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Lionsgate Reportedly Set to Make Dramatic Series about Manchester United

©Courtesy of Lionsagte and Manchester United  Lionsgate is reportedly partnering with the British soccer/football club Manchester United to develop a new television series dramatizing key moments in the team’s history. According to The Athletic, the proposed series would adopt the style of Netflix’s The Crown. That popular series, which ran for six seasons, chronicled the…

Netflix Documentary About Comedian Martin Short to Debut on May 12

Photo by Craig Blankenhorn/ HULU – © 2022 Hulu Marty, Life is Short, a documentary about Canadian-American comedian Martin Short, is scheduled to make its Netflix debut on May 12. To be directed by Lawrence Kasdan, the film will feature interviews with other comedians as well as never-before-seen archival footage. Short, who is now starring in…

Universal Taps Paul Feig to Direct New ‘Mamma Mia’ Film

©Courtesy of Universal Pictures  Some eight years after the release of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Paul Feig has been selected to direct the third installment in the Mamma Mia film series for Universal Pictures. Mona Fastvoid had reportedly been hoping to direct the new ABBA film after her recent work on The Testament…

“Kokuho” Dominates the 49th Japan Academy Award!

©GKIDS The winners of the 49th Japan Academy Award’s 15 main categories and the Newcomer Actor Award were announced on January 19. The winners were determined by votes from 4,152 members of the Japan Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for films released between Wednesday, January 1, 2025, and Wednesday, December 31, 2025, that…

“Sentimental Value” Won the European Film Awards

©Courtesy of European Film Academy This year, the European Film Awards (EFA) switched its December date to January to more closely align with an increasingly global awards season. Although these winners won’t affect the Oscar nominations, Academy voting ended on January 16, and the January 17 awards ceremony could have an effect on Oscar voters…

Jenna Ortega & Glen Powell Will Star in J.J. Abrams’ IMAX Version of ‘The Great Beyond’ in November

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures  Six years after J. J. Abrams directed Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Warner Bros. will release his next film, The Great Beyond, on November 13 of this year. As is typical of Abrams’s work, few details about the film are known other than the cast list, which includes Glen Powell,…

Kathleen Kennedy Steps Down as President of Lucasfilm

© 2015 – Lucasfilm After fourteen years, Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as the president of Lucasfilm. She will be replaced by Dave Filoni, its chief creative officer, and by Lynwen Brennan, the head of business affairs and operations for the studio. Filoni, 51, will serve as president and Brennan,58, will be the co-president. Early in…

Scott Cooper Will Direct Roswell UFO Thriller For 20th Century Studios

After teaming up on Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, filmmaker Scott Cooper and 20th Century Studios are reuniting for an untitled UFO feature. Their next high-profile movie will be based on the infamous reported UAPs (unidentified aerial phenomenon) in Roswell, New Mexico, Deadline is reporting. The filmmaker will write and direct the new sci-fi project….

Paramount Skydance Sues Warner Bros. Discovery in Takeover Strategy

©Courtesy of Paramount Skydance  Paramount Skydance has announced its intention to sue Warner Bros. Discovery as part of its takeover strategy. According to Variety, the suit, filed on Monday in Delaware Chancery Court, is designed to force WBD to disclose details of its $83 billion deal with Netflix. Meanwhile, Warner’s board just rejected Paramount’s latest…

Giuseppe Tornatore to Helm Bank of America Founder Biopic!

©Courtesy of “The Best Offer“, Warner Brothers Giuseppe Tornatore (“Cinema Paradiso,” “Ennio“), an Italian director who won the Oscar for his work on Cinema Paradiso, is scheduled to direct The First Dollar, a biopic about Bank of America founder Amedeo Peter Giannini, who helped develop Hollywood’s emerging film industry. Giannini was brought up in a…

Golden Globes 2026 Full Recap : Winner’s List

©Courtesy of The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Timothée Chalamet’s dedication of his “Marty Supreme” award to his parents and girlfriend Kylie Jenner and Jean Smart’s plea for kindness during the 2026 Golden Globe Awards were filled with emotion. Despite Chalamet winning “Marty Supreme“, which also marks his first Golden Globe, the Leonardo DiCaprio-led “One Battle…