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Ram Gopal Varma faces Rs 29.67 cr recovery notice, film industry warned against working with him
4 min read Hyderabad Make us preferred source on Google Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has been served a Rs 29.67 crore recovery notice by production house Eclatant Films Private Limited, which has also issued a public warning to the entire film…
'Paper Plane,' 'Helicopter' and 'Old Bogus Massacre' Among Austin Film Festival Script and Film Competition Award Winners (EXCLUSIVE)
The Austin Film Festival has announced the winners of its script and film competition. The 33rd annual event received more than 12,500 submissions, with 78 scripts advancing to the finalist round before the festival selected 21 writers and writing…
Yesteryear: 'Bend Story' to be filmed in 1951
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Oregon's third great highway, The Dalles-California, is today completed, spanning the state from north to south, linking The Dalles with Klamath Falls and providing for Central Oregon motorists a surfaced…
Pink Film Veteran Zeze Takahisa Champions Original Stories at Tokyo Masterclass
The Tokyo International Film Festival 's Tokyo Talk program presented a masterclass with Zeze Takahisa, director of the festival's opening film, “Sukiyaki.” Held before a full-house crowd at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, the talk focused on…
It was emotional night at film's world premiere in Crosby
It's not often you get to go to a world premiere so it was particularly exciting this week to head to the Crosby Community Plaza for the first ever showing of Amazing Grace. The powerful film stars Hannah Walters and Daniel P. Lewis and features a…
Japan's Film Funds Look Beyond Production Committees to Build New Financing Models
Japan's production committee system, in which a group of companies jointly finance a film and share its rights, has helped spread risk across the industry. But it can also cap budgets at what the industry itself can raise, make it harder for…
EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk's AI Odyssey Film Slammed as 'Trash' by Movie Fans
Elon Musk 's ambitious attempt to reinvent The Odyssey using artificial intelligence has been savaged by movie fans, with viewers branding the billionaire's adaptation 'trash' and questioning whether AI can ever replace human filmmakers.
The rainy night 'E.T.' filmed its Halloween bicycle chase in the NorCal redwoods
Matt Westbrook hooks his thumbs through the belt loops of his jeans, sighs and tries to remember. It's a near-cloudless afternoon in July, and we're standing at the sixth-generation owner's namesake cattle ranch on the edge of Crescent City, about…
Artisans Break Down the Tricks and Treats of Designing a Trojan Horse at SCAD Savannah Film Festival
As part of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, IndieWire's Future of Filmmaking team presents “Behind Their Lens,” a series of panel discussions with some of the most exciting artisans, directors, and producers of 2026. On the artisans…
The five scariest films available to stream for free in the UK this Halloween
Halloween is finally here, which means it's time to start scanning the streaming services to find the perfect horror movie to watch for your spooky night in. With the nights getting darker, the temperatures. beginning to plummet and the haunted…
Beloved film legend dies at home after horror fall as family discover body
Sanjay Gupta's friend and fellow director Milap Zaveri confirmed his passing Beloved filmmaker Sanjay Gupta has died at the age of 59, the Press Trust of India has announced. Fellow director Milap Zaveri confirmed the news, noting, 'It is true that…
R Madhavan To Headline Vishal Furia's Next Horror Film After 13B And Shaitaan
Entertainment News 1 min read Follow: R Madhavan To Headline Vishal Furia's Next Horror Film | Image: ANI After sending chills down audiences' spines with Shaitaan, R Madhavan is set to return to the horror genre with Vishal Furia's upcoming film.
Anirudh Ravichander Exits Shah Rukh Khan's King , Sachin-Jigar To Compose Film's Music
King is scheduled to release in theatres on December 24. Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed Both parties are said to have mutually agreed. Deepika Padukone is also part of the film. Suhana Khan and Abhishek Bachchan are also part of the…
Hannah Walters 'an adopted Scouser' as she talks new film and marriage
After 33 years with one of Liverpool's most famous sons, Hannah Walters can definitely consider herself to be an honorary Scouser. The 52-year-old met Stephen Graham when they were both budding acting students at the Rose Bruford College of Speech…
Rare whale filmed in Cornwall coast raises 'worrying' concerns
A 'worrying' sighting of what is believed to be a Sowerby's beaked whale off the Cornwall coast has been caught on film. The enigmatic creature surfaced alongside a passenger ferry moments after it departed from the mouth of the Fowey estuary.
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