Just heard from a friend who’s at Cannes and saw Che, the epic film biography of the Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, directed by Steven Soderbergh.
As my friend said, “It’s no Ocean’s Eleven type  light-hearted movie.” He’s not kidding. The two-part saga runs four hours, 30 minutes, with […]

By Dyana Carmella
According to what I’ve been hearing (and reading), The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the studios are approaching the end of a deal that could lead to a new prime time TV contract. They’re apparently following the footsteps of the Writers Guild, which helped to conclude the 100-day […]

by Iain Blair
I met Bob Marley in London back in the day – I still have a great autographed photo from him on my wall – I went to many of his shows, and as a big fan I’ve always wondered why no one ever made a film about him. So, I was thrilled to […]

 By Iain Blair
Was hanging out with legendary costume designer Jim Acheson who was in town for a brief visit en route to New Orleans, where he’s giving the keynote speech to the Costume Society of America. Jim has won three Oscars - for “Dangerous Liaisons,” “The Last Emperor” and “Restoration,” and he also designed all […]

By Iain Blair
Went to see the new, highly anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on the Paramount lot last weekend. The screening was -surprise, surprise – packed, and there was a genuine ripple of excitement running through the audience as the movie started with a bang (a crazy car chase through […]

by Iain Blair
The VFX biz is so competitive and over the years many companies have dropped by the way. But CIS is definitely flourishing, thanks to high quality work and canny management decisions. Founded back in 1984, CIS is one of the industry’s most respected visual effects facilities and in early 2008, the company […]

 by Iain Blair 
Chatting with Mo Henry, an old friend and Hollywood’s reigning Queen of Negative Cutting, (her credits read like a TOP 100 movies list  – everything from Spider-Man and Harry Potter to Shrek…)  who’s crazed working on “The Dark Night,” the new Batman out in July. She told me that director Chris Nolan is […]

 by Jim Thompson
Digital Hollywood is back in Hollywood with a slew of conference that addresses the future of entertainment. One of my favorite sessions was “The New Hollywood Equation – Content owners, New Platforms, Agents & Commerce.” This session took a look at new distribution channels for dealing with the next generation of Hollywood.
Needless to […]

 By Iain Blair

Years ago I met David Lean at the Bel Air Hotel, where he always loved to stay. The genius behind such masterpieces as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Dr. Zhivago was fascinating to speak with about making all these classics and how Hollywood had changed. He was still […]

 By Iain Blair

Went to see Iron Man with a friend who worked on it, and all the early buzz is right on the money, something they know all about. The budget was a reported whopping $175 million. It was way better than your average comic-book-to-movie extravaganza. Although it seems that Robert Downey Jr., 43, is […]