AFI Movies Of The Year List Spotlights Diversity As Netflix Leads All Distributors With Record Streamer Showing

The upcoming My Little Pony movie is heading straight to Netflix!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“My Little Pony,” an animated movie aimed at family audiences, is heading to Netflix.Paramount Pictures was originally set to distribute the film, which had been scheduled to open in theaters on Sept. 24, 2021.

George C. Wolfe, Dustin Lance Black, and former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground banner are coming together for a biopic of civil rights activistBayard Rustin.

Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” has arrived at something of a cultural tipping point for Hollywood. Months before the tragedy of George Floyd‘s death or the millions of people marching in the streets for social justice, his period piece about the assassination of a prominent Chicago community leader, Fred Hampton, had wrapped production.

Continuing its recent nominations rout at the Golden Globes and SAG nominations last week, Netflix starts this week in the same mode scoring 46 noms in the Critics Choice Awards, with David Fincher’s Mank landing in an impressive 12 categories to lead the field. A24’s tender drama of a Korean American family seeking a new beginning on an Arkansas farm, Minari was just behind with 10 nominations.

Following the devastating news that legendary actor Christopher Plummer has passed away, you might be wondering where you can watch his movies.

Also Read: SAG Awards 2021: The Full List of NomineesThe SAG Awards did keep the momentum going for Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” which did well at the Globes and led all films with 15 entries on the BAFTA longlists that were announced earlier on Thursday.

The Golden Globes last year was blasted for completely ignoring women in its Director category, and this year they made up for that with a record-breaking three of five nominees (Emerald Fennell, Chloé Zhao, Regina King), and on top of that it nominated Sia’s weird directorial debut Music for Best Picture – Musical/Comedy, but more on that curio below.

For the first time in the history of the Golden Globe awards, more than one woman has been nominated in the best director category in any one year. Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) and Regina King (One Night in Miami) were all nominated in the category.

This year’s Golden Globes took a leap forward in representation terms with women landing three of the five nods in its Best Director Motion Picture field.

The nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards are officially in, with Netflix taking the lead with 51 noms overall for titles across film and TV including Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Bridgerton and Da 5 Bloods.

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While January has been longer than ever, we are entering a shorter month, which will be even shorter with the cool new Netflix drops of web series that will take over our screens. So before they release, we are telling you what is in store, and what you can expect from these highly anticipated shows.

Amazon, Hulu and HBO each received four.The Hallmark Channel received its first nomination for “The Christmas House,” the network’s first holiday movie featuring a gay lead character.

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The nominations have been announced for the 2021 GLAAD Media Awards, which honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.

Sacha Baron Cohen told Deadline this week that he chased the role of Abbie Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago 7 for over a decade before the project came together under Aaron Sorkin’s direction. That perseverance paid off.

Also Read: 'Nomadland' Named Best Film by National Society of Film CriticsOver the last 10 years, about two-thirds of the films singled out by the AFI have gone on to receive Oscar nominations for Best Picture. Last year, seven out of the 10 landed Oscar nominations; the AFI missed Oscar nominees “Ford v Ferrari” and “Parasite” (which got a special award but was ineligible for the main list because it was not a U.S.