Director Liesl Tommy recently showed a young filmmaker what a lookbook is, sharing the one she put together for MGM and producer Seth Bernstein as her pitch for Respect, the biopic about the late, great Aretha Franklin. Tommy, of course, wound up getting that gig, marking an auspicious...

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has unveiled the names of the jury presidents who will lead juries to award this year’s Lions. 

Simon Cook, CEO, LIONS, said, “We’re delighted to announce and work with such an exceptional lineup of global talent. Our presidents are...

Danish filmmaker Peter Harton has joined Moxie Pictures for exclusive commercial representation in the U.S. and U.K.

A wildly subversive storyteller and one of Denmark’s most celebrated comedy directors, Harton began his career working in the camera department for Danish films such as...

FilmLA, partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions, has reported that on-location filming in the fourth quarter of 2021 (October-December) set an all-time quarterly record of 10,780 Shoot Days (SD). This is four percent above the previous three month...

Mary Parent will be honored with the Producers Guild of America’s (PGA) 2022 David O. Selznick Achievement Award. She will accept the honor at the 33rd Annual Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at the Fairmont Century Plaza.

The PGA’s Selznick Achievement Award recognizes...

First assistant director Joseph P. Reidy and stage manager Garry W. Hood will receive special Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards recognizing extraordinary contribution to the Guild. The awards will be presented at the 74th annual DGA Awards on Saturday, March 12.

Reidy will be...

The NFL wild card games and the NCAA football championship gathered millions of people in front of their television sets on a cold winter weekend.

An average of 30.5 million people watched the NFL's wild card games on television and digitally over the weekend, which the league said was up...

The board of directors for ASIFA-Hollywood has decided that its 49th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation will move to a virtual format instead of a live ceremony that was originally set for Saturday, February 26. Reasons for the change are due primarily to...

The Advanced Imaging Society and EARTHDAY.ORG revealed that director, producer and Academy Award-winning writer Adam McKay will be presented with the first ever Voices For The Earth Award at the 2022 AIS’ Lumiere Awards. The Society will honor McKay at the 12th annual awards ceremony, which will...

Editor Greg Scruton has come back to Arcade Edit as a partner. He had most recently been at Cabin Editing Company where he worked for brands including Hulu, Uber Eats, Pepsi and Powerade. Scruton’s collaborations with directors Dave Meyers, Nadia Lee Cohen, Saman Kesh, Randy Krallman and Sam...

Online companies would have to ramp up efforts to keep harmful content off their platforms and take other steps to protect users under rules that European Union lawmakers approved Thursday.

The 27-nation bloc has gained a reputation as a trendsetter in the growing global push to rein in...