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Fremantle and its Singapore-based production company Beach House Pictures said Thursday at the Asia TV Forum & Market that they are partnering with Vietnam‘s Anh Teu Studio on a film adaptation of Dumb Luck (Số đỏ), Vietnamese author Vũ Trọng Phụng’s acclaimed 1936 satirical novel. Filmmaker Phan Gia Nhật Linh (Em Va Trinh, The Girl From Yesterday, Sweet 20) will write and direct the feature adaptation, with Lê Thanh Phong, Yuno Choi and Vũ Quỳnh Hà signed on to produce. Popular Vietnamese signer Mono will play the story’s memorable lead role of Red-Haired Xuân. The production companies’ official story summary…

Marcus Loges has been named the new head of production at storied German backlot Studio Babelsberg, the studio unveiled on Wednesday. On Jan. 1, he will take over from Henning Molfenter, who has run Babelsberg’s production operations for the past 20 years. Loges has production credits on multiple features that shot at Babelberg, including on sci-fi epic Cloud Atlas, co-directed by the Wachowski siblings and German helmer Tom Tykwer, and on the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit. He worked on several Wachowskis-produced projects that shot in Germany, including as a producer on the Wachowskis’ Netflix show Sense8 and as a…

The fourth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) in Jeddah is set to once again put a spotlight on the burgeoning film industry in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and beyond. Showcasing a competition lineup of 15 titles, film festival circuit favourites, and more, it kicks off on Dec. 5 with an opening night gala screening of Karim Shenawi’s The Tale of Daye’s Family, the story of an 11-year-old albino, and close on Dec. 14 with Michael Gracey’s Robbie Williams biopic Better Man. Viola Davis is among the stars to be featured during the fest this year. Ahead of the…

TikTok has joined the lineup of sponsors of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) ahead of its fourth edition, running in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Dec. 5-14. The social media video platform will be sponsoring a new short film competition “offering creatives, entertainment enthusiasts and industry insiders around the world an opportunity to express themselves, connect with a global community and share stories behind-the-scenes.” Participants can submit their original shorts in the vertical format using the hashtags #RedSeaIFF24 and #TheNewHomeOfFilm. Three finalists will be selected to produce their short films, with a gold winner set to be unveiled at the…

Demi Moore is sharing one of the main things she looks for before taking on any role or project. The actress made a recent appearance on Hot Ones, where host Sean Evans asked her to expand on her previous comments about The Substance script potentially being “something extraordinary or could be an absolute disaster.” “It really means that it was holding something that was worth the risk,” Moore said of her recent body horror film, which saw her play Elisabeth, opposite Margaret Qualley’s Sue. The G.I. Jane actress continued, “And I felt that way also about Ghost because it had so many different…

Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey successfully danced through life on the Wicked set thanks to a shared Broadway background, the pair shared on Sunday. “I feel like we were both very theater children in the room,” Grande told People. The pop star plays Glinda, the future Good Witch, who falls for Bailey’s Fiyero in Wicked. Bailey added that the “theater children” energy was “incessant.” Grande made her Broadway debut at 15 in the musical Thirteeen, and Bailey was a child actor the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving on to West End productions like Les Misérables. “We were very giggly together,”…

Silvia Pinal, the revered film and television actress who left an indelible mark on Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema, has died. She was 93.  Mexico’s culture secretary, Claudia Curiel de Icaza, as well as the Asociación Nacional de Intérpretes announced Pinal’s passing on social media. The Associated Press reported that Pinal had been hospitalized for a urinary infection several days ago.  During a prolific acting and producing career that spanned seven decades, Pinal gained international fame for toplining three 1960s classics written and directed by Luis Buñuel: the Palme d’Or co-winner Viridiana (1961), The Exterminating Angel (1962) and Simon of the Desert (1965). Pinal got her…

The Locarno Film Festival‘s Open Doors program, which supports filmmakers from underrepresented regions of the world, has unveiled a new team for its next four-year mission: To focus on supporting and elevating African cinema. The co-production and talent develpment initiative, previously focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, will turn its attention to the African continent for the next four years, teaming up with pan-African film studio collective YETU (Un)Limited to help strengthen African cinemas’ ecosystem locally and boost the presence of African filmmakers internationally. Producer and YETU co-founder Yanis Gaye (Senegal) has been appointed head of studies for the…

Samuel L. Jackson feels it’s time to drop the facade when it comes to awards season. “We’ve been in the business long enough to know that when folks go, ‘It’s just an honor to be nominated.’ No it ain’t,” Jackson said in a video from the Associated Press. “It’s an honor to win.” Jackson went on to say that most people forget Oscar-nominated performances, and even some winners. “You get nominated and folks go, ‘Yeah I remember that.’ Or most people forget,” he said with a chuckle. “Generally it’s a contest you didn’t volunteer to be in. I didn’t go…

The Berlin International Film Festival has announced a new screening venue, close to Potsdamer Platz, for its 2025 edition. The Stage Bluemax Theater on Marlene-Dietrich-Platz will be converted into a premiere screening venue, sitting around 500, in time for the 75th Berlinale, which runs from Feburary 13- 23. The new venue, within spitting distance of the festival’s main venue, the Berlinale Palast, will become the home of the newly created Perspectives first feature competition, as well as hosting key premieres from other Berlinale sections. Festival organizers also announced plans for a new, temporary, festival hub, the Berlinale HUB75, to be…