Former O.J. prosecutor Christopher Darden has received the backing of retired Judge Lance Ito in his run for a seat on the L.A. County Superior Court, Darden’s campaign announced today.
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EXCLUSIVE: Plan B Entertainment has set a joint venture with Oscar-winning documentarian and filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, known for movies including Touching The Void, One Day In September, Whitney, The Last King Of Scotland and State Of Play.
Per the JV, the two parties will co-develop and co-produce unscripted films and series with both established and emerging directors.
Among Plan B’s current unscripted work is the ongoing Lego Masters series for Fox and the recent Wayne Shorter documentary Zero Gravity for Amazon. French media company Mediawan took a majority stake in the company late last year.
Macdonald’s previous work in documentary also includes Life In A Day, Marley and High & Low — John Galliano. He won a Best Documentary Oscar for One Day in September about the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympics In Munich, Germany. His most recent narrative feature was The Mauritanian, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster, and Tahar Rahim, and he is in pre-production on thriller A Spy By Nature starring Paul Mescal.
His previous producing work also includes films such as Asif Kapadia’s Senna, Jimmy Chin’s The Rescue, and Ben Nicholas and David Tryhorn’s Pele.
Said Plan B’s Entertainment’s Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner: “Kevin is an incredible artist who exemplifies the best in storytelling and is among the most formidable voices working today. Throughout his career he has produced some of the most compelling stories being told in the unscripted medium and we are looking forward to this collaboration as together we have the opportunity to work with a host of directors looking to share their stories across the U.S., U.K., and Europe landscape.”
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Former O.J. prosecutor Christopher Darden has received the backing of retired Judge Lance Ito in his run for a seat on the L.A. County Superior Court, Darden’s campaign announced today.
The Beatles have made music history again with their new single Now and Then.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., and nonprofit Ghetto Film School (GFS), today announced the winners of the Dolby Institute x Ghetto Film School New Voices. New Visions. 2024 competition.
Soojin has made her solo debut with ‘AGASSY’, from her new mini-album of the same title.For the music video of ‘AGASSY’, Soojin employs traditional Korean motifs, wearing a modernised version of the hanbok and more. The song itself also draws on traditional Korean music.“Among the red flowers / Like a butterfly landing, la-la-la, eh / On my collar fluttering, eh / Flapping like wings flying, la-la-la,” she sings on her new single.‘AGASSY’ is also the title of her new solo mini-album, which features six tracks.
The SAG-AFTRA strike has officially ended, and Hollywood is going to be racing back to action!
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Audiences can finally catch a first glimpse at Max‘s “Bookie,” the new laffer starring stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco that also is notable for the reunion between co-creator Chuck Lorre and guest star Charlie Sheen. Max dropped the trailer for “Bookie” (formerly titled “How to Be a Bookie”) on Wednesday, scroll down to watch below. “Bookie” premieres Thursday, Nov.
Girls Aloud are reportedly planning a massive comeback with new music and a tour, following a 'secret reunion'. The iconic girl group, made up of Cheryl, Kimberley Walsh, Nicola Roberts and Nadine Coyle, have apparently met in London to film a new music video.
CBS News is launching a new venture designed to identify IA generated deepfakes and misinformation.
EXCLUSIVE: Ethos Entertainment, the L.A.-based talent management company recently launched by Christina Gualazzi and Matt Goldman, has entered into a new joint venture with the NY-based production company Picture Farm, helmed by partners Ben Freedman, Chris Bren, and Dion Sapp.
One notable personality missing from BravoCon this year was Kathryn Dennis from Southern Charm who announced her exit from the show at the top of 2023 and ahead of filming for Season 9.
EXCLUSIVE: Ron Bass, the scribe best known for his Academy Award-winning work on Rain Man, has been set to write and produce Music on the Bones, a new film inspired by real events.
After three films, and dwindling box office returns for each successive movie, the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise may officially be over. Variety reports (via Total Film) that David Yates, who helmed all three of “Harry Potter” prequels (and the final four in the original franchise) revealed in a new interview that the series is “parked.” And it’s news to him that the plan all along was for “Fantastic Beasts” to be a five-film series.
Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor are making a rare public appearance with their 18-year-old son Quinlan!
Darren Aronofsky‘s Protozoa Pictures and Los Angeles Media Fund are launching a joint venture focused on commissioning and producing new live theater projects as well as co-producing and supporting larger productions.
Daniel Radcliffe is making a film about one of his stunt doubles on Harry Potter who was paralysed following an accident on one of the film’s sets.As per Deadline, Sky and HBO Documentary Films are working on David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived which was described by Sky as “a coming-of-age story of stuntman David Holmes, a prodigious teenage gymnast from Essex, England, who is selected to play Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in the first Harry Potter film, when Daniel is just eleven.”Radcliffe starred as the titular character in all eight films in the world-famous series based on J.K. Rowling’s books, which concluded in 2011 while Holmes was his stunt double until an accident on the penultimate film left him paralysed.The synopsis adds: “Over the next ten years, the two form an inextricable bond, but on the penultimate film a tragic accident on set leaves David paralysed with a debilitating spinal injury, turning his world upside down.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Kingsman” director Matthew Vaughn knows a thing or two about bringing comic books to life on the big screen as the filmmaker behind acclaimed outings such as “Kick-Ass” and “X-Men: First Class.” In a recent interview with ScreenRant, the director shared his thoughts on the current era of comic book movies. He said poor visual effects are negatively impacting superhero movies, while also sharing his belief that Marvel needs to take a “less is more” approach. “I genuinely don’t know what’s happening with the superhero [genre] in the sense that, I do think, maybe we all need a little bit of time off from it,” Vaughn said.
Matthew Vaughn is no stranger to the superhero genre being the director of Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class and has a suggestion for Marvel Studios and DC as “superhero fatigue” continues to be a topic of conversation.
Jean-Jacques Annaud has worked with an impressive roster of actors across his 60-year career including big names such as Sean Connery, Tony Leung and Brad Pitt as well as Christian Slater and Jane Marsh, who were emerging talents when he cast them in The Name Of The Rose and L’Amant respectively.
Jennifer Lopez had a very glam evening while celebrating the launch of her new Intimissimi campaign.
Coronation Street legend Lucy Fallon has returned to filming on the cobbles as her character Bethany Platt made an iconic return and has a “brand new look”. After three years away, Lucy is now back filming with her co-stars although it is unknown what storyline her character might get mixed up in. Lucy was seen in a short video posted to the soap’s official Instagram page where she revealed it was her first day back filming, and she looked completely different to when she was last on the cobbles.The actress said in the clip: “Hello everyone it's me, Bethany.