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While we await the next feature from triple threat, actor/writer/director Jim Cummings—known for his excellent indies, “Thunder Road,” The Wolf of Snow Hollow” and “The Beta Test”—the actor is still demonstrating he can be a viable lead outside of his own movies too. His latest film is the Western crime feature “The Last Stop In Yuma County,” which features a sprawling indie cast (he’s also an exec-producer on the film) and has been described as “an old-fashioned shoot ’em up.” READ MORE: ‘The Beta Test’: Jim Cummings & PJ McCabe Talk Their Dark Hollywood, Cancel Culture Satire [Interview] The feature-length debut of writer/director Francis Galluppi, known for several shorts and Mt.

Katcy Stephan Filmmakers Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe and Thomas Cross have teamed up to launch a new independent production studio, Cool & Happy Limited. Cummings and McCabe will serve as the studio’s chief creatives, while Cross will head up production. “The same team has been making stuff for eight years.

Naman Ramachandran Crime thriller “The Last Stop in Yuma County” has unveiled its first clip. The debut feature from writer-director Francis Galluppi will bow at Austin’s Fantastic Fest before heading to Sitges. XYZ Films and UTA are co-representing North American sales.

Arleen Sorkin, the original voice of Batman villain Harley Quinn, has passed away at the age of 67.The death was announced by her friend and fellow voice actor Neil Kaplan who took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share the news with the world. Alongside an image of Arleen and an image of her as the Harley Quinn character, Neil wrote: "It broke my heart to hear… the original voice of Harley Quinn, Arleen Sorkin has passed away. I adored her work as HQ & as Calliope in Days of Our Lives." The news has sent shockwaves through the world of entertainment as tributes have poured in from former colleagues to fans.The cause of her death is yet to be revealed.

EXCLUSIVE: Writer, director, producer, and actor Jim Cummings (The Beta Test) has signed with Anonymous Content for management.

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed The Fabelmans breakout Chloe East, in a competitive situation.

Another top Warner exec, John Rogovin, is heading for the exits amid a major corporate shakeout following the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery last month.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterDiscovery completed its $43 billion acquisition of WarnerMedia from AT&T on Friday to form new company Warner Bros. Discovery.WarnerMedia owns HBO, HBO Max, CNN, Warner Bros., DC Films, New Line Cinema, TBS, TNT, TruTV, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, Turner Sports and Rooster Teeth, among other brands, and is part owner of the CW Network along with Paramount.Discovery is the parent of Discovery Plus, Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, Turbo/Velocity, Animal Planet, Science Channel and OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network).Here is the new leadership structure for Warner Bros.

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED WITH MORE DETAILS: Less than 24 hours after CEO Jason Kilar, HBO Max boss Andy Forssell and Studio chief Ann Sarnoff were pink slipped from the about to disappear WarnerMedia, more executives were shown the door today.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterDiscovery is cleaning house among the top ranks at WarnerMedia ahead of the close of the two companies’ merger, which is expected to occur Friday, with six more executives shown the door Wednesday, Variety has learned.According to a WarnerMedia spokesperson, the newly cut WarnerMedia players include: Jennifer Biry – Chief Financial Officer, Jim Cummings – EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer; Tony Goncalves – EVP, Chief Revenue Officer; Christy Haubegger – EVP, Communications and Chief Inclusion Officer;  Jim Meza – EVP, General Counsel, WarnerMedia; and Richard Tom – Chief Technology Officer.Notably remaining with the soon-to-be-combined company, which will be renamed Warner Bros. Discovery and run by current Discovery CEO David Zaslav, is Gerhard Zeiler, president of WarnerMedia International, a source close to the internal leadership changes confirmed to Variety.

Swimming With Sharks,” behind an image of (now disgraced) actor Kevin Spacey screaming directly into the face of his co-star, Frank Whaley. The film gave audiences an unflinching look at Hollywood’s workplace culture — as it was then, before current efforts to eradicate toxic and inexcusable behavior.Verbal and physical abuse, staplers and phones hurled at employees, 20-hour workdays, sexual harassment and rampant degradation all play out in the film, which was reportedly based on writer-director George Huang’s experiences under producers Joel Silver and Scott Rudin.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed writer, director, producer and actor Jim Cummings (The Beta Test) for representation in all areas.

Emilio Mayorga Emily Mortimer (“Transiberian,” “Match Point”) and writer-director Jim Cummings (“Thunder Road,” “The Beta Test”) boarded Miguel Faus’ feature debut “Calladita,” whose financing is expected to be raised entirely through NFTs and Web3 systems.It would mark the first time ever that a European film is backed by NTFs (non-fungible tokens) and decentralized web software handled by the crypto community Web3.Based on the eponymous short film which played at the Palm Springs Short and London Short Film festivals, “Calladita” will offer a character study of its protagonist and, through her eyes, a portrait of the Catalan high bourgeoisie with a mix of realism and satire. “I’m involved because I’m a big fan of Miguel, who’s short ‘Calladita’ I really loved,” Mortimer said in a statement.Joining Mortimer, cast members include Spanish Academy Goya Award-winner Antonio de la Torre (“The Endless Trench”) Susana Abaitua (“Patria”) and Paula Grimaldo, who played the lead in the original short.“Calladita” follows a young Colombian woman who works as a domestic laborer in a summer mansion in Costa Brava.

