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 Issue Date: 11/04/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
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Wes Walker and Louis Gheysens Launch Obsidian; New Venture Enters Into A Creative Partnership With Imagine Entertainment
Obsidian officially launches today (11/4), founded by director Wes Walker and entrepreneurial executive Louis Gheysens of the Oscar®-winning global creative studio Gang Group. While it has been active for a stretch already as a creative studio quietly established within Gang Group, developing and producing some select early projects, the formal public introduction of Obsidian now
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Review: Writer-Director James Vanderbilt’s “Nuremberg”
The Nuremberg trials have inspired filmmakers before, from Stanley Kramer’s 1961 drama to the 2000 television miniseries with Alec Baldwin and Brian Cox. But for the latest take, “Nuremberg,” writer-director James Vanderbilt focuses on a lesser-known figure: The U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, who after the war was assigned to supervise and evaluate captured Nazi
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Review: Director Dan Trachtenberg’s “Predator: Badlands”
Elle Fanning delivers one of the most disjointed performances of the year in “Predator: Badlands.” It’s not her fault — she’s a great actor. It’s just that she spends the majority of the movie in two pieces. Fanning plays an android whose torso and legs have different trajectories in this ninth installment of the “Predator”
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RadicalMedia Signs Director Wally Pfister For Commercial Representation
RadicalMedia has added director Wally Pfister to its talent roster for commercial representation. Pfister, ASC made his first mark in the industry as a cinematographer, winning an Oscar in 2011 for his lensing of Inception. Widely regarded as one of the industry’s foremost visual storytellers, Pfister continues to showcase his signature cinematic sensibility in creative
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Director Sam Coleman Joins Eleanor For U.S. Representation
Director Sam Coleman has joined the U.S. roster of Eleanor. “At the end of the day, my job is finding the best in a script and elevating it to be the absolute best it can be,” said Coleman. “Never letting a single second slip, every moment within a script becomes a doorway of possibility.” This
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London International Awards Unveils Global and Regional Of The Year Winners
London International Awards (LIA) has revealed its 2025 Global and Regional Of The Year winners, which are based on a point system value that correlates to a statue win. The points attained from calculating all Grand LIAs (100 points), Golds (40), Silvers (15), Bronzes (5) and Finalists (1) contribute to the Of The Year Awards,
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Director Josh Locy Joins Chelsea For His First Commercial Representation
Multi-hyphenate director/writer/production designer Josh Locy has joined Chelsea for global commercial representation, directing Canadian clothing brand Roots’ “Seth Rogen: Anything Roots” as a debut campaign. Rogen stars as Roots’ holiday concierge offering advice on gifting ideas. This marks Locy’s first representation in the ad market as a director. Chelsea is regarded in the industry for
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Stability AI largely wins UK court battle against Getty Images over copyright and trademark
Artificial intelligence company Stability AI mostly prevailed against Getty Images Tuesday in a British court battle over intellectual property. Seattle-based Getty had accused Stability AI of infringing its copyright and trademark by scraping 12 million images from its website, without permission, to train its popular image generator, Stable Diffusion. The closely followed case at Britain’s
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Doe-Anderson promotes Harvey, Riley and Stewart to ECDs
Independent ad agency Doe-Anderson has promoted Miles Harvey and Britt Riley to SVPs, executive creative directors, and Zach Stewart to SVP, executive creative director, head of design. They each previously held the title of VP, creative director. Harvey, Riley and Stewart work across all agency clients and report to president and chief creative officer Leyla
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