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Five Madrid-based companies, led by leading Spanish production house Tornasol Films, producer of Oscar-winner “The Secret in Their Eyes,” are teaming to launch services consortium Centro Navarro para la Producción Cinematográfica in Navarre, Northern Spain.

Based out of the Sarrio industrial park in Berrioplano, a town near Pamplona, Cnpc will provide production services, develop R&d projects and launch industry training programs in a region of Spain that is consolidating as a film-tv hub bulwarked by tax incentives.

Since 2015, Navarre offers a competitive 35% tax credit for Spanish shoots and co-productions.

“The Cnpc aims to complete the value chain of a film’s production,” said Miguel Iturralde, manager of Cnpc, which officially starts operations in October.

“Navarre is in vogue thanks to its tax incentives, although in order to be eligible for them, production must meet a series of requirements. The main one and the most complicated: Making 40% of production spend in the region,...

When it comes to fairytales and fantasy, there are few studios who do the genre better than Disney. With Snow White, Aladdin, and even King Arthur on their payroll, it makes sense that the house of the mouse would have the biggest iron in the fire. But what if you've seen them all and want something more?

Related: 10 Most Heroic Things Disney Princes Have Ever Done

Fortunately, fairytales have transitioned wonderfully over to our modern era, and the film world isn't afraid of venturing into fiction and fantasy. If you've been on a Disney+ binge and still want more, here are ten fairytale films every Disney fan needs to see.

Disney Princesses get a bad rap, but the truth is, they are uniquely suited to inspire young children - no matter the child's gender. Critics may claim that princesses lack depth and wait passively for a man to sweep them off their feet, but that plot line simply isn't present in Disney's modern films. Instead, these girls and women chase their dreams, show kindness universally, and even challenge the patriarchy.

These girls and women chase their dreams, show kindness universally, and even challenge the patriarchy.

Disney has come a long way since the release of its original princess film, Snow White, in 1937. The star of Moana (2016) saves the Polynesian Islands from complete destruction by being the only one who recognizes that the assumed villain is really the creator goddess transformed by emotional pain. To help restore the goddess to her former, loving self, Moana opens her arms to it with love and healing.

Disney+ is here and it brings with it a ton of classic Disney content spanning the decades. But that also brings with it some potentially problematic content, some of which younger viewers may be discovering for the very first time. This is something Disney is well aware of, as they've included a content warning on many classic titles in the Disney+ library. But is that content warning enough? That's certainly up for debate.

Titles such as the Disney animated classic Dumbo, which was released in 1941, were made available on Disney+ when the service launched in the U.S. earlier this week. At the end of the brief synopsis provided, Disney opted to provide the following warning, given that the movie, as has been pointed out numerous times in the past, contains imagery that is truly troubling when viewed through the modern lens.

"This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions.

Kristen Stewart is earning rave reviews for her return to studio tentpoles in Elizabeth Banks’ “Charlie’s Angels” reboot, but cinephiles won’t have to wait long to catch the actress’ return to indies. Stewart is the lead of the Jean Seberg biographical drama “Seberg,” opening in theaters this December from Amazon Studios. The film is the latest psychological drama from “Una” director Benedict Andrews. “Seberg” made its world premiere out of competition at the 2019 Venice Film Festival.

“Seberg” stars Stewart as the French New Wave icon during the 1960s, when she was targeted by the FBI because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal. In addition to Stewart, the “Seberg” cast includes Jack O’Connell, Anthony Mackie, Colm Meaney, Margaret Qualley, Vince Vaughn, Zazie Beetz, Stephen Root and Yvan Atta. The film is based on a true story.

Amazon is also handling the theatrical...

Kristen Bell and Jimmy Fallon just served some full-on Disney magic. During Tuesday's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the actress and the host teamed up to perform the "History of Disney Songs"—an epic mashup of tracks from all of your favorite animated classics, spanning from 1937's Snow White all the way to Frozen 2, which hits theaters next week. To start things off, the pair went with the classic "When You Wish Upon A Star" from 1940's Pinocchio. Next came "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins followed by Snow White's...

David Crow Nov 12, 2019

We curate the massive collection of classic animated fairy tales on Disney+ for your viewing pleasure.

