Cinedigm has announced that it will release horror picture Karma on demand, digital, and DVD on October 1, 2019 and Gothic Harvest on demand and digital on October 15, 2019, with a DVD release to follow on November 5.
Oscar®-nominated producer Jennifer Fox will return to produce the 11th Annual Governors Awards, which will be presented on Sunday, October 27, 2019, for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President David Rubin recently announced.
The Franco-American Cultural Fund has announced the Documentary Competition films presented during the 23rd annual COLCOA French Film Festival. The festival runs from September 23-28 at the Directors Guild of America, as part of Awards Season in Hollywood.
David Rubin was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tuesday night (August 6) by the organization's Board of Governors. Rubin is beginning his first term as president and his seventh year as a governor.
Shout! Studios, the multi-platform filmed entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has secured North American rights to FEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES, a warm and affecting comedy-drama from Allegheny Image Factory and Witty Michaels Entertainment.
Amazon Prime Video announced over 60 teams from 30 countries will be competing in World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji. The series is hosted and executive produced by Bear Grylls, Lisa Hennessy, Eric Van Wagenen, and Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Burnett.
The Writers Lab co-founders Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon and New York Women in Film & Television announced the 12 screenwriters to participate in the 5th year of The Writers Lab, supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.
Today at Amazon Prime Video’s TCA session, the teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated second season of the fan-favorite Amazon Original Series, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan premiered showcasing the higher stakes in season two by taking audiences on an action-packed adventure.
The Transparent "Musicale Finale" takes the beloved Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning series to new heights as a dazzling movie fantasia inspired by the classic musicals that shaped a culture while artfully exploring boundaries and grief.
Amazon Prime Video today announced it has ordered a fifth season of the fan favorite science fiction series The Expanse, ahead of its fourth season premiere. Season Four will premiere on Friday, December 13, 2019.
Amazon Prime Video today announced it has ordered a second season of Carnival Row, the one-hour Amazon Original fantasy drama series from Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne premiering Labor Day Weekend.
Amazon Studios announced today that it has ordered an eight-episode season of the exciting new series The Banker's Wife, based on the best-selling novel by Cristina Alger. Meredith Stiehm (Homeland) will write all eight episodes,
Bill Pullman, Eddie Izzard and Diplo are the latest to join the cast of Covers, the upcoming comedy from Focus Features and Working Title. These performers join the previously announced Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Ice Cube.
The Franco-American Cultural Fund has announced the programs for the Television section and the films that will be featured in the Shorts section at the 23rd edition of the COLCOA French Film Festival as part of Hollywood Awards Season.
Amazon Prime Video announced the fourth season of the Hugo Award-winning series The Expanse will premiere on Friday, December 13. Fans packed the Indigo Ballroom at Comic-Con International, where cast and creators debuted the first footage from the upcoming season.
Women Texas Film Festival presented by Methodist Dallas Medical Center today announced the official selections for the fourth year of the critically-acclaimed Dallas-based film festival which focuses solely on the work of female filmmakers (August 15-18).
APV announced the fourth and final season of the Emmy Award-winning series The Man in the High Castle will premiere Friday, November 15. In Room 6A, at the San Diego Convention Center, opening minutes of the epic final season debuted.
Amazon Prime Video announced at San Diego Comic-Con International that it has picked up a second season of its highly anticipated subversive superhero series "The Boys" debuting July 26 in more than 200 countries and territories exclusively on APV.
The 45th annual Saturn Awards, the sole event honoring Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror entertainment, will take place on Friday, September 13, 2019 at the historic Avalon Theater in Hollywood, California.
Internationally recognized and renowned martial artist and action star Paul Mormando (Bound By Debt, Justified Vengeance) has been cast as Benny Blades in SILENT PARTNERS, an exciting new pilot based on real-life mafia boss Dave Iacovetti.
