Archive for October, 2020

ByWill Twigger 27 OCT 2020 One of Timothée Chalamet’s upcoming projects, a biopic about Bob Dylan, “isn’t happening right now” – as the film industry is hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Young actor Timothée was set to star as the legendary singer in Going Electric, with James Mangold slated to direct. But now a […]

Source: Xinhua Published: 2020/10/27 Xu Xiao’s busy day started when all the 80-plus horses on his horse farm were booked out for movie and television shoots at Hengdian World Studios, known as the “Chinese Hollywood,” in East China’s Zhejiang Province. “I have been engaged in the film industry for more than 30 years, and I […]

By David Robb October 28, 2020 The AFI Conservatory has canceled the 2022 class of its Directing Workshop for Women due to the coronavirus pandemic. The program, which has trained more than 350 female filmmakers since 1974, will continue teaching its current class, though much of their training has been pushed back until next year. […]

By Fionnuala Halligan5 October 2020 In a year of so many sudden and disorientating changes, September was a marker. And October has already come in hot. The film industry barely had time to celebrate a victory for Venice and the fact that San Sebastian managed to pull off a physical festival in a Covid-19 hotspot […]