When you wish upon a star, it makes no difference who you are; anything your heart desires will come to you… on Disney+. At least that seems to be the intent for the streaming service which will offer for the first time in forever the entire Walt Disney Animation Studios catalogue and library for streaming. So whether you grew up with that Jiminy Cricket lullaby bringing you pleasant dreams on the big screen or didn’t know what Disney magic was until Elsa let it go on a lonely mountaintop, your childhood nostalgia is about to be serviced by countless streaming delights.

Watch your favorite Disney classics with a Free Trial of Disney+, on us, here!

Below is a list of all the animated classics from Disney—and maybe a few...

As Charlize Theron accepted the 33rd American Cinematheque honor at the Beverly Hilton on Friday night, the atmosphere more resembled a roast than a reverential evening celebrating the cinematic achievements of an Oscar winner. Presenters like Seth Rogen, Kristen Stewart and Seth MacFarlane shared bawdy jokes and reveals about what it’s really like working with the star. And, as Theron laughed along and flipped her friends the finger, it seemed as if the actor wouldn’t have wanted the evening to go any other way.

MacFarlane — who directed and starred opposite Theron in “A Million Ways to Die in the West” — hosted and opened the show, joking, “This is also a very meaningful night because Charlize is proof that at long last African Americans are thriving.”

The comedian made cracks like, “[the name] Charlize, it sounds like a brand of champagne popular with rednecks in Florida” and highlighted Theron’s big career risks,...

With “Charlie’s Angels” right around the corner, it appears that actress Kristen Stewart is ready to jump back into the world of franchise filmmaking. But this isn’t the first time Stewart has been in a big-budget action film since her time dating vampires in “Twilight.” Thought it wasn’t a massive hit, the actress did star in the live-action “Snow White and the Huntsman.” But as she described to Howard Stern recently (via DailyMail), experiences in her personal life prevented her from returning to the franchise for the sequel.

Continue reading Kristen Stewart Says Her Relationship With Director Rupert Sanders Kept Her Out Of ‘Snow White’ Sequel at The Playlist.

Kristen Stewart got brutally honest when speaking to Howard Stern this week (via Yahoo) about being dropped from the “Snow White and the Huntsman” sequel. Stewart starred opposite Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron in the 2012 revisionist fairy tale, which was enough of a box office hit with nearly $400 million worldwide for Universal Pictures to greenlight a sequel. Photographs of Stewart kissing “Snow White” director Rupert Sanders while still in a relationship with then-boyfriend Robert Pattison became the subject of a tabloid scandal, one Stewart tells Stern led to extreme slut-shamming and her being dropped from the “Snow White” sequel.

“We lived in a different time then, you know what I mean? I feel like the slut-shaming that went down was so absurd,” Stewart said. “And they should’ve put me in that movie! It would’ve been better. Not to be a dick, but… They didn’t put me in...

Exclusive: A feature film about Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was named the NBA’s Mvp in June, is in the works for Disney+.

The upcoming streaming service has put Greek Freak (w/t), which will look at Antetokounmpo’s early life and current career, into development from Disney’s live-action film division.

Deadline understands that former Disney and Village Roadshow Pictures exec Bernie Goldman, who produced Zack Snyder’s 300, will produce from a script from Arash Amel, writer of Rosamund Pike and Jamie Dornan’s A Private War.

Antetokounmpo had an interesting early life; he was born in Athens, Greece as the son of Nigerian immigrants. However, due to Greek laws, he did not automatically receive full Greek citizenship and was effectively stateless until he was 18.

He started out playing in the Greek basketball league before moving to Spanish team Cai Zaragoza. In 2013, he made himself available for the...

Disney is at it again with their live-action remakes, as the company will reportedly begin production on an updated version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the spring. According to a new report, the project is expected to start filming in Vancouver, Canada in March 2020. Casting is also said to be under way for the project, although no potential names have yet emerged for Snow White, the Prince, Queen Grimhilde, and, of course, the seven dwarfs. Let the fan speculation begin!

News of a Disney live-action adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs dates back to 2016 when the project was first confirmed by Disney. Updates were scarce until earlier this year, when it was reported The Amazing Spider-Man helmer Marc Webb was being eyed to direct the project using a screenplay from The Girl on the Train screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson. This new report suggests Webb is...

