Erik Feig’s Mid-Budget Film Production Shop Picturestart Revs Up After Lockdown Pause

Baby Keem has done some growing up since he went viral rapping "Lil' bitch, shut the fuck up / Tell your best friend, shut the fuck up" on 2019's "ORANGE SODA." At 21, Keem is already the preeminent rising MC in his native Las Vegas, and he cemented his status this past September with The Melodic Blue, his dynamic studio debut. Having already shared visual treatments for the record's premier singles — "family ties" featuring Kendrick Lamar (Keem's cousin) and "durag activity" featuring Travis Scott — and for three of the album's other tracks — "no sense," "hooligan," and, most recently, "first order of business" — Keem has now dropped a video for "16," the final track of project's first disc.

amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war.The actor-turned-wrestler, 44, seemingly used the Russian invasion of Ukraine to promote his HBO Max show “Peacemaker” on Twitter and sparked a major backlash.“If I could somehow summon the powers of a real life #Peacemaker I think this would be a great time to do so,” he shamelessly tweeted about the titular DC superhero role he performs on the series amid the conflict.

Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble, like many in the exhibition trenches, is optimistic about the crop of movies headed to theaters in 2022, starting with The Batman next week.

As we enter late afternoon of the second day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian TV networks are now showing back-to-back news to keep citizens informed, with one channel group turning off all commercial advertising.

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Jung-Jae, protagonist of Netflix’s smash series Squid Game, has signed with CAA for representation as a director, producer and actor.

A drug dealer was caught by chance after crashing his car into a traffic sign.

A dad has been left stunned after his dashcam captured a mystery object falling from the sky.

Fashion and beauty icon Trinny Woodall tried out the bagpipes during a visit to Scotland.

K.J. Yossman Greta Bellamacina (“The Sceptered Isle”) and Amber Anderson (“Peaky Blinders”) have been cast as the dual leads in Jaclyn Bethany’s upcoming feature “Tell That to the Winter Sea.”Bellamacina and Bethany co-wrote the script, which has a dance narrative.Los Angeles based choreographer Sadie Wilking, who trained at the London School of Contemporary Dance, will choreograph the film.“Tell That to the Winter Sea” will explore the intimacy of female friendship with Bellamacina playing bride-to-be Jo while Anderson stars as Scarlet, a former lover and friend.

Our monarch has faced a challenging start to her Platinum Jubilee year. From her positive Covid test to Prince Andrew’s eye-watering settlement, the Queen has had a turbulent 2022. Sadly, one expert says her troubles aren’t over yet.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMTV Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to Ondi Timoner’s “Last Flight Home,” a moving and deeply personal portrait of family dealing with the last days of their patriarch. The documentary had several bidders and the sale was highly competitive. “Last Flight Home” was a favorite with critics after it premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Salt rims at the ready - Escape To Freight Island is launching a month-long Margarita Festival, which is kicking off today.

Set over a compacted 24-hour period, the dinner party from hell in a mostly single-setting? Low-budget indie horrors often know how to make the most of a contained setting and the new IFC Midnight horror “Barbarians” sounds very much in the vein of self-contained thrillers about an evening going horribly wrong. “Barbarians” centers on four friends who come together for a celebratory dinner party at a country house.

The Simpsons showrunner Al Jean has discussed an episode which viewers have claimed predicted the Russia-Ukraine conflict.The episode, titled ‘Simpson Tide’ which aired in March 1998, saw Homer Simpson join the US Navy and accidentally fire his captain into Russian waters.This is followed by a sequence where Russia reveals the Soviet Union never actually dissolved: as troops descend on the streets, the Berlin Wall is resurrected and Lenin is brought back to life from his glass coffin.After the clip was shared widely on social media following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s orders to attack Ukraine on Thursday (February 24), Al Jean responded to The Hollywood Reporter, describing the prediction as “sadly more the norm”.Simpsons called it… #Russia #SovietUnion #Putin pic.twitter.com/9OQ9nSpiGF— Matthew Walton (@Waltonamo) February 22, 2022“In terms of predictions, there are two kinds we have: The trivial, like Don Mattingly getting in trouble for his hair in ‘Homer At The Bat’,” Jean said. “And then there are predictions like this.

