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Andrew Garfield has revealed that he recently watched the Harry Potter movies for the first time, but said he did so knowing that it was “controversial.” The British-American actor, who is promoting The Magic Faraway Tree, said investing in the Potter universe would ultimately reward “she that shall remain nameless.” In an interview with Hits Radio show My Life In Movies, Garfield did not name J.K. Rowling or reference the transgender rights debate directly, but he did allude to interventions she had made on the issue. Here’s his full quote: “I hadn’t watched the Harry Potters until recently … and…

Bleecker Street’s event cinema division Crosswalk has teamed with LD Entertainment to acquire North American and English-speaking territories for the West End live theater-shot Tony Award-winning hit musical Hadestown. A July 24 theatrical release has been set and a UK date will be announced in the near future. The filmed-lived production reps the first of a series of Broadway live captures that Crosswalk and LD are planning to release. Recently, Crosswalk had some great specialty B.O. success with the concert pic Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience which made $7.2M stateside. Prior to that pic, Bleecker released the live stage version…

EXCLUSIVE: Coming-of-age romantic feature An Autumn Summer, starring Lukita Maxwell and Mark McKenna, has been acquired by Blue Harbor Entertainment. Maxwell is known for appearing in Apple TV series Shrinking and A24’s upcoming film Backrooms. McKenna’s credits include YouTube Premium original series Wayne and film musical Sing Street. The film tracks Kevin (played by McKenna) and Cody (Maxwell), a young couple spending their last month before going away to college in a lakeside town in Michigan. Jared Isaac wrote and directed An Autumn Summer, which had a well-received festival run. The film will premiere in Chicago on April 23 at…

EXCLUSIVE: Two of Canada’s biggest entertainment and media players are joining forces in support of Canadian feature projects. Postmedia Studios, a division of Postmedia Network Inc., and Elevation Pictures‘ production division have struck a strategic partnership to finance, develop and launch select Canadian feature projects. The collaboration kicks off with Fire Weather, a feature documentary commissioned by CBC and produced by Elevation Pictures and Mercury Films. The film, inspired by John Vaillant’s bestselling book and directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, delves into the human, environmental and societal impacts of wildfires and the lives forever changed by these…

EXCLUSIVE: Following successful runs at the Royal Opera House in London and the LA Phil, the buzzy English-language opera Last Days has been adapted for the big screen by artist and filmmaker Matt Copson, who co-created the original opera with Oliver Leith.  Inspired by Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film of the same name and financed by Mubi, Spain’s AF Films, and LUMA, with additional support from Nina Pictures and Artemis Rising Foundation, the film is currently in production in Spain. Copson will direct the screen adaptation, with Agathe Rousselle (Titane) signed on to star. Rousselle also starred in the original…

Beta Cinema stalwart Thorsten Ritter is stepping down from his role as Executive Vice President Acquisitions, Sales & Marketing after 13 years in the role. Ritter, who joined the German company in 2012, played a played a key role in shaping Beta Cinema’s international strategy and contributed to the worldwide success of numerous award-winning productions. Titles handled by Beta Cinema under his watch include Child’s Pose, Jack, Sand Storm, The Happy Prince, Never Look Away, Styx, Calibre, Woman at War, System Crasher, Nowhere Special, I’m Your Man, One Last Evening, With Love, Hilde, William Tell and most recently Amrum. “It…

Although New York Magazine popularized the term ‘nepo baby‘ in 2022, Ben Stiller has long been familiar with criticism over having famous parents. The Emmy winner, who pays tribute to his parents in the documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, explained that he understands arguments “about access,” but considers it “a selling point” to have grown up around the industry. “I think it’s kinda like that Brat Pack thing, right? New York Magazine, they coined a phrase, and then it just became a thing,” he said on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show. “But it’s always been what it is,…

Although most marriages end in divorce, Wedding Crashers is celebrating 20 years strong with a return to theaters. Marking the movie’s porcelain anniversary, Warner Bros. Pictures is teaming up with Fathom Entertainment to bring the 2006 Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn-starring comedy back to the big screen on December 4 and 11. With Wedding Crashers‘ return to theater, audiences will also be treated to 10 minutes of deleted scenes that were included in the original home release. Tickets are now available online. Related Stories In Wedding Crashers, Wilson and Vaughn star as lifelong friends John and Jeremy, who have a tradition…

The hour is upon us, and Insider is back again. As always, we’ve got the top headlines from international film and TV. Jesse Whittock on the buttons. Let’s begin, and sign up to the newsletter here. Euro C-Suite Turbulence Getty Images Shareholders strike: The jockeying at the top of some of Europe’s biggest content makers will prove hugely consequential. With streaming rocking the European TV sector to its core over recent years, the likes of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, MediaForEurope (MFE) and Mediapro have been realigning their strategies to pivot to the digital revolution. Perhaps no single network has encapsulated the struggle…

Daniela Ruah To Direct ‘My Type’ With Sadie Stanley & Jacob Ward EXCLUSIVE: NCIS: Los Angeles star Daniela Ruah is directing romantic short film My Type, starring Sadie Stanley (Cruel Summer) and Jacob Ward (The Summer House). Inspired by a true story, My Type follows two twenty-somethings whose shared experience with Type 1 Diabetes sparks an unexpected love connection. Shot on 16mm film, the project reunites Ruah with cinematographer Rafael Leyva (Narcos: Mexico). It is produced by Nicole MacNaughton, who is also a manager at Untamed Artists, and her sister, Kimberly Pinkson, under their High High Productions banner. Filming is currently underway on location…