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Throughout the 2010s, and lingering into the 2020s, massive, corporate-backed I.P. has dominated both the domestic box office and the American journalistic conversation about cinema in general. We live in a world where reporters, when they had an opportunity to sit down with Martin Scorsese to discuss new masterworks like "The Silence" or "The Wolf of Wall Street," decided to ask him about Captain America and his place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Vocal subverters of the dominant paradigm repeatedly yawped that Hollywood should devote more time and resources to new ideas. After all, why be the next "Star Wars" when you can be the first of something different? Where, oh where were the original sci-fi/fantasy ideas? 

But then, when an ambitious filmmaker tries to make something new and striking for a broad cinematic audience, it generally tanks. It seemed that audiences were more eager to attach themselves to...

Steven Moffat is one of only three showrunners to have been involved with Doctor Who since it was revived in 2005, but "Joy to the World" was not the best episode from the former showrunner in 2024. Doctor Who first began airing in 1963, and with that substantial legacy spanning more than 60 years, the show has seen countless writers come and go. However, in the modern era, there have only been three showrunners in the last 20 years helping to shape and guide the series.

Russell T Davies brought the series back in 2005, and he worked closely with a team of trusted writers to deliver episodes that saw the show come back from obscurity to the point of becoming a national treasure again in the UK. Then, Steven Moffat, another writer who worked under Rtd during that early revival era, stepped up as the showrunner, and with his considerable success working on both Doctor Who and Sherlock simultaneously,...

Ryan Reynolds Breaks The Silence ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Ryan Reynolds has broken his silence following his wife Blake Lively’s lawsuit against her ‘It Ends With Us’ co-star, Justin Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and a smear campaign.

The actor, deeply involved in the situation, was reportedly present during a meeting where Lively shared her concerns about Baldoni.

Ryan Reynolds Took to Social Media to Raise Awareness For His Charity Work

Despite the weight of the situation, Reynolds chose to focus on a lighter cause, posting to his Instagram Stories to support the Sick Kids Hospital charity he and Lively help run.

Trending Ben Affleck’s Post-Divorce Struggles: Why Romance Is Off The Table After J.Lo Split?

Brad Pitt Demands Angelina Jolie Hand Over Secret Emails In Explosive Winery Battle, “Their Messy Divorce Is About To Get Messier”

Dressed in his iconic Deadpool suit, Reynolds filmed a short...

Unlike many other sci-fi shows, Doctor Who doesn't really focus on violence. This may be because of the show's mostly young demographic or the fact that The Doctor is the ultimate pacifist. Regardless, it's evident that The Doctor would rather use his words rather than his fists to solve a crisis.

That being said, the show does indulge in the occasional fight scene to help ramp up the tension even more. Though The Doctor doesn't use guns, he is known for using the art of sword fighting and often has a water pistol hiding somewhere in his jacket. Thus, it seems that modern-era Doctor Who isn't afraid to show a more passionate and unrefined side to the world's greatest time traveler.

The Doctor Forms an Alliance With Robin Hood Season 8, Episode 3, "Robot of Sherwood"

After The Doctor allows Clara to pick their next destination, the pair come face-to-face with the famous Robin Hood.

In the six years since A Quiet Place lifted John Krasinski from the doldrums of “Jim From The Office” to “Jim From The Office Who Makes Mediocre Horror Movies,” the film industry made occasional attempts to replicate that simplistic, lightning-in-a-bottle, franchise-making success with other gimmicky post-apocalyptic monster movies. Netflix’s...

Halestorm singer Lzzy Hale and guitarist Joe Hottinger have announced an intimate US tour dubbed “The Living Room Sessions.” The 12-date outing will take place in January 2025, and feature the pair performing acoustic versions of Halestorm songs as well as a number of covers.

The run kicks off January 8th at The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan, and wraps up with a January 25th show at Higher Ground in South Burlington, Vermont. The trek will hit such cities as Des Moines, Iowa; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Savannah, Georgia along the way.

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An artist pre-sale is already underway, while a Live Nation pre-sale starts Thursday (October 24th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Tempo. A general on-sale starts Friday (October 25th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

Hale and Hottinger, who in addition to being bandmates in Halestorm are a couple,...

Ahead of Cannes Mipcom confab, Beta Film has closed a string of major deals on six premium series from Central Eastern Europe, a proof of the region’s fast transformation into a prime destination for multi-territory players such as HBO, Canal+ and Walter Presents, hungry for culturally-specific stories with global potential. Five of the shows come with a raft of prestigious accolades.

Case in point is the Serbian “Operation Sabre,“ winner of a Special Interpretation Award at Canneseries and Best Cee Drama at the recent Czech Serial Killer Festival, snapped up by HBO for the Cee region and Filmin for Spain and Portugal.

