Pop Culture Imports: ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ ‘Unorthodox,’ ‘Les Misérables,’ and More

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Justin Bieber Concert Fraudster Documentary Is Boarded By First Hand Films (Exclusive)

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TCM to Help Fund Documentary Searching For Orson Welles’ Original Cut of ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’
Director Orson Welles‘ 1942 movie The Magnificent Ambersons was taken away from him by Rko after it earned negative test scores, with the studio scrapping nearly an hour of his footage, reshooting additional scenes, and cooking up a completely different ending than Welles originally intended. The resulting Frankensteined version is still widely regarded as a […]
‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 and 4 Ordered by Netflix, Which Knows a Cultural Phenomenon When It Sees One
Bridgerton is coming back for seasons 3 and 4. Bela Bejaria, Netflix’s vice president of global TV, said in a press release that the company is “planning to be in the Bridgerton business for a long time to come,” which should not be surprising since the first season of the sexy Regency romance reportedly became […]
Sex, Drugs and Music Joined by Sports, Religion and Animation as Major Themes Influencing YA Scripted Production
Among its slate of MipTV presentations, The Wit hosted its first-ever Fresh TV Young Adult Content. After the last series of in-person sessions hosted by The Wit at MipCom, the importance and influence of YA drama was unmistakable, inspiring this year’s MipTV dedicated session hosted by The Wit founder-ceo Virginia Mouseler.“It’s our mission at The […]
Richard Rush, Oscar-nominated director of The Stunt Man, dies aged 91
The film-maker’s early underground work included Hells Angels on Wheels before he entered the mainstream with hits such as Freebie and the BeanRichard Rush, the Oscar-nominated director of Freebie and the Bean and The Stunt Man, has died aged 91, reportedly of natural causes.His wife Claudia confirmed the news, saying: “To those who were privileged […]
‘Love, Simon’ Writer Becky Albertalli’s ‘The Upside of Unrequited’ to Be Adapted for Film (Exclusive)
U.K. production company Shakespeare Sisters has acquired the film rights to the popular YA novel “The Upside of Unrequited,” written by best-selling scribe Becky Albertalli. The author’s debut novel, “Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda,” was adapted as the gay teen romantic comedy movie “Love, Simon,” which – distributed by 20th Century Fox – grossed […]
‘Searching for Sheela’ Trailer: Netflix Doc on ‘Wild Wild Country’ Guru’s Right Hand Woman
Netflix released the first official trailer for “Searching for Sheela,” a short feature film follow-up to its smash hit docuseries “Wild Wild Country,” about the controversial Oregon Rajneesh cult and its spiritual leader, Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The film follows the enigmatic cult leader’s right hand woman, known as Ma Anand Sheela, an intensely […]
‘In the Bedroom,’ ‘Little Children’ Director Todd Field Sets First Film in 15 Years, Starring Cate Blanchett
Three-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Todd Field has emerged with his first film in 15 years since the release of “Little Children,” and it’s set to star Cate Blanchett. The “In the Bedroom” director and Blanchett have paired for “Tar,” an original drama that Field wrote and will direct for Focus Features. While the plot details […]
Why ‘Nomadland’ Cinematographer Joshua James Richards Is Also the Film’s Production Designer
“Nomadland” cinematographer Joshua James Richards and director Chloé Zhao met at NYU Film School and have worked together ever since.“There was a bond formed just through our taste and visually what we were drawn to,” Richards told IndieWire.Following film school, the collaborators spent a great deal of time traveling the American West, in particular South […]
‘Russian Doll’ Season 2 Casts Chappie Himself, Sharlto Copley
At long last, the worlds of Chappie and Russian Doll will collide as Chappie himself, actor Sharlto Copley, has joined the cast of Russian Doll season 2. We don’t know who Copley is playing just yet, but feel free to go ahead and assume he’s playing Chappie again until we have a definitive answer. Natasha […]
Cate Blanchett Teams Up With Director Todd Field On ‘Tar’ For Focus Features
You know those features the Playlist has done in the past, The Lost, Forgotten, Unmade projects of Stanley Kubrick, David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, etc., etc., looking at big-name feature filmmakers and the various projects they tried to get off the ground that never happened? Well, even though he’s only ever made two films, “In The […]

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