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Though other inquiries into this area have been made before, the survey is the first time IATSE has sponsored an official VFX study. The survey, which is open to all those in the VFX space, including non-IATSE members, is available here. It polls industry workers on salary, workplace safety, overtime pay, available resources, and more. “VFX is integral to almost every film and television production made today. Yet the workers who make VFX possible are among the only film and TV workers not represented by a union today,” IATSE organizer and VFX worker Mark Patch said in an official statement....

One dramatic IDA and Cinema Eye snub: Margaret Brown’s exploration of the legacy of Africatown, Alabama, “Descendant” (Netflix), which was included in both the Critics Choice Documentary Award nominations and the DOC NYC shortlist. Rick Pérez, IDA’s Executive Director, stated: “This year’s Best Feature Documentary and Best Short Documentary shortlists reflect a growing awareness that multiple perspectives are necessary to better reflect the worldwide popularity of the form and to recognize the global community of artists working in the field....

In the Film category, IndieWire chief critic and Executive Editor Eric Kohn was nominated for his reviews of “The Irishman,” “Jojo Rabbit,” and “She Dies Tomorrow,” as well as a 25th anniversary reconsideration of “Forrest Gump.” In the TV category, Ben Travers, IndieWire TV critic and deputy editor TV, was nominated for his reviews of “Mindhunter,” “City So Real,” “Snowpiercer,” and “At Home with Amy Sedaris.” Critics considered for the honors come from all media platforms including print, broadcast, and online....

In a recent interview with Collider, Abrams was asked to weigh in on the “creative handoffs” that came to define the narrative storytelling of the recent “Star Wars” trilogy. Would the three movies have benefited from a concrete narrative plan set from the beginning? This is the question Collider asked the director, to which Abrams admitted that “there’s nothing more important than knowing where you’re going.” However, Abrams said there are always storytelling curveballs that need to be considered....

In the past, both Rasoulof and Panahi faced trumped-up charges for creating work critical of Iranian policies. However, these detainments are a microcosm of broader unrest now echoing across Iran and an acceleration of aggressive tactics by the country’s leadership. The result has left Iran’s film community and its international allies in a state of anger, fear, and uncertainty about how to proceed. Rasoulof and Al-Ahmad, an occasional documentary filmmaker and outspoken activist, were arrested on Friday after they posted a letter online signed by more than 70 members of the Iranian film community calling for an end to police violence in the Abadan, where the collapse of a building in May yielded massive protests....

Speaking on a Deadline podcast this week, longtime Bond producer Barbara Broccoli had nothing but good things to say about Idris Elba. “We know Idris, I’m friends with him,” she said. “He’s a magnificent actor.” However, she made sure to remain noncommittal about any potential casting and said that any conversations up to this point have been purely hypothetical. While fans have been speculating about Daniel Craig’s replacement for years, the producer did not want to begin work on her next casting search until he had officially departed....

“I really just care about whatever the project is in front of me,” Gunn said. “‘The Suicide Squad’ is made to be seen first and foremost on a big screen. I think it’s gonna work just fine on television. Listen, movies don’t last because they’re seen on the big screen. Movies last because they’re seen on television. ‘Jaws’ isn’t still a classic because people are watching it in theaters. I’ve never seen ‘Jaws’ in a movie theater....

“I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire. I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet,” Leno said in a statement, via Variety. Representatives for Leno did not immediately respond to IndieWire’s request for comment. Leno was scheduled to perform a set at The Financial Brand Forum, a finance industry event hosted in Las Vegas from November 14 to November 16. The Sunday before the conference started, organizers informed attendees via email that Leno would not be able to attend due to a “serious medical emergency....

While “mother!” flopped and “Red Sparrow” and “Joy” certainly didn’t pop, one movie Lawrence definitely regrets? “Passengers,” the 2016 sci-fi two-hander she starred in opposite Chris Pratt as colony-bound spacecraft riders traveling 60 lightyears from Earth — only to become the only two to emerge from hibernation 90 years before their co-travelers. Reviews were bad, and the relationship bordered on creepy in how Pratt’s character manipulates Lawrence’s into becoming his lone companion in space....

In a way, the same is true of certain people. There are some individuals whose light shines so brightly during life, that it can’t help but radiate after they’re gone, providing comfort and beauty that long outlasts their lifespan. When Emmy nominations were announced July 13, among them was a nod for Jessica Walter, nominated in Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for her work as Malory Archer on FXX’s long-running animated series “Archer....

