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Rome Toasts Lily Gladstone and Martin Scorsese
The great Martin Scorsese returned to the Eternal City, accompanied by the star of the moment, Lily Gladstone, as the guests of honor of a gala dinner at the Hotel Hassler by the Spanish steps Wednesday night. The event, honoring Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and hosted by co-chief of Leone Film Group, Raffaella […]
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‘Game of Thrones’ Creators Making Netflix Series Starring Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon
Emmy-winning Succession star Matthew Macfadyen has picked his next big TV project. Macfadyen has been cast alongside Michael Shannon (Man of Steel) in a new Netflix drama series from Game of Thrones producers David Benioff, Dan Weiss and Bernie Caulfield. The series is titled Death by Lightning, a dramatic retelling the rise of U.S. President […]
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How the Hollywood Strikes Hit U.K. Film, TV Production Spend in 2023
The film and TV production boom in the U.K. came to a grinding halt in 2023 amid the Hollywood writers and actors strikes. According to the British Film Institute, the total spend on film and high-end TV production last year reached £4.23 billion ($5.37 billion) from 394 productions, down 35 percent from £6.27 billion ($7.72 […]
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‘Squid Game’ Season 2 First Look Revealed by Netflix
Netflix is giving a first look at Squid Game season two with new photos and a bit of footage. There are several intriguing and colorful photos from the new season, mainly centered on protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), but also featuring the Recruiter (Gong Yoo) and a new character played by Park Gyu-young. There’s also […]
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Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Nick Mohammed Set for Amazon Film ‘Deep Cover’
Amazon has ordered Deep Cover, a U.K. original action comedy movie starring Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings), Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso), Ian McShane (John Wick), Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon) and Sonoya Mizuno (Maniac, House of the Dragon). The Prime Video film […]
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Lionel Messi Meets ‘Ted Lasso’s’ Jason Sudeikis In Michelob Ultra Super Bowl Ad
In a Super Bowl spot that brings together the two biggest football stars in Miami history (and the star of the biggest “football” show on streaming), Michelob Ultra is betting that it will stand out in a crowded commercial, er, pitch. The Anheuser-Busch brand has tapped Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi, Miami Dolphins legend Dan […]
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Berlinale Unveils International Jury
Berlin has unveiled the international jury for the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, which runs Feb. 15-25. The 2024 jury will include U.S. director Brady Corbet (Vox Lux), Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui (Summer Snow), Berlinale regular Christian Petzold (Afire, Undine), Spanish director Albert Serra (Pacification), Italian actress Jasmine Trinca (The Son’s Room) and the […]
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Berlinale Calls for Iran to Allow Directors to Attend Festival
The Berlin Film Festival has called on Iran to allow directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha to leave the country to attend the world premiere of their new film My Favorite Cake, which has been selected to screen in competition at the 74th Berlinale. In a statement Thursday, the festival said that they have learned […]
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Tom Tykwer’s ‘The Light’: First Look Image Revealed
Tom Tykwer’s return to the big screen is getting closer. After seven years working in television, co-creating and co-directing, with Henk Handlogten and Achim von Borries, four seasons of acclaimed period drama Babylon Berlin, the German director of Run Lola Run, The International and Cloud Atlas will mark his movie comeback with the contemporary German-language […]
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‘Madu’ Trailer From Disney+ Teases Story of Viral Nigerian Ballet Student
Nigerian teenager Anthony Madu first went viral in 2020 for a video of himself dancing in the rain. Now, a new documentary from Disney+ will tell the story of his ballet training since then. In the film’s trailer, released Wednesday, Madu leaves his home in Lagos to study at Elmhurst Ballet School in England. “It’s […]
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Netflix Launches Docs on a Deaf DJ, Black People Tackling Fear of Swimming via U.K. Documentary Talent Fund
From a documentary about a deaf DJ created by a mostly deaf crew and a film exploring the fact that 87 percent of Black people in the U.K. can’t swim to a doc about sperm donors, Netflix has launched five short documentaries created by the recipients of funding and professional support in the second year […]
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Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘Poor Things,’ His Friendship With Emma Stone, Unleashing Mark Ruffalo and Why He Doesn’t Like Labels
His friendship with Emma Stone, unleashing new sides of Mark Ruffalo and Colin Farrell, his next film and the limitations of language. Those were just some of the topics that Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos discussed during an onstage interview organized by the British Film Institute (BFI) in London on Wednesday evening. “I don’t really […]
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