Tag: Bright
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Roger Corman Tried To Copy Star Wars & Gave Us Peak ’80s Cheesy Sci-Fi
If you make a successful, genre-defining film chances are that someone will try to replicate it. The success of The Avengers not only proved that the Marvel Cinematic Universe could work, but the blockbuster sent every studio into a race to create their own “cinematic universe”. Barbie has already led Hasbro to start developing a…
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Senegalese Debut ‘Banel & Adama,’ Soda Jerk’s ‘Hello Dankness’ Top Award Winners at Melbourne Film Festival
On the final weekend of a bustling 18-day event, the in-person edition of this year’s Melbourne Film Festival has drawn to a close with an awards ceremony that saw a whopping $300,000 Aud in prize money handed out across six categories. The biggest individual award of $140,000 Aud was presented to the winner of the…
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‘Banel & Adama’ wins Melbourne’s Bright Horizons Award
Top award comes with a $96,500 prize.Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s first feature, Banel & Adama, has won the $96,500 Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) Bright Horizons Award, it was announced at Forum Theatre at the closing night gala today (August 19).Banel & Adama, which is in the Pulaar language and features a cast of non-professionals, was the…
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Melbourne film festival unveils $200,000 prize fund including First Nations award
Awards are among the most lucrative film festival prizes in the world.Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) has revealed it will award more than $200,000 in cash prizes at its upcoming edition and has unveiled the nominees for its inaugural First Nations Film Creative Award.The prize pool, spread across six award categories, is now one of…
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Upcoming Netflix Movie Release Dates
If 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…
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Noomi Rapace Boards Supernatural Drama ‘Lamb,’ Sold by New Europe (Exclusive)
Noomi Rapace has boarded Valdimar Jóhannsson’s supernatural drama “Lamb,” which New Europe Film Sales is selling at Berlin’s European Film Market.The pic marks Rapace’s return to Scandinavian moviemaking following Hollywood movies like Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus,” with Michael Fassbender, and David…
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‘Bird Box’ Watched by Nearly 26 Million People Over First 7 Days, Nielsen Says
Netflix’s Bird Box was watched by nearly 26 million unduplicated people over its first week, Nielsen said on Tuesday. Of the Netflix programming measured by the TV ratings currency company, that’s second only to the first seven days of “Stranger Things 2” — and it was darn close (within a million viewers) to that one.On…
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Max Landis Hints That He’s Working On A Remake Of ‘Creature From The Black Lagoon’
Love him or hate him, writer Max Landis always seems to have his hands on some big projects. The writer is probably best known for his work on the film “Chronicle” and the BBC America series “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency,” as well as the Netflix Original film “Bright.” But unless you follow his career…
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Film News Roundup: George Lopez, Lana Parrilla Join Crime Thriller ‘Tax Collector’
In today’s film news roundup, George Lopez, Lana Parrilla, and Dylan Walsh get acting gigs, “The Sound of Music” is back for two nights, and post-apocalyptic thriller “What Still Remains” gets distribution.CastingsComedian George Lopez and Lana Parrilla have joined Bobby Soto and Shia Labeouf in David Ayer’s crime thriller “Tax Collector,” which has started shooting…
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Film News Roundup: Shia Labeouf to Star in David Ayer’s Thriller ‘Tax Collector’
In today’s film news roundup, Shia Labeouf is starring in “Tax Collector,” Scout Taylor-Compton joins “Abeyance,” and streaming service Docsville is expanding.CastingsShia Labeouf and Bobby Soto are starring in David Ayer’s crime thriller “Tax Collector,” which will be shot in Los Angeles this summer.Cross Creek Pictures is financing “Tax Collector,” a co-production between Cross Creek…