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Eight years ago, tech billionaire Jeff Skoll clapped enthusiastically as Al Gore assuaged the opening-night Sundance crowd just hours before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president. “We will win,” Gore said after the Skoll-backed climate change documentary “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” made its world premiere. “We want this movie to recruit others.”

But a funny thing happened over the ensuing years. The founder and chair of Participant Media appears to have defected to the other side. In January, on the weekend Trump was sworn in as the 47th president, Skoll hosted both the Make America Great Again Victory Rally and the inaugural parade, sending shockwaves through the indie film world. (Skoll declined comment.)

For the past two decades, the eBay mogul was the most reliable financier of progressive documentaries, from “Rbg” to “He Named Me Malala.” Skoll’s 180-degree turn as he shuttered Participant...

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie tells the story of Fox’s career and battle with Parkinson’s disease. Director Davis Guggenheim directed the film and interviewed Fox. Though Guggenheim had final cut, he was worried Fox would ask him to remove some archival material that didn’t reflect well on him.

“It was after Back to the Future opened, after Teen Wolf opened,” Guggenheim said at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Documentary. “So he had the top two films in the country which was unheard of, and was returning to Family Ties, the number one comedy. There’s this footage of him shot behind the scenes. He’s being kind of a jerk.”

Fortunately, to Guggenheim’s surprise, Fox was all for it.

“His first question was, ‘That scene where I’m an a**hole, where did you find that? It’s fantastic,’” Guggenheim remembered. “I suspected if I had...

Four top documentary filmmakers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2024 awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, December 5, at 6:00 p.m. Pt; 9:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our contributing editor Charles Bright and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.

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American Symphony (Netflix)

Synopsis: Explores a year in the life of Grammy Award winning musician Jon Batiste.

Bio: Lauren Domino was an Oscar nominee for “Time.” Other projects have included “Alone,” “The Earth Is Humming” and “Black Folk Don’t.”

Bobi Wine: The People’s President (NatGeo)

Synopsis: Follows Ugandan opposition leader,...

“I felt like I was in a personal rut and a professional rut,” recalls Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim prior to directing “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.” “I felt like I’ve been making the same thing over and over again. I was looking for some joy in my work. And I read this interview with Michael where he’d had this conversation about his most recent book, and his writing was so good. The storytelling was so good, but also there was a humor, a surprising humor and wisdom in his book. I started to read it for myself, and as I read his books, then I listened to his books on tape. I was like, ‘Oh my God, this would be amazing movie!'” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” follows the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, exploring...

Michael J. Fox in “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” premiering May 12, 2023 on Apple TV+. At this point, everybody knows the basics of the story: At the height of a career that had made him a television and movie superstar, Michael J. Fox started to experience the early symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Yet Fox soldiered on, continuing to act and earning 13 Emmy Award nominations (and two wins) after being formally diagnosed with the condition. Now that he has officially retired from acting, he’s telling his life’s story for a new documentary, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. The film was produced and directed by Davis Guggenheim, who spoke about why Fox’s life and career make for such an intriguing documentary subject. (Click on the media bar below to hear Davis Guggenheim) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Davis-Guggenheim_Micahel_Fox_Doc_.mp3

Still: A Michael J.

Apple TV+ announced only one movie coming to the streaming service this May. But Apple TV+ remains a great place to catch a bunch of your favorite movies. The streamer recently announced that it would be canceling a few of its original series but doubling down on other fan favorites like Ted Lasso and Shrinking. From the outside, it looks like Apple TV+ will be reining in production to focus on films and TV that it knows will work. It’s not the biggest streamer in the game, but it still has some great content.

The movie that Apple TV+ is releasing in May is Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. The Michael J. Fox biopic is a heartfelt look at the actor who rose to stardom as a kid and then was struck with young-onset Parkinson’s disease at the age of 29. The film was directed and produced by legendary documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim,...

The Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie trailer dives into the life and career of the beloved actor. Rising to prominence on the sitcom Family Ties during the 1970s, Fox became famous as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy. In 1991, the actor was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and eventually founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation to help fund research for a cure. Over the years, worsening symptoms forced Fox to limit his acting work before retiring in 2021 due to declining health.

