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Remember the cult hit from 1984 that made Troma Entertainment notorious for its schlockiness? Finally, The Toxic Avenger is returning to the big screen once again. The franchise has been equally funny, brutal, and strangely charming. The original film mixed slapstick violence with a bit of satire. After many decades, the reboot looks to be authentic to its roots while introducing something new for the younger audience.

However, the path to this remake has not been easy. After premiering to a select audience, the film mysteriously disappeared. The movie even had big names like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Guillermo Del Toro attached to it at some points. Now that it appears to be finished, let’s explore the actors, storyline, and all the relevant details on this radioactive resurrection.

Makers and cast of The Toxic Avenger

Peter Dinklage leads the cast of The Toxic Avenger. He plays Winston Gooze, who is a...

Warning! The Following Contains Spoilers from The Acolyte.

Despite his characters mastery of the Force, which includes some Jedis ability to see future events, actor Lee Jung-jae himself was quite surprised when The Acolyte was canceled controversially after one season on Disney+. Creator and showrunner Leslye Headlands highly scrutinized Star Wars series ended with Jung-jaes Jedi character, Master Sol, succumbing to a Darth Vader-esque Force choke during what has become the contentious series finale. But even though his character was killed, Jung-jae was still taken aback when news broke that The Acolyte wouldnt be renewed for Season 2. Jung-jae said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly:

To hear the news, I was quite surprised personally as well.

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Star Wars series that take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era.

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Un viaje a Lisboa se convierte en un juego de detectives para unos turistas. © Disney Plus+

Disney Plus+ ha anunciado el inicio del rodaje en Lisboa de “Si es Martes, es Asesinato”, una nueva serie original dirigida por Salvador Calvo y Abigail Schaaff (“El Ministerio del Tiempo”).

La serie de comedia cuenta la historia de un grupo de turistas durante un viaje organizado a Lisboa. Un grupo de lo más diverso: jóvenes, parejas, solteros, adultos… y apenas tienen cosas en común. Cuando uno de los turistas aparece muerto la mañana siguiente de su llegada, cuatro de ellos, aficionados a las novelas policíacas y de misterio, comienzan a investigar si uno de ellos podría ser el asesino.

“Si es Martes, es Asesinato” está protagonizada por Álex García (“Antidisturbios”), Inma Cuesta (“La Novia”), Ana Wagener (“Te Estoy Amando Locamente”), Pedro Casablanc (“Extraña Forma de Vida”), y Biel Montoro (“Mano de Hierro”). El...

Una serie que promete humor, caos y mucha diversión. © Prime Video

Ya está disponible el tráiler y póster oficial de la nueva serie original de Prime Video “Atasco”.

La comedia de 6 episodios, de 25 minutos de duración cada uno, nos sumerge en el caos que genera un gran atasco nocturno que interrumpe los planes de miles de ciudadanos a las afueras de Madrid. Esta situación cotidiana será el punto de partida para tramas inesperadas, cómicas y emotivas: unos ladrones no llegarán a tiempo a la joyería que pretenden atracar, los operarios de una grúa renunciarán a su escarceo amoroso, un conductor de ambulancia buscará desesperadamente un Wc, un food truck no llegará a su destino…

Más de 25 actores de la comedia española se unen bajo la dirección de Rodrigo Sopeña (“La Habitación de Fermat”) en una serie donde cada personaje es protagonista de su propia historia autoconclusiva. El reparto coral incluye a Edu Soto,...

Watch the Trailer for Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire: "The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.

Once again at the helm is director Adam Wingard. The film stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle (“Godzilla vs. Kong”), Alex Ferns and Fala Chen.

The screenplay is by Terry Rossio (“Godzilla vs. Kong” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series) and Simon Barrett (“You’re Next...

The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own.

Check out the brand new IMAX trailer below.

“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.

Once again at the helm is director Adam Wingard. The film stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle (“Godzilla vs. Kong”), Alex Ferns and Fala Chen.

