Rosario Dawson reprised her role of Claire Temple of Daredevil in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but her cameo was cut from the film. While attending GalaxyCon in Raleigh, North Carolina, last month, Dawson opened up about learning she would no longer appear in the film. “Well … I’m going to have to say: I could […]
Paul W. Downs was one of the co-creators of Hacks and has revealed that he “would love” to do a spinoff based on his character, Jimmy LaSaque Jr., and Meg Stalter’s Kayla Schaefer. While visiting Andy Cohen’s clubhouse on Watch What Happens Live, Downs was asked if there were any storylines he had to fight […]
EXCLUSIVE: Magna Studios has signed 20,000 Days on Earth filmmakers and artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. The London-based talent rep and production house will handle commercial and brand representation, and we hear will be working with them on longer-form projects further down the line. Forysth and Pollard were behind 2014 music doc 20,000 Days […]
Donald Trump’s lawyers have accused the BBC of a “brazen” attempt to interfere in the 2024 U.S. election on the basis that fewer than 300 Americans may have seen a documentary that misleadingly edited his January 6 speech. Trump is suing the BBC for defamation in Florida for $10 billion, and his amended complaint against […]
SNL will return to British shores on September 12. Sky has announced that the second season of Saturday Night Live UK will run for six episodes before taking a break and returning in early 2027. The Comcast-owned broadcaster, which is in the process of securing regulatory approval for a takeover of ITV, added that Season […]
EXCLUSIVE: ByteDance’s new AI video generator Seedance 2.5 is successfully blocking efforts to steal Hollywood intellectual property after Seedance 2.0 prompted outrage among U.S. studios, research has revealed. The Chinese owner of TikTok appears to have made good on its promise to improve safeguards after Seedance 2.0 produced a flurry of videos that regurgitated copyrighted […]
As the Sarajevo Film Festival gears up to welcome the international film community back to the Bosnian capital, its upcoming edition looks set to once again put Southeast European cinema firmly in the spotlight as it unites established filmmakers with regional talent. The festival kicks off on Friday (August 14) with Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland, which had […]
One of the crown jewels of the Sarajevo Film Festival is its industry strand CineLink Industry Days, which serves as the central hub for film professionals during the festival. SFF Festival Director Jovan Marjanović describes it as a “really well-oiled machine that creates a platform for talent at each stage of their careers.” Maša Marković, […]
Netflix has swooped for Fatmagül, snagging the iconic Turkish drama series for Latin America. Telenovelas originated in Latin America, but Turkey has also emerged as a production hotspot for the soapy melodramas, which typically run to dozens of episodes. Fatmagül is one of the best examples out of Turkey, remaining popular more than a decade […]
Joachim Rønning’s The Saga Company, Ridley Scott’s Scott Free and Live Nation Studios are behind new feature Halftime Hero, we can officially confirm. Anson Boon (MobLand), Ellie Bamber (Ebenezer) and Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes) are starring in the movie, which is based on the remarkable true story from 1994 when well known soccer coach Harry Redknapp pulled a […]