TORONTO & LOS ANGELES In her young career, director Malin Ingrid Johansson continues to gain recognition on the festival circuit while looking to extend her reach into the American advertising market. On the latter score, she’s joining the roster of Little Minx, the production company under the aegis of Rhea Scott who’s known for nurturing the careers of filmmakers Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) An inevitable fact of interviewing Ridley Scott is that, whatever movie he’s about to release, you’ll find him already knee-deep in his next project. Scott, Hollywood’s perpetual rolling stone even at age 86, may be preparing to unveil “Gladiator II,” one of his biggest epics yet, but at the moment he’s got the Bee Gees Read More 

VENICE, Italy (AP) Five years after “Joker ” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, director Todd Phillips can’t help but be a little nervous about returning with its sequel. “Joker: Folie à Deux,” one of the most anticipated films of the 81st edition of the festival, is having its world premiere in competition Wednesday night Read More 

TORONTO (AP) The Toronto International Film Festival is the clean-up hitter of the fall festival circuit. Coming on the heels of Venice and Telluride, Toronto tends to pull together many of the top films from those festivals, as well as a whole bunch more. But it’s been a few years since TIFF was quite itself. The pandemic Read More 

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) A prosecutor has asked a New Mexico judge to reconsider the decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie, according to a court filing made public Wednesday. Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey said there were insufficient facts to support the Read More 

VENICE, Calif. (AP) Venice Film Festival regular Luca Guadagnino was back on the Lido to debut his new Daniel Craig film “Queer” on Tuesday night. A festival favorite, Guadagnino had to forgo a splashy red carpet premiere for the sexy tennis drama “Challengers” last year, when the studio delayed its release amid the actors strike. But the filmmaker Read More 

VENICE, Italy (AP) Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar returned to the Venice Film Festival with stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. Their film, “The Room Next Door,” had its world premiere on the Lido Monday evening, where it received a standing ovation for nearly 20 minutes. Though a new Almodóvar film is always an event for cinephiles, this one Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) After striking for over a month, video game performers have reached agreements with 80 games that have signed interim or tiered budget agreements with the performers’ union and accepted the artificial intelligence provisions they have been seeking. Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists began striking in July after negotiations Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Hours after ABC News released the rules for next Tuesday’s presidential debate, resolving a final dispute in Donald Trump’s favor, the former president was on the attack — against ABC News. “I think a lot of people will be watching to see how nasty they are, how unfair they are,” he said Wednesday on a Read More 

LONDON Los Pérez–the directorial duo consisting of Tania Verduzco and Adrián Pérez–has joined the talent roster at Biscuit Filmworks UK. This move provides continuity on both sides of the Atlantic as the directing team has been repped by Biscuit’s U.S. office since 2021. As Los Pérez, Verduzco and Pérez are known for their vibrant, detailed filmmaking Read More 

TORONTO & LOS ANGELES Production company Fela, with bases of operation in Toronto and Los Angeles, has added director Nathan Burland, professionally known as This Was Needed, to its roster of talent for North American representation. This marks his first representation in the U.S. and Canada. He’s collaborated with brands including Adidas, Google, Wireless Festival, Libero, and Nike, as Read More 

LOS ANGELES Known for its award-winning comedy commercials, World War Seven has diversified with the formation of WW7 Entertainment, led by producers Peter Kline and Alex Needles. The new venture has a full slate of films, episodic offerings, and podcasts set to debut this year, starting with its first feature film, Pavements, which rolls out this week Read More 

LONDON Great Guns has signed director Charley Stadler for representation in the U.K., U.S., Middle East and Asia. Describing filmmaking as his life’s playground, Stadler thus far has to his credit more than 400 commercials reflecting his versatility across diverse genres including comedy, horror, drama and action. He is one of the first directors to shoot Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) When you look at some of the numbers, it’s hard to believe “Moana 2” was ever going to be anything but a movie. When the teaser trailer for “Moana 2” dropped in May, it was watched 178 million times in 24 hours. That’s more than “Inside Out 2,” more than “Frozen 2,” more than any Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Three weeks after the U.S. presidential election in November, Ridley Scott will present his latest big-screen opus. “Gladiator II” returns the prodigious filmmaker to ancient Rome for a story about a power, the survival of Rome and the fate of democracy. “Hopefully,” Scott says, “it will be a good omen.” This fall, Hollywood will be Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Hard as it may be to believe, there aren’t a lot of Hollywood agents clamoring for their star clients to take the role of one of the polarizing political figures of the 21st century. Sebastian Stan, though, was committed to “The Apprentice.” More than anything, he believed in its director, the Iranian Danish filmmaker Ali Read More 