The screenplay is by Terry Rossio (“Godzilla vs. Kong” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series) and Simon Barrett (“You’re Next”) and Jeremy Slater...

A new trailer has just been released for the Monsterverse movie Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

Soon coming to movie theaters, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire will unite the titular Titans against a powerful new enemy. The film follows the recent run of the Monsterverse series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters on Apple TV+, though it marks the franchise's return to the big screen after 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong. The film will officially premiere on March 29, 2024, and for now, filmgoers can get an early look by watching the brand-new trailer below.

Related 'I Would Jump at the Chance': Godzilla: King of the Monsters Actor Hopes for MonsterVerse Return One star of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, who hasn't been seen in the MonsterVerse franchise since, has hopes for a return to that world.

The official synopsis for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire reads, "The epic battle continues! Legendary...

Warner Bros has pulled Bong Joon-ho’s anticipated sci-fi pic Mickey 17 from its release calendar, bumping up Adam Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire from April 12th to March 29th, 2024, when it will debut in IMAX.

We’re told that the Mickey 17 move was due to shifts in production amidst last year’s strikes, and that a new date will be coming relatively soon. Godzilla‘s move to the weekend previously inhabited by that title sees it set to open with very little competition, a re-release of Alice Rorhwacher’s La Chimera being the only other plan, exhibition-wise, for that frame.

Marking Director Bong’s follow-up to Oscar-winning smash Parasite, Mickey17 adapts the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. The book follows Mickey7, who is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there’s a mission that’s...

Legendary Entertainment’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire moves up to March 29.

Bong Joon Ho’s upcoming sci-fi Mickey 17 starring Robert Pattinson has been undated by Warner Bros due to strike disruption and is expected to be given a new date soon.

Mickey 17 was previously set to open on March 29 this year.

Screen understands Bong has been given more time to complete post-production on the follow-up feature to his Palme d’Or winner and 2020 best picture Oscar winner Parasite.

Adapted from Edward Ashton’s book Mickey7 published in 2022, the feature produced by Plan B centres on an...

The MonsterVerse returns for its fifth installment with the new trailer of “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.” The film comes after Legendary Pictures’ 2021 feature “Godzilla vs. Kong” helmed by Adam Wingard, who returns to direct this upcoming monster movie.

Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and Kaylee Hottle reprise their 2021 roles as Dr. Illene Andrews, Bernie Hayes and Jia, respectively. The film also stars franchise newcomers Dan Stevens and Fala Chen.

Per the “The New Empire’s” official synopsis: “This latest entry follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own. The epic new film will delve further into the histories of these Titans, their origins and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped...

Debut edition of festival wrapped on October 12.

Spanish series Entrevias has won the audience award in the fiction section of the inaugural South International Series Festival which wrapped yesterday (October 12). Music documentary series Macarena won the audience prize in the festival’s non-fiction section.

Entrevias, now in its third season, is produced by Mediaset España and Alea Media for Telecinco. The series centres on a war veteran who takes matters into his own hands when his teenage granddaughter falls victim to the drug dealers overtaking his neighbourhood.

Documentary series Macarena, produced by Producciones del Barrio for Spanish streamer Movistar Plus...

Mexico’s Los Cabos Intl. Film Festival, one of the country’s very top pre-pandemic movie events, has cancelled its 2023 12th edition, citing “the lack of the economic support which was vital in prior editions to carry out this important film event.”

In a written statement, the festival organisers thanked “those people, companies and institutions who had confirmed their support and participation in the 2023. We are committed to strengthen our collaboration in the future.”

Based out of Cabo San Lucas, and launched in 2012 as an three-way North American industry bridge between U.S., Canada and Mexico, Los Cabos proved one of the fastest-growing festivals in Latin America, playing off the huge hike in Mexican production levels, Mexico’s first big U.S./Mexico box office hits such as “Instructions Not Included,” which grossed $90.6 million between the two markets; and the enthusiastic support of Canada’s Telefilm and influential industry players...

