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How ‘The Sympathizer’ Cast Represents a Portrait of the Modern Vietnamese Diaspora
Projects about the Vietnam War and its aftermath are so plentiful as to be practically their own genre, and they’ve starred a who’s who of Hollywood icons, including John Wayne, Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando, Robin Williams, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson and Christian Bale. Notably missing from the casts — at least among the substantive […]
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Paul Schrader’s ‘Oh, Canada’ Secures French Release
French distributor ARP has picked up all French rights Paul Schrader’s new film Oh, Canada ahead of its world premiere in competition in Cannes next month. The feature stars Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Michael Imperioli and Jacob Elordi. Oh, Canada reunites Schrader with Gere, more than 40 years after their first collaboration on American Gigolo. […]
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Chris Hemsworth: “I Became a Parody of Myself” in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’
Chris Hemsworth is still wincing at the reception of Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder. The actor looked back on the goofily disappointing 2022 Marvel movie in a new profile in Vanity Fair. “I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself,” Hemsworth said. “I didn’t stick the […]
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‘Dune’ VFX House DNEG Teams With Dimension on LED Volume Stages in London, Rome
DNEG, the London-headquartered visual effects and animation house that has won Oscars for the likes of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and has also worked on The Last of Us and season 4 of Stranger Things, among others – unveiled the launch of a new unit dubbed DNEG 360, which is operated by real-time production firm Dimension Studio. The partners also unveiled what they […]
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New Ruben Östlund, Lorcan Finnegan Projects at Cannes Investors Circle
The new projects from two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund (The Triangle of Sadness, The Square); Irish director Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium and upcoming Nicolas Cage drama The Surfer); and Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska, director of Letitia Wright/Tamara Lawrance-starrer The Silent Twins, will be pitching to potential backers at this year’s Cannes Investors Circle, an event […]
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Kevin Macdonald’s ‘Klitschko’ to Open Sheffield DocFest, Roger Ross Williams Is Guest of Honor
The Sheffield DocFest will open its 2024 edition with the world premiere of Kevin Macdonald’s Klitschko: More Than a Fight on June 12 at Sheffield City Hall. The annual documentary festival in England also unveiled Roger Ross Williams, the first African American director to win an Academy Award for his 2010 doc short Music by […]
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Freely, the Free U.K. Streaming Platform, Launches
Freely, a new free streaming service backed by U.K. broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Paramount Global’s Channel 5, has launched. Everyone TV, formerly known as Digital U.K., a joint venture of these broadcasters formed to “lead the evolution of free TV in the U.K.,” shared the news just after midnight London time on Tuesday. It had […]
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International Audiences Drive ‘Fallout’ to Big Showing on Amazon
Fallout has become one of Prime Video’s biggest series ever — according to Prime Video. The well-reviewed show, based on the video game franchise of the same name, has become the second-most-watched title ever on the Amazon streaming service over its first 16 days of release, the company says. Prime Video says 65 million viewers worldwide […]
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Borje Salming Miniseries Director Talks NHL Great: “He’s a King”
In a TV sports world filled with athletes, Swedish director Amir Chamdin sees Borje Salming — the late Hall of Fame defenseman who paved the way for Europeans into the National Hockey League when he joined the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1973 – as the perfect role model worthy of a pedestal for his humility and […]
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Gérard Depardieu to Stand Trial Over Sexual Assault Allegations
French actor Gérard Depardieu will stand trial in October on charges of sexual assault brought by two women who claim the Green Card and Cyrano de Bergerac star assaulted them on set of the film The Green Shutters in 2021, the Paris Public Prosecutor said on Monday. French police briefly detained Depardieu for questioning on […]
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StudioCanal Launches Literary Adaptations Label StudioCanal Stories
European production and distribution group StudioCanal has launched a new label, StudioCanal Stories, focused on book-to-screen adaptations. The outfit will be the first of its kind in France and follows StudioCanal’s creation of a dedicated literary adaptation division in 2022. Unveiling the new label Monday, StudioCanal pointed to the success of book adaptations, citing figures […]
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Mike Leigh to Receive Inaugural Career Honor From Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival
Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival will honor BAFTA-winning writer-director Mike Leigh (Vera Drake, Another Year, Happy-Go-Lucky) with its inaugural career achievement Golden Bee Award this year. The honor is awarded “in recognition of a lifetime achievement in film,” organizers said Monday. “Leigh, who has received seven Academy Award nominations across his career, will also host a master class […]
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