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Giffoni Film Festival: Griphon Award Winners
With the 46th edition of the Giffoni Film Festival coming to an end, the complete list of this year’s winners were proclaimed during the closing press conference by Director Claudio Gubitosi, together with artistic managers Manlio Castagna, Luca Apolito, Gianvincenzo Nastasi, Tony Guarino and Anto[...]
The Next Bond, James Bond
Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and Roger Moore are just some of the greats who have took on the James Bond role. But who is next in line to take their martini shaken, not stirred? Producers are still hopeful of attracting Daniel Craig back for one more film, however that is thought to be[...]
Top 5 most popular Game of Thrones characters
A few days ago, the sixth season of the series “Game of Thrones,” one of the biggest TV hits of recent years was released. Based on the series of novels “A Song of Ice and Fire” by writer and screenwriter George RR Martin, the series has revolutionised the genre of fantasy-fi[...]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 now filming
Marvel Studios has begun principal photography at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta on Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” which is slated to hit U.S. theaters on May 5, 2017. The production will shoot at Atlanta’s Pinewood Studios. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2̶[...]
Star Wars: Episode VIII begins production
Rey took her first steps into a larger world in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and will continue her epic journey with Finn, Poe and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the continuing Star Wars saga, “Star Wars: Episode VIII,” which began principal photography at Pinewood S[...]
Who is your ultimate Fantastic Four?
The countdown is finally over, The Fantastic Four reboot is finally upon us! The new Josh Trank film is set to be released in cinemas this week, with the Sci-Fi world hoping for an improvement on the previous attempts by the franchise. None of the films have lived up to the standards set by the [&he[...]
New Akron indie cinema set to open
Akron Film+Pixel has announced that the new downtown Akron venue, The Nightlight Cinema, will be open to the public starting on July 1, 2014. The one-screen theater, made possible by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will show five films during its first weeks, including Cuyah[...]
Online Film Critics Society: 2013 Nominees
The Online Film Critics Society has announced its nominees for the 17th annual OFCS awards for excellence in film. The year was marked by conspicuous trends, ranging from end-of-the-world cataclysms, A-list Hollywood stars struggling against unforgiving environments to African American filmmakers po[...]
Paramount offering Bad Grandpa ticket deal
Paramount Pictures is partnering with theater exhibitors to give Jackass fans another serving of Irving with a special Buy 2, Get 1 Free offer to see Johnny Knoxville’s comedy “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” in theaters before its gone. For a limited time only — beginning Friday, Nov. 22[...]
El Mariachi TV show being developed
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Teleset will produce the original scripted series “El Mariachi” for the Latin American market. Seventy episodes of the one-hour drama will air across Latin America on Sony Entertainment Television (SET). Based on the Robert Rodriguez film of the same na[...]
Watch Dogs movie in the works
At the Sony Computer Entertainment press conference at GamesCom Aug. 20, Ubisoft announced that its film and television division, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, is collaborating with Sony Pictures Entertainment and New Regency on development of a feature film based on “Watch Dogs,” Ubisoft’s hig[...]
Development has begun on Bad Teacher 2
Columbia Pictures is developing “Bad Teacher 2,” to be directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Justin Malen. Jimmy Miller, Jake Kasdan, Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky will produce the film, and Melvin Mar will executive produce. The project is being developed for Cameron Diaz to star i[...]
Sony Options Un Prophèt Remake Rights
Sony Pictures Entertainment has optioned the rights to remake “Un Prophèt,” the French hit released in the US as “A Prophet” in 2010, into an English language film to be produced by Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe through the Original Film banner. Directed by Jacques Audiard, the film tells t[...]