Focus Features Chairman on How the Company Surged Despite Pandemic Shutdown

, Disney's live-action origin story about the 101 Dalmatians villain (with Stone in the titular role). The first trailer for the movie dropped on February 17, and it's so spooky—and so chic. Go ahead and watch it for yourself, below, then we can discuss. Emma Stone, unsurprisingly, nails Cruella's smoky and inexplicable mystery while rocking some very memorable looks.

Hello, Cruel World. New Trailer Tomorrow.

After many marvel films were delayed due to the pandemic, fans were left upset, but on the bright side, there is finally an update on a very popular MCU film! One of the most anticipated movies is the Marvel’s Black Widow, and according to Bob Chapek, the new CEO of Disney, the movie will still be released in theatres, despite many other films moving to streaming platforms. In a statement to Deadline, the new CEO said: “We’ll be watching to see the reopening of theatres and consumer sentiment in

hearing the singer perform on rival BBC show on Sunday, which left some convinced that it wasn't her after hearing her true voice. Another name that has popped up is Stacey Solomon after hearing the accent in her voice.

For her sister Robyn Lively’s birthday, Gossip Girl alum Blake Lively baked a very fancy birthday cake and took to Instagram to show off the final product! The baked goodness was a pink unicorn cake she made and decorated herself.

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features has taken worldwide rights, excluding the UK & Ire and Australia/NZ, to Cannes and TIFF 2020 selection Limbo.

Netflix has dominated the Oscar documentary race the last few years, winning Documentary Feature in 2020 and 2018, but the release of the Academy shortlists Tuesday confirms it faces a battle this time around, from a rival streamer.

Sweden’s royals are getting a show just like Netflix’s “The Crown”. 

Also Read: Andy Samberg to Star in Untitled Sci-Fi Comedy at Apple, Ben Stiller to ProduceAdam Perlman wrote the script along with Ben Stiller and Yarvitz, who executive produced the podcast and co-wrote the subsequent book with Maddow. No casting has been announced.Stiller will also produce “Bag Man” along with Lorne Michaels, Yarvitz and Josh McLaughlin.

A voting technology company is suing Fox News, three of its top hosts and two former lawyers for former President Donald Trump — Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell — for $2.7 billion, charging that the defendants conspired to spread false claims that the company helped "steal" the U.S. presidential election.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterFocus Features has elevated Kiska Higgs to president of production and acquisitions.In her new role, she will oversee the studio’s films and team across development, production and acquisition for domestic and international titles. Higgs will continue to work from the Focus Features headquarters in Los Angeles.Higgs, who previously served as executive VP of production and acquisitions at Focus, has worked at Universal for 15 years.

Focus Features has elevated Kiska Higgs to President of Production and Acquisitions.

Also Read: Noomi Rapace Horror Film 'You Won't Be Alone' From 'The Babadook' Producer Acquired by Focus FeaturesDuring her time at Focus, Higgs was behind the acquisition of films like Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” and Robin Wright’s “Land.” She also worked on key productions like “Downton Abbey,” Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” and Dawn Porter’s “The Way I See It.”“I’ve had the good fortune of working with Kiska for 10 years, during which time her great taste, strong

Spend on film and high-end TV production in the U.K. fell just 21 percent in 2020 compared with 2019, according to official figures released by the British Film Institute.

The UK’s film and high-end TV industries understandably recorded a downturn in 2020, with the pandemic initially causing a complete shutdown before gradual recovery saw the year’s fourth quarter post impressive numbers.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIs peak TV really over? Last year, U.S. show releases edged down, breaking 13 years straight of continuous growth.Yet a study presented at Sweden’s Göteborg Festival on Wednesday suggested that global production, particularly of scripted, is primed for a new surge, once COVID-19 wanes.

Annika Pham AMC Networks has bought for its streaming service the U.S., U.K. and Canadian rights to the six-part Swedish series “Bäckström,” produced by the Scandi powerhouse Yellow Bird (“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” “Wallander”).

GOTEBORG, Sweden -- Cinema in lockdown: Scandinavia’s largest film festival is exploring the social isolation resulting from COVID-19 by setting up a temporary cinema-for-one on a desolated island in the North Sea with the only companionship the events’ entire movie selection and enough food to last the week.Lisa Enroth was selected among 12,000 volunteers to spend a week on the island of Hamneskar at Pater Noster, a former lighthouse turned boutique hotel.