Now, the actor will be the star and subject of a new documentary titled Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, which was announced a year ago and just released its first trailer today (via Apple TV), which can be watched below:

Incorporating archival footage and interviews with the actor himself, the trailer chronicles Fox's improbable rise to stardom in Hollywood during the 1980s. In his own words,...

Michael J. Fox is a name synonymous with cinema now and forever. Even if he had only ever starred in "Back to the Future," Marty McFly would etch his name into movie history without question. Yet, for a big stretch in the '90s, he was about as big as stars get. Unfortunately, due to health issues related to Parkinson's, Fox has largely been away from the limelight for some time. That changes next month as Apple TV+ is bringing us "Still: A Michael J Fox Movie," a documentary about his meteoric rise to fame as well as his experiences dealing with his disease.

I was fortunate enough to see the film at SXSW this year and the best thing about it is how accurate that title is. This really is a Michael J. Fox movie, one that plays more like a biopic with a documentary component. Bring the tissues,...

Tom Cruise may have been the man who saved Hollywood’s ass, according to Steven Spielberg, but the Top Gun: Maverick star wasn’t in the Dolby Theatre tonight to save the Academy Awards.

Turned out that while Cruise was missed, as was Avatar kingpin James Cameron, their star power wasn’t necessary to fuel one of the more watchable if not conventional Oscars of the 21st century. In that sense, this was an Academy Awards with few surprises where almost everyone stuck to the script.

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It might not have been magic, but it didn’t need to be.

The Oscars just needed to turn the page.

Along with...

Malala Yousafzai is staying out of the “Don’t Worry Darling” drama.

During the Oscars on Sunday night, host Jimmy Kimmel went through the audience to do some crowd work, asking celebrities questions from fans.

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Stopping by the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s seat, he asked her, “Malala, do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?”

“I only talk about peace,” Malala joked in return.

Jimmy Kimmel: “Malala, do you think Harry Styles spit on Chris Pine?”

Malala Yousafzai: “I only talk about peace.” pic.twitter.com/88bxEVt3Ye

— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) March 13, 2023

The joke was a reference to the drama surrounding Styles and Pine on the press tour for “Don’t Worry Darling”.

What became known online as #SpitGate occurred during the Venice Film Festival premiere of the film, when Styles walked over to Pine’s seat...

Rihanna took to the stage at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday and gave viewers a show-stopping rendition of her Oscar-nominated single, “Lift Me Up,” from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack.

Wearing a gorgeous, shimmering shirt and trouser pants set, Rihanna sang the ballad penned by herself, singer Tems, Oscar winner Ludwig Göransson and Wakanda Forever director Ryan Coogler. The song serves as a tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who played King T’Challa, aka Black Panther, and died at the age of 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer.

The Oscars audience was in awe as Rihanna belted out her ballad, hitting every high note with power and grace. Standing on a feathered platform, Rihanna looked emotional as she was met with a standing ovation.

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Rihanna performs "Lift Me Up" at the #Oscars; Asap raises his glass pic.twitter.com...

Michael J. Fox, the Hollywood star who became a powerful advocate for medical research, will be the subject of a new documentary from Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. Apple Original Films has nabbed the rights to the movie, which is currently in production in New York, Los Angeles and Vancouver.

The film, which is still untitled, will chart Fox’s extraordinary career, documenting his rise to the pinnacle of the movie and television business thanks to roles in “Family Ties” and “Back to the Future.” It will also look at Fox’s struggles with celebrity once he climbed those heights, as well as his diagnosis, at 29, with Parkinson’s disease and the impact that had on his personal and professional life. Apple says the film will incorporate documentary, archival and scripted elements, and is being produced with unprecedented access to Fox and his family.

“With a mix of adventure and romance,...

Exclusive: Beanie Mania filmmaker Yemisi Brookes, documentarian-cinematographer Christopher Frierson (Dmx: Don’t Try to Understand), director-producer Lisa Cortés (All In: The Fight For Democracy), directors Morgan Pehme and Dan Dimauro (Get Me Roger Stone), Mark Laita’s YouTube channel Soft White Underbelly and The Speed Cubers filmmaker Sue Kim have signed with Black Box Management for representation.

