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Romance TV,das die Blaume Blume Awards im kommenden Jahr zum 14. Mal vergibt, hat heute die Moderatorin sowie die zehn nominierten Filme für die Verleihung am 12. Februar bekannt gegeben.

Valerie Niehausmoderiert auch im kommenden Jahr die Verleihung der Blaue Blume Awards (Credit: Romance TV)

Wie im Vorjahr wird Valerie Niehaus die Verleihung der Blaume Blume Awards, die am 12. Februar 2025 in der Eventlocation Prince Charles in Berlin stattfindet, moderieren. Das gabRomanceTV, das den Preis zum 14. Mal vergibt, heute bekannt.

Gleichzeitig wurden die zehn romantischen Kurzfilme benannt, die ins Rennen um die Auszeichnungen in den Kategorien Bester Film, Beste Regie und Beste schauspielerische Leistung im Gesamtwert von 12.500 Euro gehen.

Ein besonderes Augenmerk richtet Romance TV dabei auf „Immer “aus dem Jahr 1999, der bislang noch nicht im Fernsehen veröffentlicht worden war – und das trotz der Mitwirkung der beiden SchauspielgrößenNadja TillerundWalter Giller.

Für die Blaue Blume Awards 2025 nominiert...

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You don't often see the great movies coming. Sure, some classics swagger their way into theaters (like "Barbie"and"Oppenheimer"did in 2023), but take a look at the vast majority of the movies on your favorites queue and you'll see titles that arrived with very little fanfare.Warner Bros.didn't expect "L.A. Confidential" to take off like it did, andColumbia Pictureswas absolutely stunned when "The Shawshank Redemption"rebounded after a disappointing theatrical release to become one of the most beloved motion pictures in the history of the medium.

Then there'sUniversaland "Field of Dreams."Kevin Costnerwas a movie star in 1989 on the strength of "The Untouchables,""No Way Out"and"Bull Durham,"but two of those three hits were adult-skewing entertainments that traded heavily on his sex appeal."Field of Dreams"was... really, what in...

1. Film Review: Abiding Nowhere (2024) byTsai Ming-liang

If art is putting an emotion into something you create to transfer that feeling on to its audience, thenTsaicertainly achieves something with “Abiding Nowhere” (and theWalkerseries in general). Beyond slow cinema, this is positively static, as the camera, and indeed the cast, barely move. The slowness, the silence – apart from the background noise – the time allowed to fully contemplate, create a rela xing series of shots to absorb yourself into, feeling your heart rate slow and eyes sigh in a natural progression to sleep.

2. Film Review:Victory(2024) byPark Beom-su

The production also makes the most of its leading ladies’ dancing abilities, choreographing largely pleasing cheerleading sequences, even if more acrobatic sequences, whose absence is fairly explained within the script, could have been welcome. Park Jeong-hoon’s cinematography shies away from being flashy, instead satisfied in capturing the pastel colours...

Nicole Kidmanrecently lamented that "everything" is hard to get made in Hollywood right now. And if Nicole Kidman, one of the most working-est actors in the biz, is having trouble getting projects off the ground, imagine how it is for everyone else! In this case, "everyone" and "everything" includes...

Elizabeth Olsenhas the best of both worlds as the Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and an indie film darling.

At Vulture Festival over the weekend, the “WandaVision”and “His Three Daughters”star clarified that though she doesn’t feel forced to make Marvel series and movies in order to pursue indie projects, it’s created a “feeling of insurance.”

“I’d never really had the mentality of ‘one for them, one for me,’” Olsen said (viaVulture). “Marvel has been such a consistent thing I’ve been able to return to and has created — what’s the word? — some feeling of insurance in my life that has given me freedom to choose other jobs. So I haven’t felt like, ‘And then I’ll do this to do this.’”

Olsen added that she’s always returned to Marvel because she’s truly wanted to. It “has always felt like a choice,...

Portraying the Scarlet Witch in the MCU has conjured up other career opportunities forElizabeth Olsen.

During a conversation at Vulture Festival Saturday, theHis Three Daughtersactress said that while she doesn’t return to Marvel just for the sake of doing so, she does view her role within the sprawling franchise as bestowing upon her “some feeling of insurance” to take on riskier, indie roles.

“I’d never really had the mentality of ‘one for them, one for me,’” theIngridGoes West star explained. “Marvel has been such a consistent thing I’ve been able to return to and has created — what’s the word? — some feeling of insurance in my life that has given me freedom to choose other jobs. So I haven’t felt like, ‘And then I’ll do this to do this.’”