“We are extremely happy and grateful to have Beta Film on board as they are doing an amazing work with sales,“ said producer Snežana van Houwelingen of This and That Productions who also looks forward to the Serbian premiere on the local pubcaster Rts on Nov. 2. “The...

With the property becoming the most popular it's been in over 20 years, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror's Doug Jones shares his thoughts on the close release between it and Robert Eggers' upcoming remake. Both movies serve as different interpretations of Henrik Galeen and F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent film of the same name, itself an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Where Eggers' Nosferatu is a somewhat reimagined version of the original film in the filmmaker's unique style, A Symphony of Horror is a shot-for-shot remake utilizing practical sets and CGI to put Jones and the rest of his cast in the original film.

During an interview with Screen Rant to promote the October 18 release of his version, Jones shared his thoughts on Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror and Eggers' movie releasing within two months of each other. The star, who plays Count Orlok in the shot-for-shot remake and...

Nicolas Cage shines in the post-apocalyptic thriller Arcadian as a protective father facing terrifying monsters with his teenage sons. Arcadian offers stunning visuals and intense horror-action scenes, showcasing Cage's well-known versatility. Despite flying under the radar, Arcadian deserves more attention for its gripping plot, talented cast, and eerie atmosphere that keeps viewers on edge, and it's finally streaming.

As part of the rebranding of his career a few years ago, exploring horror in such movies as Mandy and Color Out of Space, multitalented and beloved American actor Nicolas Cage came into full force in 2024. True to his prolific self, the actor is starring in no less than three movies this year. If the most talked about is the recently released horror film Longlegs, about a serial killer whose motivation may lie in the occult, the other two should not be overlooked.

First is The Surfer, a psychological thriller in which...

The Silence movie features a family using silence to survive Vesps, similar to A Quiet Place. The Hushed cult in The Silence represents adaptation to new predators in a post-apocalyptic world. The Vesps in The Silence use sound to hunt, reproduce quickly, and cause widespread devastation.

The Netflix The Silence movie follows a family trying to survive an apocalyptic outbreak of monsters. Called "Vesps," these flying creatures hunt by sound, so the only way to survive is to stay absolutely silent. This tactic is easier for the Andrews family, who all learned sign language after Ally (Kiernan Shipka) lost her hearing in an accident. However, not everyone survives until the movie's ending. It sounds familiar because A Quiet Place also features monsters that hunt by sound, a deaf daughter, and a family that knows sign language.

However, The Silence predates A Quiet Place, adapted from Tim Lebbon's 2015 novel. John R. Leonetti directed the film,...

Oz Perkins' underrated film, The Blackcoat's Daughter, intertwines the stories of three students at a Catholic boarding school, exploring themes of demonic possession and slow-burn horror. The film features a talented cast, including Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, and Emma Roberts. It marked Perkins' directorial debut, and his roots in the industry date back to his father, Anthony Perkins. The Blackcoat's Daughter is an overlooked A24 masterpiece and serves as a great introduction to Oz Perkins' work before Longlegs' release.

With hype building for the upcoming release of the Nicholas Cage-led Longlegs, with early screenings having critics abuzz, many will be discovering the work of writer/director Osgood Perkins (shortened to Oz Perkins) for the first time. However, Oz Perkins has slowly been building up a repertoire of unsettling horror cinema, with previous works like the Netflix original I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives in the House and 2020s Gretel & Hansel.

A Quiet Place: Day One is the highly anticipated prequel film to John Krasinski‘s sci-fi film franchise A Quite Place. Written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, the apocalyptic horror film shows us the day when the aliens in A Quiet Place franchise invaded Earth, and instead of the Abbott family, we see the story of a terminally ill woman who tries to survive in New York City with her cat and an English law student named Eric. A Quiet Place: Day One stars Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn in the lead roles, with Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Eliane Umuhire, and Nico & Schnitzel starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the intense survival thriller and alien invasion elements in A Quiet Place: Day One, here are some similar films you could watch next.

A Quiet Place Part I & Part II (Paramount+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Paramount Pictures

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One of the most surprising franchises in recent years, A Quiet Place: Day One brings the franchise back to theaters. The third film inside a decade, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, and now Lupita N’yongo, has proven it’s got staying power. There’s a lot to like about the franchise, so much so that a few similar movies and shows have reached for similar material. A few of these movies existed or were in production alongside A Quiet Place. Yet their similarity speaks to Hollywood’s never-ending willingness to push out movies with similar themes and ideas simultaneously.

Suggested“I wanted to focus on that”: A Quiet Place: Day One Director Owes a Lot to Nicolas Cage That Made John Krasinski Handpick Him for the Spinoff The Silence (2019)

Unfortunately for The Silence, the Stanley Tucci and Kiernan Shipka starring movie forces its audience to imagine a world where sound attracts monsters.

