British film industry veteran Sir Sydney Samuelson has died. He was 97.
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. film finance and production company Productivity Media Inc has entered an investment and first look distribution deal with Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, the Canada-based company led by former LucasFilm executive Catherine Winder, producer on Invincible, The Angry Birds Movie 1 & 2 and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
The companies have entered into a partnership to co-produce and finance original film and TV content for the family and adult market. Winder will introduce the slate at this week’s Content London, including new projects Sparrow and The Boy Sherlock.
Sparrow is a one-hour live-action drama from Marie Clements (Red Snow), the Canadian indigenous creator, writer director. The multi-part series charts how 21-year-old Indigenous smokejumper, Jett Wilds, is called upon by the spirits of thousands of Indigenous women to become the conduit for finishing their unresolved stories and igniting the supernatural gifts she’s been harboring until now. As the individual spirits of these women come together to create a murmuration that release their story, Jett Wilds becomes The Sparrow. She begins her journey from a downtrodden and reluctant hero to avenging angel in the small dark and twisted town of Tinsel.
The Boy Sherlock is based on the YA book series by Canadian author Shane Peacock, which is produced by Catherine Winder, Navid McIlhargey, Lisa O’Brien and Factual Fiction’s Tom and Emily Dalton, with Matt Cirulnik writing. Inspired by the book of the same name by Shane Peacock, the story combines the origin of a young Sherlock Holmes (as he deals with anti-Semitism) in uncovering a dangerous murder mystery that would become his first solved crime, and combines it with a mystery told in present day New
British film industry veteran Sir Sydney Samuelson has died. He was 97.
EXCLUSIVE: Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier’s Upgrade Productions has boarded world sales rights to Shoah feature Shttl, which played at the London and Rome Film Festivals (where it won the audience award) this fall.
IATSE has taken the next step toward representing freelance TV commercial production department workers.
Albert Brenner, a production designer and/or art director on such films as Bullitt, The Turning Point, Pretty Woman and Backdraft who racked up five career Oscar nominations, has died. He was 96. The Mirisch Agency told Deadline he died December 8 in his sleep.
Looks like a good old fashion cash grab celebrity endorsement has become a bit more fraught when it comes to the digital marketplace nowadays.
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Auckland Film Studios, which recently hosted productions including Netflix’s Sweet Tooth and Amazon’s The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, has opened two new sound stages as demand for physical facilities continues in the global production boom.
We’re still buzzing after the season one finale of Tony Gilroy’s fantastic “Star Wars” series “Andor,” a prequel taking place before the events of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” One of the more well-written and executed modern “Star Wars” projects that showed that there were still some untapped places that creatives could explore within the universe that feel fresh and exciting.
This Is Me…Now, is something of a follow-up to This Is Me…Then, which was released in 2002 during her initial relationship with now-husband Ben Affleck. Discussing this evolution requires thought, openness, and a look that pays homage to where Lopez has been and where she’s going. Along with a slicked pony and hoops, Lopez’s ultimate beauty punctuation came from her buttery manicure, heavily showcased as she gesticulated her way through . This content can also be viewed on the site it from.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Rather than that J.Lo has been favoring as of late, nail artist painted the pop star’s elongated manicure in a light, almost cream-colored yellow, the buttery shade providing a chic levity to Jennifer Lopez’s look (the blue Mongolian fur collar helped, too).
Ben Affleck says his newly minted studio Artists Equity, in partnership with Matt Damon, is going for films that are commercial but smart, that acknowledge popular tastes, but that “people remember 20 years later.”
EXCLUSIVE: Money Heist star Alba Flores is leading and exec producing a sci-fi thriller from Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier’s Upgrade Productions and Spanish outfit Morena Films.
Serge Bromberg, a former artistic director of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, is facing a four-year prison sentence for his role in a deadly fire involving nitrate film reels.
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“I’ve been to the other side!,” testified Tonight host Jimmy Fallon in mock-revivalist-preacher mode on last night’s show. “I’ve seen the Pearly Gates! I’ve paid $8 for that blue check mark in the sky but I want you all to know I wouldn’t leave this earth until my job is done and tonight my job is to entertain you!”