She continued, saying that returning to Marvel for the Disney+ limited...

Premiering internationally at San Diego Asian Film Festival 2024, “Love Child”is a heartfelt film that tackles the complexities and challenges of parenthood with a blend of love, passion, and vigor.

Love Childis screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival

Jonathan Jurilla‘s debut work followsAyla,a pre-law student, and Paolo, an aspiring filmmaker, whose lives are derailed by an unplanned pregnancy. The college sweethearts envisions a future filled with love and dreams just like the typical romantic comedies. However, their son Kali transforms their lives when he’s diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Determined to make it on their own, they move to the countryside, where Ayla’s retired aunt offers them a place to stay. The film navigates through their journey of love and parenthood: the weighty challenges, sacrifices, and societal hurdles they face as a young and inexperienced couple raising a child with special needs.

Leave it toKathy Batesto give a tear-inducing, Oscar-worthy monologue that leaves everyone in the scene and at home speechless. She is a legend. She is Matlock.

Is it me, or does it feel like we should be further along than two episodes? So much has already happened in a show just now getting its feet wet.

Suffice it to say that Matlock is not holding back regarding the story. There will be no plot holes for Madeline Matlock. The writers aren’t leaving anything to chance.

(Sonja Flemming/CBS)

The show is already addressing the issue that was on everyone’s minds after the pilot premiered, “How is she going to keep up the ruse at a prestigious law firm?

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Leading documentary festival IDFA has selected 55 projects from 820 entries for the 32nd edition of its co-production and co-financing market IDFA Forum.

IDFA Forum takes place in Amsterdam venues Felix Meritis and Pathé City from Nov. 17 to 20.

The Forum selection features “projects with resonant stories, daring artistic visions, and a willingness to push narrative and stylistic boundaries,” according to a statement.

Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen, head of IDFA Industry, said: “IDFA proudly presents a very strong selection of projects that capture the spirit of the times and reflect on our society in a critical and idiosyncratic way. It is a varied selection in terms of both theme and style, made by talented newcomers and established makers who together represent a colorful palette of voices.”

The Forum Pitch and Producers Connection

The Forum Pitch and Producers Connection present a total of 33 projects this year. The selection includes notable filmmakers who make their return to IDFA.

John Watersis lamenting how much fans of smart indie dramas are “fading” amid the modern adoration of IP.

Waterstold The New Yorker, as part of a profile of his pal “Welcome to the Dollhouse”and “Happiness”directorTodd Solondz,that Gen Z moviegoers would rather pay for Marvel films than arthouse features.

“Todd still has the fact that the intelligentsia likes his movies,” Waters said of Solondz’s filmography. “But I think, unfortunately, that audience is fading, because young people want to go see comic-book movies in a mall and have a riot after.”

Waters, meanwhile, is developing his novel “Liarmouth” for the big screen withAubrey Plazaset to star.

Solondz admitted that he even had to come to terms with not being accepted as a “Hollywood filmmaker” as he stayed away from high concept features.

“I don’t think it was until after ‘Palindromes’ that I said,...

Elizabeth Olsen’s career soared high after she starred in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Wanda Maximoff. The actress, who had been working on independent movies before her stint in the comic book movie empire, expressed regret about turning down a project she loved because of her commitment toMarvel Studios.

Credits: Elizabeth Olsen inWandaVision/ Disney+

Understandably, she might feel like she missed out on many things. She played the mutant role from 2015 to 2022, and seven years would have given her more than enough time to explore many film genres and projects.

Elizabeth Olsen Left AYorgos LanthimosMovie To Join the MCU

Before she became theScarletWitch, actress Elizabeth Olsen was known as the youngest sister of the famous twins Mary-Kate andAshley Olsen,both successful actresses during the ‘90s and early 2000s. The Marvel star lived in the shadow of her siblings until she forged her own path towards stardom.

After the consecutive years of working on Marvel projects,Elizabeth Olsenrecently talked about finding other projects that she can explore outside of the superhero realm. She stated, “I don’t want… it’s not that I don’t want to be associated as just this character. But I really feel like I need to be building other parts back up for balance. I so much want to do films right now. And I hope some of them come together in the way I feel like they can. But yeah, that’s something that I need. I just need other characters in my life. There’s no longevity in one character.”

