in cinema. On May 18, Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh will interview NBCUniversal Studio Group chairman and chief content officer Donna Langley, touching on a major year […]
Billie Eilish’s third studio album “Hit Me Hard and Soft” doesn’t officially release until Friday but you can already purchase the 10-track LP on vinyl starting today. Eilish previewed her forthcoming album at listening events in both New York and Los Angeles this week. On Wednesday, May 15 she and Finneas played the album for […]
Sony Music Group is sending out warnings to what sources say are around 700 AI developers and music streaming services, warning them not to use its content to train AI. These so-called “opt-out” letters, which have been obtained by Variety, state that developers will need explicit permission to use that content and warns that some may […]
Rock Soul Productions, the entertainment company formed by CEO Fantasia Barrino Taylor and president Yvonne McNair, is bolstering its ranks. It’s tapped Teddy Riley for management, music production for film/TV soundtrack scoring and producing on Broadway. It has also partnered with Adam Blackstone for musical supervision, creative direction and development for scripted and non-scripted content, […]
Few companies in the world have had such as impact on their local film industry than Globo Filmes, the feature co-production arm of Brazilian giant Globo, which is Latin America’s biggest communications conglomerate. Over the last 25 years, Globo Filmes has backed more than 500 movies, almost all through co-production. Those films have collectively sold […]
A key driver in Brazil’s late 1990s cinema resurgence, Globo Filmes has co-produced iconic box office blockbusters, Oscar and “A” Fest plays, arthouse breakouts. movies sparking big TV spin-offs. A brief selection of milestones in its storied history: 1990 1993 1997 December 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2015 […]
If a young woman ever knocks on your door late at night and asks “Is Tamara home?”, then consider moving. All three home invasions in the world of “The Strangers” have begun this way, and none have ended well for whoever answered. It took a decade for the door to first knock again in the […]
Microsoft’s Activision has launched a new internal, standalone studio with one mission: creating a new narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise. Title Elsewhere Entertainment, the studio will be headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, with additional staff in the United States. Employees’ credits include work on “The Last of Us, “Uncharted,” “The Witcher,” “Cyberpunk,” “Destiny,” “Tom Clancy’s The […]
Barry Keoghan smiled from ear to ear as Andrea Arnold’s latest film, “Bird,” earned a seven-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere on Thursday. Festival favorite Arnold, who last graced Cannes with “American Honey” in 2016, basked in appreciation as the audience applauded the drama. “Thank you, this is really lovely but I […]
Although Apple is enjoying the fruits of the iPhone 15, Google is looking to reap the rewards of its own new smartphone — the Google Pixel 8a. The tech giant just released a new Android model, Pixel 8a, which is available at Amazon, Target and Best Buy — starting at $499. Meanwhile, you can get a $100 […]
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “Rivers of Dust,” Anna Muyleart’s “Geni and the Zeppelin” and “Pearl Motel,” fromJorge Furtado, feature among potential nine brand new projects announced at the Cannes Festival by Globo Filmes, the theatrical film co-production arm of Brazilian TV giant Globo. With Mendonça Filho deep in pre-production on political thriller “The Secret Agent,” co-produced […]
Mediawan Rights will rep international sales rights and has released a first teaser clip for “My Way,” a documentary about the iconic song that features a star-studded cast including Ol’ Blue Eyes himself and is narrated by Jane Fonda. The film premieres May 16 with a screening at the Cannes Film Festival’s Cinema de la […]
Andre Rebelo, better known as “Typical Gamer” to his millions of fans on “Fortnite” and YouTube, has launched gaming company JOGO, described as “super studio” that is set to investment more than $2 million into gaming development through Unreal Engine for “Fortnite.” Rebelo will serve as CEO of the company, guiding the company’s direction, alongside […]
RedBird IMI, the media and entertainment investment company headed by ex-CNN chief Jeff Zucker, announced the completion of its $1.45 billion takeover of All3Media, the U.K.’s largest independent TV production company. With the deal closed, Zucker, CEO of RedBird IMI, has become the chairman of the All3Media board. All3Media CEO Jane Turton and COO Sara […]
Kerry Washington and former Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger will co-chair the advisory council of Power the Polls, a non-partisan poll worker recruitment group. “Poll workers are frontline heroes of democracy. Their work helps to ensure that all Americans are able to cast our votes safely and securely,” Washington said in a statement. “By recruiting […]
HBO’s original documentary about the meteoric rise and devastating implosion of film subscription service MoviePass has unveiled its trailer. In the first look at director Muta’Ali’s “MoviePass, MovieCrash,” insiders tee up the untold story behind the company. “When they talk about MoviePass, you usually get a picture of [former CEOs] Mitch [Lowe] and Ted [Farnsworth]. […]
Things heat up between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in the first trailer for “It Ends With Us,” which is soundtracked by Taylor Swift’s “My Tears Ricochet.” The romance film is based on the best-selling novel written by Colleen Hoover. Lively stars as Lily, a small-town girl who moves to Boston to start her own […]
Andrea Scrosati, Fremantle’s group COO and CEO for continental Europe, is understandably proud that the company has landed five titles in the Cannes official selection, three of which – “Kinds of Kindness,” by Yorgos Lanthimos, Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope” and Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov” — are in competition. The other two are Rungano Nyoni’s “On […]
Lionsgate has released the trailer for the Alexandre Aja-directed horror film “Never Let Go,” starring Halle Berry. “Never Let Go” follows a mother (Berry) and her fraternal twin sons (Anthony B. Jenkins and Percy Daggs), who have protected themselves from a malicious spirit for years under their family’s protective bond. However, when one of the […]
TIFF is expanding its industry influence with the launch of an official content market, designed as a central hub for buying and selling screen-based projects, intellectual property, and immersive and innovative content across all platforms. TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey and chief programming officer Anita Lee made the announcement on Thursday in Cannes. “Whether you’re buying, […]
Women In Film (WIF), Los Angeles, is launching an India chapter, it was revealed at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. Guneet Monga Kapoor, Oscar-winning producer of “The Elephant Whisperers,” will lead WIF: India. The announcement was made at a Cannes event hosted by Film Paris Region and WIF. The initiative, part of the global […]
