‘Ironbark,’ Benedict Cumberbatch’s Cuban Missile Crisis film, has a quality crisis

By Amanda N'Duka

Backstreet’s back, alright. But this time, they’re looking particularly dapper.

Thanks to a quirk in scheduling, Berlin's European Film Market was expected to see a record year of business activity from China's vast film industry in 2020.

By Peter White

Duane Chapman's daughter Lyssa Chapman has been officially charged in Hawaii with two counts of harassment.

Loving her always. Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman shared a photo of his late wife, Beth Chapman, two weeks after proposing to his friend Moon Angell on TV.

If there's one thing that Jimmy Fallon has taught us over the years, it's that he's game for anything, even if that's trying to keep up with fitness icon John Cena in about five different sports. The 45-year-old Tonight Show host does just that in the 2020 Super Bowl commercial for Michelob Ultra.

Chapman University has hired Stephen Galloway, executive editor at The Hollywood Reporter, as its new dean of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.Galloway, who has spent nearly three decades at THR in writing, editing and leadership roles, will begin his position at Chapman on March 30.At THRhe created the Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program, which pairs high school juniors from schools in South Central Los Angeles with top-level women in film and TV.

By Andreas Wiseman

The chilling Cold War spy thriller Ironbark will see Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, who is a British businessman. Benedict Cumberbatch's character is recruited by two agencies to establish business ties in the Soviet Union.

Sundance Cold War drama Ironbarkhas landed at Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions for North America.Benedict Cumberbatch stars asGreville Wynne, a British businessman who is recruited to help put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

By Mike Fleming Jr

North American rights to Benedict Cumberbatch’s civilian spy thriller “Ironbark” have been acquired by Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate out of the Sundance Film Festival, insiders close to the deal told Variety.

North American rights to Benedict Cumberbatch’s civilian spy thriller “Ironbark” have been acquired by Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate out of the Sundance film festival, insiders close to the deal told Variety.

Carey Mulligan has said the existing format of the Academy Awards is not working, as she questioned how many Oscars voters actually watch the films they are supposed to be judging.

On the second night of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, two high-profile dramas premiered to packed houses at the Eccles Theater — but neither of them had a seat reserved for their lead actors.

Movie spies typically fall into one of two categories. There are the butterflies — flamboyant secret agents like James Bond or “Atomic Blonde” who behave as conspicuously as possible.

The creator of Netflix comedy Dear White People has said he is not surprised by a lack of diversity in recent Oscar nominations.