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gizmodo.com - Germain Lussier - Obsession' Is the Highest-Grossing Original Film of the Decade
Obsession' Is the Highest-Grossing Original Film of the Decade
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Going into the summer, people who'd seen Obsession thought it would be a hit. The movie was too good, too original, and too completely messed up to go unnoticed by audiences. But after it was released, something wild happened. It built up the kind…

jpost.com - HANNAH BROWN - Sam Spiegel International Film Lab to take part in Venice Film Festival
Sam Spiegel International Film Lab to take part in Venice Film Festival
The Jerusalem Post

The Sam Spiegel International Film Lab will take part in the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, presenting 10 feature-film projects in development from Israel and around the world at one of the international film industry's most prominent…

bbc.co.uk - Steve Jones - Former Bradford warehouse doubles up as film and TV set
Former Bradford warehouse doubles up as film and TV set
BBC

Tucked away in a corner of Bradford a former wool warehouse has become a go-to location for film and TV, doubling as everything from a post-war boxing ring to a modern-day police station. Aside from the city's coroner's court, there is little…

variety.com - Anna Marie de la Fuente - Sanfic Industria and Guadalajara Film Fest Forge Joint Queer Incubator Initiative (EXCLUSIVE)
Sanfic Industria and Guadalajara Film Fest Forge Joint Queer Incubator Initiative (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety

With Mexico's “ On the Road” (“En el camino”) by David Pablos snagging both the Venice Film Festival's Queer Lion and Horizons awards last year, Latin American queer cinema has never shown more promise. The Berlinale 's…

variety.com - Nick Vivarelli - 'NAZA' Documentary From 'No Other Land' Directors Acquired by MK2 Films Ahead of Venice Film Festival Premiere
'NAZA' Documentary From 'No Other Land' Directors Acquired by MK2 Films Ahead of Venice Film Festival Premiere
Variety

French sales company MK2 Films has boarded “ NAZA,” the new hot-button documentary from “ No Other Land ” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor that was added on Monday to the Venice Film Festival competition lineup.

swissinfo.ch - swissinfo.ch - 'Odyssey' film boosts book sales in Switzerland
'Odyssey' film boosts book sales in Switzerland
www.swissinfo.ch

In German-speaking Switzerland, there has been an increase in demand for Homer's Odyssey, bookshop Orell Füssli told the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA. The increased demand “is clearly noticeable in our branches and is spread across…

standard.co.uk - Casey Cooper-Fiske - Actress Greta Lee 'opposed to AI actors' as films are about 'human connection'
Actress Greta Lee 'opposed to AI actors' as films are about 'human connection'
Evening Standard

Actress Greta Lee has said she is “opposed to AI (artificial intelligence) actors” as she believes films are about “human connection”. The 43-year-old recently played the AI tablet Lilypad in Toy Story 5 and also…

foxnews.com - Lindsay Kornick - National Treasure' director predicts upcoming third film won't be able to 'ignore' politics
National Treasure' director predicts upcoming third film won't be able to 'ignore' politics
Fox News

'National Treasure' director Jon Turteltaub suggested Friday that politics was a factor in delaying the third film in the Nicolas Cage-led franchise and predicted the issue would be addressed in the new sequel. During a live recording of the…

wwd.com - Julia Teti - How Penélope Cruz's Venice Film Festival Style Has Evolved
How Penélope Cruz's Venice Film Festival Style Has Evolved
WWD

Penélope Cruz has long demonstrated the power of precision dressing on the red carpet, and her Venice Film Festival style is no different. Over the course of nearly a decade, the Oscar-winning Spanish actress ‘ style has incorporated…

hollywoodreporter.com - Scott Roxborough - Neil LaBute to Receive Career Honor at Oldenburg Film Festival
Neil LaBute to Receive Career Honor at Oldenburg Film Festival
The Hollywood Reporter

Indie film stalwart Neil LaBute is set to receive a career honor at the Oldenburg International Film Festival, which will dedicate a retrospective to the American filmmaker and playwright and host the world premiere of his latest film, Murderous.

manchestereveningnews.co.uk - Liam De Brun - Netflix reveals future of star-studded drama filmed in Greater Manchester
Netflix reveals future of star-studded drama filmed in Greater Manchester
Manchester Evening News

Netflix have revealed the future of a critically acclaimed star-studded drama that was filmed in Greater Manchester. Released in September last year, House of Guinness was an eight-part drama from the mind of Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.

vogue.com - Alex Jhamb Burns - On the Podcast: Three Vogue Editors' Most Anticipated Festival Films
On the Podcast: Three Vogue Editors' Most Anticipated Festival Films
Vogue

September is just around the corner, and with it comes the start of the fall film festival circuit. Deputy editor Taylor Antrim served as a guest host on today's episode of The Run-Through, joined by fellow Vogue editors and cinephiles Liam Hess…

hypebeast.com - Hypebeast Newsroom - Ted Lasso' Season 5 Could Begin Filming in January 2027
Ted Lasso' Season 5 Could Begin Filming in January 2027
Hypebeast

Production for the fifth season is provisionally scheduled to begin in London in January 2027 New episodes could arrive as early as summer 2027 following a turnaround cycle similar to the show's second season The rapid production timeline follows…

express.co.uk - Jasmine Carey - Shock as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's 'scandals' to be dramatised in new film
Shock as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's 'scandals' to be dramatised in new film
Daily Express

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor could have his scandals brought up in a new film Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 's scandals could hit TV screens in a new film, it has been revealed. Lawyers for the former prince have reportedly been contacted by a film…

indiewire.com - Brent Lang - Universal Film, Focus Features Extend Partnership with Sundance Institute to Support Rising Filmmakers
Universal Film, Focus Features Extend Partnership with Sundance Institute to Support Rising Filmmakers
IndieWire

Universal Film and Focus Features have signed a two-year extension of their exclusive partnership with the Sundance Institute to continue supporting emerging filmmakers through the organization's Breakthrough Fellowship. Universal's Filmmaker and…

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