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Robert Eggers to Direct ‘A Christmas Carol’ for Warner Bros.

©Courtesy of Nosferatu Robert Eggers will be writing and directing a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’s timeless classic, A Christmas Carol. The movie is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 25, 2026. According to an exclusive report in Deadline, Eggers will be producing the project with Chris and Eleanor Columbus of…

Pietro Valsecchi Developing Biopic on Luciano Pavarotti

©Courtesy of The Best of Luciano Pavalotti, The Millennium Collection A biopic about the late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti is being developed by Pietro Valsecchi, the renowned producer known for the 2016 comedy film Quo Vado, which became Italy’s all-time blockbuster. Valsecchi said he will soon be announcing an actor to play the lead, as…

DUAF(Downtown Urban Arts Festival) NYC : “Letter” / Playwright Momo Akashi, Director Saki Kawamura, Performer Viet Vo

Photo credit “Campaign design by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez (@MrEdgardoNYC)” for 2025 DUAF All Playwrights and 2025 DUAF MomoAkashi.  Title: Letter  https://www.duafnyc.com/schedule-tickets Date: Wednesday, June 25 at 8PM Location: Theatre Row 410W42th Street, New York, NY Price: $32.50 (inc. service charge)  Content warning: Sexual Assault Running time: Around 30 minutes Synopsis: On the way from Tokyo to…

Jonathan Daviss to Star as Snoop Dogg in Universal’s Biopic

Courtesy of Netflix  Jonathan Daviss, the star of ‘Outer Banks‘, will be playing the role of Snoop Dogg in Universal’s upcoming biopic about the legendary rap star. Snoop Dogg himself will be producing the film, which is described by Universal as the “definitive biopic about the entertainment mogul and icon. In addition to his role…

Warner Bros. Discovery To Split Into Two Companies In 2026

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Discovery Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that it will be splitting into two public companies next year, separating its cable operations from its streaming services. The new companies will be known as Streaming & Studios and Global Linear Networks when the restructuring is completed in the middle of 2026. In announcing…

Neon To Release Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ on November 7

©Courtesy of Neon  Just in time for consideration for nest year’s Oscars, Neon plans to release Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value on November 7, a date that signals the studio’s strategy of creating “long-lead word of mouth” for the film. Sentimental Value won a Grand Jury Prize (second place) at the recent Cannes International Film Festival. Two…

Bidding Underway for ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reboot

©Courtesy of Dark Sky Films  Taylor Sheridan, Osgood Perkins, and Jordan Peele are reportedly among the frontrunners in the competition to earn the rights to make a reboot of the classic 1974 low-budget thriller, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The original Massacre, which featured the iconic villain known as Leatherface, had been directed by Tobe Hooper…

Blumhouse Reportedly In Talks to Acquire ‘Saw’ Horror Franchise

©Courtesy of Lionsgate  Blumhouse is reportedly in the final stages of cutting a deal that would allow it to acquire the rights to the billion-dollar Saw horror franchise from Twisted Pictures. Negotiations have been ongoing since 2023, but for a time were in limbo due to disagreements over the bottom line. Sources say that the…

Luca Guadagnino to Direct Amazon MGM’s OpenAI Movie ‘Artificial’

Photo by Niko Tavernise / Metro Goldwyn M/Niko Tavernise / Metro Goldwyn – © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. Luca Guadagnino, the writer-director behind such acclaimed movies as last year’s Queer and Challengers, has potentially found his next project. The filmmaker is in talks to helm Artificial for Amazon MGM Studios, Deadline is reporting….

Crunchyroll Sets One-Day-Only Theatrical Release // given The Double Album: Hiiragi mix & To the Sea

©Courtesy of Crunchyroll Crunchyroll will bring given The Double Album: Hiiragi mix & To the Sea to theatres in the United States for one-day-only on June 16. The double feature of the series’ anime films is comprised of given The Movie: Hiiragi Mix (the second film of the series) and given The Movie: To the Sea (the third film of the series). given The Movie:…

James Cameron Will Co-Write Film Adaptation of Joe Abercrombie’s ‘The Devils’

©James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction Canadian-born filmmaker James Cameron has confirmed that his Lightstorm company will be producing a film adaptation of Joe Abercrombie’s best-selling novel The Devils, with the duo poised to co-write the script. But the project will have to wait until Cameron has completed his work on Avatar: Fire and Ash….