The HBO TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us has reached the end of its nine episode first season, and with those nine episodes it told the entire story of the video game. But there is a second video game to adapt for the second season that HBO ordered after only two episodes of The Last of Us had aired, and in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann (who was also the creative director on the video games) discussed their approach to bringing the story of The Last of Us Part II to the screen for The Last of Us season 2.
When asked about their creative process, Mazin said, “Our process works. Our process of kicking the tires on everything, our process of agreeing that no matter how much we disagree, we will find a way to agree. There’s no veto power here.
When asked about their creative process, Mazin said, “Our process works. Our process of kicking the tires on everything, our process of agreeing that no matter how much we disagree, we will find a way to agree. There’s no veto power here.
- 3/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The HBO TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us is going to be wrapping up its nine episode first season this Sunday, and the show’s official Twitter account has announced that once the season finale has aired, a “Making Of” special will be available to watch on the HBO Max streaming service.
Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew of #TheLastofUs to see how they brought the show to life in a special behind the scenes featurette.
Making Of The Last Of Us streams after the season finale, Sunday on @HBOMax. pic.twitter.com/BvsW8onvLU
— The Last of Us (@TheLastofUsHBO) March 9, 2023
The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He...
Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew of #TheLastofUs to see how they brought the show to life in a special behind the scenes featurette.
Making Of The Last Of Us streams after the season finale, Sunday on @HBOMax. pic.twitter.com/BvsW8onvLU
— The Last of Us (@TheLastofUsHBO) March 9, 2023
The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He...
- 3/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Ahh, the music of Giuseppe Verdi! Have you ever been so moved by a classical piece that you felt like you were part of the orchestra? Or have you ever belted out an aria with enough vibrato to make Pavarotti proud? If so, then welcome to the incredible world of Giuseppe Verdi.
Verdi was an Italian composer whose music has been enthralling audiences since the mid-19th century. His works are known for their passionate melodies, dynamic range and—most important of all—rich emotion. Through his operas, choral pieces and concerto works, Verdi gave us a glimpse into what it means to be truly alive.
In this article, we’ll be exploring the life and music of this renowned composer. From his childhood in rural Italy to his later years in Florence, let’s take a closer look at the man behind some of classical music’s most iconic works.
Verdi was an Italian composer whose music has been enthralling audiences since the mid-19th century. His works are known for their passionate melodies, dynamic range and—most important of all—rich emotion. Through his operas, choral pieces and concerto works, Verdi gave us a glimpse into what it means to be truly alive.
In this article, we’ll be exploring the life and music of this renowned composer. From his childhood in rural Italy to his later years in Florence, let’s take a closer look at the man behind some of classical music’s most iconic works.
- 3/3/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Exclusive: The Wiz is getting ready for the road to Broadway with an award-winning design team, including Oscar-winning Black Panther production designer Hannah Beachler and Emmy-winning Watchmen costume designer Sharen Davis.
The design team, which also includes lighting design by Ryan J. O’Gara (Thoughts of a Colored Man) and wig design by Academy Award-winning Mia Neal (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), was announced today by producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, and Ambassador Theatre Group.
Hannah Beachler Headshot. (Photo: Chris Britt)
As previously reported, the all-new production of the groundbreaking Broadway hit musical will launch a national tour in fall 2023 in Baltimore (where the original musical debuted in 1974), before arriving on Broadway for a limited engagement in spring 2024.
Featuring a book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award-winning score by Charlie Smalls (and others), director Schele Williams, choreographer JaQuel Knight...
The design team, which also includes lighting design by Ryan J. O’Gara (Thoughts of a Colored Man) and wig design by Academy Award-winning Mia Neal (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), was announced today by producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, and Ambassador Theatre Group.
Hannah Beachler Headshot. (Photo: Chris Britt)
As previously reported, the all-new production of the groundbreaking Broadway hit musical will launch a national tour in fall 2023 in Baltimore (where the original musical debuted in 1974), before arriving on Broadway for a limited engagement in spring 2024.
Featuring a book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award-winning score by Charlie Smalls (and others), director Schele Williams, choreographer JaQuel Knight...
