One of the biggest pop culture moments of the 80s was when a large group of pop artists came together for a special one-time song dedicated to raising awareness and helping to end famine in Africa. That song, “We Are the World,” was amazingly stacked with talent, including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, Harry Belafonte, Kenny Loggins, Dionne Warwick, and Huey Lewis. A documentary from Netflix recounts the story of how the song came together with The Greatest Night in Pop. The film is also scheduled to screen at the Sundance Film Festival this year, with Lionel Richie in tow.
Netflix’s description of the documentary reads,
“On January 25, 1985, dozens of the biggest names in music convened at a studio in Los Angeles, checked their egos at the door and recorded a song to benefit African famine relief that would alter global pop culture history.
Netflix’s description of the documentary reads,
“On January 25, 1985, dozens of the biggest names in music convened at a studio in Los Angeles, checked their egos at the door and recorded a song to benefit African famine relief that would alter global pop culture history.
- 1/9/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Netflix has set a January 29 streaming premiere date for The Greatest Night in Pop, a feature doc just announced as world premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on the 19th of this month.
Directed by award winner Bao Nguyen (Be Water), the film takes viewers back to January 25, 1985, when dozens of the biggest names in music convened at a Los Angeles studio and checked their egos at the door amidst the recording of a song to benefit African famine relief — one that would alter global pop culture history. Chronicled in the doc is the massive undertaking to assemble the world’s most impressive supergroup in a time before cell phones and email. That group of artists, led by the song’s co-writers and two of the most significant musicians of the 20th century — Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie — came from different worlds but united to record “We Are the World.
Directed by award winner Bao Nguyen (Be Water), the film takes viewers back to January 25, 1985, when dozens of the biggest names in music convened at a Los Angeles studio and checked their egos at the door amidst the recording of a song to benefit African famine relief — one that would alter global pop culture history. Chronicled in the doc is the massive undertaking to assemble the world’s most impressive supergroup in a time before cell phones and email. That group of artists, led by the song’s co-writers and two of the most significant musicians of the 20th century — Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie — came from different worlds but united to record “We Are the World.
- 1/5/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Dorothy Street Pictures will remain independent of Sister.
UK-us Chernobyl producer Sister has taken a minority stake in Julia Nottingham’s London-based non-fiction independent production Dorothy Street Pictures.
Under the terms of the deal, Dorothy St will remain independent of Stacey Snider, Jane Featherstone and Elisabeth Murdoch’s indie, but will be able to draw on Sister’s connections to high-profile creatives and scripted expertise.
Dorothy St has worked with broadcasters including HBO Max (Persona), Apple TV+ (Twas the Fight Before Christmas), and is co-producing Netflix’s upcoming premium doc about Pamela Anderson. In December, Dorothy St signed a development...
UK-us Chernobyl producer Sister has taken a minority stake in Julia Nottingham’s London-based non-fiction independent production Dorothy Street Pictures.
Under the terms of the deal, Dorothy St will remain independent of Stacey Snider, Jane Featherstone and Elisabeth Murdoch’s indie, but will be able to draw on Sister’s connections to high-profile creatives and scripted expertise.
Dorothy St has worked with broadcasters including HBO Max (Persona), Apple TV+ (Twas the Fight Before Christmas), and is co-producing Netflix’s upcoming premium doc about Pamela Anderson. In December, Dorothy St signed a development...
- 3/16/2022
- by John Elmes Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Transatlantic production powerhouse Sister has taken a minority stake in independent outfit Dorothy Street Pictures.
Dorothy Street Pictures, which is behind Sundance and Cannes title, Bruce Lee documentary “Be Water” and has a Pamela Anderson documentary in the works for Netflix, will remain fully independent. The company’s Julia Nottingham (“Skate Kitchen”) and her team of documentary filmmakers including Emmy nominated Becky Read (“Three Identical Strangers”) will continue to develop and produce television and feature content in the non-fiction space, grow its scripted slate led by Ariadne Kotsaki and leverage the collective expertise in the broader Sister group.
Nottingham said: “At Dorothy Street Pictures we believe in story first and are overjoyed to be supported by a company quite literally built around storytellers and the desire to empower the independent creative talent we all work with. We’re incredibly excited to collaborate with the teams both in-house at Sister and...
Dorothy Street Pictures, which is behind Sundance and Cannes title, Bruce Lee documentary “Be Water” and has a Pamela Anderson documentary in the works for Netflix, will remain fully independent. The company’s Julia Nottingham (“Skate Kitchen”) and her team of documentary filmmakers including Emmy nominated Becky Read (“Three Identical Strangers”) will continue to develop and produce television and feature content in the non-fiction space, grow its scripted slate led by Ariadne Kotsaki and leverage the collective expertise in the broader Sister group.
Nottingham said: “At Dorothy Street Pictures we believe in story first and are overjoyed to be supported by a company quite literally built around storytellers and the desire to empower the independent creative talent we all work with. We’re incredibly excited to collaborate with the teams both in-house at Sister and...
- 3/16/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The partnership will see co-production on a slate of high-end series and feature documentaries.
Sky Studios has agreed a development deal with Dorothy St Pictures, the UK production company behind Bruce Lee documentary Be Water.
The partnership will see the Dorothy St Pictures team co-produce an exclusive slate of high-end series and feature documentaries.
The team includes Julia Nottingham – a Screen Future Leader 2018 who also founded Dorothy St Pictures in 2018 – and director and producer Becky Read, whose credits include producing Three Identical Strangers.
The projects are expected to target Sky’s factual channels across Europe with Sky’s sister company,...
Sky Studios has agreed a development deal with Dorothy St Pictures, the UK production company behind Bruce Lee documentary Be Water.
The partnership will see the Dorothy St Pictures team co-produce an exclusive slate of high-end series and feature documentaries.
The team includes Julia Nottingham – a Screen Future Leader 2018 who also founded Dorothy St Pictures in 2018 – and director and producer Becky Read, whose credits include producing Three Identical Strangers.
The projects are expected to target Sky’s factual channels across Europe with Sky’s sister company,...
- 12/23/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Comcast-owned Sky Studios has struck a development deal with Dorothy St Pictures, the production company behind titles including Bruce Lee documentary “Be Water” and Audible Original “Killer Book Club.”
Founded by Julia Nottingham, Dorothy St Pictures describes itself as the “female-led home for filmmakers, both new and established” with an aim to approach topics from the “female gaze.”
The deal will see Nottingham and director and producer Becky Read (“Twas the Fight Before Christmas”), who is also part of the Dorothy St Pictures team, co-produce a slate of feature documentaries high-end series on a variety of subjects.
