Guillermo Del Toro On ‘Pinocchio’ And How His First Attempt At A Stop-Motion Film Was Sabotaged – Contenders L.A.

Friends forever. Steve Martin and Martin Short have been pals and frequent collaborators for several decades — and they can see similarities in T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach’s own connection.

DEALSIrving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group has agreed a new deal with the Dean Martin estate to “manage, develop and expand” the late singer and actor’s legacy. The agreement covers Martin‘s name, image and likeness along with various rights in his recordings, film appearances and TV shows.

Melanie Martin is finally opening up about all things Aaron Carter, their son Prince, and her alleged feud with his estranged family.

Capping a 15-year process to reach the screen, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio arrives on Netflix on Friday after a limited theatrical run.

Scandal fans will soon be able to relive the show’s most memorable moments via a podcast produced by Shondaland Audio — through the lens of one of the series’ most beloved duos.

Norma Rae, Places in the Heart, Mrs. Doubtfire, Forrest Gump, and Lincoln. But ask her how it feels to be an icon, and the 76-year-old gives a look and an answer that clearly thinks otherwise. “I find it kind of shocking," she says over Zoom.

While crafting the documentary Sr. chronicling the life of writer, director and actor Robert Downey Sr., filmmaker Chris Smith found himself, much like Downey’s films themselves, setting aside advance notions and following where the story took him.

It’s hard to think of modern horror without getting a mental picture of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, given that he’s become the face of the genre thanks to a career dedicated to all the creepy and scary things that cinema can offer. Well, despite dipping his toes into the world of period noir with “Nightmare Alley” and fairytales with his stop-motion animation version of “Pinocchio,” his next film might be grounded a little more deeply within the confines of another creature feature.

It’s hard to imagine that people say no to a filmmaker like Guillermo del Toro, but before landing his Best Director Oscar for “The Shape of Water” there had been a handful of projects that slipped through his fingers. The most notable failed attempt was a live-action adaptation of H.P.

Despite a 54% drop in viewing in its third week on Netflix, The Watcher still managed to top Nielsen’s U.S. streaming chart once again for the week of October 24 to 30. The Ryan Murphy-produced thriller collected an additional 1.2B viewing minutes.

Serge Bromberg, a former artistic director of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, is facing a four-year prison sentence for his role in a deadly fire involving nitrate film reels.

Prolific French director François Ozon has released the first image for his upcoming period drama My Crime and confirmed the presence of rising actresses Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Rebecca Marder in the cast.

Refresh for updates: A24 once again dominated the Film Independent Spirit Award nominations with 24 noms this year, and their Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert directed arthouse blockbuster Everything Everywhere All at Once leading with eight nominations. That movie launched out of SWSW last March, ultimately becoming A24’s biggest grossing movie with $70M domestic, $103M WW and will close to the year later continue its rally to the Santa Monica Pier where the Spirits will take place on March 4, eight days before the Oscars on March 12, 2023. There is no broadcast partner this year for the Spirits and that there will be more info on the various ways to stream the show globally as the show gets closer.

Husband-and-wife writing and producing partners Jerzy Skolimowski and Ewa Piaskowska had the Deadline Contenders Film: Los Angeles crowd doubled over in laughter with their charming back and forth banter. The pair behid EO joined Saturday’s event via video and discussed their choice to create a film from a donkey’s point of view.