- 1/31/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
- 9/21/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Neon’s boutique label Super has secured U.S. rights to Alice Diop’s acclaimed drama Saint Omer, following its world premiere earlier this month at the Venice Film Festival, where the film won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, as well as the Luigi De Laurentiis Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Feature.
Inspired by a true story, Saint Omer is billed as a contemporary version of the Medea myth. The film follows the novelist Rama (Kayije Kagame) as she attends the trial of Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanga), a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. As the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions and call into question our own judgment.
One of just four films selected to competition this year at the Venice,...
Inspired by a true story, Saint Omer is billed as a contemporary version of the Medea myth. The film follows the novelist Rama (Kayije Kagame) as she attends the trial of Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanga), a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. As the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions and call into question our own judgment.
One of just four films selected to competition this year at the Venice,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Super has taken North American rights to Colm Bairéad’s award-winning drama The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin), which was recently announced as Ireland’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards and selected for the 2022 European Film Awards.
The film is based on the story “Foster” by Irish author Claire Keegan, who has just been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It’s set in rural Ireland in 1981 and follows the quiet, neglected girl, Cáit (Catherine Clinch), who is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with her mother’s relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth.
The Quiet Girl premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for Best Film. It then...
The film is based on the story “Foster” by Irish author Claire Keegan, who has just been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It’s set in rural Ireland in 1981 and follows the quiet, neglected girl, Cáit (Catherine Clinch), who is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with her mother’s relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth.
The Quiet Girl premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for Best Film. It then...
- 9/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Gianni Amelio was in his late sixties when he came out as gay a few years ago. The announcement preceded the release of his documentary “Happy to Be Different,” which worked toward an overriding sunniness in contemplating the trials and challenges of being gay in Italy at various points in the 20th century. In turning to a gay-themed narrative project, Amelio narrows the focus and dims the mood: “Lord of the Ants” takes as its subject the gay Italian author Aldo Braibanti, and the social and legal opposition he faced over his sexuality in mid-1960s Rome. Solemn, stately and perhaps a little stifled, it’s the kind of queer statement you might expect from a veteran filmmaker who wasn’t until relatively recently out and proud, and is rather poignant for that.
In a key scene, the middle-aged Braibanti (played with urbane grace by Luigi Lo Cascio) takes his...
In a key scene, the middle-aged Braibanti (played with urbane grace by Luigi Lo Cascio) takes his...
- 9/6/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Henry Fonda, actor (1905-82)
Grammy: Best Spoken Word Album, “Great Documents” (1977)
Oscar: Best Actor, “On Golden Pond” (1981)
Tony: Best Actor, “Mister Roberts” (1948); Best Actor, “Clarence Darrow” (1975)
Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist and producer (1895-1960)
Grammy: Best Original Cast Album, “The Sound of Music” (1960)
Oscar: Best Original Song, “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from “Lady Be Good” (1941); “It Might As Well Be Spring” from “State Fair” (1945)
Tony: Three awards for “South Pacific” (1950); Best Musical, “The King and I” (1952); Best Musical, “The Sound of Music” (1960)
Elton John
Grammy: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group, “That’s What Friends Are For” (1986); Best Instrumental Composition, “Basque” (1991); Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (1994); Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, “Candle in the Wind” (1997); Best Show Album, “Aida” (2000)
Oscar: Best Original Son, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from “The Lion King” (1994)
Tony: Best Score, “Aida” (2000)
John Legend, songwriter and...
Grammy: Best Spoken Word Album, “Great Documents” (1977)
Oscar: Best Actor, “On Golden Pond” (1981)
Tony: Best Actor, “Mister Roberts” (1948); Best Actor, “Clarence Darrow” (1975)
Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist and producer (1895-1960)
Grammy: Best Original Cast Album, “The Sound of Music” (1960)
Oscar: Best Original Song, “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from “Lady Be Good” (1941); “It Might As Well Be Spring” from “State Fair” (1945)
Tony: Three awards for “South Pacific” (1950); Best Musical, “The King and I” (1952); Best Musical, “The Sound of Music” (1960)
Elton John
Grammy: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group, “That’s What Friends Are For” (1986); Best Instrumental Composition, “Basque” (1991); Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (1994); Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, “Candle in the Wind” (1997); Best Show Album, “Aida” (2000)
Oscar: Best Original Son, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from “The Lion King” (1994)
Tony: Best Score, “Aida” (2000)
John Legend, songwriter and...
