The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival announced its full lineup of Galas and Special Presentations today in what is a complete embarrassment of riches as the event blasts off after last year’s actors strike with 29 titles having rights for sale. Among those movies making their…

Hollywood whines there’s a lost moviegoing audience in the middle and southern part of the U.S. that the industry doesn’t make movies for. Well, then make movies for them. That’s exactly what Universal, Warner Bros., and Amblin did in rebooting Twisters to a grand stateside start of $80M, an awesome…

EXCLUSIVE: Indie film vet Justin DiPietro has been named EVP of MPI Media Group and Dark Sky Films and will oversee the relaunch of the distribution labels with an aim on expanding the company's global footprint and identifying larger scale projects and releases. DiPietro will be responsible for…

Phillip Noyce’s 2002 drama Rabbit-Proof Fence will have a 4K remastered cut premiere at the Smith Rafael Film Center on Saturday, July 27 at 7PM. Rabbit-Proof Fence tells the true story of three mixed-race Aboriginal girls—Molly Craig, her sister Daisy Kadibill, and their cousin Gracie Fields—who…

EXCLUSIVE: Bleecker Street has set a Dec. 6 nationwide release of The Return, which reunites Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche for the first time since the 1996 multi-Oscar winner The English Patient. Overall it’s their third collaboration together counting the 1992 movie Wuthering Heights in which they…

Former Showtime Networks and Paramount Pictures executive Geoff Stier is returning to the Melrose lot as the latter’s EVP of Production, reporting to Paramount Motion Picture Group Co-Presidents Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland. Stier was recently at Showtimes Networks as SVP of Original Programming…

Warner Bros Discovery is reportedly looking to break off its streaming and studio businesses from its linear networks to energize its falling stock price. WBD stock closed Wednesday at $8.34, +0.34%, but the media company is down from its 52-week high of $14.76 and currently has a $20.3 billion…

Lesley Freeman is joining AGBO as their Chief Legal Officer. Most recently, VP of Legal at Amazon MGM Studios, Freeman will oversee all aspects of the Joe and Anthony Russo studio’s business and legal affairs around the world as the company expands its global physical production, virtual production…

EXCLUSIVE: The stars and filmmaker of Borderlands aren’t scheduled to attend next week’s San Diego Comic-Con, but at least you can live the movie if you’re at the fanboy confab, or on your way. The movie, which stars Cate Blanchett, Haley Bennett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar…

Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars were at a lull this year at the Primetime Emmy noms with five apiece. While that’s up +2 from Marvel’s count of three last year with the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel, Star Wars‘ tally this year, all for Ahsoka, is off considerably from 2023’s 23 noms, which was…

Thirty-four performers across diverse backgrounds received Primetime Emmy nominations today which is even with last year when the Television Academy recognized the same number of nominees in the acting and reality hosting categories. This year’s count remains above the 2019 low of 26 non-Caucasian…

EXCLUSIVE: Bonnie Abaunza will be feted this Thursday by the ACLU of Southern California with the Advocates for Justice Award.  She will be bestowed with the honor by Spectrum News 1 anchor, Giselle Fernandez.  Abaunza has been a longtime supporter of the ACLU and served on its Foundation…