‘The Liberator’ Producer Trioscope Studios & Polish VFX Firm Juice Launch European Venture

With Season 2 of “The Mandalorian” wrapped up, we can finally start looking ahead to the vast number of new TV projects coming to Disney+ that aim to expand the “Star Wars” universe.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWyatt Oleff, Kevin Pollak and Janeane Garofalo will star in Mark Rosman’s “In My Life.”As the film’s title suggests, the comedy/drama is inspired by the music of the Beatles. It follows Evan, a 16-year-old John Lennon wannabe, who is thrilled when the Beatles move in next door to his Beverly Hills home before playing the Hollywood Bowl in 1965.

Disney this morning has named Alan Bergman as Chairman, Disney Studios Content, with Alan Horn continuing to serve as the division’s Chief Creative Officer.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAlan Bergman has been named chairman of Disney Studios Content, where he will help guide the company’s push into the world of streaming and reemergence from a global health crisis that has upended traditional ways of doing business. Alan Horn, who served as co-chairman of the studios group with Bergman, isn’t stepping down despite rumors that he was eyeing retirement.

It’s been more than a year since last year’s “Avengers: Endgame” and its coda, “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” Those two stories wrapped up what is affectionately called the “Infinity Saga.” But since then, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have yet to see an official return to the MCU.

Naman Ramachandran Andy Taylor, one of the pioneers of the U.K. digital space, has died from cancer.

Will Tizard ContributorThe planned $150 million festival center, which will form the crown jewel of the EnergaCamerimage cinematography gala in Torun, Poland, is heading into the concept phase, says the project’s main organizer, with high hopes for international talent coming on board with design ideas in the coming year.Kazik Suwala, director of the European Film Center project, says: “We are right now in the process of building the documentation,” after which Camerimage plans to announce the

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe filmmakers behind Poland’s official entry in the international feature film Oscar race, “Never Gonna Snow Again,” say they will be following in the footsteps of Polish winners and nominees like Paweł Pawlikowski (“Cold War,” “Ida”) and Jan Komasa (“Corpus Christi”).

Garden Studios, a 62,000 sq ft film and TV production site, is set to open in London in early 2021.

Naman Ramachandran Arts Alliance is opening Garden Studios, a 62,000-square-foot facility located in Park Royal, West London, in the first quarter of 2021.Garden Studios will offer four sound stages, workshops, technical facilities and fully equipped offices.

With the fallout of the new Warner Bros./HBO Max deal still being felt around the film industry, there are many people wondering which studio is going to be next to make a similar deal. Will we see Universal do a day-and-date release strategy with theaters and Peacock? What about Disney and Disney+? Well, in the case of the latter, it does appear that contracts could be worked out to make it a possibility, at least with Marvel Studios films.

Gigi Hadid, 25, was a fashionable sight-to-see when she stepped out for a walk with her baby daughter in New York City on Dec. 15. The gorgeous model had her long blonde locks down while wearing a black newsboy-style hat, a long black coat and black boots during the outing. She also wore tan gloves, a black face mask and round-shaped sunglasses.

Anti-Semitic images, slurs and songs were posted on the website of a Jewish school in Long Island on Monday in an apparent hack, video shows. The North Shore Hebrew Academy High School’s homepage was splattered with a Swastika and clip of marching Nazi SS guards, according to the footage posted on Twitter.

In a tight Oscar race in the International Film category, Thomas Vinterberg‘s celebrated “Another Round” is increasingly looking like an easy bet for a nomination. The Venice Film Festival drama swept the major honors at the 2020 European Film Awards including European Film, Director (Vinterberg), Actor (Mads Mikkelsen) and Screenplay.

Refresh for latest…: The European Film Awards are being held virtually this evening, culminating a series of online events over the past few days. Tonight’s categories include the EFAs for European Documentary, European Discovery, European Actress, European Actor, European Screenwriter, European Director and European Film races.

Will Tizard ContributorNow in its second year back in the city where it was born, the EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival has partnered with the Torun council in Poland and the national government in funding its most ambitious project, the European Film Center Camerimage, a $155 million facility now entering the architecture bidding stage.

Whoopi Goldberg is set to don her nun's habit once again.

2 min read A US teen has found himself being supported by over 200,000 people after he was suspended from his Texas school for wearing nail polish. 17-year-old Trevor Wilkinson, a senior at Clyde High School in Clyde, Texas, found himself at the centre of controversy after he returned from Thanksgiving break with his nails painted.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Raya and the Last Dragon” will premiere on Disney Plus at the same time it opens in theaters this spring.The computer-animated fantasy film will be available to rent on Premier Access, which comes with a hefty nearly $30 rental fee. Only Disney Plus subscribers will be able to watch the film on the service.