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Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerThe American Film Institute (AFI) has teamed with AMC Network to establish the Black Production Fund, which will provide grants for thesis productions by Black fellows in their second year at the AFI Conservatory.AFI made the announcement today in the midst of its 2020 virtual festive. The Black Production Fund, as well as recently announced Thomas P.

Manori Ravindran International EditorDeepa Mehta’s latest film, an adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s Sri Lanka-set coming-of-age novel “Funny Boy,” has been picked up by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing, and will land worldwide on Netflix this December, Variety can reveal.The Oscar-nominated “Earth” and “Midnight’s Children” director wrote the screenplay for the film alongside Selvadurai, whose debut 1994 novel is set in Sri Lanka during the 1970s and 1980s and was ground-breaking in its

Naman Ramachandran Popular Tamil cinema actor Vijay Sethupathi (“96”) is set to star as iconic Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan in upcoming biopic “800.”With 800 wickets in test match cricket and 534 in one day internationals, Muralitharan is the bowler with world records for the highest number of wickets in both versions of the sport.

Luke Hemsworth has someone in mind to take over Hugh Jackman’s spot as Wolverine.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorTubi, the ad-supported streaming service owned by Fox Corp., has branched out from its on-demand roots to implement a new offering called “News on Tubi.”The news hub features live offerings from Fox’s owned stations in New York, LA and 15 other markets, as well as national services like NBC News Now, CBC, Cheddar, Boomberg TV and the CBC.

David Goyer is returning to Batman. Well, kind of.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDavid S. Goyer is coming back to Gotham City to excavate more secrets from the Dark Knight’s psyche.Goyer is the creator of “Batman Unburied,” a new podcast drama exploring “the darker aspects” of Bruce Wayne, to debut exclusively on Spotify in 2021.

Dave McNary Film ReporterHBO Max and Warner Bros. Pictures are back in production on Steven Soderbergh’s period crime drama “No Sudden Move,” with David Harbour, Noah Jupe and Brendan Fraser joining previously announced stars Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro.The cast also includes Amy Seimetz, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin, Bill Duke, Frankie Shaw and Julia Fox.

We’ve known about Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming film “No Sudden Move” (formerly known as “Kill Switch”) for a while now. Back in November, we first reported on the project with Don Cheadle, Josh Brolin, and Sebastian Stan all in talks to star in the film.

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services.Do your clothes bury you in fabric, or do they help bring out your best features? Do they conceal your insecurities or do they showcase them in a new way that actually makes you love them? Obviously, the latter in both situations is the goal, though the former is what we usually accept as “good enough.”Well, “good enough” isn’t good enough for us anymore.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorTerry Curtin has joined Solstice Studios as EVP of Communications.She replaces Elissa Greer, who has segued to the role of lead communications consultant on the studio’s next release, the Mark Wahlberg drama Good Joe Bell, which Solstice recently snapped up at TIFF for $20M as Deadline first reported.Curtin will report to Vincent Bruzzese, Head of Marketing & Strategy, and will oversee all aspects of film publicity and promotion as well as

Robert W. “Bob” Gore was the former president and chairman of W.L.

New Idea can reveal that Julia has reconnected with her frequent leading man Richard Gere, who recently welcomed a baby boy with his wife Alejandra Silva, 37. The pair now share an “intense bond” over parenthood.