Madrid — The Incubator feature film development program at Madrid’s prestigious Ecam film school has announced a new agreement with Cannes’ Focus CoPro’, which will see one of The Incubator’s five feature film projects participate at the Cannes Court Métrage – Short Film Corner event in 2020.

Focus CoPro is one of the year’s top showcases dedicated to promoting the international production and co-production of first features. Few events offer better international exposure.

Ecam’s The Incubator is a feature film development program which targets emerging producers, directors and screenwriters from Spain and provides five months of mentoring, individual guidance, workshops and financing of five feature film projects with international potential.

The window for feature film submissions to apply for The Incubator opens Tuesday, Oct 1 and runs through to Oct. 27.

Eligible projects must be submitted by an emerging Spanish producer and have a confirmed Spanish director making their first, second or third feature film.

Whereas the Academy Awards will always have Adele Dazeem, “You like me!” and Sacheen Littlefeather to remember, the Primetime Emmy Award telecasts have delivered memorable TV moments as well. Will this year’s ceremony serve up anything to rival Kirstie Alley celebrating “the big one,” or Bryan Cranston’s Kissing Bandit?

Now more than seven decades old, the Primetime Emmys have gotten emotional — with historical wins, heartfelt tributes to fallen stars, and even the occasional on-stage question-popping — and they have brought the funny, even if by threatening to asphyxiate a beloved TV icon. Acceptance speeches have left us a bit befuddled,...

Hulu is no longer developing John Grisham’s “The Rainmaker” and “Rogue Lawyer” for the streaming platform, Variety has learned.

Michael Seitzman, creator of CBS dramas “Code Black” and “Intelligence,” had been tapped to oversee the multi-series so-called “Grisham Universe” alongside “Detroit 1-8-7” creator Jason Richman.

The two Grisham series were envisioned as two separate shows based on separate books, with story lines that would cross over.

It remains to be seen whether the pair of shows, which were initially slated to be produced by ABC Signature, will find a new home elsewhere at one of Disney’s many distribution platforms. Disney took full operational control of Hulu in May after Comcast struck a deal with Disney, relinquishing its control and agreeing to sell its stake in the streaming platform for at least $5.8 billion within five years. Hulu, once jointly owned by several media conglomerates, is now solely under Disney’s purview.

Joel Schumacher doesn't think Batman and Robin were ever gay. He also says he should not have made 1997's Batman & Robin, which makes sense since it was immediately slammed by critics upon landing in theaters. Comic book fans were not into the movie at all and many thought that Schumacher deliberately made the movie campy on purpose and portrayed Bruce Wayne as a closeted gay man. "If I wasn't gay, they would never say those things," says the director.

Along with Bruce Wayne allegedly being a closeted gay man in Batman & Robin, Joel Schumacher was also accused of redesigning the Batmobile to be more phallic. These are all things that the director denies. The director does say that others have said Batman and Robin were gay for years now. He had this to say.

"This all started way before me. Long before I came along, someone wrote a whole...

Everybody should subject themselves to Batman & Robin at least once. No matter how bad you’ve been told it is, I assure you that the reality is worse. It’s a neon-soaked nightmare full of terrible acting, embarrassing costumes, horrible CGI, one of the all-time worst scripts (by Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman) and, despite all that, it’s also crushingly boring. But it should be watched, if only to impress on audiences how truly bad a Batman film can be. For all intents and purposes, it killed Joel Schumacher’s career as a major Hollywood director and he’s even gone on record to apologize to fans.

Now, in an interview with Vulture, Schumacher has touched on Batman & Robin and the common reading of it as a homoerotic movie. His response is quite simple: “If I wasn’t gay, they would never say those things.” The interviewer went on to press him on the issue,...

“The Simpsons” has never shied away from lampooning Disney over the years, but maybe that’s no longer the case.

Homer, Marge and co. are of course now part of the Disney family and made their first appearance at the Mouse House’s D23 Expo convention, where the show’s producers were asked plenty of questions about what the relocation as part of the Disney-Fox merger means for the series.