Writer/director Lindsey Anderson Beer’s Pet Sematary prequel Pet Sematary: Bloodlines didn’t go over well with a lot of genre fans – including myself – but it was a big success for the Paramount+ streaming service. As The Hollywood Reporter notes, “The movie debuted as the No. 1 title on Paramount+ and quickly broke the streamer’s record for the most-watched Paramount+ original movie within the first 30 days of a film’s release in the U.S.” So it’s no surprise that Paramount has renewed their first-look deal with Anderson Beer and her production banner Lab Brew, allowing the filmmaker to continue developing a slate of projects for the studio. This slate includes the new version of Sleepy Hollow that Beer was said to be working on back in 2022.

Here’s what’s on the Lab Brew slate, as reported by THR: Here Comes the Dark, a supernatural thriller written...

In the history of Rod Serling's original run of "The Twilight Zone," the season 2 episode "The Silence" sticks out like a sore thumb. The episode in no way falls under the categories of science fiction or fantasy, instead opting to tell a disturbingly human story about an extreme bet between two men. Wealthy Archie (Franchot Tone) bets fellow men's club member — and known chatterbox — Jamie (Liam Sullivan) that he can't spend a year in silence.

The episode unfolds in an odd and surprising but never unbelievable fashion. Jamie accepts the bet, hoping to win $500,000 (about 5 million dollars today). In an attempt to surveil his colleague and prevent cheating, Archie erects a public glass room in which Jamie will be trapped for the year. Archie also spends much of his time taunting Jamie with lies about his wife, but Jamie doesn't fall for the low blow. At year's end, Archie...

Syfy Channel and Heroes & Icons are hosting marathons of The Twilight Zone to celebrate New Year's. The marathons run from December 30, 2023, until January 2, 2024. Syfy continues its 30-year tradition of presenting The Twilight Zone marathon. Heroes & Icons' A Toast to Twilight marathon kicks off on New Year's Eve with two of the series' best episodes: To Serve Man and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, the latter stars William Shatner.

"It's a cookbook! It's a cookbook!" No, but it's nearly four days devoted to The Twilight Zone. Unlock the door with the key of imagination once more and return to The Twilight Zone. As the end of the year is ushered out and 2024 begins, both the Syfy channel and Heroes & Icons (H&i) network are inviting science fiction fans to celebrate New Year's with a marathon of the classic science fiction series which is narrated and hosted by Rod Serling. The festivities begin...

Former Universal Pictures executive Paul Chesney has announced the creation of Riyadh-based production company Red Palm Pictures on the eve of Saudi Arabia’s third Red Sea International Film Festival.

Chesney has been appointed CEO of the new, privately-owned production company, which will develop and produce original feature film, TV and documentary content for theatrical and streaming release in Mena and around the world.

The public announcement of the new production banner comes hot on the heels of the launch of sister distribution company TwentyOne Entertainment, which is also headed by Chesney and will run under the same roof.

In a first major content signing, Red Palm Pictures has struck a multi-picture development deal with Saudi writer and director Tawfik Alzaidi.

Alzaidi’s debut feature Norah is due to world premiere in Competition at the upcoming Red Sea Film Festival, running November 30 to December 9, with TwentyOne Entertainment handling international sales.

New Riyadh-based acquisition and distribution company TwentyOne Entertainment has announced its launch at upcoming the Red Sea International Film Festival, which is due to unfold in the port city of in Jeddah from November 30 to December 9.

The fledgeling company has appointed long-time Universal Pictures exec Paul Chesney, whose last position there was EVP Global Operations out of L.A., as its CEO.

On its first outing the company will be focusing on international sales for writer-director Tawfik Alzaidi first feature’s Norah, which was announced as a contender in the festival’s main competition on Monday.

Described as a “deeply moving story about the power of art to inspire and change minds”, the movie is set in Saudi Arabia in the 1990s. Rising actor Yaqoub Alfarhan (Rashash) stars as a newly qualified teacher who is posted to a remote village, where he meets Norah, played by newcomer Maria Bahrawi.

Her...

HBO Max has acquired Central and Eastern Europe rights to “I Know Your Soul,” the crime drama series by Oscar-nominated Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Žbanić. The show, which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival, is currently playing as part of the Agora Series TV strand of the Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Also included in the deal, which was brokered by Munich-based production and distribution outfit Beta Film, is the Serbian thriller “Children of Evil,” based on the best-selling novel by Miodrag Majić.

Further negotiations with key European buyers are underway for both shows.

“I Know Your Soul” is a six-episode limited series, written, directed and produced by Žbanić, who also serves as showrunner. The cast is led by European Film Award-winning actor Jasna Đuričić, who plays Nevena Murtezic, a prosecutor in the process of divorce and single mother to a teenage son. The case of an adolescent’s suicide triggers an...

