Star Wars Celebration: Hayden Christensen Returning as Anakin Skywalker for ‘Ahsoka’ Season Two

Star Wars Celebration: Hayden Christensen Returning as Anakin Skywalker for ‘Ahsoka’ Season Two

Anakin is back (again), baby! Hayden Christensen will reprise his fan-favorite role of Anakin Skywalker for season two of Ahsoka, the Lucasfilm Disney+ show that stars Rosario Dawson. The announcement was made at the Star Wars Celebration event in Tokyo, Japan. Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni, executive producer Jon Favreau and star Rosario Dawson took the…

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Cannes: Alice Rohrwacher to Lead Golden Camera Jury

Cannes: Alice Rohrwacher to Lead Golden Camera Jury

Italian director and screenwriter Alice Rohrwacher (La Chimera, Heavenly Body) has been chosen to chair the jury of the Caméra d’or, the Golden Camera jury, in Cannes. This award honors the best first feature film presented in the Official Selection at the Critics’ Week or the Directors’ Fortnight. Rohrwacher, “whose delicate work blossomed in Cannes,”…

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Beijing Fest Celebrates Animated Hit Film ‘Ne Zha 2’ as Chinese Industry Analyzes Secrets of Its Success

Beijing Fest Celebrates Animated Hit Film ‘Ne Zha 2’ as Chinese Industry Analyzes Secrets of Its Success

With China still under the spell of Enlight Pictures’ box-office hit Ne Zha 2, the 15th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival, which kicks off Friday and runs through April 26, is wisely playing to the people in scheduling a number of events celebrating the wild success of what’s now the world’s highest-grossing animated hit of…

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Women’s Voices, From ‘I’m Still Here’ to ‘Hard Truths,’ to Take the Stage at Beijing Film Festival

Women’s Voices, From ‘I’m Still Here’ to ‘Hard Truths,’ to Take the Stage at Beijing Film Festival

The Beijing International Film Festival has developed a reputation for putting a spotlight on female voices in cinema. Its 15th edition, running April 18-26, is continuing that trend with its sixth annual “Women’s Voice” section, featuring the likes of Walter Salles’ Oscar winner I’m Still Here, the political autobiographical drama starring Fernanda Torres as a Brazilian woman…

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U.K. Virtual Production Studio Dimension Unveils Set of AI Tools to “Empower Creatives”

U.K. Virtual Production Studio Dimension Unveils Set of AI Tools to “Empower Creatives”

Real-time virtual production firm Dimension Studio, known for its work on the likes of Sony Pictures’ Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Apple TV+ miniseries Masters of the Air, and the Peacock gladiator series Those About to Die (Peacock), has unveiled a “new end-to-end AIcontent production pipeline” that it developed to “support filmmakers and content creators in delivering…

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