The Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro industry strand on Sunday unveiled the winners of its industry awards, including its First Look works-in-progress section focusing on projects on the verge of completion, the co-development program Alliance 4 Development, the Antaviana Spanish Previews Award, and the third Heritage Restoration Contest. The winners were unveiled during the Locarno Pro Award Ceremony…
Netflix will keep sailing the high seas. The streamer has given an early season three renewal to its live-action adaptation of One Pieceannouncing the pickup at an annual celebration of Eiichiro Oda’s long-running manga in Tokyo. The renewal comes several months ahead of the season two premiere, which is slated for 2026. That, incidentally, is…
Dave Franco isn’t entirely shutting down the opportunity to play Luigi Mangione in a potential future biopic. During the Together star’s Tuesday night appearance on Watch What Happens Livea fan asked if he’d take up the role if it was offered to him. The actor confirmed that he hasn’t been approached about a project centered…
Harvey Weinstein is suing the producers and managers of the Finding Neverland musical, accusing them of cutting him out of part of the tour’s proceeds. In a lawsuit filed in New York state court on Wednesday, Weinstein alleges NETworks Presentations, National Artists Management Company and FNL Touring secretly withheld $2.3 million from him in breach…
For the first time ever, all 6,000 members will be allowed to vote on the nominees and winners in BAFTA TV‘s international category. The British film and TV academy on Tuesday unveiled tweaks to its rules for voting on the BAFTA Television Craft Awards and BAFTA Television Awards, set for Apr. 26 and May 10,…
The Naked Gun writers are proud to have stuffed their reboot with references to the classic movies. Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, who co-wrote Paramount’s comedy reboot with director Akiva Schaffer, sat down with The Hollywood Reporter after the film’s solid opening weekend at the box office. Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson star in the…
Fran Drescher, who led the actors’ union during its historic 2023 strike, will not be running again for SAG-AFTRA president. A list of national candidates seeking political office in the union’s 2025 elections that was released to members on Friday confirmed that the actor isn’t seeking a reappointment to the union’s top job after four…
At the end of The Bear‘s fourth season, Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) withdraws his stake in the restaurant and declares he’s leaving the culinary industry altogether. In what can be described as either an act of martyrdom or growth, he acknowledges that all of his work has been linked to his familial trauma and gives…
