All articles by John Hazelton – Page 35
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NewsBleecker Street takes Maria Schrader’s ‘I’m Your Man’ for the US
The German comic romance took the best actor Silver Bear at Berlin.
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NewsDigital boost helped offset box office plunge in 2020, says MPA report
Global box office was down 72% in the pandemic year, but digital home revenue jumped 31%.
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News‘Venom’ sequel moves from June to September in US
The change for the Sony sequel follows move by Universal’s F9.
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NewsLibrary Pictures to back Next Entertainment Korean-language slate
The co-financing deal will help fund local projects with potential for US and global remakes.
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NewsHot Docs Forum selects 20 documentaries from 16 countries
BIPOC and women film makers well represented in line-up.
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NewsFilm Independent names winners of emerging filmmaker awards
Previous winner Shaka King named honourary chair for this year’s Spirit Awards.
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NewsHot Docs adds 13 more titles to Special Presentations section
The new entries include In The Same Breath, from One Child Nation director Nanfu Wang.
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News‘Ted K’ goes to Neon label Super Ltd for North America
The true crime drama recently premiered in the Berlin festival’s Panorama section.
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News‘Let The Right One In’ TV pilot to star Demian Bichir
Showtime has ordered the pilot from ITV Studios partnership Tomorrow Studios.
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NewsOscars set for slimmed down, two venue ceremony
The Governors Ball and other in person events before the ceremony will be dropped this year.
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NewsPR companies join call for change at Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Dozens of publicity operations threaten loss of access to clients until plans for change are made clear.
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NewsSundance Institute sets Asian festival spin-off for Jakarta
Event will include films from this year’s US festival, initiatives for Asian talent.
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NewsNatalie Portman, Lupita Nyong’o to star in Alma Har’el’s Apple TV+ series ‘Lady In The Lake’
Portman and Nyong’o will star in the adaptation of a novel about a murder case in sixties Baltimore.
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NewsMichael B Jordan to direct ‘Creed III’ for November 2022 release
The franchise star will make his feature directing debut on the third boxing tale.
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NewsAcademy Museum to confront controversies in opening exhibits and programmes
The museum’s September 30 public opening is still on track, says leadership.
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NewsSundance Institute launches two new grants for BIPOC media
The funds will provide a total of $200,000 to black, indigenous and people of colour artists and groups.
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NewsAmerican Society of Cinematographers reveals award nominees
Group recognises cinematography on Mank, Nomadland, News Of The World and other awards contenders.
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NewsGolden Globes group hires diversity advisors amid calls for radical change
Time’s Up recommends moving Globes ceremony to counter “outsized influence.”
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NewsDominique Fishback, Ramin Bahrani join Apple TV+ limited series
Awards contenders Fishback and Bahrani will star in and direct the Walter Mosley adaptation.
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NewsDisney+ reaches 100m subscribers worldwide
Company says it will let consumers decide whether to see new releases online or in theatres.