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Italian Film & TV Orgs Say Production Is Grinding To Halt Due To Uncertainty Over State Funding & Tax Credits
Italian film and TV orgs will hold an emergency press conference in Rome next week to discuss the damage being done to their sectors by uncertainty over the future of direct funding and tax credits. The meeting on April 5 in Rome’s Cinema Adriano will gather the members of 14 professional bodies including filmmakers’ org …
5-min read - EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Makes Roaring Start in China
Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire made a suitably thunderous start at China’s theatrical box office Friday. The film had earned about $7 million (RMB 50 million) by 3 p.m. local time in Beijing, according to ticketing service Maoyan. Maoyan currently forecasts the monster movie to earn as much as …
1-min read - NewsThe Hollywood Reporter
‘Oppenheimer’ Finally Premieres in Japan to Mixed Reactions and High Emotions
Oppenheimer finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist who was the subject of the Oscar-winning film. Japanese filmgoers’ reactions understandably were mixed and highly emotional. Toshiyuki Mimaki, who survived the bombing of Hiroshima when he was 3, said he …
3-min read - BusinessVariety
Nelson Peltz Claims He Backs Disney CEO Bob Iger, but His Investment Firm Withheld Votes for Iger’s Election to the Board
Nelson Peltz claims Disney’s board, not CEO Bob Iger, is the problem. But his investment firm, Trian Group, withheld its votes for Iger’s reelection to the Disney board. With just over a week before Disney’s annual shareholder meeting on April 3, Peltz’s Trian — which has been aggressively campaigning to get two seats on the …
5-min read - EntertainmentVariety
Environmental Documentary ‘Wild Coast Warriors,’ About a Legal Battle Against Shell in South Africa, Picked Up by Limonero (EXCLUSIVE)
Limonero Films has picked up world rights to distribute environmental documentary “Wild Coast Warriors,” which launches at Mipdoc. The film aims to raise awareness of the plight of small coastal communities on South Africa’s Wild Coast, who are standing up to the oil and gas industry. It follows a David vs. Goliath court-case against Shell, …
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‘Fack Ju Göhte’ Spinoff ‘Chantal In Fairyland’ Off To Enchanted Start At German Box Office
EXCLUSIVE: Chantal in Fairyland (Chantal im Märchenland) is off to a fantastic start at the German box office. A spinoff of the hugely successful Fack Ju Göhte comedies, the Constantin Film title banked the best Easter holiday launch day ever for a local movie and the best opening day of the year for all films, …
2-min read - EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK
Amy Winehouse movie star only learned to sing after she got role
Marisa Abela is playing the British music icon in the biopic Back to Black, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.
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