@tetris Author Dan Ackerman is suing Apple and several other parties for $4.8 million in damages, claiming the new “Tetris” film plagiarized from his 2016 book The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World.The film premiered at SXSW this year and had a theatrical and streaming release in March. It stars Taron Egerton in…
Amiko © AMIKO Film Partners Japan Society announces “Amiko“ directed by Yusuke Morii as the winner of the third Obayashi Prize at JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film. The film is selected from titles within Next Generation—the festival’s sole competitive section introduced in 2020 dedicated to independently produced narrative feature films from emerging filmmakers…
Lionsgate is poised to pass go on a film based on the Monopoly board game, now that the production studio is acquiring Hasbro’s eOne business interests. Hasbro has long been the owner of the iconic Depression-era game that was originally manufactured by Parker Bros, which based it on a game invented by Lizzie Magie in…
William Friedkin, who directed such iconic 1970s films as The French Connection and The Exorcist, has died in Los Angeles of heart failure and pneumonia. He was 87. Friedkin was part of a new generation of directors who came to prominence in the Seventies, a list that included Hal Ashby, Peter Bogdanovich, and Francis Ford…
The Oscar winning writer from “Promising Young Woman,” director Emerald Fennell’s highly anticipated sophomore attempt, “Saltburn” will open the 67th BFI London Film Festival in October. The film is written and directed by Fennell who teamed up again with Margot Robbie to produce the film as well as Josey McNamara (“Promising Young Woman,” “Barbie”). The project, which…
Just two weeks after its release, Barbie is generating huge wads of cash for Warner Bros. at the box office. Worldwide receipts are expected to exceed a cool billion in a few days.But the unprecedented success of the film hasn’t prompted the studio to announce that a sequel is in the works, prompted largely by…
Director James Wan is now “on the mend” after a medical emergency that sent him to a Los Angeles hospital this week. According to a statement issued by Wan’s wife Ingrid Bisu, the 46-year-old director had undergone “an extremely rough and scary couple of days and nights” but is now recovering. Her statement continued: “You…
Director Maggie Gyllenhaal is reportedly poised to direct Netflix’s upcoming remake of The Bride of Frankenstein. While few details are known about the project, it’s being reported that production may begin sometime during 2024, with Peter Sarsgaard and Christian Bale playing leading roles, though it’s not clear which will be the scientist and which will…
Despite new management changes over at the DC Universe, it appears that Gal Gadot will still be involved in the Wonder Woman franchise. Gadot made her debut as Diana Prince back in 2016, when she appeared in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. She starred in Wonder Woman (2017) and its sequel Wonder Woman 1984…
Lionsgate may be on the verge of acquiring Entertainment One (eOne) from Hasbro, according to Deadline. eOne is a TV and film studio that generated The Rookie and Yellowjackets, among other productions. Speculation is reportedly “intensifying” over the possible acquisition, given that Hasbro will be releasing its second-quarter earnings on Thursday of this week. The…
Current WGA East President, Michael Winship has decided not to seek re-election in the guild’s upcoming election. He will be succeeded by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. The latter is running unopposed for the position in the guild, which is currently on strike against companies that are members of the AMPTP, Deadline is reporting. Takeuchi Cullen will…
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