Category Archives: News
Sony Pictures Entertainment Taps Jay Levine, Former CEO of Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat and Warner Bros. Alum, as Head of Strategy and Business Operations
Sony Pictures Entertainment hired Jay Levine, most recently CEO of Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat media company, as EVP, chief strategy officer and business operations. Levine reports directly to SPE pre...
Todd Spangler Apr 07, 2025
Catapult Film Fund Awards $30,000 in Research Grants to Three Doc Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE)
Documentary filmmakers Sabaah Folayan, Loira Limbal, and Peter Nicks have been selected to receive the Catapult Film Fund's annual research grant. Each recipient will receive $10,000 in grant money an...
Addie Morfoot Apr 07, 2025
BBC Snaps Up German Crime Drama Series ‘Black Forest Murders’ – Global Bulletin
FOREST FATALITIES The BBC has acquired “The Black Forest Murders,” a four-part German crime series from Studiocanal that dramatizes real-life criminal cases. Based on Walter Roth’s n...
Naman Ramachandran Apr 07, 2025
Carrie Coon on That ‘White Lotus’ Speech, Turning Down Marvel Over Pay and Meghan McCain Criticism: ‘I Hope She Enjoyed the Finale’
SPOILER ALERT: The article contains major spoilers for the Season 3 finale of "White Lotus," now streaming on Max. Laurie was ready to go home from her White Lotus adventure on Sunday’s sea...
Emily Longeretta Apr 07, 2025
‘An Evening With PinkPantheress’ residency announced for London’s Brixton Academy
PinkPantheress has announced a residency at Londonʼs O2 Academy Brixton later this year. READ MORE: PinkPantheress on the cover: “I don’t care about the beats, I care about the p...
Damian Jones Apr 07, 2025
Shout! Studios Buys Gravitas Ventures
Shout! Studios has acquired Gravitas Ventures from Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. Shout! Studios said that, by acquiring Gravitas Ventures, the comp...
Varietybrentlang Apr 07, 2025
President of Arista Records David Massey Announces Retirement
David Massey will retire as president of Arista Records at the end of June, the label announced Monday. Massey spent the last seven years re-launching the company as president and CEO under Rob String...
Thania Garcia Apr 07, 2025
Johnnie To Plans to Shoot a Hong Kong Gangster Movie That Could Reunite Him With Tony Leung
Hong Kong filmmaking giant Johnnie To on Monday confirmed plans to make a Hong Kong gangster movie to be shot in Japan. Speaking to Variety at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event, To said he...
Nvivarelli Apr 07, 2025
Wes Anderson lets the bullets fly in ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ trailer
The first trailer for the new Wes Anderson film, The Phoenician Scheme, has been released and starts with a bang. Benicio del Toro is introduced as Zsa-zsa Korda, described as “international bus...
Victoria Luxford Apr 07, 2025
Motion Picture Academy Releases Version 2.0 of Its ACES Color Encoding System (EXCLUSIVE)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences used the occasion of the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas to announce the availability of its Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) 2.0, ...
Carolyn Giardina Apr 07, 2025