Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions is bringing back its “No Drama” filmmaker initiative for a second edition, again in partnership with Universal Pictures, with American Cinematheque now joining as a new partner. The global program, developed by Universal’s Filmmaker & Content Strategies group, launched in 2024 as a one-year, non-exclusive initiative supporting emerging genre filmmakers by […]

Jax Stewart is back in the fight, and this time, she may be fighting for her life. Hulu has released the Season 4 trailer for Reasonable Doubt, and the new footage reveals that Jax (Emayatzy Corinealdi) has been shot, raising one major question ahead of the season’s October 6 premiere: is she still alive? Season […]

Vimeo has launched the second edition of its Short Film Grant Program, doubling last year’s prize pool to $300,000, split equally among five emerging filmmakers who will each receive $60,000 to produce an original short film. Beyond funding, each recipient gets mentorship from the selection jury and Vimeo’s Curation Team, access to Panavision camera packages, […]

Cameras are officially rolling in the Dominican Republic on Porto Rico, the feature screenwriting and directing debut of René “Residente” Pérez Joglar. The film is led by Benito “Bad Bunny” Martínez Ocasio, alongside Viggo Mortensen and Edward Norton, with a sprawling supporting cast that includes Rhenzy Feliz, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Richard Gadd, Daniel Brühl, Latin […]

A three-generation family collaboration has taken the top prize in this year’s Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. Once Upon a Time in Harlem, directed by David Greaves using footage shot by his late father, filmmaker William Greaves, and produced by David’s daughter Liani, has been named the eighth annual winner, earning a […]

Sony Pictures has released the official trailer for Prima Facie, the legal drama starring Cynthia Erivo as a hotshot young barrister whose life unravels after she’s sexually assaulted by someone in her own legal circle. The film world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this month and opens in UK and Irish theaters November […]

Paramount’s $110+ billion buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery just cleared its last real obstacle. The 12 Democratic state attorneys general who sued to block it, led by California’s Rob Bonta, settled on Monday. The WGA settled a parallel suit the same day. CEO David Ellison says closing is roughly two weeks out; WBD’s David Zaslav […]

LaChanze and Joe Morton are among seven new guest stars joining The Best of Us, Paramount+’s upcoming limited series about the decade-long legal fight for 9/11 first responder compensation, as production begins in New York City. The six-episode series dramatizes the legal case that secured nearly $1 billion in compensation for first responders who fell […]

Cliff Booth is officially back. Netflix has released the trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, with Brad Pitt reprising his Oscar-winning role from Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, joined by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as pro football champion turned screen star Roderick “Hot Rod” Harrison. Directed by David Fincher from a […]

MACRO Television Studios and MANSA Studios are joining forces on an original premium microdrama series, marking the first collaboration between the two companies and pairing MACRO’s development and production pedigree with MANSA’s mobile-first, vertical-native production infrastructure. The two studios will jointly develop and finance the series while sharing ownership of the underlying intellectual property. MANSA […]