Mara Wilson is mourning the loss of her childhood friend Michelle Trachtenberg, who died last month. She was 39. Wilson’s Matilda and Trachtenberg’s Harriet the Spy, both released in 1996, boosting both child stars further into the spotlight. The actresses attended the same middle school in Burbank, and Wilson is reflecting on how their classmates did not treat Trachtenberg well …
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Coyote vs. Acme, the film that ignited social media when Warner Bros. canceled it for a tax write-off, may see the light of day after all. Indie outfit Ketchup Entertainment is eying the rights to the film, which stars Will Forte and John Cena opposite an animated Wile E. Coyote. Ketchup and Warners have been discussing a deal for some …
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Avengers: Doomsday is still weeks away from filming in London, but Marvel is already all-in on Doctor Doom in the pages of its comics. The company is in the midst of its One World Under Doom storyline, in which Doctor Doom has taken over the Earth, and The Hollywood Reporter has the first look at the next chapter for the …
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The first teaser trailer is here for Duster, a Max project reunites writer-producer J.J. Abrams and star Josh Holloway. Abrams teamed with LaToya Morgan to create the show, which is set in 1972 and follows “the first Black female FBI agent (Rachel Hilson) as she heads to the Southwest and recruits a gutsy getaway driver (Holloway) in a bold effort …
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Taika Waititi and Mia Wasikowska are set to star in the Sky Original film based on David Walliams’ bestselling children’s book, Fing. Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), Walliams (Little Britain), Richard Roxburgh (Elvis), Robyn Nevin (Sting) and Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners) will also star alongside newcomer Iona Bell. The fantastical feature film, co-written by Walliams and Kevin Cecil (Veep) and directed …
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Brendan Carr loves a good luggage metaphor. When he was a law student at Catholic University in the early 2000s, Carr heard a talk from Michael Powell, then the chair of the FCC under George W. Bush. “When opportunity knocks, most people don’t have their bags packed,” Powell told the audience. Carr was so energized by the line that he …
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Acquired studio films that have benefited from a wide theatrical release offer the best bang for the buck for Netflix, providing more views per dollar spent than original features or acquired series, a new report has found. The report, “Unpacking Netflix’s evolving movie strategy,” published Wednesday by Ampere Analysis, tracks viewership across Netflix for feature films, both originals and licensed, …
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Global talent, entertainment, sports and advisory company UTA has signed popular U.K. creators Jack Edwards, Madame Joyce, and Lewis Goodall for global representation in all areas. The deals fit into UTA‘s expansion of its U.K. Creator division which is part of its international growth strategy. UTA is looking to provide digital, gaming/e-sports, and audio talent and groups access to a …
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The past 18 months have marked an extraordinarily turbulent period for Jews worldwide, with a pogrom launched against communities in southern Israel soon yielding a major spike in antisemitic incidents. Veteran documentary filmmaker Wendy Sachs says she watched what transpired and began chronicling and connecting dots. Sachs’ new film October 8 begins with the unprecedented Hamas attack a day earlier, then tracks the fallout …
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“What do you do as an ambassador for Afghanistan when the Taliban takes power and you are a feminist?” asks the page on the website of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, dedicated to a new doc directed by Natalie Halla, The Last Ambassador. The Copenhagen fest page also tells us that the country’s ambassador in Austria, Manizha Bakhtari, the …
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