All Coronavirus articles – Page 38
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News‘Russian Doll’ creator developing ‘Stars Wars’ spin-off series for Disney+ (report)
Show believed to be female-centric thriller series set in different time and location from The Mandalorian.
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NewsUS exhibitors body: many sites will not be able to re-open early (update)
Body issues statement after moves by Georgia governor to revive local economy.
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News“No doubt” Sarajevo Film Festival will take place despite virus crisis but Jerusalem postpones
Uncertainty remains over this year’s Locarno and Karlovy Vary film festivals.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Australian actress Essie Davis
”I think more and more people will recognise themselves in The Babadook currently.”
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FeaturesHow the film industry can best embrace online pitching
With most of the world in lockdown, filmmakers are being forced to ‘officially’ pitch at industry events that have moved online.
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NewsNetflix smashes forecasts, adds 15.8m global subs in Q1 amid coronavirus lockdown
Money Heist viewed in more households than Tiger King.
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NewsFive percent of SXSW feature selections opt in to Amazon Prime Video, SXSW showcase
Online film festival to include narrative and documentary features, shorts and episodics.
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News‘Blue Story’, ‘Scoob!’ bypass theatrical and head to digital platforms in US
Titles from separate studios available for digital rental or purchase.
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NewsIFC Films offers library titles free to theatres in first month they reopen
Curated retrospectives include Cannes winners, genre, family documentaries.
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NewsNeon to launch Matt Wolf’s ‘Spaceship Earth’ on May 8
Film will play theatrically in participating US drive-ins, and select pop-up city-scape projections.
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NewsEuropean distribution bodies call for urgent support to avoid “long-term catastrophe”
Call for an emergency fund and support at a national and European level.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: XYZ Films’ Nick Spicer
“Audiences wanted content before, they want it now, they will want it when the clouds part.”
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NewsMobile streaming surges 60% in Southeast Asia during coronavirus crisis
Netflix and Viu have both seen big increases in average weekly streaming minutes during the region’s lockdowns.
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NewsMajor US exhibitors unlikely to get on board April 27 Georgia state reopen plan
Governor says theatres could open doors subject to social distancing, sanitation mandates.
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NewsBiennale confirms Venice Film Festival dates, says no discussions underway with Cannes
Festival organiser expects film festival to go ahead September 2-12 as planned.
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NewsWarner Bros moves ‘The Batman’ deeper into 2021, ‘Tenet’ remains set for July (update)
Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984 remain on schedule for this summer.
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NewsParkland Entertainment reshuffles UK theatrical releases, acquires three new films (exclusive)
It is also putting three planned theatrical releases on hold until later in 2020.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK producer Matthew James Wilkinson
”If low-budget indies are first out of the gate when we remount, it could be a fertile time for the smaller films to thrive.”