My final 2021 guests this week on the Deep Focus podcast are Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe, the co-directors, co-writers, and co-stars of IFC Films’ “The Beta Test,” Yes, this conversation is overdue. “The Beta Test” came out in late November, but it is available on all digital platforms to rent now, and let’s just say as a bit of a tease: you will see “The Beta Test” on our forthcoming list of the Best Films Of 2021 That You Didn’t See running in early January.

“A hilarious skewering of the shallowness of the movie industry and the paranoia and mistrust that afflicts the guilty.

“A hilarious skewering of the shallowness of the movie industry and the paranoia and mistrust that afflicts the guilty.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“The Beta Test,” the critically-acclaimed indie about intersection of toxicity in Hollywood and digital culture, has unveiled an anxiety-ridden first trailer.The IFC Films releasee, which played the Berlin International Film Festival this year and sits at 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, stars Jim Cummings (“The Wolf of Snow Hollow,” “Thunder Road”), who wrote and directed the film with PJ McCabe.The satire follows an engaged talent rep who accepts a mysterious

“A hilarious skewering of the shallowness of the movie industry and the paranoia and mistrust that afflicts the guilty.

WarnerMedia will require its U.S. employees or anyone entering one of its offices to be vaccinated against Covid-19, the company has announced.

Indie anxiety auteur Jim Cummings’ work is always trembling nervously with the hum or uneasy apprehension. His brilliant debut, “Thunder Road” throbbed with the cringe-y tension of a grieving divorcee policeman on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and his follow-up, “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” layered murder mystery genre elements and the idea of the “toxic male beast within” on top of his signature jittery agitation.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorLike his films, Jim Cummings is hard to classify. He’s a true multi-hyphenate, having worked pretty much every job one can on a film set.

“Beast Beast” is not your typical teen drama. There are no fights about who’s going with who to Prom.

Also Read: ShortList 2016: 'Thunder Road' Turns Bruce Springsteen Song Into Funeral Eulogy (Video)“IFC has partnered with the boldest and most insanely talented filmmakers in history, Armando Iannucci, Paolo Sorrentino, Andrea Arnold, and hundreds of others and then they let us just ruin it in 2021,” Cummings said in a statement to TheWrap.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to “The Beta Test,” a new digital-age thriller that was written, directed by and starring Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe.The film was an official selection for this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.

Naman Ramachandran The Berlin Film Festival has revealed 12 titles from 16 countries that will compete in the festival’s Encounters strand, including Denis Côté’s “Social Hygiene” from Canada, Alice Diop’s “We” from France, and Fern Silva’s “Rock Bottom Riser” from the U.S.The selections also take in “As I Want” (Egypt/France/Norway/Palestine) by Samaher Alqadi; “Azor” (Switzerland/France/Argentina) by Andreas Fontana; “The Beta Test” (U.S./U.K.) by Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe; and “Bloodsuckers

Settebello Entertainment will represent producer-filmmaker and former NFL player and broadcaster Ed Cunningham in all areas.

Two movies in, actor and writer/director Jim Cummings has certainly proven to be a talent full of idiosyncrasies. His debut, Thunder Road, made him someone to watch, while now, we have his sophomore feature to consider.

A genre thriller with personality to spare, “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” is the rare horror offering that provides more character than carnage. Buttressed by a cast that deserves their own long-form series, the film by writer/director Jim Cummings isn’t content to just serve up a T&A gore smorgasbord, probing instead at ideas related to toxic masculinity, police reform, substance abuse, and parenting in the age of FaceTime.

Jim Cummings is a name that is revered around these parts. Sure, he only has a limited filmography, primarily as a short film director, but his most recent feature, “Thunder Road,” was one of our favorite films from 2018 and not only showcased the filmmaker’s talent as a director but also as a writer, actor, producer, editor, and composer.

Janet W. Lee Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the U.S., will open on Oct.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorBeyond Fest has set the slate for its 2020 edition that will run October 2-8, opening with a double bill of the world premiere of Jim Cummings’ The Wolf of Snow Hollow and Joe Dante’s 1989 pic The Burbs.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlineJim Cummings finds himself on the hunt for the culprit behind a series of grizzly murders in the first trailer for “The Wolf of Snow Hollow.”Cummings wrote, directed and stars in the horror-thriller, centering on the sheriff of a small mountain town.

Year in and year out, so many damn films are released that you’re bound to miss something. In 2018, unless you were a film critic or a devoted indie cinephile, it’s very possible you missed, “Thunder Road,” the hilarious, awkward, cringe comedy from star, writer, director, producer jack of all trades Jim Cummings (we placed it on our list of The 25 Best Films Of 2018 You Didn’t See).

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: We have learned that Orion Classics has snapped up the worldwide rights to Jim Cummings’ horror-thriller The Wolf of Snow Hollow for a Oct.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlineVanishing Angle, the production company behind Sundance winner “Thunder Road,” has re-teamed with writer-director Jim Cummings for thriller “The Beta Test.”The studio will produce the movie — about a married Hollywood agent who deals with the fallout after receiving a mysterious letter from an anonymous sexual encounter. The cast includes Cummings, PJ McCabe, Olivia Applegate and Virginia Newcomb.