Joaquin Phoenix & Rooney Mara Host Special Screening of 'The Smell of Money' in Santa Monica

EXCLUSIVE: As the FilmNation Entertainment team gathered in Santa Monica this week for AFM, some reflection is in order. It has been 15 years since Glen Basner peeled off from Good Machine to start the venture. Despite the hardships facing everyone in the market with strikes and uncertainty, what a different a decade and a half makes. The launch happened in 2008, not the most fortuitous time to launch an indie film finance and production company with global ambitions.

We love an unexpected friendship!

Tori Spelling has a new man in her life.

Roman Polanski has officially denied a woman’s accusation that the director sexually assaulted her at his home in 1973 after plying her with tequila both there and at a restaurant while knowing she was a minor at the time.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “As We Know It,” an apocalyptic zombie thriller starring Chris Parnell and Pam Grier, has sold rights to Buffalo 8. The Santa Monica-based production and distribution company will release the movie in theaters on Nov.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Mister Smith Entertainment has clinched first key international sales on Weston Razooli’s “Riddle of Fire.” Among major territories, Mister Smith has closed Japan (Klockworx), France (ASC Distribution) and Spain (Flamingo Films). Deals build on a co-U.S acquisition by Yellow Veil Pictures and Vinegar Syndrome, which plan a domestic theatrical bow in early 2024, releasing the film on 35mm.

Carole Horst The American Film Market kicks off Oct. 31 and runs through Nov. 5 in its new headquarters at the Le Meridien Delfina in Santa Monica.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Industry veterans Amanda Sherwin, Mike Messina and Seth Needle are teaming up to launch Blue Harbor Entertainment, a new distribution, marketing and consulting company. The news comes as the American Film Market kicks off this week in Santa Monica where the executives will be on the ground looking for partners. Blue Harbor is looking to distribute 10 to 15 feature film releases per year, as well as provide advisory services to third parties.

Sam Heughan's alcohol empire has continued to grow since he first launched his Sassenach Whisky in 2020.

EXCLUSIVE: A pair of German production houses has teamed for animated adventure feature Tafiti — Across the Desert, which Sola Media is launching at AFM.

Kylie Jenner was joined by all of her best friends for a dinner party to celebrate her new clothing line, Khy!

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details about who makes it to hometown dates on ABC‘s The Golden Bachelor.

Longtime The Young and the Restless actor Christian LeBlanc has revealed that he’s been battling cancer since June but is now in remission and will return to the soap in time for the Thanksgiving episode.

In eastern North Carolina, there are two types of rainfall. One kind descends from the heavens; the other emanates from a more terrestrial source — fetid cesspools of hog waste.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor AGC International, the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, will launch sales on the supernatural thriller “Late Night With the Devil” at the American Film Market in Santa Monica on Halloween. The film, a nightmarishly entertaining ode to the talk shows and horror movies of the 1970s, won the best screenplay prize at Sitges Film Festival.

Ben Affleck was spotted being very generous with his valet driver. While out for lunch in Los Angeles, Affleck was spotted with his kids Seraphina and Emme. A photographer captured the moment when he handed his valet driver a $100 dollar tip.

Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow enjoyed a night on the town together this week!

LOL, at Ridley Scott and “Napoleon” to borrow the boastful phrase, “I’m built different”—did Andrew Tate come up with that one?—and tweak it to, “I’m not built like other men,” in his new trailer for this war epic. It’s slightly comical to hear modern verbiage in period movies and period movie trailers, but hey, it’s not the first time.

McKinley Franklin editor When Universal Pictures’ “Five Nights at Freddy’s” opens in theaters and on streaming service Peacock on Oct. 27, it will mark 2023’s final Hollywood video game adaptation after a stretch when these intellectual-property crossovers enjoyed one helluva hot streak.

The American Cinematheque announced on Tuesday that its 2023 American Cinematheque Awards have been pushed from their November 4th date due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, with a new date for the annual ceremony to be announced in the coming weeks.