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EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn-based filmmaker Ged Dickersin (CODA) is launching True Indy, a production company intent on making films that can and should be made independently, with filmmakers telling acutely relevant stories for the world market. True Indy sees the opportunity to attract financing for films…

Neon CEO Tom Quinn has addressed the debate around the new theatrical standards for Best Picture eligibility announced by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over the summer. Talking on a panel on box office strategies at the Zurich summit on Saturday (watch the panel above), the distributor…

EXCLUSIVE: Rising British actor Emilia Jones has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Jones burst into the scene with her starring role as Rubi Rossi, the music-loving hearing daughter of the deaf family in the Sundance hit CODA. For her breakout performance in the Oscar-winning film, she…

After making history last year as the first deaf male actor to win an Oscar for his performance in Apple Original Film’s CODA, Troy Kotsur briefly lost his the trophy after his jeep was stolen. The actor, who won in the category of Best Supporting Actor, was invited to accept the key to the city in…

Apple TV+ on Friday unveiled its latest brand campaign, with Timothée Chalamet the star of a new ad that puts the focus on the streamer’s content. The ad shows Chalamet musing over Apple’s latest fare — from Best Picture Oscar winner CODA to Emmy winner Ted Lasso, the new Jason Momoa series Chief of W…

Los Angeles and Paris-based Vendôme Pictures, producer of the Oscar Best Picture winner CODA, has set its new drama feature Ibelin, based on the real-life story of the disabled British gamer Mats Steen, who went by the name of “Ibelin” in the gaming world. Morten Tyldum, who was Oscar-nominated in…

EXCLUSIVE: CODA producer Vendôme Pictures has made two appointments and launched a documentary division.  Ninon Desplat has been appointed Head of Development Documentaries and French Series, joining Sonia Droulhiole who was recently appointed Head of Development & Production, Film and Scripted…

Troy Kotsur was being honored by his hometown of Mesa, Arizona. But he almost lost his biggest honor of all. Kotsur reported on his Twitter account that a car thief hopped into his Jeep and took off. The CODA actor was to be honored Thursday for his achievement in becoming the first primarily deaf actor to win an…

When Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht left Sony Pictures Television in 2017 to steer Apple's film and TV fortunes, few doubted they would give the tech giant's upstart content company a beachhead on the small screen. During their 12 years at Sony, they hatched hits like Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and Rescue…

Siân Heder, who directed and won an Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Best Picture winner CODA, will receive the American Film Institute’s 2022 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, AFI said today. She will receive the honor June 9 during the AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Julie Andrews, which will air June 16…

Troy Kotsur, who is coming off his historic Oscar-winning performance in CODA, has signed with Verve for representation. He most recently made history as the first deaf man in history to win an Oscar for his beautiful, funny and poignant acting performance in a supporting role in Siân Heder’s Best Picture winner…

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Durant, who starred alongside Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur and Eugenio Derbez in Apple’s 2022 Best Picture Oscar winner CODA, has signed with Buchwald for representation. The dramedy from writer-director Sian Heder, based on the French film La Famille Bélier, tells the story of Ruby Rossi…