Oscars: Mahershala Ali, Chadwick Boseman, Tom Holland & Greta Gerwig Among First Slate Of Presenters Mahershala Ali, Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Laura Dern, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, Tiffany Haddish, Tom Holland, Kumail Nanjiani, Margot Robbie, Emma Stone and Daniela Vega are among the f..

Pathé Boards Paul Verhoeven’s ‘Blessed Virgin’; TrustNordisk Is ‘Out Stealing Horses’ – Berlin Blessed Virgin, Paul Verhoeven’s follow-up to Golden Globe winner Elle, has set an August start date with Pathé Films joining to handle international sales and French distribution. The project was orig..

Robert Pattinson Dishes on Western Comedy Damsel As He Says He Would “Definitely” Return To Franchise-Land Robert Pattinson has said that he would “definitely” return to the land of the big tentpole franchise but added that he believed independent cinema was going through a “second wave”. ..

BBC/AMC Drama ‘McMafia’ Heads To China As ‘The Godmans’ BBC/AMC drama McMafia is set to air in China after BBC Worldwide sold the James Norton-fronted story of greed, corruption and the Russian underworld to digital platforms OPG and Youku. The series, which is produced by Cuba Pictures, is to b..

MPAA Chief Touts Euro Partnerships, Blasts Digital Single Market Plans, Piracy – Berlin Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin touched down in Berlin to highlight the partnerships between U.S. film studios and European partners and blasted plans for a digita..

Lone Scherfig Drama; HBO Europe Hacker Drama; ‘Strange But True’ US Deal – Berlin Briefs Andrea Riseborough (Death of Stalin), Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) and Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick) will star in writer and director Lone Scherfig’s modern-day fairy tale Secrets from the Russian Tea Room. Scherfig w..

Fortitude International Heads ‘Into The Ashes’; First-Look Photo – Berlin EXCLUSIVE: Nadine de Barros and Rob Ogden Barnum’s Fortitude International has come aboard world sales on thriller Into The Ashes. Written and directed by Aaron Harvey, the film stars Frank Grillo, Luke Grimes, James Badge..

Winter Olympics: Mikaela Shiffrin, Lindsey Jacobellis Miss Medaling, Finish Fourth US women athletes fell short in their attempts to medal Thursday at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with two favorites missing out by finishing fourth in their events. Related Olympic..

Florida Shooting Provides Window Into How Google, Twitter Are Addressing Fake News The Florida school shooting Wednesday afforded a glimpse into how digital platforms, often the first source of information when catastrophic events occur, are seeking to tamp down on “fake news.” Related ..