As it announces its new signings, Black Box has two client projects at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival: the documentary TikTok, Boom from director Shalini Kantayya, which looks at the rise and cultural influence of the ubiquitous social media app, and John Patton Ford’s thriller Emily the Criminal, starring Aubrey Plaza.

“These new signs are part of the continued expansion of the Black Box family. From the start we have always been drawn to artists and creators who are disruptive and have something new to say,” said Black Box founders Mike Dill and Lowell Shapiro in a joint statement.

Celebrating its 48th edition, the Telluride Film Festival announced its official programming selections, which include world premieres of Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” Mike Mills’ “C’mon C’mon,” Joe Wright’s “Cyrano,” Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard” and Céline Sciamma’s “Petite Maman.”

Also on the docket are Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God” and Pablo Larraín’s “Spencer.” Larraín’s film is opening the Venice Film Festival, where several of the films are screening before debuting Stateside in Colorado.

From the documentary side, festivalgoers will get a smorgasbord of subjects from acclaimed filmmakers such Todd Haynes (“The Velvet Underground”), Lisa Hurwitz (“The Automat”), Liz Garbus (“Becoming Cousteau”) and Sam Pollard and Rex Miller (“Citizen Ashe”).

From the international circuit, selections include the Sundance hit “Flee” from Jonas Poher Rasmussen, an international animated documentary...

Doc Society will provide resources from its education arm Doc Academy.

UK film education charity Into Film is partnering with non-fiction organisation Doc Society to provide educational resources on documentary film to UK schoolchildren.

They will together curate a programme of free films and resources linked to the school curriculum, made through Doc Society’s non-profit education arm Doc Academy.

The programme includes resources and lessons plans for both in-person and remote learning. They have been created by education professionals, and are based around clips from documentary films that can effectively engage young people in a range of themes and issues.

Doc Society will provide resources from its education arm Doc Academy.

UK film education charity Into Film is partnering with non-fiction organisation Doc Society to provide educational resources on documentary film to UK schoolchildren.

They will together curate a programme of free films and resources linked to the school curriculum, made through Doc Society’s non-profit education arm Doc Academy.

The programme includes resources and lessons plans for both in-person and remote learning. They have been created by education professionals, and are based around clips from documentary films that can effectively engage young people in a range of themes and issues.

Even though a bunch of the world is shut down due to the coronavirus, Bill Gates has been busy helping to fund research that seeks to fight Covid-19 on several different fronts, according to director Davis Guggenheim. “He’s deep in the Covid thing in terms of accelerating the research for a new vaccine and the progress on therapeutics, so even before there’s a vaccine, something can help people not die when the get Covid,” explains Guggenheim in our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video above). He goes on to say that he finds it comforting to see someone not running away from these very complicated problems. “Every time I’ve talked to him during Covid I feel a little bit better because he explains everything so well and he’s putting his money into getting some solutions on these fronts.”

Guggenheim directed the Netflix docuseries, “Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates.

Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim and Jonathan King are launching Concordia Studio in partnership with Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective.

Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, founded social change organization Emerson Collective in 2004. Emerson Collective became the majority owner of the Atlantic in 2017 and made an investment in 2018 in Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine.

Guggenheim’s credits include “An Inconvenient Truth,” which won the Best Documentary Academy Award in 2006, along with “He Named Me Malala,” “Waiting for Superman” and “Inside Bill’s Brain: Decording Bill Gates.” King has come on board Concordia after a dozen years at Participant Media, overseeing a slate that has included “Roma,” “Green Book” and “Spotlight.”

Concordia made the announcement Monday, noting that it will premiere four films in U.S. competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival: “Boys State,” directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine; “Time,” directed by Garrett Bradley; “A Thousand Cuts,...

Oscar-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim and former Participant exec Jonathan King have teamed with Laurene Powell Jobs and Emerson Collective to launch Concordia Studio. The new company will focus on creating innovative nonfiction and scripted films, series, and streaming content.

The new venture will develop, produce or finance content across all platforms with some of the most creative partners and collaborators from around the world.

“We’ve been working hard for two years and waiting for the right moment to announce our new studio,” said Guggenheim, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Nonfiction. “Our strength is a small group of executives committed to great storytelling with the very best filmmakers. Now with four films at Sundance and Jonathan King joining as co-founder, the timing could not be better.”