- 8/29/2022
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
16 regional and international features are competing for the festival’s $50,000 Golden Star award.
Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival kicked off its fourth edition against the Covid-19 odds over the weekend, feting French actor Gérard Depardieu and UK director Peter Webber with its special Golden Star Career Achievement Award at the opening ceremony.
Taking to the stage, Depardieu praised the festival for pulling off such a large-scale event and professed his admiration for late Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine.
A host of film and TV stars from Egypt as well as a smattering of international guests walked the red carpet at the glitzy opening event,...
Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival kicked off its fourth edition against the Covid-19 odds over the weekend, feting French actor Gérard Depardieu and UK director Peter Webber with its special Golden Star Career Achievement Award at the opening ceremony.
Taking to the stage, Depardieu praised the festival for pulling off such a large-scale event and professed his admiration for late Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine.
A host of film and TV stars from Egypt as well as a smattering of international guests walked the red carpet at the glitzy opening event,...
- 10/26/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
These should be the best of times for the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category. After all, last year’s winner, “Parasite,” went on to win additional Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. The year before, “Roma” won in the category that was then called Best Foreign Language Film, then added Best Director and Best Cinematography awards.
With the Academy adding more members outside the United States every year, the international category is becoming more and more of a powerhouse. But can it continue that clout this year, when production and exhibition has been curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic and there may well be fewer entries than usual? And regardless of the number of entries, is there anything out there that feels like the next “Roma” or “Parasite”?
The answer is almost certainly no on the second question, but it’s premature to draw any conclusions on the first.
With the Academy adding more members outside the United States every year, the international category is becoming more and more of a powerhouse. But can it continue that clout this year, when production and exhibition has been curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic and there may well be fewer entries than usual? And regardless of the number of entries, is there anything out there that feels like the next “Roma” or “Parasite”?
The answer is almost certainly no on the second question, but it’s premature to draw any conclusions on the first.
- 10/16/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Jasmila Zbanic’s Quo Vadis, Aida?, which debuted at Venice this year, is Bosnia’s entry for the 2021 International Oscar race.
The movie follows the titular Aida, a translator for the Un in a small town in Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the Un camp.
It was well received after its Venice premiere, which was in Official Competition, and it also screened in Toronto before being named best international film at the Antalya Film Festival in Turkey. On Saturday (October 10), the film had an emotional Bosnian premiere at the Memorial Centre in Srebrenica, which is located on the site of the Un base in the story.
“It was the most emotional screening in my life,” said Zbanic. “In the audience were the same people who were there on July 11th 1995 as refugees seeking help from the Un.
The movie follows the titular Aida, a translator for the Un in a small town in Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the Un camp.
It was well received after its Venice premiere, which was in Official Competition, and it also screened in Toronto before being named best international film at the Antalya Film Festival in Turkey. On Saturday (October 10), the film had an emotional Bosnian premiere at the Memorial Centre in Srebrenica, which is located on the site of the Un base in the story.
“It was the most emotional screening in my life,” said Zbanic. “In the audience were the same people who were there on July 11th 1995 as refugees seeking help from the Un.
- 10/14/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UTA has signed award-winning writer and producer Linda Woolverton for worldwide representation in all areas. She was previously with WME.
Woolverton made her animated feature writing debut with Disney’s critically acclaimed and celebrated 1991 animated feature Beauty and the Beast. The feature made history as the first full-length animated movie ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won three Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The movie resonated with audiences — so much that it became a Broadway musical that ran from 1994 to 2007 and became one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history. Woolverton adapted the script for the Broadway stage and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. She was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
She continued her relationship with Disney, co-writing the screenplay for another animated classic The Lion King (1994). Later in her career,...
Woolverton made her animated feature writing debut with Disney’s critically acclaimed and celebrated 1991 animated feature Beauty and the Beast. The feature made history as the first full-length animated movie ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won three Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The movie resonated with audiences — so much that it became a Broadway musical that ran from 1994 to 2007 and became one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history. Woolverton adapted the script for the Broadway stage and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. She was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
She continued her relationship with Disney, co-writing the screenplay for another animated classic The Lion King (1994). Later in her career,...
