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Tribeca Festival Announces 2024 Competition Winners

TRIBECA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2024 COMPETITION WINNERS   “Griffin in Summer,” “Bikechess,” “Hacking Hate” Take Top Honors  in U.S. Narrative, International Narrative, and Documentary Competitions “Don’t You Let Me Go” Receives the 12th Annual Nora Ephron Award “Come Closer” and “Witches” Top Inaugural Viewpoints Competition NEW YORK – (June 13, 2024) —  The 23rd annual Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX,…

Henry Selick to Direct ‘The Ocean at the End of the Line’ Based on Gaiman Novel

© Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Filmmaker Henry Selick has revealed that his next project will be a stop-motion animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s 2013 novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane. According to Variety, Selick believes Gaiman’s novel to be the author’s crowning achievement, and has said that the film would be…

Sony Pictures Acquires Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Sony Pictures Entertainment has bought the renowned theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, according to their statement Wednesday, the deal also encompasses the Fantastic Fest Film Festival. Alamo Drafthouse was founded by Tim and Karrie League in 1997 as a single-screen theater in Austin, and it has grown to 35 locations in North America and became…

Dream Slate Pictures Plans Biopic About Indian Female Officer Kiran Bedi

©Courtesy of Kiran Bedi, Britannica Dream Slate Pictures in India is planning to make a biopic about Kiran Bedi, a prominent woman police officer and politician. Titled Bedi: The Name You Know. The Story You Don’t. the film will take a comprehensive look at the life of its 73-year-old subject, “revealing the untold incidents, personal…

Akira Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI, Restored in 4K for the First Time | Opens July 5 at Film Forum

©Courtesy of Toho Studios “THE FINEST JAPANESE FILM EVER MADE.” — Donald Richie TOSHIRŌ MIFUNE STARS IN AKIRA KUROSAWA’S  SEVEN SAMURAI U.S. PREMIERE OF 70th ANNIVERSARY RESTORATION RESTORED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN 4K JULY 5 – 18 AT FILM FORUM ©Courtesy of Toho Studios A new 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s epic masterpiece, SEVEN SAMURAI…

“Evangelion” Animation Production, Gainax Animation Files for Bankruptcy

©Courtesy of Gainax After 40 years in business, Gainax, the iconic Japanese animation studio, filed for bankruptcy in Tokyo on May 29. Originally known as Daicon Film, the studio is best known for its Neon Genesis Evangelion series, launched in the mid-1990s, which earned its producers more than $2 billion in global revenues. The history…

Rian Johnson Unveils First Look Photo For ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’

Benoit Blanc returns in his most dangerous case yet. Production has begun in London on Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the third film featuring the celebrated, Southern-fried detective created by writer/director Rian Johnson and played by Daniel Craig. The new installment is produced by Johnson and producer Ram Bergman’s production company T-Street. Aaaaand we’re off!…

Andrew Stanton to Direct ‘Toy Story 5’

©Courtesy of Disney Andrew Stanton has been tapped to direct the upcoming Toy Story 5, according to a statement by Pixar’s chief creative officer Pete Docter. Stanton is a veteran creative with Pixar, having directed Finding Nemo and WALL-E for the studio, both of which won Oscars for Best Animated Feature. He also wrote the…

Kristen Stewart to Portray Astronaut Sally Ride in TV Series ‘The Challenger’

©Seberg, courtesy of Amazon Studios Kristen Stewart will play astronaut and physicist Sally Ride in The Challenger, an upcoming TV series about the space race of the 1970s. Ride was the first woman and the first member of the LGBTQ+ community to be launched into space at a time when astronauts were typically heterosexual white…

Tokyo Vice Cancelled At Max After Two Seasons

It’s really sad to hear the news that a wonderful drama Series, Tokyo Vice, has come to a conclusion.  At a panel at the PGA’s Produced By Conference in Los Angeles on Saturday, the producers confirmed that the show will be ending its existence on Warner Bros. Discovery platform. The series, which was initially developed…

“Train to Busan” Director Yeon Sang-ho to Direct His First English-Language Film, “35th Street”

© 2019 CJ ENM Corporation All right reserved. Yeon Sang-ho, the prolific Korean director acclaimed for Train to Busan (2016), is poised to make his first English-language film for TriStar Pictures. Titled 35th Street, the movie will also be in the action/horror genre. Yeon will be directing the film and co-writing it with Ryu Yong-jae. No…