#film-production

#film-production

Dreams of Violets is a 75-minute film that is a fictional dramatization of the Iranian government’s mass killing of protestors in January, with the people and images fully created by AI. Dreams of Violets cost $2,000 to make and is “based on journalistic reports, photographs, and eyewitness accounts,” according to a press release. It was created by Ash and Pooya Koosha, two brothers who left Iran in 2009.

Acme AI & FX, led by Ryan Kavanaugh, Garrett Grant, Lawrence Grey and Matthew Kavanaugh, has spent nearly two years developing a production model that uses proprietary AI technology and grey-stage performance capture to create photorealistic digital environments around live human performances.

A show-within-a-show, it stars its creator as an alternative Sam Campbell: rather than his real-life idiosyncratic standup self, he's a pompous director whose well of inspiration has run dry. So he invites the public to share their (invariably bonkers) ideas for movies, which he and his dysfunctional crew then develop into real feature films. This all occurs within the framework of a shonky reality programme; each episode concludes with the film's premiere.

Police on an Italian island stopped a party attended by Mick Jagger because music is banned on Wednesdays. The Rolling Stones frontman was on Stromboli, the volcanic island among Sicily's Aeolian archipelago, for the production of Three Incestuous Sisters, a film by the Italian director Alice Rohrwacher in which he stars. Jagger, 82, was celebrating wrapping the film in a local venue on Wednesday night, along with its other stars Josh O'Connor, Jessie Buckley, Saoirse Ronan, Dakota Johnson and Isabella Rossellini, when the police attended and asked them to stop the party owing to a Wednesday music ban enacted by the mayor.

“I also have to sit back and let it unfold,” Henry told this morning. “It is our baby - the readers' and my baby - but it's also the filmmakers' baby and the studio's baby, and I'm along for the ride with the readers and we just have to trust the vision.”

Speaking to Deadline on 18 May, Stewart told of a scene that saw her character consume a large amount of decadent food from hotel room service and at a diner. However, she couldn't make use of spit buckets, as is the norm in the industry, while shooting the scene because the takes were very long. "I only puked once," she shared. "It was when they had filled this cauliflower mash with butter and they were like, 'There's no butter. It's all vegetal oil.' And I was like, 'Vegetal oil?' Woody's vegan and I was like, 'You can smell the butter.'"

David Derrick Jr. and John Aoshima (both over five apples tall) have signed on as the directors for the upcoming Hello Kitty animated movie produced by Warner Bros. Both have overall deals with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation under Bill Damaschke; Derrick Jr. previously co-directed Moana 2, and Aoshima co-directed Ultraman: Rising. Ramsey Naito is also joining the creative team as a producer. Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo. is producing as well, with Shelby Thomas overseeing.

To completely transform modern New York City back to the 1880s, the crew laid down massive textured carpets over the asphalt to perfectly mimic historic stone streets. There are over 350 background actors fully dressed in period-accurate costumes, alongside dozens of real horse-drawn carriages filling the block.

Pedro Pascal has got the internet all in a tizzy after kissing The Late Show host Stephen Colbert. The Last of Us actor appeared on 12 May's episode of the talk show and asked for a kiss after Colbert smooched Jimmy Fallon in a recent episode during a game. Pascal pointed to his lips before Colbert leaned in and met him. "I got jealous," the actor told the host.

On Location peels back the curtain on some of your favorite films, television shows, and more. A day in the life of filming Erupcja-visionary guerrilla director Pete Ohs' "anti-love story" starring Charli XCX, Jeremy O. Harris, and Lena Góra-looked a lot like this: meet in the morning, see where the day takes us. It was a calculated nonchalance that resulted in a comprehensive guide to every coveted corner of Warsaw, capturing the beating heart of the city's social milieu.

“I can tell you this: we are moving ahead. I was on calls today about it. The script is right there. We are good. This movie will absolutely happen. Realistically - I mean, look, we're already halfway through '26 - it probably won't come out until '28. But you never know. But, yeah, we're full steam ahead. We're about to start going out and getting a director attached. So, fingers crossed. I'm really excited. It's very much been a labor of love, of course. But, yeah, I'm excited - I'm excited for everyone to see this film.”

“I never want to be cocky about how anything's going to land or play. You think about it, and you theorize it,” he told Entertainment Weekly.

"Throughout this big, vast country of ours, everybody has iconic images in their minds. And whether it's the wheat fields of Kansas or the Rocky Mountains, there are things that stand out. It seemed natural to go to those places, if you could, to film."

The team working on the movie was grateful for her participation, making the decision to remove the bit a difficult one.

The popular FPS' social media revealed that the movie's theatrical release date will be June 30, 2028. A film adaptation of the game franchise was first revealed last year.

We pitched Tom a story he liked, Bruckheimer said in 2024. But he's a very in-demand actor and he's got a lot of movies lined up, so we have to wait and see.

I know you're all wondering when we're going to announce who's playing James Bond. Don't get too excited. Please know that we're taking the time to do this with care and deep respect.

Disney secretly owns nearly all the homes on the east side of Keystone Street, creating a living picture of single-family paradise in sunny Los Angeles. The long run of houses, driveways and front lawns looks that way because the Walt Disney Company demands it.

"Cinematic Immunity" offers a workers'-eye view of Hollywood on the Hudson, revealing the intricate dynamics of filmmaking in New York City from 1954 to 9/11.

This story, with Pedro Pascal and Danny Ramirez in the two leads, arises out of an era - all too relevant to our own - of domestic corruption, racial exploitation and global terror. But it emerges as a testament to the inexplicable powers of desire and love to survive and overcome even the most crippling of human barriers.

The Avatar team took home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at this year's ceremony - in part for their help crafting a new cinematic language to create the world of Pandora.

'Deep Cuts' follows a romance between two young music lovers in the 2000s. The film is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Holly Brickley.

I have long been in awe of fighters, and astounded by the discipline, intensity and isolation the sport demands of them. I am excited to explore this world, especially so with A24 as my collaborators.

I will respect Frank Herbert's idea to jump in time. That's what I would love to do. The [first] Dune book ends with the beginning of something that is out of control, and I thought this was a very powerful ending. I feel that both movies complete the adaptation of the book, and I feel very good about that.

He has brought up tariffs for the movie and television industry many times, and I've hopefully talked to him the way out of them. Healthy incentive programs attract a lot of production, and you've seen a lot of them move from California to Georgia to New Jersey. Having the incentives versus tariffs is much better.

So proud to be a part of this A Quiet Place Family... old and new! Here we go!

The Hunt for Gollum is a new theatrical movie in the Lord of the Rings franchise, currently set for a December 17, 2027, release date. Andy Serkis, of course, will reprise his role as Gollum; Ian McKellen recently confirmed that he had been approached to reprise his role of Gandalf, and there are even rumors of Elijah Wood.

It's with almost 10 years of development and a lifetime of admiration and adoration for Audrey that I'm finally able to share this. Honoured and ecstatic don't begin to express how I feel.

It's far from lucrative, but a behind-the-scenes glimpse of actors 'mastering their craft' on hit shows makes it worthwhile for the people who do it On a grey day in a remote forest, a bus pulls up and dozens of extras spill out in puffer jackets and trainers. Within an hour, they will be transformed into Norse peasants waiting for Vikings to ride into a built village. They have left their homes before dawn, and most will not be back for 10 or 12 hours.