The stars aren’t aligning for Mayday Parade on their latest single, “Got Me All Wrong,” a guitar-heavy account of meeting the right person at the wrong time and fumbling their attempts at making it work anyway.

“‘Got Me All Wrong’ is about falling hard for someone but the other person isn’t on the same page,” drummer Jake Bundrick shared in a statement. “I met my wife on Warped Tour and the song is roughly about that. It didn’t happen immediately like I wanted but it eventually did...

London- and Paris-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation is launching sales on the remake rights of Spanish thriller “Fatum.”

Directed by Juan Gualinanes and produced by Vaca Films, the outfit behind box office successes “Sky High” and “Cell 211,” “Fatum” was released in Spain by Universal Studios on April 28. Film Constellation has already reported sales to 50 territories on the original Spanish version.

A compulsive gambler and an elite sniper’s destinies meet on a fateful day when the local betting house gets robbed. When a single gunshot is fired, the next 24 hours will set them on a race against time that will define their lives forever.

The film is headlined by a strong cast including Luis Tosar, Álex García, Elena Anaya and Arón Piper.

“Fatum” is produced by Borja Pena and Emma Lustres of Vaca Films, in association with Playtime, with the participation of Prime Video, Rtve, Crtvg,...

No! Not Ingrid!

I knew there had to be a reason Quinlan and Bentley kept running into Lorenzo and his young daughter. The encounters seemed random, but nothing on East New York is ever meaningless.

We found out what was happening during the final moments of East New York Season 1 Episode 20 when Ingrid got hit by a stray bullet during a shooting. The little girl will probably be all right, but now the shooter's on the run -- and it appears he's Thora's nephew. What a lead-in to the season finale!

Brandy's instincts were correct unless there's a last-minute twist, and Tyson's not the shooter.

I wasn't sure that confronting Thora about Tyson was a good idea. Brandy's worked hard to gain Thora's trust after a rocky start, and coming at her hard about her nephew's record could have undone all the progress made over the year.

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Prepare for more chaos as the Universal Monsterverse readies audiences for its next installment. The studio dropped a 35-second teaser for the next in their “Godzilla vs. Kong” series, that initially started with the 2021 feature of the same name directed by Adam Wingard (“The Guest”).

We don’t get much in 35-seconds but we do get a shot of King Kong himself on his throne, surrounded by the bones of, no doubt, a legion of enemies. The the teaser concludes with the skulls of both Kong and the equally famous Godzilla before revealing the film’s title is officially “Godzilla vs. Kong: The New Empire.”

According to Warner Bros. official press release on the feature, “‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ will transport audiences into the unexplored depths of a brave new world of spectacular new monsters, heroic adventurers, and awe-inspiring set pieces on a scale unlike anything ever seen before.

Spanish filmmaker Félix Viscarret, known for tackling such heavy subject matter as the Basque conflict (“Patria”), crime in the Cuban capital Havana (“Four Seasons in Havana: Winds of Lent”) and psychological drama (“Staring at Strangers”), has made perhaps his most personal film yet with a touching and engrossing story of fatherhood and the pitfalls of success.

In “Not Such an Easy Life,” 40-year-old Isaías (Miki Esparbé), a once promising young architect, is struggling to balance career and family, wanting to raise his young children while desperate to achieve the fleeting professional success he once enjoyed as he strives against more ambitious rivals.

For Viscarret, Isaías’ challenges very much reflect his own experiences, which resulted in “Not Such an Easy Life.”

“Perhaps it was a cluster of special situations that I began to live with as a parent,” he tells Variety.

“For example, one day I saw all my childless friends leave for a premiere party,...

Three years after it unveiled a 20 million venture capital fund aimed at bolstering film and TV series, Chile-based Screen Capital has introduced a second investment fund, Screen II, which will support projects in the digital entertainment arena: Video games, Virtual Reality, Ott platforms, Extended Reality (Xr), apps etc.

