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The NEH had $17.8 million in active grants to Bay Area humanities projects.

The script for Sinners began circulating among studios in Hollywood in the winter of 2023 and resulted in a bidding war by January last year: a wild drama-thriller cum survival-horror flick set in Jim Crow–era Mississippi featuring blues-music set pieces, steamy sex scenes, Deep South occultism and dozens of Riverdancing vampires. More central to the project’s commercial potential, it had been written, and would be directed, by Ryan Coogler — the creative force behind Marvel’s $1.4 billion–grossing Black Panther — and star his frequent filmic muse Michael B. Jordan in a dual role as identical-twin gangsters turned juke-joint-owner brothers named Smoke and Stack. As one studio after another began clamoring to pay Sinners’s $90 million-ish asking price, the director’s agents at WME notified them of a few strings attached. Coogler would retain final cut (a creative dispensation reserved for the industry’s crème de la crème), command first-dollar gross (that is, a percentage of box-office revenue beginning from the movie’s theatrical opening rather than waiting for the studio to turn a profit), and, most contentiously, 25 years after its release, ownership of Sinners would revert to the director.

Fatma Hassona, a Palestinian photojournalist who is the protagonist of Sepideh Farsi’s documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, has been killed by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza. She was 25.

Renee Zellweger reportedly cried "real tears" at the end of filming 'Bridget Jones's Baby.

Here is a bootleg copy of the "The Mandalorian & Grogu" teaser that was shown today for the audience at Star Wars Celebration Tokyo. After approx twenty seconds, the video zooms in and fills the screen, its decent quality.

A year ago, Lionsgate flew Henry Cavill to Las Vegas, where he charmed audiences at CinemaCon with tales of the extensive sword training he was undergoing to star in Highlander for the studio. The project had been in development for almost a decade with filmmaker Chad Stahelski, but finally seemed to be moving forward.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish director Joel Crawford's follow-up, Forgotten Island, gets release date from Universal and DreamWorks.

Netflix's strategic investment in Welsh production hubs has generated more than $265 million for the U.K. economy since 2020, according to a report.

https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/blog/2025/04/15/fox-sports-films-announces-culture-of-winning-polynesian-football-pride-premiering-april-20-on-fox/

With 82 reviews, it has an average rating of 8.70 out of 10.

Manu Ríos, Arón Piper, Juan Diego Botto and Anika Boyle will also star in the film from Marc Webb

https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/jack-black-tells-minecraft-movie-audience-to-stop-throwing-popcorn-3179728/

Archived link.

No CGI Jabba the Hutt.

Elle Fanning is being eyed to play the younger Effie Trinket in "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping," TheWrap has confirmed.

Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy look to the power of recent franchises as the Man of Steel prepares to return.

The artisans team behind "Warfare" created the IED explosion scene by referencing Ray Mendoza's memories and real photos from the injuries.

Warfare directors Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland talk about how they made a very different kind of war movie based on real memories.

Usually I only post these announcements on !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world, but Krull... well it's not a GREAT movie, but it's not quite a B movie either. It had a video game tie-in, a respectable budget, and it was aimed at being a hit. It's more like a first-run movie that didn't quite come off. But it has nostalgia value! And parts of it are pretty good!

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/warfare

https://rottentomatoes.com/m/drop_2025

In response to a recent question from a reporter about whether the tariffs imposed by the United States on China will affect the import of American films, a spokesman for the State Film Administration said that the wrongful act of the U.S. government in imposing tariffs indiscriminately on China will inevitably further reduce the domestic audience's favorable impression of American films. We will follow the law of the market, respect the audience's choice, and moderately reduce the number of U.S. films imported. China is the second largest movie market in the world, and we have always insisted on opening up to the outside world at a high level, and we will introduce excellent movies from more countries in the world to meet the market demand.

Two widely followed Chinese public figures — one an editor for a state media outlet, the other the son of a former party chief — released identical outlines on Tuesday of countermeasures Chinese authorities are said to be considering in response to Trump's tariffs.

Paramount Pictures will theatrically distribute around the globe, The Angry Birds Movie 3, on Jan. 29, 2027.

Warner Bros. Pictures studio heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy took a victory lap after the stunning record opening for "A Minecraft Movie"

After three days of release, "A Minecraft Movie" is already the second-highest grossing film of the year behind "Captain America: Brave New World."