On Tuesday night, hashtag #RIPJimmyFallon began trending on Twitter, apparently originating from a series of tweets where users jokingly mourned the comedian’s death and included black-and-white pictures of other late-night hosts like James Corden. The hashtag took off to the point that Fallon asked new Twitter owner Elon Musk to take action in halting it (Musk responded, confused, and it’s unclear if Twitter did anything to make the hashtag stop trending)....

“When I failed the chemotherapies that were on the market, no one wanted me in their clinical trials,” Harp said in her speech. “They didn’t give me the right to try experimental treatments, Mr. President. You did, and without you, I’d have died waiting for them to be approved.”The Washington Post, experts are also casting doubt on Harp’s story based on “the description of the treatment she received and her timeline for receiving it” which “make it unlikely Trump had any effect on her case....

John Bradley, who played Samwell Tarly on the show, recently appeared on the “Just for Variety” podcast to promote his role in “Moonfall,” and the “Game of Thrones” finale inevitably came up. The actor said that the show’s popularity put the creators in an impossible situation, as there was no way any finale could satisfy the entire fanbase. “Chances are we were going to please a fraction of people,” he said....

Le Cinema Club, a curated streaming platform that screens one movie a week for free recently saw the Master of Horror send them a list of his five favorite horror films and it’s a rogue’s gallery of some of the best in the genre. The list is comprised of Terence Fisher’s 1959 version of “The Mummy” starring Peter Cushing, William Friedkin’s 1973 possession feature “The Exorcist,” Dario Argento’s “Suspiria” from 1977, James Whale’s 1931 classic “Frankenstein,” and Tobe Hooper’s 1974 film, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre....

“No workplace should be in danger of shutting down because it loses one person. Unless that workplace is the ‘Sex and the City’ reboot,” Oliver said. “What are you thinking? It’s never gonna work without Kim Cattrall. It’s not that any of you are bad; it’s that you only work together.” Oliver continued, “I can’t appreciate my puritan Charlotte if I don’t have my naughty Samantha, and I live for Miranda, but if she’s not serving side-eye while Samantha is using penne pasta to describe her Italian lover’s dick, what is the point?...

“Get Out” became one of the buzziest films of the 21st Century after it opened in February 2017 to acclaim and huge box office returns, earning $255 million on a $4.5 million production budget. Peele picked up the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, one of four Oscar nominations the film received. “Get Out” was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Director, making Peele only the fifth Black filmmaker in history to compete for the Academy Award for Best Director....

It was a direct address of how the event, which had to take two years off due to the pandemic that is still affecting everyone’s schedules, travels, etc., was now back as a somewhat more humble affair (for instance, the last person to present the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal to someone was Beyoncé). After a three-course meal, the audience was treated to a bit of theater, with the first presenters being the child stars from “The Sound of Music,” Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath and Debbie Turner, all grown up and leading a sing-a-long of “Do-Re-Mi....

Cuoco’s Yes, Norman Productions and Warner Bros. Television are teaming with Berlanti Production again after the success on their “Flight Attendant” series, though no network has been confirmed for the project. Warner Bros. is the studio that Doris Day first signed to, beginning with the film “Romance on the High Seas” from director Michael Curtiz, and nearly 40 more went on to follow. She starred in light musical comedies like “On Moonlight Bay” and “By the Light of the Silvery Moon,” but could also do introspective character studies like “Young at Heart” with Frank Sinatra and “Love Me or Leave Me” with James Cagney, plus thrillers such as “Storm Warning,” and “Julie....

But the actress will take the wins wherever she can get them. In a new interview with People, Winslet said that she was pleasantly surprised by how much her two kids enjoy one of her older films, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” “Mia and Joe love ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.’ Love [it], and love the soundtrack,” Winslet said. “So regularly I’ll hear from someone’s bedroom, Beck blasting....

As EW reports: “Reeves remembers that on the original trilogy, [Wachowski] was ‘more behind the monitor’ but ‘still hands-on.’ With ‘Resurrections,’ she was ‘participating more with the movement of the camera, and more interested in doing than rehearsing.’ It was less about prep and more about everyone’s readiness to find the unexpected in the moment. Reeves confesses they ‘barely rehearsed, if at all.’” “Filming on the fly” is how new “Matrix” star Neil Patrick Harris described Wachowski’s directing style....