In her post-mcu career, Olsen has starred in HBO’s limited seriesLove & Death,she has theNetflixdramaHis Three Daughterscoming out, as well as roles in films likeLove Childand the rom-com,Eternity.Although...

Charles Melton’s awards campaign for his breakout role in “May December” started in May when theTodd Haynesdrama co-starringJulianne MooreandNatalie Portmanpremiered at Cannes.

Since then,Meltonhas gone on to receive a slew of award nominations and wins. He picked up Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award noms and won aGothamfor outstanding supporting performance.

Fans of the film, however, were disappointed when Melton didn’t receive an Oscar nomination, and the movie only earned one for original screenplay.

But, I’m glad to report that Melton is doing just fine. “I’m happy,” Melton told me Wednesday night at Cultured’s art and film issue dinner (Melton andLakeith Stanfieldappear on separate covers of the magazine). “I just got back from Hawaii. I was just rela xing and processing and getting a nice little suntan. I reconnected with my friends and family...

Going Clear directorAlex GibneyandThe Mother Of All LiesfilmmakerAsmae El Moudirare among the speakers confirmed for the 2024 Cph:Conference, the industry talks programme of Cph:dox film festival in Copenhagen (March 13-24).

US director Gibney and Moroccan director El Moudir will both participate in ‘A Morning With’ sessions, alongside Belgian filmmakerJohan Grimonprez.

The ‘Morning’ sessions will be followed by ‘Film:Makers In Dialogue’ events, where filmmakers behind two festival titles will engage in discussions about their latest projects.

The Conference will begin on March 18 with ‘Our Declaration Of Independence, a new session aiming to articulate the importance of independent documentaries to culture,...

Elizabeth OlsenandCharles Meltonare teaming up for a new movie!

On Tuesday (February 13), it was announced that the 34-year-oldWandaVisionactress and the 33-year-old May December actor will be starring together in the new dark comedy flickLove Childfrom directorTodd Solondz.

Keep reading to find out more…The movie “followsMisty,who is stuck in a loveless marriage to a brutish husband. Junior, her precocious 11-year-old is her only consolation. WhenEasy,a handsome vagabond stranger, appears, Junior hatches a plan to get rid of his father so that his mother can marry him instead. But things end up backfiring, so Junior comes up with yet another plan, this one even more devious, and with more disastrous—and unexpected—consequences,” according to Variety.

“I am beyond excited to work with Elizabeth Olsen and Charles Melton on what will be a super fun and playful celebration of Hollywood movies,...

Elizabeth Olsen(Love & Death) andCharles Melton(May December) are set to star inLove Child,the first new movie fromTodd Solondzin eight years.

Love ChildfollowsMisty,a woman stuck in a loveless marriage to a brutish husband. “Junior, her precocious 11-year-old is her only consolation,” reads the description. “WhenEasy,a handsome vagabond stranger, appears, Junior hatches a plan to get rid of his father so that his mother can marry him instead. But things end up backfiring, so Junior comes up with yet another plan, this one even more devious, and with more disastrous—and unexpected—consequences.” The film has been in the works for some time, withRachel WeiszandColin Farrellonce attached to the project back in 2021.

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Todd Solondz is best known for Welcome to the Dollhouse andHappiness,and his last film,...

It’s been quite a while since the world was graced with a new film from auteur filmmakerTodd Solondz.As a matter of fact, it’s been nearly eight years since the release of “Weiner-Dog,” which was during a time when streamers, such as Amazon in this case, would just throw money at independent films to fill out their streaming library. Well, thankfully, it appears the filmmaker has finally found his next film, “Love Child,”and he has one hell of a cast leading it.

Continue reading ‘Love Child’:Elizabeth Olsen&Charles MeltonTo Star In Todd Solondz’s New Dark Comedy at The Playlist.

Elizabeth OlsenandCharles Meltonhave nabbed lead roles inTodd Solondz’s new featureLove Child.

The darkly comic film followsMistyas she is stuck in a loveless marriage with a brutish husband and her precocious 11-year-old as her only consolation. WhenEasy,a handsome vagabond stranger, appears, the son hatches a plan to replace the father with a new husband, only for that to backfire and a more devious and disastrous scheme to emerge.

Killer Films,Volition Media andGramercy Park Mediaare teaming withRocket Science,which is handling international sales and will launch the project at the European Film Market in Berlin.

Cindy Bruof Volition Media,Christine Vachonof Killer Films,David Hinojosaof2AmandFord Corbettof Gramercy Park Media will produce.Michael Jefferson,Adam Beasley,Atilla Yucer,Joshua HarrisandSteven Farnethwill executive produce.

