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- Variety· 8 OctRooster Teeth Founders Matt Hullum and Burnie Burns Reunite for Christmas Horror Movie ‘Bad Toys’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Rooster Teeth founders Matt Hullum and Burnie Burns have teamed up for a new Christmas horror-comedy movie, “Bad Toys,” now in development. Hullum serves as writer-director, while Burns is executive producer.
- Deadline· 8 OctParamount And Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Developing Movie Based On ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Video Game
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action film set in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe, based on CD Projekt Red’s best-selling action-adventure RPG.
- 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…
- 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 - 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 Oct‘Other Mommy’ First Reactions: “Jessica Chastain’s Worst Movie in a Long Time”
The first reactions are in the Universal horror film, which is being held back from most critics until the last minute.
Other Mommy - Deadline· 8 Oct‘Love Language’ Trailer: Chloë Grace Moretz Finds Work Writing Vows & Love Triangle With Manny Jacinto, Anthony Ramos In Rom-Com
The romantic-comedy genre is in for a return to form with Love Language, premiering this month. On Thursday, Vertical released the first trailer for the romantic-comedy starring Chloë Grace Moretz, debuting Oct.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 Oct‘Inside Out 2’ Director Kelsey Mann Signs with UTA (Exclusive)
The storyboard artist and director had been Pixar's inside mann since 2009.
Inside Out 2 - The Hollywood Reporter· 8 OctAnime Director Masaaki Yuasa Set to Curate Toronto Fest Classic Film Showcase
The Japanese filmmaker has selected 17 features and four shorts that inspired his work and will screen in the ‘Drawn Universes: Visions in Animation’ spotlight to run Nov. 19 to Dec. 29.
- Variety· 8 OctReview‘Matchbox: The Movie’ Review: John Cena Can’t Make This Toy-Car Spinoff Feel Grownup
As audiences have seen with films like “Barbie,” intellectual property yields the best results when it’s mined with some intellect.
Matchbox the MovieAlso atIndieWire - Variety· 8 OctOscar Predictions: Best Cinematography — Where Fantasy, Mythology, Epics and Horror Collide
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
- Variety· 8 Oct‘Elsinore’ Producer Andrea Occhipinti on Bringing Ian Charleson’s Story to the Screen and His Personal Connection to the AIDS Crisis: ‘I Lost a Lot of Friends’
For Italian producer and distributor Andrea Occhipinti, shepherding “Elsinore” to the big screen carries a significance that transcends being lead producer of the buzzy movie that last night opened the London Film Festival to a standing ovation, with few dry eyes in the Royal…
- Variety· 8 OctSofia Coppola on Releasing ‘Making Marie Antoinette’ as a Tribute to Late Mother Eleanor, Even Though She Finds Younger Self ‘Embarrassing’: ‘It’s a Gift’ to See ‘Through My Mom’s Eyes’
In “Making Marie Antoinette,” Sofia Coppola finds herself in front of the camera. Directed by her late mother, Eleanor Coppola, the documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Sofia’s 2006 historical drama “Marie Antoinette.” Eleanor, who died in 2024, filmed…
Also atThe Hollywood Reporter - Variety· 8 Oct‘La Bola Negra’ to Receive Gotham Vanguard Tribute at Gotham Film Awards (EXCLUSIVE)
“La Bola Negra,” the film from directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, popularly known as Los Javis, will receive The Gotham Vanguard Tribute at this year’s Gotham Film Awards on Nov. 30.
- Variety· 8 OctIsrael’s Oscar Contender ‘Tell Me Everything’ Dropped From Swiss Queer Film Festival After Palestinian Groups’ Boycott Threats
A queer film festival in Switzerland has dropped an Israeli film from its lineup after receiving boycott threats from a collective of local groups including a Palestinian film festival.
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