Oscars: Academy Digital Screening Room Opens With Amazon And Netflix Contenders First To Vie For Voters Attention; DVDs Now Banned

Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes share brotherly moments in the first look images for Netflix’s upcoming limited series True Story.

Jamie Lang Netflix has unveiled a release date for its first Spanish Original reality show “Insiders,” which will premiere around the world on Oct. 21.

Ryan Murphy, exec producer of TV hits ranging from “Glee” to “American Horror Story” to “Pose”, has a new show in the works that promises to bring fresh frights to the small screen.

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentIn Italian director Francesco Lettieri’s “Lovely Boy,” which is the closing film of Venice’s independently run Venice Days section, a rising star of Rome’s never before depicted trap music scene gets sucked into a spiral of self-destruction.“Lovely Boy” is the sophomore feature by Lettieri, who made his debut with “Ultras,” a drama about Neapolitan soccer hooligans that plays worldwide on Netflix.Both “Ultras” and “Lovely Boy” were lead produced by

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMovistar Plus, the pay TV/VOD operator of Spanish telco Telefonica, and the San Sebastian Festival, the biggest film event in the Spanish-speaking world, are bowing a multi-year alliance to simulcast select titles bowing at the festival in a Movistar Plus virtual screening room.Imitating the limited access of a festival, the films will only be available for viewing on the days that they screen in San Sebastian.Movistar Plus subscribers will be able

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentInitiating one of Amazon’s most ambitious titles ever in Latin America, production has begun on “La cabeza de Joaquín Murrieta,” the region’s first Western Amazon Original series, Amazon Prime Video announced Tuesday.An “action-packed” series made in Mexico, it added, “La cabeza de Joaquín Murrieta” stars top Mexican actor Juan Manuel Bernal (“Monarca,” “Perfect Obedience”) and Alejandro Speitzer, a fast-rising star after prominent roles in Mexican

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThe white-hot moment of the Romanian new-wave film renaissance is long in the past. “The Death of Mr.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRising Italian star Michele Riondino, who is on the Lido with Venice Days pic “I Nostri Fantasmi,” is set to play a priest sent by the Vatican to Holland to investigate a crying statue of the Virgin Mary in “The Man From Rome,” from Dutch director Jaap van Heusden (“In Blue”).This English, Dutch and Italian-language pic blending thriller and comedy elements is set to start shooting this month on location in the southern Dutch province of Limburg and in

EXCLUSIVE: The fight against Rome continues. Good news for Barbarians fans, cameras are now rolling on the second season of the historical action show, which is Netflix’s most successful German series.

‘The Rig’ First Look Up top is your first look at Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming series The Rig, which shot in Scotland this year. The show stars Iain Glen, Emily Hampshire and Martin Compston as the crew of the Kinloch Bravo oil rig stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea.

Bill Nighy and Anna Wintour have ignited dating rumours after they were spotted enjoying a romantic meal together in Rome.MORE: Anna Wintour actually broke royal protocol when she met the QueenThe Love Actually star, 71, and the US Vogue editor-in-chief, also 71, were all smiles as they ate and drank al fresco at a restaurant in Italy on Thursday night.In pictures obtained by the Daily Mail, Bill could be seen purchasing some roses to gift Anna before they sat down to eat. WATCH: The Queen joins

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAn awaited English-language reimagining of Sergio Corbucci’s classic 1966 Western, a favorite of Quentin Tarantino, major European series “Django” has released first-look images as its six-month shoot continues in Romania.Studiocanal, which has worldwide distribution rights, has also drilled down on key creative talent, announcing Friday that  David Evans (“Downton Abbey”) and Enrico Maria Artale (“Romulus”) are joining Francesca Comencini

The Baby-Sitters Club is back! – Just Jared Jr The royal detail everyone was wondering… – Celebitchy Find out who made their red carpet debut together – Popsugar Pixar’s new series has a trailer – Just Jared Jr

Ammonite, Apples, Promising Young Woman, Supernova, The Dig, The Father and The Mauritanian are among the first wave of movies recommended by a European Film Awards committee for nomination at this year’s event.

Cowboy Bebop is coming to Netflix and there’s an exciting first look!

Selome Hailu editorNetflix has released first look photos of the upcoming “Cowboy Bebop” adaptation starring John Cho, which premieres on Nov.