Director Jerónimo Quevedo on San Sebastian Work in Progress Title ‘The Fossilized Remains’

David Robb Labor EditorRobin DiMaggio, the former musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show, was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison for embezzling nearly $1 million from a charity concert intended to raise money for children made homeless by wars.

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Jim LeBrecht, the co-director of Sundance doc Crip Camp, Politician actor Ryan J. Haddad and artist-filmmakerTourmaline are amongthe Disability Futures Fellows, announced by the Ford and Andrew W.

James McClain It’s spooky season and slasher film icon Neve Campbell is on the real estate prowl. The “Scream” star and her longtime partner, British-American actor JJ Feild, have paid a bloodcurdling $2.8 million for a well-appointed estate in the leafy and increasingly desirable Los Angeles neighborhood of Sherman Oaks, in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley.Campbell’s new digs aren’t particularly scary, however.

Ron Howard teams with Amy Adams for “Hillbilly Elegy,” a Netflix drama about a Yale law student (Gabriel Basso) who drawn back to his hometown and grapples with family history, Appalachian values, and the American dream. The first trailer for the film has arrived.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After years of development, the incredible American Dream gone wrong story behind the 80s male strip club Chippendales, is getting closer to the big screen treatment. Sources tell Deadline that Craig Gillespie is attached to direct the murder saga with Dev Pattel attached to star.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorDonald Trump’s recent COVID-19 diagnosis brought all the chaos and contradictions of the pandemic into sharp focus.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Justine Nagan is stepping down as the executive director of American Documentary, Inc. She will leave the company in spring 2021.

NEW YORK -- Broadway director Schele Williams is working on a book for young people about the history of enslavement.Abrams Children’s Books announced Wednesday that Williams' “Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History” will come out in October 2021.

There’s a lot of good news in the Best Director race for the Academy as the 2021 Oscars begins to take shape. First off, there is a ton of diversity with Lee Issac Chung (“Minari”), George C.

Veteran TV director Paco Cabezas (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, The Alienist: Angel of Darkness) has signed on to helm The Gypsy Bride, the upcoming series from ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) and Banijay subsidiary Diagonal TV. Cabezas has an impressive list of credits, having directed episodes of such series as The Strain, Fear The Walking Dead, and American Gods.

After finding quick success with his USA Network cyber-thriller “Mr. Robot,” writer-director-producer Sam Esmail has been working hard crafting a number of high-profile series for various other networks, most notably being “Homecoming” on Amazon.

Halloween is about a month away. And though the rules of trick-or-treating may have been affected by the COVID pandemic that doesn’t mean streaming services aren’t teeing up their forthcoming horror offerings.

Jamie Lang Manuel Nieto’s trans-Atlantic co-production “The Employer and the Employee” scooped San Sebastian’s biggest industry prize this week, the EGEDA Platino Industria Award for the best Latin American work in progress. Its producers will receive $34,850 cash in kind to go towards finishing the film.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Norwegian filmmaker Eva Sorhaug (90 Minutes) has been set to direct feature thriller Edge Of Normal, based on the novel by Carla Norton.XYZ Films (Mandy) is set to produce alongside Industry Entertainment (Messiah), with XYZ also handling world sales. The film will be produced in association with Bold Films (Whiplash), which made a splash this week with Netflix acquisition The Guilty.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCreative Artists Agency (CAA) has signed João Paulo Miranda Maria, writer-director of “Memory House,” the only Latin American feature chosen for this year’s Cannes Official Selection.In further news, Miranda Maria is preparing two new feature films, one his English-language debut, with Rodrigo Teixeira’s Sao Paulo-based RT Features, producer of Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name,” James Gray’s “Ad Astra” and Karim Aïnouz’s “The Invisible