'The Girl in the Spider's Web' will premiere at the 13th Rome Film Fest. The festival's opening night film will be 'Bad Times at the El Royale.' Other films in the lineup include Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet's 'Beautiful Boy,' 'Halloween,' and 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post.' See the full lineup below!
From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be…a king.
dick clark productions announced today that Nicole Kidman, a multi-award-winning actress known for her fearlessness and intelligence, will receive the 'Hollywood Career Achievement Award' at the 22nd Annual “Hollywood Film Awards.” Her selection for this award is a tribute to the versatility of her performances over the years, with characters as diverse and extraordinary as an aspiring television personality with a dark motive in Gus Van Zant's To Die For to the iconic and complicated Virginia Woolf in The Hours; from a wife who, with her husband, embarks on an odyssey of sexual and moral discovery in Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut to Satine, the singing and dancing courtesan in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!; and from the unguarded adoptive mother of an orphan boy longing to help others in need in Garth Davis' Lion to a woman on the run who pays a huge price to be hidden in Lars von Triers' controversial and thrilling Dogville. With three films coming out before the end of this year, Kidman has already received praise for her transformative performance in Karyn Kusama's Destroyer and in Joel Edgerton's Boy Erased.
La Jolla Playhouse has announced that Jeanna de Waal will portray the title role in its upcoming world-premiere musical Diana, by the Tony Award-winning Memphis team of Joe DiPietro (book and lyrics) and David Bryan (music and lyrics), directed by Playhouse Artistic Director and 2017 Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley and choreographed by Tony nomineeKelly Devine. The production will run February 19 - March 31, 2019 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. The complete cast and creative team will be announced at a later date.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (BAFTA Los Angeles) is pleased to announce that British actor and producer Damian Lewis will receive the Britannia Award for Excellence in Television at the 2018 British Academy Britannia Awards.
Theater J announces a production of Anna Ziegler's Actually, a provocative new play that explores the timely subject of sexual consent between young people. This hot-button issue is appearing in the news cycle with extraordinary frequency in stories about people at the highest levels of the political arena and about students on college campuses throughout the nation. Theater J is producing Actually at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater from October 17 - November 18.
Following the announcement of their Opening Night Film, Yen Tan's award-winning AIDS drama 1985, NewFest today announced the full lineup of their 30th annual celebration of the year's best LGBT films from around the world. The program of more than 140 narrative features, documentaries, episodic series and shorts runs from October 24-30 at the SVA Theatre, Cinépolis Chelsea, and The LGBT Community Center in New York City.
San Diego Repertory Theatre announced today that DeLeon Dallas (REP's Honky) and Emily Shain will star in its upcoming production of Actually by the award-winning playwright, Anna Ziegler.
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) are pleased to announce that the 24th annual Critics' Choice Awards will air LIVE on The CW Network on Sunday, January 13, 2019 (7:00-10:00p.m. Live ET/ Delayed PT). The show will continue its combined Film and Television awards format, honoring the finest in both cinematic and televised/streaming achievement, and take place once again at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominated TATIANA MASLANY ("Orphan Black," Mary Page Marlowe) will join Tony, Olivier, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner BRYAN CRANSTON (All The Way, "Breaking Bad") in NETWORK, now set to open at the Belasco Theatre (111 W 44th Street). NETWORK was previously scheduled to play the Cort Theatre.
The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) board today announced the executive committee for the festival's 50th anniversary year. Jim Scherer, founder and president of artist management and music licensing company WHIZBANG, Inc., will serve as board president; Bob Raines, executive director of the Tennessee Entertainment ComThe Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) board today announced the executive committee for the festival's 50th anniversary year. Jim Scherer, founder and president of artist management and music licensing company WHIZBANG, Inc., will serve as board president; Bob Raines, executive director of the Tennessee Entertainment Commission, will serve as board vice president; Natasha Corrieri, officer and commercial portfolio manager at ServisFirst Bank, will serve as board secretary, and Adrien Good, associate business manager at Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, will serve as board treasurer.
mission, will serve as board vice president; Natasha Corrieri, officer and commercial portfolio manager at ServisFirst Bank, will serve as board secretary, and Adrien Good, associate business manager at Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, will serve as board treasurer.
John Lithgow will star as Roger Ailes, the Fox News chief who masterfully exploited the country's political divisions to rise to the top of the cable news heap, in an upcoming film, according to Variety. TheAnnapurna film will revolve around the sexual harassment scandal that ended Ailes career.
Annapurna Films released a first look of Nicole Kidman in the upcoming film DESTROYER, from filmmaker Karyn Kusama. The film is set to be released on December 25, 2018.
Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing writers' and filmmakers' contributions to film, television, and new media, announced today the first wave of films to be included in their 25th anniversary program taking place October 25 to November 1.
Film fans will FALL in love with the new lineup of events and happenings at the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country. JBFC announced today a variety of unique and compelling film series launching and returning this fall. Select film screenings also feature thought-provoking and engaging Q&As with renowned American and international filmmakers, environmentalists, politicians, and more.
Cadence Theatre Company, in partnership with Virginia Repertory Theatre, is proud to announce the names of the five fellows who have been selected to participate in the inaugural Cadence Pipeline New Works Fellowship. The initiative, funded in part by founding sponsor CapTech, affords five Virginia playwrights the opportunity to develop new work under the artistic guidance and mentorship of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. Cadence Theatre Company has produced several of Lindsay-Abaire's plays in partnership with Virginia Rep, most recently the award-winning Rabbit Hole in 2017.