Horror fans have been blessed with a bold new generation of Scream Queens, from “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega to Mia Goth of “X” and “Pearl,” to “Yellowjackets” stars Jasmin Savoy Brown and Sophie Thatcher, not to mention the women of “Fear Street,” Stranger Things” and Mike Flanagan’s deliciously spooky “Haunting of…” Netflix series.

Here’s some of our favorite final girls — and vicious villains — from recent horror films and TV series.

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Jenna Ortega

The Emmy-nominated “Wednesday” actress, who’s so good at being bad as the Addams Family character, also starred as Tara Carpenter in fifth and sixth “Scream” movies and Ti West’s ’70s slasher “X.” And she’s in Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice” sequel, which is set to be released in September 2024.

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Mia Goth

One of the busiest and most booked actresses in the genre has drawn raves for her roles in “X,...

India’s Film Bazaar, South Asia’s largest film market, has selected a range of projects from around the world for its annual co-production market.

The 20 selected projects are from 11 countries, most are already structured as co-productions, and they are all South Asian-themed. From Israel, the Hebrew-language “Raju” by Dror Sabo (“Dead End”), will be produced by Lee Yardeni for My TV Productions (“Nevelot”). Rafael Kapelinski, director of Berlinale winner “Butterfly Kisses,” is at the market with English, German and Hindi-language Germany-India-France-Poland-u.K. co-production “The Distant Near,” produced by Katharina Suckale for Bombay Berlin Film Production (“Loev”).

Hindi-language Germany-Luxembourg-France co-production “Kohinoor,” by Udita Bhargava (Berlinale selection “Dust”), will be produced by Martin Lehwald for Schiwago Film (Berlinale winner “Styx”). Fresh off Busan’s Asian Project Market, feature debutant Aakash Chhabra’s Hindi-language “I’ll Smile in September” will be produced by Sanjay Gulati for India’s Crawling Angel Films and...

Kiernan Shipka's filmography showcases her versatility, as she has taken on a variety of roles in movies and television shows. Shipka has proven herself to be a talented actress, from small roles at the beginning of her career to leading characters in recent years. Her portrayal of Sabrina in "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" has made her synonymous with the character, as she brings a perfect blend of kindness, darkness, and style to the role.

Kiernan Shipka's movie and television roles provide scares, laughs, and emotional moments. The newest Halloween movie release Totally Killer sees Shipka showcasing her spooky credentials after her big break as the titular teenage witch in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Totally Killer opened to fairly good reviews, and despite some misses, such as the panned The Silence and uneven Flowers in the Attic, Shipka is continuing to build a solid career. Likely best known as Sabrina...

Kiernan Shipka is no stranger to stealing the spotlight. First fully bursting onto the scene on AMC’s Mad Men nearly two decades ago, the actress has gone on to star as the titular character in Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (a character that she would reprise during the sixth season of Riverdale) and appear in films including The Silence and Wildflower. Jumping back into the same spooky scary vibe, Shipka’s next role will see her take on a murderer in Nahnatchka Khan’s (Always Be My Maybe) time-traveling slasher flick, Totally Killer. During an interview with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff at the Fantastic Fest, Khan opened up about how perfect Shipka was for the role and how the duo worked together to flesh out the character.

Doctor Who is heading toward its 60th anniversary. To celebrate, the BBC is putting together a series of specials that include returning cast members. David Tennant will be the Fourteenth Doctor, and Catherine Tate will reappear as classic companion Donna Noble. With a new Doctor decided upon in the form of Ncuti Gatwa and Russell T. Davies coming back as the showrunner, it's an exciting time to be a Doctor Who fan. What's more, the interest from Disney+ in the British science fiction series ensures that there will be more eyes than ever on the time traveler in their little blue box.

A lot of things are going to change on Doctor Who to bring it into a new era. However, one specific area of focus should be on the villains. Doctor Who is often only as strong as its alien enemies, and there's a long list of iconic foes...

One of the films Netflix is pinning its awards hopes on this year, “Nyad,” is facing criticism amid continuing accusations about the swimmer Diana Nyad’s 2013 Cuba-to-Florida swim and questions about her character and credibility.

The Los Angeles Times reported that the biopic, the narrative feature debut of documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and “Free Solo” Oscar winner Jimmy Chin that is debuting at Telluride this week, has generated vociferous complaints online from the world of marathon swimming and resurfaced questions over her most famous accomplishment, the 110-mile swim across the shark-infested Florida Straits.

With Annette Benning as Nyad and Jodie Foster as her close friend Bonnie Stoll, the film is considered one of Netflix’s biggest contenders for an Oscar.

