Jon Landau, the Oscar-winning producer of Titanic and the Avatar films, has passed away at only 63 years old. Jon Landau, the long-time producing partner of James Cameron and the COO of Lightstorm Entertainment, has died at only 63 years old. According to The Wrap, the producer had been fighting cancer for some time. Landau, … Read more
I feel responsible for fostering the development of future documentary filmmakers and researchers, so I started Collected Voices Ethnographic Film Festival to highlight the films created by young people, anthropology professors, and professional filmmakers. I have worked with many producers over the years, and I wanted to give them a platform to screen and discuss … Read more
Park Chan-wook is bringing his iconic revenge thriller Oldboy to television for the first time. Lionsgate announced today they were partnering with Park on an Oldboy TV show. This would be an English TV series. Park’s film, released in 2003, was made in his home country of Korea. It was based on an acclaimed Japanese manga series by Garon Tsuchiya and … Read more
HBO has ordered a half-hour pilot of Tim Robinson’s new comedy series, The Chair Company. Per Deadline, HBO has greenlit a half-hour pilot of The Chair Company, a new comedy series co-written by Robinson and Zach Kanin. The Chair Company is executive produced by Adam McKay (The Big Short, Don’t Look Up) and Todd Schulman … Read more
Jennifer Lopez is bringing Bob the Builder to the big screen. The singer and actress, 54, has been producing a film adaptation of the British animated construction worker with toymaker Mattel, which owns the brand, seeking to capitalize on the box office success of the Barbie film by putting more of its mascots into cinemas. … Read more
The Boys: Mexico spinoff series in development from Blue Beetle writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer and EP’s Diego Luna & Gael García Bernal. Get ready for The Boys: Mexico! A new Spanish-language spinoff of the Prime Video series is in development from Blue Beetle writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, with Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal set to executive … Read more
Mark Wahlberg redirected his career “out of necessity” so he wouldn’t lose as many projects to DiCaprio, Pitt and Cruise. Mark Wahlberg had a funky bunch of acting roles on his resume beginning in the mid-’90s but found that he had to put more focus on producing if he was going to try to compete … Read more
Martin Scorsese, Studiocanal, and writer Patrick Marber are teaming up for an adaptation of Peter Cameron’s novel What Happens at Night Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese is teaming up with Studiocanal to produce a film adaptation of the mystery novel What Happens at Night, Deadline reports. Oscar nominated writer Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal) is … Read more