The California Film Commission, which administers the tax credits program, has revealed that half of the 46 projects currently in the California film incentives program have submitted “force majeure” requests seeking waivers to extend their mandated start-date requirements due to the ongoing Writers Guild strike. The number of approved film and TV projects seeking force
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amFAR, an organization dedicated to funding AIDS research since 1985, held its annual Cannes Gala at the Hotel du Cap. The event has been held for the past 29 years, tied to the end dates of the Cannes Film Festival each May. The gala was hosted by Queen Latifah and attended by a tony crowd
Paramount Pictures has won a lawsuit against Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, the stars of the Franco Zeffirelli Oscar-nominated 1968 adaptation of Romeo & Juliet. The lawsuit, which sought $100 million in damages, alleged sexual abuse and negligence by the filmmakers. Hussey and Whiting were 15 and 16 years old when the film was shot
French director Jean-Bernard Marlin made a name for himself with his Marseille-set debut film, Shéhérazade, which took Cannes Critics’ Week by storm in 2018. His second film, Salem, premiering in Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year, also captures the gritty reality of Marseille’s poverty-stricken neighbourhoods but with a twist. Marlin has added a layer
France TV Distribution has commenced sales on Belle, a new crime thriller from French director Benoît Jacquot. The film stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and Guillaume Canet, and is based on a novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. The story follows a couple living a peaceful life in a small town, whose existence is shaken when the
Actor Michael J. Fox recently appeared on ABC’s talk show The View, where he expressed his regret for not working with co-host Whoopi Goldberg on the 1990 romantic fantasy film Ghost. During the interview, Goldberg asked Fox if he had any regrets about turning down roles in the past, to which Fox responded with his
Paramount’s Republic Pictures label has acquired the North American rights to the dystopian drama-thriller, The End We Start From. The film stars Jodie Comer, winner of BAFTA and Emmy awards, and is directed by Mahalia Belo. The film is based on the novel by Megan Hunter and adapted to screen by Alice Birch. The movie
On Saturday, Todd Haynes premiered his latest film, May December, at the Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in a complex melodrama that tells the story of two women at different stages of their lives. The screening received an eight-minute standing ovation from the audience inside the Grand Theatre Lumière.
Altitude has launched a new genre film, Please Don’t Feed the Children, at the Cannes Market. The movie is directed by Destry Allyn Spielberg, and the cast includes Zoe Colletti, Regan Aliyah, and Andrew Liner, alongside Michelle Dockery. The movie follows a group of orphans who head south in search of a new life after
A number of veteran writers joined the picket line outside the Fox lot in Century City recently to support the WGA strike. David E. Kelley, who has won 11 Emmys and received 30 nominations, is a veteran of multiple WGA strikes going back to 1988. Kelley, who has worked on popular shows such as Big