The film is fully financed by...

“May December” breakoutCharles Meltonhas lined up another major feature and is set to star alongsideElizabeth OlseninTodd Solondz’s next film, the darkly comic “Love Child.”

Killer Films,2Am ( “Past Lives”) Volition Media andGramercy Park Mediaare teaming withRocket Scienceto bring the project to this week’s European Film Market.

“Love Child”followsMisty,who is stuck in a loveless marriage to a brutish husband. Junior, her precocious 11-year-old is her only consolation. WhenEasy,a handsome vagabond stranger, appears, Junior hatches a plan to get rid of his father so that his mother can marry him instead. But things end up backfiring, so Junior comes up with yet another plan, this one even more devious, and with more disastrous—and unexpected—consequences.

Cindy Bruof Volition Media,Christine Vachonof Killer Films,David Hinojosaof2AmandFord Corbettof Gramercy Park Media will produce.

Elizabeth Olsenand May December starCharles Meltonwill star inTodd Solondz’s next film, the darkly comicLove Child.

Rocket Sciencewill launch sales on the project at this week’s European Film Market.

Love Childis produced byCindy Bruof Volition Media,Christine VachonofKiller FilmsandDavid Hinojosaof2Am.Executive producers areMichael Jefferson,Adam Beasley,Atilla Yucer,Joshua HarrisandSteven Farneth.

The film is fully financed by Volition Media andGramercy Park Media.RocketScienceis handling international sales at EFM;Cinetic Mediaand WME co-represent US rights.

The story follows...

BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy nomineeElizabeth Olsen(Avengers: Infinity War) and Golden Globe nomineeCharles Melton(May December) are set to star inTodd Solondz’s darkly comic new featureLove Child.

The story followsMistywho is stuck in a loveless marriage to a brutish husband. Junior, her precocious 11-year-old is her only consolation. WhenEasy,a handsome vagabond stranger, appears, Junior hatches a plan to get rid of his father so that his mother can marry him instead. But things end up backfiring, so Junior comes up with yet another plan, this one even more devious, and with more disastrous—and unexpected—consequences.

KillerFilms (Past Lives),2Am(Past Lives) Volition Media (Sam and Kate) andGramercy Park Media(The Fabulous Four) are teaming withRocket Scienceto bring the project to this week’sEFM.

Cindy Bruof Volition Media,Christine VachonofKiller Films,David Hinojosa...

Tasmania-set crime-drama series “Bay of Fires”is to be reignited for a second season.

The show sees a single mother, portrayed byMarta Dusseldorp,forced into a witness protection program that relocates her and her family to a remote location in Tasmania. There they are surrounded by a community of suspicious and criminally-minded individuals.

The second season gives her a glimmer of hope. After months in which time nobody has tried to kill her, the woman finds herself in a position of influence. But she needs to juggle a host of new problems, some of which are of her own making.

The writing team is headed byAndrew KnightandMax Dann,Romina Accurso,Josephine Dee BarrettandHannah Samuel( “The Pm’s Daughter”).

The show is an Archipelago Productions and Fremantle Australia production for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It has major production investment from the ABC andScreen Australia,in...

Whitesnake are reissuing and expanding their covers album, The Purple Album, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of singerDavid CoverdalejoiningDeep Purple.

Originally released in 2015, The Purple Album was recorded by Coverdale along with guitaristReb Beach,bassistMichael Devin,guitaristJoel Hoekstra,and drummerTommy Aldridge,who, at the time, was appearing on a Whitesnake studio album for the first time since 1989. The collection cherry-picked songs from the three LPs Coverdale recorded with Deep Purple:Burn(1974), Stormbringer (1974), and Come Taste the Band (1975).

ETitled The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition, the upcoming expanded reissue is set to drop October 13th on 2-cd/Blu-Ray and double-lp vinyl formats — 50 years after Coverdale joined the Deep Purple.

In addition to the original tracklist in remixed/remastered form, the expanded edition also houses a plethora of bonus material, including unreleased recordings, live cuts, alternate mixes, video supplements (on the Blu-Ray version), and, most notably,...

A family’s long-standing mystery puts forth new roots in the trailer forSigourney Weaver’s new dramaThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart,which Prime Video released Monday.

The drama is an adaptation ofHolly Ringland’s 2018 novel, which tells the story of Alice, who is brought to her grandmother June’s flower farm at age 9 after her parents die in a mysterious fire. Weaver, whose lengthy resumé includes theAlienandAvatarfilms, plays June.

