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Carson Burton Sam Mendes will receive the Ebert Director Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey announced Tuesday.The award, which recognizes filmmakers who have exemplified greatness in their careers, was named after legendary film critic Roger Ebert and is an evolution of the festival’s Roger Ebert Golden Thumb Award. Past recipients of the award include Denis Villeneuve, Chloé Zhao and Taika Waititi.

Sam Mendes, whose latest movie from Searchlight, Empire of Light, is making its Canadian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be receiving the event’s TIFF Ebert Director Award.

Luis Gerardo Méndez is sharing his experience filming this new show, acting alongside his talented co-stars.Portraying Baltasar Frías, Luis Gerardo brings this mystery character to life, making viewers wonder if he is actually the villain of the story, or a skillful detective trying to uncover what really happened fifteen years prior in one of the Yucatan’s most bizarre unsolved cases.The Hollywood star also brings his dance moves to the screen, revealing that he worked with a choreographer, and the director of photography that has worked with big names, such as Bad Bunny and J Balvin, ultimately perfecting and having fun during this perfect sequence happening right before the story starts to get darker.Cristin Milioti and William Jackson Harper star as Emma and Noah, the couple that finds themselves in the middle of the unsolved mystery surrounding the disappearance of Nina, played by Violet Thomspon, and Sam, played by Skyler Gisondo.

Paige Thorne and Adam Collard made a loved-up appearance together after confirming they are now officially boyfriend and girlfriend following their time on Love Island. Paramedic Paige, 24, and fitness trainer Adam, 26, packed on the PDA as they made an appearance at MNKY HSE restaurant in Mayfair, London, alongside their co-stars Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page.

“Empire of Light,” the latest feature film from Oscar winner Sam Mendes, has locked its European premiere with a gala screening at the 66th annual BFI London Film Festival. Starring Olivia Colman, Michael Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones and others, the 1980s–set film “is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema,” distributor Searchlight Pictures said in a statement. The film’s stars – including Colman, Firth, and on-the-rise BAFTA winner Ward – are expected to be in attendance at the festival’s American Express Gala screening on Oct.

Naman Ramachandran Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light,” starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward and Colin Firth, will be this year’s American Express Gala at the 66th BFI London Film Festival.Written, produced and directed by Oscar and BAFTA winning filmmaker Mendes, the film also stars Toby Jones, Tanya Moodie, Tom Brooke and Crystal Clarke. Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, the film is about human connection and the magic of cinema. It marks Mendes’ first solo credit as screenwriter and reunites him with Oscar winning cinematographer Roger Deakins (“1917,” “Skyfall”).The film is produced by Mendes and Pippa Harris’ Neal Street Productions, in partnership with Searchlight Pictures.

“Veep” boss Armando Iannucci’s newest comedy – “The Franchise” – has been ordered to pilot at HBO, with Sam Mendes set to direct.The half-hour comedy is set in the world of superhero movie-making, and Jon Brown is the showrunner. Here’s the logline: “A hopeful crew trapped inside the dysfunctional, nonsensical, joyous hellscape of franchise superhero movie-making. If and when they finally make the day, the question they must face — is this Hollywood’s new dawn or cinema’s last stand? Is this a dream factory or a chemical plant?”Mendes executive produces for Neal Street Productions, while Iannucci executive produces for Dundee Productions.

After spending some time directing two James Bond films, “Skyfall” and “Spectre,” filmmaker Sam Mendes knows a thing or two about the ups and downs of franchise filmmaking.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO has ordered a comedy pilot about the making of a superhero movie, Variety has learned.The half-hour pilot is titled “The Franchise.” It follows a hopeful crew trapped inside the dysfunctional, nonsensical, joyous hellscape of franchise superhero movie-making. If and when they finally make the day, the question they must face — is this Hollywood’s new dawn or cinema’s last stand? Is this a dream factory or a chemical plant?The pilot story was written by Jon Brown, Keith Akushie and Armando Iannucci, with Brown and Akushie writing the pilot.

Armando Iannucci is staying in business with HBO and is teaming up with Sam Mendes for the ride.

Clapping back. Sam Asghari slammed Kevin Federline‘s claims about Britney Spears‘ sons, Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden James, 15.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Sam Mendes is teaming up with Audible on a series of audio drama adaptations of Charles Dickens stories.

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