Film industry

Warner Bros studios in Leavesden to expand, creating 4,000 UK jobs
Studios behind Harry Potter films to undergo 400,000 sq ft expansion by 2027, in boost to struggling industry
Tom Ambrose
21, Sep, 2023 @9:30 PM

Oppenheimer overtakes Bohemian Rhapsody to become biggest biopic of all time
Christopher Nolan’s film about J Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, has passed $912m in worldwide box-office takings
Andrew Pulver
18, Sep, 2023 @2:55 PM

‘Studios are like ghost towns’: how Britain’s TV and film industry fell into a hole
Excitement about Netflix and Amazon’s investment has evaporated as strikes, falling ad spend and a glut of completed shows leaves crews out of work
Mark Sweney
15, Sep, 2023 @5:00 AM

‘Can they reincarnate me?’: Meryl Streep discusses options for Mamma Mia! 3
The multi Oscar-winner and her co-stars in the hit 2008 Abba musical have revealed their enthusiasm for a second sequel – despite Streep’s character having died
Catherine Shoard
14, Sep, 2023 @7:55 AM

Murder, She Wrote movie version on the way
Almost a year after the death of Angela Lansbury, who starred in the highly successful TV show, a big-screen adaptation is announced
Catherine Shoard
12, Sep, 2023 @1:27 PM

Once Upon a Time in Uganda review – celebrating the simple joy of exploding heads on film
Cathryne Czubek’s documentary about an impoverished film-maker and an American superfan veers towards a white saviour narrative but the low-budget movie mogul’s charisma wins out
Leslie Felperin
05, Sep, 2023 @12:00 PM

‘Nothing but good fortune’: Woody Allen has warm welcome at Venice film festival
Though there was consternation over his inclusion, the director has been chased by hordes of fans wanting selfies and given a standing ovation at a screening of his 50th film, Coup de Chance
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent, in Venice
04, Sep, 2023 @5:10 PM

Woody Allen in Venice: #MeToo has been good for women, but cancel culture can be ‘silly’
Director attacks ‘extremes’ of movement while promoting Coup de Chance, his 50th film, at Venice film festival, as well as addressing persistent interest in historic allegations against him
Catherine Shoard
04, Sep, 2023 @10:41 AM

Lanthimos’s Poor Things fuels speculation of sex scene’s return to cinema
Director’s latest film has more explicit scenes than almost all modern studio-backed features
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
01, Sep, 2023 @5:10 PM

Adam Driver hits out at big film studios over Hollywood strike
Ferrari star tells Venice film festival that leading studios, such as Netflix and Amazon, should support actors and writers
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
31, Aug, 2023 @3:44 PM

Barbie v Oppenheimer lures Britons back to struggling cinemas
Films’ success pushes admissions to over 17.6m in July and combined takings have passed £130m mark
Tom Ambrose
26, Aug, 2023 @5:00 AM

Summer box office 2023: what were the big hits and misses?
It was the season of Barbenheimer but also one that saw some of the costliest flops that the industry has ever seen
Benjamin Lee
23, Aug, 2023 @9:20 PM
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