Sky’s European factual channels and sister company NBCUniversal will get a first-look option for global distribution.
The deal has already seen some projects go into development with commissions due to be announced in early 2022.
Sky Studios is Sky’s European original programming arm. It is part of Sky Group, which is owned by Comcast.
Founded by Julia Nottingham, Dorothy St Pictures describes itself as the “female-led home for filmmakers, both new and established” with an aim to approach topics from the “female gaze.”
The deal will see Nottingham and director and producer Becky Read (“Twas the Fight Before Christmas”), who is also part of the Dorothy St Pictures team, co-produce a slate of feature documentaries high-end series on a variety of subjects.
Sky’s European factual channels and sister company NBCUniversal will get a first-look option for global distribution.
The deal has already seen some projects go into development with commissions due to be announced in early 2022.
Sky Studios is Sky’s European original programming arm. It is part of Sky Group, which is owned by Comcast.
- 12/23/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Seven years ago, thousands of people descended upon Jeremy and Kristy Morris’ “Christmas House” in suburban Idaho, where holiday lights, a camel and a 35-member choir singing carols beckoned festive visitors. The holiday event, which served as a fundraiser for children with cancer, was so big that the couple decided that they needed a bigger house with more property for the following year’s festivities. U.K. based director Becky Read chronicles the ensuing neighborhood war and legal battle over the family’s 2015 holiday event – litigation is still pending appeal — in her Apple TV Plus documentary “Twas the Fight Before Christmas.”
Executive produced by prolific filmmaker Chris Smith, the offbeat, dark and comedic docu offers various perspectives of a Christmas event gone wrong and sheds light on a divided America. In advance of the documentary’s Nov. 26 debut, Read explained why she was drawn to the project and her take...
Executive produced by prolific filmmaker Chris Smith, the offbeat, dark and comedic docu offers various perspectives of a Christmas event gone wrong and sheds light on a divided America. In advance of the documentary’s Nov. 26 debut, Read explained why she was drawn to the project and her take...
- 11/26/2021
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Today Apple unveiled the trailer for the new documentary film ‘Twas The Fight Before Christmas premiering globally on Apple TV+ on November 26, 2021
‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas” follows the story of a North Idaho neighborhood turned upside down by one man’s obsession with bringing Christmas cheer to all, through the biggest community Christmas event America has ever seen. Christmas-loving lawyer Jeremy Morris’ plan hits a snag when the home owners’ association informs him that the event violates the rules of the neighborhood. A contentious fight over the festivities erupts and things snowball out of control. As the situation escalates, the film asks the question, who wins when different rights and interests collide? Director Becky Read pieces together the polarized perspectives in this quirky Christmas tale about freedoms, with a message about differences and tolerance at its heart.
Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries,...
‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas” follows the story of a North Idaho neighborhood turned upside down by one man’s obsession with bringing Christmas cheer to all, through the biggest community Christmas event America has ever seen. Christmas-loving lawyer Jeremy Morris’ plan hits a snag when the home owners’ association informs him that the event violates the rules of the neighborhood. A contentious fight over the festivities erupts and things snowball out of control. As the situation escalates, the film asks the question, who wins when different rights and interests collide? Director Becky Read pieces together the polarized perspectives in this quirky Christmas tale about freedoms, with a message about differences and tolerance at its heart.
Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries,...
- 11/10/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
AppleTV has debuted a trailer for the documentary ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas’, it gives a whole new meaning to nightmare neighbours… Bah Humbug!
The movie follows the story of a North Idaho neighbourhood turned upside down by one man’s obsession with bringing Christmas cheer to all, through the biggest community Christmas event America has ever seen.
Christmas-loving lawyer Jeremy Morris’ plan hits a snag when the homeowners’ association informs him that the event violates the rules of the neighbourhood. A contentious fight over the festivities erupts and things snowball out of control. As the situation escalates, the film asks the question, who wins when different rights and interests collide? Director Becky Read pieces together the polarized perspectives in this quirky Christmas tale about freedoms, with a message about differences and tolerance at its heart.
Also in trailers – “Something was coming and he knew it…” Final trailer drops for...
The movie follows the story of a North Idaho neighbourhood turned upside down by one man’s obsession with bringing Christmas cheer to all, through the biggest community Christmas event America has ever seen.
Christmas-loving lawyer Jeremy Morris’ plan hits a snag when the homeowners’ association informs him that the event violates the rules of the neighbourhood. A contentious fight over the festivities erupts and things snowball out of control. As the situation escalates, the film asks the question, who wins when different rights and interests collide? Director Becky Read pieces together the polarized perspectives in this quirky Christmas tale about freedoms, with a message about differences and tolerance at its heart.
Also in trailers – “Something was coming and he knew it…” Final trailer drops for...
- 11/10/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Apple has landed global rights to the documentary feature film The Fight Before Christmas, which will premiere exclusively on Apple TV+ on November 26. The film is the directorial debut of Three Identical Strangers producer Becky Read.
Produced by Dorothy Street Pictures, the doc follows the story of a North Idaho neighborhood turned upside down by one man’s obsession with bringing Christmas cheer to all, through the biggest community Christmas event America has ever seen. Christmas-loving lawyer Jeremy Morris’ plan hits a snag when the homeowners’ association informs him that the event violates the rules of the neighborhood. A contentious fight over the festivities erupts and things snowball out of control.
As the situation escalates, the film asks the question, who wins when different rights and interests collide? Read pieces together the polarized perspectives in this quirky Christmas tale about freedoms, with a message about differences and tolerance at its heart.
Produced by Dorothy Street Pictures, the doc follows the story of a North Idaho neighborhood turned upside down by one man’s obsession with bringing Christmas cheer to all, through the biggest community Christmas event America has ever seen. Christmas-loving lawyer Jeremy Morris’ plan hits a snag when the homeowners’ association informs him that the event violates the rules of the neighborhood. A contentious fight over the festivities erupts and things snowball out of control.
As the situation escalates, the film asks the question, who wins when different rights and interests collide? Read pieces together the polarized perspectives in this quirky Christmas tale about freedoms, with a message about differences and tolerance at its heart.
- 9/2/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
New members include filmmakers Lynne Ramsay, Haifaa al-Mansour, Fox Searchlight’s Kate Gardiner and Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.
Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.
Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films...
- 12/4/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
’The Personal History Of David Copperfield’ finished with five awards, the highest of the night, from 11 nominations.
For Sama and The Personal History Of David Copperfield were the big winners at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
The ceremony was hosted by actress and comedian Aisling Bea and held at London’s Old Billingsgate tonight (Dec 1).
