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‘VelociPastor 2’ Leaves FilmQuest Audience Roaring, Celebrating Human-Made Films in an AI Era
Who knew that one of this year’s giddiest celebrations of filmmaking would be a movie where the stunt dummies are obviou...
Animated Movie ‘Apple Cadabra – I Shrunk Myself’ Boarded by Epsilon Film (EXCLUSIVE)
Epsilon Film has acquired worldwide rights to “Apple Cadabra – I Shrunk Myself,” an animated family adventure movie base...
Tokyo Film Festival to Reassess Its Global Standing Ahead of 40th Edition, Says Director Hisamatsu Takeo
The Tokyo International Film Festival will review its 39th edition once it wraps and reassess where it stands on the int...
Star Flops and Slowing Investment Help Explain China’s Thin Festival Presence, Says Tokyo Programming Director
Star-driven flops at the Chinese box office, slowing investment and a reportedly more complicated censorship process hav...
Anime’s Pay Divide Runs Between Studios That Take Risks and Those That Don’t, Says Tokyo Festival Advisor
Japan’s anime industry is in better shape overall, but gaps in pay and conditions are opening up largely between studios...
Family Dramas Dominate Tokyo Festival’s Asian Lineup Amid ‘Geopolitical Volatility’
Family relationships run through the Asian films that Tokyo International Film Festival programmer Ishizaka Kenji has pi...
Tokyo Festival’s Women’s Empowerment Lineup Follows Those Who ‘Fall Through the Cracks’
People pushed to move, or left without anywhere to belong, through no fault of their own form the through-line of this y...
‘Saiyaara’ Star Ahaan Panday and Sharvari’s Ali Abbas Zafar Romantic Action-Drama for Yash Raj Films Unveils Title (EXCLUSIVE)
Ali Abbas Zafar’s romantic action-drama pairing “Saiyaara” breakout Ahaan Panday with Sharvari will be called “Beparwah,...
John Oliver Issues Urgent Warning Ahead of Midterms About the Republican Party’s Nazi Ties
John Oliver returned to the “Last Week Tonight” desk after a two-week absence and focused the entirety of Sunday night’s...
Korea Box Office: Anime Phenomenon ‘Chiikawa’ Remains Unstoppable as Yeon Sang-ho Thriller ‘Paradise Lost’ Debuts
Japanese animated sensation “Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island” maintained a commanding grip on the S...
China Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ Stays at No. 1 as Market Hits Fall Lull
Constantin Film and Sony Pictures’ horror reboot “Resident Evil” secured the top spot at the mainland China box office f...
‘Moon Knight’ Star May Calamawy Fronts ‘Night Feeds,’ Opener of New Tokyo Horror Festival Yami (EXCLUSIVE)
“Night Feeds,” a psychological horror short from Rana Roy starring May Calamawy (“Moon Knight”), will open the first edi...
‘Obsession’ And ‘Backrooms’ Win Big at Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
“Obsession” led this year’s Fangoria Chainsaw Awards with the most amount of wins, taking home five awards including Bes...
From ‘Hoop Dreams’ to ‘Flee’: The 20 Documentaries That Deserved a Best Picture Oscar Nomination
In nearly a century of Oscars, not a single documentary has been nominated for best picture. But that shouldn’t be the c...
James Gunn Defends the DC Universe, Says He Dislikes the Idea That ‘Individual Stories Aren’t Meaningful Unless They Lead to Something’
James Gunn took to Threads on Saturday to defend the DCU and his decision to expand the universe with “individual storie...
‘You Can See Everything’ Director Lance Oppenheim Says Billy Evans ‘Didn’t Care About Being Seen Naked’; Evans Asked, ‘Want to Film Me Showering?’
“You Can See Everything” audiences were expecting to be taken aback for a variety of reasons when watching the documenta...
Peggy King, ‘George Gobel Show’ Actress and Singer of the ’50s, Dies at 96
Peggy King, a 1950s television and recording star, died Sunday following a battle with Alzheimer’s at the Saunders House...
Hudson Williams Says He’s Writing a Film Featuring an ‘Ex-Hockey Player’ and Is ‘Getting Tripped Up’ by ‘Heated Rivalry’ Parallels
Hudson Williams is working on a new film and is “getting tripped up” over a “Heated Rivalry” parallel. Prior to the succ...
‘Wicker’ Stars Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård and Elizabeth Debicki on Making the ‘Very Silly,’ ‘Really Heartbreaking’ Film: ‘It’s Not Just a Slap...
When Elizabeth Debicki arrived on set for “Wicker,” the first thing she saw was Alexander Skarsgård wading through water...
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’ Returns to No. 1 on Albums Chart Following ‘Expectations’ Remix
Following the release of her “Expectations” remix with Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo returns to the top of the Billboard...
‘I Play Rocky’ Star Stephan James on Paying Tribute to Carl Weathers with His Red Carpet Look: ‘I Can Literally Walk in His Shoes Yet Again’
Stephan James paid tribute to Carl Weathers by donning a white suit on Saturday at the AFI Fest screening of his new mov...