Acclaimed filmmaker Juan Antonio (J.A.) Bayona (The Orphanage, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) will direct the first two episodes of Amazon Studios' upcoming series based on J. R. R. Tolkien's iconic fantasy novels The Lord of the Rings.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is proud to announce commitments from 28 partner companies in its third year of Academy Gold, an entertainment industry internship enhancement and mentorship program for students and young professionals from underrepresented communities.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the appointment of producer and educator Susan Ruskin as Dean of the AFI Conservatory. She will lead AFI's world-class, graduate film-training program, bringing decades of academic and professional experience to renowned film program.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC today announced the 2022 Oscars® show date and confirmed the 2021 date. Upcoming Oscars show dates are as follows, with future years to be evaluated based on preset programming.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2019–20 Board of Governors. They will assume their posts July 1. A run off election is necessary for the Film Editors Branch.
Longtime multi-hyphenate actor/writer/producers Cece King, Elyse Russell and Devon Ogden have attached Annette Haywood-Carter to direct DEAR JACK, based on the memoir Dear Jack: A Love Letter, by Barbara Bates Conroy and Jackson Scott Conroy.
New Regency, Film4 and Warp Films' EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE reunites the original creative team behind the stage production: director Jonathan Butterell, writer Tom MacRae, composer Dan Gillespie Sells and choreographer Kate Prince. Filming will begin June 24.
The Academy announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Honorary Academy Awards to David Lynch, Wes Studi and Lina Wertmüller, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Geena Davis at the Academy's 11th Annual Governors Awards.
Cinelatino, the nation's leading Spanish-language movie channel, proudly announces the winners of three prestigious filmmaker awards—including the Cinelatino & DishLATINO Audience Choice award, the Cinelatino Best Director award, and the Cinelatino Tomorrow's Filmmakers Today Best Short award.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced it will confer Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees honoris causa upon Academy Award®-nominated director/producer Lesli Linka Glatter (alumna, AFI Directing Workshop for Women) and Academy Award®-nominated writer/director Paul Schrader (AFI Conservatory Class of 1969).
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that producer and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has been elected Chair of the AFI Board of Trustees. Kennedy will lead the AFI Trustees to set the Institute's priorities and guide its national education programs.
Middle East distributor and producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment and preeminent international filmed entertainment company Rocket Science have entered into a joint venture to form YALLA YALLA, a Dubai based film and television company focused on Arabic language entertainment.
Highland Film Group has today announced they have come on board to handle international sales for Karen Maine's comedy, Yes, God, Yes, which will commence at Cannes next week. Endeavor Content handles the US rights for the film.
Amidst an extremely competitive landscape, NEON and Hulu have acquired North American rights to Céline Sciamma’s highly acclaimed film, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, at the Cannes Film Festival as part of their exclusive film and content output licensing agreement.
Academy Award®-winning actor Michael Caine (The Dark Knight) will star in Best Sellers, which will mark Lina Roessler's (Little Whispers: The Vow) directorial debut. Foresight Unlimited will handle foreign sales and introduce buyers in Cannes.
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to director, screenwriter/author and musician Raymond De Felitta's (City Island, "Madoff") Bottom of the 9th. The heartfelt baseball drama will hit theaters on July 19th.
Nearly forty years after their break up, Led Zeppelin is reintroduced to a new generation with a yet untitled feature documentary, now in post-production and directed by Bernard MacMahon, celebrating the world’s best-selling rock band on their fiftieth anniversary.
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired US rights to producer Ant Timpson’s directorial debut Come to Daddy, starring Elijah Wood, which made its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last month.
Le Cinéma Club, the essential, highly curated global streaming destination for film lovers around the world, will relaunch on June 14, 2019 with a brand new, redesigned site and expanded editorial content, with support from CHANEL.
RT Features announced at Cannes that they will be re-teaming with director James Gray (The Immigrant, The Lost City of Z, upcoming Ad Astra) on his next feature film, Armageddon Time, a memoir about Queens New York in the mid 1980's.
Highland Film Group announced today that Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise, "Feud,") will star in John Krokidas' (Kill Your Darlings) Tunnels. The screenplay is written by Victoria Rose (The Time Capsule, Brimming with Love).
AFI DOCS, the American Film Institute's annual documentary celebration in the nation's capital, has announced the Opening and Closing Night films and Special Screenings for its 17th annual edition. AT&T returns as Presenting Sponsor for the sixth consecutive year.
Rocket Science have come on board to finance and handle international sales for the dark comedy Queenpins, starring Leslie Jones (“Saturday Night Live”) and Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall). Sales will commence in Cannes next week.