Syrian civil war documentary For Sama scooped the night’s top prize, best British independent film, as well as best director for Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, best documentary, and best editing at the previously announced craft awards last month.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield...
For Sama and The Personal History Of David Copperfield were the big winners at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
The ceremony was hosted by actress and comedian Aisling Bea and held at London’s Old Billingsgate tonight (Dec 1).
Syrian civil war documentary For Sama scooped the night’s top prize, best British independent film, as well as best director for Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, best documentary, and best editing at the previously announced craft awards last month.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield...
- 12/1/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
The nominations for the 2019 British Independent Film Awards have been revealed, and it was a huge morning for Armando Iannucci’s Charles Dickens adaptation “The Personal History of David Copperfield” and Tom Harper’s musical drama “Wild Rose.” “Copperfield” led all movies with 11 nominations, including Best British Indie Film, Best Actor for Dev Patel, and Best Screenplay for Iannucci and co-writer Simon Blackwell. Fox Searchlight has U.S. distribution rights to the movie and has announced a 2020 theatrical release.
“Wild Rose,” which earned a second-best 10 nominations, will also compete for Best British Indie Film against “Bait,” “For Sama,” and “The Souvenir.” “Wild Rose” breakout Jessie Buckley landed a Best Actress nomination opposite Renee Zellweger for “Judy,” which Buckley just so happens to have a supporting role in.
While Zellweger landed in the Best Actress field (which she is widely expected to do all awards season thanks to her acclaimed leading...
“Wild Rose,” which earned a second-best 10 nominations, will also compete for Best British Indie Film against “Bait,” “For Sama,” and “The Souvenir.” “Wild Rose” breakout Jessie Buckley landed a Best Actress nomination opposite Renee Zellweger for “Judy,” which Buckley just so happens to have a supporting role in.
While Zellweger landed in the Best Actress field (which she is widely expected to do all awards season thanks to her acclaimed leading...
- 10/30/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
This year’s top ten was selected by Screen International’s team of critics.
The nominees for Screen International’s 2019 Best British Film of the Year award have been revealed.
The winner will be voted for by Screen International readers (see below) and will be announced at this year’s Screen Awards ceremony held on November 28 at The Ballroom Southbank in London. Voting closes on October 31. This year’s other Screen Awards nominees have been announced here.
The award launched last year, with Dan Kokotajlo’s Apostasy winning the first edition.
This year’s top 10 was selected by Screen International...
The nominees for Screen International’s 2019 Best British Film of the Year award have been revealed.
The winner will be voted for by Screen International readers (see below) and will be announced at this year’s Screen Awards ceremony held on November 28 at The Ballroom Southbank in London. Voting closes on October 31. This year’s other Screen Awards nominees have been announced here.
The award launched last year, with Dan Kokotajlo’s Apostasy winning the first edition.
This year’s top 10 was selected by Screen International...
- 10/11/2019
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
(L-r top): Charlotte Koh, Becky Read. (L-r bottom): Dan Jinks, Ursula Macfarlane.
Screen Producers Australia has unveiled the first set of international speakers for this year’s Screen Forever, and outlined that this year’s event will focus on various topics such as younger audience content; the potential to diversify content through podcasts and interactive media; and the ramifications of creating content in a post-#MeToo era, as well as celebrating trailblazing talent and shining a light on female-led production companies.
Among the speakers is director and executive producer Ursula Macfarlane, who will appear ‘in conversation’ to dissect her feature documentary Untouchable, which charts Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace.
Three Identical Strangers, Rico, and Life and Death in Chicago producer Becky Read will take part in the conference’s ‘The Tricky Business of Ethics’ stream; an exploration of the parameters of ethically ambiguous situations in documentary, reality...
Screen Producers Australia has unveiled the first set of international speakers for this year’s Screen Forever, and outlined that this year’s event will focus on various topics such as younger audience content; the potential to diversify content through podcasts and interactive media; and the ramifications of creating content in a post-#MeToo era, as well as celebrating trailblazing talent and shining a light on female-led production companies.
Among the speakers is director and executive producer Ursula Macfarlane, who will appear ‘in conversation’ to dissect her feature documentary Untouchable, which charts Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace.
Three Identical Strangers, Rico, and Life and Death in Chicago producer Becky Read will take part in the conference’s ‘The Tricky Business of Ethics’ stream; an exploration of the parameters of ethically ambiguous situations in documentary, reality...
- 7/18/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Roma wins best film and best director, The Favourite wins seven awards including best actress for Olivia Colman.
Roma took home best film at the 2019 Baftas, as well as best foreign film, best director and best cinematography.
The Favourite won the most awards in total, seven, including best actress for Olivia Colman.
The ceremony took place on Feb 10 at the Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by Joanna Lumley for a second time.
The full list of winners Best Film BLACKkKLANSMAN Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele The Favourite Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday Green Book Jim Burke,...
Roma took home best film at the 2019 Baftas, as well as best foreign film, best director and best cinematography.
The Favourite won the most awards in total, seven, including best actress for Olivia Colman.
The ceremony took place on Feb 10 at the Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by Joanna Lumley for a second time.
The full list of winners Best Film BLACKkKLANSMAN Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele The Favourite Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday Green Book Jim Burke,...
- 2/11/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The 2019 Bafta Awards are taking place tonight at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The 2019 Bafta Awards are taking place tonight (10 Feb) at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page and on Twitter as they are announced.
The ceremony starts at 18:45 UK time and finishes at approximately 21:30, with Joanna Lumley hosting for a second time.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ historical drama The Favourite leads the way with 12 nominations. Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma and A Star Is Born follow on seven. Vice has six, BlacKkKlansman has five, with Cold War and Green Book on four each.
The 2019 Bafta Awards are taking place tonight (10 Feb) at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page and on Twitter as they are announced.
The ceremony starts at 18:45 UK time and finishes at approximately 21:30, with Joanna Lumley hosting for a second time.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ historical drama The Favourite leads the way with 12 nominations. Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma and A Star Is Born follow on seven. Vice has six, BlacKkKlansman has five, with Cold War and Green Book on four each.
- 2/10/2019
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
A few hours ago, the Producers Guild of America threw a bit of a monkey-wrench into the awards season works. Giving out their Producers Guild Awards, the top prize went to Green Book, shooting that controversial film to the front of the Oscar race. The PGA voters always catapult their winners towards Best Picture at the Academy Awards, so it was expected that this would occur here too. Well, it probably has, just with a movie that wasn’t the presumptive top tier with producers. Guess that wasn’t the case, so we need to re-evaluate things a bit. I’ll try to make sense of it all below! PGA went with Peter Farrelly’s Green Book over what seemed like more likely choice in Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born and Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma. Green Book wasn’t even necessarily considered next in line, as an upset...
