Once again, no scripted TV series are shooting on location in Los Angeles due to the ongoing Writers Guild strike, according to data compiled by FilmLA, the city and county film permit office.
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Nimona.” The official synopsis is as follows: When Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), a knight in a futuristic medieval world, is framed for a crime he didn’t commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz), a mischievous teen with a taste for mayhem — who also happens to be a shapeshifting creature Ballister has been trained to destroy. But with the entire kingdom out to get him, Nimona’s the best (or technically the only) sidekick Ballister can hope for.
And as the lines between heroes, villains, and monsters start to blur, the two of them set out to wreak serious havoc — for Ballister to clear his name once and for all, and for Nimona to…just wreak serious havoc.The film’s distinct animation style immediately stands out and feels at home with Netflix, especially since ND Stevenson, author of the “Nimona” webcomic, worked as showrunner on Netflix’s critically acclaimed “She-Ra” series. In fact, Lorraine Touissant, who was a part of “She-Ra,” is part of the voice cast here alongside Moretz, Ahmed, Frances Conroy and Eugene Yang.“Nimona” has had a long journey to the big screen, initially starting in development over at Bluesky Studios with Patrick Osborne as director.
When Disney acquired the studio — alongside everything owned by the former 20th Century Fox — in 2019 the movie was delayed and canceled outright, allegedly in part because of some of the film’s more overt LGBTQ themes.Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures picked up the movie in 2020, with “Spies in Disguise” directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane at the helm and DNEG Animation working on the visuals. The pandemic continued to slow down progress but, eventually, Netflix picked up the finished product in 2022.
Once again, no scripted TV series are shooting on location in Los Angeles due to the ongoing Writers Guild strike, according to data compiled by FilmLA, the city and county film permit office.
Sylvester Stallone is getting his own Netflix documentary. The project is called “Sly” and will be a retropective on his career, exploring his youth, his beginnings, and the films that made him into a historic action star and one of Hollywood’s biggest icons. Adele had one demand when buying Sylvester Stallone’s houseSylvester Stallone’s daughters reveal he makes dating ‘impossible’Sylvester Stallone details first time meeting Jennifer Flavin: ‘We were inseparable’A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone)Stallone shared the news on his social media.
Sylvester Stallone is an interesting figure if you think of the totality of his career. Sure, the easy version is the guy who was an action star for decades and appeared in movies that essentially blew things up or solved all problems with a punch to the face.
called the picture “Immensely impressive,” arguing that “Anyone who saw [Harris] Dickinson as a preening model in Triangle of Sadness will be stunned that the rough-edged, painfully uncertain Jason is played by the same person.”“Scrapper,” which currently boasts a 94% fresh and 7.1/10 on Rotten Tomatoes, opens in NYC at the IFC Center courtesy of Kino Lorber on Aug.
Chloe Grace Moretz is mixing up her look!
After playing exclusively in theaters for a week, specifically attached to prints for Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City,” the first trailer for “Drive-Away Dolls” has been offered up for online consumption. Anyone checking out Focus Features’ 1950s-set sci-fi comedy in multiplexes this weekend will likely get a theatrical helping of this one too, but you can watch it above instead.
Dumb Money.” The film, according to the official synopsis, “is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world’s hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill (Paul Dano), who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it.
Sofia Coppola is ready to tell it. A24 shared the first teaser-trailer for the writer-director's upcoming biopic,, on Wednesday, which depicts stars Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley and 's Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley.To be released in October, the film is based on Priscilla's 1985 memoir, , which provided an intimate account of her life with the superstar performer. Coppola wrote and directed the film — her second feature focused on an embattled real-life woman best known for her very public marriage, following 2006's Elvis and Priscilla wed in 1967 and had one child, Lisa Marie Presley.
star of the “Wonder Woman” movies and periodic ensemble player in The “Fast” Saga, is getting her crack at a Netflix female-led actioner.In “Heart of Stone,” Gadot stars as an MI6 agent who secretly works for a covert peacekeeping organization known as The Charter. However, things go awry, as they often do in these films, leaving the professional badass comparatively isolated from her MI6 life and having to save the day with little backup.
