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Pinocchio film directed by Guillermo del Toro is set to receive its world premiere at London Film Festival.The 66th BFI London Film Festival announced today (August 31) that Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio would be among the 22 features receiving a world premiere during the October event.Guillermo del Toro (The Shape Of Water) co-directed the film alongside Mark Gustafson.

Bhutan has submitted Pawo Choyning Dorji’s The Monk and the Gun for the Best International Feature Film race at the 2024 Academy Awards.

EXCLUSIVE: Cheech Marin (Shotgun Wedding, Champions) has been cast in the Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day reimagination following George Lopez’s exit due to a scheduling conflict.

EXCLUSIVE: George Lopez is exiting the Disney+ film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day reimagination due to a scheduling conflict. He was set to portray the patriarch of the Garcia family, a tough biker grandfather.

EXCLUSIVE: The search is over for the titular character in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Thom Nemer (Snowfall) will star opposite Eva Longoria, Jesse Garcia, and George Lopez in the Disney+ film as Alexander.

EXCLUSIVE: The Disney+ film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day has added Paulina Chávez (The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia, Fate: The Winx Saga) and Rose Portillo (Zoot Suit, The Exorcist II) to its cast, joining previously announced stars Eva Longoria, George Lopez, and Jesse Garcia.

EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Garcia (Flamin’ Hot) will star opposite Eva Longoria and George Lopez in the Disney+ film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

EXCLUSIVE: Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock will be back for another go-round. Apple TV+ has renewed the Emmy-winning series for a second season, with Daveed Diggs (Hamilton), who appeared in the Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Night of the Lights holiday special, set to return, along with Ariana DeBose (Schmigadoon!), Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) and Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) in guest-starring roles. Production on Season 2 of the reboot of Jim Henson’s beloved classic Fraggle Rock is underway in Calgary, Canada.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHollywood producer Janet Yang was feted on Tuesday evening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with a pillar named in her honor.Yang, who worked alongside Steven Spielberg on “Empire of the Sun,” and produced Netflix’s “Over the Moon” and “The Joy Luck Club,” became the first Asian American woman to have a pillar at the museum. She called it “a symbol of how communities can come together.”Some of the most prominent Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Hollywood came out to celebrate the historic moment, including legendary actor James Hong, journalist Lisa Ling, singer Katherine Ho, Gold House CEO and co-founder Bing Chen, actor Daniel Dae Kim and California State Treasurer Fiona Ma.

Netflix has cancelled its critically acclaimed childrens’ show The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance after just one season.The news broke immediately after the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Program.“We are grateful to the master artists at The Jim Henson Company for bringing The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance to life for fans around the world,” Netflix said of the show in a statement.“We’re thankful to the executive producers Lisa Henson and Halle Stanford, and Louis Leterrier, who

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThere will be no Season 2 for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Netflix confirmed the cancellation Monday of Jim Henson’s epic fantasy adventure series — a prequel to the original 1982 film — just hours after the series’ win this weekend at the Creative Arts Emmys for Outstanding Children’s Program.“We can confirm that there will not be an additional season of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,” said Lisa Henson, executive producer.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance has officially been cancelled after only one season at Netflix.

If you’re a genre fan – shoot, if you’re a fan of quality television – and skipped watching the Netflix mini-series “Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” you’ve made a very silly mistake. The long-awaited return to the world of the original 1982 fantasy film “The Dark Crystal” is not only gorgeous and captivating but a rare prequel where you become invested in the characters.

By Dave McNary