Screen Capital is co-founded by former Chile Film Commissioner Joyce Zylberberg and Tatiana Emden, who once headed Chile’s Development Fund, and has among its key partners, Edgar Spielmann, ex-vp and COO of Fox Networks Group Latin America.

The Screen II investment fund is backed by a mix of public and private sector investors, the latter led by Mexican producer Alex Garcia of Ag Studios, who has invested in a slew of film, TV, music and tech projects in the past years.

“It was a natural step for me given all that I have worked on in the past,” he told Variety.

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Abacus Media Rights have sold S4C’s Welsh-language crime caper drama, “Dal y Mellt” to Netflix. This will be the first Welsh-language only drama licensed on Netflix and will stream on Netflix U.K. from April 2023.

The drama follows the troubled story of the main character Carbo as he is drawn into a world of wrongdoing, lies, secrets and heartbreak. The series starts out on the dark back streets of Cardiff then moves back and forth between Cardiff, Soho, Porthmadog and Holyhead. The cast includes Mark Lewis Jones, Gwïon Morris Jones, Graham Land, Siw Hughes, Dyfan Roberts, Lois Meleri-Jones, Owen Arwyn and Ali Yassine.

The series was released in October 2022 as a box set on S4C Clic and BBC iPlayer. Produced by Vox Pictures, the drama is an adaptation of Iwan ‘Iwcs’ Roberts novel of the same name. The novelist also wrote the script and co-produced the drama...

Netflix has landed the highly-anticipated live-action film adaptation of “My Hero Academia” from producer Legendary Entertainment.

News of the live-action “My Hero Academia” movie broke in August 2021 with the announcement that renowned Japanese filmmaker Shinsuke Sato (“Alice in Borderland”) would direct and executive produce the project, which marks his English-language debut. Sato will direct from a screenplay by Joby Harold, adapted from the globally acclaimed manga property. “My Hero Academia,” written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi, is among the most popular manga titles in the world with over 65 million copies in circulation (including digital editions).

The project is produced by Legendary Entertainment’s Mary Parent and Alex Garcia.

“My Hero Academia” follows superhero fanboy Izuku Midoriya (aka Deku), who was born without a “quirk” — the type of “exceptional ability” 80 of Earth’s population has manifested — therefore crushing his dream of going to U.A. High School, the most prestigious hero training academy,...

The popular anime series “My Hero Academia” is getting the live-action movie treatment courtesy of Netflix and Legendary. The film will be written by Job Harold (“Obi-Wan Kenobi” and “Army of the Dead”) and directed by Shinsuke Sato (“Alice in Borderland”). Mary Parent and Alex Garcia of Legendary are producing.

“My Hero Academia” is a globally-popular IP, with over 65 million copies (print and digital) in circulation. Written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi, the stories of high school students existing in a world where 80 of Earth’s population has some kind of special power (called a “quirk”) has spanned 36 volumes since launching in 2014.

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Netflix is getting quirky. The streamer has acquired an upcoming live-action feature film adaption of “My Hero Academia,” the mega-popular superhero manga series from Kōhei Horikoshi, it was announced Monday.

The ongoing series is set in a world where the majority of the population possess a “Quirk,” or an innate power that varies wildly in strength and utility. The main character, Izuku Midoriya (or Deku), is one of the 20 percent that were born without a quirk, but dreams of becoming a superhero.

Although Deku’s goals seems hopeless, a chance encounter with Japan’s greatest hero All Might ends with the crimefighter gifting the idealistic young man with the quirk to manipulate energy — so Deku enrolls in U.A. High School to train towards becoming the greatest hero of all. The series follows Deku as he makes friends at the academy, battles increasingly powerful villains, and competes with his childhood bully and rival Katsuki Bakugo.

