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Native American actors have been getting their much-deserved dues in recent years in Hollywood, with younger and older Indigenous actors benefiting from more opportunities. Native Americans, Indigenous peoples, and First Nations peoples are all names for the peoples who can trace their origins to the original tribes, confederations, and communities that called America home long before any Europeans came ashore. Persecuted from the outset, even modern Hollywood is not free from the sin of disrespecting and disenfranchising Native American actors. There’s a long, sad history of Hollywood whitewashing Indigenous roles, that is when they’re even included at all.

But the story has been changing in the 21st century. Native American movies and TV shows are telling real stories of Indigenous peoples, made by and starring those closest to them. With shows like Reservation Dogs and Dark Winds, and movies like Rez Ball proving popular with critics and audiences alike,...

The Western genre has been a beacon of great stories, powerful writing, and legendary talent since the earliest days of Hollywood, thanks to the work of John Ford, Sergio Leone, and John Wayne. While most Westerns follow the idea of lone gunslingers, small-town violence, and epic journeys, the genre also has a strong overlap with the war genre, thanks to conflicts like the Civil War.

Western movies cover a broad period of American history, with Westward expansion being the norm between the nation's founding and the turn of the century. Key conflicts, such as the American-Indian Wars and the Civil War, implicated the West, with the latter conflict stretching as far as Texas, New Mexico, and Idaho. America's push to the frontier was rife with conflict, making the Old West one of the most dangerous places in the nation's history.

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The Western genre has produced some of the greatest movies of all time, thanks to the work of Hollywood legends like John Ford, Howard Hawks, Kurt Russell, and John Wayne. With some of the best-written stories in the film industry, the genre is known for its combination of compelling character studies, explorations of the American landscape, and brilliant gunfights.

While some Western movies stay confined to a small town and a handful of characters, others explore journeys across the vast American frontier and focus on a variety of characters. While the more subdued movies in the genre, like High Noon, often get the best critical acclaim, many viewers show up to enjoy the epic side of the Old West. From perilous journeys to years-long tales of revenge, these movies have helped usher in the modern era of compelling and epic Westerns.

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee Explores the Plight...

Representation-wise, 2024 is already a pretty big year for the Emmys. The morning of July 17 marked the second time in the award show's history that an Indigenous performer has been nominated for an acting prize. Actually, scratch that: simultaneously, three performers became the second Indigenous acting nominees in the award's history. Lily Gladstone and Kali Reis became the very first Indigenous actresses to receive a nod from the Television Academy, for Under the Bridge and True Detective: Night Country, respectively. Both are in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category. Meanwhile, Reservation Dogs' D'Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, becoming the de facto second male Indigenous performer to run for an Emmy ever since August Schellenberg's 2007 nod for the HBO film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

The nominations for the 76th annual Emmys have dropped. There were some records broken, a lot of surprises including 36 first-time nominees and some major snubs. And a lot of fun facts and trivia about this year’s nominees. FX’s period drama series “Shogun” earning 25 Emmy nominations this year, the most of any dramatic series this year. The original NBC miniseries adaptation of the James Clavell best-seller which starred Richard Chamberlain and the legendary Toshiro Mifune received 14 nominations and won for limited series, costume design, graphic design and title sequences. Hulu’s “The Bear” broke the record for most nominations for a comedy series earning 23 nominations. NBC’s “30 Rock” had held the record with 22 nominations since 2009. Native Americans finally have some representation in this year’s nomination with Lily Gladstone and Kali Reis earning outstanding supporting actress nominations for Hulu’s “Under the Bridge” and HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country.

Under the Bridge, the limited true crime drama series starring Lily Gladstone, has earned the actress a historic feat at the 2024 Emmy Awards. With a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, Movie or Anthology, Gladstone has become one of two Indigenous women ever to be nominated in an acting category at the prestigious awards show.

Gladstone shared the accomplishment with fellow Indigenous actress Kali Reis, who is nominated in the came category for her role in True Detective: Night Country.

In addition to becoming the first two...

The Emmy Award nominations on Wednesday morning made history across various categories including Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series which recognized Lily Gladstone and Kali Reis for their work in Hulu’s Under The Bridge and Max’s True Detective: Night Country, respectively.

The nods—both Gladstone and Reis’ first— make the pair the first Indigenous women to receive Emmy acting nominations.

Until today, August Schellenberg was the only Native American actor to be nominated for an acting Emmy. He was recognized for his portrayal of Sitting Bull in HBO’s Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee in 2007 under the “Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Move” category.

