Oscar Nominated Producer Alexander Rodnyansky Reteams With Andrey Zvyagintsev, Kantemir Balagov, Partners With Steven Soderbergh

John Cornell, the Australian director and writer whose longtime friendship and comedy partnership with actor Paul Hogan led to the pair’s word on Crocodile Dundee and other film and TV projects, died today at his home in Byron Bay, New South Wales following a two-decade battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 80.

Britney Spears’ infamous 55-hour marriage to her childhood sweetheart ended in large part at the insistence of her mother, divorce attorney Mark Goldberg claims.  In January of 2004, Spears married Jason Alexander in a speedy ceremony in Las Vegas only to annul the whole thing roughly 55 hours later by way of a petition that claimed she "lacked understanding of her actions." However, speaking to The Daily Mail, the 80-year-old retired attorney claims that Alexander came to him at the time

Clayton Davis The lovechild of passion and talent, Justin Chon’s “Blue Bayou” — a lyrical and emotional portrait of identity and family — is a piece that drums up lots of support within the film community, general audiences, and the Academy Awards in various branches.

Emmy nominations in the doc categories are giving films passed over by the Oscars a shot at some trophies of their own.

Alexander Rodnyansky (“Beanpole,” “Leviathan,” “Loveless”), Variety can reveal.The deal is for a slate of both Russian-language and multilingual shows for Apple TV Plus, set both inside and outside Russia, and creatively led by both Russian and international writers and directors.Although the pact is with Rodnyansky’s L.A.-based AR Content, which he set up three years ago to finance the development of feature films and television, it is his production expertise and experience in Russia that

Manori Ravindran International EditorFilmmaker/producer Steven Soderbergh is on board to executive produce a feature-length adaptation of buzzy Directors’ Fortnight short film “The Vandal,” Variety can reveal.Directed by American helmer Eddie Alcazar, the Quinzaine-premiering film — which is presented by filmmaker/producer Darren Aronofsky — is being tipped as an early contender for the best animated short Oscar.

Andrew Haigh is one of the most respected English filmmakers working today because of the humane and tender qualities he lends his projects. Whether it’s his LGBT-themed dramas like “Weekend” and “Looking,” or the truly excellent “45 Years” from 2015, Haigh brings a subtle and tender style reminiscent of a novelist’s sensibility.

Alexander Rodnyansky has spent his career being prolific on the international scene and Cannes 2021 is no different, with the producer in town touting three buzzy upcoming projects, alongside attending the premieres of two of his latest pictures: Ari Folman’s Where is Anne Frank and Kira Kovalenko’s Unclenching the Fists.

The diary of Anne Frank is an item that most people are very familiar with. Whether it’s something you studied in school or perhaps a story that you’ve seen adapted in films and TV series, the story of a young girl being hidden away from the Nazis during World War II is one of the most well-known in modern history.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIndie moviemaker Amy Seimetz pulls off the ultimate heist in “No Sudden Move.”Though relatively unknown to most viewers, Seimetz slyly steals the star-studded film out from under the likes of Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro with her portrayal of a housewife who gets caught up in a dangerous plot to steal a priceless document.The Steven Soderbergh film is now streaming on HBO Max, and Seimetz is nothing short of a revelation.

When Steven Soderbergh first announced his next film, “Kimi,” with Zoe Kravitz for HBO Max — the one that’ll arrive after “No Sudden Move,” which is being released today, not much about it was known. It was dubbed a mystery thriller, written by veteran screenwriter David Koepp, and about an “agoraphobic tech worker that stumbles on some evidence of a violent crime over the course of a routine work project.” Intriguing but still slightly vague.

A new series about the American AIDS epidemic and ACT UP New York (from 1987-1993) is coming to the small screen. Deadline reports that British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (“Weekend,” “Looking“) will showrun “Let The Record Show,” based on a new novel that covers New York activism surrounding the AIDS crisis.

Could an “Ocean’s Fourteen” be in the cards?

There might be a new Oceans movie on the way, according to Don Cheadle.

Ocean’s movie could be in the works.The Avengers actor, who played British explosives expert Basher in the original trilogy, made the admission after working with director Steven Soderbergh on his new movie No Sudden Move.“We were talking about it [after Ocean’s Thirteen], and then Bernie [Mac] passed, and very quickly we were like, ‘No, we don’t want to do it,’” Cheadle told Entertainment Weekly.“But I just did a movie with Steven and he said, ‘I think there may be a way to do it again.

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times—Steven Soderbergh is a filmmaker that consistently surprises us. Whether that’s with the use of new technology, a unique filmmaking technique, a new medium, or just a film idea out of left field, Soderbergh never rests on his laurels and is always good for a zig when you think he might zag.