- 9/16/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The 77th Venice Film Festival drew to close on Saturday animated by the same spirit of low-key camaraderie that marked this entirely uncommon edition.
In order to host the first major physical event since the pandemic struck Europe, the festival reduced its selection, limited accreditations, and kept the screenings half-full, as well as a host of other Covid-19 precautions, the cost of which – in addition to the usual security costs – is understood to be around Euros 600,000, although the festival would not confirm the figure.
It also scaled down. There were few international stars, save for jury president Cate Blanchett and honoree Tilda Swinton, or U.S. prestige titles, except for Regina King’s “One Night in Miami” and Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” (though neither director attended).
The festival may have walled off its red carpet from the public, but the reduced scale and bubble-like atmosphere gave those within a shared sense of purpose,...
In order to host the first major physical event since the pandemic struck Europe, the festival reduced its selection, limited accreditations, and kept the screenings half-full, as well as a host of other Covid-19 precautions, the cost of which – in addition to the usual security costs – is understood to be around Euros 600,000, although the festival would not confirm the figure.
It also scaled down. There were few international stars, save for jury president Cate Blanchett and honoree Tilda Swinton, or U.S. prestige titles, except for Regina King’s “One Night in Miami” and Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” (though neither director attended).
The festival may have walled off its red carpet from the public, but the reduced scale and bubble-like atmosphere gave those within a shared sense of purpose,...
- 9/12/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
The Venice Film Festival wraps today after putting on a show against the odds. Despite lacking in studio fare, there was no shortage of well-received movies. Was there a Sundance-style bounce, with critics giddy just to be on the Lido after months of lockdown? Perhaps. But this was also a solid roster of independent movies. While there was no Joker juggernaut, there was at least one Roma rave. We’ve done a wide sweep of the English-language reviews and here’s our run-down of the best-received world premieres.
Standing out in the pack for its touted Academy Awards potential was Chloe Zhao’s anticipated drama Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand as a woman who embarks on a journey through the American West. The Searchlight Pictures movie, which debuted last night, was expected to be impress given its simultaneous berths in Venice and Toronto, and it didn’t disappoint. It’s just...
Standing out in the pack for its touted Academy Awards potential was Chloe Zhao’s anticipated drama Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand as a woman who embarks on a journey through the American West. The Searchlight Pictures movie, which debuted last night, was expected to be impress given its simultaneous berths in Venice and Toronto, and it didn’t disappoint. It’s just...
- 9/12/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. This week we’re looking forward to Toronto International Film Festival, which began yesterday, and closing the book on Venice, which ends tomorrow. We also cover a serious incident on the set of Geechee in the Dominican Republic, and remember Diana Rigg, who died yesterday at the age of 82.
Toronto Heats Up
Early buzz: This is a fall festival season like no other. Toronto, usually a movie banquet, got underway in relatively subdued fashion this week with few international attendees and a much reduced lineup. Among the movies generating pre-premiere buzz are Mark Wahlberg starrer Good Joe Bell, Idris Elba pic Concrete Cowboy and Naomi Watts movie Penguin Bloom. Read our full coverage here.
For sale: The ‘virtual’ pre-sales market includes a handful of hot prospects, including Miramax’s Jason Statham-Guy Ritchie pic Five Eyes, which we can reveal today...
Toronto Heats Up
Early buzz: This is a fall festival season like no other. Toronto, usually a movie banquet, got underway in relatively subdued fashion this week with few international attendees and a much reduced lineup. Among the movies generating pre-premiere buzz are Mark Wahlberg starrer Good Joe Bell, Idris Elba pic Concrete Cowboy and Naomi Watts movie Penguin Bloom. Read our full coverage here.
For sale: The ‘virtual’ pre-sales market includes a handful of hot prospects, including Miramax’s Jason Statham-Guy Ritchie pic Five Eyes, which we can reveal today...
