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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNetflix has paused shooting on “The Harder They Fall” after a member of the production tested positive for COVID-19, Variety has confirmed.The Western, which stars Idris Elba and Regina King, was roughly five weeks into shooting in New Mexico. No members of the primary cast tested positive, according to an insider.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaR.J. Cutler’s “Belushi” charts the rise and fall of “Animal House” star John Belushi without dwelling on the particulars of his tragic death of a drug overdose at 33.“Drugs and his overdose have become the thing that many people focus on in John’s story, but that’s not what I was interested in,” said Cutler.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAfter an unprecedented Broadway season cut short by coronavirus, the 2020 Tony Awards nominations are finally here.“Jagged Little Pill,” “”Moulin Rouge: The Musical,” and “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” were all nominated for best musical, while best play will be a contest between “”Grand Horizons,” “The Inheritance,” “The Sound Inside,”  “Sea Wall: A Life,” and “Slave Play”James Monroe Iglehart, who won the 2014 Tony for best featured actor for his

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWherever President Barack Obama went, Pete Souza was right there with him.For eight years, the White House photographer was a fly-on-the-wall as the president and his team made consequential, world-altering decisions about bailing out the auto industry or raiding Osama Bin Laden’s compound. Souza and his camera also captured the quiet moments — taking photographs of the commander-in-chief relaxing with his wife and children.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAMC Theatres is in danger of running out of cash by the end of the year or by early 2021 if moviegoers don’t return to cinemas in greater numbers, the world’s largest exhibitor warned in public filings on Tuesday.The theater chain noted that attendance at the 494 of its 598 U.S. locations that it has opened in recent weeks is down approximately 85%.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaGal Gadot will trade her lasso of truth for a golden crown, playing the legendary queen of Egypt in “Cleopatra,” a historical drama that will reunite the actress with her “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins.Paramount Pictures won the rights to the project, reportedly beating out other suitors such as Apple, Universal, Warner Bros. and Netflix.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The War With Grandpa,” a Robert De Niro comedy about the battle between a wily septuagenarian and his grandson over a bedroom, was originally supposed to hit theaters in 2018.Plans changed after Harvey Weinstein, the indie film producer whose company The Weinstein Company financed the “Home Alone” knockoff, was exposed as a serial sexual harasser and predator.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaBroadway will be without a marching band for more than a year. “The Music Man,” the upcoming revival of Meredith Willson’s classic look at a huckster who cons a town into buying instruments for its kids, will be delayed until 2022, Variety has confirmed.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSimon Hewlett, Universal Pictures’ president of international marketing, will be leaving the company in 2021, Variety has learned. His impending exit comes after Universal began assessing its marketing and distribution structures this year with a goal of integrating its domestic and international teams into one global organization based out of its Los Angeles headquarters.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDan Loeb believes that The Walt Disney Company could conquer the world of streaming.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDaniel Loeb is calling on the Walt Disney Company to suspend its dividend and reinvest the money in acquiring and producing new content for its streaming services At the same time, the Third Point hedge fund chief argues that Disney should take more of its upcoming blockbusters and place them on Disney Plus, suggesting that streaming services and not theatrical exhibition are the future of movies “Just this week, Regal Cinemas shuttered all its US

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Second City, the comedy institution that launched the careers of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray and Tina Fey, is being put up for sale. It marks only the second time in the brand’s 60-year history that it has been on the block.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRick Famuyiwa will direct the upcoming docuseries on Lakers great Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Variety has learned.The “Dope” filmmaker will work alongside editor Dirk Westervelt (“Ford Vs. Ferrari”) and Rachel Morrison (“Black Panther”) who have already begun pre-production on the film.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRonan Farrow has a Pulitzer, is a Grammy nomination in his future? Farrow is eligible in the spoken word category for “Catch and Kill,” chronicling how he broke the Harvey Weinstein story. The book is a winner, but his comical narration, complete with Bond-villainesque impersonations of everyone from Eastern European seductresses to Ukrainian henchmen, is not.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMovie theaters are furious with Gov. Andrew Cuomo for failing to provide clear guidance about when and how cinemas can reopen in New York.But the governor is having none of it.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaInvestors are worried about the fate of movie theaters after Cineworld announced that it was temporarily closing its U.K. locations and the U.S.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMovie theaters hoped to be back in business in a big way this fall, attracting stir-crazy audiences with a slate of blockbusters that included “Tenet,” “Mulan,” and “No Time to Die.” For an industry that had been brought to its knees by the coronavirus pandemic, with closures that left them without revenues for much of the year, nothing was more important than a grand and successful reopening.Unfortunately, more than a month after “Tenet” debuted to

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaChristopher Nolan’s “Tenet” willed itself past the $300 million mark globally this weekend even as the overall domestic box office appeared to be on the verge of collapse.Disney’s “Hocus Pocus,” a Bette Middler comedy that flopped when it was initially released in 1993, but became a cult hit on cable and streaming, almost matched “Tenet’s” grosses in North America.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaParamount Pictures is looking to revive Paramount Players, a sleepy label it launched to back properties with a contemporary feel in 2017. Jeremy Kramer, a 20th Century Fox executive, is at the top of a shortlist to lead the shingle, but there’s no deal in place.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaShowtime Documentary Films will debut Alexandra Pelosi’s “American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself” just before the presidential election.The company is also planning a major Oscar campaign for the documentary — which looks at one of the most chaotic and transformative years in American history, one marked by a once-in-a-generation pandemic, as well as a financial collapse and a galvanizing social justice movement.