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2025

Enola Holmes Returning

Source: The Hollywood Reporter Another Enola Holmes film is in the works at Netflix, with the streaming giant picking up a third installment of the series based on the book by Nancy Springer. Enola Holmes 3 will once again star Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) as Enola Holmes, the younger sister of the famed detective Sherlock...…

22nd April 2025
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Lucas and Spielberg to Present AFI Life Achievement Award to Coppola

Source: The Hollywood Reporter When Francis Ford Coppola receives the AFI Life Achievement Award in Hollywood on Saturday, he will be supported by an A-list group of friends, family and former collaborators. The American Film Institute announced on Tuesday that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg will present the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award to the famed filmmaker at...…

22nd April 2025
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How Movie Studio Spies Size Up the Competition

Source: Hollywood Reporter Tom Cruise’s longest-running role on the big screen is playing Ethan Hunt, a rogue spy who works for a shadowy government agency. His character has more in common with CinemaCon than might meet the eye. For decades, rival studios have used the Las Vegas convention of theater owners to...…

20th April 2025
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Forgotten Island Sets Fall 2026 Release

Source: The Hollywood Reporter DreamWorks Animation is setting sail for a magical island. The Universal-owned animation studio announced a new original movie on Tuesday that’s titled Forgotten Island. It will hit open in theaters on Sept. 25, 2026. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is described...…

15th April 2025
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The Breakfast Club Stars Reunite

Source: Hollywood Reporter The Breakfast Club stars Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall united publicly for the first time since the film’s 1985 release on Saturday, taking part in a 40th anniversary conversation at the C2E2 convention in Chicago. “I feel really very emotional...…

12th April 2025
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RIP: Val Kilmer (65)

Source: Hollywood Reporter Val Kilmer, the charisma-oozing leading man who lost himself portraying such tormented, self-loathing characters as Jim Morrison, gunslinger Doc Holliday and Batman during his all-too-brief career, died Tuesday. He was 65. Kilmer, who came to fame for playing the competitive naval aviator Tom “Iceman” Kazansky alongside Tom...…

2nd April 2025
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RIP: Clive Revill (94)

Source: Hollywood Reporter Clive Revill, the New Zealand native who after being recruited to be an actor by Laurence Olivier starred on Broadway, appeared in two films for Billy Wilder and provided the original voice of the evil Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back, has died. He was 94. Revill...…

27th March 2025
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This Isn’t Journalism, This Is Bullying

Source: Hollywood Reporter Millie Bobby Brown has had enough. The British actress took to Instagram on Monday night, to hit back more forcefully at people on social media and the press who have commented on her appearance during the press tour for her new movie The Electric State, and also went so far...…

4th March 2025
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Rest In Peace: Geneviève Page (97)

Source: Hollywood Reporter Geneviève Page, the alluring French actress who starred in such films as Belle de Jour, El Cid and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, died Friday. She was 97. Page died at her home in Paris, her granddaughter, actress Zoé Guillemaud, told the AFP news agency. In a career of...…

15th February 2025
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2024

The Women of Pre-Code Vol. 3

Pre-Code Hollywood – An era in American film history between the introduction of sound in movies (1929) and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code (commonly known as the Hays Code) in 1934. During this period, filmmakers had more freedom to explore controversial and explicit themes in their films...…

31st December 2024
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RIP: Angus MacInnes (77)

Source: Hollywood Reporter Angus MacInnes, an actor most known for his role in 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, has died. He was 77. MacInnes died “peacefully, surrounded by his family and love” on Dec. 23, his family shared...…

31st December 2024
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Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

Ben Hecht gave up writing about real life to find success in Hollywood movies. Made by JAK Documentary for The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones on DVD, 2007. Writer & Producer: Mark Page Associate Producer: Jennifer Petrucelli Editor: Joe De Francesco Series Producer: David Schneider Executive Producers: George Lucas &...…

27th December 2024
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Kathleen Kennedy to Be Honored

Source: Hollywood Reporter Kathleen Kennedy is set to be honored by the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) with the 2025 ASC Board of Governors Award, the organization announced on Wednesday. The ceremony will take place on Feb. 23 at the 39th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards Gala at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The ceremony will be...…

12th December 2024
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The Women of Pre-Code Vol. 2

Pre-Code Hollywood – An era in American film history between the introduction of sound in movies (1929) and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code (commonly known as the Hays Code) in 1934. During this period, filmmakers had more freedom to explore controversial and explicit themes in their films...…

11th December 2024
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Chris Evans Returning to Marvel

Source: Hollywood Reporter After appearing in Deadpool & Wolverine, Chris Evans is dipping back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe once again for Avengers: Doomsday, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Evans’ longtime collaborators the Russo brothers — who directed Evans in four films — are directing, with Robert Downey Jr. playing Doctor Doom. The film has a...…

10th December 2024
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The Rise of the Moguls: The Men Who Built Hollywood

Hollywood as we know it was started primarily by Jewish immigrants chasing the American dream. Made by JAK Documentary for The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones on DVD, 2007. Producer: Mark Page & Jennifer Petrucelli Writer: Mark Page Editor: Erin Palmquist Series Producer: David Schneider Executive Producers: George Lucas &...…

4th December 2024
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Disney Takes Star Wars Off 2026 Calendar

Source: Hollywood Reporter Disney has removed a planned Star Wars movie from its 2026 release calendar, while the latest installment of a popular animated franchise will take that slot. Ice Age 6 has now been slated to hit theaters on Dec. 18, 2026. Details of the Star Wars film that was initially set for that date...…

15th November 2024
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RIP: Greg Hildebrandt (85)

Source: Hollywood Reporter Greg Hildebrandt, the admired artist and illustrator who created movie posters for the original Star Wars and Clash of the Titans, drew Marvel characters and designed iconic 1970s calendars that celebrated the Lord of the Rings trilogy, has died. He was 85. Hildebrandt died in Denville, New Jersey, his son, Greg Jr., told The Hollywood...…

2nd November 2024
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Music By John Williams Premieres in Hollywood

For those who know John Williams best, the brilliant composer behind some of the most enduring cinematic themes of the last half century is a strikingly humble musician, a gifted dancer, or “just dad.” Friends and family gathered in Hollywood this week for the world premiere of Music By John...…

25th October 2024
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Rest In Peace: Kris Kristofferson (88)

Source: Hollywood Reporter Kris Kristofferson, the soulful country music superstar who wrote “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” performed with the supergroup The Highwaymen and made audiences swoon in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and A Star Is Born, has died. He was 88....…

30th September 2024
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Pre-Codes Rejected For Reissue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqNM07qAXdQ Once the Production Code Administration (PCA) replaced the Studio Relations Committee, all films released by MPPDA member studios, including reissues, had to have a Production Code Certificate of Approval. While many films submitted for reissue were required to “eliminate” certain scenes/shots/dialogue in order to receive the Certificate, the PCA...…

26th September 2024
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Pre-Codes: Classic Clips Vol. 15

Pre-Code Hollywood – An era in American film history between the introduction of sound in movies (1929) and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code (commonly known as the Hays Code) in 1934. During this period, filmmakers had more freedom to explore controversial and explicit themes in their films...…

23rd September 2024
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