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A romantic comedy spanning Nigeria, the U.K. and Hong Kong was unveiled at the Cannes Film Market, with A13 Films founder Chidozie Christian Ahaiwe and U.K.-based Hong Kong creative Hiu Man Chan attached as executive producers on “My Nigerian Fiancé.” The project follows a successful London-based Nigerian man who enlists an Asian dancer to pose […]
Published on: 5/23/2026
Emmy-nominated filmmaker Manjari Makijany (“Spin,” “Skater Girl”) will direct “Discovering Sambha,” a feature documentary on her father, Indian character actor Mac Mohan, with sister Vinati Makijany producing. The project is structured as an official India-Australia co-production, with production set to begin later this year and a release targeted for 2027. The project was unveiled at […]
Published on: 5/23/2026
“Finally, a Show About Men!,” an Australian short-form animated sketch comedy satirizing modern masculinity, premieres Sunday on Aunty Donna’s Grouse House YouTube channel from Gold Coast’s Sad Man Studio. The series is produced by husbands Samuel Leighton-Dore, who also serves as writer, and Bradley Tennant, with backing from Screen Queensland’s Online Production Grants. The pair […]
Published on: 5/23/2026
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk is calling for the “immediate and unconditional” release of Egyptian director and screenwriter Omar Salah Marei who is being held behind bars in Cairo reportedly on trumped up charges of “deliberately spreading false news,” based on posts on his social media accounts. Omar Salah Marei, 35 – who […]
Published on: 5/23/2026
“Jim Queen” is a film that very much sells itself (or very much does not, depending on the potential viewer) on its one-line elevator pitch. A cartoon about two gay men — one a vapid, brawny influencer, the other a shy, closeted slip of a thing — drawn together to fight Heterosis, a conversion virus […]
Published on: 5/23/2026
Paul McCartney is a master of the fake-out. The first feint around his new album, “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” came when he released “Days We Left Behind” as the first single, an exceedingly gentle and wistful ballad that allowed for the possibility that the whole LP might be a collection of acoustic memory songs. […]
Published on: 5/23/2026
The team behind Prime Video’s limited series “Bait ” — which follows a British-Pakistani actor as he auditions for the role of James Bond and faces backlash from the public and his family —came together for a panel discussion at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles to offer audiences a look into the creation of the […]
Published on: 5/22/2026
Creative Artists Agency’s 11th annual CAA Moebius showcase, a two-day screening series of undergraduate and graduate student filmmakers, will take place May 27 to May 28. Accompanying this year’s showcase is the launch of Moebius Labs, a series of workshops and moderated conversations designed to provide participating filmmakers access to creatives, producers, and executives working […]
Published on: 5/22/2026
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the third episode of “Dutton Ranch,” “Act of God Business,” which is now streaming on Paramount+. After last week’s pair of series premiere episodes, we’re deep into the thick of this season’s action. Rip (Cole Hauser) has already buried a man and isn’t being honest with Beth (Kelly Reilly) […]
Published on: 5/22/2026
Showrunner and director John Marks recalls the first time he set foot in Epic Universe. It was late October 2024, six months before the theme park opened to the public. “It was bewitching,” he says. That very feeling is what he wanted to capture for viewers when he was pitched to shoot Peacock’s three-part series, […]
Published on: 5/22/2026
