Sundance Gets Approval To Shorten 2021 Film Festival

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerNetflix has acquired the film rights to Femi Fadugba’s debut novel The Upper World, which has Queen & Slim’s Daniel Kaluuya attached to produce and star.The YA novel is the first in a planned series of novels. It’s set to be released in the UK via, Penguin UK, in 2021, as well as in the U.S., through HarperCollins, early 2022.Set in Peckham, London, the story follows Esso, who is caught in a deadly feud and on the verge of expulsion when he realizes he has an unexpected gift: access to a world where he can see glimpses of the past and the future.

Sheridan Smith has left fans swooning over her glamorous makeover as she donned a glittering silver gown for a recent concert.

Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions – the film and television production company co-run by Jennifer Davisson – has inked a multi-year first-look film deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. The multi-picture deal already sees the companies in development on two projects, though now details were given.

There is still plenty of life in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga.

Believe it or not, life hasn’t been all sunshine, rainbows, and lollipops for Katy Perry.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorApple banned Epic Games, publisher of the wildly popular videogame Fortnite, from its App Store on Thursday and Epic filed a lawsuit in response.“Epic enabled a feature in its app which was not reviewed or approved by Apple, and they did so with the express intent of violating the App Store guidelines,” Apple said in a statement provided to Deadline. “We will make every effort to work with Epic to resolve these violations so they can return Fortnite to the App Store.”In a lawsuit filed in U.S.

David Robb Labor EditorThe WGA East has reached an agreement with NBC News Studios for the coverage of programs produced by the recently established unit. The deal ends a bitter battle in which the union accused NBCUniversal of “union busting” in a dispute over the shuttering of its now-defunct Peacock Productions, formerly the in-house nonfiction production wing of NBC News.The guild had filed unfair labor practice charges against NBC with the National Labor Relations Board, but those charges have been dropped in light of the new agreement.“We are pleased that this important nonfiction programming will be covered by our collective bargaining agreement,” said Lowell Peterson, the guild’s executive director.

Janet W. Lee Janet Mock, the writer, director and producer of “Pose,” will receive the African American Film Critics Association Adcolor Breakout Creative of the Year Award.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAt his coronavirus press conference on Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom said the much talked-about backlog of daily cases would roll in over the next 72 hours, “most likely” through Thursday night. That backlog of 250,000-300,000 was created by a series of errors by state officials that caused the state’s daily new infections to be underreported over the course of two weeks.Wednesday’s numbers seemed to reflect that the backlog was clearing.The governor announced that the state have received confirmation of 11,645 new cases on Wednesday.

Supermodel Lily Cole was a poster girl for Kim Jong-un’s North Korea.

Ozzy Osbourne’s biopic will be an “adult movie”, packed with sex, drugs and rock and roll – unlike Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody, wife Sharon insists.

Following its premiere at Sundance, we’re finally getting a look at “Bad Hair”.

Janet W. Lee Justin Simien’s Sundance Midnight section opener “Bad Hair” released its first trailer on Thursday, with Hulu also announcing that it will debut on the streaming platform on Oct.

David Robb Labor EditorHundreds of IATSE members and their supporters marched in Philadelphia today to the offices of Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) to demand that he support the HEROES Act, which would extend the $600 weekly federal unemployment benefit through the end of the year for those thrown out of work by the COVID-19 pandemic. The march was spearheaded by IATSE Stagehands Local 8 in Philadelphia.See Local 8’s video of the rally below.The $600 weekly federal unemployment benefit that millions of unemployed workers across the country had been receiving expired earlier this month.

Ted Johnson Joe Biden and his new running mate Kamala Harris are calling for mask mandates across the country, arguing that state requirements will help save lives.At an event in Wilmington, DE, Biden said that “every single American should be wearing a mask when they’re outside for the next three months at a minimum.” He called on state governors to mandate wearing masks, pointing to estimates that it will save 40,000 lives.“There is overwhelming evidence that the mask and the type of mask you wear increases exponentially the prospect that you, if you are a carrier and don’t even know it, that you will not infect anyone when you cough, sing, sneeze, shout,” he said.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: UCP is developing the procedural drama series So Others May Live with writer-producer Stephen Meinen and Sam Esmail’s Esmail Corp on board to produce.Written by Meinen, So Others May Live is set in the world of the United States Coast Guard. The pilot follows a search-and-rescue helicopter crew dealing with the aftermath of tragedy as they attempt to pick up the pieces and resume their duties as elite First Responders on the front lines of crisis.Meinen executive produces under his STORY Collective banner; Esmail and Chad Hamilton exec produce for Esmail Corp.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Vice has hired and promoted 20 people to help strengthen its ever-expanding global news and audio operation. This includes Arielle Duhaime-Ross who is set return to Vice News as an on-air correspondent and host of the new podcast Vice News Reports in partnership with iHeartRadio, which is set to debut this fall.As newsrooms across the country look to diversify the voices on their staff, the new additions and promotions include  award-winning journalists across several teams, including Vice Media Group’s recently announced international news banner, Vice World News.Duhaime-Ross comes from vox.com, where she hosted the technology and science podcast Reset.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: On August 11, Joe Biden named U.S. Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate for the November 3 election.

, about a young woman in 1989 with ambitions of becoming a TV star who transforms her look to make it big in an image-obsessed world. Only problem is, her new hair may have a mind of its own. In the first official teaser for the upcoming satire, Laverne Cox’s character, Virgie, is seen waxing poetic about the weave she’s putting on Anna (newcomer Elle Lorraine), suggesting that it may have mystical powers.

Bachelorette plot twist. JoJo Fletcher will replace Chris Harrison for two weeks as the host of The Bachelorette, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.According to a source, the 49-year-old host was unable to return to set at the La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, California, after he dropped his son, Joshua, off at college in Texas.“The moment he got back, Chris was told he could not set foot back on the set until he went through another 14-day quarantine,” the insider tells Us. “The show’s contestants and crew all had to quarantine on the property for 14 days prior to the camera’s rolling.

Amy Schumer is opening up about her IVF experience.