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Netflix has nabbed the live-action film adaptation of the manga sensation My Hero Academia from Legendary Entertainment, best known for its MonsterVerse tentpoles.

Joby Harold is penning the screenplay for the live-action feature, which will be director and executive producer Shinsuke Sato’s English-language debut and will see the popular manga property jump to the live-action movie realm. Harold’s credits include Obi-Wan Kenobi and Army of the Dead.

Netflix earlier backed an adaptation of the Japanese manga Death Note. My Hero Academia is a manga that has become a sensation worldwide, having debuted in 2014 and now gained attention in the North American market. It quickly became an anime series, now in its sixth season.

Legendary bought the rights to a live-action adaptation of My Hero Academia in October 2018. The adaptation will be produced by Legendary’s Mary Parent and Alex Garcia and...

Netflix has come on to produce and distribute the live-action film adaptation of My Hero Academia teaming with producers Legendary Entertainment and director/EP Shinsuke Sato. Joby Harold is writing the live action feature screenplay. Mary Parent and Alex Garcia will produce for Legendary.

The manga series has won over audiences worldwide with distinctive characters battling their way through high school in a world where 80 of Earth’s population manifests some kind of exceptional ability called a “quirk”. For superhero fanboy Izuku Midoriya (aka Deku), being born without a quirk makes him almost give up his dream of going to U.A. High School, the most prestigious hero training academy. But after a chance encounter with the legendary All Might, Deku starts on the road to become the greatest hero. With over 65 million total copies (including digital editions) in circulation worldwide as a series, My Hero Academia, written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi,...

Exclusive: Film Constellation has sealed a raft of deals on Spanish director Juan Galiñanes’s upcoming thriller Fatum, as it continues sales on the title at the AFM with a first promo.

The film has been acquired for France (Canal+), Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy (Plaion) and Latin America (California Filmes).

The Spanish-language feature brings together a compulsive gambler and an elite sniper, whose destinies become intertwined on a fateful day when the local betting shop gets robbed.

When a single gunshot is fired, the next 24 hours will set them on a race against time that will define their lives forever.

The cast features Luis Tosar, Álex García, Elena Anaya and Arón Piper.

The production will be released in Spain in 2023 by Universal Studios.

Netflix has your Millie Bobby Brown fix covered. As you anxiously wait for new adventures of Eleven, the trailer for the popular sequel to the Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery, Enola Holmes 2. Brown returns as the plucky sister of Sherlock, and Henry Cavill will once again play the famous sleuth.

Official Netflix synopsis:

“Fresh off the triumph of solving her first case, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) follows in the footsteps of her famous brother, Sherlock (Henry Cavill), and opens her own agency – only to find that life as a female detective-for-hire isn’t as easy as it seems. Resigned to accepting the cold realities of adulthood, she is about to close shop when a penniless matchstick girl offers Enola her first official job: to find her missing sister. But this case proves to be far more puzzling than expected, as Enola is thrown into a dangerous new world – from London...

Continuing to tap top series from Spain, Munich-based Beta Film has snapped up international distribution rights to “Simple,” the new dramedy by Anna R. Costa, the co-creator of Movistar Plus+‘s most-binged series, “Arde Madrid.”

Costa’s directorial debut, “Simple” world premiered earlier this week in San Sebastian as a Movistar Plus+ world premiere.

Produced by Movistar Plus+ in collaboration with Destrucción y Salvación, “Simple” turns on four young women in their twenties and thirties, who have reached a milestone in their lives: Sharing an apartment as truly independent adults. The series follows the flat mates, all of whom have disabilities, as they navigate the pressures of adulthood and the absurd norms imposed on them by society.

As Costa asked in a Variety interview: “How on earth has society relegated certain people to the margins based solely on their gender, race, cognition, forcing them into social isolation, challenging and abusing...

The Juan Galiñanes-directed title stars Spanish actor Luis Tosar.

London and Paris-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation has boarded sales on upcoming Spanish thriller Fatum, directed by Juan Galiñanes, and currently in production.