The assembled “Simpsons” gang addressed the ever-present question of a second movie outing for the characters, with executive producer Al Jean teasing that they “have talked about it” with Disney, as well as ideas for potential spinoff series.

“I think Disney would be supportive of anything we wanted to do, maybe a crazy limited series with a side character or a movie that we surprised you with, they’ve been really creatively supportive and this is going to afford...

Disney Plus has decided to not move forward with “Book of Enchantment,” a series based on some of Disney’s most iconic villains, Variety has learned from sources.

The news comes the day before Disney is set to unveil its streaming service at the biannual D23 convention in Anaheim.

The prospective project was based on the “Villains” book series penned by Serena Valentino. “Book of Enchantment” was slated to tell the origin stories of Disney characters like Ursula from “The Little Mermaid,” The Beast from “Beauty and the Beast,” Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty,” and the Wicked Queen from “Snow White.” Michael Seitzman was on board to write and produce the series under his Maniac Productions banner. ABC Signature Studios was a co-producer with Disney Plus.

Seitzman previously created the CBS medical drama “Code Black” and worked on the ABC series “Quantico.” He is also set to oversee the multi-series John Grisham...

The Disney villains-fronted series “Book of Enchantment” is no longer in development at Disney+, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.

The project was based on Serena Valentino’s “Villains” series of books. It was set to tell the origin stories of Disney characters like Ursula from “The Little Mermaid,” The Beast from “Beauty and the Beast,” Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty” and the Wicked Queen from “Snow White.” Valentino’s book series also features “Mother Knows Best” about Mother Gothel, the villain from the 2010 film “Tangled.”

Michael Seitzman was on board to write and produce the series, from ABC Signature Studios. Seitzman previously created the CBS medical drama “Code Black” and worked on the ABC series “Quantico.”

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Disney will tout its upcoming streaming service Friday at its bi-annual D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. Disney+, which launches Nov.

Disney is king when it comes to beautiful animation. Heck, Walt's studio pioneered and practically invented the tried and true techniques used by animators today. Their animated masterpieces are so beloved they've permanently imbedded themselves into our culture. You can't look at movies like Snow White, Cinderella, or The Lion King and not think Disney.

Related: Disney Heroes And Princes Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses

That all being said, while all the animated features were once marvels, time has not been kind to all of them due to changes in culture and taste. Not to say they're bad, but not all Disney films stand the test of time. Here are 10 animated features that have not aged well.

When Walt Disney virtually invented the feature-length animated film with 1937's Snow White, he changed moviemaking forever.  What was once called "Walt's Folly" became a box-office winner, elevating animation to the level of serious art. Though the studio has held the majority of the public's interest for going on one-hundred years, there are countless other animation houses who have (and continue to) produce incredible work that goes underseen or underappreciated. Below, we list ten of the best non-Disney animated films that you've likely never experienced, but absolutely must!

Related: 10 Most Underrated Disney Animated Features...

Anne Fontaine’s present-day female-sexual-empowerment fable “White as Snow” is not a Snow White story per se, although it’s fun to think of Isabelle Huppert’s character — an aging health-spa diva who becomes diabolically envious of her stepdaughter — as the wicked queen. This, one might argue, was a campy role the icy French star was born to play, and Huppert sinks her teeth into it, much as her scheming villainess hopes the pale-skinned Claire (Lou de Laâge) might a poisoned apple. But the differences between Fontaine’s stunt and the actual Brothers Grimm fairy tale distractingly outweigh the film’s semi-forced similarities, ultimately leaving audiences to wonder how this coy provocation wound up getting confused with Snow White in the first place.

The answer: Fontaine began with a situation more than a story, wherein a “pure” young woman (so perceived by multiple characters) discovers the nubile effect her beauty has over men.

Now we know exactly what will be streaming on Disney+ when it launches on November 12. While it will certainly take some time for Disney to build a complete library (especially with its latest acquisition), but come launch time there will certainly be enough content that your friends and family may need to check up on you because they haven’t seen you in a couple of days.

Featured in the lauch content will be 18 Pixar films, 7 Star Wars films, and the entire Disney “Signature Collection” of films like Aladdin, Bambi, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, Snow White, Pinocchio, and others.

