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- Aug 13, 2026
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From Snooki to Spielberg: How New Jersey Reinvented Itself Into Hollywood’s Hottest Production Hub (opens the original)
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When Peter Farrelly was deciding where to shoot “I Play Rocky,” the story of the making of the 1976 Sylvester Stallone classic, he knew that he couldn’t afford to film it in Philadelphia, where the original movie unfolded. Pennsylvania doesn’t offer much in the way of production incentives, and Farrelly was counting on generous tax credits. So he reconciled himself to filming the underdog drama in Atlanta or Sydney, which could fill in for the City of Brotherly Love. “I’ve shot a lot of movies i
What Is David Ellison’s Breaking Point? (opens the original)
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Paramount CEO’s pursuit of Warner Bros. could cost him billions more — and he may be willing to dig in for a yearslong fight David Ellison and the leadership team at Paramount expected to spend much of the summer settling into new digs with Warner Bros. Discovery. A few weeks ago, they privately predicted the merger of the two media companies would be wrapped up by July or August at the latest. Instead, Ellison is bracing for a long and costly fight to keep the $111 billion deal alive after 12 s
Eli Roth Got Sick of Studio Notes and Shrinking Residuals, With ‘Ice Cream Man’ He’s Going Into Business for Himself (opens the original)
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When Eli Roth was making “Borderlands,” a $120 million adaptation of a popular video game, he felt the movie getting farther and farther away from his punk rock vision. “As things grow bigger, studios just naturally become more risk averse,” Roth says. “My nature as a filmmaker is to do the thing that’s left of center, because that’s what has worked for me.” But to earn a PG-13 rating, studio executives pushed for cuts and tweaks, and the finished product was a disaster, bombing with audiences a
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ to World Premiere at the New York Film Festival (opens the original)
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The King of the Monsters is about to hit the Big Apple. Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” will have its world premiere at the 64th New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center announced on Tuesday. The film, the highly anticipated follow-up to 2023’s Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One,” will roar into Alice Tully Hall on Sept. 26. Yamazaki and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance. The festival takes place from Sept. 25 through Oct. 12. James Gray’s “Paper Tiger” has been an
Ben McKenzie Says Major Streamers Were Scared to License His Anti-Crypto Documentary, So He Found a Different Way to Reach Audiences (opens the original)
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Ben McKenzie believes he knows why the major streaming services weren’t interested in licensing “Everyone Is Lying to You for Money.” His new documentary takes on the cryptocurrency industry, portraying the controversial digital currency as corrupt and in dire need of more regulations. But the film is being released as President Donald Trump has profited handsomely from the sector, raking in $1.4 billion in combined crypto-related income during his first year back in office. “If you’re a corpora
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