“The Piano Lesson” and “The Last Journey” took home top audience awards at the 2024 Newport Beach Film Festival. The 25th edition of the festival was held from Oct. 17-24, 2024, showcasing over 300 films from around the world. “The Piano Lesson” from director Malcom Washington won the audience vote in the U.S. narrative category, […]

Gravitas Ventures has secured the North American rights to “Loud and Longing.” The film was written by Sam Ellison, who also directs with Ryan Guiterman. It follows childhood best friends Lucy and Lucien as they are on the brink of hard-earned success in New York City’s competitive and chaotic arts scene. When their mysterious cousin […]

Amazon MGM Studios is developing a new “Jack Ryan” feature film as the next stage in the evolution of the Tom Clancy franchise starring John Krasinski. Wendell Pierce, who starred alongside Krasinski in the series, will also star, while Michael Kelly is in negotiations to reprise his series role. Andrew Bernstein, who served as an […]

Amazon MGM Studios has released the trailer for its biographical wrestling drama “Unstoppable,” starring Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer Lopez. The film will screen in select theaters on Dec. 6, before coming to Prime Video on Jan. 16, 2025. “Unstoppable” tells the true story of Anthony Robles (Jerome) who was born with one leg but whose […]

It’s time to jump back into the game: “Jumanji 3” is officially headed to theaters on Dec. 11, 2026. The film will also screen in IMAX and premium large formats. More to come…

Dysentery is coming to the big screen! Apple Original Films is officially set to develop “Oregon Trail,” an action/comedy feature that will be produced by EGOT-winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul via their Ampersand production banner, and directed and produced by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Based on the popular video game franchise, which is […]

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man will swing back into theaters on July 24, 2026. The untitled Columbia Pictures project from director Destin Daniel Cretton will debut shortly after “Avengers: Doomsday,” which comes out on May 1, 2026. “Spider-Man: Far From Home” was similarly released just two months after “Avengers: Endgame,” and the third Spidey film grossed over […]

Amy Adams came onstage at Variety‘s Power of Women event Thursday night after a rousing introduction from her friend Elizabeth Banks. “One of the lessons that Amy is teaching me is how to have a real fuck it attitude about aging in this industry. She is not slowing down at all,” Banks said. “Amy is […]

Juju Green, better known by his social media handle “Straw Hat Goofy,” has signed with CAA. With more than four billion views, Green has earned the title of TikTok’s “Movie Guy,” building an audience of 3.5 million followers in just two years. Green independently launched the podcast Get Rec’d, featuring candid conversations with celebrities and […]

Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group has landed MRC’s feature film adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” from director Emerald Fennell. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to star in the project, which sparked a fierce bidding war. MRC is the studio financing the film, LuckyChap is producing and Fennell wrote and will direct and produce the feature film […]

Did you know he’s utterly insane? Christian Bale’s turn as Wall Street yuppie and serial killer Patrick Bateman in 2000’s “American Psycho” propelled him into a new level of super-stardom. The actor had previously delivered memorable performances in films like “Empire of the Sun,” “Newsies” and “Little Women,” but his work in the horror satire […]

“Magpie” screenwriter Tom Bateman doesn’t want you to guess his film’s twist ending; he wants you to squirm. “I want an audience to just be nudging their boyfriend, girlfriend, mum or dad like, ‘Something’s wrong here. There’s something up,'” he says with a laugh. “Magpie” follows married couple Anette (Daisy Ridley) and Ben (Shazad Latif), […]

Some people are worth melting for — especially the hot ones. In the new trailer for Netflix’s holiday rom-com “Hot Frosty,” Christmas movie queen Lacey Chabert stars as a widow named Kathy, who magically brings a sexy snowman (“Schitt’s Creek” alum Dustin Milligan) to life. Through his naïveté, the snowman helps Kathy to laugh, feel […]

Rachel Baxter has joined CAA as an agent in the speakers department. Based in the agency’s London office, she will focus on amplifying CAA speakers’ footprint across the U.K., Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Baxter brings experience from her seven years at talent management agency YMU, where she built and led the corporate speaking and […]

Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with cancer. Per NBC News, the disgraced movie producer has chronic myeloid leukemia, a form of bone marrow cancer. “Craig Rothfeld, Mr. Weinstein’s authorized legal healthcare representative in New York State, expresses profound dismay at the speculation surrounding Mr. Weinstein’s medical condition,” said Weinstein’s spokesperson Juda Engelmayer in a statement […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year to break up. In the new trailer for “Breakup Season,” a young man (Chandler Riggs) brings his girlfriend (Samantha Isler) back to his rural Oregon hometown to meet his family for the first time over Christmas. After a late night argument turns leads to them breaking up, […]

CAA has appointed Matthew Schuyler as Chief People Officer. He will oversee the company’s human resources, talent management and development, workforce planning, recruitment and diversity and inclusion functions across its nearly 20 offices and 3,700 employees worldwide. He has previously led global HR teams at Hilton Worldwide, Capital One, Cisco and PwC. “CAA continues to […]

Josh Brolin is in final negotiations to star opposite Glen Powell in Paramount Pictures’ “The Running Man.” He will join previously announced cast members Katy O’Brian (“Love Lies Bleeding”) and Daniel Ezra (“All American”) in the action film from Edgar Wright. Brolin revealed the news himself during a panel at New York Comic-Con. “The Running […]

Gersh has signed actor Ruby Cruz for representation. Cruz is best known for her performance as the timid outsider Hazel in Emma Seligman’s acclaimed comedy “Bottoms,” also starring Rachel Sennott, Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber and Nicholas Galitzine. The film follows two unpopular students who start a fight club as a […]