Elie Samaha Returns With Production & Distribution Firm Luminosity, Teams With Industry Vets Daniel Diamond & Geno Taylor

Project Runway‘s 19th season will have their work cut out for them as the first to compete in the wake of the pandemic, charged with helping “revitalize the fashion industry.”In the season premiere, airing Thursday, Oct. 14, at 9 p.m., the aspiring designers are instructed not merely to make it work, in the immortal words of the show’s former mentor Tim Gunn, but to do more: the bolder, the better.“The time is now for bold, bright, don’t-hold-back, in-your-face color,” they’re told.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“No Time to Die” doesn’t stint on one of the Bond trademarks: shooting in stunning locations across the globe. Daniel Craig’s latest and last outing as 007 moves from Matera, Italy, to Norway, Denmark and Jamaica and London.A stunning sequence takes place in Cuba, but of course that was one location that wasn’t available.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThis review contains spoilers for the plot and ending of “Squid Game.”To American viewers, “Squid Game” may seem to have emerged from nowhere. But it is a pretty unsurprising smash hit.The show, which Netflix chief Ted Sarandos has said is on track to become Netflix’s most-watched series ever, has dominated charts the world over, serving as striking proof positive of the streamer’s global strategy.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterIn 2015, IATSE International President Matthew Loeb went into the negotiating room determined to do something about long hours worked on productions.

As early reviews are showing, it appears Cary Fukunaga did really well as the filmmaker behind the new James Bond film, “No Time to Die,” crafting a big-budget franchise film that also has a ton of emotion. Well, according to the filmmaker, it was far from the most conventional filmmaking process, including crafting a script well after production actually ended.

Disney+ has given a straight-to-series order for “American Born Chinese,” with “Shang-Chi” director Destin Daniel Cretton attached.Cretton will direct the series and will executive produce alongside Kelvin Yu, Melvin Mar and Jake Kasdan. Yu will write and serve as showrunner.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe members of the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees has voted to approve a strike authorization, giving the union president the power to shut down film and TV production across the country.The vote passed with 98 percent support, and 90 percent turnout.The vote comes after talks stalled between the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has given a straight-to-series order to American Born Chinese, an action-comedy series based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang. Destin Daniel Cretton, helmer of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is set to direct and executive produce the Disney Branded Television series produced by 20th Television.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Elie Samaha’s Luminosity Entertainment and Mike Karz’s Gulfstream Pictures have snagged the worldwide rights to Abner Benaim’s dramatic thriller, “Plaza Catedral.”The deal, forged by Luminosity partner and co-president Daniel Diamond and Karz, closed just ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Guadalajara Int’l Film Festival (FICG) on Oct. 3.

Judas and the Black Messiah writer-director-producer Shaka King is expanding his work in television, signing a first-look deal with FX Productions. Under the pact, King will develop new TV series for FX through his recently launched production company I’d Watch That, with the company’s co-founder Brandon Harris.

Judge Judy Sheindlin is heading back to our screens!

If you’ve seen James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad,” you know that the film is basically a reboot of the franchise but with a few returning characters, such as Harley Quinn, Rick Flagg, and Amanda Waller. But one of the biggest names from David Ayer’s “Suicide Squad” that didn’t show up is Will Smith as Deadshot.

With his fifth and final James Bond film finally out on big screens, Daniel Craig is shifting gears and heading to Broadway.

The Duchess Of Cambridge made quite the entrance on Tuesday evening as she attended the UK premiere of the new James Bond film No Time To Die in a gold-sequinned cape gown by none other than one of her favourite designers Jenny Packham.

We had so much fun on Day 2 at Expo East. Gwen Flamberg chatted with Jessica Rubino from New Hope, the organization that runs the show, plus we found so many cool brands that you need to know about now! Some of our fave finds:

Naman Ramachandran Talks with Edward Enninful, editor-in-chief of British Vogue and European editorial director of Vogue and Ed Guiney, producer of “Normal People” and “Room,” are among the highlights of the BFI London Film Festival’s industry program.The festival’s LFF Connects strand, which celebrates the intersection between film and other creative industries, features Enninful and will explore how innovation, activism and inspiration meet within creative spaces to tell stories across all