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HBO Max And GKIDS Strike Exclusive Licensing Deal For 20 Adult Animated And Live Action Films

©Courtesy of HBO Max HBO Max and GKIDS announced today a continuation of their prolific partnership, solidifying HBO Max as the U.S. streaming destination for award-winning Japanese animated films for years to come. The streamer is already the exclusive home of the world-renowned Studio Ghibli catalog in the United States, distributed by GKIDS, and now…

Mohammad Rasoulof, Exiled Iranian Filmmaker, Contemplates Returning Home to Make New Film

Mohammad Rasoulof, the dissident Iranian filmmaker who wrote and directed There Is No Evil and The Seed of the Sacred Fig, is considering returning to his homeland, which he fled last year to avoid an eight-year prison sentence. On Monday of this week, the City of Locarno presented him with the first Locarno City of…

NYFF63 Spotlight Gala Announced!

Springsteen Deliver Me from Nowhere. Courtesy of 20th Century Studios. Film at Lincoln Center announces the premiere of Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere“ as the Spotlight Gala selection of the 63rd New York Film Festival. At the premiere presentation on Sunday, September 28, Cooper and cast members Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, and Odessa Young will…

Writers Guild Expels Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar for Strikebreaking

© 2013 – Fox Searchlight The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has expelled two of its members, filmmaker Park Chan-wook and writer Don McKellar for violating its protocols during the writer’s strike in 2023. The WGA had already disciplined seven other writers for alleged violations, three of whom were unidentified until yesterday. Park Chan-wook and Don…

New Line Taps Ben Zazove and Evan Turner for ‘Space Invaders’ Movie Adaptation

©Courtesy of Taito  Screenwriters Ben Zazove and Evan Turner are being tapped by New Line to create a Space Invaders movie based on the Taito arcade game that was released in 1979. Created by Tomohiro Nishikado, Space invaders became one of the most iconic games that depicted Earth being attacked by alien invaders. The success…

Dave Bautista in Talks to Star in Amazon’s Remake of ‘Highlander’

©Courtesy of “Heist”  Dave Bautista is reportedly in final talks with Amazon MGM United Artists to play the villain known as The Kurgen in Highlander, a remake of the cult classic that thrilled audiences in the 1980s. Also appearing in the upcoming film will be Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe,with Cavill playing the role of…

Michael Bay No Longer Directing Will Smith in Netflix’s Action Film ‘Fast and Loose’

© Courtesy of Alamy Michael Bay has stepped down from his directorial duties for the action film, Fast and Loose, Deadline is reporting. Netflix is now looking for a new helmer for the movie. The decision comes after the Transformers filmmaker and the upcoming feature’s star, Will Smith, were unable to overcome their creative differences. The…

WWE Strikes $1.6B Deal with ESPN

A $1.6 billion deal between ESPN and World Wrestling Entertainment was announced on Wednesday August 6. According to the arrangement, WWE will produce a variety of premium events from ESPN, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank. The new exclusive direct-to-consumer streaming service will begin operating in 2026. The service…

Warner Bros., Worried About Budgets, May Cast DiCaprio in ‘Heat 2’

With Heat 2 reportedly straining its budget at Warner Bros, Leonardo DiCaprio is talking with the studio about starring in the sequel to the blockbuster 1995 crime drama that starred Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. The original film was directed by Michael Mann and is considered a masterpiece in its genre. In the works…

Stephen Colbert To Appear as Fictional Talk-Show Host in CBS’s ‘Elsbeth’

©Courtesy of The Colbert Report Although Stephen Colbert will be exiting as host of CBS’s The Late Show, he will be appearing in an episode on the third season of Elsbeth, a comedy-drama series also on CBS. Colbert had revealed in July that CBS had decided not only to dismiss him but to end The…

Films Across The Festival Circuit That Question The Anthropocene

Human dominion on Earth is epitomised by the Anthropocene. Our species has become the main cause of all the phenomena that have warped the balance of organisms, land, water, and the atmosphere. If the dark side of mankind has channeled its rationale to exploit the resources of the Earth, the bright side has encouraged the…