Paul Feig: ‘The anti-Hillary Clinton movement harmed all-female Ghostbusters’

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety’s Virtual TV Festival will be held from June 23-25 and feature conversations with Hillary Rodham Clinton, Amy Schumer, Kumail Nanjiani, Billy Porter and many more prominent speakers.Formerly known as the annual Variety TV Summit, the event has been rebranded as the inaugural Variety Virtual TV Festival. The expansion to a digital presentation will draw a broader global audience and a wider range of topics over three days.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentBucking the politics of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, São Paulo will on Wednesday publish for public consultation a set of proposals for cash rebates on international shoots that include affirmative action clauses around race and gender.São Paulo’s film-TV agency Spcine will also notify their plans to prize pro-environment productions.Already a revolution for Brazil and marking its first big shoot incentives, the cash rebates are tabbed at a

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Leslie Jones shared her reaction to the protests across the country when she visited Late Night on Tuesday. "I feel saddened," she said of watching the protests that began following the May 25 death of George Floyd.

During a new episode of his podcast, Impaulsive, Logan Paul explained his feelings toward Jake Paul’s appearence at a shopping center in Arizona that was under siege by looters and delinquents. Us Magazine picked up on the podcast on Tuesday in which Logan said it was “hard” for him because he loves his brother to death.

Brotherly advice. Logan Paul addressed allegations that his brother, Jake Paul, was looting at a shopping center in Arizona — and scolded him for being in that situation.

Run the Jewels' Killer Mike made a surprise appearance at Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom's press conference on Friday (May 29), in an attempt to quell some of the violence that has taken place during nationwide protests of George Floyd's police-related death last week.Mike (born Michael Render) appealed to those angry about the incident, asking them to channel their anger into positive movements."I am the son of an Atlanta police officer," said Mike, who was flanked by the Mayor, Atlanta

The last time I spoke with Phil Rosenthal was in June 2018. I was living in London, traveling to different countries monthly, and the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond was promoting the second season of his Netflix travel food series, Somebody Feed Phil.

Paul Feig has lined up his next feature film, and it appears the comedy director is venturing into the world of YA fantasy in the new film, “The School of Good and Evil.” According to THR, Feig will direct the feature, based on the novel “The School of Good and Evil” written by Soman Chainani.

Paul Feig will direct Netflix’s adaptation of “The School for Good and Evil,” based on Soman Chainani’s best-selling novel of the same name, the streamer announced Thursday.

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Over the past decade, there aren’t many blockbuster films that have caused as much controversy as the 2016 remake of “Ghostbusters,” directed by Paul Feig. From the moment the first trailer dropped on YouTube, a social media movement began to discredit the film and do everything in its power to make sure the film didn’t succeed.

Paul Feig is opening up about the backlash he and his movie, Ghostbusters, recieved following the casting of Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

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Paul Feig, the director and co-writer of the 2016 “Ghostbusters” reboot, noted in a recent interview about the film that he believes the “anti-Hillary movement” played a big role in the movie’s negative perception.

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