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TriStar Sets Biopic of Pioneering Fashion Designer Ann Lowe with Serena Williams, Ruth Carter (Exclusive)
Ann Lowe — the pioneering fashion designer and American couturier — is getting the biopic treatment at TriStar thanks to Serena Williams and Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth Carter. Sony’s TriStar Pictures acquired the pitch for the project, titled The Dress, about Lowe, one of the country’s most prolific but also least-known couturiers. Lowe, who died […]
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‘SNL’: The Movie! – How ‘Saturday Night’ Filmmakers Found Their Stars
In order to make Saturday Night, the real-time story of the disastrous and delirious 90 minutes before the first airing of SNL on Oct. 11, 1975, director Jason Reitman had to find actors to play some of the best-known performers to ever grace television sets. To do so, he turned to his longtime casting director […]
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Tyler, the Creator to Make Film Debut in Timothée Chalamet A24 Movie ‘Marty Supreme’
Tyler, the Creator is set to make his feature film acting debut in Marty Supreme, the Timothée Chalamet A24 movie from Josh Safdie. Safdie will direct the feature from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein. Plot details remain under wraps, but while it was previously rumored to be loosely inspired by a pro […]
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As Documentary Producers Release Guidelines for Generative AI, a Multi-Year Initiative Begins
At the Camden International Film Festival, a capital for documentary filmmaking, a group of documentary producers presented its best practice guidelines for using Generative AI in non-fiction filmmaking, also announcing further educational efforts. The Archival Producers Alliance (APA) — founded in 2023 and made up of over 300 researchers, producers, and award-winning filmmakers — has […]
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Annapurna Interactive Video Game Staff Resigns (Report)
The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive, the video game division at Megan Ellison’s Annapurna, has resigned, according to a report from Bloomberg, citing multiple sources. A rep for the company did not comment on the story. On Sept. 6, Annapurna said that its president, Nathan Gary, who also oversaw the company’s video game operations, would […]
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TIFF Halts Screenings of ‘Russians at War’ After Threats to Safety
TIFF has announced it will halt the screening of the controversial documentary Russians at War after it had “been made aware of significant threats to festival operations and public safety.” Russian-Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova is behind the doc, a first-person account of Russian soldiers in Ukraine. The producers of the project offered in a statement that the […]
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Bad Bunny Joins Adam Sandler in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ (Exclusive)
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasió — also known as the musical artist Bad Bunny — has found his next onscreen role, joining the cast of Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore sequel. Kyle Newacheck, who directed Sandler in the Netflix comedy Murder Mystery, is helming the Netflix sequel to the 1996 comedy about a wannabe professional hockey player who discovers […]
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‘The Last Showgirl’ Backer Pinky Promise on Building a “New and Exciting” Slate
When Kara Durrett and Jesse Burgum, the duo behind the production-finance company Pinky Promise, first met, it was 104 degrees. They were filming in the attic of a church in Decatur, Georgia, working on Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul, the first movie Burgum financed where Durrett was working as an independent producer. “A lot […]
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Malcolm Washington on Surprising His Mom With ‘The Piano Lesson’ Tribute
“It’s all a little overwhelming. When you make something that’s so personal to you, it feels like you’re just making it for yourself or for your people. But then you’re reminded that this will exist in the world,” says Malcolm Washington of his feature directorial debut, The Piano Lesson. The adaptation of the August Wilson […]
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TIFF According to Neon Non-Fiction Head Dan O’Meara
Dan O’Meara heads up non-fiction at indie powerhouse Neon, where he has recently worked on films like Andrew McCarthy’s Brat Pack title Brats and GameStop stock doc Rise of the Players. He will be on the ground at the Toronto Film Festival with the documentary Men of War. Described by TIFF programmers as “Rambo meets […]
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Annapurna President Nathan Gary Exits (Exclusive)
Nathan Gary is stepping down as the president of Megan Ellison’s Annapurna, a post he has held since 2021, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Gary will also be departing the company. The co-heads of Annapurna’s indie gaming division, Deborah Mars and Nathan Vella, are also departing. Hector Sanchez recently rejoined Annapurna from Epic Games and […]
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Anderson .Paak Unpacks ‘K-Pops,’ His Directorial Debut
Anderson .Paak was looking for the exit. The multiple Grammy-winning R&B artist, rapper and drummer was about to make his foray into the world of moviemaking by jumping into the deep end — the very deep end — and co-writing, starring in and providing original music for K-Pops, which also happened to be his feature […]
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