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The 46th annual Saturn Awards unveiled nominations Thursday by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, the nonprofit that honors the year’s best in genre films, TV, home entertainment and theater. The wide-ranging list of nominees were led by Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker , which scored the most noms overall with 12 including for Best Science Fiction Release. It was one of several films from last year’s movie awards season that were eligible this year after the group extended its eligibility period to run July 15, 2019-November 15, 2020 and allowed streaming and VOD entrants in the film categories. Other top nom-getters included Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan move Tenet with nine and Doctor Sleep with eight across genres that span comics, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, thrillers and action-adventure. Other noms went to the likes of this year’s Mulan, Birds of Prey and The Old Guard alongside last year’s … [Read more...] about Saturn Awards Nominations: ‘Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker’, ‘Tenet’, ‘Walking Dead’, ‘Outlander’ Lead List

Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland will go direct to the recently-launched Disney+ offshoot Star when the film launches on April 30 in the UK. The movie will be available to UK and Ireland cinema-owners once venues re-open. At present that will be from May 17 but that date could move back if the country’s Covid situation doesn’t improve as hoped. Oscar contender Nomadland has been a critical darling since it premiered at Venice last year, where it won the Golden Lion. The film also scooped the People’s Choice Award in Toronto and recently won Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director at the Golden Globes. Searchlight Pictures took world rights. Disney launched Star to add an additional adult-focused channel outside of the U.S. to its Disney+ service; it is included in the existing subscription package. Here’s Disney+ UK’s tweet revealing the news: The Golden Globe winning #Nomadland is coming to #DisneyPlusStar on April 30 and in cinemas when available. Don’t … [Read more...] about ‘Nomadland’ Going Directly To Disney+ Star In UK

EXCLUSIVE : Julie Taymor is attached to direct Gun Love , an adaptation of the Jennifer Clement novel. Babylon Berlin ‘s Liv Lisa Fries is attached to play the role of Margot in the ensemble cast. Marissa Kate Goodhill ( Come Away ) wrote the script. Nick Wechsler and Chockstone Pictures partners Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz are producing the film, alongside Lynn Hendee and Taymor. Wechsler and the Schwartzes optioned the novel in 2019. The drama follows a young girl raised in a car outside a Florida trailer park, whose life is violently disrupted when her pure-hearted mother falls under the spell of a gun-running bad boy. The novel drew acclaim when it was published in 2019. Taymor is coming off The Glorias , the drama about the life of Gloria Steinem that stars Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Janelle Monáe and Bette Midler. She directed Frida and won a Tony for The Lion King on Broadway among her illustrious credits. Fries plays the … [Read more...] about Julie Taymor To Direct ‘Babylon Berlin’s Liv Lisa Fries In Adaptation Of Jennifer Clement Novel ‘Gun Love’

EXCLUSIVE: Mumbai-based Abundantia Entertainment , which has credits including the Amazon series Breathe and follow-up Breathe: Into The Shadows, has taken rights to the Indian young adult book Along Came A Spyder . The novel, written by Apeksha Rao, follows seventeen-year-old Samira who is smart, sassy, and whose only dream in life is to follow in her family’s footsteps and become a spy. Leading missions, running agents, evading exploding napalms – she wants to do it all while dealing with the coming-of-age pangs on her budding youth. When she accidentally discovers there exists a sisterhood of teen spies called ‘The Spyders’, Samira will do anything to get in. Abundantia will develop the book as a series under its new banner Filters, a content vertical dedicated to young adults. The company said that part of the market in India is yet to be explored to its full potential. Also being developed under Filters is an adaptation of hit Israeli YA drama The Missing … [Read more...] about ‘Breathe’ Producer Abundantia Entertainment Acquires Indian YA Spy Novel ‘Along Came A Spyder’ For Series Adaptation

EXCLUSIVE: Crypt TV , the company founded by Jack Davis and Eli Roth and backed by Blumhouse, has rounded out the cast on its first Indian production, the Hindi horror Chhori , which it is producing with local outfit Abundantia Entertainment . Mita Vashisht, Rajesh Jais and Saurabh Goyal have all joined star Nushrratt Bharruccha in the pic, which is being directed by Vishal Furia and is a blend of horror and social drama, telling the story of age-old societal beliefs and practices that give rise to tales of terror. The project is a remake of Furia’s Marathi-language horror Lapachhapi . Cameras are now rolling in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, with a few days to be shot later in Mumbai. Cast and crew attended a traditional muhurat puja ritual ahead of production getting underway. Mumbai-based producers Abundantia have implemented thorough COVID-19 safety protocols for the production, including usage of PPE, frequent sanitization, as well as … [Read more...] about Crypt TV & India’s Abundantia Finalize Cast & Roll Cameras On Hindi Horror ‘Chhori’