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One month after Facebook banned his Holocaust film, director Joshua Newton is suing its parent company Meta Platforms, Inc., for 700 million, alleging breach of contract, fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Newton further alleges in his suit, brought with his son, Alexander, that the company has “long been the subject of antisemitic practices.”

In early September, a digital media buyer tried to place ads for the movie Beautiful Blue Eyes. Facebook informed the buyer they could not do so because the film’s title, which refers to a pivotal...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for "The Power of the Doctor"Jodie Whittaker's regeneration scene at the end of "The Power of the Doctor" revealed David Tennant, and Doctor Who fans are freaking out. Tennant first appeared as the Tenth Doctor in 2005, replacing Christopher Eccleston after just one season. He led Doctor Who for five seasons until 2010, during which he became one of the most beloved actors to ever play the Doctor, with many comparing him to Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor. Tennant's Doctor last appeared for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor," alongside Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor and John Hurt's War Doctor.

Because of Tennant's iconic time as the Doctor, Doctor Who fans were ecstatic when the BBC announced that he would be returning to the series for Doctor Who's 60th anniversary as well. The special episodes are scheduled to be released...

In early September, director Joshua Newton was working on the rollout of his Holocaust movie Beautiful Blue Eyes when he received a troubling email. Peter Ruppert, a digital media buyer for the film’s distributor, MovieFarm, informed Newton that Facebook had banned the filmmakers from promoting or advertising the recently finished 2009 thriller, which marks Roy Scheider’s final performance, on its platforms. The social media giant said the film’s title, which refers to the eye color of a child who perished at the hands of the Nazis and invokes...

The Story of Film: A New Generation opens at two dozen theaters this weekend — Laemmle Royal in LA, Museum of the Moving Image in NY, Music Box Theatre in Chicago and Brattle in Cambridge. It’s a mix of arthouses, cinematheques, museums and even a few multiplexes for Mark Cousins’ follow-up to his 15-hour, 2011 opus The Story Of Film: An Odyssey. (This one clocks a relatively brief three hours.)

Several theaters are programming repertory series with the release, “which we feel will elevate its profile and continue the conversation,” said Kyle Westphal, head of theatrical sales for Music Box Films, the distributor for both installments.

A New Generation debuted at Cannes to strong reviews, Deadline’s here. Now, Westphal said, the first film, only available in standard definition, has been remastered in HD and both works will be released in a Blu-ray box set. The earlier work, which essentially played...

"My parents, the whole family, he murdered them all!!" MovieFarm has unveiled an official trailer for a film titled Beautiful Blue Eyes, originally from 2009 finally getting an actual wide release in theaters this week. The indie film is acclaimed American actor Roy Scheider's final feature before he passed away in early 2008. A retired cop seeks revenge against an elderly man he's convinced is the Nazi who slaughtered his family during World War II. The film was retitled (from Iron Cross) when Scheider suggested this new title just a few days before he passed, and the director kept it in honor of Roy. In addition to Roy Scheider (best known as "Brody" in Jaws), the film also stars Scott Cohen, Sarah Bolger, Helmut Berger, and Alexander Newton, who plays the young Joseph. I'm not entirely sure why it took so many years to give this film a proper release, but...

“Beautiful Blue Eyes,” the last film starring Roy Scheider, will release worldwide on June 10, following a charity premiere in London on June 6.

The two-time Oscar nominee died in 2008 while “Beautiful Blue Eyes” was being filmed. Completion of the film was put on hold until AI and CG technology was advanced enough to overcome the technical challenges faced by the filmmakers.

Written and directed by Joshua Newton (“Iron Cross”), the film also stars Helmut Berger (“The Godfather: Part III”), Scott Cohen (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Sarah Bolger (“The Tudors”) and Alexander Newton (“Iron Cross”) who plays a young Roy Scheider.

Set in Germany with flashbacks to Nazi-occupied Poland, the film is the story of Joseph (Scheider), a retired NYPD cop who visits his estranged son Ronnie (Cohen) in Nuremberg and insists that his neighbour is the SS Commander (Berger), who slaughtered his entire family in a Polish forest in 1941. In flashbacks,...

Joshua Newton’s ’Beautiful Blue Eyes’ starring the late Roy Scheider will mark the company’s first film release.

Industry veteran Martin Myers has launched UK-based distribution company MovieFarm with co-founder Alexander Newton, with the new outfit picking up global rights to Beautiful Blue Eyes starring the late Roy Scheider.

MovieFarm will premiere the film in London on June 6, before releasing theatrically in the UK from June 10. Releases in other territories are also planned, including a premiere in New York.

Beautiful Blue Eyes, written and directed by Joshua Newton, will mark MovieFarm’s first release. The project was filmed in...

Read our exclusive interview with up-and-coming British actor-musician Alexander Newton, who is making his feature film acting debut in the upcoming thriller ‘Justice/Vengeance.’ In the movie, which is set for a Spring 2012 release, Newton plays the younger version of the late Roy Scheider’s character, Joseph. He is the only survivor of his family’s massacre by members of the Nazi SS during World War II. During flashbacks, the story of Joseph’s escape and his teenage love for a heroic Polish girl, portrayed by ‘The Tudors’ star Sarah Bolger, is revealed. Newton, who was dubbed the “next Robert Pattinson” by Vogue UK, discusses with us, among other things, what his reaction...