Film Reporter • brian.welk@thewrap.com • Twitter: @brianwelk
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How Hollywood Is Making Sure the Metaverse Goes Beyond ‘This Moment in Time’ (Video)
TheGrill 2022: “If you don’t play the game, you’re almost guaranteed to lose the game,” Paramount futurist Ted Schilowitz says
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Apple Acquires Thriller ‘The Gorge’ With Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy Joins Cast
“The Black Phone” filmmaker Scott Derrickson is directing the film from Skydance
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Neon Expected to Expand Production Slate With New Revolving Credit Line From Comerica Bank
The “Moonage Daydream” distributor made a similar deal in 2020 with MUFG Union Bank
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Kenneth Branagh to Return for New Hercule Poirot Film ‘A Haunting in Venice’ With Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh to Star
Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Riley and Riccardo Scamarico also join the ensemble cast
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California Governor’s Wife, to Testify as Accuser in Harvey Weinstein’s Sexual Assault Trial
“My client was sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at a purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap,” her attorney says
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Mookie Betts Wants to ‘Be Known as More Than an Athlete’ With His Jackie Robinson Doc
“I don’t want to be in just this little box. I know I’m more than that,” the Los Angeles Dodgers star says of the film he executive produced
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How Hyperreal CEO Remington Scott Is Giving the Metaverse a Soul
Innovators 2022: The “Lord of the Rings” FX maestro is writing a new textbook for creating digital humans, from a young Paul McCartney to a new AI pop star
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Historic Gay Rom-Com or Force-Feeding ‘Cultural Vegetables’? Why Billy Eichner’s ‘Bros’ Has Divided the LGBTQ Community
“The film is asking them to reward it with a sense of prestige that it hasn’t necessarily earned,” one critic says of the film’s PR push
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‘John Wick’ Writer Derek Kolstad, Dmitri Johnson and Mike Goldberg Launch Media Company Story Kitchen
The new venture will be focused on franchise-building and the worlds of “Gun-Fu,” “Popcorn-Fu” and “Controller-Fu”
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‘Super Mario Bros.’ Movie Trailer: Chris Pratt’s Mario Lands in the Mushroom Kingdom (Video)
The animated video game film from Illumination Entertainment opens in the U.S. on April 7, 2023, and in Japan on April 28, 2023
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Universal Acquires Paul Greengrass Adaptation of Stephen King Book ‘Fairy Tale’
The “Captain Phillips” and “Bourne” filmmaker will also produce the film based on the book released last month
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Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories Taps ‘Ticket to Paradise’ Producer Sarah Harvey to Lead New London Office
Harvey officially started her role in August
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Blumhouse to Adapt ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Video Game Into a Movie
Emma Tammi (“The Wind”) will direct the feature film based on the popular video game with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop developing the animatronics
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How ‘The Woman King’ Cinematographer Fought to Highlight the ‘Beauty of Black Skin’
“I want to show these women off and all of their strengths and all of their vulnerability,” DP Polly Morgan says
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SXSW Film Festival’s Janet Pierson to Step Down as Director
Claudette Godrey will replace Pierson, who’s shifting to a director emeritus role after 15 years
