2021 Critics’ Choice Awards moves to March
Following suit with the Oscars and BAFTAs, the Critics’ Choice Awards, celebrating the best in film and television by hundreds of critics around the US,... Read More
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Quiver Distribution acquires ‘ENDLESS’ starring Alexandra Shipp, Nicholas Hamilton and DeRon Horton
The Summerstorm, Thunder Road, Minds Eye Production is set to be released this Summer Quiver Distribution announced today that they have acquired North American rights... Read More
Amazon Studios picks up untitled voting rights doc with Stacey Abrams from Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés
Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to Untitled Voting Rights documentary from production company Story Syndicate. The documentary, which prominently features insights from politician, lawyer... Read More
Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) announces date move for 2021 fest
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), presented by UGG®, today announced a shift in dates for the 36th annual event, which will now take... Read More
Sony Classics sets ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy,’ with Elizabeth Debicki and Mick Jagger, for August
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release Guiseppe Capotondi’s THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY in theaters on August 7, 2020. Based on the novel by Charles Willeford... Read More
Oscars: 93rd Academy Awards moved to April 25, 2021; eligibility period extended by two months
Nominations will be Monday, March 15, 2021; Academy Museum to open April 30, 2021 Eligibility period extended, is now January 1, 2020 and February 28,... Read More
From ‘Malcolm X’ to ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Delroy Lindo Can Do Anything and Be Anyone
Since the release of Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods this past weekend, the discourse around the film has been fascinating – many have called this... Read More
Oscars will return to 10 Best Picture nominees, add representation and inclusion standards for eligibility
94th Oscars will feature 10 Best Picture nominees, 93rd Oscars will remain under current system Representation and inclusion standards to be established and adopted in... Read More
Keke Palmer to star in and exec produce ‘Alice’ for Krystin Ver Linden and Steel Springs Pictures
Steel Springs Pictures announced today that actress-producer-activist Keke Palmer (Hustlers, Grease Live!, TV’s Scream Queens) is set to star in the feature film Alice, from writer Krystin Ver... Read More
Oscars: Academy elects Ava DuVernay to Board of Governors; re-ups Whoopi Goldberg, increases women and people of color numbers
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2020–2021 Board of Governors. The governors will take office at the first regularly... Read More
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