Netflix just gave us a peek inside the proverbial chocolate factory by sharing some small amount of data regarding viewership numbers for their original movies. The streaming giant posted a list of their 10 most viewed original movies ever, and Gina Prince-Bythewood‘s “The Old Guard” is among them.Read More: ‘Da 5 Bloods’: More People Watched […]
Continue readingIf it seems as though Netflix is releasing a new original film each week it’s because, well, they nearly are. Director Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation marked the first “Netflix Original Film” back in 2015, and since that time Netflix has ramped up both production and acquisition of original films to debut exclusively on […]
Continue readingAlfonso Cuarón (“Roma”) will compete against feature cinematographers Matthew Libatique (“A Star is Born”), Robbie Ryan (“The Favourite”), Linus Sandgren (“First Man”), and Łukasz Żal (“Cold War”) in the 33rd annual Asc Awards. They will be held February 9 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood, marking the Asc’s 100th anniversary.However, after making history last […]
Continue readingThe American Society of Cinematographers has announced nominees in film and television for 2018.Film nominees included Alfonso Cuaron’s digital 65mm black-and-white lensing of his own “Roma,” Linus Sandgren’s multi-format work on Damien Chazelle’s moonshot drama “First Man,” Matthew Libatique for Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born,” Robbie Ryan for Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” and Lukasz […]
Continue readingCary Joji Fukunaga will direct the new James Bond film, the producers announced Thursday. The 25th Bond installment will begin filming in London, at Pinewood Studios, on March 4, 2019, with a worldwide release on Feb. 14, 2020, a few months after its original target date.Fukunaga, who won acclaim for 2015 war film “Beasts of […]
Continue readingEon Productions and MGM have set Cary Joji Fukunaga as the new director who’ll mount James Bond 25 with Daniel Craig in the starring role. Filming will begin March for a worldwide release date of February 14, 2020. MGM will distribute domestically, and Universal releases the film in international territories, after it won a hotly […]
Continue readingA multi-generational family drama from “Master of None” co-creator Alan Yang has added several key cast members to its ensemble, TheWrap has exclusively learned.“Tigertail,” currently in production in New York and Taiwan, has added Joan Chen, Hayden Szeto (“The Edge of Seventeen”), Hong-Chi Lee, Yo-Hsing Fang, Fiona Fu, Margot Bingham, Kuei Mei Yang, and James […]
Continue readingFor a filmmaker as exciting and interesting as Cary Fukunaga, it’s hard to wrap your head around the fact that his filmography is fairly limited. It’s been almost 15 years since his debut film, and in that time he has one TV series credit and 3 other films. Not a crazy amount of productivity from […]
Continue readingDirector Cary Fukunaga really burst onto the scene after helming the first season of the acclaimed HBO mystery series “True Detective.” Afterward, the filmmaker was attached to a variety of projects, and actually released the really great Netflix original film “Beasts of No Nation” a year later in 2015, but since then he hasn’t been […]
Continue readingThe increasing ubiquity of Netflix has posed a serious issue for the Academy Awards and the industry at large, and thus far the Oscars have been reluctant to acknowledge Netflix’s increasing output of original films. Beasts of No Nation was the first Netflix film in awards contention, but it failed to score any Oscar nominations. […]
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