Ahead of its world premiere as a special screening in Cannes, Steven Soderbergh’s doc feature “John Lennon: The Last Interview” is now launching in the market. Patrick Wachsberger’s Legendary-backed sales and production company 193 has boarded the film, which features exclusive access to Lennon’s final in-depth conversation. Produced by Nancy Saslow for Mishpookah Entertainment Group…
When Stacey Snider brings her boss Glen Basner a project she wants to make at FilmNation, he analyzes everything about her pitch — from its budget to the commercial track record of its creative team to the performance of recent films in the same genre. Basner knows the business intimately, having put together financing for…
“Princess,” a canine-driven romantic comedy starring Lucy Hale and Adam Demos, has wrapped production as Daniel Baur’s K5 Intl. prepares to ramp up world sales at Cannes with an exclusive first-look image just released. The film, which is directed by Lina Roessler (“So Much for Love,” “Best Sellers”), marks a return to “the tradition of…
UDPATE: The Book of Mormon producers now expect performances at Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre to resume on Thursday, May 21, assuming progress on the fire-damaged venue continues apace. In a statement today, the producers, along with venue owner ATG Entertainment, said the venue’s recently closed box office will reopen to the public tomorrow, May 15,…
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers from “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the Season 22 finale of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” Doctors Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) have finally clocked out of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. In the Season 22 finale of the ABC medical drama, Owen survives a bridge collapse on…
In the run up to the Cannes Film Festival, French entrepreneurs Emmanuel Lipszyc and Thomas Cohen have launched IPFC, an ambitious new startup aiming to protect and monetize creative IP consumed by generative AI systems. Their model draws inspiration from rights management orgs such as SACEM, the French society of authors, composers and publishers which collects royalties…