It stars Spanish talent including Cell 211 and Sky High star Luis Tosar, Unknown Origins’ Álex García, The Skin I Live In’s Elena Anaya and Elite’s Arón Piper, and will shoot in Spain.

Universal Studios will release the film in Spain next year.

The thriller unfolds as a compulsive gambler and an elite sniper meet when a local betting house gets robbed.

Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard is returning to the helm for a sequel that has been shrouded in secrecy for months – all we’ve heard up to this point was that Wingard’s The Guest star Dan Steven had joined the cast, and that was way back in May. But now Warner Bros. and Legendary have sent out a press release to give us more information on this currently untitled addition to the Monsterverse, which is scheduled to reach theatres on March 15, 2024.

The press release reveals that the screenplay for this film was written by Terry Rossio (the Pirates of the Caribbean series), Jeremy Slater (Moon Knight), and Simon Barrett (You’re Next), the three of them crafting a story that

follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world,...

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Legendary and Warner Bros. announced new theatrical release plans for two of their high-profile films Thursday.

In a relatively minor shift, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is being pushed back less than a month from Oct. 20, 2023, to Nov. 17, 2023. That means the sequel will have the advantage of playing over the Thanksgiving holiday.

And Adam Wingard’s next installment in the Godzilla-Kong franchise will hit theaters March 15, 2024.

Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong, released in March 2021, earned 468.2 million globally. It was a strong showing for a title released amid the pandemic and which hit HBO Max day-and-date as part of Warners’ plan to send all of its 2021 titles to theaters and streaming simultaneously.

Villeneuve’s Dune also did nicely, considering the Covid-19 crisis (it was likewise released in 2021 and hit theaters and streaming day-and-date). The sci-pic grossed north of 400 million globally and won six Oscars.

Warner Bros. has dated an untitled “Godzilla vs. Kong” sequel for release on March 15, 2024, while “Dune: Part Two” is being shifted from Oct. 20, 2023 to Nov. 17, 2023. Both films — which are produced by Legendary — will be released in IMAX.

Adam Wingard, who directed 2021’s “Godzilla vs. Kong,” returns to direct the MonsterVerse follow-up, which will star Dan Stevens. Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Eric McLeod, Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce.

“Dune 2,” meanwhile, finds Denis Villeneuve returning to the director’s chair with returning cast members Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem alongside new cast members Florence Pugh, Austin Butler and Christopher Walken. 2021’s “Dune” was presented as an adaptation of the first half of Frank Herbert’s novel, with Villeneuve always hoping to complete the adaptation in a sequel the covered the second half of the book.

Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Villeneuve and Tanya Lapointe are producers on “Dune: Part Two.

The fifth edition will see the TV festival return to its original springtime slot to run alongside MipTV.

French Oscar-winning director Xavier De Lestrade’s investigative thriller The Inside Game, Seeds Of Wrath and Danish bio-series The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen are among the 10 new series selected for competition in the upcoming edition of French TV festival Canneseries (April 1-6).

The fifth edition sees the event return its traditional springtime slot coinciding with the MipTV content market (April 4-6), after the festival moved to September in 2021 due to the Covid-pandemic.

Political thriller The Inside Game, Seeds Of Wrath stars Alix Poisson...

First they conquered Hollywood film shoots, now they’re aiming to drive up local production, adding a new local edge to one of Europe’s most popular big shoot locales.

A decade ago, Spain’s Canary Islands started to become a top shoot destination for big international films, offering wide-ranging landscapes and unique tax advantages.

An influx of international film and TV shoots served to establish an industrial base, nurturing high-profile crew talent and sparking the creation of competitive production services companies.

Now in second stage growth, the Atlantic Ocean islands are raising the ante, boosting local industry’s production subsidies and their international exposure.

