Daily Archives: May 22, 2025

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight: ’The President’s Cake,’ Iraq’s First Film at the Festival, Wins People’s Choice Audience Award

Hailed by Variety as a “warm and heart-tugging tale,” Hasan Hadi’s “The President’s Cake,” Iraq’s first film selected for Cannes, has won the Directors’ Fortnight People’s Choice prize, the first audience award at Cannes and a Directors’ Fortnight plaudit which take into consideration any film from any

‘Barbie’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Props and Sets Featured at New Academy Museum Exhibit: ‘It Allows People to See That Anything Is Possible’

When the Academy museum first approached production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer about curating an exhibition of their work, the duo thought it was a joke. But two and a half years later, “Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah

‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ Explained: Sony Execs on Keeping the Franchise Alive, Where the New Show Might Live, What It’s About — And Whether Other Stars Will Return With Shemar Moore (EXCLUSIVE)

When CBS canceled “S.W.A.T.” in March, it wasn’t the first time — believe it or not, it was the third. After the show’s first two axings, the Eye net and Sony Pictures TV had been able to do some crafty dealmaking to keep it alive.

Innovative Artists Promotes Four to Agent

Courtney Martin, Isaac Finn, Alex Jankovich and Madeline Petrovich have all been promoted to agents at Innovative Artists Entertainment. Martin has been promoted in the endorsements department while Finn, Jankovich and Petrovich will work in the talent department. The news comes following Innovative’s recently announced

‘Robert Langdon’ Adaptation Set at Netflix From ‘Lost’ EP Carlton Cuse and Mystery Novelist Dan Brown

Netflix has ordered a series adaptation of “The Secret of Secrets,” the upcoming sixth installation in novelist Dan Brown’s “Robert Langon” mystery series. Brown serves as co-creator of the series alongside Carlton Cuse, who will be the showrunner. Per the official logline for the currently

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight: Valéry Carnoy’s ‘Wild Foxes’ Wins Best European Film Prize

Belgian Valéry Carnoy’s “Wild Foxes” (“La Danse des renards”) has won this year’s Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for best European Film at the 2025 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas, ahead of the Directors’ Fortnight closing ceremony this afternoon, the prize is one

Josh Hartnett to Lead and Executive Produce Netflix Suspense Series Set in Newfoundland

Josh Hartnett has been cast in the lead role of an untitled limited series at Netflix that will be set and shot in Newfoundland, Canada. Both Hartnett and Jessica Rhoades have boarded the project as executive producers. The official logline for the series reads, “When

Plimsoll Prods. Launches Digital Division, to Be Run By Longtime Exec Ged Mansfield (EXCLUSIVE)

Plimsoll Productions, which is a part of ITV Studios, has launched Plimsoll Digital — a new digital divsion that will be run by longtime Plimsoll exec Ged Mansfield. Mansfield, who will serve as creative director of development and digital, will report to Plimsoll USA head