- 9/11/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Above: Dear Comrades!After a week of four films a day, unhealthy amounts of coffee, and dangerously little sleep, the countless screenings you’ve been shuttled into tend to merge into one confused amalgam. You’ve watched enough films for creative pairings between the selection to start percolating, and a great double bill came about yesterday, as the Lido welcomed back Andrei Konchalovsky and his latest, Dear Comrades! I watched it as a storm raged over the Lido, the thunders roaring above the roof of the Sala Darsena, a fitting soundtrack for a film that unearthed a tragic chapter of Soviet history, and brought me back to another Golden Lion contender from a few days ago, Quo Vadis, Aida? Both Konchalovsky and Jasmila Žbanić’s films home in on unspeakable massacres, and follow women struggling to protect their families against the forces of History. Incidentally, both are also among the...
- 9/8/2020
- MUBI
Perhaps the most difficult task faced by any filmmaker attempting to commemorate an atrocity is to manage the vast disparities in scale. To communicate the extent of a war crime like the Srebrenica massacre, which saw 8,372 civilian residents of the Bosnian town, mostly men and boys, murdered by units of the Bosnian Serb Army in July of 1995, the canvas needs to be broad. But often, that scope can mean lower resolution when you zoom in, the individual human impact getting lost in the grain. But this is a perilous balance director Jasmila Žbanić achieves strikingly well in her deeply compelling, harrowing and heartbreaking “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” which reminds us that each of those 8,372 deaths is an individual, exponential multiplication of horror.
The most inspired creative decision in this sensitively fictionalized version of true events comes in the form of the film’s protagonist, Aida, a local Srebrenica resident who...
The most inspired creative decision in this sensitively fictionalized version of true events comes in the form of the film’s protagonist, Aida, a local Srebrenica resident who...
- 9/5/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Above: Quo Vadis, Aida?When the Bosnian war broke out in the early 1990s I was three years old. We lived a five-minute ride from a U.S. military base, in Northern Italy, one of Europe’s largest. Two memories survived from those days. One is a noise: the deafening roar of the F16 Fighting Falcons taking off in the dead of night to bomb Serbian targets in the Balkans—and the other is a picture, printed on the front page of a newspaper: a single loaf of bread hovering above dozens of Bosnian refugees. That picture came back to life again yesterday, rippling on to almost identical halfway through Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida?, a devastating look at what was possibly the single most atrocious event in that war, and arguably the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War: the Srebrenica genocide.Between July 11-...
- 9/4/2020
- MUBI
‘The Human Voice’ Review: Tilda Swinton Sets the Screen Ablaze in Pedro Almodóvar’s Iridescent Short
“These are the rules of the game, the law of desire,” Tilda Swinton sighs, playing an unnamed woman — who, let it be said, looks and speaks and dresses an awful lot like Tilda Swinton — whose lover has left her, and can only be bothered to say goodbye over the phone. We don’t hear his side of the conversation, as she vents hers, crisp and enunciated even in despair, into discreetly tucked airpods; it looks for all the world as if she’s talking to herself, and perhaps she even is. It’s not as if anyone talks like this anyway, articulating violent heartbreak through film references as neatly coordinated as her Technicolor apartment decor. We’re in the world of Pedro Almodóvar, where raw human feeling and dizzily heightened artifice are complementary modes of expression, not contradictory ones: “The Human Voice,” his palate-cleansing vodka shot of a short film,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Žbanić, whose latest feature, “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” world premieres Sept. 3 in competition at the Venice Film Festival, is developing a slate of new projects, including a documentary about the Jewish Bosnian businessman and philanthropist Emerik Blum, Variety has learned exclusively.
The untitled project tells the story of Blum, the founder and CEO of Energoinvest, an engineering and energy company that ranked among the largest conglomerates in Eastern Europe. Until his death in 1984, Blum was a leading philanthropist in the former Yugoslavia, sponsoring thousands of students through his personal fortune and offering company housing for his employees.
“It is amazing to see this from the perspective of today’s Bosnia and today’s economy,” said Žbanić, noting how Blum also organized concerts in his factory with leading contemporary composers. “Can we imagine any CEO doing that now?”
The director is also developing a fiction film, “My Women,” which...
The untitled project tells the story of Blum, the founder and CEO of Energoinvest, an engineering and energy company that ranked among the largest conglomerates in Eastern Europe. Until his death in 1984, Blum was a leading philanthropist in the former Yugoslavia, sponsoring thousands of students through his personal fortune and offering company housing for his employees.