Early fruit of new ambitious measures, the Canary Islands Audiovisual Cluster is introducing at next week’s virtual Berlin European Film Market an 80-minute promo reel dubbed Canarias Unleashed which offers a sneak preview of six upcoming features produced on the Islands by local companies tapping into local talent.

San Sebastian – Filmax has taken international rights to Álvaro Fernández Armero’s comedy “If I Were a Rich Man.”

Produced by Telecinco Cinema, Think Studio and Ciskul, and backed by Mediaset España and Movistar+, “If I Were a Rich Man” is a Spanish remake of Michel Munz and Gerard Bitton’s French comedy “Ah! Si j’étais riche” (If I Were a Rich Man).

“If I Were a Rich Man” will be released in Spain via Paramount Pictures Oct. 25.

First presented to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival, “If I Were a Rich Man” follows Santi, who, among other problems, is about to divorce his wife. Then he wins the lottery jackpot: €25 million ($27.5 million). The question is: how can he avoid sharing his fortune with his ex?

Especially gifted in comedy, director Fernández Armero presented last year at San Sebastian “Spanish Shame” (co-directed with Juan Cavestany), the first complete TV series screened at this festival,...

David Cánovas has made a series of short films in Spain and now his feature debut, La punta del iceberg (The Tip of the Iceberg) is about to open in theaters. (Note: the headline includes an obscure reference to the theme song from Robert Altman's Mash.) The trailer reveals it to be a drama, and possibly a thriller, starring Maribel Verdú (Pan's Labyrinth), Álex García, and Bárbara Goenaga (Timecrimes). After a large company is shaken by the suicide of three employees in a short period of time, Verdú is sent to investigate the circumstances. As might be expected, work stress appears to be a contributing factor, but is something else driving people to take their own lives? Something that might make the movie into a...

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The Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de España has announced the nominees for the 30th edition of the Goya Awards, to be presented on February 6.

The finalist with most nominations is "La Novia" (The Bride) , which had its world premiere in the Zabaltegi section at the last edition of the San Sebastian Festival. The film by Paula Ortiz is nominated in twelve categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Inma Cuesta), Best Actor (Asier Etxeandia), Best Supporting Actress (Luisa Gavasa), Best New Actor (Álex García), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Makeup and/or Hairstyles.

"Truman," the film by Cesc Gay which competed in the Official Selection and won the best actor award for Ricardo Darin and Javier Cámara at the last edition, earned six nominations: Best film, Best Director, Best Actor (Ricardo Darin), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Cámara), Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing.

The winner of the best actress award at the last Festival, Yordanka Ariosa for Agustí Villaronga’s "El Rey de La Habana" (The King of Havana), received a Best New Actress nomination alongside another two in the Best Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay categories.

Another two titles screened in the Official Selection have landed nominations: "Amama" (When a Tree Falls) for Best New Actress (Iraia Elias), and the film by Álex de la Iglesia, "Mi Gran Noche" (My Big Night) , premiered out of competition, which competes for the Best Art Director, Best Costume Design, Best Sound and Best Special Effects Goya Awards.

Another two titles that premiered in this year’s Zabaltegi section are also among the finalists. Álvaro Longoria’s "The Propaganda Game" is nominated for best documentary, while Fernando Colomo competes for the best new actor award with his movie "Isla Bonita."

Dani de la Torre’s "El Desconocido" (Retribution) , screened in the Velodrome section, garnered eight candidacies: Best New Director, Best Actor (Luis Tosar), Best Supporting Actress (Elvira Mínguez), Best Original Screenplay, Best Production Supervision, Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Special Effects.

Furthermore, Borja Cobeaga's "Negociador" (Negociator), which premiered in the Zabaltegi section at the 62nd edition of the Festival, landed a nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

"Un Otoño Sin Berlin" (An Autumn without Berlin) by Lara Izagirre, opening film of the Zinemira section, also got a nomination for Best new Actress for Irene Escolar.

