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- Deadline· 8 OctTurner Classic Movies To Sit Within Skydance Film Group
EXCLUSIVE: Three years ago, following the last merger involving Warner Bros., Turner Classic Movies came under the spotlight, after filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson called an emergency meeting with David Zaslav about restructuring the…
- Literary Hub· 8 OctTaiwan Travelogue translator Lin King is calling out publishing’s “relay translation” practices.
Translator and writer Lin King released a statement on Instagram on Tuesday laying out her claim of copyright infringement of her Booker-Prize-winning English translation of Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-Zǐ, originally written in Mandarin and titled Táiwān Màn Yóu Lù
- Variety· 8 OctPrincess Diana’s Brother Says Kristen Stewart’s ‘Spencer’ Was ‘Terrible’ but ‘I Was Intrigued by How Good She Was at Capturing Diana’
Princess Diana’s younger brother Charles Spencer said Kristen Stewart nailed it in Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer” but called the movie “terrible” during an interview with Tina Brown at a McNally Jackson Books Event.
- Variety· 8 OctAva DuVernay’s Doc ‘14th’ to Submit New Original Song by Brittany Howard and Robert Glasper for Oscars Consideration (EXCLUSIVE)
Ava DuVernay’s nonfiction sequel “14th” is set to world premiere as the closing-night film of the New York Film Festival on Friday, Oct.
14th - Variety· 8 OctChuck Lorre Uses ‘Georgie & Mandy’ End Card to Troll Trump’s White House for Saying He Needs Psychiatric Help: ‘I Don’t Disagree’
Chuck Lorre is responding to the White House’s recent swipe at him, in a medium where he’s often not been shy in sharing his opinions: His post-episode vanity cards.
Also atDeadline - Deadline· 8 OctAt Hearing On Trump’s White House Ban, Judge Presses DOJ On Different Justifications For Freezing Out CNN, MS NOW And Politico
A federal judge said he will rule by Tuesday on Donald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds, while he pressed the government’s lawyers on the different justifications offered by the president and in the DOJ’s legal defense. U.S.
- Deadline· 8 OctSkydance Shares Rebound After David Ellison And Top Execs Ring Opening Bell At New York Stock Exchange
It may be a coincidence – or investor bargain-hunting – but Skydance shares have rebounded Thursday after David Ellison and other top execs rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Halfway through the trading day, the stock was at $9.42, up 6%.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 OctTV’s So White Again: Diversity Now Seen as “Optional”
After a couple years of major progress, creators of color are seeing “real regression,” the president of the TV Academy tells THR.
- Deadline· 8 OctAldis Hodge And Wunmi Mosaku To Star In Orion Pictures Thriller ‘One Night Out’ With George Tillman Jr. Directing
EXCLUSIVE: Aldis Hodge and Wunmi Mosaku are set to star in One Night Out for Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures. George Tillman Jr. will direct. The film will be available to stream on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
- Deadline· 8 OctAMC’s Leawood Films Hires New Line & Paramount Vet Guy Stodel As Acquisitions Consultant
EXCLUSIVE: Former New Line, Lionsgate, and Paramount Vantage exec Guy Stodel will be the point acquisitions consultant at AMC Theatres’ new film label, Leawood Films.
- Variety· 8 OctKourtney Kardashian Said ‘F— That Bitch’ After Jennifer Lawrence Dissed Her as ‘Annoying,’ Then the Actor Sent an Apology Email
Jennifer Lawrence is making peace with the Kardashian family. During the Season 8 premiere of Hulu’s “The Kardashians,” Kourtney Kardashian revealed the Oscar winner asked her sister, Kim, for her contact information so she could apologize for saying the reality star was “more…
- Variety· 8 OctMichaela Jaé Rodriguez to Receive APLA Health’s Voice of Visibility Award at AIDS Walk Los Angeles (EXCLUSIVE)
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez will be honored by APLA Health later this month with its Voice of Visibility Award. The “Pose” star will be presented by her “Loot” co-star Joel Kim Booster during the kickoff ceremony of the 42nd annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles.
- Deadline· 8 OctParamount Teaming With Medieval Times On New Family Comedy; Eric Appel Directing From Script By Blaise Hemingway
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is in early development on a live-action, four-quadrant, family comedy based on the IP of Medieval Times, the family-friendly dinner theater company.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 OctAngie Harmon Returns to Directing for Lifetime’s ‘The Girl Who Disappeared’ (Exclusive)
Harmon's only other time in the chair was for the 100th episode of 'Rizzoli & Isles.'
The Girl Who Disappeared - Variety· 8 OctBrian Grazer and Ron Howard to Receive Harold Matzner Distinguished Achievement Award at Palm Springs Honors
The Palm Springs International Film Society will honor Brian Grazer and Ron Howard with the Harold Matzner Distinguished Achievement Award at the Palm Springs Honors event on Oct. 19 at Soho House West Hollywood.
- Vulture· 8 OctCarrie’s Fatal Miscalculation
The changes Mike Flanagan’s series makes to the story’s iconic climax has major implications, none of them good.
- Deadline· 8 OctBig Shot Pictures Lands Film Rights To ‘CookieRun’ Game Franchise; 2029 Theatrical Release Eyed
EXCLUSIVE: Brian Robbin’s family entertainment company, Big Shot Pictures, has optioned the feature rights to adapt CookieRun, the South Korean hit gaming franchise which counts over 300 million downloads.
- Literary Hub· 8 OctCan romance novels solve the straight man reading crisis?
Extra, extra. You’ve seen the headlines. Men—particularly straight men—have stopped reading fiction. This year saw the rise and fall of the performative lit-bro. And though history, crime, and self-help books still persuade a certain type, the most recent NEA survey found
- Deadline· 8 OctPaul Walter Hauser Set For Crime Drama ‘Garden City’ From John Curran, Magenta Light Studios
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off Resident Evil, which is now Zach Cregger’s highest-grossing film at over $280M worldwide, Paul Walter Hauser has inked to star in Garden City, a new crime drama from Magenta Light Studios. Based on a true story.
- Variety· 8 OctKevin MacLellan, Paramount’s Head of Global Content Distribution and International, Is Leaving Skydance Post-Merger
Kevin MacLellan, the veteran media exec who led Paramount’s global content distribution and international networks, is departing the newly merged Skydance Corp., Variety has learned. The larger international structure for the new Skydance Corp.
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