“It is amazing to see this from the perspective of today’s Bosnia and today’s economy,” said Žbanić, noting how Blum also organized concerts in his factory with leading contemporary composers. “Can we imagine any CEO doing that now?”
The director is also developing a fiction film, “My Women,” which...
- 9/3/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Having tackled V.C. Andrews’ Casteel family last summer, Lifetime will next spend some time with the Landrys, as seen in the first trailer for Ruby.
Naomi Judd (The Killing Game), Crystal Fox (The Haves and the Have Nots), Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal) and Deborah Cox (Broadway’s Aida) star in the first installment of the cabler’s next series of V.C. Andrews adaptations, alongside twins Raechelle Banno (Pandora) and Karina Banno (Home and Away) and Lauralee Bell (The Young and the Restless). The movie series follows Ruby Landry, who after being raised in the Louisiana bayou by her...
Naomi Judd (The Killing Game), Crystal Fox (The Haves and the Have Nots), Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal) and Deborah Cox (Broadway’s Aida) star in the first installment of the cabler’s next series of V.C. Andrews adaptations, alongside twins Raechelle Banno (Pandora) and Karina Banno (Home and Away) and Lauralee Bell (The Young and the Restless). The movie series follows Ruby Landry, who after being raised in the Louisiana bayou by her...
- 9/2/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
As BroadwayWorld first reported last year, a new North American tour of Elton John and Tim Rice's Tony-winning Broadway smash Aida was previously set topremiere at Paper Mill Playhousein 2021. Plans have changed however. BroadwayWorld has learned that the musical will no longer be a part of the Paper Mill season. A rep confirmed 'We look forward to continuing our partnership with Disney on Aida and other projects in the future.'...
- 5/15/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
As BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, Disney Theatrical Productions has just announced that Frozen will not return to Broadway when theatre comes back, but the Disney magic will continue in other projects. According to the New York Times, development continues for a new Beauty and the Beast, which is aiming to open in the Us in 2022 a new version of Aida, which will open in Germany in 2022 and a fully musicalizedversion of Hercules.
- 5/14/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Last November’s sold-out, one-night-only benefit concert featuring 79 performers from Disney’s 25 years on Broadway will be streamed April 13 to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ Covid-19 Emergency Assistance Fund.
In addition to the taped performances, live guest interviews with Disney stars from their homes will be interspersed throughout the evening. Ryan McCartan will host the stream live from his family’s basement.
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The event will be streamed at broadwaycares.org, youtube.com/Bcefa and facebook.com/Bcefa. The stream will also be available through media partners Playbill.com, abc7ny.com and the...
In addition to the taped performances, live guest interviews with Disney stars from their homes will be interspersed throughout the evening. Ryan McCartan will host the stream live from his family’s basement.
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The event will be streamed at broadwaycares.org, youtube.com/Bcefa and facebook.com/Bcefa. The stream will also be available through media partners Playbill.com, abc7ny.com and the...
- 4/6/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Even a killer shark – or a broken-down mechanical version thereof – is looking like a welcome sign of hope these days: New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse announced today that its 2020-2021 theater season will include Bruce, a world premiere musical about the problem-plagued filming of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws.
Based on screenwriter Carl Gottlieb’s 1975 memoir The Jaws Log, Bruce will be directed and choreographed by Donna Feore, known for her work with Canada’s Stratford Festival, with a book and lyrics by Richard Oberacker and music by Robert Taylor (the duo behind Broadway’s 2017 Bandstand). Bruce will be a co-production with Seattle Rep, and is set for a June 9 – July 4, 2021, debut engagement at the Paper Mill Playhouse.
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Based on screenwriter Carl Gottlieb’s 1975 memoir The Jaws Log, Bruce will be directed and choreographed by Donna Feore, known for her work with Canada’s Stratford Festival, with a book and lyrics by Richard Oberacker and music by Robert Taylor (the duo behind Broadway’s 2017 Bandstand). Bruce will be a co-production with Seattle Rep, and is set for a June 9 – July 4, 2021, debut engagement at the Paper Mill Playhouse.
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- 3/24/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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