VFX Giant MPC and Parent Company Technicolor May Shut Down Amid ‘Severe Financial Challenges
By Carolyn Giardina According To The variety In an ominous sign for visual effects artists, Technicolor-owned MPC, the banner behind recent Disney films “Mufasa: The Lion King,” “The [more…]
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Surpasses $70 Million Overseas, ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Nears $300 Million at Global Box Office
By Rebecca Rubin According To The variety Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” is nearing a sweet box office benchmark with the fourth installment in the [more…]
Demi Moore Wins Best Actress at SAG Awards After 47 Years in the Union, Tells Young Actors: ‘Don’t Lose Sight of the Human Connection
By Zack Sharf According To The variety Demi Moore continued her strong awards season run for “The Substance” by taking home the SAG Award for outstanding performance [more…]
Keanu Reeves ‘Recently’ Pitched ‘Constantine 2’ to DC After Trying to Make the Sequel for ‘Over a Decade’: ‘We’re Going to Try and Write a Script
By Lauren Coates According To The variety Keanu Reeves is eager to once again suit up in John Constantine‘s signature trench coat and tie. Nearly twenty years after [more…]
The Unbreakable Boy’ Review: Zachary Levi Is the Troubled Dad in an Autism Drama Too Feel-Good for Its Own Good
By Owen Gleiberman According To The variety How sunny and well-meaning and therapeutically feel-good is the new autism drama “The Unbreakable Boy?” It’s a movie in [more…]
USC Scripter Awards Winners: ‘Conclave’ Takes Top Film Prize, ‘Say Nothing’ Wins for TV
By Matt Minton According To The variety At the 2025 USC Libraries Scripter Awards, Edward Berger’s “Conclave” won outstanding film adaptation for Peter Straughan’s screenplay while [more…]
Film Independent Head on How the Spirit Awards Will Honor Late President Josh Welsh, Highlight Industry-Lifting Initiatives
By Gregg Goldstein According To The variety It’s only February, but 2025 has already been quite a year for the Spirit Awards. The nonprofit organization that [more…]
Cleaner’ Director Martin Campbell on Combating ‘Die Hard’ Comparisons, Looking Back at His Bond Legacy and Turning Down ‘The Mask of Zorro’ Three Times
By Todd Gilchrist According To The variety After directing not one but two pivotal entries in the James Bond franchise, “GoldenEye” and “Casino Royale,” Martin Campbell has accomplished more than [more…]
Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man 4’ Gets New July 2026 Release, Moves Two Weeks Out From Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
By J. Kim Murphy According To The variety Sony has nudged the release for Tom Holland‘s fourth “Spider-Man” installment by one week, shifting it from July 24, [more…]