What’s Next for the Beach Boys?

In life, the country music star worked hard to avoid the type of public controversy that erupted in her inner circle soon after her passing.

A urologist’s inquiry into the magician’s final days is the latest effort to grapple with outstanding questions about his demise.

Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani, whose debut feature “Goodbye Julia” premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar, has attracted a raft of partners for his follow-up “About Love & September Laws,” which he’ll be taking to Rome’s MIA Market, running from Oct. 19-23. Produced by Klozium Studios, the production outfit he launched in 2020 with “Goodbye […]

Egyptian filmmaker Muhammad Mustapha’s “Big Boys Don’t Cry” follows a group of Cairo bodybuilders and nightclub bouncers, offering a view into how men understand and perform masculinity. The documentary, which had its world premiere in the Feature Documentary Competition at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, grew out of Mustapha’s curiosity about this particular group of […]

Editor’s note: This story contains details of alleged sexual offenses that some readers may find distressing. A former MTV employee has said she didn’t initially report her allegation of rape against Russell Brand because she feared being “seen as trouble.” Giving evidence at Brand’s trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Monday, the woman alleged […]

When “Percy Jackson” series stars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri make the trek to Italy’s Lucca Comics and Games Festival in late October – to unveil unseen footage ahead of the Nov. 20 release of Season 3 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” – they will travel to a unique geek meet […]

Former A24 docs chief Nicole Stott has joined Magna Studios, the production outfit behind Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger. Stott becomes an executive producer in Magna’s non-fiction division and will collaborate closely with SVP, Non-Fiction, Oliver Calleja, Creative Director Louis Mole, and the wider team across Magna’s documentary features and limited series. A24 shuttered […]

“Line of Duty” and “Good Omens” director Douglas Mackinnon is prepping an Edinburgh-set paramedic drama that’s part of a growing slate at his recently launched production outfit Rugged Island Films. Mackinnon will be presenting the series in the Drama Co-Production Forum at Rome’s MIA Market, which runs Oct. 19 – 23. “BurnTime” is a 6 […]

Rachel Feldman’s “Lilly,” starring Patricia Clarkson, will open the third edition of the Women and the World International Film Festival, which runs in London from Nov. 5-12. Highlights of the program, which puts women’s authorship at its center, include the world premiere of Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo’s “Laya,” alongside premieres of Marina Kunarova’s “The Nomad’s […]

The newly-merged Banijay/All3Media entity, officially now known as Banijay Entertainment, has unveiled its senior leadership team. Joining CEO Marco Bassetti, deputy CEO Jane Turton and Banijay Rights CEO Cathy Payne on the executive team will be Fred Balmary as chief business officer, Nicolas Chazarain as chief legal officer, Thomas Gousset as chief finance officer and […]

“Oz” creator Tom Fontana is set to create and showrun a new Vatican drama series based on Emanuele Midolo’s forthcoming novel “The Devil’s Business” after Fabel Entertainment scored book rights. “The Devil’s Business” — which is set to publish via Century in June 2028 — centers on Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, the American clergyman known as […]