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In the ultimate meeting of highbrow and lowbrow, the esteemed Tribeca Film Festival’s parent company has paired with Walmart to offer pandemic-weary Americans a series of free drive-in movies in the corporation’s parking lots nationwide. Drew Barrymore will host virtually. Between Aug. 14 and Oct. 21, the Walmart Drive-in experience will bring movie nights to …

It’s one of the realest moments in animated movie history. One decade after the dramatic climax of “Toy Story 3” — wherein the gang find themselves trapped in a garbage incinerator and facing certain annihilation — the film’s director Lee Unkrich has come to confirm just how dark that scene really was. The toys of …

Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director of “12 Years a Slave” and “Shame,” is best known for his searing big-screen work. So it is fitting that the New York Film Festival would turn to the British auteur to kick off its 58th edition with his new work “Lovers Rock.” McQueen joins a long list of cinema …

Director Oliver Stone has blasted “cancel f–king culture” saying he would be “vilified” if his films came out today. The filmmaker behind “Platoon,” “Natural Born Killers” and “Wall Street,” said he’d be cast out of Hollywood if he released those films in today’s climate. Stone said: “I can tell you that if I made any …

EXCLUSIVE: What did Universal Pictures execs require to commit to liftoff of the first-ever narrative feature film to shoot in outer space? According to sources, all it took was an exuberant Zoom call with Tom Cruise, director Doug Liman and Christopher McQuarrie. They pitched the picture with no script (Liman is writing it) and came …

In the wake of Regina King’s feature directorial debut “One Night in Miami” making this year’s Toronto International Film Festival premiere list, Amazon Studios has scooped up the movie’s global rights for a release later this year in time for awards season. The “If Beale Street Could Talk” Oscar-winning actress’ movie based on Olivier-nominated Kemp …

Giant toymaker Hasbro expects its film and TV unit eOne, which makes animated kids shows like “Peppa Pig,” to be fully back in business by September. Chief Executive Brian Goldner told analysts Monday that despite taking a second-quarter-hit from coronavirus-induced production delays, Hasbro will be able to restart work on its pipeline of 160 TV …

Cate Blanchett, who was named jury president of the 77th Venice Film Festival in January, will remain at the helm. The fest — the first major global film event to go ahead in person since the coronavirus pandemic hit — is now meant to take place Sept. 2 to 12. Jurors include French actress Ludivine …

GLAAD released its 2020 Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) which examines and reports the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ characters in the highest theatrical grossing films released in 2019. This year’s report has some highs to celebrate as well as some lows that studios should address. The study took a look at eight studios and …

Howard Safir. Law enforcement veteran of 35 years. NYPD commissioner 1996 to 2000 under Mayor Giuliani. February 1999. The Amadou Diallo hysteria was on his watch. Street peddler, 22. Unarmed. No criminal record. Killed, 41 shots by four police officers. Gripping the city for months, it became a video, TV special, documentary, newspaper headline, Netflix …