Additionally, FX’s Reservation Dogs finally earned some Emmy love for its final season including Best Comedy Series and Lead Actor in a Comedy for D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai.

Related: 76th Emmy Nominations: Deadline’s Full Coverage

Coming off a busy Oscar...

Indigenous actresses Lily Gladstone and Kali Reis have made history with their first Primetime Emmy nominations.

On Wednesday, Gladstone and Reis received nominations in the supporting actress in a limited series category for their roles in Hulu’s “Under the Bridge” and HBO/Max’s “True Detective: Night Country.” This major recognition marks the first time Indigenous women have been nominated for acting Emmys, and they are only the second and third Indigenous actors ever to be recognized in the 76-year history of the television awards.

The only other Native American person nominated in any acting category was August Schellenberg, who received an Emmy nomination in 2007 for his performance as Sitting Bull in the HBO television movie “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.”

Nominated alongside Gladstone and Reis are Dakota Fanning (“Ripley”), Jessica Gunning (“Baby Reindeer”), Aja Naomi King (“Lessons in Chemistry”), Diane Lane (“Feud: Capote vs. The Swans”) and...

Bokeem Woodbine, Sunita Mani, and Adam Beach have joined the upcoming Apple TV+ dramedy “Government Cheese,” Variety has learned.

They will star in the series alongside previously announced lead David Oyelowo as well as Simone Missick. Variety exclusively reported the show was in the works at Apple in June 2022.

Based on the short film of the same name by Paul Hunter, “Government Cheese” follows Hampton Chambers (Oyelowo), described as “a man recently released from prison who struggles to keep his criminal past at bay and win back his family, all while processing moments of divine intervention that seem to happen with increasing frequency.”

Woodbine ‘s recent TV credits include the “Halo” series at Paramount+, “Ripley” at Netflix, and “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” at Hulu. He has also been in shows like “Fargo,” “Saving Grace,” and “Underground.” On the film side, he recently starred opposite Bill Burr and Bobby Cannavale in “Old Dads,...

Casting director Ellen Lewis and head of Indigenous casting Rene Haynes came to Killers of the Flower Moon from very different backgrounds. The former had worked with Martin Scorsese for many years, beginning with Goodfellas. The latter had been at the forefront of casting Indigenous actors in everything from the Twilight series to the HBO film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, which earned her an Emmy nom. When Killers came around, says Lewis, “I contacted Rene immediately because I had met her on [the Netflix series] Godless and knew that I was going to want her with me on this journey.”

Haynes was first hired to cast extras for War Party (1988). Production brought her to the Seven Reservations of Montana, where she says she “developed this strong attachment to [the Indigenous] community.” Soon thereafter was Dances With Wolves (1990), which she says “heralded a realization that Native characters should be played by Native actors.

Exclusive: Dick Wolf and his Wolf Entertainment are planning a feature documentary about Emmett Till.

Wolf and his longtime collaborator Tom Thayer are exec producing Murder In America: The Lynching of Emmett Till, a two-hour feature documentary, alongside James Moll, the Oscar winner behind Holocaust doc The Last Days.

It will be directed by Sam Pollard, who has directed documentaries including MLK/FBI, and Llewellyn Smith, who directed South to Black Power and produced American Experience.

Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the Till story. One was set in motion by the last four years of an FBI investigation with details never revealed before, including significant new revelations of the case and its findings. The traumatic memory of Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., the last surviving witness to the crime and Emmett Till’s cousin,...

“I get to use so many different techniques and learn so many more techniques from other people,” describes Chris Glimsdale of her work on “The Last of Us.” The hair department head put her creativity into overdrive on the HBO drama, creating lace pieces for “infected” creatures and collaborating closely with the makeup and prosthetic departments. But it was her work chronicling an unlikely romance during the episode “Long, Long Time” that earned Glimsdale an Emmy nomination for Contemporary Hairstyling. The artist had a “wonderful” time exploring how a couple aged together in the aftermath of an apocalypse. Watch the exclusive video interview above.

The first step in the process was presenting Nick Offerman to audiences in a way they had never seen him before. The actor arrived on set with a “very clean cut, very modern” look that didn’t fit with his survivalist character Bill, according to Glimsdale.

