UPDATED from original 12:39 p.m. story with details on Neon’s trifecta: Best Documentary Feature front-runners All That Breathes, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Fire of Love, and The Territory are safely through to the next round after the Academy’s Documentary Branch whittled the list of remaining contenders to a shortlist of 15 films. Fellow […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today revealed the 15-film shortlist of movies that will advance to the nominations process for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. As we have previously reported, this is a year without a hands-down front-runner, and all of the movies in our preview have made the cut. See […]
The Film Academy has unveiled its 15-track shortlist for the Best Original Song Oscar in 2023, which marks a confluence between new and established hands. Buzzy first-time entrants to the overall Oscars field included chart-toppers Rihanna, Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift, who have been recognized for their respective contributions to the songs “Lift Me Up,” […]
It has been apparent in talking to Oscar voters across many branches that the one title that keeps coming up at the top of their lists is Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front, which is the German entry for International Feature Film. That it has strength across the board though is borne out with […]
EXCLUSIVE: WandaVision‘s best song Emmy win for “Agatha All Along”, performed by Kathryn Hahn, set the bar high for the spinoff series Agatha: Coven of Chaos, headlined by Hahn reprising her role as bad gal Agatha Harkness. The Marvel offshoot is now adding some big musical theater firepower, with three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone joining […]
Netflix will pay $55 million for a big parcel of land in New Jersey, then invest $850 million to build a state-of-the-art production studio, according to details of the streamer’s bid. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority is expected to approve the project at a meeting this evening. The 289-acre site of Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth, a […]
Searchlight’s Next Goal Wins from Oscar-winning filmmaker Taika Waititi is jumping from April 21 next year to Sept. 22. It won’t be a shocker if this film world premieres at TIFF as that’s where Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit blasted off before its Oscar run winning the fest’s top prize, the People’s Choice Award. Next Goal Wins […]
Dubai-based distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired all MENA rights for the Saudi Arabian drama Within Sand, which was the Jury Prize winner at the second Red Sea International Film Festival earlier in this month. Front Row will release the film theatrically in Saudi Arabia in the first quarter of 2023 under the Front […]
By now, it should come as no surprise that Netflix‘s Wednesday generated a massive audience in its opening week. The series landed at the top of Nielsen’s U.S. streaming charts in its first week on Netflix with a massive 5.9B minutes viewed. That’s the second highest weekly viewing total for a streaming title since the […]
Mario Lopez and Ana Gasteyer have been tapped as co-hosts of NBC’s live broadcast of the 134th Rose Parade. Lopez, who returns as co-host for the second consecutive year, and American Auto star Gasteyer will lead the network’s coverage of the annual event from 11:30-1 p.m. ET (8:30-10 a.m. PT) on Monday, January 2 in […]
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Bally Sports regional networks, which have long been absent from major streaming pay-TV bundles like YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling, have reached a carriage deal with FuboTV. The deal will see the 19 RSNs added to Fubo’s lineup in the coming weeks. The agreement deepens the ties between the […]
The Amsterdam-based International Coalition For Filmmakers At Risk (ICFR) has issued a statement protesting the arrest of Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti and demanding her immediate and unconditional release. The body, created in 2019 to advocate for cinema professionals at risk of political persecution, was joined by founding partners, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, International Documentary […]
Old schoolers like the late Gil Schwartz of CBS used to hate it when the press would commandeer executive sessions at TCA in the aughts with questions about the death of broadcast TV. HBO had come to dominate the Emmys year after year and the perception was that programming on the Big Three just wasn’t […]
Some 40 years after Jane Fonda launched her first workout video, Netflix is getting in on the game. The streamer is launching a series of workout videos from the Nike Training Club. It will launch 30 hours of sessions across two parts on December 30, just in time for that post-Christmas fitness push. The unusual […]
Netflix on Wednesday revealed that the title for its long-in-the-works Luther stand-alone movie that returns Idris Elba as the complicated detective behind the BBC crime drama that ran for five seasons on the BBC. Luther: The Fallen Sun, will arrive on the streamer in March 2023, the streamer said today. Jamie Payne is directing based […]
EXCLUSIVE: Megan Fox (Transformers) and Michele Morrone (365 Days) have been set to star in sci-fi thriller Subservience from Angel Has Fallen and The Hitman’s Bodyguard producer Millennium Media. On the project, Fox will rejoin with her Till Death director S.K. Dale, with a screenplay written by Will Honley (Escape Room: Tournament of Champions) and […]
AMC Entertainment said it held talks with lenders about potentially acquiring theaters from the portfolio of bankrupt rival Cineworld, which owns Regal Cinemas. In an SEC filing, the exhibitor said the negotiations were related to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process unfolding with UK-based Cineworld. An unspecified number of theaters in the U.S. and Europe were […]
French sales powerhouse company Wild Bunch International (WBI) and Studiocanal UK have embarked on a legal battle in the U.K. High Court over rights to Studio Ghibli films in the territory. Studiocanal UK has taken issue with the 2019 Netflix deal brokered by WBI giving the platform worldwide streaming rights to much of the Studio […]
Complaints both berating and defending Matt Hancock and his participation in I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! dominate UK regulator Ofcom’s top-10 list of most complained about TV incidents of the year. Just shy of 2,000 complainants “objected to the inclusion” of the former Health Secretary in the series, drawing the second highest […]
EXCLUSIVE: When BBC journalist Edward Lawrence was detained and beaten by Chinese police during anti-lockdown protests last month, the condemnation was swift. The BBC said it was “extremely concerned” by the events. The UK’s foreign secretary described it as “deeply disturbing.” Lawrence’s peers piled on to Twitter to voice horror at an authoritarian regime trampling […]
JX’23, an event to celebrate Japanese innovators and leaders in the entertainment industry, is being held in Los Angeles at the Grammy Museum on February 9, 2023. The event, spanning the industries of music, animation, fashion, entertainment and Web3, is co-hosted by the LA Next Generation Japanese American Leaders Initiative and the Consulate General of […]
Tamara Braun is leaving Days of our Lives after almost two years in her most recent run on the NBC soap. The actor, who plays the role of Ava Vitali, confirmed her exit in a post on Instagram. “Hey all you Days fans!! If you want to see Ava off, tune into DOOL today for […]
20th Century Studios/Disney’s Avatar: The Way of Water‘s Tuesday box office is looking at $17M, and could possibly topple Minions: Rise of Gru‘s first Tuesday of $17.5M to become the best Tuesday of 2022. Some rival studios are seeing higher, but we’ll see how it settles come the morning. In its fifth day, the James […]
Marcus Coloma has confirmed his exit from General Hospital after reports of him leaving the daytime soap emerged, which Deadline has verified. “The show can confirm that Marcus Coloma will no longer be playing the role of Nikolas Cassadine. His last airdate will be at the end of January,” read the statement provided by ABC. […]
Elon Musk is accepting the will of the people after he polled Twitter users if he should step down as CEO of the social network. The poll had over 17M votes and the result of 57.5% was in favor of Musk leaving his current position. In a new tweet, Musk is confirming he will pass […]
