Lisa Cooke has been re-elected chair of the Visual Effects Society, and for the first time in the organization’s 25-year history, women now serve in its top five elected posts.
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EXCLUSIVE: A24 and New Regency are among partners on Oscar winner Steve McQueen’s intriguing documentary Occupied City.
McQueen remains in production on the project, which is about Amsterdam under Nazi occupation during World War II.
A24 will handle domestic and New Regency will handle international, with both players co-financing. As previously revealed, Film4 are also co-financing and retain UK broadcast rights.
Partners on the Netherlands-UK co-pro also include the Netherlands Film Fund, Mondriaan Fund and Amsterdam Fund for the Arts. McQueen’s Lammas Park outfit is also a co-producer. Production began a few years ago.
Occupied City is based on the illustrated history book Atlas of an Occupied City, Amsterdam 1940-1945, written by author and filmmaker Bianca Stigter (McQueen’s wife). With a $5M+ budget, it isn’t your average European doc.
The book uncovers traces of World War II in Amsterdam, guiding the reader through the once-occupied Netherlands capital. The Netherlands Film Fund previously said of the project: “Living in Amsterdam is like living with spirits. It looks like there are two parallel worlds. The past is always present.”
On a per capita basis, the Netherlands had the most people hiding from occupying forces during the war. Among those seeking refuge in Amsterdam at the time were Anne Frank and Audrey Hepburn.
It’s not clear yet whether the film – which marks McQueen’s first foray into non-fiction feature filmmaking — will launch in late 2022 or 2023.
Stitger, who was an associate producer on McQueen’s Widows and Oscar winner 12 Years A Slave, recently directed well-received Holocaust documentary Three Minutes: A Lengthening which launched at Venice and Toronto and will play at virtual Sundance.
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Lisa Cooke has been re-elected chair of the Visual Effects Society, and for the first time in the organization’s 25-year history, women now serve in its top five elected posts.
TOWIE star Ferne McCann has a new man on the scene, who she recently shared a loved-up selfie with. The 31 year old looked smitten as she shared a collection of romantic photographs of the new couple with her 2.6million Instagram followers. Lozza, who describes himself as a 'full time geek, part time jeweller, wannabe entrepreneur' in his Instagram bio, shared a snap of himself taking a selfie with Ferne, who is mum to daughter Sunday, four, as she held his face in her hands.
Selena Gomez wraps herself up in a fuzzy green coat while arriving on the set of Only Murders in the Building in New York City on Monday (January 24).
responded to the first trailer for the new Tiger King-inspired drama series, Joe vs Carole.The forthcoming show will follow the fierce rivalry between Big Cat business owners Baskin and Joe ‘Exotic’ Schreibvogel, which was documented in Netflix‘s hit series Tiger King (2020) and its 2021 sequel.Written and executive produced by Etan Frankel, Joe vs Carole will star Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) as Baskin’s husband Harold Baskin, with Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) taking on the role of Carole. John Cameron Mitchell, meanwhile, will appear as Exotic.The first trailer for the series, which is set to arrive on Sky and NOW on March 4, was released over the weekend.
TOWIE star is currently living her best life out in Dubai, where she’s been enjoying spending time with real estate agent Lorri Haines.
CBS News and Stations announced an overhaul Monday that included a new studio in New York, and a new slate of programming. CBS News Miami also became the company’s 13th local streaming service, launching Monday.
Jonathan Cohen Daryl Hall will put the spotlight on his 40-plus-year solo career outside of Hall and Oates with the release of a new compilation and a solo tour with special guest Todd Rundgren this spring. The 30-track “BeforeAfter” will arrive via Legacy Recordings on April 1, the same day Hall returns to the live stage at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre.“I picked the songs I thought were right and significant and meaningful throughout this whole body of work,” Hall tells Variety of “BeforeAfter,” which spans his 1980 Robert Fripp-produced solo debut “Sacred Songs” up through 2011’s “Laughing Down Crying,” which was co-produced by Hall and Oates’ longtime associate, the late T-Bone Wolk.
