Category: News
-
Joe Raffa’s behind the scenes of his new film DOWNEAST
Screenmancer Exclusive: While New England mob films might seem unusual given the Puritan heritage, DOWNEAST is a new film that mixes the subcultures of Lobster fishing and opiate smuggling and joins the ranks of THE DEPARTED, MYSTIC RIVER, and others set in the US Northeast, specifically Maine. Screenmancer is proud to offer a behind-the-screen look…
-
E is for EMMY live here, even if you catch it after the fact
by Screenmancer Staff The 2021 EMMY® Awards are being announced now, via livestream from the Television Academy. Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) and his daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones (Blindspotting) will host in tandem with Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma, as he describes “tender moments and news… it’s so good to be getting…
-
Mark Andrew Allen’s art kicks off Screenmancer’s 25th party
by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: Screenmancer has unveiled major key art for the 25th anniversary. For the quarter century celebration, fine artist and second-generation font designer Mark Andrew Allen crafted a look based on the current iteration of the site. Allen’s work as a graphic designer in Hollywood saw him take part in roll-out…
-
Dark Slope CEO Raja Khanna wants to give you a Reality TV grant
by Screenmancer Staff Dark Slope Studios, the Toronto-based virtual production and metaverse gaming company, today announces the launch of their virtual production fellowship. Announced by CEO Raja Khanna at the Banff World Media Festival, the studio will be open to accepting format pitches for the next technology-driven prime time reality show obsession. Applications will be…
-
THE BODY FIGHTS BACK takes on lockdown weight gain, pow!
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Unless you’ve been part of an anti-dieting rally in London, you may not have known that the pounds (or stones) quietly gained in lockdown for COVID19 reasons are not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is to rank diet as the biggest priority, so says THE BODY FIGHTS BACK,…
-
DOWNEAST is a mobster-lobster movie, capisce?
by Screenmancer Staff “Every town is built on bad decisions,” says a Townie in Joe Raffa’s new film DOWNEAST. And what better way to kick off Summer than with a lobsta-mobsta epic whereby Lobstermen and Made Men meet at the intersection of “no you didn’t” and Cosa Nostra? Get your bay leaves, bibs, and claw…
-
LFG on HBOMax spotlights US Women’s Soccer saga for pay
by Screenmancer Staff LFG is an acronym for sports rallying cry “Let’s F*cking Go,” and Academy Award-winning filmmakers Alex Nix Fine and Sean Fine have shined a spot on the saga behind the US Women’s Soccer team’s fight for equal pay. Three months before the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the players filed a class-action,…
-
THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2, Charlize Theron, Oscar Issac, return to abnormal too
by Screenmancer Staff Everything is back to Abnormal for the Chas Addams originated Addams movie family, who will go on a RipV camper vacation this Fall. In the animated kooky retool, Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Kroll, and Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton make up this branch of oddest the family tree with Snoop…
-
CBSN takes BRING YOUR OWN BRIGADE from Lucy Walker, Topic Studios
by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: CBSN today announced the acquisition of “Bring Your Own Brigade” from two-time Oscar® nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker and Topic Studios. Walker takes the audience on an illuminating eyewitness journey into the very heart of a raging inferno in “Bring Your Own Brigade,” a character-driven exposé that answers a question…
-
Before she was an Avenger, yikes ScarJo is BLACK WIDOW
by Screenmancer Staff When BLACK WIDOW opens in July, look out Scarlett Johansson because Rachel Weisz is on your tail. “One thing’s for sure,” Black Widow says, “I’m done running from my past.” Of course, she hits a high rise office building after that, chased by scary Russiabots (or whatever) who have cancelled Perestroika to…
-
More stress, why not: THE TOMORROW WAR is coming
by Screenmancer Staff Yeah so, 30 years in the future you get drafted retroactively from the past to save the world? Such is the plot of THE TOMORROW WAR from Amazon Prime if you are Chris Pratt and company. This impending battle for mañana will have a “global premiere” on July 2. Just in time…
-
AFI DOCS 2021 engages us in many conversations
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent From Anthony Bourdain exploration film ROADRUNNER to MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY, American Film Institute’s AFI DOCS 2021 has brought many issues and discussions to light this year. Now they offer a way for us as audience to engage with filmmakers to join the conversation. See info and link…
-
Palm Springs heat won’t stop ShortFest 2021
by Screenmancer Staff Here’s the schedule for Palm Springs International ShortsFest 2021 including ticket information and viewing options. Let’s all support short films. Virtual viewing available too. SHORTSFEST 2021 All film programs are listed in chronological order by date and time. View additional programs by clicking, 1,2,3 at the bottom of the page via the…
-
SNAKE EYES is on a roll, a bone-crusher starring Henry Golding
by Screenmancer Staff Can you believe awesome SNAKE EYES is based on Hasbro’s G.I. JOE® Characters? Henry Golding has lots of bros, male and female, who will sort out his life for him in this cracking trailer from the new film to be released on July 23. Golding’s signature dice-holding persona, Snake Eyes, is a…
-
ROBOTS from Cannes: Shailene Woodley, Jack Whitehall wind up in new Anthony Hines film
by Screenmancer Staff LONDON, UK: Rocket Science announced today that Shailene Woodley (“Big Little Lies,” Adrift, The Spectacular Now) will star in rollicking comedy Robots for Academy Award® nominated writer Anthony Hines (the writer of Borat, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Brüno) who will co-direct with Casper Christensen (“Klown”). Woodley will star alongside Jack Whitehall (upcoming Jungle Cruise, The Bad Education Movie, Mother’s Day).…
Stay Connected
Categories
Acquisitions Awards Award Season Blockbuster Books Casting Classic Hollywood Comedy Coming Soon Contests Documentary Events Feature Story Festivals Filmmaking Hollywood Indies In Memoriam International Interviews Legends Movies Movie Stars Music New Releases News Nominations Op Ed Oscars People Politics Premiere Production Reviews SciTech Screenplays Short Films Streaming Tech Top 10 Trends VOD WGA WGAE Women In Film & TV
Tags
94th Academy Awards Academy Awards Adam Driver AFI AFIMOVIECLUB Amazon Amazon Prime Amazon Studios AMPAS Award Season Brad Pitt Carol Marshall Comedy Documentary Elon Musk Emily Blunt Film Fest 919 Film Festivals Film Independent Filmmaking Hollywood Kristen Stewart Legends Lionsgate Margot Robbie MGM movies NEON Netflix Nicole Kidman Oscars Paramount Pictures Randi Emerman Roadside Attractions SBIFF Screenmancer Searchlight Pictures Short Films Steven Spielberg TCM The Academy Tom Cruise Universal WGA Will Smith
Latest News
About the Author
AF themes
Easy WordPress Websites Builder: Versatile Demos for Blogs, News, eCommerce and More – One-Click Import, No Coding! 1000+ Ready-made Templates for Stunning Newspaper, Magazine, Blog, and Publishing Websites.
Search the Archives
Access over the years of investigative journalism and breaking reports
You May Have Missed
