Category Archives: News
Locarno Competition Title ‘Bogancloch’ Acquired by Cinema Guild for North American Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)
Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights to “Bogancloch,” the latest feature from acclaimed British filmmaker Ben Rivers. The meditative documentary, which premiered in...
Naman Ramachandran May 15, 2025
‘Captain Marvel’ Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck to Adapt Taylor Jenkins Reid Novel ‘Atmosphere’ for Laika
Laika has brought on “Captain Marvel” filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck to adapt and direct a live-action film based on the soon-to-be-released novel “Atmosphere” by Taylor ...
Carolyn Giardina May 15, 2025
‘PAW Patrol’ Sets Five Nickelodeon Specials Including ‘A PAW Patrol Christmas’ and ‘Valiente: A Tracker Story’
Nickelodeon has set five new hour-long “PAW Patrol” specials, including one set for Christmas 2025. Each special will focus on a different dog. First is “Valiente: A Tracker Story,...
Selome Hailu May 15, 2025
Lorde on Her Gender Identity and Chappell Roan Asking If She’s Nonbinary: ‘I’m a Woman Except for the Days When I’m a Man’
Lorde has discussed her gender identity in a new in-depth Rolling Stone interview with Brittany Spanos. In the story, Spanos reveals that the lyrics to the opening track of Lorde’s upcoming albu...
William Earl May 15, 2025
Canadian Cinema Pushes Its Evolution With Arthouse Pics, Auteurs, Indigenous Filmmakers and Animated Offerings at Cannes
Canada lands at Cannes with a mission to shift the conversation - on the Croisette, at least - from the havoc U.S. tariffs could wreak on the global film industry to the benefits of creative collabora...
Rosemary Rossi May 15, 2025
Young Italian Filmmakers Come to the Fore at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard
This year's Italian presence at Cannes - one entry in competition by veteran auteur Mario Martone and two by young directors that landed slots in Un Certain Regard - accurately reflects the current st...
Rosemary Rossi May 15, 2025
Texas Incentives Draw More Productions as Lawmakers Mull a Big Increase: ‘We Want to Make Sure We’re the Ones Telling Our Stories’
When the largest state in the country with a production incentive program does anything, it's supersized. Texas has been enticing productions to film within its borders for about a century and isn't l...
Rosemary Rossi May 15, 2025
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Selection ‘Brand New Landscape’ Depicts Tokyo’s Soul, Says Helmer Yuiga Danzuka
In the shadows of Tokyo’s relentless redevelopment, rising filmmaker Yuiga Danzuka found both the canvas and the subject for his Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection “Brand New Land...
Naman Ramachandran May 15, 2025
Media CEO Pay Packages in 2024: The Air Up There
The entertainment business has seen better days. Film and TV production in the U.S. rose 18% last year but lagged 2022 levels, according to ProPro, which tracks studio productions. Theatrical ticket s...
Todd Spangler May 15, 2025
Listen to Interpol’s Paul Banks’ two moody Iggy Pop covers from ‘Sister Midnight’ soundtrack
Interpol‘s Paul Banks has released two moody Iggy Pop covers from the Sister Midnight soundtrack. READ MORE: Interpol look back on ‘Antics’ as they announce 20th anniversary rei...
Alex Rigotti May 15, 2025