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Camel Rock Studios becomes first-ever Native American-owned film production studio

Variety has reported on the Tesuque Pueblo tribe of New Mexico, which recently re-opened a former gaming casino as a 75,000-square foot production facility, becoming the first movie studio to be owned by a Native American tribe. According to the report, the move comes amid a booming production growth in the state of New Mexico. ….

SXSW cancels 2020 edition amid Coronavirus outbreak

Financial news outlet CNBC has just reported that the popular Austin, Texas multimedia conference South by Southwest (SXSW), has been cancelled due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. A visit to the event’s website indeed confirms that the City of Austin has pushed organizers to cancel SXSW. The annual tech, film and music festival ….

James Bond and No Time To Die headed for a fall release date amid Coronavirus box office slump

Deadline reports that MGM, Eon and Universal have postponed the next James Bond film, No Time to Die from its international release date of April 2nd, along with its U.S. Easter weekend April 10th release, and are moving the 25th 007 adaptation to November 25th, the day before Thanksgiving. “MGM, Universal and Bond producers, Michael ….

Visionary anime Tokyo Godfathers select U.S. revival screenings to include new restoration

On Friday, March 13, GKIDS will unveil a brand new restoration of director Satoshi Kon’s critically-acclaimed animated feature, Tokyo Godfathers, at the Metrograph Theater in New York City and the Lumiere Music Hall in Los Angeles. The screenings will feature a new English-language dub produced by GKIDS and NYAV Post with the voices of Jon ….

Thandie Newton to star in neo-Western thriller God’s Country

Emmy-winning actress Thandie Newton, soon to be seen in the third season of HBO’s “Westworld,” will star in director Julian Higgins’ debut feature God’s Country, Cold Iron Pictures and The Film Arcade announced today. Cold Iron’s CEO Miranda Bailey and Amanda Marshall will produce God’s Country, along with Halee Bernard and Higgins. Anthony Ciardelli and ….

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announces opening day during 92nd Oscars Ceremony

As part of last night’s 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, actor Tom Hanks announced to the audience in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and to broadcast viewers around the world, that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open to the public on Monday, December 14th, 2020. Hanks made the announcement in his capacity as ….

Searchlight Pictures grabs rights to psychological thriller The Night House

Searchlight Pictures has announced that it has nabbed worldwide rights to David Bruckner’s psychological thriller The Night House following the film’s world premiere in Park City as part of the Sundance Midnight program of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Based on an original screenplay by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (Stephanie), The Night House centers ….

Magnolia Pictures to distribute murder mystery doc Assassins

Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Assassins, directed by Ryan White (Ask Dr. Ruth, The Keepers, The Case Against 8). Equal parts true crime and global spy thriller, the documentary chronicles the gripping account of the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of the infamous North Korean leader. Magnolia will release Assassins, which just world-premiered ….

BBC stalwart TV series Doctor Who reveals first-ever Black “Doctor” character

CNN has reported that the BBC’s cult favorite sci-fi series Doctor Who has made history with its first ever black Doctor, who was revealed during Sunday night’s episode “Fugitive of the Judoon.” British actress Jo Martin, playing the first black incarnation of the Doctor, was revealed to the 13th Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker. Whittaker ….

Matrix 4 to commence shooting in San Francisco next month

HN Entertainment and a local San Francisco neighborhood blog have both reported that a company called Adobe Pictures will be coming to the Financial District of the city to shoot action sequences for a movie codenamed “Project Ice Cream,” a feature film reportedly part of the Matrix series. The shoot is scheduled to take place ….

Arclight Cinemas and Slamdance launch Emergence screening series

The organization behind the Slamdance Film Festival and ArcLight Cinemas have announced the launch of Emergence, a four day festival of screenings, workshops, panels and happy hours dedicated to the discovery of new filmmakers. Emergence will take place from March 26-29, 2020 at the ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood. The festival’s lineup will be announced in late ….

Universal and Warner Bros. to merge home entertainment divisions

Deadline reports that Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures are partnering on a ten-year joint venture centering on their home entertainment divisions. Additionally, both studios will apparently license each other’s disc products in select offshore territories. According to the report, the new joint venture will distribute Blu-ray, DVD and 4K UHD for new releases, library ….

Harry and Meghan: The Royals In Crisis investigative special monarchy leadership exit

With their decision to step away from the royal family, Harry and Meghan have shocked the world and caused a seismic shift in the United Kingdom’s monarchy. Warner Bros. Telepictures and FOX’s TMZ have announced an exclusive one-hour special called Harry & Meghan: The Royals In Crisis, set to air on Wednesday, January 29th at ….

SPAWN creator Todd McFarlane to host free signing & comic giveaway event celebrating record-breaking run

Recently Todd McFarlane’s SPAWN made history by becoming the Guinness World Record holder for the “Longest-Running Creator-Owned Superhero Comic Book Series.” To celebrate this milestone, McFarlane and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Chandler, Arizona are throwing a colossal SPAWN Party. Fans are invited to join in on the celebration with the creator of SPAWN himself on ….