French director Catherine Corsini and her producer Elisabeth Perez have published an open letter denying allegations of wrongdoing on the set of their upcoming film, Le Retour. Reports have emerged of a lack of safeguarding for minors on set, as well as mistreatment of crew members and young actors during the film’s shoot in Corsica
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The Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has released the official trailer for his latest short film, “Strange Way of Life”, starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke. Shot in southern Spain, it is Almodóvar’s second English-language film after “The Human Voice”, which starred Tilda Swinton in 2020. Premiere at Cannes Film Festival The short film will debut
Warner Bros. has unveiled its highly-anticipated DC multiverse movie, The Flash, at CinemaCon Las Vegas, and it has already received rave reviews. The movie brings together Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton’s Batmans, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, Michael Shannon’s General Zod, and Sasha Calle’s new Supergirl. Despite being delayed due to the pandemic, the film is
Disney is laying off 4,000 staffers across the company, as part of a cost-cutting measure aimed at achieving $5.5bn in savings. On the feature side, the majority of those laid off were mid-level and coordinator staffers. The departments affected include Searchlight, general Disney marketing, PR, distribution, legal, and the 20th and Disney story departments. Although
Warner Bros has released an extended trailer for the upcoming film ‘Wonka’, directed by Paul King and set for release in Christmas 2023. The movie stars Timothée Chalamet as the titular character, a candymeister who travels the world perfecting his craft and is hoping to open a chocolate shop. The story is set in a
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) may go on strike if they don’t receive fair pay and protections for their work, according to Raphael Bob-Waksberg, a WGA West board member and creator of the show BoJack Horseman. The WGA is in the final week of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
Yellow Veil Pictures and Drafthouse Films have collaborated to acquire the North American rights to Once Upon A Time Uganda, a documentary by Cathryne Czubek. The film follows the unlikely friendship between Isaac Nabwana, a filmmaker known as Uganda’s Quentin Tarantino, and American film programmer Alan Hofmanis, who travels to Uganda to collaborate on Nabwana’s
Activist Artists Management has recently announced that they have signed Human Rights Watch (HRW) to create fresh scripted and unscripted storytelling opportunities across film and television. Activist’s Bernie Cahill and Jon Kanak will represent HRW, as well as its 40+ years of human rights research and advocacy, to help the organization extend its reach. HRW
At CinemaCon, Denzel Washington expressed his gratitude to exhibition executives for their contribution to the film industry. During Sony’s presentation, Washington received a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by director Antoine Fuqua. He thanked the audience from the bottom of his heart, stating that they are the reason for the success of the film industry. Washington,
Russell Crowe has spoken out about his involvement in the 2000 film Gladiator, revealing that he almost walked away from the Ridley Scott-directed movie due to the poor script. Despite being confident in his abilities as a leading man, Crowe was apprehensive about the world around him in the film. Crowe’s Frustrations with the Script