The McLusky brothers’ mother, Miriam, teaches history to incarcerated women in Mayor of Kingstown, and her lessons are fascinating — but is the Mayor of Kingstown true story, especially the Trail of Tears dogs left behind, accurate? Mayor of Kingstown continues co-creator Taylor Sheridan’s pattern of complex themes, delving into the shortcomings of America’s prison system along with Miriam’s lessons, which offer an elegant, yet devastating, look into systemic racism. Mayor of Kingstown is set in a town with seven prisons within a 10-mile radius where the McLusky brothers make it their business to blur the line between the criminals and law enforcement.

The family matriarch, Miriam, however, seems displeased with the McLusky brothers’ roles in Kingstown. Miriam contrasts her son’s roles in Mayor of Kingstown and is a particularly poignant character on the show because she believes not in facilitating the broken system as they do,...

In 2019, the Best TV Movie and Best Limited Series PGA Awards categories were introduced as replacements for a consolidated one that had existed since 1995. Prior to the split, the organization honored 12 telefilms, almost all of which are based on true stories. Of the few proper biopics in that group, only 2013’s “Behind the Candelabra” – which stars Michael Douglas as Liberace – focuses on the life of a musician. Now, after nearly a decade, the HBO movie is expected to gain some company in that distinction since The Roku Channel’s “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is the odds-on favorite to take this year’s made-for-tv movie prize.

Naturally, “Weird” differs significantly from a typical biopic in that it parodies the genre’s traditional formula at every turn. Al Yankovic, who co-wrote the script with director Eric Appel, gets across the main beats of the story of his career beginnings while taking increasingly outlandish liberties,...

Preparing for an upcoming flight isn’t just limited to packing your clothes and toiletries — have you thought about how you’re going to keep yourself entertained? The idealist in all of us might say we’re gonna read that book we’ve been putting off, but depending on the length of your flight, that may be easier said than done. If it’s on the longer side, it can be easy to get distracted and start to really feel the minutes crawling by.

The good news is that in recent years,...

Exclusive: Paloma Kwiatkowski (Riot Girls), Donal Logue (Sons Of Anarchy), David Mazouz (Gotham), Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), and Golden Globe nominee Adam Beach (Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee) have been set to star in supernatural thriller The Island Between Tides.

Production is underway in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, with XYZ Films newly aboard to rep North American sales. Above is a first look image.

The feature film, based on Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie’s gothic bedtime tale Mary Rose, takes place in the coastal wilds of the Alaskan border. The plot follows Lily (Kwiatkowski), a young woman who follows a mysterious melody onto a remote tidal island. When she crosses back over at the next low tide, she emerges into a world where decades have passed.

Writer-director-producers are Andrew Holmes (Dolph) and Emmy-winning filmmaker Austin Andrews (Julie and the Phantoms).

The Island Between Tides is the first feature...

Exclusive: Actor Adam Beach, who most recently starred opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons in Netflix’s Academy Award-nominated film The Power of the Dog from director Jane Campion, has signed with Buchwald for representation.

Beach earned a Golden Globe nomination for his turn as Charles Eastman in HBO’s TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, securing a Critics’ Choice award nom for his performance in Clint Eastwood’s Academy Award-nominated Paramount film Flags of Our Fathers.

The actor also recently starred opposite Mahershala Ali and Naomi Harris in the sci-fi drama Swan Song, which is currently available for streaming on Apple TV+. Other roles he’s known for include Jesse in Netflix’s Juanita, opposite Alfre Woodard, and Danny Moonstar in 20th Century Studios’ The New Mutants, opposite Anya Taylor-Joy and Maisie Williams.

Beach has also appeared in such notable films as Percy Vs Goliath, Hostiles, Suicide Squad,...

Exclusive: Honorary Academy Award winner Wes Studi and SAG Award, NAACP Image Award and Golden Globe nominee Adam Beach have signed on to star in the thriller American/Indian from writer-director Peter Curtis Pardini.

Set in the wake of the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the film follows twin brothers Slim and Joe Gresham (both played by Studi), products of the Indian Boarding School system, who have taken very different paths in life. Joe is now a popular U.S. Congressman about to step down to lead the transformation of their tribe’s bingo hall into an expansive (and lucrative) casino resort, while Slim works behind the scenes as a brutal enforcer who ensures everything and everyone stays in line for his brother, no matter the cost. What follows is a dark and thrilling tale of wealth, deceit,...

Exclusive: In his first foray into the premium TV series marketplace, uber producer Dick Wolf is prepping American Babylon, a period drama chronicling the epic story of the creation of Las Vegas – the American Dream written in blood and neon. He has partnered on the project with long-time collaborator Tom Thayer, Pulitzer Prize winner and The Pacific writer Robert Schenkkan and The Pacific creator Bruce C. McKenna.