Two films that also screened at the San Sebastian Festival compete for the Best Foreign Film in the Spanish Language Award: Pablo Trapero’s "El Clan" (The Clan) screened in the Pearls section following its premiere at the Venice Festival; and Salvador del Solar’s "Magallanes" winner of the Films in Progress Award at the 62nd edition of the Festival, before going on to form part of this year’s Horizontes Latinos selection.

Another three nominated were programmed as part of the Made in Spain section, following their premiere at the Malaga Festival: Daniel Guzmán’s "A Cambio de Nada" (Nothing in Return) , with six nominations, Leticia Dolera’s "Requisitos Para Ser Una Persona Normal," with three candidacies and Gracia Querejeta’s "Felices 140" (Happy 140) , which competes for two awards.

Federico García Lorca's play Blood Wedding has been popular for over 80 years, for its level of drama akin to Greek tragedy, blood feuds between families, and one woman caught between two men she loves. In The Bride, Paula Ortiz more than successfully adapts the story for the screen, finding clever ways of taking Lorca's rich poetic words and setting them in a stark landscape, aided by stellar performances.The Bride (Inma Cuesta) awaits her wedding day to The Groom (Asier Etxeandia), but in the background lurks her former lover Leonardo (Alex García), whom she spurned because of his lack of security. There is a blood feud between The Groom and Leonardo's families, and her future mother-in-law (Luisa Gavasa) is uncertain of The Bride's loyalty. As...

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British actress to receive career award; festival guest list includes Tom Hiddleston, Ellen Page, Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro.

Emily Watson, star of Breaking The Waves, The Book Thief and Everest, is receive the Donostia Award at the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 18-26) in recognition of her 30 years in film.

The British actress will collect the award at a gala on Sept 25 in San Sebastian’s Kursaal Auditorium.

The festival also unveiled some high-profile names and juries for its upcoming edition.

Actors attending include stars of Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise, Sienna Miller, Tom Hiddleston and Luke Evans; Freeheld actress Ellen Page; Sicario stars Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro; Tim Roth, at the festival with 600 Miles and Chronic; Louise Bourgoin, star of The White Knights; and Karin Viard and Isabelle Carré from 21 nuits avec Pattie.

Filmmakers in attendance include Pablo Agüero (Eva Doesn’t Sleep), Laurie Anderson (Heart of a Dog), Scott Cooper ([link...

Read More: Fortissimo Films Acquires Global Sales to China's 'Mountain Cry' Fortissimo Films has acquired international sales rights to Paula Ortiz's epic tragedy "The Bride," which will have its world premiere in the Zabaltegi section of the 63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival. The films is based on the play "Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding)" from Spanish author Federico García Lorca. The official synopsis reads: "'The Bride' tells the tragic story of an illicit love triangle that is fueled by passion, yet ultimately doomed for disaster. The film follows the story of The Bride (Inma Cuesta), who marries The Groom (Asier Etxeandia) despite her growing desire for Leonardo (Alex García). Unable to ignore their unbreakable bond any longer, The Bride abandons her new husband and escapes into the forest with her true love. Upon discovering his wife’s disappearance, The Groom furiously pursues the lovers seeking a violent...

Sales of Paula Ortiz’s drama to begin at Venice.

Fortissimo Films has acquired international sales rights to Paula Ortiz’s epic tragedy The Bride (La Novia).

The film, which will receive its world premiere in the Zabaltegi Section of the 63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 18-26), is based on the play Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) from Spanish author Federico García Lorca.

It tells the tragic story of an illicit love triangle fueled by passion and doomed for disaster, and stars Inma Cuesta (Blancanieves).

It centres on The Bride(Cuesta) who marries The Groom (Asier Etxeandia) despite her growing desire for Leonardo (Álex García).

Unable to ignore their unbreakable bond any longer, The Bride abandons her new husband and escapes into the forest with her true love Leonardo. Upon discovering his wife’s disappearance, The Groom furiously pursues the lovers seeking a violent revenge.

The film is produced by Get in the Picture Productions...