Rocket Science announced today that award-winning German filmmakers Michael Wech and Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns will direct official feature documentary 'SCHUMACHER' on the most successful formula one driver of all time, Michael Schumacher. Rocket Science to launch sales at Cannes.
Highland Film Group announced today that Jake Manley (Roland Emmerich’s upcoming Midway) has joined Bella Thorne in writer/director Joshua Caldwell’s Southland. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide sales continuing in Cannes. Principal Production is set to commence in September.
Academy Award winner Russell Crowe (L.A Confidential) will star in Unhinged, a psychological thriller which will start production July 15 in New Orleans. The film, which is the first Solstice Studios movie to go into production.
Academy Award® nominees Annette Bening (American Beauty) and Michelle Pfeiffer (Ant Man and The Wasp) have signed on to star in director Gideon Raff's ("Homeland" and the upcoming The Red Sea Diving Resort and "The Spy") thriller Turn of Mind.
Box-office powerhouse Chris Pine is set to star in the upcoming non-stop action-thriller Violence of Action from Thunder Road Films and 30WEST. Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident) will direct from a script written by J.P. Davis.
Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis, co-heads of Higher Ground Productions, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company in partnership with Netflix, today announced the company's initial slate of upcoming projects.
MadRiver Pictures announced the true-life drama, What Is Life Worth directed by Sara Colangelo (The Kindergarten Teacher) and starring Academy Award® nominee Michael Keaton and Academy Award® nominee Stanley Tucci, has started photography in New York City.
NEON, which acquired Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency following its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, will be releasing the prison warden drama on December 27, 2019, positioning the title as a prime awards season contender.
Marin Ireland (Hell or High Water), Michael Abbott Jr. (Loving) and Xander Berkeley (“The Walking Dead,”) will star in the upcoming horror film The Dark & The Wicked from writer and director Bryan Bertino (The Strangers).
The Academy's Board of Governors has approved Oscars® rules for the 92nd Academy Awards®. The most notable changes is the renaming of the Foreign Language Film award and increasing opportunity for the gifted, talented and usually heroes of filmmaking.
The 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications, will feature over 130 short films during the nine day fest from May 2 - May 10. These cinema gems from around the globe featuring stories about love, family, heartbreak, friendships, and self-acceptance are all part of the exciting line up.
The Academy Museum announced the George Lucas Family Foundation has provided a transformative grant in support of the Museum's educational mission. The funds will be used to create an endowment underwriting free admission in perpetuity for visitors ages 17 and younger.
Shea Whigham (“Modern Love,” First Man), two-time Academy Award® nominee Bruce Dern (Nebraska, The Hateful Eight) and Zach Avery (The White Crow, Last Moment of Clarity) have boarded The Gateway alongside previously announced Olivia Munn.
Montclair Film Festival to open with Tom Harper's Wild Rose, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am set for Closing, Nisha Ganatra's Late Night, Stanley Nelson's Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool set as Centerpiece Films.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has today received a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to embark upon an unprecedented, landmark study of gender parity in the history of American film.
The AFI Conservatory and the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation (WJSFF) have partnered to launch the second annual Young Women in Film intensive which will bring 45 female, Los Angeles-area students for an eight-week filmmaking workshop.
MGM Television and Mark Burnett, Worldwide Television Group Chairman, partner with entrepreneur, television personality, author, philanthropist, Bethenny Frankel for a multi-year deal for unscripted development expanding upon Frankel's previous television and business experiences.
Actress Tracey Birdsall has won Actress of the Year of Women in Film at the Women in Film Forum, presented by WeLink Media Groups, held at the United Nations Headquarters. She received the award on March 15, 2019.
Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Nicolas Cage (National Treasure) has signed on to star in writer-producer and director Dimitri Logothetis’ martial arts action saga Jiu Jitsu. The cast will also include Alain Moussi (Kickboxer: Retaliation).
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK) is partnering with Paramount Pictures, RealD 3D and D-BOX to provide families in select cities a special experience to celebrate the release of Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies' Wonder Park.
Hollywood rolls out the red carpet as ten Russian beauties step into the spotlight when the 8th Annual Miss Russian LA 2019 competition returns to Hollywood on Sunday, March 24 at the Taglyan Cultural Complex.