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Mumbai, Feb 22 (Ians) Couturier-actressMasaba Gupta,who is known for her work in streaming shows like ‘Masaba Masaba’ and ‘Modern Love Mumbai’, said that marriage hasn’t affected her work or her style of working even one bit.

The actress was talking to media on the launch of the latest beauty offerings of ‘Lovechild’, her beauty line in association with lifestyle fashion e-commerce platform, Myntra, and shared that her husbandSatyadeep Mishra,who can be seen in the recently released streaming show ‘Jehanabad – Of Love & War’, is a very “chilled out” guy and both of them enjoy and revel in their individual spaces as much as they do as a pair.

The actress said: “My husband is a very disconnected human being from the outside world, he is very chilled out. So, nothing has changed after marriage.”

The couple tied the nuptial knot on January 27, 2023, and they haven...

Less than a year afterDavid Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future”made a splash at Cannes, one of the body-horror master’s most famous films is getting the streaming TV treatment. “Dead Ringers,”a six-episode remake of the Canadian filmmaker’s 1988 feature, will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on April 21, it was announced Tuesday. (TVLine first shared the news.)

Rachel Weiszstars in the series as Beverly and Elliot Mantle, two identical twin sisters who both work as gynecologists and operate a successful Obgyn clinic. In the original ’80s film, Beverly andElliotwere male twins portrayed byJeremy Irons.Like the film, the series will explore Beverly and Elliot’s messy, co-dependent relationship, and how the tension it causes eventually pushes both to madness. Weisz is joined in the cast byBritne Oldford,Michael Chernus,Poppy Liu,andJennifer Ehle.

The series was created and writtenAlice Birch,...

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Not long ago,Brad Herman,the right-hand man to hush-hush Hollywood, invited a longtime client, legendaryMotownsongwriterEddie Holland,to a private visit with another client, The Supremes’Cindy Birdsong,who since September 2021 has resided in a Los Angeles-area care facility after two strokes that have left her unable to walk or speak. Herman, who says he’s been granted power of attorney over the singer, had worked withBirdsong’s family members to extricate her from a previous living arrangement.

“Eddie puts his hand behind her head, very delicately, sweetly, saying, ‘Cindy, I’m really happy to see you,’ then he just sat there real close and sang in her ear: ‘Baby Love,’ ‘Love Child,’ ‘Someday We’ll Be Together,’” Herman recalls, eyes tearing, rolling up a shirtsleeve to show a forearm prickling in memory: goose bumps. “Every­one who has a public face has drama.

Second European event this week to announce it will honour Depp.

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival(Kviff) is the second European event this week to announce it will honourJohnny Depp,paying tribute to the actor’s career at the 55th edition of the event (August 20-28).

The tribute follows an announcement fromSan Sebastian film festivalyesterday that Depp will be awarded its highest prize, the Donostia award, in September.

It is expected that Depp will attend both events in person.

A statement from Karlovy Vary described the recognition as “a tribute to Depp’s significant contributions to film...

Second European event this week to announce it will honour Depp.

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) is the second European event this week to announce it will honourJohnny Depp,paying tribute to the actor’s career at the 55th edition of the event (August 20-28).

The tribute follows an announcement from San Sebastian film festival yesterday that Depp will be awarded its highest prize, the Donostia award, in September.

It is expected that Depp will attend both events in person.

A statement from Karlovy Vary described the recognition as “a tribute to Depp’s significant contributions to film...

It’s summertime and sometimes the only means of keeping cool is vicariously via television. If the first trailer forAMC’s new limited series “The North Water”is any indication, viewers might soon be freezing.

Here’s the synopsis, courtesy of AMC:

Set in Hull, England, and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, the series follows the story of Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell), a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. But the ferocity of the elements is matched by the violence of his crew mates, particularly Henry Drax (Colin Farrell), a harpooner and distinctly brutal force of nature. As the true purpose of the expedition becomes clear, confrontation between the two men erupts, taking them on a journey far from solid ground and way beyond the safe moorings of civilization.

The trailer...

Nashville singer-songwriterKalie Shorrwill release her new EP I Got Here byAccidenton August 13th. On Thursday, she released a new song from theButch Walker-produced project in the form of the grungy, autobiographical “Love Child.”

