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UPDATED with producers’ statement: The producer of Rebel Wilson’s The Deb have responded to claims Wilson made earlier Wednesday about their involvement in Australian musical movie, which is Wilson’s directorial debut. "RW's allegations are false, defamatory, and disappointing,” a spokesperson for…

Italy's Taormina Film Festival will honor Sharon Stone with a Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement at is upcoming 70th edition this month. The actress will follow in the footsteps of previous honorees Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Richard Gere, Colin…

Toronto International Film Festival has added five more world premiere titles to its Gala and Special Presentation programs. Ron Howard’s survival thriller Eden will debut in the Gala program. Based on true events about the lengths people go to in pursuit of a better life, it is written by…

France's Deauville American Film Festival has announced a retrospective gathering 50 U.S. features that have challenged perceptions of the world to mark its 50th anniversary. The selection ranges from D. W. Griffith's 1916 silent epic Intolerance to Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,…

EXCLUSIVE: The snowy streets of Minneapolis are seeking to snatch Sundance from the snowy slopes of Park City. Leading with a tagline of “You Couldn’t Cast A Better Location,” Minnesota's most populous metropolis is among the select cities and jurisdictions that has submitted a detailed bid for the…

The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 28 – July 6) came to a close this evening with an awards ceremony that saw Mark Cousins' essay film A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things win the main prize in the festival's Crystal Globe competition. Narrated by Tilda Swinton and — in Cousins'…

Viggo Mortensen did not plan to be in The Dead Don't Hurt but had to dust off his cowboy boots and appear in the movie when another, unnamed, actor dropped out. That meant Mortensen added starring in, to writing, producing, directing and creating the music for the Western. "I had not planned to act…

A co-production session at the Munich International Film Festival yielded insight into Prime Video's strategy in Europe and saw a hopeful update from the German Film Fund on a hugely anticipated 30% tax incentive for film and TV. Dennis Maly, Head of Business Affairs at Amazon Studios in Germany…

EXCLUSIVE: The trailer for Continent has landed ahead of the world premiere of the horror-drama at the Munich International Film Festival on Thursday. A Brazil, France, and Argentina coproduction, the movie is written and directed by Davi Pretto. A car weaves through Brazilian countryside and one of…

Influential German producer Max Wiedemann has said the likes of OpenAI and Google need to let content owners share in the upside created by new artificial intelligence tools. "You have to let the rights holders participate in your productivity gains," he said, before suggesting a body similar to…

Carol Vorderman, the maths genius and political activist who was on Countdown for 26 years, will deliver this year’s Alternative MacTaggart at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Vorderman’s speech will precede the publication of her first book, Now What? On a Mission to Fix Broken Britain, and she has…

Kate Winslet was feted before the European premiere of her film Lee at the Munich International Film Festival and told the packed crowd about starring in, and producing, the movie about war photographer Lee Miller. Taking the stage to accept the Festival's CineMerit award, Winslet said that the…