The marquee pitch, from Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, will be taken out to premium cable networks and streamers later this month.

Created by Schenkkan and written by him and McKenna, American Babylon is inspired by “The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America“ by Sally Denton & Roger Morris, to which Universal Television has acquired the rights.

It chronicles the rise of Las Vegas through the intersecting struggles of three families: Young mobster Sammy Wise and his iron-willed wife,...

“Black Mirror’s” loss could be HBO’s gain. After three straight Best TV Movie Emmy victories for various episodes and not meeting the new 75-minute runtime requirement, “Black Mirror” is forced to compete in drama this year, paving the way for HBO to claim its record-extending 22 win in the category with “Bad Education.”

It may be hard to remember after the “Black Mirror’s” three-peat, which followed “Sherlock’s” victory in 2016 for its special episode “The Abominable Bride,” but the Best TV Movie category used to be HBO’s domain. The network started off with a bang in 1993, triumphing in a tie for its films “Barbarians at the Gate” and “Stalin,” and then ran the table for the rest of the decade.

Since 2000, HBO has racked up 13 wins; besides the last four years, its other 21st-century losses occurred in 2000 (ABC’s “Tuesdays with Morrie” won), 2003 (TNT’s “Door to Door...

Sound pros Rick Ash and Ron Eng have joined Chicago-headquartered Periscope Post & Audio’s recently launched Hollywood facility.

Ash, a rerecording mixer who won has Emmy Awards for his work on the miniseries Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Warm Springs and Live From Bagdad, brings more than 200 credits across independent features, television and documentaries.

Eng, a supervising sound editor, sound designer and rerecording mixer, earned two Emmy Award nominations last year for Twin Peaks. His credits also include the animated feature Coraline and the David Lynch classic Mulholland Drive.

In their first project for Periscope, Ash and Eng are ...

In another show of increasing diversity for all things Oscar, actors Wes Studi and Geena Davis and directors David Lynch and Lina Wertmuller are the winners of the 11th Annual Governors Awards. The honors, as voted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Board of Governors in a special Saturday session, were announced today.

Native American actor Studi, four time Oscar nominee Lynch, and two time Oscar nominee Wertmuller will receive Honorary Oscars for career achievements, while Davis, a past Oscar winner for Supporting Actress in 1988’s The Accidental Tourist as well as a 1991 Best Actress nominee for Thelma And Louise, will receive The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The board met three months earlier than usual to choose the Governors Awards recipients, as I exclusively reported on Friday, and the ceremony itself will be three weeks earlier than its usual mid-November date at the Roy Dolby Ballroom.

In 1974, just months after Steve Earle hitchhiked from San Antonio to Nashville, he wound up taking over bass-playing duties from Rodney Crowell in Guy Clark’s band. Forty-five years later, Earle, aided by his longtime band the Dukes, will pay homage to the profound influence the late songwriter and mentor had on his life and songcraft with Guy, a 16-track collection of tunes penned by Clark. The first release from the album, “Dublin Blues,” is out today.

Out March 29th on New West Records, Guy was produced by Earle and...

Zahn McClarnon suddenly became “Westworld’s” season two Mvp in the span of an hour thanks to his role as Akecheta, leader of Ghost Nation in the eighth episode, “Kiksuya.” A nomination for Best Drama Supporting Actor would be a groundbreaking moment as the television academy has never nominated a Native American actor for a continuing series.

“Westworld” was nominated for Best Drama Supporting Actor last year for Jeffrey Wright, but he got a promotion this year to the lead category, which could open the door for McClarnon to make history: not only would he be the first Native American actor to receive a nomination for a series, he would also be only the second Native American actor ever nominated in any category, after August Schellenberg contended for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor for his performance as Sitting Bull in the HBO telefilm “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” in...

“Westworld” delivered what many are considering a series best episode Sunday night with the Ghost Nation-focused installment “Kiksuya” led by character actor Zahn McClarnon. Because McClarnon appears in at least five episodes of the show, he joins co-star Anthony Hopkins in the fiercely competitive Drama Supporting Actor race with a shot of earning an Emmy nomination. Can the critical buzz of an emotionally packed episode and the momentum of a looming season finale catapult McClarnon into Emmy history? It should!

SEEAnthony Hopkins (‘Westworld’) enters supporting Emmy race, but can he take down frontrunner David Harbour (‘Stranger Things’)?

