Discovery+, the definitive non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service, announced the acquisition and global launch of the award-winning documentary CITIZEN PENN, featuring the original song Eden (To Find Love) performed by Bono and co-written by Bono and Linda Perry.
The Oscars® show producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh announced that veteran director Glenn Weiss will return to direct the 93rd Oscars. The Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide Sunday, April 25, 2021.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the campaign art for the 93rd Oscars® which will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
MTV Entertainment Studios announced during today's ViacomCBS Streaming Event presentation that Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, Wind River) has been tapped as the lead in the highly anticipated drama Mayor of Kingstown exclusively for Paramount+.
Amazon Prime Video announced that the highly anticipated Amazon Original limited series The Underground Railroad, from Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins, will premiere on May 14 exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
NEON is partnering with Letterboxd, the global social network for film discussion and discovery, across its slate of documentary and international films short listed for the 93rd Academy Awards® in an exclusive deal starting this Monday, March 8, 2021.
IMDb TV announced the premiere date for the original true-crime docu-series Moment of Truth, directed by Matthew Perniciaro and Clay Johnson. The series tells the never-before-seen story behind the murder of NBA Superstar Michael Jordan's father, James.
Rocket Science announced today that Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe will play Mark Rothko in director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Rothko, alongside with a star-studded award winning ensemble including Aisling Franciosi, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jared Harris.
Saban Films has taken North American, UK and Irish rights to CJ ENM's Joel David Moore directed horror/thriller "Hide and Seek" starring Golden Globe® winner stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jacinda Barrett, Joe Pantoliano, and Mustafa Shakir.
DECAL, a full-service home entertainment distributor, is acquiring North American rights to Jaco Bouwer’s Gaia from XYZ Films, which is set to debut in the Midnight section of the upcoming virtual SXSW later this month.
Apple TV+ released the trailer for the new genre-bending thriller "Calls," which will premiere globally with all nine episodes of the first season on Friday, March 19, 2021. Based on the CANAL+ French series of the same name.
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to Long Story Short written, directed by and co-starring Academy Award® nominee Josh Lawson (The Little Death, Bombshell, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues).
AARP The Magazine has unveiled the winners for the annual Movies for Grownups® Awards, which features honorees from The United States vs. Billie Holiday, The Life Ahead, The Father, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and more.
Director Ariel Vromen has set his next film, signing on to direct Sacha Penn's thriller April 29, 1992. Vromen is fast-tracking the project and plans to shoot in June, with an expected release set for the April 2022.
Women Texas Film Festival, the first full-fledged female-focused film festival, has announced today that they have ceased operations with no plans for subsequent film festivals, having achieved many of its goals during its five-year run from 2016-2020.
The American Film Institute (AFI) wrapped its celebration of AFI AWARDS 2020 with a virtual benediction delivered by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Morgan Freeman, which premiered on AFI's YouTube channel and AFI.com/MovieClub.
Three hundred sixty-six feature films are eligible for the 2020 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, March 15, 2021.
AFI AWARDS celebrates HAMILTON with brand new content featuring the creator and actors of the filmed performance. Creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the story to the audience.
Abramorama announced Brickell & Broadbridge International ("BBI") has signed on to sell and distribute Season One of THE CON, a groundbreaking 5-part financial crime documentary series that provides an in-depth documentary investigation into the 2008 financial crisis.
AFI AWARDS celebrates THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT with new content featuring the creator and star of the series. Actress Anya Taylor-Joy accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the audience.
Topic, the new streaming service from First Look Media, announced they have acquired the exclusive rights to season three of the French political drama "BARON NOIR," a suspenseful epic drama developed by Eric Benzekri and Jean-Baptiste Delafon.
Focus Features and FilmNation Entertainment announced they will begin production on the crime drama The Outfit which marks the directorial debut of Academy Award® winner Graham Moore, who will direct from his own screenplay co-written with actor/writer Johnathan McClain.
AFI AWARDS celebrates THE MANDALORIAN with new content featuring the creator and star of the series. Actor Pedro Pascal accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates LOVECRAFT COUNTRY with new content featuring actress Jurnee Smollett and creator Misha Green. Smollett accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates SOUL with brand new content featuring actress Tina Fey and director Pete Docter. Fey accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates "The Good Lord Bird" with new content featuring actor Joshua Caleb Johnson and creator and star Ethan Hawke. Johnson accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show.
AFI AWARDS celebrates SOUND OF METAL with brand new content featuring the director and star of the film. Director Darius Marder accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates MANK with new content featuring the creators of the film. Actor Gary Oldman accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates "Better Call Saul" with new content featuring the star and co-creators. Bob Odenkirk accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI… with new content featuring the director and stars of the film. Director Regina King accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI Awards celebrates "Mrs. America" with new content featuring Uzo Aduba, Dahvi Waller, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Aduba accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates BRIDGERTON with new content featuring the creator and star of the series. Actress Phoebe Dynevor accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates Judas and The Black Messiah with new content featuring the director and star of the film. Actor Daniel Kaluuya accepts the AFI AWARDS honor and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced talent participating in its second annual Global Movie Day, a fan appreciation which allows movie loves worldwide to celebrate their favorite movies, will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2021.