Holland Taylor Says She Was ‘Never Paid Very Well’ on ‘Two and a Half Men’: ‘I Got Four Emmy Nominations, and They Never Gave Me a Raise’
Holland Taylor is speaking out about why she didn’t renew her contract on “Two and a Half Men.” The actress spent six ye...
Man Arrested on ‘Miami Vice ‘85’ Brooklyn Set After Brandishing a Knife
The Brooklyn set of “Miami Vice ‘85” was disrupted when a man was arrested after brandishing a knife around crew members...
Elon Musk’s Grok Releases First AI-Generated ‘Odyssey’ Episode, Months After Promising ‘Historically Accurate’ Full-Length Film
Months after Elon Musk promised that his AI tool Grok Imagine would create an entirely AI-generated, feature-length vers...
DJ Pikachu: Pokémon Goes EDM With Lasers, Battles and Marshmello in 30th Anniversary Concert at Intuit Dome
Gotta rave ’em all! Pokémon celebrated its 30th anniversary with an epic EDM concert at LA’s Intuit Dome with DJs Marshm...
Jessica Biel Says ‘7th Heaven’ Reboot Will ‘Modernize’ the Show Now That TV Has ‘Less Limitations’: ‘We Were Very Careful About What Our Audience Want...
Nearly 20 years since the conclusion of “7th Heaven,” and over a year since the news broke about its reboot, original st...
Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything’ Scores $19.5 Million in Huge Second Weekend, ‘Clayface’ Leads With $24 Million Debut
Just when you thought you’d seen everything… A three-hour documentary (in its second weekend of release) has earned almo...
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‘Clayface’ Director James Watkins Explains That [SPOILER] Cameo, Introducing Gotham City to the DC Universe and All the Shape-Shifting Kills
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Clayface,” now playing in theaters. Batman fans will have to wait pat...
ESPN Taps Marvel’s Vision to Boost ElClásico’s Debut on ABC
The Vision, the Marvel super-hero, must tackle two important missions on Sunday. Not only does the character have a new ...
‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ Gets a Fittingly Sexy Fashion Collection Ahead of Sarah J. Maas’s Latest Book
In an age of endless brand partnerships and collaborations, it always feels good seeing a team-up that doesn’t feel forc...
Serielizados Prizes: Hagai Levi’s ‘Etty’ and ‘Astonishing’ ‘Killing a Bear’ Win Big as ‘El Observatorio’ Bags the Mind the Gap Pitch Prize
Influential Israeli creator Hagai Levi (“The Affair,” “Scenes From a Marriage”) and prominent Spanish TV-making duo Jorg...
Egyptian Cinema Eyes Its Next Act as Industry Veterans Call for Better Scripts, Wider Distribution
As the ninth edition of El Gouna Film Festival wrapped in Egypt, the conversation among some of the country’s and region...
Jay-Z Brings His ‘Jay-Z 30’ Concert Series to a Close in Los Angeles With Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Too Short
How does one measure their own legacy: In a series of shows, in the decades since a debut album, in an exhaustive eight-...
Soccer Drama ‘Forza,’ With AC Milan Great Alessandro Costacurta, Heads to Tokyo Market With EST N8 (EXCLUSIVE)
“Forza,” Marco Balsamo’s soccer drama shot between Bali and Milan, has been picked up for international sales by EST N8,...
‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Squid Game’ Stars Fete Netflix’s Korea Decade as Ted Sarandos Teases ‘Tantara,’ ‘All of Us Are Dead’ Season 2
Stars of “Squid Game” and “KPop Demon Hunters” took the stage in Seoul on Oct. 24 as Netflix celebrated 10 years in Kore...
AI Firm Behind India’s ‘Mahabharat’ Series Turns to Indonesian Myth in Cross-Border IP Pact (EXCLUSIVE)
The AI technology behind Star Plus and JioHotstar series “Mahabharat: Ek Dharmayudh” is headed to Indonesia. There, its ...
SAG-AFTRA Extends Duncan Crabtree-Ireland’s Contract and Adds CEO to Title
The SAG-AFTRA board voted Saturday to extend the contract of Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the national executive director, f...
‘I Play Rocky’ Star Anthony Ippolito on Becoming Sylvester Stallone and Acting With a Dog: ‘He Wasn’t a Huge Fan of Me’
Anthony Ippolito had to do more than nail Sylvester Stallone’s signature voice to play him in “I Play Rocky.” He also ha...
Nathan Fielder Negotiated a ‘Kill Switch’ on ‘You Can See Everything,’ Says Lance Oppenheim: ‘If We Didn’t Find Something, We Could Just Throw It All ...
“You Can See Everything” might be the buzziest film of the moment, but before the Elizabeth Holmes-focused documentary m...
‘SNL U.K.’ Weekend Update Tackles Meghan Markle Dad Allegations, James Bond Auditions and ‘Glee’ Reboot
“Saturday Night Live U.K.’s” Weekend Update isn’t afraid to tackle the most controversial topics, as the show proved aga...
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