If everything goes to plan, this year we’ll get two awards seasons in one – after a lengthy cinema hiatus, it’ll be all feast, no famineAfter the Rocky-level beating the film industry took in 2020, here’s a potential silver lining for 2021: we might never have it so good. Especially if we mean quality dramas […]
Continue readingMGM Holdings Inc. is exploring a sale, according to a source close to the situation.The studio believes its library of content — which includes co-ownership of the James Bond franchise — would be desirable to companies looking to expand their streaming sectors.MGM has recruited Morgan Stanley and LionTree LLC to advise on the process of […]
Continue reading“Underdog,” the two-part boxing film that opens the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival, is the second movie on the subject by director Take Masaharu. The first, “100 Yen Love” in 2014 won the Japanese Cinema Splash Award at the 27th TIFF and was selected as Japan’s nominee for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Take […]
Continue readingMichael B. Jordan is reportedly in talks to not only star in, but also direct, the third installment in the “Creed” film series. The news was first reported by Deadline within the context of a larger story about the studio MGM, which produced and distributed “Creed II” in 2018, and produced “Creed” with Warner Bros. […]
Continue reading“Rocky” and “Legally Blonde” are set to receive the “Films in Concert” treatment. Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) and Tcg Entertainment have announced the tour series is set to begin in July 2021.Audiences around the world will be able to experience the anthems of “Rocky” and songs such as “We Could Still Belong Together” by Lisa […]
Continue readingThere’s a bit of everything and most of it works in “Chasing Dream,” the first feature directed by Hong Kong ace Johnnie To since “Three” in 2016. Far from what fans of To’s hard-boiled crime dramas such as “Drug War” and “Election” might have expected, “Chasing Dream” invokes everything from gritty 1930s Warner Brothers musicals […]
Continue readingRocky Balboa came from humble beginnings, both figuratively and literally. Sylvester Stallone was a struggling actor when he wrote the screenplay for the film “Rocky” in three and a half days; it was shot on a budget of just over $1 million. The ultimate underdog story went on to be just that in real life; […]
Continue readingIn today’s film news roundup, “40 Years of Rocky” gets a release date, Pierce Brosnan’s “The King’s Daughter” finds a home and the 2020 Lower East Side Film Festival unveils its programming.Release DateVirgil Films has set a June 9 digital release date for the documentary “40 Years of Rocky,” which chronicles the behind-the-scenes journey of […]
Continue readingThe upcoming “Rocky” documentary narrated by franchise star Sylvester Stallone premieres on-demand on June 9.“40 Years of ‘Rocky:’ The Birth of a Classic,” written and produced by Derek Wayne Johnson, offers a deep-dive into the making of the original “Rocky” film as Stallone recalls his experiences working on the movie.The documentary’s official trailer, which is […]
Continue readingDavid Nichols, a production designer and visual consultant on more than 20 films, such as “Rocky,” “Taxi Driver” and “Groundhog Day,” died on Wednesday in Taos, N.M., Variety has learned. He was 78.Nichols had a 30-year career in the film industry, serving as a production designer, art director, visual consultant, writer and actor at various […]
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