Solstice Studios Sets Awards Season Theatrical Launch For ‘Joe Bell’

Loved ones who died from HIV-AIDS were remembered during the 2018 World AIDS Day event in Long Beach at Bluff Park on Dec. 1, 2018. Photo: Michael Buitron.

BBC Studios has introduced an “inclusion rider” for all new productions, which will mean that all new productions have to meet a 20% diversity target.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. production and distribution powerhouse BBC Studios has reduced its gender and minorities pay gap to below 10%, the outfit’s 2019/20 U.K.

The “Saved By The Bell” reboot is feeling the heat after making light of Selena Gomez’s 2017 kidney transplant.

The Asia Pacific Screen Academy honoured regional filmmakers at a special presentation on Australia’s Gold Coast last night (November 26).

Oscars, the Golden Globes, and the BAFTAs have all pushed their dates back well into 2021.But - providing a slight glimmer of hope - not one but three events are going ahead in the next ten days, albeit digitally. Tonight is the first ever virtual GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2020 in association with Hugo Boss (MOTY) - which usually takes place in early September - with the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards powered by Jaguar running on December 1 to mark World Aids Day.Then, two days later, will be

Thankful? In 2020?Yes, it’s been a miserable year on a lot of fronts.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThai producer Soros Sukhum (“By The Time It Gets Dark,” “Concrete Clouds”) was Thursday honored with the FIAPF Award for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region.

A dispute over hot sauce had one fast-food customer seeing red.  A Taco Bell in Idaho reportedly skimped on giving a customer extra hot sauce packets, causing a commotion at the drive-thru that resulted in law enforcement responding to the heated scene. A Taco Bell in Idaho reportedly skimped on giving a customer extra hot sauce packets, causing a commotion at the drive-thru.

The long-awaited trailer for the dystopian sci-fi “Chaos Walking” has arrived.

The Deadline Team The notorious scam artist known as the Hollywood Con Queen has preyed upon aspiring members of the Hollywood community who’ve been drawn to Jakarta where they are separated from their savings. The scammer who has used the identities of respected Hollywood executives might not be able to operate under the cloak of deception much longer.

Lindsay Blake We may be more than a week away from Thanksgiving, but if Instagram is to be believed, audiences are chomping at the bit for holiday programming! Netflix is delivering on that front with “Dash & Lily,” a new original series that dropped last Tuesday.

Borat 2 from awards season consideration due to its “racist” portrayals of the country.The Virginia-based nonprofit organisation have shared an open letter written to the President and the CEO of the Motion Picture Academy (Oscars).“The Kazakh American community, alongside the worldwide Kazakh community, request that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences publicly bar Borat Subsequent Moviefilm from Oscar consideration due to the film’s promotion of whitewashing, ethnic stereotyping,

Clayton Davis A new discovery is always welcomed in Hollywood, and breakout star Adarsh Gourav makes his presence well known in Netflix’s “The White Tiger.” Written and directed by acclaimed director Ramin Bahrani, the ambitious and intriguing tale is likely to draw lazy comparisons to Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire,” due to mere geographic location.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSolstice Studios has acquired worldwide rights to the Gerard Butler action thriller “The Plane” on the heels of Lionsgate dropping out of distributing because producers were unable to obtain production insurance that would cover a COVID-19 outbreak.Lionsgate boarded “The Plane” a year ago at the American Film Market, buying the rights to the film for North America, Latin America, the U.K.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Solstice Studios has acquired worldwide rights to The Plane, an elevated action thriller that stars Gerard Butler. The film is now booked for takeoff on June 28, 2021, shooting in Southeast Asia.Deadline revealed earlier this week that Lionsgate exited the film because the production could not get COVID insurance and the risk became too great for the indie studio on the $50 million budget film.

Solstice Studios will release a new cut of Mark Wahlberg’s latest film under the new title Joe Bell on February 19, 2021, timed to this year’s delayed awards season. "The version of the film that was screened at Toronto was very promising, and after working with the filmmakers and Mark Wahlberg on a revised cut, we feel it has now reached its full potential," Mark Gill, president and CEO of Solstice Studios, said in a statement.

Film festivals are tricky business for filmmakers. Yes, they provide instant buzz, as a successful debut at Cannes, TIFF, Venice, or Sundance can do wonders for the publicity for your project.

writing in his review, “Walhberg is entirely believable as a man trying to unlearn what were once his blunt, oafish responses to anything he didn’t want to face.”“The version of the film that was screened at Toronto was very promising, and after working with the filmmakers and Mark Wahlberg on a revised cut, we feel it has now reached its full potential,” Mark Gill, president and CEO of Solstice Studios, said in a statement.