- 1/20/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
“Green Book” has won the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards, meaning we have an official Best Picture frontrunner. Often seen as an Oscar bellwether, the PGA Awards’ top winner has matched up with that of the Academy 20 times since the Guild started giving out awards — including last year, when “The Shape of Water” won both.
Avail yourself of the full list below, with winners in bold.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
“Black Panther” (Producer: Kevin Feige)
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody” (Producer: Graham King)
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“A Quiet Place”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
“The Dawn Wall”
“Free Solo”
“Hal”
“Into the Okavango” (Producer: Neil Gelinas)
“Rbg”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs...
Avail yourself of the full list below, with winners in bold.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
“Black Panther” (Producer: Kevin Feige)
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody” (Producer: Graham King)
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“A Quiet Place”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
“The Dawn Wall”
“Free Solo”
“Hal”
“Into the Okavango” (Producer: Neil Gelinas)
“Rbg”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs...
- 1/20/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Last year’s Producers Guild Awards told us which movie — “The Shape of Water” — would win the Oscar for Best Picture weeks before the Academy Awards. In fact 20 of the previous winners of this important prize have then gone on to Best Picture victories.
For the 30th annual PGA ceremony slated for Saturday evening, January 19, at the Beverly Hilton, we already know that the top choice will be at the very least a major front-runner for this year’s Oscar. Could it be a blockbuster like “A Star Is Born,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” or “Black Panther”? Or maybe a critical favorite such as “Roma,” “Green Book” or “The Favourite”?
Seepga Awards predictions: ‘A Star Is Born’ will be reborn with a Best Picture win
We’ll have the actual champs indicated below with an ** immediately after they are announced. Here is the full list of nominations for the 2019 PGA Awards in...
For the 30th annual PGA ceremony slated for Saturday evening, January 19, at the Beverly Hilton, we already know that the top choice will be at the very least a major front-runner for this year’s Oscar. Could it be a blockbuster like “A Star Is Born,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” or “Black Panther”? Or maybe a critical favorite such as “Roma,” “Green Book” or “The Favourite”?
Seepga Awards predictions: ‘A Star Is Born’ will be reborn with a Best Picture win
We’ll have the actual champs indicated below with an ** immediately after they are announced. Here is the full list of nominations for the 2019 PGA Awards in...
- 1/20/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
The Producers Guild of America hands out its awards on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. That is three days before the academy announces the nominations for the Oscars. While the PGA ceremony is not televised, it is an important stop on the road to the Oscars.
The PGA Awards has an enviable track record at presaging the eventual Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards. The guild and the academy have agreed on 20 of the most recent 29 Best Picture champs, including last year’s double winner. “The Shape of Water.”
Since both groups expanded the Best Picture category, the PGA has predicted 70 of the 81 of the Best Picture nominees over the past nine years. Last year the guild went seven for nine in previewing the Oscars line-up: “Call Me by Your Name,” “Dunkirk,” “Get Out,” “Lady Bird,” “The Post,” “The Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” The other four guild nominees were “The Big Sick,...
The PGA Awards has an enviable track record at presaging the eventual Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards. The guild and the academy have agreed on 20 of the most recent 29 Best Picture champs, including last year’s double winner. “The Shape of Water.”
Since both groups expanded the Best Picture category, the PGA has predicted 70 of the 81 of the Best Picture nominees over the past nine years. Last year the guild went seven for nine in previewing the Oscars line-up: “Call Me by Your Name,” “Dunkirk,” “Get Out,” “Lady Bird,” “The Post,” “The Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” The other four guild nominees were “The Big Sick,...
- 1/19/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Update, writethru: BAFTA has revealed its nominations for this year’s Ee British Academy Film Awards with Fox Searchlight’s The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos leading the list of contenders at 12. Also making strong showings are Netflix’s Roma, Warner Bros’ A Star Is Born, Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Universal’s First Man with seven nominations each. See below for the full roster.
Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma notably is also up here for Best Film Not In The English Language, Director, Cinematography, Editing and Original Screenplay, all of which could repeat at the Oscars.
Along with Roma and The Favourite, the Best Film category includes A Star Is Born, BlackKklansman (the latter from Focus with five nominations total) and Universal’s Green Book (eOne in the UK) which has a total four nods. Bohemian Rhapsody is in Oustanding British Film, but First Man made neither cut despite its big nods haul.
Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma notably is also up here for Best Film Not In The English Language, Director, Cinematography, Editing and Original Screenplay, all of which could repeat at the Oscars.
Along with Roma and The Favourite, the Best Film category includes A Star Is Born, BlackKklansman (the latter from Focus with five nominations total) and Universal’s Green Book (eOne in the UK) which has a total four nods. Bohemian Rhapsody is in Oustanding British Film, but First Man made neither cut despite its big nods haul.
- 1/9/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Favourite” has scored 12 nominations at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ movie awards, far outpacing the rest of the pack.
Behind it came “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “First Man,” “Roma” and “A Star Is Born” with seven BAFTA nominations apiece. “Vice” garnered six noms, “BlacKkKlansman” five, and “Cold War” and “Green Book” four each. Earning three nominations each were “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”, “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Mary Queen of Scots” and “Stan & Ollie.”
All three main actresses in “The Favourite” – Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Stone – were recognized with noms, which were unveiled Wednesday. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga landed best actor and actress nods for “A Star Is Born,” and Cooper was one of the five nominees – all men – for best director.
“Roma” continued its awards-season run, landing nominations for both best film and best film in a foreign language, as well as a director nomination for Alfonso Cuaron.
Behind it came “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “First Man,” “Roma” and “A Star Is Born” with seven BAFTA nominations apiece. “Vice” garnered six noms, “BlacKkKlansman” five, and “Cold War” and “Green Book” four each. Earning three nominations each were “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”, “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Mary Queen of Scots” and “Stan & Ollie.”
All three main actresses in “The Favourite” – Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Stone – were recognized with noms, which were unveiled Wednesday. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga landed best actor and actress nods for “A Star Is Born,” and Cooper was one of the five nominees – all men – for best director.
“Roma” continued its awards-season run, landing nominations for both best film and best film in a foreign language, as well as a director nomination for Alfonso Cuaron.
- 1/9/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
The Favourite leads the way with 12 nominations. Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma and A Star Is Born follow on nine.
The nominations for the 2019 British Academy Film Awards were revealed today (Jan 9) at London’s Princess Anne Theatre.