“Audiences worldwide are more hungry than ever for high-quality films and television that mean something in their lives,” added King,...

Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning director behind docs He Named Me Malala and Waiting for Superman, is partnering with Jonathan King, the former production president at Participant Media, to launch Concordia Studio.

The banner, launched in partnership with Laurene Powell Jobs' Emerson Collective, will develop, produce and finance nonfiction and scripted feature films. Concordia will premiere four films in the U.S. Documentary competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival — Boys State, Time, A Thousand Cuts and Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets.

“We’ve been working hard for two years and waiting for the right moment to announce our new studio,” said Guggenheim. “...

Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning director behind docs He Named Me Malala and Waiting for Superman, is partnering with Jonathan King, the former production president at Participant Media, to launch Concordia Studio.

The banner, launched in partnership with Laurene Powell Jobs' Emerson Collective, will develop, produce and finance nonfiction and scripted feature films. Concordia will premiere four films in the U.S. Documentary competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival — Boys State, Time, A Thousand Cuts and Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets.

“We’ve been working hard for two years and waiting for the right moment to announce our new studio,” said Guggenheim. “...

September’s Toronto International Film Festival has long been a launching pad for Oscar contenders, and its coveted People’s Choice award often presages the Best Picture Oscar winner. “Green Book” last year was no exception.

So it was inevitable that Tiff would jump-start the awards season with its own Awards Gala. This year’s first installment gave out two acting awards, to Joaquin Phoenix, star of DC’s “Batman” spin-off “Joker”, which surprisingly won the Golden Lion in Venice, and Oscar perennial Meryl Streep (21 nominations). Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas, Her costars in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat”, came onstage to remind us that Streep breaks the record for the most nominations of all time every time she gets a nod — because it’s a record she set herself.

The Streep sizzle reel stretched back to “Kramer vs. Kramer,” through “Sophie’s Choice,” “Silkwood,” “Bridges of Madison County,” “The Devil Wears Prada,...

September’s Toronto International Film Festival has long been a launching pad for Oscar contenders, and its coveted People’s Choice award often presages the Best Picture Oscar winner. “Green Book” last year was no exception.

So it was inevitable that Tiff would jump-start the awards season with its own Awards Gala. This year’s first installment gave out two acting awards, to Joaquin Phoenix, star of DC’s “Batman” spin-off “Joker”, which surprisingly won the Golden Lion in Venice, and Oscar perennial Meryl Streep (21 nominations). Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas, Her costars in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat”, came onstage to remind us that Streep breaks the record for the most nominations of all time every time she gets a nod — because it’s a record she set herself.

The Streep sizzle reel stretched back to “Kramer vs. Kramer,” through “Sophie’s Choice,” “Silkwood,” “Bridges of Madison County,” “The Devil Wears Prada,...

One of the hottest tickets at this year’s Telluride Film Festival was not one of the eagerly awaited narrative features but the first showing of a Netflix docuseries on Bill Gates. Patrons lined up for the screening of Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates, with the subject himself on hand for a discussion. The series was directed by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman, He Named Me Malala), and it contains some of the filmmaker’s best work.

No doubt Gates trusted the director enough to provide candid interviews on his personal life, along with information on ...

Netflix has announced a new docuseries about Microsoft founder Bill Gates from Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim. The three-part series, Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates explores the mind and motivations of the tech visionary, business leader and philanthropist. It’s set to premiere September 20 on the internet TV network.

After stepping down as CEO of Microsoft, Gates shifted his attention toward solving some of the world’s most persistent problems.

The series “offers unprecedented access to Gates as he pursues unique solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems with the same level of optimism, curiosity, and fervor that inspired his original vision for Microsoft,” according to Netflix’s release. The series includes interviews with Bill and Melinda Gates, as well as their friends, family and partners in philanthropy and business.

Inside Bill’s Brain is created, directed and executive produced...

Netflix is getting into the mind of Bill Gates. The streaming service revealed Tuesday it has set a three-part documentary “Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates” that “explores the mind and motivations of celebrated tech visionary, business leader, and philanthropist Bill Gates” and is directed by Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim.