To say that a nomination for McClarnon would be a breakthrough is an understatement. It would be nothing short of historic. Voters should already know McClarnon’s name from his turns on A&E’s “Longmire” as well as the critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated second season of FX’s “Fargo,” but a nomination for...

Hostiles starring Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike and Wes Studi, hit theaters this past January and as of Feb. 25, has grossed $29,133,147 in the Us alone. The Western is now headed for in-home release on April 24, and will be available on 4K Ultra HD, Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, and DVD. See below for more details.

A star-studded cast leads the powerful and critically acclaimed western, Hostiles, arriving on Digital April 10 and on 4K Ultra HD (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand April 24 from Lionsgate. The highly successful independent director, Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Black Mass) reunites with his Out of the Furnace star and Oscar® winner Christian Bale (Best Supporting Actor, The Fighter, 2010) in what is being hailed by Entertainment Weekly as “the first great western since 1992’s Unforgiven.” Hostiles also stars Oscar® nominee Rosamund Pike (Best Actress, Gone Girl, 2014), Wes Studi (Avatar,...

The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to a wide swath of talented actresses in the 1990s, including Whoopi Goldberg, Marisa Tomei, Anna Paquin, Judi Dench and Angelina Jolie. A surprising amount of comedic performances won this category in the ’90s, especially for an academy that typically prefers drama. Which Best Supporting Actress winner is your favorite?

Check back on all the former champs and be sure to vote in our poll below. (See 2018 Oscar predictions for Best Supporting Actress.)

Whoopi Goldberg, “Ghost” (1990) — Whoopi Goldberg became the second black actress to win an Oscar thanks to her scene-stealing role as scheming psychic Oda Mae Brown in “Ghost.” She was previously nominated in Best Actress for “The Color Purple” (1985). Goldberg is one of only 12 individuals to have won the Egot, a.k.a. the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

SEEWho’s your favorite Best Actor Oscar winner of the 1990s: Anthony Hopkins,...

Arthur Penn’s under-appreciated epic has everything a big-scale western could want — spectacle, interesting characters, good history and a sense of humor. Dustin Hoffman gets to play at least five characters in one as an ancient pioneer relating his career exploits — which are either outrageous tall tales or a concise history of the taking of The West.

Little Big Man

Region B Blu-ray

Koch Media

1970 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 139 147 min. / Available from Amazon.de / Street Date September 14, 2017 / Eur 17.99

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan, Jeff Corey, Aimée Eccles, Kelly Jean Peters, Carole Androsky, Ruben Moreno, William Hickey, Jesse Vint, Alan Oppenheimer, Thayer David.

Cinematography: Harry Stradling Jr.

Production Designer: Dean Tavoularis

Art Direction: Angelo P. Graham

Special Makeup: Dick Smith

Special Effects: Logan Frazee

Film Editors: Dede Allen, Richard Marks

Original Music: John Hammond

Written by Calder Willingham from the novel by Thomas Berger

Produced...

Illustration by Mark Summers for Rolling Stone

On July 21st, 2016 – at a time when nearly every political pundit and member of the mainstream media thought that Donald Trump didn't have even a chance of beating Hillary Clinton – Michael Moore went public with his belief that the Republican candidate was going to win. "You are living in a bubble that comes with an adjoining echo chamber where you and your friends are convinced the American people are not going to elect an idiot for president," he wrote in a pleading messages to Americans,...

Editors’ Note: The casting of non-Native Americans to play Native American characters has its roots in the earliest days of cinema. Though rarer today, it is not unheard of. Adam Beach, who made his breakthrough opposite Nicolas Cage starred in John Woo’s Windtalkers, was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, and more recently was part of the Suicide Squad ensemble, argues in this open letter to the industry that to play the role of a…...

Editors’ Note: The casting of non-Native Americans to play Native American characters has its roots in the earliest days of cinema. Though rarer today, it is not unheard of. Adam Beach, who made his breakthrough opposite Nicolas Cage starred in John Woo’s Windtalkers, was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, and more recently was part of the Suicide Squad ensemble, argues in this open letter to the industry that to play the role of a…...

Birdman, Fury and Leviathan among main competition titles; Roland Joffé to preside over main jury.

Alejandro G Ińárritu, Yimou Zhang, Mike Leigh and Jean-Marc Vallée are among the directors with films screening in competition at the 22nd Camerimage (Nov 15-22), the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography.

