As the SAG-AFTRA strike drags on, Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise has been lobbying on behalf of the unions, says The Hollywood Reporter.Cruise has been particularly piqued by the issue of whether the studios should be permitted to use artificial intelligence (AI) in future productions. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) wants…
For the first time since 1960, the Screen Actors Guild has declared itself in solidarity with the screenwriters who have been on strike against Hollywood studios since May. The twin walkouts have crippled production of most film and television projects and show no signs of early resolution. Principals on both sides of the picket line…
@Girls, Full Disclosure According to Comingsoon.net, Lena Dunham is planning to write and direct Too Much for Netflix, a romantic comedy about “an American woman in London.” Few other details are known about the project. Dunham had come to wide public attention back in 2012 with the premiere of the HBO smash hit Girls. The…
How Do You Live?, the final work by iconic Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, had its much-anticipated premiere in Tokyo this week. The film will be titled The Boy and the Heron when it is released in U.S. theaters later this year, according to Gkids, the distributor that has acquired North American theatrical distribution rights. The…
One of Hollywood’s most prestigious talent agencies may soon be sporting a beret. According to Bloomberg News, the CAA group is seriously considering selling a majority stake to François-Henri Pinault, a principal in the Kering fashion and luxury empire. CAA, which was founded in 1975 by a group of William Morris agents, represents many thousands of…
Variety has reported that Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the North American rights to Once Within a Time, a film by the experimental auteur Godfrey Reggio, his first new offering in a decade. According to the paper’s exclusive report, the film is being co-directed by Jon Kane, with original music by Philip Glass and with additional…
More details are emerging about Travis Scott’s collaboration with Harmony Korine on a new film project, which so far has been shrouded in mystery. In 2021, the rapper made a deal with A24 for a film that was said to align with his new Utopia album, but few details have emerged until this week, when…
The financial struggles of a British cinema group are raising concerns about the future of the traditional movie-theater model in the new streaming world. Six theaters in the Empire chain were shuttered on Friday, with eight more that seem to be imperiled. The six were located in smaller towns throughout England, including Bishop’s Stortford, Catterick…
Diablo Cody has revealed details about the creative differences with Sony that led to the scrapping of her “Barbie” script. In an interview with GQ magazine, the Oscar-winning screenwriter claims that the world was not ready for a feminist-themed character, noting that she “shit the bed” because the studios wanted an “anti-Barbie” character. “When I was…
After repeatedly expressing his disillusionment with filmmaking, Xavier Dolan suggests he’s finally folding up his director’s chair. The 34-year-old Québécois writer-director recently told a Spanish media outlet, El Pais that he no longer feels like “committing two years to a project that barely anyone sees. I put too much passion into it to have these…
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