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bbc.co.uk - Naomi Clarke - Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and BTS lead concert film revolution
Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and BTS lead concert film revolution
BBC

The stage illuminates, the bass kicks in and your favourite musician appears on stage. It's an electrifying moment, and one you'll remember for years to come. But it's become a whole lot easier to relive these moments as more concerts are turned…

pcgamer.com - Shaun Prescott - The producer of the new Mortal Kombat film is annoyed that film reviewers are appraising it as a film
The producer of the new Mortal Kombat film is annoyed that film reviewers are appraising it as a film
PC Gamer

Mortal Kombat 2—the film, not the game—released earlier this week and reviews were mixed: games outlets like GamesRadar and IGN were generally favorable, but it copped a flogging in most other quarters. AV Club called it 'dreck', The…

mirror.co.uk - Matthew Abbott - EFL investigate Southampton for Middlesbrough filming before play-off semi-final
EFL investigate Southampton for Middlesbrough filming before play-off semi-final
The Mirror

The English Football League (EFL) are investigating potential misconduct by Southampton ahead of their Championship play-off semi-final against Middlesbrough. It is said that an individual associated with the Saints unauthorisedly filmed on their…

wmagazine.com - Claire Valentine McCartney - The 14 Most Anticipated Films at Cannes 2026
The 14 Most Anticipated Films at Cannes 2026
W Magazine

The Cannes Film Festival has been one of cinema's most coveted showcases since its 1946 beginnings, with hopeful filmmakers descending upon the Croisette each May to watch their projects compete for some of the industry's highest awards. But in…

bbc.co.uk - Yasmin Rufo - Pedro Pascal: Grogu is real star of new Star Wars film The Mandalorian and Grogu
Pedro Pascal: Grogu is real star of new Star Wars film The Mandalorian and Grogu
BBC

Lightsabers, stormtroopers and a sea of Grogu fans lined the black carpet in London as the cast of The Mandalorian & Grogu arrived for the film's UK fan event. Starring Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White, the film marks Star…

variety.com - Christopher Vourlias - Nomadic Film Space Launches Traveling Market Platform for African Creative Producers at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
Nomadic Film Space Launches Traveling Market Platform for African Creative Producers at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety

A new traveling market platform designed to connect African creative producers with fresh sources of financing will launch with a series of events May 14 – 15 at the Cannes Marché du Film. Curated and operated by the pan-African film…

gizmodo.com - Germain Lussier - Why 'Mortal Kombat II' Ignores Most of the Events of the First Film
Why 'Mortal Kombat II' Ignores Most of the Events of the First Film
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

People who see Mortal Kombat II are probably going to enjoy it. It's just that type of fun, irreverent film that summer audiences crave. But you know who is really going to enjoy it? People who didn't like the 2021 film it's following. This sequel…

dnaindia.com - Aman Wadhwa - Explained: How has BJP's win, Mamata Banerjee-led TMC's defeat impacted Bengali film industry? Protests against EIMPA chief Pia Sengupta
Explained: How has BJP's win, Mamata Banerjee-led TMC's defeat impacted Bengali film industry? Protests against EIMPA chief Pia Sengupta
DNA India

A day after the BJP's landslide victory in the West Bengal assembly elections, political ripples reached the Bengali film industry, with a section of film producers and distributors launching protest against Eastern India Motion Pictures…

mentalfloss.com - Nitya Rao - 7 Famous Movies Filmed in Less Than a Month
7 Famous Movies Filmed in Less Than a Month
Mental Floss

If making a movie is usually a marathon, these films treated it more like a sprint. Shot in tight windows—sometimes just a handful of days —these productions didn't have the luxury of endless takes or overthinking every frame. And…

standard.co.uk - Lauren Del Fabbro - Richard E Grant and Dominic West to star in 'outrageous' new period heist film
Richard E Grant and Dominic West to star in 'outrageous' new period heist film
Evening Standard

Saltburn star Richard E Grant and The Wire actor Dominic West are among the cast members set to star in an “outrageous” new period heist. The film adaptation is based on the Murray Teigh Bloom novel The Man Who Stole Portugal, about…

koat.com - Cody Thomason - Gallup Film and Media Expo
Gallup Film and Media Expo
KOAT

The 4th annual Gallup Film and Media Expo celebrates young filmmakers and media creators and runs Thursday and Friday at the Red Rock Park Convention Center. THE DEVELOPER PAID ABOUT $340,000 FOR THE RIGHT TO LEASE THE LAND. HAPPENING TODAY, THE…

hollywoodreporter.com - Ethan Millman - Paramount Signs First-Look Deal With Warner Music For Film Content
Paramount Signs First-Look Deal With Warner Music For Film Content
The Hollywood Reporter

Warner Music Group has entered into a first-look deal with Paramount, the companies announced on Thursday, representing another push for WMG into film content after it had announced a deal with Netflix for documentaries back in March. WMG is home…

abc.net.au - Mawunyo Gbogbo - Beyonce's hip-hop film debut walked so that Hamilton could fly
Beyonce's hip-hop film debut walked so that Hamilton could fly
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The world was a different place on May 8, 2001. This was before the September 11 terrorist attacks, which happened later that year when al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the Twin Towers in New York City and other targets in the United States, killing…

nerdist.com - Every Classic Noir Film Reference in SPIDER-NOIR
Every Classic Noir Film Reference in SPIDER-NOIR
Home - Nerdist

As the creator of Noirvember, the first few trailers and making-of videos for Spider-Noir, the new live-action series starring Nicolas Cage, made my noir senses immediately start to tingle. Inspired in part by the pulp crime novels of the 1930s by…

nerdist.com - Matt Shakman Directing a New PLANET OF THE APES Film
Matt Shakman Directing a New PLANET OF THE APES Film
Home - Nerdist

Director Matt Shackman is leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe behind and heading to the Planet of the Apes. Via Deadline, we've learned that the director behind The Fantastic Four: First Steps and WandaVision will helm a new Planet of the Ape s…

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