‘How It Ends’ Film Review: It’s the End of the World as We Know It, and You’ll Feel Fine

In FilmLA’s latest report, 9,791 on-location shoot days were recorded in Q2 of 2021 — the highest total since Q4 of 2019 and higher than the average level for all of 2019. TV productions led the way with 4,913 shoot days, the highest seen for television in a decade.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterFilm production in Los Angeles rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in the second quarter of 2021, according to permit data released Thursday by FilmLA.The film office recorded 9,791 shoot days from April to June of 2021 — the highest total since the last quarter of 2019 and higher than the average level for all of 2019.The rebound coincided with California’s statewide “reopening” in June, though COVID cases have since spiked again with the fast spread of the delta

Billie Eilish‘s upcoming Disney+ concert film Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles features an animated, ‘Disney-fied’ depiction of the singer.The clip, shared today (August 5), is entitled ‘Transformation’ and set to the title track of Eilish’s new album ‘Happier Than Ever’.

Ethan Shanfeld “Aware: Glimpses Of Consciousness” will have its U.S. Theatrical Release Starting In Los Angeles On Friday, September 24 (Laemmle Theaters) And New York On Friday, October 8 (Cinema Village).Directors Frauke Sandig and Eric Black follow scientists delving into the greatest of mysteries, having to confront the ‘Big Questions’.

John Cena knows how to steal the spotlight.

Olympus Has Fallen.Deadline reports that the suit was filed Friday (July 30) in Los Angeles Superior Court, with allegations of fraud, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and intentional interference with contractual relations and accounting pinned against the film’s producers.The filing claims that Nu Image and Millennium Films “understated their own receipts and profits by over $11million, including by failing to report approximately $8million in

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorWomen in Film, Los Angeles, ReFrame and Time’s Up have issued a joint statement calling Disney’s characterization of Scarlett Johansson a “gendered character attack.”The statement from the advocacy organizations reads, “While we take no position on the business issues in the litigation between Scarlett Johansson and The Walt Disney Company, we stand firmly against Disney’s recent statement which attempts to characterize Johansson as insensitive or selfish for

Gerard Butler, who starred in the 2013 action movie Olympus Has Fallen which turned into a franchise, has sued the film’s producers including Nu Image and Millennium Film in a profits dispute over the original pic.

EXCLUSIVE: Fantasy film Man & Witch has announced the addition of Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous, Shrek), Eddie Izzard (The Riches, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance), Daniel Portman (Game of Thrones), Bill Bailey, (Black Books, Spaced), and more as shooting wraps in Los Angeles and Scotland.

LOS ANGELES -- “Arthur” will soon come to an end.PBS Kids plans to end the long-running children’s series after 25 seasons, said an original developer of the show during a podcast released Wednesday. The final season will air in 2022.Kathy Waugh, who was a guest on the Finding DW podcast, said the animated series is no longer in production.

Far from over. Angelina Jolie earned a victory in her lengthy court battle against Brad Pitt over custody of their children, but there are still many more moves to be made in the case.

Selome Hailu editorAva DuVernay’s arts and social impact collective ARRAY announced “Liberated Territory: A Masterclass with Haile Gerima,” a five-day storytelling workshop taking place at the Array Creative Campus in Los Angeles this September.Gerima is an Ethiopian filmmaker and Howard University professor best known for his Golden Bear-winning 1993 film “Sankofa,” and is also set to receive the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’s inaugural Vantage Award in September.

EXCLUSIVE: The Dances With Films festival, which had to go virtual for its 2020 edition because of the coronavirus pandemic, is returning bigger than ever this year for its 24th edition, with organizers expanding the Los Angeles-based indie film event to three weeks, from August 26-September 12.

A look at what's happening the world of music as artists announce their touring plans and concert venues plan their reopenings after being shuttered by the pandemic.BILLIE'S POST-ALBUM CONCERTThe Billie Eilish concert film “Happier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles” will premiere on the Apple TV+ streaming service on Sept.

Disney+ said on Thursday that the Billie Eilish concert film Happier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles will premiere on the streaming service globally September 3. The film, directed by Robert Rodriguez and Patrick Osborne, was shot at the Hollywood Bowl with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and will feature the Grammy winner performing every song in sequential order for the first time.

Will.i.am Hosts ITV Race Film ITV has commissioned The Voice UK coach will.i.am to front Will.i.am: The Blackprint, a documentary examing what it means to be Black and British. Produced by Twofour as part of a season of shows for Black History Month, will.i.am will travel the UK meeting Black Brits and will compare their experiences with his own, having grown up in Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Avalon manager Olivia Wingate has launched the solo production company Wingate Media, bringing all her projects and team with her, we hear.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— It’s the last day on Earth in Los Angeles and Zoe Lister-Jones’ Eliza is spending it wandering the streets on foot with her younger self (Cailee Spaeny) in the surprisingly sweet apocalyptic comedy “How It Ends.” Although technically a pandemic film — Lister-Jones and her husband, Daryl Wein, filmed it during early lockdown with a

Steel Panther have confirmed that bassist Lexxi Foxx has left the band, after 21 years in the line-up.Foxx, whose real name is Travis Haley, was one of the glam-metal group’s original members when they formed in Los Angeles in 2000.In a statement on the official Steel Panther website today, the band confirmed Foxx would no longer be a part of the band.