After two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, “Wicked” makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event this holiday season. Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet,” “Broadway’s The Color…
Photo by Courtesy of Disney – © Disney Halle Bailey will be co-starring in an upcoming musical being created by Pharrell Williams and Michael Gondry for Universal. According to Variety, the 24-year-old singer-actress will appear opposite Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the show, set in Virginia Beach in the summer of 1977. Other principal cast members will include…
©Elle, Isabelle Huppert In a scene in The Lacemaker (La dentellière, 1977), Isabelle Huppert’s character is led with closed eyes by her lover. He takes her closer and closer towards a steep cliff and open sea. There she opens her eyes, and he asks, “do you trust me”? “Of course,” she replies. The scene has…
@ASIFA-Hollywood The nominations for the 51st Annie Award have been announced, the ceremony is considered the Oscars of the animation world, Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and a Heron” and Makoto Shinkai’s “Suzume no Tojimari” has been selected as the best feature category. “Nimona,” Netflix‘s sci-fi fantasy about a disgraced knight and a shape-shifting teenager, led…
Actress Auli’i Cravalho has decided not to reprise her starring role in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of its acclaimed computer-animated film, Moana. The performer, who made her acting debut as the voice of the titular character in the original 2016 movie, posted a video to Instagram yesterday to share the news. “When I was cast…
Walt Disney Studios reportedly rejected Michael Jackson’s pitch to provide songs for the soundtrack for it animated musical film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The news was revealed during a recent oral history about the Academy Award-nominated family drama conducted by Slash Film, in celebration of the feature’s 25th anniversary this year. The Grammy Award-winning…
Water sustains life, and it also has many other properties. There are a number of animals that need to be in water in order to survive, an entirely different state than humans, who drink water and swim in it. There are mythical creatures, both fearsome and beautiful, that call the water their home, at least…
©Courtesy of Netflix Much like Philadelphia has its Rocky Balboa statue, the Polish city of Lodz features an enormous 2,000 square meter mural of Geralt of Rivia, the monster-fighter-for-hire also known as “The Witcher.” First Andrzej Sapkowski’s stories were adapted as a Polish film and TV series. Then, Netflix produced an English language series, starring…
@Courtesy of Disney Mufasa: The Lion King enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka–the…
The Athena Film Festival (AFF) at Barnard College has announced its opening night film and lineup of programming for the 2024 festival. The 14th annual festival, a partnership between Barnard’s Athena Center for Leadership and the initiative Women and Hollywood, will take place from February 29 through March 3 on the Barnard campus in New York City. 2024 ATHENA FILM FESTIVAL AT BARNARD COLLEGE ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR 14TH…
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