Oscar Winner’s Feature Debut and Epic Drama Series Among Hungarian Projects in the Pipeline

Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s next film will be titled Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths), Deadline has learned. The news comes as the five-time Oscar winner wraps production in Mexico City.

Clayton Davis A new documentary film about Buffy Sainte-Marie, the first and only Indigenous person to win an Academy Award, has begun production and will be helmed by director Madison Thomas.Titled “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On,” the feature will be an in-depth look at the life of the activist and musician, described as a “cinematic, poetic and musically-infused journey, blending an extraordinary collection of archival material, some never seen before, with present-day footage of Buffy

Refresh for updates… Hollywood paid fast and heartfelt tribute to director Melvin Van Peebles today, with news of his death eliciting words of praise for the filmmaker from such industry figures as actor David Alan Grier and directors Barry Jenkins, Ava DuVernay, and Spike Lee, along with notable musicians and music execs.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRashida Jones and David Oyelowo are joining the cast of the Apple series adaptation of Hugh Howey’s “Wool” novels, Variety has learned.The pair joins previously announced cast members Rebecca Ferguson and Tim Robbins. “Wool” is a set in a ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep.

Rashida Jones and David Oyelowo are the latest big names to join Wool, the series adaptation of Hugh Howey’s dystopian novels for Apple TV+.

EXCLUSIVE: Heather Hemmens (Roswell, New Mexico) is set to make her feature directorial debut with Ella Minnow Pea, a YA film based on the novel by Mark Dunn, for Gold Leaf Films.

Emiliano De Pablos Tabling straightforward simple stories and experimenting with new narratives, the newest wave of Basque film talents has started to dip their toe into the international scene, landing at movie launchpads such as Venice, Berlin and San Sebastian festivals.The new generation addresses universal issues telling small, local stories, attaining quality standards thanks in part to studies in Spain and quite often at film schools in Europe and the U.S..The newest directors are

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefYoun Yuh-jung, who won the Oscar for best supporting actress in “Minari” earlier this year, will be the subject of a special focus this year at the London Korean Film Festival. The festival will be held as an in-person event Nov.

EXCLUSIVE: Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad), Jonathan Del Arco (Major Crimes), Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal), Steve Kazee (Shameless) and Susan Sullivan (The Kominsky Method) have signed on to star in The Grotto, the first feature written and directed by Tony Award-winning actress Joanna Gleason (Into the Woods).

EXCLUSIVE: Epix has cast its final four series regulars for From, its upcoming contemporary sci-fi horror series.

There was some major star power in the audience at the 2021 U.S. Open finals!

Olivia Rodrigo made her debut at the MTV VMAs and brought down the house.

red-carpet kiss he planted on her arm at the Venice Film Festival foretold this: Their chemistry is real, and it carries over to Mira and Jonathan, the ambitious product manager and philosophy professor they play.When we meet Mira and Jonathan, they’re sitting in their living room for an interview with a Ph.D student who wants to know the particulars of their decade-long “successful” marriage.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDina Amer, an Egyptian-American filmmaker and award-winning journalist, explores the roots of radicalization through a contemporary coming-of-age story in her bold feature debut “You Resemble Me,” which world premieres today at the Venice Film Festival.“You Resemble Me” delivers a nuanced character study of Hasna Aït Boulahcen, the troubled young woman who became connected to the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris and was erroneously believed to be

With “The Lost Daughter,” director Maggie Gyllenhaal wears melancholy like a second skin.

Georgia Tennant has expressed her pride following the release of the trailer for Kenneth Branagh's upcoming film, Belfast. The actress - who is married to David Tennant - is particularly excited as her daughter, Olive, is set to make her debut on the big screen.Sharing the trailer on her Twitter page on Friday morning, doting mother Georgia remarked: "Proud mum moment.

You could say writer/director/actor Kenneth Branagh has a facility easing between high and low art.

Francis Ford Coppola is starting to work on his dream movie, and already knows which A-listers he wants in the project.