NewImages XR Financing Market Judges Seek ‘Audacious,’ ‘Shocking’ Projects

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterThe Lucky Exports Pitch Program, founded by Christina Hodson’s Hodson Exports and Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment, has sold five action feature pitches to major film companies including Warner Bros., Sony, Universal, New Line, and Thunder Road, and is in development on a high concept television series.The Lucky Exports Pitch Program was created by Hodson and Morgan Howell of Hodson Exports and Robbie, Josey McNamara, and Tom Ackerley of LuckyChap

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAn inaugural screenwriting lab co-founded by Margot Robbie, designed to help women writers break into the action and franchise film market, has seen a stunning 100% sales return on six original pitches.Each of the six women writers in the room marked their first major sale following the workshop, all in the action or genre arena and all with commitments for distribution.

Jane Lynch pulled no punches in criticizing Sen. Lindsey Graham for his aside during the hearings to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.  The actress joined myriad celebrities speaking out on social media during the hearings to find out if President Trump’s court nomination should fill the seat left vacant by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in September at age 87.  During his time, Graham took a moment to address comments made by Sen.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentLeading documentary festival IDFA has selected a diverse lineup for IDFA Forum, the festival’s co-production and co-financing market, which will be entirely online this year, as will the rest of the industry program.

John David Washington is set to join Margot Robbie and Christian Bale in David O. Russell's next feature effort.

The blackhole in Stockport council’s finances has more than doubled since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.Back in February the town hall was forecasting a budget gap of just over £17m over the next three years.But the ‘scarring impact’ of Covid-19 has left that figure standing at nearly £35m due to an expected increase in the cost of providing services combined with a drop in revenue.The council’s revised medium term financial strategy notes 'there is a recognition that the financial

university can be a difficult transition and with the added complexity of the new coronavirus restrictions coming into effect on October 9, it’s not an easy situation for anyone. Having lots of new responsibilities can be daunting and tricky to manage, especially when it comes to finances and for many students this will be the first time they have had to manage their own spending.

Kanye West has now reported that he is actually worth “hundreds of millions of dollars.”

Amy Schumer‘s 17-month old son Gene surprised her by saying the word “dad” in a new video and this clip is too cute.

Naman Ramachandran CAA Media Finance is representing worldwide distribution rights to “India Sweets and Spices,” produced by SK Global (“Crazy Rich Asians”) and Madison Wells (“Genius”).The film is directed by Geeta Malik (“Troublemaker”) and is based on her own script “Dinner With Friends” that won the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting.

James Gunn won’t let anyone talk badly about the stars that feature in his movies.

New York Times investigation.The Times reported that the most successful year for Miss Universe — both for Trump and its broadcaster, NBC — was in 2013, when the global pageant was held in Moscow. That pageant has become a key event for those investigating Trump’s ties to Russia as Trump received help from Aras Agalarov — a billionaire who claims to have connections to Vladimir Putin — and his son, Emin.

Marta Balaga It was all about the “Independent Creation in Times of COVID-19. The Impact of Pandemic on XR Artists” on Thursday, courtesy of the NewImages Festival – partnering up with French Immersion and Kaleidoscope.

Ben Croll Introducing a NewImages panel about parity in the XR field, moderator Oriane Hurard lost no time setting the scene. “I’m a VR producer based in Paris,” Hurard began.

Ben Croll The immersive VR piece “Bodyless,” director Hsin-Chien Huang’s dreamlike exploration of his own childhood growing up under Taiwanese martial law, took home top honors at Paris’ NewImages Festival on Friday evening.

ChesterLive reportsA 'Save Our Zoo' campaign was launched that has raised over £3m to aid their cause, but chiefs have warned that the future is far from certain as they try and make ends meet with a capacity that has been halved due to social distancing restrictions.A statement on the zoo's website read: "The 'Save Our Zoo' campaign was launched on one of the darkest days in our history.

Holyrood, Scotland's Finance Secretary claims. Kate Forbes said she only learned the UK Budget had been cancelled on Twitter - which she fears could result in a delay to the Scottish budget.

Tom Hanks put in his own money to finance some of the parts of Forrest Gump.