The main competition at the festival, held in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, comprises:

Alejandro G Ińárritu’s Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance); USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki

Yimou Zhang’s Coming Home (Gui lai); China, 2014; Cinematographer: Zhao Xiaoding

Richard Raymond’s Desert Dancer; UK, 2014; Cinematographer: Carlos Catalán Alucha

Lech J. Majewski’s Field of Dogs - Onirica (Onirica - Psie pole); Poland, 2014; Cinematographers: Paweł Tybora and Lech J. Majewski

Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body (Obce cialo); Poland, Italy, Russia, 2014; Cinematographer: Piotr Niemyjski

David Ayer’s Fury; USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Roman Vasyanov

Tate Taylor’s Get on Up; USA, 2014; Cinematographer: Stephen Goldblatt

Łukasz Palkowski’s Gods (Bogowie); Poland, 2014; Cinematographer:...

Polish film festival sets competition juries; Roland Joffe to preside over main competition.

Camerimage (Nov 15-22), the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, has set an impressive roster of jurors for its various competition categories.

The Killing Fields director Roland Joffe will preside over the main competition jury, which incldues cinematographers Christian Berger and Manuel Alberto Claro.

Caleb Deschanel has been appointed president of the Polish Films Competition.

The full list of jurors is below.

Main Competition

Roland Joffé – Jury President (director, producer; The Killing Fields, The Mission, Vatel)

Christian Berger (cinematographer; The Piano Teacher, Hidden, The White Ribbon)

Ryszard Bugajski (director, screenwriter; Interrogation, General Nil, The Closed Circuit)

Ryszard Horowitz (photographer)

David Gropman (cinematographer; The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Life of Pi)

Arthur Reinhart (cinematographer, producer; Crows, Tristan + Isolde, Venice)

Oliver Stapleton (cinematographer; The Cider House Rules, Pay It Forward, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark)

Manuel Alberto Claro (cinematographer; Reconstruction, Melancholia, Nymphomaniac...

Exclusive: Four decades after Dune scribe Frank Herbert published his acclaimed 1972 novel Soul Catcher, the book has been optioned for the big screen by producer Dimitri Villard. The Flight Of he Navigator and Once Bitten producer first pursued the Herbert tome during the 1980s but tabled his film career to run music company ArtistDirect until last year. Now he’s returning to the screen biz with Soul Catcher, about a militant Native American student who kidnaps the 13-year-old white son of a U.S. politician, intending to sacrifice the child for vengeance against wrongs committed against his people. As the captor and the captive flee from hunters across the Pacific Northwest, they form a bond that throws the planned act into question.

The late Herbert’s seminal Dune remains the best-selling science fiction of all time and was adapted into a 1984 feature film by David Lynch and a TV miniseries and sequel in the 2000s.

If history is any indicator, Emmy voters like a little, well, history in their Outstanding TV Movie winners.

The last four champs in the category — 2010’s Temple Grandin, 2009’s Grey Gardens and 2008’s Recount and 2007’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee — all had their roots in real-life characters and situations.

Related Emmy Poll 2014: What Should Win Best Miniseries?

Heck, even in the last three years — when the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences merged Movies and Miniseries into one overarching division — two of the three victors (2012’s Game Change and 2013’s Behind the Candelabra) followed that trend.

That...

From Jack leching over Jennifer to John Wayne's farewell and Brando's no-show, these are just some of the greatest moments at the Oscars ceremonies ever

1. When Jack met Jennifer

This is perhaps my favourite Oscar moment ever, and it is from last year: the 85th Academy Awards in 2013. Tellingly, it does not take place up on stage, in the often tense and frozen ritual of the awards ceremony itself, but happens in the cheerful buzz of the post-show melee backstage. This single, endlessly replayed clip probably did more for Jennifer Lawrence's public profile than anything on the big screen.

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George Stephanopoulos, the former Bill Clinton aide who later made a career in TV, was conducting on-the-hoof interviews for ABC and had grabbed 22-year-old Lawrence to talk about her best actress Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook. The...

This week we'll see the first film focusing on the mythological Greek hero Hercules with Kellan Lutz taking the lead in The Legend of Hercules (formerly known as Hercules: The Legend Begins). With a January release date and Die Hard 2 director Renny Harlin, there isn't much hope for this film that feels like a cheap 300 knock-off, but maybe the Summit Entertainment film has some surprises in store. For anyone who might not be convinced, one final trailer has popped up as a last ditch effort to get audiences into theaters Friday, and if you're interested enough to look behind the scenes, there's a featurette too. Watch! Here's the final trailer for Renny Harlin's The Legend of Hercules from Summit Entertainment: And here's the behind the scenes featurette from Spin Media: The Legend of Hercules is directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2), who also wrote the film...

