This year, the poster acknowledges a strange new world. Borrowing a frame from the climax of “The Truman Show,” when Jim Carrey’s sheltered protagonist finally reaches the artificial boundaries of the world he’s taken for granted most of his life, the poster seems to acknowledge that the the next chapter of the movies is a wide-open question that even Cannes itself can’t resolve. “The future is wide open for cinema,” festival head Thierry Fremaux told IndieWire via email on the eve of the festival....

Nominations voting is from January 12-17, 2023, with official Oscar nominations announced January 24, 2023. Final voting is March 2-7, 2023. And finally, the 95th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 12 and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m. PT. We update predictions through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2023 Oscar picks. The Oscar submission deadline (October 3) has returned to its pre-pandemic place on the awards calendar, with the Best International Feature Film shortlist announced on December 21....

“The only set which was really ready to go was M’s office in MI6,” Fukunaga said. “I knew more or less in the outline that I made what I wanted to have happen in that section, but none of the body of the script had been written yet. Luckily, I was sitting there with some of the greatest actors in the world.” The scene being discussed here featured Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, and Rory Kinnear....

Grodin was born in Pittsburgh on April 12, 1935. He briefly studied at the University of Miami after high school but quickly left to pursue acting, eventually studying at the HB Studio in New York City under the legendary Uta Hagen. His first role was as a bit player in Walt Disney’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” in 1954 and he eventually made his debut on Broadway opposite Anthony Quinn in “Tchin-Tchin....

The iconic actress, who previously collaborated with director Guadagnino for HBO series “We Are Who We Are,” told IndieWire at the New York Film Festival premiere of “Bones and All” that she was ravenous to work with the Italian auteur again — even if for a cannibal movie with no lines. “There was already a built-in trust after going through shooting ‘We Are Who We Are,’” Sevigny said of working with the “Call Me By Your Name” helmer....

As Pine readies to make the jump to directing, he’s hanging his career on something a bit more zen than you might expect from such a star. As he’ll explain, really, he’s just “following the giggle.” “It’s only intentional insofar as the projects are great,” Pine said of his choices in a recent interview with IndieWire. “I go where my interest is and my interest just so happens, in the past couple years, to have been these smaller-ish films....

Today, IMAX announced that it has begun developing its next generation of film cameras, with plans to release the first of four new cameras in late 2023. The company is working with Panavision, Kodak, and FotoKem on the project to integrate camera maintenance, film stock manufacturing, and post-production services. The new models are expected to be an improvement over IMAX’s current offering of cameras that utilize their proprietary 65mm film....

“We got a lot of complaints,” Nolan said about the “Interstellar” sound design. “I actually got calls from other filmmakers who would say, ‘I just saw your film, and the dialogue is inaudible.’ Some people thought maybe the music’s too loud, but the truth was it was kind of the whole enchilada of how we had chosen to mix it.” “It was a very, very radical mix,” the director continued....

As originally reported by Deadline, Lindelof is writing the new project, which will be the first film he’s worked on since 2020’s “The Hunt.” The producer and screenwriter is well known for his work in the science fiction realm, with franchises including “Star Trek,” “Alien,” and DC Comics’ “Watchmen,” which he developed an acclaimed TV sequel for in 2019. IndieWire has reached out to Lucasfilm for comment. No plot details or if any previously existing characters will be featured have been revealed....

Because of its weighty ambitions, the movie has inspired fierce reactions, even four years later. As Aronofsky revealed at a masterclass during Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival this weekend (via Variety), he still gets fervent missives from viewers about the movie, including in the form of hate mail. “We were nervous about how controversial it was going to be, but then when you release a movie to the world, and there’s so many angry people, you start to wonder, ‘Hold on, what did I do?...

Counting its other streaming services, Hulu and ESPN+, the company reached 235 million total subs — that widens the gap between Disney (overall) and Netflix, which finished the July to September quarter with 223 million global paid subscribers. Disney got to its new number at a great expense: DTC (direct-to-consumer) lost $1.5 billion in the quarter. In the previous quarter, fiscal Q3 for Disney, the core streaming service added 14....

