The 2024 Venice Film Festival is a good time for a discussion of hot entertainment industry topics between sector players and experts with THR Roma. So, the Venice festival’s artistic director Alberto Barbera, Eagle Pictures owner Tarak Ben Ammar and Lucky Red founder Andrea Occhipinti sat down with me to discuss the rise of artificial …
The latest collaboration between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck is heading to Netflix. The streaming service has acquired the rights to RIP, the thriller feature that Joe Carnahan is directing, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Damon and Affleck’s production company, Artists Equity, is behind the project. Damon and Affleck will co-star in the movie and …
Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt, the man behind R2-D2’s beeps, the lightsaber swoosh and Wall-E’s electronic warble, will be honored at this year’s Locarno Film Festival with the Vision Award Ticinomoda, a prize dedicated to creatives whose work has extended the horizons of cinema. A 12-time Oscar winner, and four-time winner — he received special …