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- IndieWire· 7 Oct‘The Social Reckoning’ Is the Kind of Film That the Oscars Have Moved Past Recognizing
Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Reckoning" is a fine film. It is just not cinematic in the way Oscar voters are looking for.
The Social Reckoning - Variety· 7 OctMiami Film Festival GEMS Sets Lineup With ‘The Debut,’ ‘Club Kid’ as Opening and Closing Titles
Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival unveiled the lineup for its 13th Miami Film Festival GEMS, the festival’s fall midseason event taking place from Oct. 29-Nov. 5.
- Variety· 7 OctLaika’s ‘Wildwood’ Set to Close Animation Is Film Festival
“Wildwood” has been set as the closing night film for the Animation Is Film Festival, which runs Oct. 16-19 in Los Angeles. Laika’s animated epic will screen Oct. 19 at the Academy Museum’s Geffen Theater.
- Variety· 7 OctIn a Groundbreaking Premium Drama, ‘R91’ Brings a Murder Mystery Aboard Flagship French Aircraft Carrier
Mediterranean Sea, present day. France’s nuclear aircraft carrier R91 – Charles de Gaulle aka “Le Charles” has just set sail on a threat-assessment strategic mission.
- Variety· 7 OctReview‘Satoko Always’ Review: A Trio of Women Find Their Inner Voice in Shuichi Okita’s Delightful Celebration of the Art of Writing
Three total strangers, with nothing in common except their name, are each inspired to take up writing in “Satoko Always,” writer-director Shuichi Okita’s surprising and inventive celebration of womanhood and the art of literary composition.
- Deadline· 7 OctToby Emmerich Joins FilmNation Entertainment’s Infrared As Consultant
Former Warner Bros Motion Picture Boss Toby Emmerich had boarded FilmNation Entertainment’s production label Infrared as a consultant. FilmNation and Emmerich recently teamed on the Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming movie, I Play Rocky, from Peter Farrelly.
Also atVariety - Variety· 7 OctBen Affleck Explains It All: Artists Equity, the Death of Movie Stars and the Dilemma With Comic Book Movies
At the offices of Artists Equity, the full-service content company founded four years ago by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, Batman is the doorman.
- IndieWire· 7 OctReview‘My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile’ Review: Don’t Be Intimidated by Julia Loktev’s Gripping Six-Hour Wartime Journalism Epic
Epic may be the wrong word for what Loktev achieves with her follow-up to the Oscar-shortlisted saga about Russian dissident journalists condemned by the Kremlin — it's really more of a vibe movie, and better for it.
- Variety· 7 Oct‘Michael’ Sequel to Get $31 Million in California Tax Credits
California taxpayers will help underwrite the “Michael” sequel from Lionsgate, with $30.8 million in state tax incentives going toward the production.
- Variety· 7 OctMK2 Films Acquires Dardenne Brothers, Archipel 35 Film Library to Expand Its Heritage Footprint (EXCLUSIVE)
Mk2 Films is expanding its prestigious film library with the acquisition of Denis Freyd’s production company Archipel 35, as well as movies by two-time Palme d’Or-winning directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne from their company Les Films du Fleuve.
- Variety· 7 OctGlen Powell Is Staying Quiet on Politics Because ‘I Do Not Like the Discourse,’ Says ‘Running Man’ Flopped After Paramount Laid Off ‘Entire Marketing Department’
Glen Powell is the latest Hollywood heavyweight to express a disinterest in talking about politics in press interviews. The “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Chad Powers” is on the last cover of Esquire magazine and remembered growing up with parents who never brought up current events…
Also atDeadline, - Variety· 7 Oct‘Mami Wata’ Director C.J. Obasi, ‘Khartoum’ Filmmaker Ibrahim Ahmad and More Take New Projects to Durban FilmMart’s Co-Production Forum
The 17th Durban FilmMart kicks off Oct. 9 with a stacked, four-day program of talks, panels, think tanks and conversations that will spotlight some of the challenges and opportunities for the African film and TV industries and set the agenda for the continent’s filmmakers for…
- IndieWire· 7 OctJames Gray Looks Back at His Confident, Dangerous First Film ‘Little Odessa’
The writer-director of "Paper Tiger" talks to IndieWire about his 1994 debut "Little Odessa," now available in a new 4K UHD edition from Criterion.
Little Odessa - The Hollywood Reporter· 7 OctActor Jack Reynor to Be Honored at the Oscar Wilde Awards (Exclusive)
The event, ready for its 21st edition, will return to the Ebell theater in Los Angeles on March 11.
- Deadline· 7 OctLow Light Films Boards Jane Schoenbrun EP’d ‘The Arrow At Rest’ + First Clip
EXCLUSIVE: Barcelona-based Low Light Films has boarded sales on Theodore Schaefer’s The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight ahead of its European premiere at the Sitges Film Festival this week and released a first clip.
- Variety· 7 OctFremantle’s Mipcom Lineup: ‘Baywatch,’ Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Foy in ‘You Are Here,’ Impactful Non-Fiction and More (EXCLUSIVE)
Galvanized by the weighty sales and deal prospects on its “Baywatch” reboot, Fremantle is set to hit the Croisette with a powerhouse lineup as it drives ever more into “mainstream escapism, entertainment, big brands, IP,” said Fremantle CEO Commercial, International Jens…
- Deadline· 7 OctMaggie Gyllenhaal On Casting Ellen Burstyn & Dakota Johnson In ‘Flesh Impact’ – Busan
Following her Venice jury chief duty, Maggie Gyllenhaal is attending Busan film festival for the first time with her short film, Flesh Impact, which is showing in Special Screenings.
- Variety· 7 Oct‘In the Shadows’ Producers to Self-Release British Boxing Biopic Following Collapse of U.K. Distributor True Brit Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
The producers of upcoming British boxing biopic “In the Shadow” have successfully staged a last-minute rescue mission to save their film after its U.K. distributor True Brit Entertainment filed for administration in late September.
- Variety· 7 OctKiller Films Boards Ray Panthaki’s Directorial Debut ‘In Starland’ as Feature Lands Tallinn World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
“In Starland,” the directorial debut of British star Ray Panthaki and led by “Sing Sing” breakout Clarence Maclin, has been backed by some of the indie film world’s leading lights.
- Deadline· 7 OctThe Coven Boards Australian Slasher ‘The Only One’ Starring Mel Jarnson & Saphira Moran
EXCLUSIVE: The Coven has picked up worldwide rights to Michael Schwarz’s slasher directorial debut The Only One ahead of its premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival this month.
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