By Bruce Haring
12.02.2020 - 08:56 / hollywoodreporter.com
Coming off the success of World War I epic 1917, Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners is set to delve into the Middle East conflict.
The company has acquired film rights to Apeirogon, the upcoming novel written by National Book Award winner Colum McCann.
Named a most anticipated book of 2020 by the New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine and Library Journal, among others, Apeirogon is chronicles the unlikely friendship between two fathers — an Israeli and a Palestinian — who each lost a daughter to
.By Bruce Haring
It’s hard to believe, but Prince Michael “Bigi” Jackson is now all grown up. Michael Jackson’s youngest child — perhaps still best-known by his childhood nickname Blanket — is a legal adult with his own YouTube channel, Film Family, posting film reviews with his brother. He’s also following in his older siblings’ real estate footsteps, having recently shelled out more than $2.6 million for a starter house with plenty of room to grow.
After three movies and over $1 billion in box office revenue, Universal is reteaming with Fifty Shades of Grey author E.L. James.
Amblin Partners and Dan Lin's Rideback are partnering for a new comedy inspired by the life of comedian Jo Koy.Easter Sunday will be based on the life experiences and stand-up comedy of Koy — a veteran comic with two Comedy Central and two Netflix specials — and will be set around a family gathering to celebrate Easter Sunday.Comedian and writer Ken Cheng (Wilfred) will pen the screenplay.Rideback’s Dan Linand Jonathan Eirich will produce.
Author Jennifer Niven is ready to dive into the young adult genre once again with her new book Breathless, set to release Oct. 6, announced Alfred A.
Honeydew, the New England-set horror starring Steven Spielberg's son Sawyer Spielberg in his introductory role, is heading to Berlin, with New York/L.A.-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures having acquired world sales rights.The film comes from director Devereux Milburn and producers Dan Kennedy and Alan Pierson.
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By Anthony D'Alessandro
By Anthony D'Alessandro
Bernie Sanders, fresh off an energizing victory in the New Hampshire primary, was endorsed Wednesday (Feb.
Bernie Sanders, fresh off an energizing victory in the New Hampshire primary, was endorsed Wednesday by Local 47 of the American Federation of Musicians, the union’s Los Angeles local representing over 7,000 musicians who work in film, television and other sectors.The nod comes a month ahead of March 3 Super Tuesday balloting in California and 15 other jurisdictions, encompassing over a third of the US population, that may help winnow what remains a highly unsettled Democratic field.