Here’s more of the official description, courtesy of Netflix:

After stepping down as CEO of Microsoft, Gates began what is undeniably one of the greatest professional second acts in modern history when he shifted his time and considerable intellect toward solving some of the world’s most persistent problems. The series, in-depth and unfiltered in its depiction of a man’s life journey, both his triumphs and setbacks, offers unprecedented access to Gates as he pursues unique solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems with the same level of optimism, curiosity, and fervor that...

National Geographic has taken the bulk of global rights to documentary series “History of the Emirates,” narrated by Jeremy Irons and co-produced by Image Nation Abu Dhabi together with British factual production outfit Atlantic Productions.

The series profiles the United Arab Emirates’ ancient history, going back 125,000 years and culminating in the country’s union in 1971, after oil was struck. Featuring archaeological footage, it uses state-of-the-art digital technology and 360-degree camerawork. Viewers will be able to access an interactive app with immersive content and Vr experiences produced by Atlantic’s Alchemy Vr unit, makers of David Attenborough’s “Great Barrier Reef Dive,” which won the first BAFTA for a virtual reality film.

A five-part version of “History of the Emirates” will air this fall across the UAE on local outlets. A three-part international version – the one narrated by Oscar-winner Irons – will air on Nat Geo channels globally, including in the U.

The United Talent Agency (UTA) announced today that they have signed author and youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and her father, activist and author Ziauddin Yousafzai. Both are co-founders and board members of Malala Fund. UTA will work with both of them as they continue to inspire global audiences with original content across film, television, digital, emerging platforms and live speaking.

The two will be represented by UTA’s newly formed Culture and Leadership division, led by Darnell Strom. They will join a roster of clients at the intersection of entertainment, media, entrepreneurship, politics and the arts.

Malala Yousafzai began her campaign for education at age 11 when she anonymously blogged for the BBC about life under the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Inspired by her father’s activism, she began advocating publicly for girls’ education. At age 15, Malala was attacked by the Taliban for speaking out. Malala recovered in...

As 2019 marches along, Hulu has a couple original series that binge watchers will not want to miss in March. “Shrill,” starring “Saturday Night Live’s” Aidy Bryant, is a body-positive comedy that critiques society’s beauty standards and millennial culture. The entire season drops on March 15.

On March 20, fans of true crime will be able to relive the 2015 murder of Dee Dee Blanchard by her daughter, Gypsy, with “The Act.” Starring Patricia Arquette and Joey King as the mother and daughter pair, viewers will surely believe that truth can be stranger than fiction with the new crime anthology series.

Documentary buffs who are scared of heights may need to hold on to something because “Free Solo,” the Oscar winner for best documentary feature, will premiere on March 13. “Shoplifters,” an Academy Award-nominated foreign language film, offers a harrowing look at poverty in Japan, and debuts on March 14.

March will also be...

Netflix has picked up its first show from the UAE: La Law-style legal drama Justice.

The Svod service has acquired the worldwide rights to the series, which was produced by Image Nation and Beelink Productions for pay-tv platform Osn, from Im Global Television.

This comes after Deadline named the show, known locally as Qalb Al Adala, as one of its shows to watch out for in 2018.

The legal drama was created by La Law and NYPD Blue’s William Finkelstein and He Named Me Malala producer Walter Parkes. It follows real cases from the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department and follows Farah, an ambitious and passionate young lawyer who has just returned from the U.S. after having attained a law degree but is determined to succeed on her own despite her father being one of the UAE’s top lawyers.

The series stars Fatima Al Taei, Mansoor Al Feeli,...

There’s “Justice” for Netflix. The streamer has bought the landmark legal drama from the United Arab Emirates and launched it around the world this week. It is the first Emirati series to run on the Svod platform.

The show, from Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Beelink Productions, originally bowed on pay-tv platform Osn in the Middle East, where it was titled “Qalb Al Adalah.” It broke new ground locally and is the biggest show out of the UAE.

“Justice” follows an ambitious young lawyer, Farah (Mansoor Al Feeli), who returns home after obtaining her law degree in the U.S. Instead of joining the family law firm, she strikes out on her own as a defense attorney, pushing the legal and cultural envelope in the process.

The series has both story-of-the-week elements and longer arcs as it follows Farah’s progress. Oscar-nominated Walter Parkes (“He Named Me Malala”) created...

