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Golden Globe 2023 Full Winners List!

The 80th Golden Globes Awards were presented Tuesday in Los Angeles, after a night full of weirdness and some genuine surprises. Steven Spielberg’s “The Fablemans” and Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” took the best film honors among others, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” nabbed multiple awards. Other winners included some expected honors like “Guillermo…

Jason Ning Developing ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ Series Adaptation After Signing Overall Deal with Sony Pictures Television

Writer-producer Jason Ning is reuniting with Sony Pictures Television, as he has signed a new overall deal with the studio. One of his first projects he’s currently developing with the company is a television series adaptation of director Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning 2000 wuxia film, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Deadline is reporting. The movie version of “Crouching…

Coppola Shoots Down “Megalopolis” in Peril Report

Is Megalopolis fizzling into a Megaflopolis? That’s the buzz out of Hollywood around Francis Ford Coppola’s titanic new project, a science-fiction epic that seems ready to crash and burn like a flying zeppelin. According to Hollywood Reporter, the film is halfway shot in Atlanta—the city that General Sherman once torched—it’s already lost key members of…

Rooney Mara Nearly Quit Acting After Filming “A Nightmare On Elm Street”

Does life imitate art? That seems to have been the case with actress Rooney Mara, who apparently had a nightmare of her own while filming the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street back in 2010. In that film, she played the leading role of Nancy Holder. Though she revealed few details about the incident, Mara…

Maisie Williams and Kaitlyn Dever Auditioned for the Role of Ellie in The Last of Us Movie

Before the acclaimed 2013 video game, The Last of Us, entered development to be adapted into a television series for HBO, there were plans for the franchise to appear on the big screen. During the film’s early stage of planning, several high-profile actresses auditioned to play the game’s lead female role of Ellie, according to…

Karen Cooper, Longtime Director of Film Forum to Step Down after 50 Years

Karen Cooper, left, will step down as director of Film Forum in June. Succeeding her will be Sonya Chung, right.Credit…Left: Henny Garfunkel. Right: Robin Holland. After exactly half a century (1972-2022) as Director of Film Forum, the nonprofit cinema in Lower Manhattan, Karen Cooper will step down from the position and will be succeeded by…

50 Cent and Eminem are Developing an ‘8 Mile’ Television Series Adaptation

50 Cent is working on adapting the Oscar-winning musical film, 8 Mile, into a television series. While making an appearance on Big Boy TV, the Power producer shared the news that he’s collaborating with Eminem to turn the latter’s semi-autobiographical 2002 movie into a small screen show. “I’m gonna bring his 8 Mile to television. We’re…

‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist’ Cinematographer Owen Roizman Dies at 86

Owen Roizman, 86, the noted cinematographer. has died following a long illness, according American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), of which Roizman served as president from 1997 to 1998. Roizman received five Oscar nominations, for The French Connection, The Exorcist, Network, Tootsie, and Wyatt Earp. In 2017, he received an honorary Academy Award for his lifelong…

James Cameron Hopes to Revive the Alita: Battle Angel Franchise as a Possible Streaming Series

As Avatar: The Way of Water continues to break records at the global box office, James Cameron also hopes to return to the world of another one of his cult movies: Alita: Battle Angel. While appearing on Kim Master’s The Business podcast [via KCRW], the filmmaker revealed that he would like to create a sequel…

William Friedkin to Direct New ‘Caine Mutiny’ Film After Decade-Long Hiatus

After a decade-long hiatus in directing narrative films, 87-year-old William Friedkin will be helming a new updated film version of Herman Wouk’s 1951 novel The Caine Mutiny. To be titled The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the film is being made for Paramount Global Content Distribution and Showtime. It will be Friedkin’s first narrative film since Killer…

Paul Mescal Reportedly To Play Lead in New ‘Gladiator’ Sequel

Irish actor Paul Mescal is reportedly in talks to play the leading role in Ridley Scott’s sequel of Gladiator, the epic 2000 film that won five Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture. The original production also earned more than $460 million at the box office worldwide. With a script written by David Scarpa, the…