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Turkish-British writer Elif Shafak’s Booker Prize-nominated novel “10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World,” which is set in the world of Istanbul sex workers, will be adapted into a feature film by Madrid-based ISB Films and Turkey’s Limon Film. Shafak, who is Turkey’s most widely read female author, is known for her vast body […]

Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft has joined the chorus of moviegoers raving about “Wicked” ahead of the musical’s theatrical release. Luft’s mother, of course, is an icon of cinema having played Dorothy Gale in 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz.” “Wicked” serves as a musical prequel to that story, with some of the events of “The […]

A star-studded edition of the Seville European Film Festival wrapped up over the weekend, with Ludovich and Zoran Boukherma’s French coming-of-age drama “And Their Children After Them” taking home the Giraldillo de Oro, the Festival’s top honor. Its lead, Paul Kircher, also scored a best actor win. This year’s Official Selection jury included legendary British […]

“Monopoly Go!” game maker Scopely has launched a global brand campaign for the franchise featuring Will Ferrell, doing the voice of the iconic Mr. Monopoly character, as well as stars Jason Momoa, Keke Palmer and Chris Pratt. Titled “Friendship Pays,” the event is the beginning of multiple gaming campaigns planned as part of a partnership […]

The SpringHill Company and Fulwell 73 have joined forces in a merger of equals that aims to make the enlarged company a bigger player across TV, film, live events, branded content and commercials and consumer products. SpringHill, the production banner headed by LeBron James and his longtime partner Maverick Carter, will come under the same […]

The Mediapro Studio’s “The 47,” placing star Eduard Fernández is a pole position in the Best Actor Goyas race, is breaking box office records in Spain.  Directed by Marcel Barrena, who already showed in “Mediterráneo: The Law of the Sea” his sense of broad audience appeal on movies engaging social issues, results for “The 47” […]