FilmLA, the quasi-public agency that handles film permits in Los Angeles, has reported a weak third quarter for 2024. Production in the Greater Los Angeles area dropped 5 percent to 5,048 shoot days. Scripted television producers logged 758 shoot days last quarter across the economically important TV Drama, TV Comedy and TV Pilot categories. There […]

Feathers McGraw is back! Netflix has released the first trailer for “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,” which sees the penguin supervillain making a grand return. The new 70-minute feature marks the first “Wallace & Gromit” feature since 2005’s Oscar-winning “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.” And the return of Feathers McGraw is […]

Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong and Jimmy O. Yang are set to star in “Rock Springs,” a new film from writer-director Vera Miao. The official logline for the film reads, “A grieving young girl, along with her mother and grandmother, move to Rock Springs, Wyo. after the death of her father, only to discover there is […]

Animation distributor GKIDS has been acquired by Japan’s Toho. GKIDS will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Los Angeles-based Toho International. Founder Eric Beckman will remain as CEO of GKIDS, and Dave Jesteadt will remain as president. Beckman and Jesteadt have run the company since 2009, when they released “The Secret of Kells.” Since then, […]

A costume exhibit dedicated to over four decades of costume designer Sandy Powell’s career has opened at SCAD’s Museum of Fashion and Film in Atlanta. Powell, whose credits include “Orlando,” “Shakespeare in Love” and “Far From Heaven” was on hand for the exhibit’s opening. “It been a very strange experience,” Powell told Variety. “It is […]

“Saturday Night” director Jason Reitman didn’t want a score that paid homage to “Saturday Night Live.” Musician Jon Batiste says, “He wanted a pressure cooker of a score, and I interpreted that to mean that he wanted me to do an anti-score.” “Saturday Night” follows a tense 90 minutes on October 11, 1975, as Lorne […]

Netflix announced it will release the Christmas romantic comedy “Our Little Secret” on Nov 27. It stars Lindsay Lohan, Tony-award winning Kristin Chenoweth, “Pretty Little Liars” alum Ian Harding and former “SNL” and “Mean Girls” cast member Tim Meadows. The storyline is that of two exes, Lohan and Hardin, who find themselves having to spend […]

In Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice,” there is a scene where Donald Trump (played by Sebastian Stan) gets a hair transplant to remove a bald spot as well as liposuction to look slimmer. The film follows Trump as he starts out as a local real estate developer in the 1970s to become a national celebrity in […]

In “Joker: Folie à Deux,” there is a scene where Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck is awaiting sentencing. He’s just fired his defense attorney and he’s decided he’s going to represent himself. His lover Harleen “Lee” Quinzel (Lady Gaga) comes to visit him in his jail cell, giving him a kiss as the guard yells “No […]

Independent distributor Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the ’70s-set LGBTQ dramedy “Feeling Randy.” The film premieres at Los Angeles’ Lumiere Theater Nov. 1 before hitting major streaming platforms Nov. 5. “There can never be enough movies set in the ’70s and it’s always a true pleasure to collaborate with producer Salomé Breziner,” […]

Choreographer, dancer and creative director Charm La’Donna has signed with WME to help build her profile as a filmmaker. La’Donna choreographed Dua Lipa’s video videos for “Dance the Night” and “Houdini.” Earlier this year, La’Donna took home the MTV Video Music Award for her work on the latter. She previously won in 2019 for choreography […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Joker: Folie à Deux” now playing in theaters. As costume designer Arianne Phillips was conceiving ideas for “Joker: Folie à Deux,” one character she got to spend considerable time on was Lady Gaga’s Lee Quinzel. In the film, Gaga plays Lee, an inmate in Gotham City’s Arkham State Hospital. Arthur Fleck (Joaquin […]

“The Room Next Door,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Maria” and “The Brutalist” and “A Real Pain” are among the films featuring at the 11th Miami Film Festival GEMS. The Festival’s fall midseason event will take place from Oct. 30 – Nov. 3. “This year’s GEMS is without a doubt our biggest one yet. Not only is it […]

Nonfiction streaming platform Documentary+ has acquired River Finlay’s documentary short “Eat Flowers.” The Oscar-qualified film will debut on major streamers and the Documentary+ Fast channel on Wednesday. According to an official logline, “Eat Flowers” picks up in 2017 “as photographer Cig Harvey’s best friend Mary is diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. When forced […]