You will also be able to stream all 30 season of The Simpsons (over 650 episodes), 250 hours of National Geographic shows, and over 5,000 hours of original Disney Channel shows.

The new Avengers: Endgame (which just shattered box office records) and the upcoming Toy Story 4 will also be available.

Disney+ Launch...

Mark Harrison Mar 29, 2019

As Tim Burton's Dumbo flies into cinemas, we pitch even more live-action remakes of Disney animated classics...

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

Starting with Tim Burton's 2010 re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland and continuing this month with the same director making Dumbo, Disney's live-action feature division essentially has a license to print money. In theory, all they really have to do is keep making live-action remakes of their already famous animated classics.

Where films like Alice and Maleficent have given a revisionist makeover to these cherished animated features, more recent films have leaned more heavily on the iconography and, crucially, the memorable songbooks of the originals. Still, nostalgia pays, to the tune of almost $5 billion at the global box office to date.

We still get outliers in the form of the majestic Pete's Dragon and the slightly odder Christopher Robin, but you can chart...

Originally based on the book written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, 1941's Dumbo was the fourth animated feature film made by Walt Disney Productions, following up Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940), and Fantasia (1940). Originally conceived as a short film, Dumbo was reworked as a low-budget feature to help recoup the financial losses of Pinocchio and Fantasia. Made for half the cost of Snow White, the 64-minute film turned a profit, earning $1.6 million during its initial release. In addition to box office success, the film garnered some critical acclaim as well, winning Best Original Score at the 14th Academy Awards. Now, 77 years later, Walt Disney Productions is re-introducing the iconic character to a new generation with a live-action remake directed by Tim Burton. While the original film is told through the eyes of the titular flying elephant, the remake, written by Ehren Kruger, isn't as interested in charming...

The first of three Disney remakes in 2019 will hit theaters this weekend, as Tim Burton’s “Dumbo” will try to take flight despite lukewarm reviews and a relative lack of audience nostalgia weighing it down.

While the other two remakes, “Aladdin” and “The Lion King,” are aiming to gross more than $1 billion worldwide this summer, “Dumbo” will aim for lower heights. Independent trackers are mixed on the film’s prospects. One tracker is projecting a $50 million-plus opening, which is the target Disney is setting. Another tracker, however, is projecting a lower opening at around $40 million.

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Either way, an opening in this range would be lower than even other recent remakes of Walt Disney-era animated films. The 2015 remake of “Cinderella,” for example, opened to $67.8 million domestic from its March release slot, going on to...

It's a Britney Spears musical, b*tch!

Before you grab your Catholic schoolgirl uniform or red patent leather jumpsuits, this won't be a musical based on the singer's life. Similar to Broadway classic Mamma Mia!, the musical comedy will incorporate 23 songs from the 37-year-old's iconic musical catalog to fit the story. Titled Once Upon a One More Time, the musical follows several fairy-tale princesses, including Snow White, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty, who are working through a collection of the Grimms' fairy tales with their fortnightly book club.

A rogue fairy godmother hears their wish for new reading material and brings them the feminist classic The Feminine Mystique, which spurs a "royal revelation." I just had a vision of Snow White cracking a whip at the Seven Dwarves while singing "Work B*tch," and I'm not sure how I feel about it.

The show will kick off performances in Chicago at the James M.

Disney's upcoming streaming platform, called Disney Plus, just landed a major edge over its competitors: the entire Disney vault.

The streaming service doesn't launch until later this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger has already given movie fans a major reason to look forward to it, since he reportedly said that Disney Plus will contain "the entire Disney motion picture library," effectively making the notion of the iconic "Disney Vault" null and void. That means the studio's 1920s cartoons, as well as early hits like 1937's Snow White and 1941's Dumbo, will be available to stream on top of modern classics like Frozen, Zootopia, and Wreck-It Ralph.

While attending an investor meeting held in St. Louis, Iger explained that once Disney Plus goes online, the marketing trick of releasing certain films for only limited periods of time before they're hauled "back in the vault" will be dead, paving the...

The film will compete in Tribeca’s International Narrative Competition section.

Cohen Media Group has acquired Us rights to Anne Fontaine’s racy new comedy-drama White As Snow, ahead of its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival (April 24-May 5) next month.