But right from the beginning, the 110-mile swim, which Nyad completed in her fourth attempt, raised questions. The World Open Water Swimming Association., one of the sport’s two main global organizations,...

A pulse-pounding, pulled-from-the-headlines story of political intrigue set against the backdrop of Europe’s green revolution is at the heart of “Greater Adria,” an ambitious, pan-European co-production being prepped by some of the continent’s top independent TV producers.

The series, co-created by Nebojša Taraba and Simona Nobile, is produced by Taraba for Croatia’s Drugi Plan, Peter Nadermann of Germany’s Nadcon Film and Marco de Angelis for Italy’s Fabula Pictures. Also on board is Belgian distribution and production outfit Lumiere, the leading distributor in the Benelux region, while public broadcasters Hrt from Croatia and Rtv of Slovenia are among the financiers.

“Greater Adria” begins with a trans-national European green party calling for a referendum to ban all present and future exploitation of oil and gas in the Adriatic Sea. But the unexplained death of a well-known Italian scientist in the coastal town of Rijeka fuels suspicion of a sprawling international conspiracy.

Twisted Metal Season 1 takes the famous video game franchise to new heights with a captivating narrative and a dystopian America filled with chaos and intriguing characters. The plot revolves around John Doe's dangerous journey to reach New San Francisco and the deadly tournament named Twisted Metal that puts him in a predicament with no real escape. The explosive ending teases a thrilling Season 2 that could delve deeper into the lore and embrace the essence of the games, leaving fans and newcomers excited for what's to come.

This article contains spoilers for Twisted Metal Season 1.

A thunderous roar of engines, the clash of metal, and a desolate landscape filled with chaos have painted our screens last week with the live-action TV adaptation of Twisted Metal. Released exclusively on Peacock, the series has driven the famous video game franchise to new heights, shifting gears from its gaming roots into a dystopian reality of America.

The mockbuster industry is a fascinating entity. Chief among the studios that specialize in mockbusters (ie. low-budget knockoffs of popular studio titles) is The Asylum, the company behind the "Sharkando" films. In 2023 alone, The Asylum has released a riff on "Cocaine Bear" titled "Attack of the Meth Gator," the latest installment in its "Transformers" ripoff franchise, "Transmorphers: Mech Beasts," and its own animated version of "The Little Mermaid" featuring the voices of Steve Guttenberg and "E.T." star Dee Wallace. And they say cinema is dead!

Shane Van Dyke, the grandson of acting legend Dick Van Dyke, got his start as a writer on the mockbuster circuit, penning films like "Titanic II," "Paranormal Entity," and "Transmorphers: Fall of Man" for The Asylum in the late aughts. Around that same time, he also teamed up with his brother, Carey Van Dyke, to co-pen the studio's "Street Racer" -- a riff on the "Fast & Furious" films,...

Beta Film has sold more than 100 hours of drama series to PBS Distribution-backed Walter Presents for the U.S., and Channel 4-backed Walter Presents for the U.K.

Five seasons of Italy’s gritty crime series “Rocco Schiavone” as well as Canadian mystery dramas “The Wall – The Chateau Murder” and “The Wall – The Orchard” will be available in both territories.

Included in the package of series for the U.S. only is the historical period drama “House of Promises.”

Among the titles bound for the U.K. only are the Spanish thriller “You Shall Not Lie,” and the Croatian-Ukrainian co-production “The Silence.”

Set in a remote Alpine region, crime series “Rocco Schiavone,” based on the bestselling novels by Antonio Manzini, follows the titular irascible deputy police chief. The series is produced by Rai Fiction and Cross Productions in association with Beta Film.

“The Wall – The Orchard” follows investigator...

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Hey Netflix lovers, I’m generally not the sort of person who likes to say, “I told you so,” but…

I told you so.

Wednesday, I posted a column noting how Netflix’s descriptors — the one- or two-sentence blurbs that are supposed to help subscribers decide whether or not they might want to watch a particular piece of entertainment — have lately become something considerably less than descriptive.

I complained about how they no longer revealed much of anything that was all that useful in deciding whether to hit play on a specific movie or show — you know, like, maybe something about the plot — but instead lamely just listed the actors and director.

Like, for example, a film called “The Silence,” which is described thus: “This 2019 horror film featuring Stanley Tucci and...

Stars: Greg Hovanessian, Michael Ironside, Dempsey Bryk, Greg Bryk, Noah Dalton Danby, Ted Atherton, Natasha Henstridge | Written by Craig Davidson, Andrew Thomas Hunt | Directed by Andrew Thomas Hunt

The Fight Machine is the second of two very different movies based on novels by Craig Davidson that Raven Banner debuted at this year’s edition of Fantasia. This one is adapted from his novel The Fighter. The other is The Breach, based on the novel of the same name by his perhaps more familiar pseudonym Nick Cutter.