The Favourite leads the way with 12 nominations. Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma and A Star Is Born follow on seven. Vice has six, BlacKkKlansman has five, with Cold War and Green Book on four each.
The Bafta ceremony will take place on Feb 10 at London’s Royal Albert Hall and will be broadcast on BBC One. Joanna Lumley will once again host the event.
The nominations for the 2019 British Academy Film Awards were revealed today (Jan 9) at London’s Princess Anne Theatre.
The Favourite leads the way with 12 nominations. Bohemian Rhapsody, First Man, Roma and A Star Is Born follow on seven. Vice has six, BlacKkKlansman has five, with Cold War and Green Book on four each.
The Bafta ceremony will take place on Feb 10 at London’s Royal Albert Hall and will be broadcast on BBC One. Joanna Lumley will once again host the event.
- 1/9/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Yesterday afternoon, the Producers Guild of America revealed their awards nominees. The PGA nominations mark a huge moment in the precursor season, as this Guild more accurately represents what could be the Academy Award nominees in Best Picture than anywhere else. Scoring with PGA, combined with other precursor citations, is the safest way to become an Oscar nominee. This year, they announce as the race for Best Picture seems as wide open as any previously. Well, now we know which films they favored, shining some light on to which titles are sitting in the best spots. Let us dive in, shall we? PGA didn’t really go with any surprises here, opting for most of the popular contenders for Oscar glory. Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Green Book, A Quiet Place, Roma, and A Star Is Born were all expected to get nominated, and they did. Crazy Rich Asians...
- 1/5/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Left to right: Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott, John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott, Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott and Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A Quiet Place, from Paramount Pictures.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today motion picture and television nominations for the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards presented by Cadillac. All 2019 Producers Guild Awards winners will be announced on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
At this month’s event, the Producers Guild will also present special honors to Toby Emmerich (Milestone Award), Kevin Feige (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), Amy Sherman-Palladino (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Kenya Barris (Visionary Award), and Jane Fonda (Stanley Kramer Award).
The 2019 Producers Guild Awards Co-Chairs are Donald De Line and Amy Pascal. Cadillac is the Presenting Sponsor of the event, Delta Air Lines is the sponsor of the Visionary Award,...
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today motion picture and television nominations for the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards presented by Cadillac. All 2019 Producers Guild Awards winners will be announced on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
At this month’s event, the Producers Guild will also present special honors to Toby Emmerich (Milestone Award), Kevin Feige (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), Amy Sherman-Palladino (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Kenya Barris (Visionary Award), and Jane Fonda (Stanley Kramer Award).
The 2019 Producers Guild Awards Co-Chairs are Donald De Line and Amy Pascal. Cadillac is the Presenting Sponsor of the event, Delta Air Lines is the sponsor of the Visionary Award,...
- 1/4/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Americans, The Handmaid’s Tale up for outstanding episodic drama.
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has announced its theatrical and television nominations in Los Angeles (4).
The Favourite, Roma and Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians are in contention for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures alongside Green Book, BlacKkKlansman, and Bohemian Rhapsody, A Quiet Place, A Star Is Born, and Vice.
The PGA winners will be announced at the Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 19 in Los Angeles.
Full list of theatrical nominees and select television nominees appears below. All producers listed below title.
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has announced its theatrical and television nominations in Los Angeles (4).
The Favourite, Roma and Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians are in contention for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures alongside Green Book, BlacKkKlansman, and Bohemian Rhapsody, A Quiet Place, A Star Is Born, and Vice.
The PGA winners will be announced at the Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 19 in Los Angeles.
Full list of theatrical nominees and select television nominees appears below. All producers listed below title.
- 1/4/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Now we know what the most popular movies are vying for Oscars this year: The Producers Guild of America’s motion picture and television nominations went mainstream. Winners will be revealed at the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards, to be held January 19 at the Beverly Hilton.
Many of these films will wind up on the the final list of Oscar nominations to be revealed on January 22; the eventual winners are here as well. That does not mean that “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “A Quiet Place,” or “Crazy Rich Asians” will land Best Picture nominations, but it is a sign of strength and popularity. Oscar voters tend to take degree of difficulty in production into consideration, and may lean into big box office hits this year.
(Left off the PGA list are long-shot Best Picture contenders “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” and “First Man.”)
The 2019 PGA motion picture nominations are...
Many of these films will wind up on the the final list of Oscar nominations to be revealed on January 22; the eventual winners are here as well. That does not mean that “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “A Quiet Place,” or “Crazy Rich Asians” will land Best Picture nominations, but it is a sign of strength and popularity. Oscar voters tend to take degree of difficulty in production into consideration, and may lean into big box office hits this year.
(Left off the PGA list are long-shot Best Picture contenders “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” and “First Man.”)
The 2019 PGA motion picture nominations are...
- 1/4/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“BlacKkKlansman,” “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Favourite,” “Green Book,” “A Quiet Place,” “Roma,” “A Star Is Born,” and “Vice” have been nominated for the Producers Guild’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award as the top feature film of 2018.
Awards contenders “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “Eighth Grade,” “First Man,” “First Reformed,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” were overlooked in the Zanuck nominations.
Nominees for animated films are “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
The PGA also announced Friday nominees in nine television categories. In the drama series category, nominees included the final season of “The Americans,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Ozark” and “This Is Us.” The first season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” won the category last year.
Comedy series nominees were “Atlanta,” “Barry,” “Glow,” “The Good Place” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,...
Awards contenders “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “Eighth Grade,” “First Man,” “First Reformed,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” were overlooked in the Zanuck nominations.
Nominees for animated films are “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
The PGA also announced Friday nominees in nine television categories. In the drama series category, nominees included the final season of “The Americans,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Ozark” and “This Is Us.” The first season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” won the category last year.
Comedy series nominees were “Atlanta,” “Barry,” “Glow,” “The Good Place” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,...
- 1/4/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Producers Guild has unveiled nominations for its 30th annual PGA Awards, listing nominees for the year’s best-produced works in motion pictures, television and short-form categories. The awards will be presented January 19 at the Beverly Hilton.
The 10-strong film list encapsulates the diverse range of films that have been making their way through awards season this year, spanning superheroes (Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther), romantic comedy (Warner Bros’ Crazy Rich Asians), musical drama (20th Century Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Warners’ A Star Is Born) and genre thriller (Paramount’s A Quiet Place).
Others making the cut in the category, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, which was won by eventual Oscar Best Picture The Shape of Water last year: Focus Features’ BlacKkKlansman, Fox Searchlight’s The Favourite, Netflix’s Roma (Alfonso Cuarón’s drama is a rare foreign-language selection from this guild...
