Chloe Zhao to Direct ‘Dracula’ as Futuristic Sci-Fi Western at Universal

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has named Chloé Zhao's Nomadland as its best international feature of 2020 as the American road movie continued its run as an early award season contender. Zhao also picked up the best director honor, while Frances McDormand earned the best actress trophy for her role in Nomadland.The late Chadwick Boseman was voted best actor for his star turn in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

French electronic music duo Daft Punk have called it quits after nearly 30 years.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s sci-fi drama Debris, starring Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele, from Almost Human creator J.H. Wyman, has landed its first international sales.

The Danish Girl and Bullhead actor Matthias Schoenaerts has been cast in the title role of an ambitious Sky and Canal+ reimagining of classic Italian spaghetti western, Django.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentCanal Plus and Sky Studios have teamed up on Spaghetti Western TV series “Django” with production set to start in May and German actor Matthias Schoenaerts (“Bullhead”) in the title role.Co-produced by Italy’s Cattleya, which is controlled by ITV, and France’s Atlantique Productions, “Django” is being described as a high-concept English-language reimagining of the cult 1966 Sergio Corbucci Western that launched the career of Italian icon Franco Nero,

Sky Studios is teaming with French major Gaumont on comedy The Wasp, which is being produced for Sky Deutschland.

The original motion picture score race has begun, and already two-time Oscar winning composer Alexandre Desplat is a contender for his music on George Clooney’s sci-fi Netflix movie The Midnight Sky which recently received a Golden Globe nomination.

The French media conglomerate Vivendi says it plans to spin off Universal Music Group in an IPO by the end of 2021. UMG, one of the "Big Three" record labels alongside Warner Music Group and Sony Music, is based in Santa Monica, California and led by CEO Lucian Grange.

Call My Agent!? Now four seasons deep, the smart, stylish and funny French series deserves is the comedy show that Emily In Paris wishes it could be; yet the Lily Collins stinker was all that was ever offered up to me on a deep scroll via my algorithm. Merci pour rien, Netflix.

“One of the things I love most about this life, is there’s no final goodbye’s, let’s just say, I’ll see ya down the road,” a nomad and non-professional actor says to Frances McDormand in Chloé Zhao‘s critically acclaimed drama “Nomadland.”Co-starring David Strathairn, the film, a soulful, sad American Western drama about economic hardship and life on the open road is otherwise, free of stars and populated with real nomad, non-professional actors, many of whom are excellent revelations like Linda

For Nomadland, writer-director Chloé Zhao adapted Jessica Bruder’s 2017 book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century into a screenplay, got Frances McDormand to star in the movie, and hasn’t looked back since.

Chloé Zhao has made three feature films to date, each of them blending narrative storytelling with non-fiction. Her debut, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, told the story of Native American siblings struggling to find their place in a changing world.

The Toronto Film Critics Association named Chloe Zhao's Nomadland as its best picture of 2020 as the American road movie continued its run as an early award season contender. On Sunday, Zhao picked up the best director honor for Nomadland, which also earned Frances McDormand the best actress trophy for her role in the film, while Riz Ahmed earned a win for best actor for his performances in Sound of Metal.

Sally has a passion for cuddly toys and a knack for predicting the future so we combined the two and asked her to predict this year's most important sporting event, the Six Nations rugby. The first round kicks off this Saturday with Italy v France at 2.15pm.

EXCLUSIVE: French artist Thierry Guetta aka Mr. Brainwash, who gained prominence after appearing in Banksy’s 2010 film Exit Through the Gift Shop, is getting his own documentary. The feature-length pic hails from OBB Pictures and will be directed by Michael D. Ratner, who helmed and executive produced Justin Bieber: Seasons for YouTube Originals and its follow-up Justin Bieber: Next Chapter.

The nominations for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are in.