Paul Harris comes from a rich family. He doesn’t have a care in the world until he mouths off to the wrong person and gets beaten bloody. Humiliated, he develops an obsession with bodybuilding and boxing, training under Lou. Rob Tully on the other hand comes from a working-class family and was, according to his father Reuben, born to fight. He trains with...

Persian helmers Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami have teamed again to make a movie about what they call “one step forward”. Built in the form of 12 short, completely separated stories that bare the names of their main protagonists, “Terrestrial Verses” shows different situations of oppression, some of them completely absurd and some uncomfortable, with most of them handled with a great dose of deadpan humor.

At the international premiere of their movie in the Uncertain Regard competition program of the festival, Alireza Kathami addressed the packed Debussy theatre with words about the current situation in Iran.

Asian Movie Pulse met the directors to ask them about their idea to make a film out of twelve tableaux, about the inspiration found in old Persian form of poetry, about the importance of humor to battle one's rights and taking that actual one step forward.

Terrestrial Verses is screening at Cannes Official poster...

Croatian-Ukrainian crime drama “The Silence,” whose first season sold wide last year for Munich-based Beta Film, is heading to Kyiv for Season 2, Variety can reveal.

The series is based on the critically acclaimed fact-based books by investigative journalist Drago Hedl that examine human and weapons trafficking throughout Eastern Europe.

The first season spent 25 days shooting in the Ukrainian capital. Season 2 will return for three days and be directed remotely, due to the security risk, but will shoot several scenes featuring key Ukrainian cast, including star Kseniya Mishina, as well as some establishing shots. Production in Kyiv is due to wrap Feb. 25.

Nebojša Taraba of Zagreb-based production company Drugi Plan, which produces the show alongside Croatian broadcaster Hrt in collaboration with Beta Film and Ukraine’s Star Media, said the producers had no choice but to give the script for Season 2 a rewrite in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Former Vanderpump Rules cast member Randall Emmett, ex-fiancé of Lala Kent, is working to settle the restraining order brought against him by ex-wife Ambyr Childers. The We Are Who We Are actress was granted a restraining order after alleging that her ex-husband was under FBI investigation for pedophilia. He responded by publicly denying any investigation was taking place. Randall and Ambyr share two children and were married from 2007 to 2019. They were still legally married when the disgraced producer began seeing Lala, who has her own legal drama with him.

According to Page Six, Vanderpump Rules' Randall Emmett and Ambyr Childers are working towards a settlement regarding their restraining order drama. Amid the latest of many serious allegations against Randall, the ex-spouses were set to appear in court but filed a request to delay their hearing. The new court date is set to be Thursday, January 26. The reason given for this...

Topic shared with Collider an exclusive trailer for their upcoming thriller series The Silence. Much like many other European series on the platform, this new one feels like an edge-of-your-seat thriller that invites you to investigate some intriguing mysteries. In this one, a woman’s niece is abducted and, as she starts looking for the missing teenage girl, she uncovers shocking evidence of human trafficking – and it’s all based on real-life events. Topic also revealed to us when The Silence premieres on the platform: In just a couple of weeks, on January 19.

Stars: Kira Guloien, Oona Chaplin, Ramón Rodríguez, Liane Balaban, Alex Karzis | Written by Alex Greenfield, Ben Powell | Directed by John R. Leonetti

Lullaby is the latest film from genre director John R. Leonetti, This time, working from a script by former WWE writer Alex Greenfield and Ben Powell, who also co-wrote The Sand, he’s unleashing the wrath of Lilith on new parents Rachel and John.

As the film opens the couple gets a package of baby things from Rachel’s mother. They belonged to Rachel’s sister Vivian who lost both her baby and her husband under strange circumstances. Why her mother would send them and why they would actually use them is one of life’s great mysteries.

But use them they do, especially a hymn found in an old book which seems to be the only thing that will calm baby Eli down. It’s not long...

Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis) and Graham Hughes in Lucasfilm’s ‘Willow’ (Photo © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd)

Willow – the 1988 fantasy-adventure film directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) and written by Star Wars creator/auteur George Lucas – is the latest franchise to get a reboot.

Warwick Davis (who worked with Lucas in 1983’s Star Wars: Return of the Jedi) and reprises his role as the titular character from the original film, Willow Ufgood, a Nelwyn farmer/sorcerer, never imagined he would be playing Willow again.

“For years it’s been talked about, not by anyone official but by the fans,” explained Davis. “They’ve constantly pestered me, saying, ‘When are we going to see a sequel to that movie?’ And it’s a question I could never answer.”

Until he met Jonathan Kasdan, on the set of 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story (which Howard directed and Davis cameoed). The younger...

