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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…

Author Dan Ackerman Files $4.8 Million Lawsuit Over ‘Tetris’ Film

@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…

Japan Society Announces Yusuke Morii’s “AMIKO” Winner of Obayashi Prize at 2023 JAPAN CUTS

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 Involved in Plans to Produce ‘Monopoly’ Film

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 Dies at 87: Iconic Director of ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist’

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…

“Promising Young Woman” Director Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn” Will Open the 67th BFI London Film Festival

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…

No ‘Barbie’ Sequel Yet in the Works: Blame the Writers’ Strike

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…

‘Aquaman’ Director James Wan ‘On the Mend’ After Hospitalization

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…

Maggie Gyllenhaal Reportedly Set to Direct ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’ Remake Starring Christian Bale

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…

Gal Gadot is Developing ‘Wonder Woman 3’ with James Gunn

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…