The 10-strong film list encapsulates the diverse range of films that have been making their way through awards season this year, spanning superheroes (Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther), romantic comedy (Warner Bros’ Crazy Rich Asians), musical drama (20th Century Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Warners’ A Star Is Born) and genre thriller (Paramount’s A Quiet Place).
Others making the cut in the category, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, which was won by eventual Oscar Best Picture The Shape of Water last year: Focus Features’ BlacKkKlansman, Fox Searchlight’s The Favourite, Netflix’s Roma (Alfonso Cuarón’s drama is a rare foreign-language selection from this guild...
- 1/4/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar frontrunners “A Star Is Born,” “Roma,” “Black Panther,” “Green Book” and “The Favourite” have all been nominated as the best-produced films of 2018 by the Producers Guild of America, which announced its annual Producers Guild Awards nods on Friday morning.
Other nominees were “BlacKkKlansman,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “A Quiet Place,” “Vice” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Conspicuously missing from the list were such presumed awards contenders as “First Man,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Widows” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In the animated-feature category, the nominees were “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “The Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
Also Read: Palm Springs Is Narnia and 4 Other Things We Learned From the 30th Film Awards Gala
Television nominations went to the drama series “The Americans,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Handmaid’s Take,” “Ozark” and “This Is Us,” and the comedy series “Atlanta,...
Other nominees were “BlacKkKlansman,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “A Quiet Place,” “Vice” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Conspicuously missing from the list were such presumed awards contenders as “First Man,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Widows” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In the animated-feature category, the nominees were “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “The Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
Also Read: Palm Springs Is Narnia and 4 Other Things We Learned From the 30th Film Awards Gala
Television nominations went to the drama series “The Americans,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Handmaid’s Take,” “Ozark” and “This Is Us,” and the comedy series “Atlanta,...
- 1/4/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Cinema Eye Honors said that Eyes on the Prize, the landmark civil rights docuseries that first aired on public television in 1987, will receive the group’s 2019 Legacy Award. The honor will be bestowed January 10 during the 12th annual Cinema Eye Honors awards ceremony in New York.
“For me and so many others, Eyes on the Prize was a transformational cinematic experience, artfully crafting the history of a nation into an unforgettable story,” Cinema Eye board co-chair Dawn Porter said Thursday. “Countless filmmakers have been inspired by this elegant body of work.”
Created and by the late Henry Hampton’s Blackside, the 14-part Eyes on the Prize is considered the definitive documentary record of the American civil rights era, tracing the country’s long and brutal march toward equality and the fight to end decades of discrimination and segregation. It aired in two parts, the first covering the years 1954–1965 and...
“For me and so many others, Eyes on the Prize was a transformational cinematic experience, artfully crafting the history of a nation into an unforgettable story,” Cinema Eye board co-chair Dawn Porter said Thursday. “Countless filmmakers have been inspired by this elegant body of work.”
Created and by the late Henry Hampton’s Blackside, the 14-part Eyes on the Prize is considered the definitive documentary record of the American civil rights era, tracing the country’s long and brutal march toward equality and the fight to end decades of discrimination and segregation. It aired in two parts, the first covering the years 1954–1965 and...
- 12/20/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Documentaries Rbg, Three Identical Strangers and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? couldn’t be more different in terms of subject matter, but, speaking at the Producers Guild of America's Produced By: New York conference on Saturday, the filmmakers all seemed to agree on the most important prerequisite to making their well-received features: trust.
Three Identical Strangers’ Becky Read and Tim Wardle had to gain it from triplets separated at birth; Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’s Morgan Neville and Caryn Capotosto sought to secure it from Fred Rogers’ wife; and, perhaps the most ambitious, Rbg’s Julie Cohen and ...
Three Identical Strangers’ Becky Read and Tim Wardle had to gain it from triplets separated at birth; Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’s Morgan Neville and Caryn Capotosto sought to secure it from Fred Rogers’ wife; and, perhaps the most ambitious, Rbg’s Julie Cohen and ...
- 11/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Documentaries Rbg, Three Identical Strangers and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? couldn’t be more different in terms of subject matter, but, speaking at the Producers Guild of America's Produced By: New York conference on Saturday, the filmmakers all seemed to agree on the most important prerequisite to making their well-received features: trust.
Three Identical Strangers’ Becky Read and Tim Wardle had to gain it from triplets separated at birth; Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’s Morgan Neville and Caryn Capotosto sought to secure it from Fred Rogers’ wife; and, perhaps the most ambitious, Rbg’s Julie Cohen and ...
Three Identical Strangers’ Becky Read and Tim Wardle had to gain it from triplets separated at birth; Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’s Morgan Neville and Caryn Capotosto sought to secure it from Fred Rogers’ wife; and, perhaps the most ambitious, Rbg’s Julie Cohen and ...
- 11/12/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“Minding the Gap,” a documentary that mixes stories of skateboarding teens with a dark family story, led all films in nominations for the Cinema Eye Honors, one of the top awards devoted to all facets of nonfiction filmmaking.
Bing Liu’s highly personal film tied a Cinema Eye record by receiving seven nominations overall, one in a previously announced category and six in the 10 categories that Cinema Eye announced on Thursday. Those included nominations for directing, editing, cinematography and music, as well as one in the marquee category, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking.
Other nominees in that category were Robert Greene’s “Bisbee ’17,” RaMell Ross’ “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” Talal Derki’s “Of Fathers and Son,” Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers” and the 12th highest-grossing documentary of all time, Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Also Read: 'Minding the Gap' Film Review: Powerful...
Bing Liu’s highly personal film tied a Cinema Eye record by receiving seven nominations overall, one in a previously announced category and six in the 10 categories that Cinema Eye announced on Thursday. Those included nominations for directing, editing, cinematography and music, as well as one in the marquee category, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking.
Other nominees in that category were Robert Greene’s “Bisbee ’17,” RaMell Ross’ “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” Talal Derki’s “Of Fathers and Son,” Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers” and the 12th highest-grossing documentary of all time, Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Also Read: 'Minding the Gap' Film Review: Powerful...
- 11/8/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
After buying North American rights to Three Identical Strangers, Tim Wardle’s Jury Prize-winning Sundance doc, Neon reunited the director with producer Becky Read and executive producer Dimitri Doganis for a panel explaining how this amazing story – of how three total strangers found out in the ‘80s, at the age of 19, that they were identical triplets, separated at birth – made it to the big screen.
The three were keen to preserve some of the film’s mysteries, since it has yet to debut theatrically in the UK, but they were happy to discuss its storied history.