DeSantis signed off on abolishing the Disney district on April 22 seemingly in retaliation of Disney CEO Bob Chapek slamming Florida’s passage of the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Residents of the surrounding Osceola counties now claim DeSantis violated their rights and interest when dissolving the Disney tax breaks and Reedy Creek Improvement District. They seek to block the law. “It is without question that Defendant Governor DeSantis intended to punish Disney for a 1st Amendment protected ground of free speech,” the lawsuit states, via The Hollywood Reporter....

Led by René Ridinger, the new VP, Awards, the team encompasses publicity, creative, and media for awards campaigns for projects produced by Disney Live Action, Disney Animation, Pixar Animation, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, and more. The only exception will be Searchlight Pictures, which will remain in-house at Searchlight. The new group will work under Michelle Sewell, EVP, Global Publicity, as part of the marketing team led by Disney Studios President of Marketing Asad Ayaz....

Last Year’s Winner: Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Still Eligible: Yes. Hot Streak: There hasn’t been a repeat winner in the Best Supporting Actor (Comedy) category since Jeremy Piven took home three straight Emmys for “Entourage” from 2006-2008, but there have been multiple two-time winners since then. Eric Stonestreet (“Modern Family”), Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”), and Tony Hale (“Veep”) all won twice in the last decade. Fun Fact: “MASH” has the most nominations in the category of any television series, snagging 21 nominations in 11 years split among Gary Burghoff, McLean Stevenson, Harry Morgan, Mike Farrell, and David Ogden Stiers....

In surveying five leading contenders — the returning “Bridgerton” (Netflix), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime Video), and “The Great” (Hulu), along with well-pedigreed newcomers “The Gilded Age” (HBO) and “Pachinko” (Apple TV+) — the question is: Can one of these step up and reign supreme over crafts? In terms of popularity, lavishness, and capturing the zeitgeist, “Bridgerton” has the best opportunity. Chris Van Dusen’s sexy and diverse re-imagining of London’s high society during the Regency era of the early 19th century was Netflix’s most watched English-language series in its first season....

As is typical, a Disney animated film — this time, “Encanto” — leads the field. It grossed $40.3 million over five days, which is a pale comparison against 2019. That’s when “Frozen II” grossed $125 million in its second weekend and “Ralph Breaks the Internet” opened to $85 million. “Coco” grossed $73 million in 2018. It’s impossible to compensate for that gap. Over five days, total box office will be around $146 million, more than $115 million under 2019 — a 55 percent decline....

That’s unlike other recent Disney releases such as “Black Widow,” which opened day-and-date in theaters and on Premium Access Disney+ to much legal ballyhoo in the form of a (now-settled) lawsuit from Scarlett Johansson. Marvel president Kevin Feige has been firm about preserving a theatrical experience for “Eternals,” whose massive ensemble includes Salma Hayek, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kit Harington, Angelina Jolie, Barry Keoghan, Brian Tyree Henry, and Kumail Nanjiani....

The HBO series is based on showrunner Sam Levinson’s drug-fueled adolescence, as embodied by lead character Rue (Zendaya). Yet for Rue’s pal Lexi, star Maude Apatow drew upon her own high school experiences. Cue up the curtain on the February 20 episode, where Lexi gets her moment in the spotlight. “I thought it totally made sense for Lexi to be a theater kid. I was in real life, and the play is loosely inspired by my senior year of high school,” Apatow told Entertainment Weekly....

The need to find a visual corollary for fading memories led Rév and Levinson to the most significant difference between Season 1 and 2, which was the decision to switch from digital to film. About half of the season was shot on Kodak’s recently revived Ektachrome format, while the other half was shot on Vision 3 500T stock. The shift required major adjustments on Rév’s part when it came to lighting....

However, the Oscars have a secret weapon that has nothing to do with Beyoncé: The Academy Awards may have it bad, but the overarching collapse of linear TV ratings are worse. In that context, the little gold men still gleam. Today, an ABC spokesperson reiterated to IndieWire the Oscars have never guaranteed viewership levels to advertisers and this year is no different. The same morning, Disney Advertising announced it sold out of commercial slots for Sunday’s Academy Awards....