‘In The Heights’ Director Jon M. Chu On The Epiphany That Changed His Career: “I Wanted To Explore My Cultural Identity Crisis”

Prolific television director David Von Ancken, who also helmed the feature Seraphim Falls, passed away July 26 at his home in Agoura Hills, CA after a two-year battle with aggressive stomach cancer. He was 56.

Willie Nelson will be the subject of a new docuseries that is described as the definitive look at the country musician's life and career. The series has the blessing and participation of Nelson himself.

K.J. Yossman Longtime Marvel collaborators The Third Floor, a London-based visualization studio, have tapped Marcus Alexander as their executive director.Alexander, who has a background in visual effects supervision and post-production management, will work alongside U.K.

EXCLUSIVE: A24 has won the rights to Octavia E. Butler’s science-fiction odyssey Parable of the Sower, the first in a two-book series and set Garrett Bradley to direct. Originally published in 1993, the book has recently been rediscovered by fans old and new and appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for the first time in September of 2020, fulfilling a lifelong dream of Butler’s.

“Space Jam: A New Legacy” is wrapping up its first week of wide theatrical release but there is one lost scene that is on people’s minds.

KISS, Bon Jovi, Rush and Mötley Crüe – has died at age 74.According to Billboard, Kahan died in Lakewood, New Jersey on Sunday (July 18) following a battle with cancer.The publication shared a brief statement from Kahan’s longtime friend Arthur Levy that read: “In his final years in Lakewood, Kahan never stopped theorising about country music’s gradual downsizing of its promo video output, and how he could work his way back into the fold.”A New York native born in 1947, Kahan cut his teeth

Comcast and ViacomCBS are exploring partnerships in international streaming — a more targeted agreement than a full-out merger, speculation of which has dogged both companies for months.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAhead of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Neon has nabbed North American rights to Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s “One Second.”The film, written by Zhang and Zou Jingzhi, is adapted from a novel about a man who escapes a labour camp for a glimpse of his daughter. It’s scheduled as TIFF’s closing night film.“One Second” debuted last November in China, where it grossed $12 million at the box office.

Rebecca Davis editorC.B. Yi’s Un Certain Regard title “Moneyboys” is a moving exploration of Chinese rural-to-urban migration that feels authentically emotional despite being peppered with incongruous moments and details.The film follows Fei (Kai Ko), who moves from the countryside to Chinese cities to support his family as a hustler.

"She Said," a dramatic retelling of the sexual harassment investigation that took down Harvey Weinstein and sparked the #MeToo movement, is coming to theaters next year. The movie, from Universal Pictures, will be released on Nov.

according to an interview with The New Yorker. Neville pored over hundreds of hours of footage of Bourdain to stitch together voice-overs for the film, which hits theaters Friday, he told the outlet.When he couldn’t find an existing narration to match an email he wanted read in the film, he made it up, according to the report.“There were three quotes there I wanted his voice for that there were no recordings of,” Neville reportedly said.

Zoe Kazan. The film will hit theaters on November 18, 2022, the studio announced Thursday.Mulligan and Kazan star in “She Said” as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who broke the Weinstein scandal and helped usher in the #MeToo movement.“Unorthodox” director Maria Schrader will direct.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“She Said,” a dramatic retelling of the sexual harassment investigation that took down Harvey Weinstein and sparked the #MeToo movement, is coming to theaters next year.The movie, from Universal Pictures, will be released on Nov.

Universal Pictures has set a November 18, 2022, release date for She Said, about the reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein sexual-assault story.

created lingerie for the bodies of Kim Kardashian and Gwyneth Paltrow, fashion mogul Julia Haart was a late bloomer.“The first orgasm I had was at age 35 — with a vibrator, after 16 years of marriage,” the 50-year-old told The Post. “I never heard of an orgasm, let alone a vibrator.”Haart’s cluelessness was no fault of her own.

Angelique Jackson CAA has signed three-time Emmy Award-winning writer, director, editor and producer, Randy Wilkins, best known for his work on ESPN Films’ “30 for 30.”Up next, Wilkins will direct “The Captain,” a multi-episode docuseries for ESPN Films focused on New York Yankees icon Derek Jeter.

the Daily Beast reported on Friday his departure followed a clash with the media company’s top leadership.Rich did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap.Rich, who oversaw the company’s portfolio of digital outlets like Deadspin, Jezebel and Gizmodo, told The Daily Beast that his departure was not related to recent blowback from a Deadspin story he co-authored last year about ESPN host Rachel Nichols.The former editor at HuffPost and New York Daily News editor-in-chief

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNa Jiazuo, one of the few Chinese directors to make it to the Cannes Film Festival this year, says he learned from the best in the business. His “Streetwise” (aka “Gaey Wa’r”) unspools in Un Certain Regard and is eligible for the Camera d’Or, reflecting Na’s status as a rookie feature director.The picture is a gritty, largely nocturnal, portrait of a group of young adults in an unfashionable town as they come to terms with life’s uneasy lot.