Sharna Burgess has a baby boy on the way — and the dancer is giving rare glimpses of her pregnancy progress.

A force in fashion! Kim Kardashian may have been on a skintight Balenciaga bodysuit streak, but the 41-year-old Skims founder seems to have traded in her form-fitting looks in favor of much baggier attire for Milan Fashion Week. 

Kanye West is stepping out with the woman who appears to be his newest (very familiar) focal point — again!

Christopher Nolan‘s next movie is shaping up and Cillian Murphy has been confirmed as the leading man!

rumours the pair would team up once again, Murphy has been officially cast to play the American physicist whose involvement in the Manhattan Project led him to be dubbed the “father of the atomic bomb”.The $100million film, officially titled Oppenheimer, is written by Nolan and produced by Emma Thomas. It’s based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Kai Bird and Martin J.

broke his long-standing relationship with Warner Bros., which over 18 years produced or co-produced most of Nolan’s films, all of which have earned more than $5 billion at the global box office and earned 11 Oscars, including two Best Picture nominations. His most recent film “Tenet” was released exclusively theatrically in the midst of the pandemic and struggled at the box office but still brought in $363 million worldwide.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaArtists, Writers, and Artisans (AWA) has tapped Aaron Rabin to adapt its graphic fiction series “Old Haunts.” This marks the second feature film project from AWA Studios, the recently launched film and TV studio arm for AWA. This is the first project announced that the company is financing development of internally.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNiija Kuykendall is joining Netflix as vice president of film, where she will oversee a new group focused on making and developing mid-sized films. She joins the streamer from Warner Bros., where she was an executive vice president of production, working on such films as “It,” “A Star is Born,” “Magic Mike” and “Judas and the Black Messiah.” She will report to Scott Stuber, Netflix’s head of original films.

Netflix has hired former Warner Bros. EVP of Production Niija Kuykendall as their new Vice President of Film, reporting to Scott Stuber, the streamer’s Head of Global Film.

EXCLUSIVE: Mila Kunis’ Orchard Farm Productions has sold its comedy The Masters of Mini-Golf to Warner Bros. for HBO Max, the company announced today.

Donna Langley, chair of Universal Filmed Entertainment, said the studio will accommodate a 100-day theatrical release for Christopher Nolan’s next film but that’s an exception not the rule as windows inevitably shorten. Separately, she said she expects fewer “stunting” day-and-date releases on Peacock, but more studio originals directed to the streamer.

Warner Bros. and DC are hyping their second annual DC Fandome with a new trailer that teases some of the faces and reveals fans can expect to see during the event.

Odetta Watkins is exiting Warner Bros. Television to join Amazon Studios as Head of Drama Series.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: This story discusses a major sequence in “The Many Saints of Newark,” currently playing in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.Part of the enduring appeal of “The Sopranos” was how the HBO series operated in counterpoint to decades of organized crime myth-making by Hollywood, from Warner Bros.

What does the international box office and cinema landscape look like in an emerging post-pandemic world? That was the gist of an executive roundtable at CineEurope in Barcelona today. Among the key takeaways: the relationship between exhibition and distribution and a need for more collaboration in terms of reaching consumers. With so much content available in-home, the bar has been raised for returning people’s habits to the theatrical experience.

Tilda Swinton, George Mackay , and Stephen Graham are set to star in Oscar-nominated Director Joshua Oppenheimer’s golden-age musical about the last human family for NEON.

Refresh for latest…: A big and busy weekend at the international box office reaffirmed the power of theatrical as MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die bonded with audiences to the tune of $119.1M, coming in over on yesterday’s estimates.