Dennis Harvey Film CriticUnstoppable force meets immovable object in “To the End.” Rachel Lears’ documentary inspires in its portrait of youthful activists organizing to push impactful climate-change policies into American political reality — and exasperates in the resistance with which that urgent quest is greeted on both sides of the entrenched-power aisle. Covering several years of fast-moving events, this Sundance premiere is too exclusively U.S.-focused to be particularly viable for offshore programmers, but its topicality should stir sales interest on home turf.Like the director’s last feature “Knock Down the House,” about the 2018 Congressional election, this one also throws a spotlight on New York state candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
where has this been all my life?Did you know that Tony Scott and Denzel Washington made a time-travel thriller (complete with a car chase occurring in two different timelines) almost a decade-and-a-half before Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” which starred Washington’s son John David? Well, it’s true! Co-written by “Pirates of the Caribbean” scribe Terry Rossio, “Déjà Vu” concerns the aftermath of a terrorist bombing in New Orleans (this was one of the first big post-Katrina productions in the city) with Washington’s ATF agent being sucked into an experimental government time travel project; initially it’s just surveillance but, of course, Denzel zaps himself to the past to try and prevent the tragedy. Most of the cast, including Adam Goldberg and Val Kilmer as the nerds behind the project, is operating at an 11 (perhaps in an effort to compete with Scott’s gonzo visual aesthetic), with Paula Patton adding some nice emotional nuance as a victim that could be key to the terrorist (Jim Caviezel).
Luke Evans got a taste of the “jungle life” after he discovered a scorpion in his bathroom.
Ferne McCann has revealed that she has found love again, having taken to Instagram to announce her relationship with new beau Lozza Haines. The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 31, has been enjoying a luxury holiday in Dubai with her new man, with the pair officially announcing their romance to Instagram on Saturday 22 January. Lozza, who is jeweller and entrepreneur, took to social media to share an adorable snap of him and Ferne looking cosy as they attempted to take a selfie while on a day out at Dubai Creek Park.
Ferne McCann has confirmed her romance with her new man Lozza Haines as she shared a series of loved-up snaps with her beau. The 31 year old, who recently teased a new look after going back to her root colour with a tonal brunette transformation, looked smitten as she shared a collection of romantic photographs of the new couple with her 2.6million Instagram followers.
Tiger King-inspired drama series, Joe vs Carole, is set to arrive on UK screens in March – check out the first official trailer below.The forthcoming show will follow the fierce rivalry between Big Cat business owners Carole Baskin and Joe ‘Exotic’ Schreibvogel, which was documented in Netflix‘s hit series Tiger King (2020) and its 2021 sequel.It serves as a scripted adaptation of the 2020 Wondery podcast Joe Exotic: Tiger King.Written and executive produced by Etan Frankel, Joe vs Carole will star Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) as Baskin’s husband Harold Baskin, with Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) taking on the role of Carole. John Cameron Mitchell, meanwhile, will appear as Exotic.Yesterday (January 21) Sky TV shared the “first look teaser” for Joe vs Carole on YouTube.
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Men) is reteaming with A24 for Civil War, an action epic that has Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog, The Beguiled) set to star alongside Wagner Moura (The Shining Girls, Narcos), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Dune, Bruised) and Cailee Spaeny (The First Lady, Mare of Easttown).
A24 is reteaming with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Alex Garland (“Ex Machina,” “Men”) for the action film “Civil War” with Kirsten Dunst set to star, the company announced on Friday.The film also stars Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Cailee Spaeny.Garland will direct his original screenplay. “Civil War,” set in a near future America, with further plot details being kept under wraps.A24 will produce alongside Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA and Gregory Goodman.
It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.
EXCLUSIVE: Marc Menchaca (Ozark, The Outsider) is the latest addition to the cast of Gareth Edwards’ New Regency film, True Love, which has entered production in Thailand.