Back in February of 2020, right before the world shut down for a while, it was announced that John R. Leonetti, director of the horror films Annabelle, Wolves at the Door, Wish Upon, and The Silence, had signed on to direct the folklore-inspired horror movie Lullaby for Alcon Entertainment, with Game of Thrones‘ Oona Chaplin attached to star. Lullaby has since made its way through production and is now ready to be released. Deadline reports that Vertical Entertainment has acquired the North American distribution rights and will be giving Lullaby a theatrical and VOD release on December 16th.

Scripted by Alex Greenfield and Ben Powell, Lullaby centers on a new mother who discovers a lullaby in an ancient book and soon regards the song as a blessing. But her world transforms into a nightmare when the lullaby brings forth the ancient demon Lilith.

Chaplin is joined in the cast by Ramón Rodríguez...

U.S. streaming service Topic has inked an exclusive U.S. and Canadian rights deal with Germany’s Beta Film for four European crime series ahead of this year’s Mipcom TV programming mart in Cannes.

Dedicated to crime and suspense, Topic, part of First Look Entertainment, picked up the third season of critically acclaimed Austrian-German series “Pagan Peak”; Finnish title “Helsinki Syndrome”; “Silent Road” from Greece; and Croatian-Ukrainian co-production “The Silence.”

The agreement also includes renewals of Italian political thriller “1992” and follow-up seasons “1993” and “1994.” Described as Italy’s “House Of Cards,” the show examines how Italian politics were shaken to the core by a major criminal investigation against widespread corruption in the 1990s.

Arriving on the eve of its third anniversary, the deal fortifies Topic’s drive to elevate crime and suspense thrillers from around the globe for its North American subscribers, the company stated.

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s impassioned speech, delivered Wednesday during the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, was a reminder to the international film industry not to ignore or forget the war raging on Europe’s eastern borders.

“Your opinion is important, and your voice counts,” Zelensky said in his recorded video, calling on the film industry to “talk about this war with the most clear language possible: the language of cinema, the language that you all talk.”

More than six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, news of the war has begun to slip out of the headlines, something Zelensky pointed to in his speech, noting the danger that those killed in the conflict could fall into “obliviousness and obscurity.”

But in the months since the Feb. 24 invasion, the global film industry has come together to support and sustain the embattled Ukrainian film industry,...

Don DeLillo’s debut novel, “Americana,” is set to be adapted 51 years after it was first published.

“White Noise” producer Uri Singer has bought the rights to the 1971 novel, continuing his streak of adapting a string of DeLillo works that have been deemed “unadaptable.”

“Americana” tells the story of David Bell, an out-of-touch television executive who sets off on a road trip with his female colleague, Sullivan, to make an avant-garde film. The book explores the intricacies of corporate culture and examines how we create realities, whether they are true or not.

Singer tells Variety: “When you read ‘Americana,’ you understand how Don developed into the literary icon he is today. It’s the story of an ‘American Psycho’-type of protagonist, minus the murder, in the toxic and cut-throat world of television, with all the extraordinary minor characters that mark a DeLillo work. Where ‘American Psycho’ just shows the protagonist as he is,...

When it comes to creative pedigree, it would be hard to argue with the bona fides of Bosnian crime drama “The Hollow,” which was co-created by Oscar-winning director Danis Tanović (“No Man’s Land”) and had a splashy premiere Saturday night at the Sarajevo Film Festival. The series is directed by Tanović and Bosnian filmmaker Aida Begić, whose latest feature, “A Ballad,” also received the red-carpet treatment this week in Sarajevo’s official competition.

More than just a prestige drama from a region that’s increasingly exporting its shows to the world, however, “The Hollow” could represent a paradigm shift in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, where global streaming services have been acquiring titles such as “The Paper” (Netflix) and “The Silence” (HBO Max) but are yet to put significant investment into local production.

“The Hollow” marks the first foray into original drama by Bosnia’s Bh Telecom, which plans...

Croatia’s Drugi Plan and Bulgaria’s Agitprop, two of the leading production outfits in Southeast Europe, have been attached to co-produce the upcoming drama series “Sabre,” a political thriller revolving around the 2003 assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic produced by Belgrade-based This and That Productions.

Created by Goran Stanković and Vladimir Tagić, the series will star Serbian-Danish actress Danica Curcic, known to international audiences for her lead role in the Netflix psychological thriller “The Chestnut Man,” as a reporter investigating the shocking murder.

The companies announced the deal on Monday at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where This and That’s “Bad Blood” and Drugi Plan’s “The Silence” were among the top Balkan drama series vying for Heart of Sarajevo TV Awards, which were handed out at a ceremony in the Bosnian capital on Sunday night.

