Tag: FilmFestivals
Rolf Saxon Thought He Was Being Pranked When ‘Mission Impossible’ Asked Him to Return
Three decades ago, Rolf Saxon worked for just a few days on Mission: Impossible. Seven films and nearly 30 years later, he was getting a call to retu [...]
Sherri Papini, Accused of Faking Her Own Kidnapping, Finally Tells Her Side of the Story
“I tried so hard to ‘gotcha’ her,” Nicole Rittenmeyer says. The veteran true-crime filmmaker went into her latest project, an ID docuseries called Sh [...]
‘Lilo & Stitch’, ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ smash North American Memorial Day box office record | News
Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch and Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning kicked off summer blockbuster season with a [...]
Cannes Competition fantasy epic ‘Resurrection’ swept up by international buyers
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese director Bi Gan’s fantasy epic Resurrection has sold widely for Les Films du Losange following its world premiere in Cannes’ [...]
Summer box office ignites with $304m debut for ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and $190m for ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’
Worldwide box office: May 23-25
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The Last of Us Season 2 Finale: Is Ellie Really Dead?
We were only ever going to get half a story here. Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann made plenty of deviations from the PlayStation game they're adapting [...]
Dag Johan Haugerud to head Venice’s Giornate degli Autori jury
Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud has been named as jury president of Giornate degli Autori, the independent section of the Venice Film Fest [...]
Star Wars timeline: A complete guide to the galactic history
EW chronicles the major moments that took us from 'The Phantom Menace' to 'Andor' to 'The Rise of Skywalker.' [...]
Neon acquires Oliver Laxe’s Cannes Competition title ‘Sirât’ for North America; Mubi takes Italy, Turkey, India
UPDATE, 16.10 BST 23/5/25: Neon has acquired North America rights to Oliver Laxe’s Cannes Competition title Sirât.
It is the distributor’s fifth [...]
Rithy Panh to chair international competition jury of 2025 Locarno Film Festival
Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh is to serve as jury president of the international competition at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, which takes [...]