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BuzzFeed News To Shutter Operations, Says CEO Jonah Peretti

BuzzFeed News is biting the dust after a decade of operation, during which time the acclaimed digital news website captured a Pulitzer Prize for its reportage on Muslim deportations in China. News of the platform’s demise was announced on Thursday by BuzzFeed chief executive Jonah Peretti, who told staffers: “While layoffs are occurring across nearly…

Disney and Pixar’s “ELEMENTAL” Selected as Closing Film For Cannes Film Festival

PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS RETURNS TO CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WITH ALL-NEW FEATURE FILM “ELEMENTAL”  Pixar’s 27th Animated Feature Selected as Closing Film of the 76th Edition of the Festival;  World-Premiere Screening to Take Place on May 27 Pixar Animation Studios returns to the globally revered Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of its all-new feature film “Elemental”…

Lionsgate Reportedly Developing Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight Saga’ Into a TV Series

Twilight, the acclaimed vampire romance saga, will soon be dawning on your TV screens, thanks to Lionsgate Television, which is developing Stephenie Meyer’s five-part book series known as The Twilight Saga. The news was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter and confirmed by other sources. According to press reports, Sinead Daly will be writing the…

Jonathan Majors Parts Ways with Manager Entertainment 360 After Facing Domestic Violence Allegation

@Jonathan Majors Jonathan Majors has been dropped by his longtime talent manager, Entertainment 360. The company’s decision comes three weeks after the Magazine Dreams star was arrested on domestic violence charges in New York City, Deadline is reporting. Entertainment 360’s decision to part ways with the Creed III and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania actor…

Writers Guild Votes Overwhelmingly To Strike If No Contract Is Reached

Hollywood studios are bracing for a potential work stoppage by screenwriters affiliated with the Writers Guild of America (WGA). On Monday, an overwhelming number of its members—98% vs. 2%-=voted to strike if a new contract agreement was not reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The current three-year contract expires on…

Disney Casts Kahiau Machado as Nani’s Love Interest David in ‘Lilo & Stitch’s Live-Action Adaptation

@Stitch and David Kawena in ‘Lilo & Stitch’ (2002) Disney has cast up-and-coming actor Kahiau Machado in the anticipated live-action remake of its acclaimed animated sci-fi comedy-drama, Lilo & Stitch. The newcomer is set to play David Kawena, Nani’s love interest and Lilo’s friend, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting. Jason Scott Lee voiced David in…

Ashley Avis to Direct Remake of ‘Wings of Desire’

Ashley Avis, the horse-loving filmmaker who made Black Beauty, is champing at the bit to write and direct a remake of City of Angels, the 1998 film that was itself inspired by Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders. Warner Bros, Atlas Entertainment, and Perez Pictures are behind the project, according to Deadline, which broke the…

Amazon Looking to Revive Such Classic MGM Titles as ‘Robocop,’ ‘Stargate’ and ‘Legally Blonde’

Amazon Studios is sifting through MGM’s extensive 100-year library to identity the material it would like to revive as new film and television projects. Since the producer/distributor acquired the historic Hollywood studio for $8.5 billion in March 2022, Amazon has chosen the initial titles from MGM’s library for film and/or television development, Deadline is reporting….

Glen Powell to Join Daisy Edgar-Jones in New ‘Twisters’ Chapter

This year’s tornado season has been unusually active—on the screen as well as in real life. Following recent reports that Daisy Edgar-Jones would be starring in Twisters, now rumors are whirling about that Glen Powell will be joining the storm-chaser cast. The upcoming Twisters—note the plural—is described by Universal and Amblin as a “new chapter”…

Mia Goth to Make MCU Debut in ‘Blade’ Alongside Mahershala Ali

Mia Goth is set to make her Marvel Cinematic Universe acting debut in the upcoming reboot of the Blade film franchise. The Independent Spirit Award-nominated actress will star alongside two-time Oscar-winning actor, Mahershala Ali, Deadline is reporting. Yann Demange, the director known for Lovecraft Country, is set to helm the upcoming movie. Marvel Studios President…

‘The Conjuring’ Television Series Being Developed at HBO Max

The horror of The Conjuring universe is expanding to television, as Warner Bros. Discovery is developing a drama series based on the iconic film franchise. The show will debut on the media/entertainment company’s streaming service Max, the soon-to-be-rebranded version of HBO Max, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The producer of the acclaimed movie series, Peter…