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EXCLUSIVE: Cush Jumbo (The Good Fight), James Nesbitt (The Missing), Richard Armitage (The Stranger) and Sarah Parish (Bancroft) have been set as cast in the series adaptation of Harlan Coben's New York Times bestselling novel Stay Close at Netflix. Nicola Shindler is exec producing the project for Studiocanal-owned Re…

France is now set to enter a second lockdown phase from tomorrow night and for five weeks as coronavirus cases continue to escalate. French President Emmanuel Macron made the announcement in an address to the nation this evening. Movie theaters were not explicitly cited, but will clearly be included in the off-limit…

UPDATE, 13:00: French President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed that France will be entering a second national lockdown as it tackles rising COVID-19 cases. The country will only allow people out to buy essential goods, seek medical care, or exercise for an hour a day. The measures, which will see all cinemas shutter…

Germany has become the latest country to make its submission for the 2021 International Oscar race, choosing Julia von Heinz’s political drama And Tomorrow the Entire World. The film premiered at Venice Film Festival in Competition. It stars Mala Emde, Noah Saavedra, Tonio Schneider, Luisa-Céline Gaffron, Andreas…

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Duhamel (Transformers: The Last Knight), Abbie Cornish (Jack Ryan), three-time Oscar nominee Nick Nolte (Warrior) and Mexican mega-star Omar Chaparro (Pokémon Detective Pikachu) are to star in the action movie Blackout, which is set to get underway tomorrow in Mexico City. Blackout will follow Cain…

LA-based Rivulet Media is launching with first movie Please Baby Please, which will star Demi Moore (Indecent Proposal), Harry Melling (Harry Potter ), Karl Glusman (Greyhound) and the previously announced Andrea Riseborough (Birdman). Filming is under way in Butte, Montana. The film follows newlyweds Suze and Arthur…

HBO Max has acquired British dark comedy Two Weeks To Live, starring Game of Thrones alumna Maisie Williams and Fleabag’s Sian Clifford, which is currently airing on Sky in the UK. The Max Original series will launch November 5, streaming exclusively in the U.S. Produced by Banijay-owned production outfit Kudos, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Celebrated Thai martial arts star Tony Jaa, known for franchise movies Ong Bak, Furious 7 and xXx: Return of Xander Cage, is to lead an English-language action trilogy from Midway and Crazy Rich Asians backer Starlight Entertainment. In the first installment of what is hoped will be a three-picture…

EXCLUSIVE: Announced just now as the opener of the 2020 International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA), Paraguayan director Arami Ullón's latest feature Apenas El Sol has landed sales representation with London-based Film Republic. The film will open the highly regarded Dutch documentary fest on November 18…

French actor Gérard Depardieu is facing the re-opening of a rape investigation in his native France after his accuser re-filed her complaint. Agence France-Presse is reporting…

Amazon Studios has claimed “huge engagement” and “tens of millions” of customer views for Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat sequel on opening weekend. Amazon, which rarely reveals viewing data for its shows and movies, didn’t go into detail but said the performance represented a “great success.” The streamer also said more…

Major UK charity Comic Relief, founded in 1985 by Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis in response to famine in Ethiopia, says it will stop sending celebrities to Africa for fundraising appeals due to recent criticism. Celebs including presenter Stacey Dooley and Ed Sheeran have been branded "white saviors" for making…