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Renée Zellweger’s Magical Thinking

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Mubi’s Oscar Buy

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ITV & Fremantle Q1 2025

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Denzel Washington’s Flood

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Fox's free streaming service, Tubi has boosted its viewership by 18%.

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Double Scarlett Johansson

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Tom Rothman - Sony CEO

Tom Rothman isn’t going anywhere. Hollywood’s longest-serving film chief, the current chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, Tom…

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Disney's Rise, AMC's Fall

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Renée Zellweger’s Magical Thinking

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Mubi’s Oscar Buy

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May 19 •

Denzel Washington’s Flood

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May 15 •

Double Scarlett Johansson

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Disney's Rise, AMC's Fall

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Aaron Paul’s Vendetta

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Jon Voight’s Proposal

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Trump's Tariffs: Bad for the Industry...Or Are They?

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TV

ITV & Fremantle Q1 2025

ITV Q1 2025 earnings. And the change from last year:

May 16 •

Denzel Washington’s Flood

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May 15 •

Fox's free streaming service, Tubi has boosted its viewership by 18%.

May 13 •

Disney's Rise, AMC's Fall

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May 8 •

Aaron Paul’s Vendetta

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May 7 •

Jon Voight’s Proposal

Here are the highlights of Jon Voight’s proposal to bring production back to the US:

May 7 •

Trump's Tariffs: Bad for the Industry...Or Are They?

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May 6 •

Borat to Unicorn

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Awards

Mubi’s Oscar Buy

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2025 News and Doc Emmys Nominees

Here’s a breakdown of the top documentary categories for the 2025 News and Doc Emmys Nominees.

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Gotham TV Awards Nominees 2025

Netflix and Adolescence came out on top of the Second Annual Gotham Television Awards, the first awards event for the TV season.

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Cannes Market - 2025

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Warner Bros. Auteur Horror

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The Tribeca Lineup 2025

Good afternoon: This article contains the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival program lineup.

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Cannes Critics’ Week

Cannes Critics’ Week (La Semaine de la Critique) drops its selection. The parallel selection of the Cannes Film Festival focuses on first and…

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And the Oscar Goes To… Stunts!

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Podcast

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Oscar-Nominee Maria Bakalova Interview

Oscar-nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat 2, The Apprentice) is one of the top up-and-coming actors in the industry.

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Brady Corbet Workshop - How to Direct an Oscar Winning Performance

In this workshop with Brady Corbet, you’ll learn his approach to filmmaking. His philosophy, his execution, how he shoots scenes, and how he works with…

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How to Make Documentaries that Matter & Get They Seen

Watch the replay from our workshop with Ted and Vanessa Hope

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Emmy Winner - Paul Walter Hauser Interview

I sat down with Golden Globe and Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell, Black Bird, Cruella) to discuss his latest film, The Luckiest Man in…

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Workshop with Oscar Nominated Writer Director Duo

We are thrilled to collaborate with Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar.

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What's Coming Next

What's Coming Next - Theatrical 5/16

There are 7 upcoming indie releases for May.

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Indie Filmmaker Spotlight

Natasha Lyonne's Distorted Realities

Natasha Lyonne (co-creator, co-showrunner, star: Netflix’s Russian Doll) is obsessed with distorted realities. Her directorial debut film, Uncanny…

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Netflix - Mexico - $1bn

Following an investment of $1 bn from Netflix for local productions in Mexico, the streamer unveiled the start of production on four new series…

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Strict. Daily Mail. Sundance.

Stoked Bros Media is remaking Strictly Sexual, the 2008 cult comedy by Joel Viertel. Viertel returns to direct, with co-writer Stevie Long and producer…

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Sundance, Spielberg and Shia LaBeouf:

From Sundance short to Spielberg.

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Magnolia. Rapace. Aronofsky.

Magnolia Pictures acquired Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted, a documentary on cult musician Swamp Dogg, directed by Isaac Gale and Ryan Olson.

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Actors Spotlight

Austin Butler Stealing

Everyone wants a piece of Austin Butler.

Apr 30 •

Enola Holmes. Honey Boy.

Netflix’s widely popular mystery franchise, Enola Holmes (trailer), has officially begun production on its third installment.

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Shameless. Hoover. Monsterverse.

Reminders of Him, one of the next film adaptations in the Colleen Hoover cinematic universe, has found its leading man in Tell Me Lies’ Tyriq Withers to…

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Nicole Kidman. Holt McCallany.

After a super successful first season, Hulu has dropped some first-look photos of its new ensemble cast and a release date for the second season of Nine…

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Netflix. Penn. Severance.

Netflix’s new project with Harlan Coben, the limited series adaptation of his novel I Will Find You finds cast.

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