All articles by Jeremy Kay
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NewsFinal pre-merger WB release ‘Digger’ scores 19-year US box-office low for Tom Cruise
Magnolia takes John Wilson’s Sundance documentary The History Of Concrete past $1m in third weekend.
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NewsBen Kramer departing Black Bear as US distribution head
Exec will stay on through October 28 release of ‘Wicker’.
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NewsNorth American exhibitors invested $1.2bn in upgrades in past year, Cinema United says
More than $2.7bn spent over last two years.
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NewsErik Bright Joins PMK Entertainment as EVP of content and strategic communications
Highly-regarded veteran founded and operated boutique agency Prodigy PR.
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News2026 Newport Beach Film Festival to close with ‘Behemoth!’
Music drama to open in US On December 4 via Searchlight Pictures.
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NewsAGC launches creator venture AGC Digital
Jared Jacobs, most recently of Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, to lead new division.
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NewsParamount-WBD merger approved; David Ellison names Ynon Kreiz co-CEO
Merger expected to close on October 6.
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NewsCinemaCon managing director Mitch Neuhauser, to leave after 2028 show
Matt Pollock to assume role of co-managing director of CinemaCon and begin transition process.
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NewsParamount streaming head Cindy Holland stepping down
Observers expect Casey Bloys, HBO and HBO Max Content chairman, to lead streaming once WBD merger closes.
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NewsBlack Bear hires Dan Cohen as head of TV distribution, launches digital networks business
Exec previously served as Paramount chief content licensing officer, president of Republic Pictures.
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NewsDonna Gigliotti and Mike Farah named PGA presidents
Pair succeed Donald De Line, Stephanie Allain.
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NewsAFI Fest lineup includes 10 Oscar submissions, ‘A Long Winter’, ‘Iron Boy’
Fortieth edition of Hollywood fest to screen 157 films.
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News‘Matrescence’, ‘Anatomy Of Indifference’, ‘All Fixed Up’ among 2026 Sundance doc fund grantees
Nineteen projects receive support as Documentary Fund heads into 25th anniversary year.
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NewsProducer Rodrigo Teixeira of RT Features brings five films to Festival do Rio, talks new Brazilian project
EXCLUSIVE: Fest slate includes selections Furies, Glaxa, La Perra.
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NewsBleecker Street names Frank Martinez head of distribution
Late 2026 slate includes Musk, The Liberation, Tender Loving Care.
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NewsUS lawmakers introduce federal production incentive bill
20% transferable tax credit for above-the-line, below-the-line workers; 5% uplift for independent shoots.
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NewsBlack Bear acquires world rights to Laika live-action space thriller ‘Atmosphere’
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck to write and direct.
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FeaturesHow will the Paramount-WBD merger impact the indie film sector?
Many questions as media mogul races to close $111bn merger.
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NewsNew York judge sentences Harvey Weinstein to 15 years
Disgraced former Hollywood mogul convicted in 2025 of felony sex act against Miriam Haley.
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News2026 Festival do Rio lineup features Oscar submissions, Brazilian premieres
Gugu’s World, La Bola Negra, Rose among roster.