After seeing this movie, whenever you look at the cheap Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas decorations displayed in stores around the country, your perception of them will be forever changed.Directed by Doneen and produced by Oscar®-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim and Sarah Anthony, ‘The Price of Free’ (formerly titled ‘Kailash’) follows Nobel Prize winner Satyarthi and his team of leaders around the world through gripping secret raids and quests for missing children. They have rescued over 87,000 children and have created a global movement, resulting in legislation which helps protect young children.

Every time I see glitter-covered tzachkes to hang on a Christmas tree or put out with the pumpkins I will think of this movie. All those silly cheap pieces of junk littering the checkout counters at grocery stores and drug stores at holiday times are made by children enslaved and hidden inside overcrowded factories around the world. The Price...

Diane Weyermann.

Diane Weyermann, president of documentary film and television at Participant Media, will be among the headline speakers at Aidc 2019 as the event shines a light on international co-production and co-financing.

Weyermann will be joined on the ‘Working with the USA’ session by Elliott Whitton, head of development at New York-based not-for-profit film funder Cinereach, Marie Nelson, PBS VP, news and independent film, and Ranell Shubert, the International Documentary Association’s education programs manager.

Participant’s documentary slate includes Morgan Neville’s The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence, Marc Silver’s 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets, Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville’s Best of Enemies, Davis Guggenheim’s He Named Me Malala and Bernardo Ruiz’s Kingdom of Shadows.

Among its extensive credits are the Oscar®-winners Citizenfour and An Inconvenient Truth, Emmy®-winning Food, the Emmy®-nominated The...

Several national treasures are coming to Netflix in June, but only one stars Nicolas Cage and Diane Kruger. Other gems set to hit the streaming service next month besides “National Treasure” include Disney animated classics “101 Dalmatians” and “Tarzan,” as well as Colin Firth-starrer “The King’s Speech” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”

Incoming television shows include Season 8 of “Portlandia,” Season 14 of “Grey’s Anatomy,” and Season 5 of Marvel’s “Agents of Shield.” “Queer Eye” Season 2 and “The Break With Michelle Wolf” Season 1 are among the original series set to debut on the streaming platform.

Check out the full list of incoming titles below.

June 1

Assassination Games

Blue Jasmine

Busted! (Season Finale)

101 Dalmatians

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

He Named Me Malala

Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Just Friends

Miracle

National Treasure

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

November 13: Attack on Paris

Outside In

Righteous...

Netflix has confirmed that a slew of new original series will be debuting on the streaming service in June, including the second season of the Emmy contender “Glow.” And there will also be new to Netflix seasons of some of your favorites from other networks, including season 14 of “Grey’s Anatomy” and season 8 of “Portlandia.” Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Netflix appearances including the latest installment in the “Star Wars” franchise, “The Last Jedi,” and the Oscar-winning “The King’s Speech.”

Of the new Netflix originals, several stand out as particularly binge-worthy, including the the sophomore edition of “Luke Cage” and the series finale of “Sense8.” And there will be weekly episodes of “The Break with Michelle Wolf,” fresh from her stint as host of the White House correspondents dinner.

Available June 1

Assassination Games

Blue Jasmine

Busted!: Season Finale

Disney’s 101 Dalmatians

George Balanchine...

With June around the corner, a fresh round of shows and movies will soon arrive on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon.

Netflix kicks off the month with some fan favorites for the first blistering hot days of the summer with “National Treasure,” “Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok,” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Several binge-worthy shows will be returning for viewers for another season, including “Glow” Season 2, “Marvel’s Luke Cage” Season 2, and the “Sense8” season finale.

Hulu offers its own dish of classics, including “Apocalypse Now,” “Carrie,” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” Those looking for to finish out the shows they’ve been keeping up with have third season finales for “Reign,” “Penny Dreadful,” and “Faking It.”

Amazon rounds out the month with some comedy flicks, including “The Disaster Artist,” “Nacho Libre,” and the entire “Leprechaun” franchise. Fans of “Babylon 5” and “Rescue Me” will find they can...

Netflix has released a promo video featuring all of the big new films and shows that will be coming to the streaming service in June. I also included a full list of titles for you to go through that includes Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Departed, In Bruges, Thor: Ragnarok, Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 6, Luke Cage Season 2, and more. It looks like there's going to be a good amount of entertainment coming to Netflix in June to look forward to! What are you most excited about?!