As Wardle noted, it began quite unexpectedly. “I was running development at Raw,” he said. “The company I worked for made documentaries like The Imposter and American Animals, and someone brought this story in. Doing that job, you get very cynical – you see a lot of the same ideas again and again, and you get very jaded.
The three were keen to preserve some of the film’s mysteries, since it has yet to debut theatrically in the UK, but they were happy to discuss its storied history.
As Wardle noted, it began quite unexpectedly. “I was running development at Raw,” he said. “The company I worked for made documentaries like The Imposter and American Animals, and someone brought this story in. Doing that job, you get very cynical – you see a lot of the same ideas again and again, and you get very jaded.
- 10/13/2018
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Documentary hits “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” and “Three Identical Strangers” are two of the 31 shortlisted films for the International Documentary Association’s award for top feature of 2018.
Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Netflix’s “Shirkers,” and Hulu’s “Minding the Gap” were among the other high-profile titles unveiled on Tuesday.
Morgan Neville’s Fred Rogers story “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” has grossed $22.6 million domestically since its release in June, making it the 12th-highest-grossing doc of all time. Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers” has also performed well with $12.3 million and is 26th on the list. “Fahrenheit 11/9” has reeled in $6 million since its Sept. 20 launch — far below the record $119 million grossed by Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” in 2004.
It’s the first time the Ida has unveiled the shortlists in the shorts and features categories. The 34th annual awards will take place on Dec. 8 at Los Angeles’ Paramount Theatre. Nominees...
Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Netflix’s “Shirkers,” and Hulu’s “Minding the Gap” were among the other high-profile titles unveiled on Tuesday.
Morgan Neville’s Fred Rogers story “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” has grossed $22.6 million domestically since its release in June, making it the 12th-highest-grossing doc of all time. Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers” has also performed well with $12.3 million and is 26th on the list. “Fahrenheit 11/9” has reeled in $6 million since its Sept. 20 launch — far below the record $119 million grossed by Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” in 2004.
It’s the first time the Ida has unveiled the shortlists in the shorts and features categories. The 34th annual awards will take place on Dec. 8 at Los Angeles’ Paramount Theatre. Nominees...
- 10/9/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? is among features in the running for documantary association honours.
Major award contenders Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Three Identical Strangers and Free Solo are among the thirty-one films on the shortlist for this year’s International Documentary Association (Ida) feature award.
The Ida has unveiled the shortlists for its feature and short categories for the first time this year. Up to ten nominees in each category will be selected from the shortlists and nominees will be announced – along with nominees for the Association’s Special Awards and Creative Recognition Awards - on...
Major award contenders Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Three Identical Strangers and Free Solo are among the thirty-one films on the shortlist for this year’s International Documentary Association (Ida) feature award.
The Ida has unveiled the shortlists for its feature and short categories for the first time this year. Up to ten nominees in each category will be selected from the shortlists and nominees will be announced – along with nominees for the Association’s Special Awards and Creative Recognition Awards - on...
- 10/9/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Marvel Studios Chief Kevin Feige and PGA President Lucy Fisher have been added to the line-up for the for the 5th edition of Produced By: New York, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced Wednesday.
In addition, “Crazy Rich Asians” producer John Penotti, “If Beale Street Could Talk” producer Adele Romanski and editor Joi McMillon, “Three Identical Strangers” producer Becky Read and director Tim Wardle will join the previously announced session series “Producing Masterclass: The Creative Collaborations.”
Feige most recently participated at PGA’s annual Produced By conference in Los Angeles last June.
Produced By: New York 2018 will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10 at One Time Warner Center in New York.
Also Read: Marvel Studios Chief Kevin Feige to Receive BAFTA's Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award
Previously announced panelists include: “The Favourite” director and producer Yorgos Lanthimos and writer Tony McNamara; “A Quiet Place” director, writer, and executive producer...
In addition, “Crazy Rich Asians” producer John Penotti, “If Beale Street Could Talk” producer Adele Romanski and editor Joi McMillon, “Three Identical Strangers” producer Becky Read and director Tim Wardle will join the previously announced session series “Producing Masterclass: The Creative Collaborations.”
Feige most recently participated at PGA’s annual Produced By conference in Los Angeles last June.
Produced By: New York 2018 will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10 at One Time Warner Center in New York.
Also Read: Marvel Studios Chief Kevin Feige to Receive BAFTA's Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award
Previously announced panelists include: “The Favourite” director and producer Yorgos Lanthimos and writer Tony McNamara; “A Quiet Place” director, writer, and executive producer...
- 10/3/2018
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) set their lineup of speakers as well as additional programming for the 5th edition of Produced By: New York. The event will be held on Saturday, November 10 at One Time Warner Center in New York.
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige and film producer and PGA co-president Lucy Fisher have been added to the growing list of speakers. Joining them are Joi McMillon, John Penotti, Becky Read, Adele Romanski, and Tim Wardle, who will be joining the previously announced session series “Producing Masterclass: The Creative Collaborations.”
This year’s program will also include a new session, “Late-Night Laughs,” which, as the title suggests, will delve into the world of New York late-night TV. The session will feature a discussion with executive producers and showrunners from established and upcoming shows about the unique challenges of producing the funny on different platforms. Chris Licht will moderate the discussion, which to date includes: Jen Flanz, Mike Shoemaker and Prashanth Venkataramanujam.
“Producing Masterclass: The Creative Collaborations” is a popular feature of Produced By: New York and spotlights a producer from each film taking the stage with a key collaborator to discuss how their partnerships provided defining elements of their memorable films, setting them on course for the awards season. New additions to the session include: Black Panther producer Kevin Feige; Crazy Rich Asians producer John Penotti; If Beale Street Could Talk” producer Adele Romanski and editor Joi McMillon; and Three Identical Strangers producer Becky Read and director Tim Wardle.
They join a roster of previously announced panelists The Favourite director and producer Yorgos Lanthimos and writer Tony McNamara; A Quiet Place director, writer, and executive producer John Krasinski and producer Andrew Form; Rbg producers and directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West; Widows director, writer, and producer Steve McQueen and producer Iain Canning; and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? director and producer Morgan Neville and producer Caryn Capotosto. Academy Award-winning producer Bruce Cohen (American Beauty) and Mimi Valdés (Hidden Figures) will lead the discussions.
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige and film producer and PGA co-president Lucy Fisher have been added to the growing list of speakers. Joining them are Joi McMillon, John Penotti, Becky Read, Adele Romanski, and Tim Wardle, who will be joining the previously announced session series “Producing Masterclass: The Creative Collaborations.”
