Will Packer and Focus Features team on thriller 'When I Was You' (EXCLUSIVE)
“Winner,” a biopic about the leaker of the Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election intelligence report, is in the works at Big Beach, with “Booksmart” co-writer Susanna Fogel on board to direct.
The film follows the real life story of Reality Leigh Winner, a former American intelligence specialist who was the first to expose [...]Will Packer Productions has teamed with Focus Features to develop a female-driven thriller “When I Was You,” Variety has learned exclusively. Based on a novel by Amber Garza, “When I Was You” centers on a woman named Kelly Medina who becomes obsessed with another Kelly Medina — a single mother half her age who lives in her [...]Eddie Murphy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nia Long and “Harriet” filmmaker Kasi Lemmons were honored for their contributions to the industry Monday night at the inaugural celebration of black cinema by the Critics Choice Association. And as the event, held at the Landmark Annex in Los Angeles, looked back on how far people of color have come [...]Berlin-based boutique sales outfit M-Appeal has acquired erotic drama “Fidelity” , a Russian female version of Steve McQueen’s “Shame.” Nigina Sayfullaeva’s film – a box-office hit at home for Sony Pictures – will have its international premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival in January. “Fidelity” centers on Lena, an obstetrician and gynecologist, and her husband [...]Giving Netflix another shot in the arm as it prepares to throw down the Oscar gauntlet, the National Board of Review has named Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” the best film of the year. The organization — comprised of filmmakers, professionals and academics, also named Steven Zallian’s script for “The Irishman” as best adapted screenplay of [...]BARCELONA – The Quirino Awards will launch its 2nd Co-Production Forum for Ibero-American Animation which will take place around the awards ceremony, on the Canary Island of Tenerife over April 16-18 next year. The call for project submissions to the animation market kicks off Dec. 4 and will be announced the same day at Buenos Aires’ [...]Oprah Sets Documentary About Sexual Assault in Music Industry From ‘Hunting Ground’ Filmmakers at Apple Filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering are directing and producing a documentary about sexual assault in the music industry. The movie, from Oprah Winfrey and Impact Partners, is set to premiere next year on Apple Plus. It follows a former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her story of assault and [...]
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