The film will compete in Tribeca’s International Narrative Competition section alongside films including Sharon Maymon and Flawless’s Flawless, Bora Kim’s House Of Hummingbird and Scott Graham’s Run.

A contemporary re-telling of the Snow White fairytale with a comedic and erotic edge, the feature co-stars Isabelle Huppert as evil stepmother Maud opposite Lou de Laâge as...

A musical comedy featuring the songs of Britney Spears will fill the slot at the Chicago theater left vacant when producers of the upcoming Michael Jackson bio-musical scotched its own pre-Broadway run in the Windy City.

Once Upon a One More Time, with an original book by Jon Hartmere under the direction of Kristin Hanggi (Rock of Ages) and choreography by Keone & Mari Madrid (Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself” video) will begin previews at Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre on Oct. 29, running through Dec. 1. Opening night is Nov. 13.

The Oct. 29-Dec. 1 engagement is the exact window that had been set aside for Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough before producers of that show, including the Jackson Estate, opted to nix the pre-Broadway Chicago stand last month and head straight to Broadway next year.

The world premiere Chicago engagement of the Spears show was made today by James L.

Disney+ is developing a series that will star some of the most famous villains from Disney’s vault, titled “Book of Enchantment,” an individual with knowledge of the production told TheWrap.

The project, which is not yet ordered to series, is based on Serena Valentino’s “Villains” series of books. It will tell the origin stories of Disney characters like Ursula from “The Little Mermaid,” The Beast from “Beauty and the Beast,” Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty” and the Wicked Queen from “Snow White.”

Valentino’s book series also features “Mother Knows Best” about Mother Gothel, the villain from the 2010 film “Tangled.”

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Michael Seitzman will write and produce the series, which is from ABC Signature Studios. Disney declined to comment, while ABC did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

Seitzman previously created the CBS medical drama “Code Black...

Disney+ has wrapped filming on Jon Favreau’s live-action “Star Wars” TV series “The Mandalorian,” the new streaming service announced Wednesday.

Starring Nick Nolte, Werner Herzog, Gina Carano, and Pedro Pascal as the titular character, “The Mandalorian” follows the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic. The cast also includes Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Carl Weathers and Omid Abtahi.

The series is set in the time period between “Return of the Jedi” and “The Force Awakens.” In “Star Wars” lore, Mandalorians made the iconic armor that bounty hunter Boba Fett and his “father” Jango Fett wore in the films. Boba was technically an unaltered clone of Jango.

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Bryce Dallas Howard, Taika Waititi, Rick Famuyiwa and Deborah Chow directed episodes of the series, with Dave Filoni helming the premiere.

Disney+ is developing a scripted series that will focus on iconic Disney villains, Variety has learned from sources.

The series is currently titled “Book of Enchantments” and will be based on the “Villains” book series penned by Serena Valentino. It will tell the origin stories of Disney characters like Ursula from “The Little Mermaid,” The Beast from “Beauty and the Beast,” Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty,” and the Wicked Queen from “Snow White.” Michael Seitzman will write and produce the series under his Maniac Productions banner. ABC Signature Studios will produce.

Disney+ and ABC declined to comment.

Seitzman previously created the CBS medical drama “Code Black” and worked on the ABC series “Quantico.” He is also set to oversee the multi-series John Grisham universe currently in the works at Hulu, which will be comprised of the dramas “The Rainmaker” and “Rogue Lawyer.” Jason Richman is also onboard to write and executive...

Starting with the release of the live-action Alice in Wonderland in 2012, Disney has continued to announce many upcoming live-action remakes. So far, we've seen Cinderella, The Jungle Book, and Beauty and the Beast, all of which have been a huge success amongst both critics and fans. The next movies that have been announced are Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King, and Mulan. Those four films have already been cast and they've included huge stars such as Beyonce to play Nala and Will Smith to play the Genie. Even though so many movies have already been brought to life, there's still plenty more that are in production by Disney. Incredibly popular films like The Little Mermaid and The Hunchback of Notre Dame are currently in the works, with no cast yet to be announced. Of course, that leaves plenty of time for us hardcore fans to speculate, obsess, and pick which actors...

