Netflix has announced an October 4 launch and unveiled a new trailer and images for feature film The Platform 2, a sequel to the hit 2019 dystopian, sci-fi, horror Spanish drama set against the backdrop of a brutal prison. The original feature, which world premiered in Toronto in 2019 and released…

‘Midwich Cuckoos’ Composer Hannah Peel To Curate Mentor Program EXCLUSIVE: The European branch of First Artists Management (FAM)—the international talent agency representing composers, music supervisors, and music editors— has announced a second edition of its UK Composer Assistant and Mentor…

EXCLUSIVE: Succession actor Ashley Zukerman is among cast of new feature Song Of Songs, which will be exec-produced by Elizabeth director Shekhar Kapur. The Anita Lester-directed identity drama, developed by Screen Australia and sold by LevelK, is one of three development projects being backed by a…

Italy's Taormina Film Festival will honor Sharon Stone with a Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement at is upcoming 70th edition this month. The actress will follow in the footsteps of previous honorees Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Richard Gere, Colin…

Hugh Grant has spoken out against the closure of his local Picturehouse Cinema in southwest London on the eve of screens going black at the venue which has been home to a cinema theater for nearly one hundred years. Picturehouse, the UK boutique cinema arm of ailing global exhibitor Cineworld…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear's management arm has signed French-Algerian writer and director Emma Benestan for representation. The signing follows Benestan's recent Cannes Critics' Week outing with second feature Animale, which closed the parallel section to strong reviews. Related…

Toronto International Film Festival has added five more world premiere titles to its Gala and Special Presentation programs. Ron Howard’s survival thriller Eden will debut in the Gala program. Based on true events about the lengths people go to in pursuit of a better life, it is written by…

EXCLUSIVE: Gkids has announced partnerships with Anime Ltd. & Plaion Pictures, Plain Archive, Shout! Studios and Sugoi Co for the home entertainment rollout this year of the first season of hit animated show Arcane. The show will be released on digital download-to-own and physical home entertainment…

France's Deauville American Film Festival has announced a retrospective gathering 50 U.S. features that have challenged perceptions of the world to mark its 50th anniversary. The selection ranges from D. W. Griffith's 1916 silent epic Intolerance to Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,…

The left wing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance triumphed in the second round of France's snap parliamentary elections on Sunday, with the far right National Rally (RN) party coming in third, according to first exit polls released immediately after voting closed. Per the preliminary results, the NFP…

TikTok may be facing a ban in the U.S. if its activities there remain under the control of Chinese parent company ByteDance, but NATO does not appear to have read the memo. The Brussels-based North Atlantic Treaty Organization has invited top UK TikToker Dylan Page to next week's Washington Summit…

France goes to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a snap parliamentary election in which far right National Rally (RN) party looks set to come out on top. With less than 48 hours until the booths open, polls are forecasting RN is on course to win between 200 to 230 seats in France's 577-seat…