Cannes Film 2023: A-list Auteurs Cram the Croisette
After a 2022 edition that premiered three Best Picture Oscar nominees, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Elvis, can this year’s Cannes Film Festival top that?
After a 2022 edition that premiered three Best Picture Oscar nominees, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Elvis, can this year’s Cannes Film Festival top that?
Sony Pictures have released their trailer for upcoming car racing movie Gran Turismo. Directed by Neill Blomkamp, the upcoming flick brings the Play Station game to the silver screen. Starring David Harbour, Djimon Hounsou and Orlando Bloom, Gran Turismo is set for release in UK cinemas 11 August 2023.
After negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) failed, the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) has gone on strike. The conflict pits its 11,500 members against major studios, like Universal and Paramount, as well as streamers such as Amazon, Apple and Netflix. Immediate effects will be seen in late night talk […]
Independent London-based visual effects studio BlueBolt has announced the expansion of their senior management team. Joining co-founders Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor and Angela Barson are Tracy McCreary, Henry Badgett and Nic Birmingham on the board of directors. With a high profile slate of projects on their resume, the newest additions to the team are set to the […]
Amazon has received a generous tax incentive totalling to USD 35. 3 million for television production in California. The streaming platform’s upcoming big-budget spy thriller debut Citadel will receive USD 25 million for relocating from the UK to California for its second season and an untitled project for the company will receive USD 10.3 million. […]
Following on from its climactic first release in 2020, mercenary Tyler Rake is returning once again for Extraction 2. After being presumed dead, Rake takes on another high stake mission. With the initial film shooting in India, Bangladesh and Thailand, the sequel travels to western and central Europe to backdrop the tense and action packed […]
Taking place on 26 August 2023, the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) Awards will return to celebrate the ground breaking talents in location filming as well the film commissions who give their all to accommodating projects every step of the way. Opening for submissions today, the awards are reaching out to a global network of […]
VuFinder Studios, a virtual production facility, launched on 20 March in downtown Warsaw. The facility, equipped with an internal team of Unreal artists, provides a full service for both virtual and traditional production. Servicing over 20 commercials so far, brands that have made use of the space include BMW. Veet and Calgon.
The UK Spring budget released on 17 March by Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt revealed a happy outcome for the fate of tax breaks in the film and tv sector. After an uneasy period of review, British producers can breath as sigh of relief at the developments which introduced increased tax expenditures that will […]
Film AlUla has announced the launch of their new platform, AlUla creates, which aims to nurture and empower the future generations in film, the arts and fashion. As part of Film AlUla’s wider plans to create a film-friendly ecosystem, it is also part of a year round programme that will see upcoming female filmmakers and […]