When the first trailer for The Legend of Hercules starring Kellan Lutz was release, it went by the title Hercules: The Legend Begins. But apparently Summit Entertainment liked the new title better. If it feels like this film is being marketed very quickly, you're right. The first trailer just arrived over a couple weeks ago, and now a second full theatrical trailer is here. The film was picked up for distribution and set for a very early release swiftly, so the film is getting pushed fast and hard before arriving in just under a month. It still looks generic, and we doubt Lutz has the power to make this a success, but that's just January for you. Here's the second trailer for Renny Harlin's The Legend of Hercules, originally from Apple: The Legend of Hercules is directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2), who also wrote the film with...

An Original Voice

“We didn’t get mad, we got smart,” HBO CEO Michael Fuchs said about hitting The Wall, looking back at HBO stalling in 1984 from the vantage of the early 1990s. Actually, a lot of the rank and file didn’t get mad or smart; we’d seen 125 of our friends and colleagues get shown the door when the company had suddenly flatlined after eight years of phenomenal growth, and what we got was scared.

But it’s to the credit of HBO’s execs that whatever anxieties they may have had, they showed no panic or even nervousness in public. Instead, they poured any concerns into energetically and immediately addressing the question of, “What do we do now?” The world we knew had changed and there was no going back to the Gold Rush days of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The company required a humongous...

Production has wrapped and post-production started on director Yves Simoneau's Toronto-lensed, World War II era, alien TV pilot "Horizon", starring Cary Elwes and Ruth Bradley, under the supervision of "The Walking Dead" executive producer Gale Anne Hurd.

Written and co-produced by Bridget Tyler, "Horizon" was developed by Hurd, the creative force with James Cameron of the original "Terminator". 

"...during the height of World War II, when women began entering the workforce, 'Horizon' centers on a Washington secretary (Bradley) at the 'FBI' who starts a secretive investigation into files that have been stamped with the codename 'Horizon'. 

"She discovers that the clandestine project has something to do with the death of her husband who was apparently killed during a battle with a 'spaceship' in the South Pacific. 

"What she doesn't know is that her investigation has aroused the interest of undercover Axis spies working in the Us,...

Free Willy actor August Schellenberg has sadly passed away at age 77. The Canadian actor had been fighting a longtime battle with cancer and died peacefully surrounded by loved ones, his family told reporters. While most may remember him for his role as Jesse's Native American mentor in all three of the whale flicks, Schellenberg actually has had a long and colorful career in Hollywood. In fact, he was nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or movie for his performance as Chief Sitting Bull in the 2007 hit Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Schellenberg also appeared in The New World alongside Christian Bale and Colin Farrell in 2005. He also played Clay Bedonie in the...

Free Willy actor August Schellenberg has died at the age of 77.

Schellenberg passed away in Dallas, Texas on Thursday (August 15) after losing his battle with cancer.

The Canadian actor's agent Jamie Levitt confirmed the news of his passing.

Schellenberg starred in the first three Free Willy movies, playing a Native American mentor.

His other roles included Chief Powhatan in Terrence Malick's The New World (2005), and in 2007 he received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Sitting Bull in HBO's Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee.

Levitt described him as a loving family man and an iconic Canadian actor.

Watch Schellenberg in a scene from Free Willy 2 below:...

After a long battle with cancer, August Schellenberg, the actor who played Jesse's Native American mentor in "Free Willy" has died, according to TMZ. His family told the site that Schellenberg died peacefully surrounded by loved ones.

The 77-year-old actor's career included all three "Free Willy" movies and he was nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his role as Chief Sitting Bull in "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."

For more information on Schellenberg's death, click over to TMZ.

Veteran Native American actor August Schellenberg died yesterday at the age of 77 after a long battle with cancer.

Schellenberg, a Canadian Mohawk, was best known for playing Jesse's mentor in "Free Willy," but he boasted a long, storied career that spanned four decades. He was nominated for an Emmy for playing Sitting Bull in the HBO miniseries "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."

Born to a Swiss father and Canadian mother, Schellenberg trained at the National Theatre School of Canada before moving on to the stage, television, and film. His first role was in the 1971 movie "Rip-Off," and he acted steadily in various TV shows and movies ever since.

