The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the good news on Tuesday that $5.7 million in grants will go towards filmmakers and nonfiction media artists from diverse backgrounds. The grants will go to seven
Director and writer Robert Eggers and actress Anya Taylor-Joy rejoin in yet another remake of Nosferatu, this time a Studio 8 production written and directed by Eggers himself. Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic novel continues to inspire
The new series American Woman has moved from TV Land to Paramount Network as part of an attempt to broaden the show’s male audience. The comedy, set in the 1970s and based on the life of
This week the Academy has elected 75-year-old John Bailey as its new president. Bailey is a cinematographer and film scholar who has worked on a wide variety of films ranging from Groundhog Day to How
Netflix has been busy competing with TV networks and other on-demand providers by partnering up with some big names lately. Perhaps the most exciting of them is TV mastermind Shonda Rhimes, producer of hits Scandal
More leaks of HBO data occurred on Sunday, including the latest episode of Issa Rae’s Insecure and episodes from the upcoming season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, not set to air until October. “We are not in
The daily debrief: Film Daily rounds up all your essential industry news, from the line-up at this year’s TIFF festival to Woody Allen’s next feature film.
Movers & shakers abound in Hollywood this Tuesday. Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) moved over for Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables) to take the lead on plastic fantastic Barbie movie over scheduling conflicts. Expect a pink explosion from June
Comic-Con 2017 Round-up Clowns, cowboys and . . . chow mein? Stephen King’s It Terrifying new clip shows evil villain Pennywise waving a dismembered child’s arm as he advances on his next victim. Comic-Con dining with Xfinity This pop-up diner became
Jennifer Brea’s award-winning documentary Unrest will be the first release by the Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship, scheduled to reach theaters in the United States this September. The initiative setup by the Sundance Institute aims to
