Film

The new production pact will see Hamada focus on low- to mid-budget genre pics after success with ‘The Conjuring’ franchise and ‘It.’

The film will also get awards-qualifying theatrical screenings in Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C.

Political projects that need the exposure (and distribution) are increasingly turning to issue-driven A-listers to get out their message.

He is “the most fascinating director to emerge from Egypt’s ever-fertile film culture in the last quarter century,” says IFFR festival director Vanja Kaludjercic.

Premiering at the London Film Fest, Samuel Abrahams’ satiric debut feature stars Sian Clifford as a noblewoman wanting to feel seen who hires a crew to film her — and her slow disappearance.

“Biodestructors are microfungi that existed millions of years before humans and will likely outlive us,” reads a synopsis of Aistė Žegulytė’s essayistic sophomore doc, premiering at Amsterdam.

The superstar performer names the film and director and tells Howard Stern why she passed on the script: “I didn’t even know what the hell was going on in my mind at the time.”

Jake Gyllenhaal’s agent at WME reccommended that his fellow client Jared Leto take a look at Arturo for ‘Tron.’ Says Arturo: “He had nothing to gain from it.”

Displacement forced a shift in storytelling — and created a stunning, human-first documentary now featured at the BFI London Film Festival.

Vertical has acquired director Alfredo Barrios Jr.’s film that counts ‘Entourage’ creator Doug Ellin as a producer and also stars Chris Diamantopoulos and Jay Mohr.