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Walt Disney Pictures is weaving a Tangled web as it searches for the actors to inhabit the live-action adaptation of its 2010 animated movie. The studio quietly conducted screen tests and chemistry readings in London last week for the parts of Rapunzel, the curious and plucky would-be princess with magical hair, and Flynn Rider, the…
Paul King is going from cuddly jam-eating bears to cute-ugly monsters. A month after nabbing the film rights to Labubu, Sony has tapped Paddington and Wonka filmmaker King to bring to life a big-screen take on one of the world’s biggest collectible sensations. King is set to direct the feature project and will producewith Department…
James Tynion IV is getting animated. The comics author behind Something Is Killing the Children and The Nice House on the Lake, and his production house Tiny Onion are making a big play in the adult animation business. They are launching a muscular slate of titles based on the ideas and works of the creator….
In early 2025, Oni Press president and publisher Hunter Gorinson met over Zoom with Archie Comic Publications heads Jon Goldwater, Jesse Goldwater and Mike Pellerito. What was supposed to be their usual catch up on the state of the comics industry turned into a conversation about the state of Archie comics. The freckled red-haired teen…
As Hollywood continues to grapple with the threat and adoption of AI, a group of 18 industry insiders have banded together to form the Creators Coalition on AI. The effort, a first of its kind, is backed by the signatures of more than 500, a diverse list growing by the hour that includes Oscar winners,…
A personal yoga instructor to Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner once wrote a children’s book inspired by their son Nick Reiner, arrested on suspicion of murdering his parents Sunday at their Brentwood home. Published in 2005, A Chair in the Air was an attempt by yoga instructor Alanna Zabel at processing her…
It’s hard to define a Harry Melling role these days, but even by that standard, few would have the lead of a gay BDSM rom-com on their bingo card — including Melling himself. But this is how the 36-year-old London native prefers to operate, with the risky, unexpected choice serving as something of a norm….
They don’t come along often, but I’m a sucker for a good animated documentary. From Flee to Tower to Waltz With Bashir to definition-stretchers like the Aardman Creature Comforts shorts or Grand Theft Hamlet, animated documentaries offer an aesthetic remove that draws attention to how little visual imagination so often goes into the genre. Endless…
Nick Reiner, under arrest after the murders of parents Rob Reiner and Michelle Reiner, has hired criminal defense attorney Alan Jackson for legal representation. Jackson on Tuesday confirmed to the assembled media while walking into a Dec. 16 hearing before the L.A. District Attorney that he was representing Nick Reiner. He added Rob Reiner’s son…
The Directors Guild of Canada has ratified a new contract with the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing local indie film and television producers, to ensure labor peace north of the border. The new three-year CMPA-DGC standard agreement will take effect Jan. 1, 2026 and spells out pay rates and workplace conditions for directors and other…
