Oprah Winfrey is celebrating a milestone and looking back at a pivotal moment in her career.
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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAmblin Partners has signed a new multi-year film distribution partnership with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, as well as a series of new agreements that will expedite the company’s move into streaming.The pact is in the five-year range, according to insiders, similar to Amblin’s previous deal with the studio, which was inked in 2015.
The company had previously partnered on distribution with the Walt Disney Company when it operated under the
.Oprah Winfrey is celebrating a milestone and looking back at a pivotal moment in her career.
Today would have been the day that the West Side Story musical remake would have been released in theaters, but the release has been delayed by entire year due to the pandemic.
Horror has always been a fantastic starting-off point for up and coming filmmakers and artists who then go big and unfortunately never return to the genre. Have you ever seen Leonardo DiCaprio talk about “Critters 3” after going big? Or Steven Spielberg saying no to a prestige Oscar-film to direct another tense horror film? No.
Also Read: Disney Stock Soars to All-Time High and Record $300 Billion Market Cap After Epic Investor DayOther upcoming 20th Century titles for 2021 include “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” the “Bob’s Burgers” movie, “Ron’s Gone Wrong,” the thriller “Deep Water,” the Ridley Scott film “The Last Duel” and of course Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” which is scheduled to open December 10, 2021.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUniversal Filmed Entertainment Group has renewed its first-look deal with Working Title Films, the producer of many of the studio’s most beloved movies.
Indiana Jones 5 will be the last in the franchise, Disney has revealed.Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy confirmed the news at Disney’s Investor Day yesterday (December 10), saying that the upcoming movie would be the “fifth and final” film in the series.Logan filmmaker James Mangold will be directing the upcoming film, making this the first Indiana Jones film directed by someone other than Steven Spielberg.Harrison Ford will be returning to reprise his role as the titular character in the
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJohn Mulaney and Andy Samberg will star in a new reboot of “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” for Disney Plus.The feature film will hit the service in spring 2022 and is a combination of live action and computer animation. Seth Rogen will cameo in the film, which Disney teased during its investor day.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJerry Bruckheimer’s first-look deal with Paramount Pictures is set to expire in February and will not be renewed.That makes the superstar producer of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise a free agent. Bruckheimer first signed a pact with Paramount in 2013, leaving Disney where he had been housed for two decades.
EXCLUSIVE: The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken has signed a big overall deal with Universal Television to develop and produce scripted content. As part of the pact, Chaiken will serve as executive producer/showrunner on the first season of NBC’s upcoming Law & Order: SVU spinoff series, Law & Order: Organized Crime, starring Chris Meloni, from Dick Wolf’s Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
This year has been full of surprises and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences couldn’t let it end without one more. The already delayed 93rd Academy Awards will be produced by Jesse Collins, Stacy Sher and Steven Soderbergh.
Mikaela Spielberg is determined to destigmatize sex work. The 24-year-old daughter of Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw has made a name for herself in the adult entertainment space, recently partnering with online platform ManyVids to showcase her content in an entirely new way. “Sex work, is work. That’s why platforms like ManyVids are so important and shine in comparison to other online platforms,” Mikaela said in an EXCLUSIVE interview with HollywoodLife.
obtained by TMZ that law enforcement told him the woman, identified as Sarah Char, tried to buy a gun to murder him.Spielberg has claimed the woman has been harassing him for months and that she has sent him death threats, according to the outlet.He said in the documents that Char also tweeted him: “If I have to personally MURDER people for stealing my IPs‚ I WILL. Get me?”The movie mogul behind such classics “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “E.T.
Ready Player Two are in.The sequel book to 2011’s Ready Player One, the hugely popular book by Ernest Cline which spawned Steven Spielberg’s film of the same name, was released last week (November 24).Cline had confirmed he had plans for a sequel in 2015, and began writing in late 2017.
Amblin Partners has signed a new distribution deal with Universal that will see, each year, multiple Amblin films marketed and distributed theatrically, with the pact also encompassing streaming.
Amblin Partners has signed a new multi-year film distribution partnership with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, as well as a series of new agreements that chart a clear course for the next phase of growth for one of the world’s leading independent film and television studios.
Dave McNary Film Reporter“Goonies never say die” is right!The stars of Steven Spielberg’s 1985 cult classic “The Goonies” are reuniting again for a good cause. Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, Martha Plimpton, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Jonathan Ke Quan, Jeff Cohen, Joe Pantoliano and Robert Davi will be participating in a live script reading on Saturday at 8 p.m.