EXCLUSIVE: Big Shot Pictures, the next generation family entertainment company founded by Brian Robbins, has set a strategic partnership with Shaun McBride’s media company Spacestation, revolving around children’s YouTube star Adley McBride (A for Adley), for the production of next-generation kids and family content. Together, Big Shot, Spacestation and McBride will work on a digital-first animated Eloise series,…
Pawel Pawlikowski drew a warm response in Cannes for “Fatherland,” his third drama exploring the moral complexities of post-war Europe following his Oscar-winning “Ida” and European Film Award heavyweight “Cold War.” Sandra Hüller takes a fraught and cathartic road trip in Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cannes premiere “Fatherland”– and her GPS is set for next year’s Oscar race….
EXCLUSIVE: Amy Jackson and Lauren Dark’s UK production outfit Unified is hiring Claire Lamarra as Creative and Production Executive across film and TV, and bringing in Aidan Milburn who will work with the team on a consultancy basis across its digital expansion. As we revealed, Aftersun producer Jackson and former Film4 exec Dark launched Unified…
Spanish genre distributor Wild Duck Productions has acquired rights to Indian filmmaker Bhargav Saikia’s folk horror “Bokshi” for a Halloween theatrical release, following the film’s successful festival run since its Rotterdam world premiere. The deal was negotiated between Luis Rosales on behalf of Wild Duck and Brett Walker with Miguel Angel Govea of Alief, representing…
Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) will join the cast of the Broadway revival of David Auburn’s Proof next month, taking over the role of Claire from the departing Kara Young, producers announced today. Young is leaving the show on Sunday, June 28, due to a previously announced commitment to Lincoln…
Seth Rogen told Brut at the Cannes Film Festival that if you use AI to write your stories or scripts, then you “shouldn’t be a writer.” “I don’t understand what it’s supposed to do,” Rogen said when asked about AI in filmmaking. “Every time I see a video on Instagram that’s like, ‘Hollywood is cooked,’…