Built around a melodic, lightly distorted guitar riff, “Love Child”tells Shorr’s story from before she was born. “Daddy came here on a boat/Momma came here on a plane/I got here by accident/But God doesn’t make mistakes,” she sings in the opening lines, referencing the title...

While the Cannes market runs concurrent with the festival July 6 – 15, a virtual effort begins this week with an embarrassment of riches: There’sColin FarrellandRachel Weiszreunited by provocateurTodd Solondz,Alexander PaynedirectingPaul Giamattitwo decades after “Sideways,”andJulianne Moore,starring oppositeNatalie Portman,in her sixth collaboration withTodd Haynes.

There’s simply no room for filler in a market dominated by auteur passion projects and compelling genre packages. The unusually robust pool of offerings is the strongest vote of confidence yet that the business has moved past production-insurance roadblocks and theatrical despair and is ready to turn up the taps of creativity and cash.

“We’re coming out of a period of companies putting their heads down, focusing on development, and now bringing forth really strong material,” saidCinetic Media’sSteven Farneth.“I’m heartened by what seems to be a fairly...

Sellers are presenting a robust slate of packages at this week’s virtual market.

The latest round of bidding between independent distributors, streamers and studios for the plum film packages gets underway this week at the Pre-Cannes Screenings (June 21-25), albeit under drastically different circumstances from a year ago.

Sixteen months after lockdowns began in the west, there is hope. Yes, differing government responses and vaccination rollouts have highlighted shocking inequality, with Latin America, India and other regions mired in the pandemic. Yet the business marches on. Money never sleeps, as a notorious Hollywood antihero once said.

Production has been returning,...

Sellers are presenting a robust slate of packages at this week’s virtual market.

The latest round of bidding between independent distributors, streamers and studios for the plum film packages gets underway this week at the virtual Cannes market and Pre-Cannes Screenings (June 21-25), albeit under drastically different circumstances from a year ago.

Sixteen months after lockdowns began in the West, there is hope. Yes, differing government responses and vaccination rollouts have highlighted shocking inequality, with Latin America, India and other regions mired in the pandemic. Yet the business marches on. Money never sleeps, as a notorious Hollywood antihero once said.

Hello and welcome to International Insider, I’mJake Kanter.This is your weekly guide to all the news worth knowing about the global film and TV biz. Please do get in touch with feedback or stories on jkanter@deadline. And to get this delivered directly to your inbox every Friday, sign up here.

Netflix& Amazon Data Demand

Give us your data: Here’s a story to keep an eye on over the coming months: theUK governmenthas taken the unusual step of intervening in a debate around data, calling on the likes of Netflix and Amazon to disclose viewing figures for shows originated by British public service broadcasters, theBBC,ITV,Channel 4,andChannel 5.The idea was first floated by lawmakers of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, and ministers agreed that media regulatorOfcomcould benefit from the information.

Why the data is...

Disgraced former Hollywood mogul currently serving 23 years in New York prison.

A New York state judge has ordered thatHarvey Weinsteinbe extradited to Los Angeles, where he faces 11 counts of sexual assault.

Lawyers for the disgraced former Hollywood mogul, currently serving 23 years in New York state for third degree rape and first degree sexual assault, had delayed the extradition several times.

However on Tuesday (June 15) Erie County judgeKenneth Caseruled the extradition will proceed, despite an argument by defence lawyers that their client might not get the medical treatment he needs in a Los Angeles jail while awaiting trial.

Crime thriller to mark directorial debut ofNicolas Winding Refn’s editor, Mat Newman.

Production and finance companyAntonhas boarded crime thriller No Place Like Kill, starringSam RileyandCharles Dance,and will introduce the project to international buyers at the Pre-Cannes Screenings next week.

The film will mark the directorial debut of UK filmmaker Mat Newman, best known as Nicolas Winding Refn’s long-time editor, with credits includingDriveandOnly God Forgives.

Newman co-wrote the script with his brother, Ben Newman. Set in the north of England, the story follows a vengeance-driven mercenary and a police...

Co-stars of Yorgos Lanthimos’ morbid and borderline misanthropic “The Lobster”Rachel WeiszandColin Farrellare set to reunite, rather appropriately, in the latest film from Todd Solondz: “Love Child,”recently announced for the upcoming Cannes virtual market. According to a press release on behalf ofCinetic MediaandMadRiver International,the film is touted as a “dark and hilarious twist” on the classicOedipusstory, as a precocious child plans to rid himself of his brutish father so he can have his mother all to himself.