This year’s program will also include a new session, “Late-Night Laughs,” which, as the title suggests, will delve into the world of New York late-night TV. The session will feature a discussion with executive producers and showrunners from established and upcoming shows about the unique challenges of producing the funny on different platforms. Chris Licht will moderate the discussion, which to date includes: Jen Flanz, Mike Shoemaker and Prashanth Venkataramanujam.
“Producing Masterclass: The Creative Collaborations” is a popular feature of Produced By: New York and spotlights a producer from each film taking the stage with a key collaborator to discuss how their partnerships provided defining elements of their memorable films, setting them on course for the awards season. New additions to the session include: Black Panther producer Kevin Feige; Crazy Rich Asians producer John Penotti; If Beale Street Could Talk” producer Adele Romanski and editor Joi McMillon; and Three Identical Strangers producer Becky Read and director Tim Wardle.
They join a roster of previously announced panelists The Favourite director and producer Yorgos Lanthimos and writer Tony McNamara; A Quiet Place director, writer, and executive producer John Krasinski and producer Andrew Form; Rbg producers and directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West; Widows director, writer, and producer Steve McQueen and producer Iain Canning; and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? director and producer Morgan Neville and producer Caryn Capotosto. Academy Award-winning producer Bruce Cohen (American Beauty) and Mimi Valdés (Hidden Figures) will lead the discussions.
- 10/3/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
With awards season kicking into gear off the back of the fall festivals, Deadline’s international Contenders events kick off next month in London with a star-packed lineup and a shiny new venue.
Over the course of the day, set for Saturday, October 13, we’ll welcome Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Letitia Wright, Mahershala Ali and more to our stage, presenting clips and discussing their latest projects in front of a packed house of voters. And it’s a mark of how essential The Contenders has become on the long road to Oscar that this year’s London event is set to be bigger and better than the last.
After a hearty breakfast, sponsored by Amazon Studios, our 12-studio, 21-film day kicks off with Universal, which will bring Viggo Mortensen, Ali and writer-director Peter Farrelly to discuss Tiff Audience Award winner Green Book. And producer Janet Healy and art director Colin Stimpson...
Over the course of the day, set for Saturday, October 13, we’ll welcome Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Letitia Wright, Mahershala Ali and more to our stage, presenting clips and discussing their latest projects in front of a packed house of voters. And it’s a mark of how essential The Contenders has become on the long road to Oscar that this year’s London event is set to be bigger and better than the last.
After a hearty breakfast, sponsored by Amazon Studios, our 12-studio, 21-film day kicks off with Universal, which will bring Viggo Mortensen, Ali and writer-director Peter Farrelly to discuss Tiff Audience Award winner Green Book. And producer Janet Healy and art director Colin Stimpson...
- 9/20/2018
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
Hot docs sell in Park City.
Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media have acquired worldwide rights from CNN Films to Rbg, while Neon scored its fourth deal of the festival, taking North America from Submarine to Three Identical Strangers, and Gunpowder & Sky took Hearts Beat Loud.
Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media picked up worldwide rights including theatrical, home video, Svod, and international television to Rbg, which CNN Films retains for Us broadcast.
Betsy West and Julie Cohen of Storyville Films directed Rbg, which debuted in Doc Premieres on Sunday and chronicles the life and legal legacy of the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Storyville Films and CNN Films produced the film, which chronicles the Supreme Court Justice’s personal and professional battles, her pioneering work for women and minorities, and her decade-long romance with her late husband.
Stacey Wolf, vice-president of business affairs for CNN Worldwide, brokered the deal with John and Eric Sloss of Cinetic Media on behalf...
Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media have acquired worldwide rights from CNN Films to Rbg, while Neon scored its fourth deal of the festival, taking North America from Submarine to Three Identical Strangers, and Gunpowder & Sky took Hearts Beat Loud.
Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media picked up worldwide rights including theatrical, home video, Svod, and international television to Rbg, which CNN Films retains for Us broadcast.
Betsy West and Julie Cohen of Storyville Films directed Rbg, which debuted in Doc Premieres on Sunday and chronicles the life and legal legacy of the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Storyville Films and CNN Films produced the film, which chronicles the Supreme Court Justice’s personal and professional battles, her pioneering work for women and minorities, and her decade-long romance with her late husband.
Stacey Wolf, vice-president of business affairs for CNN Worldwide, brokered the deal with John and Eric Sloss of Cinetic Media on behalf...
- 1/24/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Neon has acquired the North American rights to Tim Wardle’s “Three Identical Strangers,” which premiered at the 2018 Film Festival. “Three Identical Strangers” tells the story of how three complete strangers make the discovery at age 19 that they are identical triplets separated at birth. The documentary begins with the trio’s reunion in 1980, which catapults them into fame but also sets a chain of events in motion. Raw’s Becky Read and Grace Hughes-Hallett produced along with CNN Films in association with Channel 4. Dimitri Doganis, Amy Entelis, Courtney Sexton, Sara Ramsden, Adam Hawkins and Tom Barry executive produced. Also Read: Neon Takes Domestic...
- 1/24/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Company will celebrate its fifth year as a buyer at Sundance.
Amy Entelis
CNN Films will premiere two documentary features at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Rbg and Three Identical Strangers. The company also celebrates its fifth year as a buyer at the festival.
Cinetic represents sales on Rbg, while Submarine represents sales for Three Identical Strangers. CNN will retain domestic broadcast television rights for both films.
Rbg, a film about the Us Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Three Identical Strangers, about identical triplets who miraculously first meet as young adults, will both have their world premieres at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
Rbg is directed and produced by Betsy West and Julie Cohen and is a co-production of Storyville Films and CNN Films. Tim Wardle’s Three Identical Strangers is produced by Becky Read and co-production partners include the U.K.’s Channel 4 and CNN Films.
“In our fifth trip...
Amy Entelis
CNN Films will premiere two documentary features at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Rbg and Three Identical Strangers. The company also celebrates its fifth year as a buyer at the festival.
Cinetic represents sales on Rbg, while Submarine represents sales for Three Identical Strangers. CNN will retain domestic broadcast television rights for both films.
Rbg, a film about the Us Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Three Identical Strangers, about identical triplets who miraculously first meet as young adults, will both have their world premieres at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
Rbg is directed and produced by Betsy West and Julie Cohen and is a co-production of Storyville Films and CNN Films. Tim Wardle’s Three Identical Strangers is produced by Becky Read and co-production partners include the U.K.’s Channel 4 and CNN Films.
“In our fifth trip...
- 1/3/2018
- by Elbert Wyche
- ScreenDaily
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