Netflix Reveals Strong Viewership Numbers For Mindy Kaling’s ‘Never Have I Ever’ & Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ In Earnings Report

Spike Lee, George Lucas, Frank Marshall, Martin Scorsese and AFI chief Bob Gazzale pay tribute to Tom Pollock, the former chairman of Universal Pictures, who died Saturday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a heart attack. Pollock, who was 77, also served as chairmanof the American Film Institute and co-founded the Montecito Picture Co.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: FIlmmaking icon Spike Lee will be honored by the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) with the Trailblazer Award at the 7th Annual LMGI Awards. The virtual awards show is set for October 24 at 2pm PT and will be hosted by Isaiah Mustafa (It Chapter Two, Shadowhunters).The news of Lee’s award was announced by LMGI President Mike Fantasia and Awards Co-chairs Lori Balton and John Rakich.

ongoing pandemic.«The names you already know are doing brand new things this year, and there's a whole crop of exciting new names to discover,» said TIFF artistic director and co-head, Cameron Bailey.The 45th Toronto International Film Festival will open on Sept. 10 with Spike Lee's concert film,, and run through Sept.

Also Read: 'The French Dispatch,' 'Soul' Make the Cannes 2020 Lineup As Festival Reveals the Movies It Would Have ShownAs previously announced, Spike Lee’s film “David Byrne’s American Utopia,” a document of Byrne’s Broadway show, will be the opening-night film on Sept. 10.

Little Shop Of Horrors, School Daze, House Party, Martin and My Wife And Kids, Tisha Campbell’s comedic timing, spirited character portrayals and accomplished musical skills have won her a legion of fans the world over.NME sat down for an exclusive chat with the two-time NAACP Image Award winner at Fox Studios in Hollywood to talk Spike Lee, being responsible for a number of today’s most famous pop culture references, and how her career almost ended before it began.“Yeah, I lived in Bayswater –

Spike Lee has said that controversial movies Gone With The Wind and The Birth Of A Nation should be screened provided they come with “historical social context.”Speaking in a new interview, the legendary filmmaker reflected upon his career while discussing his new film Da 5 Bloods.

EarthGang‘s OLU has posted a cover of Marvin Gaye‘s 1971 hit ‘What’s Going On’ – check it out below.The musician explained that he shared his rendition of Gaye’s plea for peace track after repeated viewings of Spike Lee’s Vietnam veteran war film Da 5 Bloods.Dedicating the song to his father, OLU wrote in an op-ed accompanying the rendition for DJ Booth that he hopes “greed and hate die”, in an apparent reference to the divisions Gaye sang about in his anti-war song from the ’70s.“I hope that

Netflix, led by co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, has received a credit rating upgrade from S&P Global Ratings. On Tuesday, the research firm raised its credit rating for the video streaming giant to BB, from BB-, with a stable outlook, as it pointed to increased subscriber growth and higher consumer usage as TV viewers sheltering during the pandemic increasingly embrace the streaming platform.

Especially in his most recent works, which have increasingly taken on the qualities of essay film in their use of archive and metatext, Spike Lee has always been interested in how the history of American film and racism intersect.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJonathan Majors is on — well, a major roll at the moment. Majors has appeared in a string of high-profile features in a matter of a few short years.

HBO's Spike Lee–directed filmed version of David Byrne’s American Utopia Broadway stage play is set to open the virtual Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 10, fest organizers said on Tuesday (July 22). David Byrne's American Utopia features the Talking Heads frontman and 11 musical artists from around the world performing songs from the 2018 album American Utopia, as well as songs from Byrne's Talking Heads and solo catalog.

The Walking Dead. The actress, who recently starred in the Netflix remake of Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It, could be playing Stephanie, a character not yet seen in The Walking Dead but for whom Bingham has done the voiceover.According to Deadline, AMC have not confirmed yet whether Bingham will be reprising her voice role from the episodes ‘Bonds’ and ‘Morning Star’ in season 10.Stephanie is described as “an enigmatic survivor of the zombie outbreak in Charleston, West Virginia, who connects

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The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its opening-night film.

Spike Lee was expected to be a big player in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. He was selected to lead the competition jury and it was assumed that he’d premiere “Da 5 Bloods” at the French event.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe Toronto Film Festival is to open with Spike Lee’s filmed version of David Byrne’s hit Broadway show, American Utopia.TIFF will this year be a mix of physical and online screenings with a much-reduced industry presence due to coronavirus.American Utopia hit Broadway in the fall of 2019 and was a hot-ticket through February of 2020. Lee shot the production during its Hudson Theatre run and the concert film will debut on HBO this fall.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“American Utopia,” a filmed-version of David Byrne’s hit Broadway show, will be the opening night presentation of the 45th Toronto International Film Festival. This edition of the annual Canadian gathering for film lovers is unlike any of the previous 44 iterations.

coronavirus pandemic and also offered clues to a possible successor for founding CEO Reed Hastings, who on Thursday named the company's chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, as co-CEO. But it was investor disappointment in the outlook for new subscribers that helped drive down the stock 9% to $480.70 in after-hours trading.

When folks criticize filmmakers’ decisions to take the streaming money for their next feature or TV series, a common argument is that the project will get lost in the tidal wave of originals that are released.