Jazz-meets-funk mini orchestra Snarky Puppy has unveiled a new video for “Bad Kids to the Back,” a crisp, strutting new track written by trumpeter-keyboardist Justin Stanton and slated for the group’s upcoming LP, Immigrance. The clip combines studio footage with whimsical animation that shows everything from band members playing against a desert backdrop or on a moving school bus to animal-headed musicians replacing Snarky Puppy’s own trumpeters and saxists.

The visuals closely mirror the music, such as when flashes of light stream out of a saxophone. Before a...

Recently impressing with her spiritually poignant drama The Innocents, director Anne Fontaine is back, this time having a bit more fun. Pure as Snow is an erotic comedy that provides a humorous take on the famous Brothers Grimm’s Snow White tale. Most notably starring Huppert as playing Maud, the evil stepmother, the first trailer has now arrived out of France, where it will hit theaters this spring.

The update on the story is set in a hotel. As Maud’s jealousy builds of Claire’s budding romance, she banishes Claire, who then happens upon seven princes. Also starring Lou de Laâge (who led Fontaine’s The Innocents), Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Macaigne, Charles Berling, Jonathan Cohen, Damien Bonnard, and Pablo Pauly, see the trailer below and we’ll update if English subtitles become available.

Pure As Snow opens on April 10 in France and is awaiting U.S. distribution.

Big-budget Korean-made animation “Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs” has been set up for a wide international release through a slew of local distributors. The film, a modern English-language retelling of “Snow White,” features the voices of Chloe Grace Moretz, Sam Claflin and Gina Gershon as Snow White, Merlin and the Witch Queen, respectively.

Sales company Finecut has licensed it to Lucky Red for Italy, Kino Swiat for Poland, Soundspace International for India, Gulf Film for the Middle East, Bf Distribution for Latin America, and Golden River Intercine for Vietnam.

Finecut is nearing a deal for North America, which it hopes to solidify after the completed film’s screening this week in the Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market. Once confirmed, that would allow the other distributors to set release dates.

The film was written and directed on a $20 million budget by Hong Sungho (“Wonderful Days”). Production was handled through Korea’s Locus.

Mattel Films is teaming up with Warner Bros. Pictures once again to bring Hot Wheels to the big screen in a live-action film, the toy company announced Wednesday.

The iconic and timeless toy racing cars will speed into theaters in the second partnership between Mattel Films and the studio following the recent announcement of “Barbie,” starring and co-produced by Margot Robbie.

“We are excited to bring the thrill of a Hot Wheels live-action feature film to the big screen in partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures,” Ynon Kreiz, Mattel’s chairman and CEO, said in a statement. “Mattel Films has great momentum as it continues to execute on our commitment to bring global audiences new ways to experience the brands they love as we transform Mattel into an IP-driven, high-performing toy company.

Eight filmmakers participate in the fifth edition of initiative fostering development of first features.

French filmmaker Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet and German-Polish director Oliver Adam Kusio have won the residency prizes at the fifth edition of Cannes Critics Week’s first feature development programme Next Step.

Bourgeois-Tacquet will attend a month-long writing residency at the Moulin d’Andé-Céci screenwriting centre in Normandy to work on her debut feature project Un Amour d’Aliénor (which translates as A Love of Eleanor).

The love triangle tale revolves around a young woman called Aliénor who falls for an older man but then becomes obsessed with his partner,...

Stephen Harber Sep 18, 2019

Gather 'round, kiddies. It's time to remember Tales from the Cryptkeeper, the most hair-raising cartoon from your childhood.

Hello, kiddies. In case you’ve gotten a lobotomy in the past two decades, we thought we’d take the time to remind you that there’s was an animated series based on the Tales from the Crypt franchise called — wait for it — Tales from the Cryptkeeper. It ran on CBS, the Corpse Butchering Station, throughout the 1990s, giving the little ones goosebumps long before a certain dweeb named R.L. Stine did.

Not as memorable as the classic HBO series it spun off from, Tales from the Cryptkeeper was aimed at the young whippersnappers who had the balls to wake up early enough on Saturday morning to face the horror-themed parables that the mischievous ancient corpse would throw their way. Therefore, no, it wasn’t really that scary. Creepy?...

