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Singaporean animated feature The Violinist has won the top Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France. The first film from the territory to play in competition in Annecy in 15 years, the picture is directed by Ervin Han, with Disney veteran Raul Garcia (Aladdin, Fantasia 2000) overseeing the animation. It follows […]

There was no measurable rain in Washington, D.C. Friday night, but even a threat of scattered showers was enough to melt Vanilla Ice’s planned performance on the National Lawn as part of the Freedom 250 events, as the free show was called off hours before it was set to occur due to “inclement weather.” Vanilla […]

Obsession is in session at Prime Video this summer — and so are the renewals. Following the early renewal for Off Campus, which kicked off the streamer’s summer lineup of YA series and movies, the second entry in the lineup, Every Year After, will likely follow suit soon. During an executive panel to kick off […]

Mercedes Ron’s pen is responsible for the books behind Prime Video’s Culpables and My Fault movies and it has signed a first-look deal with Amazon MGM Studios. Bestselling author Ron has formalized her partnership with Amazon after building the ‘House of Ron’ with the streamer through the Spanish-language Culpables young adult trilogy, which are Amazon […]

A24 explained its research partnership with Google’s DeepMind unit as a bid to have “a seat at the table“ in Hollywood’s reckoning with AI after fans pelted the independent studio with criticism for embracing the technology. “This is a research partnership,” A24 communications rep Sophia Shin said about the deal in a statement first reported by […]

EXCLUSIVE: Nexstar Media Group COO Mike Biard did not hesitate when asked if he had any second thoughts about the company’s decision to declare its $6.2 billion merger with Tegna closed mere minutes after the FCC approved the deal. “Not at all,” he told Deadline in an interview. In addition to FCC and Department of […]

Disney+ has handed a pilot order to Aquamarine, based on the 2006 teen fantasy romantic comedy starring Emma Roberts. The project, for Disney+ and Disney Channel, hails from Roberts, the film’s director Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum and producer Susan Cartsonis. The Bold Type creator Sarah Watson will pen the pilot. In addition to executive producing, Roberts […]

A series adaptation of the 2006 film “Aquamarine” has received a pilot order at Disney+ and Disney Channel, Variety has learned. Emma Roberts, who starred in the original film, will guest star as Claire Brown in the pilot, with Roberts also onboard as an executive producer. The project hails from writer Sarah Watson, with the […]