“Sabre” was first pitched in Sarajevo three years ago during the CineLink Drama co-financing forum,...

In some ways it’s a year of transition for the Sarajevo Film Festival, which sees former industry head and co-director Jovan Marjanović take the helm as festival director, while long-time staffer Maša Marković takes over as head of industry. For Marković, who began her career at the long-running Bosnian fest 15 years ago, the change “was kind of organic,” offering the kind of smooth transition that has allowed Sarajevo to retain its position as the leading industry confab in Southeast Europe.

For nearly three decades, the festival has identified and launched local talent while serving as a think tank of sorts for the region’s rapidly evolving screen industries. This year’s CineLink Industry Days program will stick to that time-tested formula, even as it tries to adjust to dramatic shifts in the way that content in the region and around the globe is being produced and distributed.

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Beta Film has added two new titles to its growing slate of titles from Central and Eastern Europe, acquiring international distribution rights to Serbian supernatural drama “Block 27” and the Czech crime series “Ultimatum,” the company announced on the eve of the Sarajevo Film Festival.

Veronika Kovacova, Beta’s EVP of international sales and acquisitions for Eastern Europe and Turkey, said the deals underscore the company’s continued commitment to the fast-growing region. “We are there for the creators, for the producers, to help them and to support what they want to produce,” she said.

Directed by Momir Milosevic and Milica Tomovic, and produced by Belgrade-based Firefly Productions, “Block 27” is a science fiction-mystery that follows the disappearance of a teenager in Belgrade, and the search by his twin sister to find him—a journey that finds her traveling to another dimension. The 6 x 45’ series is created by Ivan Knezevic and stars Branko Djuric,...

It may be Maša Marković’s first year as head of industry at the Sarajevo Film Festival, but for the long-time festival staffer, it’s business as usual.

CineLink Industry Days has long been considered the leading industry hub for Southeast European film professionals and has played a critical role in shaping talent and expanding content and co-productions in the region. This year marks the 20th anniversary of its co-production market, which presents ten of the most promising feature film projects in development from the region and, says Marković, this year’s strand is better than ever.

“We really focus heavily on the quality of projects and what we can co-create,” she says. “That’s been our focus for a really long time, and this is why our place in the European market is very important because it’s really focused on a high level of curation.”

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The Sarajevo International Film Festival has unveiled the nominees for its second annual TV awards with 17 series from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Slovenia represented across the nominees.

The local series up for awards are: Advokado, Besa 2, Block 27, Black Wedding, Strange Kind of Loves, Dolina rož, Awake, Lenin’s Park, Crazy, Confused, Normal, Underneath 2, Mrkomir I, Bad Blood, The Last Socialist Artefact, United Brothers, Killers of My Father 5, The Silence and Time of Evil.

This year, the award categories have expanded to include drama series and comedy and winners will be honored with the fest’s lauded Heart of Sarajevo award, a prize usually given to the festival’s competition winner.

The Sarajevo Film Festival established the awards for TV series last year, with the aim of promoting and showcasing the highest quality regional television series in the past 12 months to promote their international placement.

Miranda Otto, Jesse Spence and Guy Pearce are among the high-profile stars featuring on Disney+’s debut slate in Australia and New Zealand.

Announced at an event at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the 2022/23 slate comprises three dramas, four documentaries and two lifestyle/general factual entertainment series. Several are for Disney+’s adult vertical Star.

On the scripted drama front, The Clearing is adapted from Jp Pomare’s novel ‘In the Clearing’ and is inspired by Australian cult The Family and its founder Anne Hamilton-Byrne, one of the few female cult leaders in history.

Teresa Palmer (A Discovery of Witches), Miranda Otto (The Usual Suspects) and Guy Pearce (Jack Irish) lead the cast, alongside the lies of Hazem Shammas (Safe Harbour), Mark Coles-Smith (Mystery Road), Tom Budge (Bloom).

Written and created by Matt Cameron (Jack Irish) and Elise McCredie (Stateless) alongside co-writer Osamah Sami (Ali’s Wedding), it comes from...

Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an internationally known Iranian filmmaker, famous for features such as “A Moment of Innocence”, “Gabbeh”, “The Silence” and “The Gardener”. He belongs to the Iranian New Wave Movement, which also included his colleague Abbas Kiarostami, Amir Naderi and Majid Majidi. Over the course of his career he has made over 30 movies, which have won more than 50 awards in international film festivals around the world, but have often been banned in his home country. In 2005, Makhmalbaf had to leave the country after the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad due to his involvement with the Green Movement. He also released more than 30 books, translated in various languages.

On the occasion of his presence at Fica Vesoul, we speak with him about the current situation in Iran and Afghanistan, him not being able to return, the Internet, the impact of cinema, religion and education, the importance of music in films, mixing...