Love is a complicated thing.
For the second week in a row, no scripted TV series were shooting on location in Los Angeles due to the Writers Guild strike, according to data compiled by FilmLA, the city and county film permit office.
Aardman founder Peter Lord and director Sam Fell took to the stage at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Wednesday to present first footage for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian actor-turned-director Andrea Di Stefano, whose sleek cop thriller “Last Night of Amore” just had its U.S. premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, is in advanced stages of development on “Karski” a feature about Jan Karski, the World War II Polish resistance fighter who risked his life to blow the whistle on the Holocaust. Di Stefano’s high-profile project, which is titled “Karski,” is being developed by New York City-based production company Phiphen Pictures, the indie founded by Molly Conners most recently behind Netflix’s “Like Father” and “It’s Bruno!,” the director said. Italy’s expanding Indiana Production, which shepherded “Amore,” is also on board.
“It’s a blessing and a privilege to be part of the highly curated lineup of GKIDS,” said Charades’ Yohann Comte. “They committed immediately after seeing the film, which is exceptional given the challenges of the US theatrical market today.
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Netflix, the world’s preeminent animation producer by production volume, outlay and awards, has set out a roadmap at Annecy for how it is looking to invest in the future of animation. Sketched by John Derderian and Karen Toliver, Netflix animation heads of series and film respectively, the gameplan takes in building on Netflix’s strengths, in adult animation, and genre and anime in series; maintaining a vast diversity of shows and movies; and looking in every project for a creator’s vision which Netflix will seek to connect with the right audience, at the right price. Derderian and Toliver talked to Variety at France’s Annecy Animation Festival whose Netflix’s panel this Wednesday June 14, From Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget to Blue Eye Samurai – See What’s Next @ Netflix, promises to be one of Annecy’s most talked-about highlights.
Elsa Pataky is global icon. The model and actress is known for her stunning looks and for her vast body of work. In a new interview, Pataky opened up about her experience raising her kids and her decision to now refocus on her career.
It’s fun to be the bad guy, right? So, why wouldn’t someone like Nimona strive to be the perfect villainous sidekick? There’s only one problem—the person she vows her loyalty to doesn’t really want a sidekick and actually isn’t really a villain. But they can still wreak some havoc.
Ben Croll Once again claiming a centerpiece slot at the Annecy Animation Festival, this year’s Netflix’s animation showcase teased upcoming title “Leo” with an intro from Adam Sandler, drew buzz for series like “Blue Eye Samurai” with a stirring display, and offered an extended behind the scenes peak at “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” with the creative team in tow. Taking the stage to a warm welcome, Aardman co-founder Peter Lord, producer Leyla Hobart and the film’s director Sam Fell world premiered twelve minutes of fowl footage and shared technical details about a long-awaited sequel set to hatch on December 15 – the same end-of-year perch where Netflix placed “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.”
Massive release date changes were fairly commonplace over the past few years, as we watched the COVID pandemic shift entire distribution strategies for film studios. Now, it appears the WGA Strike has finally shown its impact on film releases, at least over at Disney, as the studio delays some of the biggest films on its schedule including new “Avengers,” “Star Wars,” and “Avatar” films.
Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International The documentary “This Changes Everything” is getting a Canadian adaptation. Geena Davis and New York-based production house CreativeChaos will again partner for a new edition of their Gracie Award-winning film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in U.S. cinemas in 2019 and globally distributed by Starz and Netflix. The doc included interviews with top women in Hollywood discussing discrimination and the #MeToo movement, which was still in its nascent stages at that time. Actors involved in the original film included Davis, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Taraji P. Henson, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Tiffany Haddish, Jill Soloway, Shonda Rhimes, Jessica Chastain, Yara Shahidi, Chloe Grace Moretz, Amandla Stenberg, Alan Alda, Sandra Oh, Anita Hill, Rashida Jones, Rose McGowan, Judd Apatow, Rosario Dawson and Maria Giese.