Fundamental Films chairman Mark Gao and his CEO Ivy Hua are in Cannes to reconnect with the international industry as part of the Shanghai-based company’s return to international acquisitions and production. One of the biggest and longest-established Chinese buyers before the pandemic, Fundamental is also an investor in Luc Besson’s …
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Universal has announced 2025 release dates for the Blumhouse productions The Woman in the Yard, Drop, and a trio of sequels Universal picks release dates for Blumhouse films Five Nights at Freddy's 2, The Black Phone 2, M3GAN 2.0 & more read full article at worldnews365.me 5 Universal Pictures has …
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A teaser trailer for the Max streaming service series Dune: Prophecy, a prequel to the Dune films, has arrived online Once known as Dune: The Sisterhood, the Max streaming series Dune: Prophecy, which serves as a prequel to the Dune feature films directed by Denis Villeneuve, started filming in November of 2022, …
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Omnes Films has a goal. “Our mission is to fill a void in modern cinema,” says its website. “Our films are passionate, ambitious works made by friends that favor atmosphere over plot and study the many forms of cultural decay in the 21st Century. Whatever the subject or genre, we …
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The overriding message this market? “There’s a lot”. “A few weeks ago we thought there would a decent amount but, wow, there’s a lot”, one packaging agent told us. They continued: “After a busy EFM, once again it feels like a healthy market in terms of product. The early responses …
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It’s that time of the year when you remember and appreciate the sacrifice and hard work your mom does for you. Since it’s the weekend, there is no excuse for not spending time with your mom. Motherhood is perhaps the most paradoxical yet amazing role a woman has to play …
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Amidst a starry ensemble, young Reena Roy cast a spell on audiences with her serpentine turn in and as Nagin. Passion and poison; hers was serious sensuousness… Tere sang pyaar main being the siren call. The fact that the film spawned a series of icchadari nagin protagonists, including Sridevi’s Nagina, …
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Warner Bros. Francis Ford Coppola’s miraculous 1970s run of “The Godfather,” “The Conversation,” “The Godfather Part II” and “Apocalypse Now” came crashing to a hubristic halt in 1982 when his backlot musical “One from the Heart,” produced at his recently purchased Zoetrope Studios in the heart of Hollywood, bombed upon …
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Brief yet powerful storytelling is what short films are. Even though they are short and sweet they have the ability to stir up strong feelings, deliver crucial details, and exhibit remarkable creativity. Short filmmakers have a limited amount of time, so they generally become experts in telling stories. To keep …
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The Cannes Film Festival’s Classics sidebar celebrates 20 years this year with a lineup of films including a 4K restoration of Wim Wenders’s Palme d’Or winning Paris, Texas, and a debut screening of Ron Howard’s 2024 doc Jim Henson Idea Man. Wenders and Howard will be on the ground in …
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Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated documentary Four Daughters and Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani’s Lupita Nyong’o-EPed drama Goodbye Julia lead the nominations in the eighth edition of the Critics Awards for Arab Films. Hybrid work Four Daughters, exploring the story of a real-life Tunisian mother who lost two of her …
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Last week, director Quentin Tarantino made the surprise announcement that his anticipated, previously announced 10th and final film, The Movie Critic, would no longer be moving forward. Sources say that the filmmaker is still looking to make a 10th film, as planned, but it won’t be the one he previously …
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