June 1:

Assassination Games

Blue Jasmine

Busted! (Season Finale)

Disney's 101 Dalmatians

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

He Named Me Malala

Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

Just Friends

Miracle

National Treasure

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

November 13: Attack on Paris

Outside In

Righteous Kill

Rumor Has It

Singularity

Taking Lives

Terms and Conditions May Apply

The Boy

The Covenant

The...

Ok, we need to pull out our planners and iCal because a lot is hitting Netflix next month and we need to make sure we have time to watch all of it.

Netflix is dropping the second season of the critically acclaimed “Glow” on June 29, as well as the sophomore installment of “Marvel’s Luke Cage” on June 22. We’re also getting a second season of “Queer Eye” with your beloved Fab 5 soon, on June 15.

On top of all that, the anticipated two-hour series finale of “Sense8” drops on June 8, Season 2 of the goofy reality show “Nailed It” drops June 29, and “The Break With Michelle Wolf” premieres on June 3, streaming every Sunday.

Also Read: 'Queer Eye' Season 2 Gets Premiere Date at Netflix - and It's Really Soon

See below for the complete list of titles coming to Netflix in June.

Avail. June 1

Assassination Games

Blue Jasmine

Busted! (Season...

What this month’s new selection of movies available on Netflix lacks in overall size, it more than makes up for with a depth of choices, including both buzzy new titles and a number of options from some of Hollywood’s best directors. The biggest new addition is Rian Johnson’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” which will roll out on the platform on June 26. Other big titles include Martin Scorsese’s infinitely rewatchable “The Departed,” Taika Waititi’s dead funny “Thor: Ragnarok,” Martin McDonagh’s heist comedy “In Bruges,” and Lynn Shelton’s dreamy drama “Outside In.”

Another option to look out for: While fans of Terry Gilliam might not yet have the chance to see his long-gestating “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” his also troubled production of “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” will be available this month.

Netflix will also premiere a number of its own original films this month,...

Netflix has announced what titles will be coming to their streaming service next month. Notable titles for June include He Named Me Malala, Blue Jasmine, Miracle, National Treasure, The Departed, The King’s Speech, Thor: Ragnarok, The Staircase, In Bruges, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5, Luke Cage Season 2, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It’s a bit surprising to see these kinds of major Disney titles like Thor: Ragnarok and Star Wars: The Last Jedi appear on Netflix, but it’s a good a deal as any for both companies until Disney gets …...

Altitude scores company record haul.

Twentieth Century Fox tops this year’s list of distributors nominated for Bafta film awards - the third time it has done so in four years - with a hefty haul of 22.

The company’s nominations are spread across three of its titles: The Shape Of Water with 12 including best film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with nine including best film, and a solitary nod for War For The Planet Of The Apes in the special visual effects category.

It’s a significant uptick for the outfit after it pulled in only two nominations last year, one each for Hidden Figures and Julieta. The total of 22 isn’t quite a company record - in 2016, Fox scored 24 nods for The Revenant, Bridge Of Spies, He Named Me Malala, and The Martian.

Universal is in second place with 19 nominations, including nine for Darkest Hour, which attracted nods for best film, outstanding British film, and...

Two of the world’s most influential women — pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall and lauded writer Joan Didion — are both on the receiving end of insightful new documentaries this year, both of which are hitting screens in the coming weeks. Brett Morgen’s “Jane” (which opened just last week to deservedly rave reviews) tracks the early years of Goodall’s work in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park, combining both new interviews with the still-trailblazing scientist and early footage lensed by her former husband Hugo van Lawick (a celebrated animal photographer) to tell a full-bodied story about Goddall’s amazing ethic and her tremendous empathy for the animals she’s made the center of her life.

This week, Griffin Dunne’s look at Didion’s life, “Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold,” will arrive on Netflix, following her own early years and her current state as a literary icon. Both...

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Staying in is the new going out and what’s better than chilling out and watching a great film? Absolutely nothing! Movie Weekender aims to celebrate your love of the movie watching lifestyle – be that the latest new releases, re-discovering those forgotten favourites or the ones you may have missed first time around.