The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, unveiled its feature film lineup. Continuing its tradition of elevating exceptional storytelling rooted in today's global film communities, the 18th annual Festival will showcase debut works from emerging talent and new works from notable filmmakers.
Anton announced that its upcoming thriller Come Closer will be directed by David Slade (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch). The film, which is based on the novel of the same name, is penned by the novel's author Sara Gran ("Berlin Station").
Mr. Malcolm’s List will mark Emma Holly Jones’ feature directorial debut and star Gemma Chan (Crazy Rich Asians) and Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) and is the feature adaptation of a successful Refinery29 Short Film.
Indie Memphis is excited to announce the return of the Indie Memphis Black Filmmaker Residency for Screenwriting, supported by the Remembering George Riley Fund. The 2019 Resident will be selected by Academy Award-winning screenwriter/director, Barry Jenkins.
MGM Television has closed a deal with Emmy Award nominated creator/showrunners Will Scheffer and Mark Olsen (HBO's Big Love, Getting On) to adapt T.C. Boyle's PEN/Faulkner Award winning, landmark immigration-themed novel The Tortilla Curtain as a premium series.
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to Richard Bates Jr.'s horror thriller Tone-Deaf. The film stars Robert Patrick ("Scorpion," Terminator 2: Judgement Day) and Amanda Crew ("Silicon Valley," Table 19).
A California tour bus returning from a weekend of gambling at Red Earth Casino, slammed into the back end of a semi-tractor trailer, on 1-10 in the Mojave Desert, killing thirteen including the driver and injuring at least 31 passengers.
A three nation joint task force comprised of American, Italian and Colombian law enforcement have seized 11 tons of cocaine and arrested 33 people in a mafia-linked drug ring in the jungles of Colombia, South America.
New York City at Christmas, glittering lights decorate every tree, hope is alive and the unexpected holiday feelings move strangers into random acts of kindness, the city lights up with multi-colored memories of Christmas’ past.
With summer just around the corner, temperatures are heating up and it’s time to think about some ways to get the most out of the season, including cool tools that make summer barbecues, soirees, and family time sizzle.
President Barack Obama returned to Washington, from his Hawaiian Christmas holiday, heralding 2014 an “Action Year” and calling on every American to work together to capitalize on the economic gains of the past year.
The DOW Jones Industrial Average, unable to shake the Bear chase, suffered massive triple digit losses, losing in one week an entire years gain, closed down as the top three world market indicators took a hit signaling a down turn.
BOULEVARD, from Starz Digital and Camellia Entertainment, brings to the screen a powerful moving life drama that resonates of living truthfully and is delivered with reserved unforgettable force taking the audience on a personal journey of self-discovery.
The new Medicare for All bill (H.R. 1384) has come and hopefully will go the way of the pet rock. Everybody knows the basics: the government will take care of all medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, and long-term care services with no out-of-pocket expenses.
City of Ghosts, from Amazon Studios, A&E Indie Films and IFC Films, presents the haunting account of the take-over of Raqqa Syria by the Islamic State and the rise of the citizen activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.
A massive inferno broke out in the evening hours of Sunday at Brazil's National Museum, engulfing the nations national treasure and in the process reducing 200 years of artifacts, research, and historical finds to rubble and ash.
The Neon Demon, from Broadgreen Pictures and Amazon Studios, present a chilling tale, in modern film noir, of life inside creative pursuit circles, where beauty is the only currency and career is on life support before twenty.
Announced as a cataclysm, the exit of Great Britain from the European Union is perhaps the perfect opportunity to rethink Europe and reconnect with its origins without obscuring the idea that this Brexit also reflects a form of crisis of Europe's political growth.
Mahisha Dellinger, CURLS hair care founder and creator, has for the past ten years embraced the ethnic hair care market, running riglet's around her competition with her Curls brand product line.
Beautiful Boy, from Amazon Pictures and Plan B Entertainment, brings to the screen the true story of the father-son relationship between Nic Sheff and David Sheff as the downward spiral of substance abuse takes over their lives.
Charismatic Anglo-Italian jeweller Andrew Grima was regarded as one of the 20th century's most daring and imaginative designers. He was the go-to society jeweller for royals, celebrities, socialites and his earliest clients included HM The Queen, The Princess Margaret, Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
