Dominicans Pitch Diverse Projects at Cannes Marche du Film

After the widespread ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, Jimmy Fallon, like many late-night hosts, had been filming his show remotely. But on Monday night, Fallon and band The Roots returned back to filming at Rockefeller Center for the first time in months, along with the rest of the show's crew.

Jimmy Fallon is back under his own studio lights. The late-night host returned to the "Tonight Show" set at NBC's Rockefeller Center headquarters in New York City on Monday along with his band, The Roots.

Peter White Television EditorThe Tonight Show returned to the studio tonight with Jimmy Fallon kicking off with an emotional message to viewers.Fallon, sitting on a stool in the middle of the studio, rather than behind the traditional desk, and dressed in a sweater and sneakers rather that his usual suit, said that “any type of normalcy feels great” during the COVID-19 pandemic.“As a New Yorker, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped get us back to where we are now,” he opened.

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has returned to the studio, minus the audience, after filming from Fallon’s home during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Fallon has become the first late-night host to get back to the studio as The Tonight Show returns to 30 Rock.Fallon returned to a modified Studio 6A to film tonight’s episode of NBC late-night show and he and the show’s house band The Roots will continue to film in the New York studio with a limited crew.New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was Fallon’s first guest back and, in a video interview shot over Zoom, welcomed him back, saying “New York is really

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorViola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions is staying in business with Amazon Studios. The company has expanded its exclusive first-look deal to include television, in addition to extending its film deal.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorThe Venice Film Festival this morning said that the 77th edition will go ahead from September 2-12 with certain changes owing to sanitary protocols imposed by the COVID-19 crisis.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorLin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical Hamilton has made its debut on Disney+ and it is causing a stir on social media. Ava DuVernay is among those applauding the musical Friday, reflecting back on her 2015 tweet when she first saw it, saying she was “dazzled” by the production.“Throwback to my first tweet about #Hamilton after seeing off-Broadway about a month after it opened at The Public,” she wrote.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Enlightened Kingdom is producing the John Stephenson Obe-directed feature Lady of Heaven about Lady Fatima, the daughter of the prophet Muhammad.Separated by 1400 years, an Iraqi child, in the midst of a war-torn country, learns the importance and power of patience.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPitch stars Kylie Bunbury and Mark-Paul Gosselaar have teamed up for a video promo to highlight the baseball drama’s streaming presence on Hulu.Back in character as Ginny and Mike, the spot begins with Bunbury as Ginny dressed in her San Diego Padres jersey and cap, doing what she does best – throwing pitches. Cut to Gosselaar lying on a chaise lounge with a cap pulled over his eyes, who catches the ball without looking.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorE! is expanding its programming slate with new celeb-focused series Celebrity Call Center, based on the UK series, and executive produced by Nick Cannon, and 10 Things You Don’t Know from Jupiter Entertainment, both for premiere this summer, along with plastic surgery series Dr. 90210, from Entertainment One, for debut this fall.

Jamie Lang Backed by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and the Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), 10 promising Spanish projects participated in a marathon day of speed meetings through the day on Thursday at Cannes’ Marché du Film.Below, summaries of the hopeful projects:“A Thousand Lives,” (Marina Seresesky)Meridional Producciones and Wandermoon Finance partner on Goya-nominated filmmaker Marina Seresesky’s latest psychological drama “A Thousand Lives.” Four

As the Virtual Cannes Market heads into its final days, the majors have begun to flex their monetary muscle, with MGM closing a deal for remaining international territories on Endeavor Content's hotly-anticipated Bill & Ted sequel and several studios vying for the Will Smith/Antoine Fuqua escaped slave actioner Emancipation, which is expected to close a high eight-figure worldwide deal before Virtual Cannes wraps up.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentGreek directors are contending with the coronavirus crisis, on top of their country’s pre-existing economic struggles, by weaving the pandemic into their narratives and project presentations.That’s one trend that surfaced when five work-in-progress feature films, three docs, were digitally showcased to sales agents, distributors and programmers on Tuesday during Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes, the Cannes Virtual Film Market’s annual pics-in-post industry

Ed Meza @edmezavarLa Fabrique Cinéma, the French support program aimed at young filmmakers from emerging countries, presented a wide-ranging showcase of works from around the world at the Cannes online market on Tuesday, among them new works by Iranian filmmaker Keywann Karimi (“Drum”) and Thai helmer Sompot Chidgasornpongse (“Railway Sleepers”).They are among 10 filmmakers taking part in the Institut Français’ La Fabrique Cinéma program, presenting projects in various stages of development

Pink as a pop of bubblegum and only a little more substantial, Magnus von Horn’s “Sweat,” one of the Cannes 2020 Official Selections that plays during this week’s Cannes Virtual Market is, despite all the cardio, a curiously low-blood-pressure affair.

Ann-Marie Corvin Focusing on development, green-lighting smaller, more containable projects and urging governments to take on the role of insurers are just some of the measures co-producers are taking as they navigate their way through the fallout created by the coronavirus pandemic.Speaking at the virtual Cannes Marché du Film’s session on Co-Production in COVID-19 Times, produced by film industry body U.K.