To celebrate International Women’s Day we’re looking...

So far it’s a solid mix of narratives and documentaries.Step

It’s safe to say that the ultimate Sundance dream is to sell a film (second to Ava DuVernay casually walking by you, of course). Filmmakers want to sell their films so that their work can reach more audiences and they can hopefully go on to make bigger and better films. Studios want to buy films so that they can compete in the industry. Patrons especially want sales so that when their friends later ask if they want to see this new indie film that just came out they can casually go, “Is that finally out? It seems like Ages since I saw it at Sundance. Also did I tell you that Ava DuVernay walked by me this year? I did? Okay.”

The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is entering closing weekend with a decent number of those dream sales already under its belt. As...

The Sundance Festival reveals the state of the indie film market, and 2017 will be remembered as the year of Amazon Studios and Netflix. And given the festival’s robust TV and Vr programs,, which were dominated by Google and Facebook/Oculus, there’s further digital disruption ahead.

According to one indie distributor, Sundance 2017’s valuations and sales are almost a third higher than last year. Put the same titles into the Sundance market two years ago, and they would have sold for far less. That’s because Netflix and Amazon Studios on the narrative side are dramatically driving up prices. “It’s just ridiculous what the digital guys are doing to the marketplace,” said one veteran indie CEO. “‘The Big Sick’ is a great little movie but it’s a $4 million -$6 million buy. There’s no logic to this model.”

However, Sundance has always been about the haves and the have-nots.

The Sundance Festival reveals the state of the indie film market, and 2017 will be remembered as the year of Amazon Studios and Netflix. And given the festival’s robust TV and Vr programs, which were dominated by Google and Facebook/Oculus, there’s further digital disruption ahead.

According to one indie distributor, Sundance 2017’s valuations and sales are almost a third higher than last year. Put the same titles into the Sundance market two years ago, and they would have sold for far less. That’s because Netflix and Amazon Studios on the narrative side are dramatically driving up prices. “It’s just ridiculous what the digital guys are doing to the marketplace,” said one veteran indie CEO. “‘The Big Sick’ is a great little movie but it’s a $4 million -$6 million buy. There’s no logic to this model.”

However, Sundance has always been about the haves and the have-nots.

Im Global Television has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Beelink Productions' legal drama Justice, created by Oscar nominee Walter Parkes (He Named Me Malala, Flight) and Emmy-winning producer Billy Finkelstein (La Law, NYPD Blue). The company is already in discussions with regional and international channels and platforms interested in securing the rights and will be looking to close deals heading into Natpe in Miami later this…...

Last year, National Geographic’s climate change documentary, “Before the Flood, executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Fisher Stevens, became the network’s most watched film ever due to it being the most broadly distributed program it had ever released.

Now Variety reports, that in an effort to continue developing outstanding nonfiction work, National Geographic Networks has launched a new banner titled National Geographic Documentary Films, which focuses on producing feature-length documentaries.

“We abandoned the space for some reason, but now we are actively resuming our proper place,” the network’s CEO Courteney Monroe told the publication. “We want to be making timely, issue-oriented, very provocative films with the very best documentary filmmakers in the business. Given the success of ‘Before the Flood’ and ‘He Named Me Malala,’ these are the types of stories we want to be telling.”

Read More: ‘Before the Flood’: Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Change...

Tony Safford, the onetime Evp Acquisitions at 20th Century Fox, is returning to the company as VP of FoxGives, Fox Networks Group and 2oth Century Fox Film’s Los Angeles employee engagement program. Safford will oversee the strategy for the group’s philanthropy, nonprofit organization partners and employee volunteer projects. In his previous run at Fox he acquired film for all divisions, and in 2015 led Fox Searchlight's pickup of He Named Me Malala. He later segued to a…...

Tony Safford, the onetime Evp Acquisitions at 20th Century Fox, is returning to the company as VP of FoxGives, Fox Networks Group and 2oth Century Fox Film’s Los Angeles employee engagement program. Safford will oversee the strategy for the group’s philanthropy, nonprofit organization partners and employee volunteer projects. In his previous run at Fox he acquired film for all divisions, and in 2015 led Fox Searchlight's pickup of He Named Me Malala. He later segued to a…...