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Macon Blair’s Reboot of ‘The Toxic Avenger’ To Debut in September at Fantastic Fest

@The Toxic Avenger Nearly forty years after the release of The Toxic Avenger, a reboot is scheduled to premiere at Austin’s Fantastic Fest on September 21. Macon Blair will direct the new version, which stars Peter Dinklage in the role of a much-bullied nerdyf janitor who acquires superhero powers after accidentally falling into a vat…

Film at Lincoln Center Announces NYFF61 Spotlight Selections : Hayao Miyazaki, Neo Sora and Trân Anh Hùng’s Films and More

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCESSPOTLIGHT FOR THE 61st NEW YORK FILM FESTIVALWorld premieres areNathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s The CurseGarth Davis’s Foe starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal Spotlight Gala presentation of Bradley Cooper’s Maestro in its North American premiere, featuring Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos sound at David Geffen HallU.S. premiere of The Boy and the…

The Blind Side Subject Michael Oher Claims Oscar-Winning Film Was Based on a Lie

Michael Oher, the former NFL player whose struggles as a teenager were chronicled in the 2009 sports drama The Blind Side, is claiming the feature’s story is based on a lie. He made the allegations in court documents he filed yesterday, the Washington Post is reporting. The former football star further stated that the Tennessee…

Film at Lincoln Center Announces Bradley Cooper’s Maestro as NYFF61 Spotlight Gala

Film at Lincoln Center announces Bradley Cooper’s Maestro as the Spotlight Gala of the 61st New York Film Festival at David Geffen Hall on October 2. Making its North American premiere, Maestro joins the previously announced Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night films in the NYFF slate of gala presentations. In his directorial follow-up to…

Saudis Relax Restrictions on Movie Industry, Attracting Filmgoers from Region

@Photo by Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures/Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures – © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Barbie may be a blockbuster in the West, but not so in the Middle East, where local censorship restrictions have made the film cinema non grata in several countries. Over the years, thousands of film lovers in…

‘Fast & Furious’ Actor Tyrese Gibson Sues The Home Depot for $1 Million, Alleging Discrimination

Actor Tyrese Gibson has filed a $1 million lawsuit against The Home Depot, accusing the home-improvement retailer of racial and ethnic bias in an incident that happened in February, according to Insider.com. The lawsuit was filed in California Superior Court in Los Angeles on August 9. It accuses the store of practicing “outrageous discriminatory mistreatment…

FLC Unveils 61st New York Film Festival Poster by Jim Jarmusch, Image of Japanese Star Yûzô Kayama

Film at Lincoln Center unveils the 61st New York Film Festival poster by iconic filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, director of seven NYFF selections including NYFF24 Opening Night film “Down by Law.” NYFF posters are a yearly artistic signature of the film festival, and Jarmuschjoins a stellar lineup of renowned artists who have contributed their work to…

Gal Gadot Details Her Epic Production of ‘Cleopatra’

Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot still has Cleopatra in her sights, even though the producers seem to be taking their time in bringing the picture to the screen. After all, it’s been a solid sixty years since the last epic production of Cleopatra—the iconic 1963 film that starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. But Gadot…

Sideshow and Janus to Distribute Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’

@Evil Does Not Exist Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired the North American distribution rights to Evil Does Not Exist, a new feature by Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi.Hamaguchi’s Oscar-winning 2021 film Drive My Car had also been a Sideshow/Janus property. In announcing the deal, the two distributors said in a joint statement: “Hamaguchi is a…

Emmy Awards Postponed to January 24 Due to SAG-AFTRA Strike

The Hollywood writers’ and screen actors’ strike continues to wreak havoc. Today it was announced that the 75th Emmy Awards ceremony—originally scheduled to air on September 18—has been postponed until January 15, 2024. Also, the date for the Creative Arts Emmys have been moved from September 9 and 10 to January 6 and 7. That…

Sixto Rodriguez, Singer and Subject of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Documentary, Dies at 81

Acclaimed folk rock singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez died on Tuesday in Detroit at the age of 81. The death of the musician, who was most remembered in recent years for being the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, was first announced on the Sugarman.org website. The following statement, which did not indicate a cause…