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The World According To Allee Willis Celebrates A Neglected Artist

We often associate songs with its performers and tend to forget the songwriters who created them, before bequeathing their brainchild to a voice that isn’t theirs. But the world of the arts is capable of setting the record straight, and that is the case with the film The World According To Allee Willis directed by…

Javier Bardem Cast in Apple TV+’s ‘Cape Fear’ Series Adaptation

Javier Bardem has been cast in a lead role for Apple TV+’s upcoming series adaptation of Cape Fear, Variety is reporting. The Oscar-winning actor is set to play a new iteration of the notorious serial killer, Max Cady. The streaming service has released the following official logline for the drama: A storm is coming for…

Music by John Williams | Official Trailer | Disney+

MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS,” AN ALL-NEW DOCUMENTARY  BASED ON THE LIFE AND CAREER OF LEGENDARY COMPOSER  JOHN WILLIAMS TO PREMIERE NOVEMBER 1 ON DISNEY+   Film to Have a Limited Theatrical Release With  Advance Tickets on Sale October 24 “Music by John Williams” from Lucasfilm Ltd, Amblin Documentaries, and Imagine Documentaries, which offers a fascinating and insightful look at the prolific life and career…

Amazon MGM Studios Plans New TV Series Based on Spielberg’s ‘Poltergeist’ Film

Amazon MGM Studios is moving forward with a new television series based on Poltergeist, the iconic 1982 horror film by Steven Spielberg. Amazon MGM had announced its commitment to the project in October of 2023. This week, the studio confirmed that Kalinda Vazquez and Robbie Thompson would be serving as showrunners, writers, and executive producers…

Steven Spielberg to Produce ‘Jaws’ 50th Anniversary Docufilm with National Geographic

Photo by mptvimages.com Fifty years after directing Jaws, Steven Spielberg is collaborating with National Geographic to produce a documentary as an anniversary tribute. Tentatively titled Jaws @ 50, the film will be directed by Laurent Bouzereau under NatGeo’s Amblin Documentaries banner. It will include archival footage and images from Spielberg’s archives, as well as materials…

SXSW Announces London Edition

South by Southwest (SXSW), the world’s leading festival celebrating the convergence of creativity, culture and technology, is launching in London in June 2025. Through its multidisciplinary conferences and cultural festivals, SXSW has become a global platform to celebrate new ideas, propelling the careers of innovators and creatives across sectors, from startup founders to independent artists and…

Naples Announces CALL FOR ENTRIES  for 16th Annual Naples International Film Festival 

Artis—Naples Announces CALL FOR ENTRIES  for 16th Annual Naples International Film Festival NIFF to take place October 24-27, 2023    Naples, FL (April 19, 2024) — Artis—Naples announced today that the call for entries has begun for the 2024 Naples International Film Festival (NIFF), which is scheduled to take place October 24-27 at the newly established Alamo Drafthouse…

Steven Spielberg Developing New UFO Movie

©Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg is reuniting with successful genre screenwriter David Koepp to develop a new UFO movie, Variety is reporting. The duo previously worked together on such high-profile films as Jurassic Park and its first sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, as well as the last two…

Exclusive Interview with a Comic Legend Larry Hama 

Larry Hama is an American comic-book writer, artist, actor, and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s. He is best known to American comic book readers as a writer and editor for Marvel Comics, where he wrote the licensed comic series G.I Joe : A Real American Hero,…

The Color Purple: Fantasia Barrino Leads Empowering Musical Update

@Courtesy of Warner Brothers Losing love can lead to harrowing heartbreak, but finding inner strength and resilience can guide people to eventually rediscover endearment and joy. Celie Harris-Johnson, the protagonist of the successful The Color Purple franchise, certainly knows that pain in the new screen adaptation. Torn apart from her sister and her children in…

‘One Life,’ Anthony Hopkins Revives The British Schindler

The story about British humanitarian Nicholas Winton lands the silver screen, through the  biographical drama that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and its European premiere at the 2023 London Film Festival. One Life retraces the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who during the months…