All articles by John Hazelton
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News‘The Shadow’s Edge’ with Jackie Chan leads global box office; ‘The Roses’, ‘Caught Stealing’ make middling starts
Local films from Asia continued to set the pace at the worldwide box office this weekend.
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NewsRoles for underrepresented racial, ethnic groups dropped in 2024 (report)
UCLA study shows that films did feature more women and people with disabilities in lead roles.
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NewsBipartisan bill calls for expansion of US Section 181 film and TV production incentive
The provision, allowing accelerated depreciation of costs, is currently set to expire at the end of 2025.
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News‘Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight to write next James Bond film
Knight joins director Denis Villeneuve on the creative team for the Amazon MGM Studios project.
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NewsParamount and Republic’s Dan Cohen steps down before Skydance deal closure
Republic label has acquired films including Rob Peace, The End We Start From and Bad Apples.
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NewsStreaming and theatrical growth drive Paramount Global’s second quarter
New owner Skydance “surely understands” that content is king, says Shari Redstone.
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NewsLynette Howell Taylor elected president of US Academy
The producer takes over from Janet Yang in the Academy’s top elected role.
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NewsPeacock subscriptions flat in second quarter but revenue up 18%
Theatrical revenue at Peacock’s sister studio Universal jumped 20%, said parent Comcast.
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NewsTIFF Tribute Awards for Guillermo del Toro, Jodie Foster, Hikari, Lee Byung Hun
Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, starring Lee, added to festival’s North American premieres.
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NewsWarner Bros to cut 10% of motion picture group staff in “global structure” transition
Reduction comes as Warner Bros Discovery prepares for corporate split next year.
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NewsBradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’ gets closing night slot at NYFF
Cooper’s third film as a director was shot at locations around New York City.
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News‘Happy Gilmore 2’ scores record US streaming debut on Netflix
The Adam Sandler sequel was also a chart-topper in more than 40 other territories.
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News‘Slow Horses’ showrunner Will Smith to leave series after fifth season
Smith won the Emmy last year for his writing on the darkly humourous spy drama.
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NewsCJ ENM launches film and TV label to amplify Asian voices
First Light StoryHouse will serve as an investor and co-producer in film and TV development projects.
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NewsNewly formed Radial Entertainment appoints four to new positions
All four executives previously held positions at Radial labels FilmRise and Shout!
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News‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ comes in at $117.2m in North America
Though its global opening came in behind Superman, First Steps easily beats earlier franchise entries.
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NewsWarner Bros Discovery details corporate split divisions and executives
The company’s streaming and studios operation will be known as Warner Bros, and the global networks operation will be called Discovery Global.
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NewsSony Pictures sets executive changes after Josh Greenstein departure
Sanford Panitch will become sole president of
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NewsSony film president Josh Greenstein set for Paramount role
Greenstein expected to join executive ranks after Paramount merger with Skydance closes.
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NewsTIFF Midnight Madness world premieres include Ben Wheatley’s ‘Normal’ and Bryan Fuller’s ‘Dust Bunny’
Seven world premieres and one international premiere feature in section schedule.