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The 2020 Black List Presents the Year’s Best Unproduced Scripts
The 16th annual Black List survey was released on Monday, showcasing 80 of the most popular un-produced scripts from up-and-coming screenwriters.This year’s list was compiled from suggestions of over 375 film executives, who contributed up to 10 feature screenplays that were written in, or somehow uniquely associated with 2020 and will not begin principal photography […]
Continue readingBen Affleck Eyed for George Clooney Drama ‘The Tender Bar’
Ben Affleck is being considered to star in George Clooney’s feature film version of J.R. Moehringer’s coming-of-age story “The Tender Bar: A Memoir” for Amazon Studios.Affleck and Clooney worked together as producers on “Argo,” which won them and Clooney’s producing partner Grant Heslov an Academy Award for best picture.Clooney and Heslov are producing “The Tender […]
Continue readingBlumhouse Taps Issa López to Write, Direct ‘Our Lady of Tears’
Blumhouse is developing “Our Lady of Tears,” a film based on a recent article about a mass hysteria epidemic that spread through an all-girls boarding school.Issa López (“Tigers Are Not Afraid”) is set to write and direct the film. The project is an adaptation of a story published by Epic Magazine and Vox and written […]
Continue reading‘Parasite’ and ‘Jojo Rabbit’ win Ace Eddie Awards
by Murtada ElfadlBong Joon Ho and Song Kang Ho celebrate their film’s winParasite (edited by Jinmo Yang) and Jojo Rabbit (edited by Tom Eagles) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy) respectively at the 70th Annual Ace Eddie Awards last night in La. This is a huge win for Parasite […]
Continue readingFilm Review: ‘The Red Sea Diving Resort’
“There’s so much to see and do in Arous,” read the brochure for a Sudanese vacation spot where visitors could go scuba diving amid reefs “made famous by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Hans Hass.” Never mind that Sudan was in a state of civil war and no place for tourists in the early 1980s. European tourists […]
Continue readingWalk of Fame Honoree Alan Arkin Talks Journey From Second City to ‘Kominsky Method’
Alan Arkin turned 85 earlier this year, yet he has always seemed timeless. With a career spanning more than 60 years, it’s difficult to fathom when there was ever a time when Arkin wasn’t part of the culture. He was an early member of the Second City theater troupe before making his Oscar-nominated film debut […]
Continue readingTony Mendez, Former CIA Officer Depicted in ‘Argo,’ Dies at 78
Tony Mendez, the former CIA technical operations officer who orchestrated the 1980 rescue of six American diplomats from Iran and who was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the Academy Award winning film “Argo,” has died. He was 78.Mendez’s book agent, Christy Fletcher, announced the news on Twitter Saturday morning.“Early this morning, Antonio (Tony) J. Mendez […]
Continue reading‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Sound Mixer Gregg Rudloff Dies at 63
Gregg Rudloff, who won Academy Awards for sound mixing “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Matrix,” and “Glory” and was nominated four other times, died in Los Angeles on Jan. 6. He was 63.A representative for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office told Variety that the office is treating his death as a possible suicide with […]
Continue readingJason Mitchell To Star As Inspirational NCAA Wrestling Champ Anthony Robles In Biopic ‘Unstoppable’
Exclusive: Mudbound and Straight Outta Compton star Jason Mitchell is to play inspirational former wrestling champ Anthony Robles in biopic Unstoppable.Robles was born with one leg and overcame a series of challenges to become an NCAA champ in 2010-11. The feature will mark the directorial debut of Oscar-winning editor Billy Goldenberg, known for his work […]
Continue readingDirectors Guild Awards Sets 2019 Ceremony Date
The Directors Guild of America has announced that the 71st annual DGA Awards will take place on Feb. 2, 2019, at the Hollywood & Highland Center’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.Guillermo del Toro won the DGA Award for outstanding directorial achievement for “The Shape of Water” this year. He went on to nab the Academy Award for […]
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