U.K.-Based Palestinian Filmmaker Said Zagha Deported From Egypt on Way to El Gouna Film Festival

Deadline reported yesterday that Marvel’s latest juggernaut, The Eternals, will not be shown in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. The film — which contains the MCUs first same-sex kiss — was due to open in those markets on November 11, but censors sought further cuts beyond any scenes of same-sex intimacy. Disney opted not to make the edits, hence distribution certificates weren’t issued.

Jordan Moreau Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will temporarily shut down production while actor Letitia Wright recovers from an on-set injury she suffered back in August, Variety has confirmed. Production will pause starting the week of Thanksgiving and start back up in early 2022.Wright’s injury occurred over two months ago in late August while shooting a sequence involving a stunt rig on-location in Boston.

Jordan Moreau After premiering on Netflix in May, Zack Snyder’s zombie heist movie “Army of the Dead” was quickly reanimated for the prequel treatment.

A24 has become a studio synonymous with originality and experimentation. And for the most part, with films like “Moonlight,” “The Lighthouse,” “Lady Bird,” and “Hereditary,” among many more, the mission statement has really worked out well.

See also: Historic number of LGBTQ candidates elected in 2020Meanwhile, in New York City, where four current LGBTQ councilmembers are termed out, they could be replaced by as many as six out LGBTQ officeholders. Running for office this year are Crystal Hudson of Brooklyn and Kristin Richardson Jordan of Manhattan, who would be the first two Black out LGBTQ women ever elected to the body.

We are forever sad to know the days of Comedy Central’s “Key & Peele” are long gone and both Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele are off doing bigger, better projects. However, Netflix is getting the duo back together for a new film, “Wendell & Wild.” And since the film isn’t scheduled to arrive until 2022, the streaming service has decided to tease “Wendell & WIld” in a pretty unique way.

The Guardian, poking fun at the plot of James’ sequel to the Michael Jordan classic. That response came after the reporter asked him to respond to James’ take on the conclusion to Hwang’s Netflix hit.

Screenwriter Marcella Ochoa is giving a voice to countless Mexican American women who have been forcefully sterilized in the United States with her Amazon Prime Video and Blumhouse collaboration Madres. With help from lead actress Ariana Guerra, the pair tackled a real-life horror story using the genre as a tool to bring awareness to a social justice cause that was inspired by Jordan Peele’s 2017 hit Get Out.

Naman Ramachandran Teemu Nikki’s Venice and Antalya winner “The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic” won the Golden star for best film at the 5th El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt, which wrapped Friday. The award carries a cash prize of $50,000.The film’s lead Petri Poikolainen won best actor, while Maya Vanderbeque, the young star of “Playground,” won best actress.

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Naman Ramachandran Yomna Khattab’s “Fifty Meters” (Egypt) was the big winner at the CineGouna Platform, the El Gouna Film Festival’s industry arm created to support and empower Egyptian and Arab filmmakers and help them find artistic and financial support. This year, the CineGouna Platform disbursed awards worth $300,000 across 13 projects in development and seven films in post-production.

Director Adam Egypt Mortimer has said he is “sad” and “infuriated” following the death of DoP Halyna Hutchins on the set of western Rust.

Naman Ramachandran Amir Ramses, artistic director of the ongoing El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt, has resigned in the final days of the event. It’s believed he may have stepped down due to growing local opposition to Cannes-winning film “Feathers,” by Egyptian filmmaker Omar El Zohairy.The film follows a family thrown into disarray after its patriarch is accidentally turned into a chicken by a magician during a children’s birthday party.

Naman Ramachandran Iconic Palestinian actor-director Mohammad Bakri has canceled his visit to Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival over the issue of U.K.-based Palestinian filmmaker Said Zagha being deported from the country without being allowed to enter.Bakri, whose acting credits include “Homeland,” “The Stranger” and “The Bureau,” was due to be honored with a career achievement award at the festival on Wednesday.However, on Tuesday, Bakri released a statement in Arabic saying he has canceled his

Rebecca Davis editorDeadly flooding did not divert this year’s Pingyao International Film Festival from running its full course, with the event drawing to a close Monday with an award ceremony honoring Egyptian director Omar El Zohairy, India’s Natesh Hegde, and China’s Kong Dashan and Wei Shujun with top prizes.Many anticipated that this fifth edition of the festival would be different, given the shifting role of its co-founder and leading light, director Jia Zhangke.

Darren Aronofsky‘s mother! was one of the more polarizing films in the last few years and the director says he still receives hate mail about it!

Naman Ramachandran It’s been four years since filmmaker Darren Aronofsky unleashed “Mother!” on the world, polarizing critics and audiences, and he’s still fielding questions about it.Aronofsky delivered a masterclass at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival on Sunday, an event which was delayed by a few hours because the original indoor venue was oversubscribed and the organizers had to move it to the vast outdoor Festival Plaza.The masterclass began on the expected trajectory of a retrospective on

Jennifer Gates is married!