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Warner Bros. Pictures has just released a new trailer for the upcoming DC Films movie Birds Of Prey.

Geng Zihan has just won Best Director in the Fei Mu Awards of Pingyao International Film Festival for her debut feature, A Song Sung Blue, a coming-of-age tale set in Harbin in northeast China. 

John Boyega will star in the next film from “Dead Pigs” and “Birds of Prey” director Cathy Yan. The sci-fi romance “The Freshening” comes from FilmNation Entertainment with Ali Wong producing alongside Hyperobject Industries’ Adam McKay and Betsy Koch and Rewild’s Yan and Ash SarohiaThe picture, set to film later this year, is inspired by Rachel Khong’s short story in the Paris Review, which was set in the near future during which tensions over race and gender have reached a violent boiling point.

EXCLUSIVE: John Boyega has been set to star in sci-fi romance The Freshening from director Cathy Yan (Birds Of Prey), we can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Concordia Studio has hired Ash Sarohia as EVP of Narrative Film & Television, bolstering the studio’s efforts to expand its scripted and documentary slates.

EXCLUSIVE: Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey, Dead Pigs) will executive produce and direct the live-action series Paprika, based on the Yasutaka Tsutsui novel of the same name, for Amazon Studios and Hivemind, Deadline has learned.

Angelique Jackson Sarah Vacchiano has joined UTA from FilmNation, signing on to serve as a motion picture business affairs executive for the global talent, entertainment and sports agency.Vacchiano will be based in the company’s Los Angeles office and report to Jim Meenaghan, partner and head of motion picture business affairs and co-head of UTA Independent Film Group.“Sarah has a unique knowledge and skill set in the film industry across the constantly changing deal structures of studios, streamers and her specific experiences in the independent film space,” stated Meenaghan, announcing Vacchiano’s hiring. “Our friends at FilmNation could not have been more supportive of her move, and we are thrilled to welcome Sarah to our L.A.

USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative released its annual “Inclusion in the Director’s Chair” which analyzes 1,500 top films from 2007 to 2021 for gender and race/ethnicity representation.

Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead started out her film career playing the daughter of Bruce Willis‘ John McClane in “Live Free or Die Hard, but has carved out a big career since then, including the action genre.

After playing her iconic character Harley Quinn back to back, Margot Robbie recently announced she’s ready to take a break from playing Harley Quinn. The actress famously essayed the iconic role in Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey and James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.

Margot Robbie announced she’s taking a break from playing Harley Quinn for a bit after back-to-back production playing the iconic DC character in Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey and James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilm Movement has acquired North American rights to Cathy Yan’s feature debut “Dead Pigs” which won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance in 2018. Film Movement will release the film in North America in theaters, virtual cinema, home entertainment and digital platforms in June.“Dead Pigs” is social satire about the trials and tribulations connecting a disparate group of people in the midst of a baffling nationwide mystery.

For many people, the name Cathy Yan automatically brings to mind “Birds of Prey.” That makes sense, considering for years, that is the only film that the young filmmaker has released. But you see, “Birds of Prey” isn’t her first film.

Exceptional and exceptionally confident, Cathy Yan’s “Dead Pigs” is a feature debut that leaves little mystery as to what DC studio execs saw in the filmmaker before tapping her to direct “Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).” READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2021 Energetically directed and sharply written, this sparkling social satire has in its sights no smaller target than the rapid-onset Westernization of China’s urban sprawl, as embodied by five

Three years after its premiere at Sundance in 2018, Cathy Yan’s “Dead Pigs” is finally getting a global release.

Before she made “Birds of Prey,” Cathy Yan impressed audiences at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival with her bold social satire “Dead Pigs,” but despite positive reviews, the film never got distributed for American audiences, until now. READ MORE: Cathy Yan Talks About ‘Dead Pigs’ Finally Coming To The U.S.

Fresh off the criminally underseen “Birds of Prey,” director Cathy Yan has found her next project: an adaptation of Rachel Khong‘s sci-fi comedy short story, “The Freshening.” READ MORE: Cathy Yan Talks About ‘Dead Pigs’ Finally Coming To The U.S.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCathy Yan, fresh off her success with “Birds of Prey,” will write and direct “The Freshening,” an adaptation of Rachel Khong’s short story. FilmNation, the company behind “Promising Young Woman” and “Arrival,” acquired rights to the story and will back the feature.The science-fiction comedy will be set in a near future where tensions over race and gender have reached a boiling point.

Even beyond the obvious reasons, this must be a tough year for David Ayer. After more than two decades of translating your adolescent experiences into a gritty brand of Los Angeles-based police thrillers, you are forced to spend your 2020 defending your work against what you did and did not do.

Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios has announced a a roster of industry talent to act as judges and mentors for its film competition, "The Six Feet Apart Experiment". The social distancing-inspired competition, which recently expanded its deadline to July 6, takes it name from Baldoni's successful teen drama Five Feet Apart.

"You have no idea what you’re talking about."

Over the past couple of weeks, there has been increased discussion regarding Director’s Cuts of DC superhero films, thanks in no small part to HBO Max’s upcoming 2021 release of “Zack Snyder’s Justice League.” We’ve seen the discussion include David Ayer and his much-maligned “Suicide Squad,” and now, Cathy Yan and “Birds of Prey.” However, in the latter’s case, it appears the filmmaker has no interest in hearing rumors regarding what was cut from her version of the superhero film from earlier

Margot Robbie starred in the DC movie, which saw Harley Quinn head an all-female gang

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Birds of Prey is coming to your small screen earlier than expected!

If you're planning a trip to the cinema with friends, family or a special someone, we’ve found a way for you to get two tickets for just £!0.

By Geoff Boucher