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 […]

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fright: Buffalo 8 has acquired worldwide distribution rights for the upcoming holiday horror thriller “Final Recovery.” From the team behind the award-winning series “Kombucha Cure,” the film marks the first lead role for character actor Jasper Cole (“Fall,” “MacGruber”), who has over 120 film and television […]

Netflix has found its Ruth and Boaz. Serayah (“Empire,” “Kingdom of Business”), Tyler Lepley (“Harlem,” “P-Valley”) and Phylicia Rashad (“The Gilded Age,” “The Beekeeper”) are set to lead the ensemble cast of “R&B,” the first film out of the streaming giant’s creative partnership to produce faith-based films with DeVon Franklin (“Flamin’ Hot,” “Miracles From Heaven”) […]

Ghetto Film School has received a $5 million donation from MacKenzie Scott, the highest individual gift to the organization in its 25-year history. CEO Montea Robinson shared the news at the GFS Fall Benefit in Santa Monica, which honored Demi Moore, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Sean Wang. ”We are very focused on the future. We […]

Henry Cavill is set to star in the live-action “Voltron” film for Amazon MGM Studios. Rawson Marshall Thurber is directing the movie from a script he wrote with Ellen Shanman. Thurber most recently wrote and directed Netflix’s 2021 action flick “Red Notice” starring Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and 2018’s “Skyscraper,” […]

“Single Residence Occupancy,” a creative short from creators Omer Ben Shachar and Belinda Huijuan Tang, has been named the first-place winner of the From Minutes to Movies ShortFest competition. The social-first short film festival from Imagine Entertainment, Adobe and The Film Zone received almost 4,000 submissions and encouraged filmmakers and creators looking to cross over […]

Demi Moore, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and filmmaker Sean Wang will be honored at Ghetto Film School’s annual Fall Benefit on Thursday, Oct. 10. The benefit, presented by Sony and sponsored by Amazon MGM Studios and Disney, brings together leaders in the entertainment industry to support Ghetto Film School’s mission of educating, developing and celebrating the […]

Shh! The upcoming video game “A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead” has crafted a new way to immerse players in its universe through a real-life sound detection component. The single-player horror game, inspired by Paramount Pictures’ critically acclaimed franchise “A Quiet Place,” will include an optional microphone feature that allows the series’ deadly creatures to […]

Christopher Nolan is returning to Universal for his next film. Matt Damon, who appeared in “Interstellar” and “Oppenheimer,” is in talks to star. Nolan is set to write and will produce with Emma Thomas under their Syncopy banner. Following the success of “Oppenheimer,” which earned seven Academy Awards and grossed $958 million worldwide, it’s no […]

Dolphin, a NASDAQ listed company, has launched Always Alpha, the first management firm of its kind fully focused on women’s sports. Olympic legend and women’s rights advocate Allyson Felix, her longtime business partner and brother Wes Felix and standout sports executive Cosette Chaput founded Always Alpha with the intention of bolstering the industry’s potential and […]

Yelyna De León will star in and direct the romantic comedy “20 Pounds to Happiness” from “Real Women Have Curves” writer Josefina López. Carlo Mendez and Riley Shanahan co-star in the film, which also features Christiana Leucas, Soledad St. Hilaire, Iyari Limon, Rafael Sigler and Tricia Cruz. “20 Pounds to Happiness” marks De León’s debut […]

Nearly 30 years after “Bad Boys” hit theaters, Will Smith and Michael Bay are eyeing a reunion. Bay is in negotiations to direct the action flick “Fast and Loose” for Netflix, with Smith set to star. “Fast and Loose” follows a man who wakes up in Tijuana with no memories. As he pieces together his […]

Oscar winner J.K. Simmons and Tony winner Nina Arianda have joined the ensemble cast of magical realism dramedy “109 Billion Followers” from writer and director Ela Thier (“Foreign Letters,” “Tomorrow Ever After”). “109 Billion Followers,” which begins filming this November in New York City, also stars J.K. Simmons’ daughter Olivia Simmons (“You Can’t Run Forever”) […]

Michael Strahan’s time in the spotlight might easily have ended when he walked away from the NFL in 2008. After all, it’s pretty hard to top a 15-year run with the New York Giants that landed him in seven Pro Bowls and culminated in a Super Bowl upset win over the New England Patriots. “Your […]

The lineup for The Savannah College of Art and Design’s 27th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival features a slew of splashy screenings, including “Maria” and “Better Man.” The nation’s largest university-run fest will take place Oct. 26 – Nov. 2, honoring both professional and student filmmakers and welcoming major industry luminaries, including award-winning directors, writers […]