AFI AWARDS celebrates NOMADLAND with new content featuring the creators of the film. Actor and producer Peter Spears accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the film to the AFI Movie Club audience.
AFI AWARDS celebrates THE CROWN with brand new content featuring stars from the show. Gillian Anderson accepts the AFI AWARDS honor on behalf of the creative ensemble and introduces the show to the AFI Movie Club audience.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in nine categories for the 93rd Academy Awards® scheduled to air live Sunday, April 25, 2021, on ABC and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
AARP The Magazine has announced the nominees for the upcoming Movies for Grownups® Awards, with Minari, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and The United States vs. Billie Holiday contending in the Best Picture/Best Movie category.
Giant Pictures, a boutique digital distributor, announced today the acquisition of digital & DVD/Blu-ray rights to science documentary BLACK HOLES | THE EDGE OF ALL WE KNOW, directed by Harvard physicist/historian and filmmaker, Peter Galison (Secrecy, Containment).
The Athena Film Festival (AFF) at Barnard College announced its opening night film and lineup of programming for the 2021 festival today. The 11th annual festival will take place virtually from March 1st through March 31st.
Participant, dedicated to entertainment that inspires positive social change, has partnered with NEON for the North American distribution of Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Flee, which received raves following its World Premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced 17 scientific and technical achievements represented by 55 individual award recipients, and two companies, will be honored in a virtual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Saturday, February 13, 2021.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature, and International Feature Film categories eligible for consideration for the 93rd Academy Awards®. Nominations will be announced on Monday, March 15, 2021.
Principal photography has begun on SPENCER, which focuses on one weekend in the life of Princess Diana, as she spends the Christmas holiday with the royal family at the Sandringham estate and decides to divorce Prince Charles.
Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, announced the acquisition of worldwide distribution rights to Giorgio Serafini's comedy SENIOR MOMENT, starring William Shatner, Jean Smart, Christopher Lloyd, Esai Morales and Katrina Bowden.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the recipients of AFI AWARDS 2020. AFI's movie club to showcase official selections with new and exclusive content featuring filmmakers and stars. Honors culminate with a virtual benediction on February 26, 2021.
As the countdown begins, the Ojai Film Festival introduces a specially curated selection of six of the official submissions in the international feature film and live action shorts categories for this year's Awards which will be offered virtually.
The New York Film Critics Circle announced today the presenters for this year’s special, pre-recorded virtual awards ceremony. Last year’s winners Martin Scorsese (Best Film, The Irishman) and Bong Joon-Ho (Best Foreign Language Film, Parasite) will present,
Searchlight Pictures announced four additional films, The Night House, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and Antlers and Nightmare Alley both produced by horror maestro Guillermo Del Toro, to its theatrical release slate schedule for July 2021.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named Fernando Garcia as its Executive Vice President, Member Relations and Awards. Garcia will lead engagement and outreach initiatives for the organization's worldwide membership and oversee the Academy Awards® submission process.
The Academy announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards to filmmaker Tyler Perry and to the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF). The Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the 93rd Oscars®.
Quiver Distribution announced it has acquired the U.S. rights to writer and director Nicholas Jarecki's dramatic thriller "Crisis." Academy Award-winner Gary Oldman (Mank) and Golden Globe-nominees Armie Hammer (The Social Network) and Evangeline Lilly (The Hurt Locker) star.
Zachary Quinto's Before The Door Pictures has partnered with Topic Studios, Vespucci Group, Spoke Media, and writer Rafael Moraes to develop "Secret Court", a scripted podcast series based on the story of a clandestine purge of gay students from the Harvard class of 1920.
Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) company, announced today the acquisition of all US AVOD rights to the true-crime documentary thriller After The Murder of Albert Lima, from director and producer Aengus James (Scandalous.)
Canyon Creek Films announced today Wyatt Oleff ("I Am Not Okay with This,"), Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects), Janeane Garofalo (Ratatouille, Wet Hot American Summer) will star in writer/director Mark Rosman's (A Cinderella Story) In My Life.
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced a new annual tribute this year, the Ensemble Tribute at the 2020 IFP Gotham Awards and in its inaugural year the award will be presented to THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7.
The New York Film Critics Circle names the winners of its 2020 awards. Voting was conducted via Zoom for the first time. Top picks included First Cow, Nomandland, Never Rarely Sometimes Always and the Da 5 Bloods.
Emmy®-nominated producer Jesse Collins, Oscar®-nominated producer Stacey Sher and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will produce the 93rd Oscars®, Academy President David Rubin announced today. A first for each, the program will broadcast worldwide on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters. Each of the winners receives a $35,000 prize and will complete a feature-length screenplay within their fellowship year.
Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired for release Ace Spectrum Productions timely investigative documentary feature film "The Friendliest Town," the directorial debut from award winning journalist with The Real News Network, and author Stephen Janis.
The Art of Political Murder, based on Francisco Goldman's award-winning book and executive produced by Oscar® winners George Clooney and Grant Heslov, tells the story of the 1998 murder of Guatemalan human rights activist Bishop Juan Gerardi.
The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center announced the complete slate of films being presented online for the 33rd edition of the 2020 AFI European Union Film Showcase, which will take place December 2–20.
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today a new licensing partnership with TechRow. A curated selection of AFI Conservatory thesis films from a diverse team of filmmakers will become part of TechRow's immersive learning platform.
The Academy Film Archive gives an exclusive look into the lives of classic Hollywood figures with its annual "Hollywood Home Movies: Treasures from the Academy Film Archive" event available for streaming online for the first time.
AFI DOCS, the American Film Institute's annual documentary celebration in the nation's capital, has opened submissions and announced the dates for the 2021 edition of the festival. Now in its 19th year, AFI DOCS will be held June 22-27, 2021.
Linda Borgeson, Lois Burwell, Teri E.Dorman, Greg Hedgepath, Ujwal Nirgudkar, Helena Packer and Amy Vincent have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Actors Stephanie Beatriz, Michael Peña, Lou Diamond Phillips and Taylor Russell will appear in a table reading of selected scenes from this year's five winning scripts at the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has appointed Syreeta N. Greene, Ed.D. as its new Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Greene holds a Doctor of Education and Master of Social Work, both from the University of Southern California.
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), unveiled a new public service campaign featuring beloved global superstar Mindy Kaling as the official brand ambassador for November's annual Pancreatic Cancer Awareness campaign to raise awareness of the world's toughest cancer.
The Denver Film Festival (DFF) has announced the recipients of its annual Audience Awards and Festival Juried Awards following the conclusion of its 43rd annual event. Winners Include Minari, Beyond Zero, Nomadland, Atlantis, The Reason I Jump, and Hudson Geese.
The world most exquisite watches pre-selected by the 2015 jury will be competing to win the prestigious "Aiguille d'Or" Grand Prix. These 72 timepieces are now available on the official website of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, gphg.org.
Lavazza announced a new restaurant concept opening at the future Lavazza headquarters in Turin, Italy, CONDIVIDERE developed in collaboration with Ferran Adrià, features a setting designed by three-time Oscar-winning art director, Dante Ferretti, and the brilliant Italian chef, Federico Zanasi will lead the kitchen.
GOLD, from The Weinstein Company and TWC-Dimension, presents the amazing inspired by true events story of a larger than life, down on his luck, dreamer, who through a vision sees his future and follows it from Reno to the jungles of Indonesia.
Si le plan de relance marque une étape fondamentale dans le processus de la construction européenne, la question de son efficacité en cas de nouvelles vagues pandémique n’est pas à exclure.
LOOKING FOR LIFE ON MARS, a one-hour special from PBS science series NOVA, a production of GBH Boston, will follow NASA's Mars 2020 mission, perhaps the most ambitious search yet for traces of ancient life on the red planet.
The idea of Atlantis, the "lost" island subcontinent, often idealized as an advanced, Utopian society holding wisdom that could bring world peace an ideal state that has captivated dreamers, occultists and New Agers for generations.
Corinthia Hotel London is proud to announce that renowned Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, will open his first London restaurant, Kerridge’s Bar & Grill, at the hotel on Monday, September 10, 2018, with reservation lines now open.
President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron united against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad use of chemical weapons launched strategic airstrikes against the dictatorial leader's weapons strongholds in the capital of Damascus.
L'incendie de Notre-Dame de Paris pose en filigrane la question du financement des travaux d'entretien des édifices religieux placés sous le contrôle d'un Etat endetté et tenté par l'appel au privé pour sauver un patrimoine au temps compté.
The controversies surrounding the remuneration of big business leaders have rebounded in the case of Carlos Ghosn. But would not these polemics respond to epidermal reactions in which History and human feelings mingle?
President Donald Trump, in this last week before the November 6, 2018 mid-term elections, stumped for the GOP around the nation, as this election will expose the mood of the country midway into the troubled Trump Presidency.
All or Nothing: Manchester City a behind-the-scenes docuseries giving fans a glimpse into the historic club, its legendary coach, and the personal stories of the players in a record-setting, Premier League-winning year premiered today exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
Under Armour CEO and Chairman Kevin Plank along with Under Armour President and COO Patrik Frisk spoke with CNBC’s Courtney Reagan on CNBC’s "Squawk Box" today, at the new NYC store in the Westfield World Trade Center shopping center.
President Barack Obama headed to Northern Ireland this week to participate in the G8 Summit and meet with leaders from the world’s largest national economies to discuss the most pressing global concerns.
Breaking In, from Universal Pictures and Will Packer Productions, the story of one women who, to save her children, sets up strategic strikes, overtaking armed psychotics, fighting sure death in a race against time.
