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Tom Cruise is suiting up to be a space cadet, NASA has confirmed. A NASA official announced on Twitter that the “Mission: Impossible” actor wants to film a movie above the clouds — specifically, onboard the International Space Station. “NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a film aboard the @Space_Station!” writes NASA Administrator …
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EXCLUSIVE: The challenges of restarting production on high-end TV and film drama in the UK amid the coronavirus pandemic have been laid bare in two separate documents circulating among industry creatives. A discussion document, drawn up by the assistant directors’ branch at union Bectu, as well as a risk assessment briefing from health and safety …
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Alice Wu’s film “The Half of It” was set to debut at the Tribeca Film Festival. It had a prime spot on opening weekend and it was good to go for a theatrical release but then COVID-19 happened. Like all festivals, it was canceled, but Wu just rolled with the punches. “I’m bummed that my …
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A new outfit has real power. Clothes can rejuvenate our spirit, change our walk into a strut or send us, sobbing, to Peloton.com, in hopes they might one day fit. Rarely, however, does something from the closet turn us into a full-blown serial killer. But that’s what a jacket manages to do, bitingly, in the …
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Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) is drafting legislation targeting Hollywood’s demonstrated willingness to self-censor in order to access the Chinese market. “The Stopping Censorship, Restoring Integrity, Protecting Talkies Act” (SCRIPT Act) would block contracts between the Pentagon and film studios that edit their movies for Chinese audiences. “For too long, Hollywood has been complicit in …
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Deadline’s annual film revenue tournaments have celebrated the triumphs of each year’s most profitable films. For a third year in a row, we decided to look at the ones that amounted to a big swing and a miss. Here are the movies our experts said posted the worst losses of 2019. X-Men: Dark Phoenix 20th …
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YouTube is becoming the hub for the virtual film festival. The streaming service said Monday that it will launch a free 10-day digital film festival this spring with 20 partners. Dubbed “We Are One: A Global Film Festival,” the event will be produced and organized by New York’s Tribeca Enterprises. The YouTube-hosted event will feature …
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The Big Apple has already lost multiple film festivals this year due to the pandemic. The New York Film Festival is optimistic it won’t suffer the same fate, however, and is still very much planning to go ahead in September. Organizers told us today, “The festival will be going ahead and everyone can expect some …
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The Cannes Film Festival? Spike Lee to head the jury? Not happening. No croissants on the Croisette. No Cannes do this year, which only got zonked once before for 1968’s student protests. Scheduled this season was director Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch.” Its cast — Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Frances McDormand, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray, …
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The Cannes Film Festival won’t take place in June, after all, due to the coronavirus pandemic, but organizers continue to explore different options for 2020. “Following the French President’s statement, on Monday, April 13th, we acknowledged that the postponement of the 73rd International Cannes Film Festival, initially considered for the end of June to the …
Tom Cruise is suiting up to be a space cadet, NASA has confirmed. A NASA official announced on Twitter that the “Mission: Impossible” actor wants to film a movie above the clouds — specifically, onboard the International Space Station. “NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a film aboard the @Space_Station!” writes NASA Administrator …