LONDON The 68th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) has unveiled its full program lineup, which will be presented in cinemas and online, across the UK. Over 12 days from October 9–20, the LFF will invite audiences to return to its flagship venues in the heart of London–BFI Southbank and the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, which Read More 

VENICE, Italy (Ap) George Clooney and Brad Pitt returned to the Venice Film Festival on Sunday for the world premiere of “Wolfs.” Before hitting the red carpet, the Hollywood stars reflected on reuniting, the rise of streaming and Clooney’s New York Times op-ed urging President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid. Asked about the impact of his Read More 

VENICE, Italy (AP) “The Brutalist,” a post-war epic about a Holocaust survivor attempting to rebuild a life in America, is a fantasy. But filmmaker Brady Corbet wishes it weren’t. “The film is about the physical manifestation of the trauma of the 20th century,” Corbet said Sunday at the Venice Film Festival. “It’s dedicated to the artists that didn’t Read More 

VENICE, Italy (AP) Jude Law plays an FBI agent investigating the violent crimes of a white supremacist group in “The Order,” which premiered Saturday at the Venice Film Festival. An adaptation of Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s nonfiction book “The Silent Brotherhood,” Nicolas Hoult was cast as Robert Jay Mathews, the charismatic leader of the group which was Read More 

LOS ANGELES The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that the world premiere of Robert Zemeckis’ Here has been selected as the Centerpiece Screening at this year’s AFI Fest. Here will be celebrated at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Friday, October 25. Reuniting the director, writer and stars of Forrest Gump–a modern classic that celebrates its 30th anniversary Read More 

LOS ANGELES The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl will have its world premiere at AFI Fest. Aardman’s four-time Academy Award®-winning director Nick Park and Emmy Award®-nominated director Merlin Crossingham return to team on this next installment in which Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) The seasonal differences of the movie calendar have eroded a little bit with time. Neither of the last two Oscar juggernauts — “Oppenheimer,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — opened in the fall, the traditional launching pad of Academy Awards hopefuls. And just the same, Fall tends to be nearly as stuffed as summer is Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) “I have global entry!” Now, does that sound like a funny line? Of course it doesn’t. Whatever in the history of mankind and airport lines could be funny about global entry? But put it in the mouth of comedy goddess Catherine O’Hara, and place it in the singularly inventive world of Tim Burton and that Read More 

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) “Rebel Ridge” opens with a shot of a lanky, muscular stranger riding into a small, corrupt Southern town — a scene we’ve all seen plenty of times. Except this stranger isn’t in a truck or on a horse. He’s on a bicycle. It’s one of many ways that writer-director Jeremy Saulnier both honors and has Read More 

LONDON (AP) Ian McKellen is listening to his inner critic. It’s beating him up for not finishing out his latest theater role after he fell off the stage during a June performance of “Player Kings” and spent three nights in the hospital. “Emotionally, I feel guilty and ashamed, you know, quite irrational because it was an accident. Read More 

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC will be honored with the Distinguished Filmmaker Award at the International Cinematographers Guild’s (ICG) 26th Annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA). Cinematographer M. David Mullen, ASC, will also be presented with the ASC Mentor Award. “The filmmakers receiving special awards at this year’s ECAs represent the pinnacle of excellence in cinematography, Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) One of two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death made his first appearance in a federal court in Los Angeles on Friday after reaching a deal to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors. Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, stood in court with his lawyer and told a judge he understood his Read More 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California lawmakers approved a host of proposals this week aiming to regulate the artificial intelligence industry, combat deepfakes and protect workers from exploitation by the rapidly evolving technology. The California Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, is voting on hundreds of bills during its final week of the session to send to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Read More 

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