‘Rust’ Producer Backing Indie Film With Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek (EXCLUSIVE)

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterKevin Spacey will not have to testify at an upcoming deposition about his sexual partners or allegations against him from anonymous accusers, a federal judge ruled on Monday.Spacey is facing a sexual battery lawsuit from Anthony Rapp, the actor who alleges that Spacey groped him and laid on top of him in 1986, when Rapp was 14 years old.Spacey is due to sit for a deposition in the suit, and Rapp’s attorneys wanted to ask him about other allegations that might

President Joe Biden’s first late-night appearance since becoming president was on very friendly terrain: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in which the host was effusive throughout and largely stayed on the White House topic points.

trailer and read below for how you can catch a screening of “Red Rocket.”“Red Rocket” premieres on December 10. “Red Rocket” is playing exclusively in theaters nationwide.

Jennifer Yuma editorThe Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the 2022 document motion picture nominees who will advance to the final round of voting at the 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards on Feb.

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has acquired the John Fusco spec script Phantom, a package that includes producers Harvey Mason Jr of Harvey Mason Media, and John Legend and his Get Lifted Film Co producing partner Mike Jackson. Pic will be an adaptation of the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel Phantom of the Opera, set in contemporary New Orleans.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAlec Baldwin published a lengthy defense of the “Rust” production signed by 25 members of the crew on Thursday, a day before ABC News is set to air a two-hour special about the on-set tragedy.In the letter, the crew members sought to push back on claims that chaotic and unsafe conditions on set contributed to the death of Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin was preparing for a scene on Oct.

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Liz Watts, the established Australian producer whose credits include Animal Kingdom, The True History of The Kelly Gang, and the Cate Blanchett series Stateless, is joining See-Saw Films.

EXCLUSIVE: Luminosity Entertainment is teaming up with Dean Altit’s Altit Media Group and Kia Jam’s K.Jam Media to finance and co-produce Bot Wars, a sci-fi tentpole film based on the novels of the same name by J.V. Kade, which will be directed by Alexander Kiesl and Steffen Hacker.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRiz Ahmed has boarded Egyptian-American director Dina Amer’s “You Resemble Me,” a bold exploration of the roots of Islamic radicalization through the story of Hasna Aït Boulahcen – who in 2015 was wrongly believed to be Europe’s first female suicide bomber – ahead of the pic’s premiere in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA).Amer’s feature debut, which world premiered positively at the Venice Film Festival, is a deeply researched character

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe New Mexico prosecutor overseeing the investigation into the “Rust” shooting said Friday that she is “exploring various legal theories” in the case, and has not ruled out any criminal charges.Mary Carmack-Altwies, the district attorney for New Mexico’s First Judicial District, issued a statement apparently in response to Alec Baldwin’s interview on ABC on Thursday, in which the actor said he did not think he would be charged criminally in the case.“Everyone

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAlec Baldwin gave a detailed interview on the “Rust” shooting on ABC Thursday night, answering detailed questions about why he pointed a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and saying he had not heard any safety concerns on set beforehand.Baldwin told interviewer George Stephanopoulos that he has nothing to hide and does not feel guilt about the incident.“Someone is responsible for what happened,” he said.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe weapons expert who supplied guns and ammo for the production of “Rust” told “Good Morning America” on Thursday that the live rounds found on set did not come from him.Seth Kenney, of PDQ Arm & Prop, gave his first public comments shortly after investigators searched his business in Albuquerque, N.M., for clues that might explain how live rounds became mingled with dummy rounds. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on Oct.

Clayton Davis Andrew Garfield will receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Desert Palm achievement award, actor for his performance in Netflix’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!” from director Lin-Manuel Miranda.“From his numerous film roles and theatrical performances, Andrew Garfield is an outstanding actor, who puts his heart and soul into bringing the character he’s portraying to life,” says festival chairman Harold Matzner.

Liza Foreman Before director Rashid Masharawi, whose latest film “Diary of Rue Gabrielle” makes its world premiere at the Cairo Film Festival this week, started making films, there wasn’t much of a film industry in Palestine, beyond propaganda films by the PLO, he says.“I was the first,” he says. “In the early days, festivals that were cautious about Middle East politics, didn’t know which country to assign me to.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe weapons expert who supplied firearms for use on the movie “Rust” told investigators he believed he knew how live rounds got mixed in with dummy rounds, according to an affidavit released on Tuesday.The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating the cause of the shooting on the set of the film on Oct. 21, in which actor Alec Baldwin fired a shot that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded the film’s director, Joel Souza.

In the wake of Rust producers being hit with two lawsuits stemming from the fatal shooting of that film’s DP Halyna Hutchins, Variety reports this morning that producer Ryan Donnell Smith is co-financing a Dustin Hoffman-Sissy Spacek movie entitled Sam & Kate. 

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAn arbitrator has ordered MRC, the production company behind “House of Cards,” nearly $31 million after finding that actor Kevin Spacey breached his contract by violating the company’s sexual harassment policy.MRC severed its relationship with Spacey and scrapped a season of the show in 2017, after multiple people came forward to allege a pattern of sexually predatory conduct.MRC filed a petition on Monday to confirm the arbitration award, after the award was

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterTime’s Up will lay off most of its 25-member staff at the end of the year and its interim CEO will depart, as the women’s rights organization looks to “reset” in the wake of a debilitating conflict-of-interest scandal.The organization announced the changes on Friday. The group also released a 54-page report that seeks to address the organizational failures that contributed to its mishandling of sexual harassment charges against New York Gov.