In 1993, Schellenberg took on his most famous role -- as mentor Randolph Johnson in "Free Willy." He went on to appear in both of the hit movie's sequels.

Schellenberg often played Native Americans; in 2005, he starred as Chief Powhatan in Terrence Malick's "The New World.

August Schellenberg -- who played Jesse's Native American mentor in "Free Willy" -- has died Thursday in Texas after a long battle with cancer ... TMZ has learned. Schellenberg's family tells TMZ ... August died peacefully surrounded by loved ones.77-year-old Schellenberg had a long and storied career in Hollywood -- often playing Native American characters. In fact, he was nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his role as...

NBC is planning to administer a double dose of classic horror, with the news that the network is moving forward with miniseries adaptations of both Roman Polanski’s iconic horror film Rosemary’s Baby and Stephen King’s acclaimed novel The Tommyknockers.

The announcement indicates that NBC has been watching closely as ‘event’ miniseries like CBS’ Under the Dome and FX’s American Horror Story have delivered surprisingly high ratings, and as its own horror series Hannibal has quickly gained a loyal cult following.

NBC president Bob Greenblatt said that the Rosemary’s Baby reboot will in fact be more of a re-imagining of the original Ira Levin novel on which Polanski’s film was based, rather than a direct remake of the film. The miniseries will focus on a young woman and her husband living in Paris and will be an “edge-of-your-seat thriller” comprised of four episodes. Interestingly, the...

In a continuation of what is (for TV fans) one of the most wonderful times of the year, we have moved straight from Comic-Con season to TCA season. Twice a year the networks make presentations to the members of the Television Critics Association, and that’s one of the key times when we learn about what might be in our viewing futures.

NBC had their day on Saturday, and out of that came the announcement of the development of a limited-series adaptation of Rosemary’s Baby, and of Stephen King‘s Tommyknockers. Here are the details:

“Rosemary’s Baby” is a four-hour updated retelling of the bestselling novel by Ira Levin that was later adapted as a feature film about devil worship and the complex relationship between a young husband and wife. In the new version, the couple lives in Paris where this edge-of-your-seat thriller unfolds. Lionsgate is the production company.

With networks getting back in the mini-series game, it’s not too surprising that NBC exec Bob Greenblatt unveiled plans for two new reboots in mini form while talking to the Television Critics Association this weekend. Greenblatt offered that “We need to be in the event business” and went on to back this up by talking the Diane Lane Hillary Clinton biopic and then revealing that the network intends to adapt two horror novels for mini-series, despite both having adaptations already.

The most obviously controversial of the two is Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby, adapted as an incomparable horror film by Roman Polanksi back in 1968. Why the understated and creepy tale needs to be a 4-hour “edge of your seat thriller” is unknown, or why for that matter, the setting needs to switch from Manhattan to Paris. It’s going to be hard to gauge what will come of this project,...

NBC has announced that they will be developing two new limited TV series events. One based on Roman Polanski's classic horror film, Rosemary's Baby, and the other will be another adaptation of Stephen King's 1987 novel The Tommyknockers. This will be the second small screen adaptation of King's novel. The 1993 adaptation sucked, so hopefully this new one will be a lot better. 

Rosemary's Baby is a retelling of the bestselling novel by Ira Levin, and "the new version will focus on a young husband and wife living in Paris where 'this edge-of-your-seat thriller unfolds.'" For those of you who haven't seen the movie, it centers on a woman who goes through paranoid hell as she prepares to give birth to a devil baby.

The Tommyknockers redo is set to be helmed by Yves Simoneau (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee). The official description of the book is as follows,...

News Louisa Mellor 29 Jul 2013 - 09:45

NBC is developing miniseries adaptations of Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby and Stephen King's Tommyknockers...

Late last night and the night before, Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, knocking at the door...

A cheerful memento mori from NBC arrives today in the news that they're re-adapting Stephen King's The Tommyknockers for television, even though ABC literally just did it.*

King's 1987 sci-fi novel, The Tommyknockers, about a community drawn under the thrall of a mysterious object they discover in the woods, is about to become a brand-new miniseries for NBC, with Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee's Yves Simoneau attached to direct.

Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby, famously adapted for cinema by Roman Polanski in 1968, is also to be given the miniseries treatment by NBC, with a Paris-set four-hour retelling of Levin's novel on its way. It's too early for casting or air date announcements and the like as yet,...