The Paley Center for Media has firmed up guest panelists for its 30th annual PaleyFest, set for March 1-15 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. Click over for the complete lineup, which kicks off with AMC’s The Walking Dead. Related: PaleyFest 2013 Unveils Full Schedule Friday, March 1: Opening Night Presentation: The Walking Dead (7:00 pm) Moderator: Chris Hardwick: Host, “The Talking Dead” * Robert Kirkman: Executive Producer * Gale Anne Hurd: Executive Producer * Dave Alpert: Executive Producer * Greg Nicotero: Executive Producer * Andrew Lincoln: “Rick Grimes” * David Morrissey: “The Governor” * Danai Gurira: “Michonne” * Laurie Holden: “Andrea” * Lauren Cohan: “Maggie Greene” * Steven Yeun: “Glenn Rhee” * Norman Reedus: “Daryl Dixon” * Scott Wilson: ” Hershel Greene” * Chandler Riggs: “Carl Grimes” Saturday, March 2: Revolution (7:00 pm) Moderator: Michael Schneider, La Bureau Chief, TV Guide Magazine * Eric Kripke: Creator & Executive Producer * Billy Burke...

Chicago – To say that Rupert Sanders’s “Snow White and the Huntsman” is one of the year’s best-looking films would be entirely accurate, but it’s also one of the least involving. The more sumptuous the visuals became, the more infuriating I found the tedious script, which plods along from A to B to C without any real sense of urgency, before making a tired plea for a franchise. How depressing.

And yet, there’s enough technique here worth admiring that it deserves not to drown in the swarm of media-fueled hysteria surrounding the widely publicized fling between director Rupert Sanders and star Kristen Stewart. On a purely technical level, the picture marks a fine feature debut for Sanders, who brings a medieval grit and mystical texture to his darkly entrancing visuals. This is the sort of film that Blu-ray players were made for, and some viewers may feel...

Diana Rigg

When the queen in Snow White asked the magic mirror to name the fairest maiden of them all, the mirror obviously didn’t do his homework because if he had, then the famous fairy tale would be known as Diana Rigg rather than Snow White. Fans of the British actress are in for a treat on Monday 2 August because BBC America are releasing a DVD box set called “Diana Rigg at the BBC.” The five-disc set includes Diana at her comic best in The Three Piece Suite as well as some of her more recent work which includes The Mrs Bradley Mysteries. The Avengers star has to be the best British actress never to have appeared in Harry Potter so for $50 13 hours of Diana Rigg is a pretty good deal.

Dianna Rig

On the same day, BBC America are also releasing the DVD of Zen which is currently...

What do you get when you combine the magic of Disney, the camera of Annie Leibovitz and some of the biggest stars in Hollywood? Well, you get a stellar collection of photographs by Annie Leibovitz. The Disney Dream Portrait Series is an ad campaign featuring a collection of iconic portraits by the famed photographer recreating scenes and portraying beloved characters from classic Disney films. The famous Disney characters are as easily recognizable as the stars portraying them and are truly marvelous and enchanting to behold.

Penelope Cruz and Jeff Bridges as Belle and the Beast transformed in Beauty and the Beast.

Where a moment of beauty lasts forever.

Beyonce as Alice, Lyle Lovett as the March Hare and Oliver Platt as the Mad Hatter in Alice In Wonderland.

Where wonderland is your destiny.

Gisele Bundchen as Wendy Darling, Tina Fey as Tinkerbell and Mikhail Baryshnikov as that eternal boy Peter...

Five questions with Kathy Franklin, vp global studio franchise development at Disney Consumer Products. The Hollywood Reporter's New York bureau chief Georg Szalai talked to her at Toy Fair.

THR: Tiana from "The Princess and the Frog" will be your first new Disney Princess in 11 years by the time the film comes out during the holiday season. How does she fit into your Disney Princess franchise, and how is she different -- other than being African-American?

Franklin: Our hope is that she will fit in as all the other princesses have fit in. We hope that she is very inspirational for little girls and that little girls will want to play out her story.

THR: How do you keep the Disney Princess franchise going beyond adding characters?

Franklin: This fall is a great example. We're bringing "Snow White" back (on Blu-ray Disc) in a fresh way to reintroduce her to...