Continue reading ‘Love Child’: ‘Lobster’ Pair Rachel Weisz & Colin Farrell Reunite forTodd Solondz’s New Dark Comedy at The Playlist.

If American indie cinema has felt a little more comfortable as of late, it perhaps can be attributed to the lack of newTodd Solondz.With the filmmaker’s last work, Weiner-Dog, debuting five years ago, he’s now finally mounting his return and it’s for a project that’s long been in development.Love Child,once set to starPenélope CruzandEdgar Ramírez,has now found a new cast.

The LobsterduoRachel WeiszandColin Farrellwill reteam for the project, which finds the director putting his own spin on the Oedipus complex. The story follows 11-year-old Junior, a delusional aspiring Broadway star with an inappropriate obsession with his mother (Weisz). After orchestrating an accident that nearly kills his abusive father, he encourages the handsome man (Farrell) living in the family’s guesthouse to court his mother and become his new dad. But when the two fall in love,...

“The Lobster”starsColin FarrellandRachel Weiszare reuniting to lead the cast for the new film from “Welcome to the Dollhouse”and “Happiness”writer-directorTodd Solondz.The project is titled “Love Child”and will be produced byChristine Vachonthrough herKiller Filmsbanner andDavid Hinojosaon behalf of2Am.Madriver Internationalis overseeing international sales and bringing the title to the Cannes Virtual Market, whileCinetic MediaandCAA Media Financeare handling financing and domestic rights along with WME.

“Love Child”is a dark comedy that is being billed by the sales team as “a dark and hilarious twist on the classical Oedipal story.” The official logline for the project reads: “‘Love Child’ follows a precocious kid who schemes to rid himself of his brutish dad so he can have his mom all to himself. Things go awry when a handsome stranger appears.”

“This is...

“The Lobster”co-starsRachel Weisz( “The Favourite”) andColin Farrell( “The Gentlemen”) are reuniting forTodd Solondz’s “Love Child.”

Solondz ( “Welcome to the Dollhouse”) will direct from his own script. In a darkly comic twist on the classical Oedipal story, “Love Child”will follow a precocious child who schemes to rid himself of his brutish father so he can have his mother all to himself. Things go awry when a handsome stranger appears.

“This is my first movie with a plot and my first movie taking place in Texas,” said Solondz. “It’s fun and it’s sexy and it’s shaped by the Hollywood movies that made me want to become a filmmaker. I’ve loved Rachel and Colin’s work forever, and am so honored to be able to excite their passion for serious and unexpected work as well.”

Killer Films’Christine Vachon( “Dark Waters”) will produce...

After starring inYorgos Lanthimos’s dark comedyThe Lobster,Oscar winnerRachel Weisz(The Favourite) andColin Farrell(The Batman) are set to reunite inTodd Solondz’s new comedy-drama,Love Child.

Solondz (Happiness) will direct from his own script. Killer Films’Christine Vachonwill produce withDavid Hinojosaon behalf of2Am.

In what is described as a darkly comic twist on the Oedipal story,Love Childfollows a precocious kid who schemes to rid himself of his brutish dad so he can have his mom all to himself. Things go awry when a handsome stranger appears.

Cinetic MediaandCAA Media Financeare arranging the financing and representing the domestic rights along with WME.Madriver Internationalis overseeing international sales and bringing the title to the Cannes virtual market.

“This is my first movie with a plot and my first movie taking place in Texas. It’s...

Rachel Weiszwill reteam with “The Lobster”co-starColin Farrellin writer-directorTodd Solondz’s new comedy, “Love Child.”

Killer Films’Christine Vachonwill produce withDavid Hinojosaon behalf of2Am.

In a dark twist on the classical Oedipal story, “Love Child”follows a precocious kid in Texas who schemes to rid himself of his brutish dad so he can have his mom all to himself. Things go awry when a handsome stranger appears.

Cinetic MediaandCAA Media Financeare arranging the financing and representing the domestic rights along with WME.Madriver Internationalis overseeing international sales and bringing the title to the Cannes Virtual Market.

“This is my first movie with a plot and my first movie taking place in Texas,” Solondz said in a statement. “It’s fun and it’s sexy and it’s shaped by the Hollywood movies that made me want to become a filmmaker.

Cinetic Media,CAA Media Financearranging financing, represent North America with WME.

Rachel WeiszandColin Farrellwill reunite inTodd Solondz’s comedyLove Childfor Killer Films and2Am,withMadriver Internationalset to introduce the project to international buyers at the Pre-Cannes Screenings next week.

