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Apple TV+ announced that “Sunny,” its 10-episode mystery thriller with a darkly comic bent, is set to premiere globally with the first two episodes on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through September 4. Created by Katie Robbins, “Sunny” stars Emmy Award nominee, multi-hyphenate Rashida Jones who also serves as executive producer, along with stars Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, You, and Jun Kunimura...

A fake Bond 26 trailer starring Henry Cavill causes confusion online by getting millions of views. Known for his role in Man of Steel, Cavill’s name has long been circulated among the list of actors who could be the next James Bond after Daniel Craig. Other potential Bond names floated have included Idris Elba, Taron Egerton, and Sam Heughan. Recently, it was reported that Aaron Taylor-Johnson would take on the role of Bond, but this rumor has not yet been confirmed...

Last week, Marvel and Disney screened a spot that certainly felt like an in-theater PSA of sorts as part of its Deadpool & Wolverine presentation at CinemaCon.The spot began with Deadpool telling Wolverine about his theories for Secret Wars, a reference to Marvel Studios’ upcoming crossover movie, Avengers: Secret Wars. But every time Deadpool began to say what he’d heard will happen in the movie, a cellphone rang and interrupted him. Eventually, Wolverine had enough — and addressed the camera directly, flinging (bleeped) F-bombs at the audience and making a rather crude reference to how this was a movie theater, not “your grandma’s nursing home.” Wolverine only stopped after Deadpool calmed him down....

“Studio Ghibli, the animation studio behind “My Neighbor Totoro” and the Oscar-winning animated feature “The Boy and the Heron,” is being awarded an Honorary Palme d’Or at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival. It marks the first time that the award will be given to a group. The studio was co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki in 1984 following the release of Miyazaki’s “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.”..

After reaping the rewards of a protracted growth spurt, Italy‘s film industry is facing a forced slowdown as the country’s right-wing government dithers with modifications they plan to make to several key regulations, most significantly to the country’s now stalled tax incentives for film and TV production. Italy’s 40% tax credit has been the crucial factor in luring back Hollywood productions to Italy on a scale comparable to the 1950s and ’60s glory days, when the now radically revamped Cinecittà studios were known as Hollywood on the Tiber. More than 40% of Italy’s tax credit in the past couple of years has gone to international productions shot entirely in Italy, such as HBO’s Sicily-set “The White Lotus” Season 2, Steven Zaillian’s “Ripley” that recently dropped on Netflix and Amazon Prime’s upcoming gladiator series “Those About to Die,” which was fully shot at Cinecittà...

The annual celebration of independent film announced that it is open for pitches from cities across the United States on becoming the new permanent home of the festival starting in 2027. Sundance has taken place in the luxury mountain haven of Park City, Utah since 1981 (except for two virtual years during the pandemic). It started off as the Utah/U.S. Film Festival in Salt Lake City in 1978. It will remain the host and headquarters of Sundance for two more years, at which point Park City’s contract with the Sundance Institute is up for renewal. Utah will remain in the mix as a continued home for Sundance. While the organization did not elaborate on how the festival needs to expand in its accessibility and inclusion, sources familiar with the plans said infrastructure is an ongoing need. Sundance received a record 17,000 film submissions last year. A location with easier access to airports and state-of-the-art movie theaters would not only serve programming, but legacy and first-time attendees....