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- 8 Oct
- Deadline· 8 OctVietnam’s Mockingbird Launches Horror Duo & Comedy Drama ‘The Happiest Cell’ At Busan’s ACFM
EXCLUSIVE: Mockingbird Pictures is launching three new titles at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), heading a slate of horror, supernatural mystery, comedy and family drama, as the range of genre films emerging from Vietnam and Southeast Asia continues to expand.
- Deadline· 8 OctHong Kong’s Point Five Creations Readies ‘Blacky The Metal Arm Cat’; Plots Webtoon Extension Of ‘Another World’
EXCLUSIVE: The creative team behind Hong Kong breakout animated feature Another World are developing a second theatrical feature together, Blacky The Metal Arm Cat, which they’re presenting to potential partners at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM).
- Deadline· 8 OctBen Affleck Campaigned For Mayor In LA As ‘Animals’ Character: “Do Not Vote For Me!”
As Angelenos fill out their ballots, Ben Affleck is making it clear that he should not be anyone’s write-in vote, despite playing a politician on screen.
- Variety· 8 OctMarvel’s ‘VisionQuest’ Surprise Premieres at NYCC and Earns Glowing First Reactions: ‘A Worthy Successor’ to ‘WandaVision’
Marvel debuted the first episode of “VisionQuest” with a surprise screening to close out its New York Comic Con panel Thursday. Early reactions to the Disney+ show, which is set to premiere Oct.
- Vulture· 8 OctFinally, a Show Made Up of Tech-Company Episodes of The Good Wife
Cupertino taps Robert and Michelle King’s deep bench of New York theater legends to skewer America’s current heart of darkness.
- Deadline· 8 Oct‘NCIS’ Franchise Comes Out Swinging With 39% Audience Boost For CBS Tuesday Premiere Night
EXCLUSIVE: The NCIS franchise is back to heating things up for CBS on Tuesday nights. The lineup delivered the broadcaster the top finish during Tuesday’s primetime window, averaging 5.49 million viewers, up 39% from last year’s premiere Tuesday.
- Vulture· 8 OctSophia Laforteza Will Return to Katseye in the New Year
The leader of Katseye is coming back.
- Deadline· 8 OctStephen Carbone Dies: Longtime Agent Who Headed Commercial Units At ICM & CAA Was 84
Stephen Carbone, whose pioneering half-century career as an agent and entertainment strategist saw him rise to lead the commercial divisions at ICM and later CAA, has died. He was 84.
- IndieWire· 8 OctReview‘V/H/S Mixtape’ Review: Shudder’s Helter-Skelter Horror Anthology Still Has Some Killer Tracks
With shorts from Renee Zhan, RZA, Ernest Dickerson, and David Moreau — not to mention, evil puppets escaped from Jim Henson's Creature Shop(!) — the ninth "V/H/S" could maybe use a little shuffle.
- Variety· 8 OctMatthew Lillard Resented ‘Scooby-Doo’ Movies After His Career Nosedived When the Sequel Flopped: We ‘Sold Our House’ and Had to ‘Downsize Our Lives’
Matthew Lillard got brutally honest about his love-hate relationship with the “Scooby-Doo” movies while participating in Variety’s “Know Their Lines” video series.
- IndieWire· 8 OctReview‘9 Temples to Heaven’ Review: Spiritual Road Movie Takes a Surrealist Detour in Weerasethakul Collaborator’s Fiction Debut
NYFF: Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s longtime collaborator makes a fascinating case for himself in his debut narrative feature about a Thai family wrestling with faith and death.
9 Temples to Heaven - Deadline· 8 OctEmily Hampshire Explains ‘Heated Rivalry’ Special Thanks, Noted She Read Jacob Tierney’s Script “Before Anyone Else Did”
As Emily Hampshire joins the Season 2 ensemble of Heated Rivalry, she already has a history with the Crave/HBO Max series. Noting her longtime friendship with series creator Jacob Tierney, the actress explained that she received “special thanks” in the credits of the Season 1…
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 OctStreaming Ratings: ‘Toy Story 5’ Reaches No. 1 With Disney+ Premiere
'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story' and 'Neagley' also have strong weeks.
Toy Story 5 - Variety· 8 OctDavid Corenswet Proves He’s More Than Superman in ‘Mr. Irrelevant,’ a Potential ‘Blind Side’-Style Oscar Vehicle Following NFL Legends Screening in NYC
Football teams are always looking for an edge. This Oscar season, Paramount may have found one in David Corenswet. The New York Giants took John Tuggle with the 335th pick of the 1983 NFL Draft and that’s how the running back from California became “Mr.
- Vulture· 8 OctKim Gordon and Suzi Quatro Want to Kick the Rock Hall in the Bass
One thinks it’s “a meaningless construct,” while the other believes she should’ve been inducted years ago.
- Deadline· 8 OctDisney’s Former Top IP Lawyer Sues House Of Mouse For Ageism & Wrongful Termination: “Sleepless Nights & Days”
EXCLUSIVE: Over decades at Disney, Mary Fossier employed the full force of the law against individuals and organizations that attempted to infringe on the House of Mouse’s intellectual property.
- Deadline· 8 Oct‘Heathens’ Trailer: Non-Believers Defy Their Religious Backgrounds, Resolving “To Reclaim Their Lives”
EXCLUSIVE: In the new documentary Heathens, five strangers meet at a retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains, each of them harboring a secret: they have eschewed their religious backgrounds, putting them at odds potentially with their families, communities, and Christian churches.
- IndieWire· 8 OctInside ‘Nerve Center,’ InfoWars’ New Flagship Show That Wants to Hold Every Possible Opinion at Once
Exclusive: Hosts Patti Harrison and David Brown and director Alan Resnick tell IndieWire about assembling the nuttiest corners of the internet for one insane show.
- IndieWire· 8 OctTCM Sticking Around Under Skydance, to Be Overseen by Film Group Instead of TV Team
Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein will have oversight of the cable channel after Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy previously led it at Warner Bros.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 OctDavid Zaslav Cashed Out More Than $600 Million in Warner Bros. Stock in Connection With Sale to Paramount
The WBD CEO saw his stock liquidated in connection with the acquisition, though his total severance package will be more complex.
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