Solondz, whose credits include Welcome To The Dollhouse andHappiness,will direct from his own script. Killer Films’Christine Vachonwill produce withDavid Hinojosaon behalf of 2Am.

Cinetic Media and CAA Media Finance are arranging financing and represent North American rights along with WME.

Love Childis styled as a...

Another hot project for the upcoming Cannes virtual market has just dropped, withCinetic MediaandCAA Media Finance,together withMadRiver International,announcingLove Child,a dark comedy fromTodd Solondz(Welcome to the Dollhouse) that will reuniteThe LobsterstarsRachel WeiszandColin Farrell.

The film is billed as a “dark and hilarious twist” on the classicalOedipusstory, with a precocious kid who schemes to rid himself of his brutish dad so he can have his mom all to himself. But things go awry when a handsome stranger appears.

Love Childwill reunite Weisz and Farrell, who co-starred in Yorgos Lanthimos’The Lobster,one of...

Another hot project for the upcoming Cannes virtual market has just dropped, withCinetic MediaandCAA Media Finance,together withMadRiver International,announcingLove Child,a dark comedy fromTodd Solondz(Welcome to the Dollhouse) that will reuniteThe LobsterstarsRachel WeiszandColin Farrell.

The film is billed as a “dark and hilarious twist” on the classicalOedipusstory, with a precocious kid who schemes to rid himself of his brutish dad so he can have his mom all to himself. But things go awry when a handsome stranger appears.

Love Childwill reunite Weisz and Farrell, who co-starred in Yorgos Lanthimos’The Lobster,one of...

MotownfounderBerry Gordyremembered Mary Wilson as “a trailblazer” and “a diva” in a tribute following the Supremes singer’s death Monday at the age of 76.

“I was extremely shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of a major member of the Motown family, Mary Wilson of the Supremes,” Gordy said in a statement. “The Supremes were always known as the ‘sweethearts of Motown.’ Mary, along withDiana RossandFlorence Ballard,came to Motown in the early Sixties. After an unprecedented string of number one hits, television and nightclub bookings,...

Mary Wilson, a founding member of the Supremes, died on Monday at her home in Las Vegas. She was 76. Wilson’s publicist,Jay Schwartz,confirmed the singer’s death toRolling Stone,but did not reveal a cause.

The original Supremes — which also includedDiana RossandFlorence Ballard— were one ofMotown’s biggest and most consistent hitmakers, scoring 12 Number One hits from 1964 to 1969. With Wilson’s warm alto blending in with Ross’ feathery lead vocals and Ballard’s grittier delivery, Supremes hits like “Where Did Our Love Go,...

After nearly nine years as head of scripted at Fremantle Australia,Jo Porteris moving on to leadPlaymaker Media.

Sony Pictures Television(Spt) announced her appointment as managing director today, starting in 2021.

Porter succeedsPlaymakerfoundersDavid Maherand David Taylor, who announced their departure from company in July to return to independent production.

AtFremantle,Porter executive produced hits such asFoxtel’sWentworth,which has sold to 171 countries worldwide andPicnicat Hanging Rock, which opened at Berlinale and sold to 160 territories, includingAmazonfor the US and the BBC for the UK. She also oversaw the production of Mary: Making of a Princess, Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You, Hoges and Wonderland.

Prior to joining Fremantle, Porter worked as a producer at theSeven Network,with credits that includedPacked to the Rafters,Always GreenerandAll Saints.

Of her new role, Porter said: “I have...

In today’s Global Bulletin,Entertainment Onepicks up the rights to Australian drama “The Newsreader,” Banijay reorganizes in Iberia, “Downton Abbey”lands onBritBox,Sony Pictures TelevisionhiresJo Porterand Warner Bros. International will distributeHungry Bear Media’s new game show.

Series

Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired international distribution rights to “The Newsreader,” a new drama series coming toABC TVin Australia, produced byWerner Film Productions.

Set in the 1980s, the series unspools in a high energy newsroom, turning on the relationship between a young TV reporter and the show’s star female anchor. The cast features several high-profile actors includingAnna Torv( “Mindhunter”),Sam Reid( “Lambs of God”),Robert Taylor( “Longmire”),Stephen Peacocke( “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”),Chai Hansen( “The New Legends of Monkey”) andMarg Downey( “Fast Forward”).

“The Newsreader” is backed by major investments fromScreen Australiaand the ABC and financed with support fromFilm Victoria.