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Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Building on lessons from digital Cannes and digital AFM, Berlins online-only European Film Market is running like a well-oiled machine, though participants long for a return to in-person events. "Its slick and efficient, if a bit dull." When, last May, the Cannes Film Market bowed to the inevitable and went online-only, it was a leap in the dark. Could the independent film industry — a business that relies, perhaps more than any other, on trust and personal connecti...

How Genre Went Mainstream FacebookTwitterEmail Once seen as niche or nerdy, science fiction, fantasy and horror fare have moved into a dominant position on the film and TV landscape. Platforms are starving for it, theaters can fill up when it’s playing and producers are always on the lookout for opportunities to back the right project. “Genre filmmaking presents a climate of opportunity for producers,” says AGC Studios chairman and CEO Stuart Ford. “Genre movies can often be produced on...

The Blacksmith Shooting Delay Forced Nick Jonas to Bow Out of Leading Role Movie The Jumanji: The Next Level star initially signed up to play weapons expert Wes Loomis, a.k.a. The Blacksmith, in the big screen adaptation project from Taken director Pierre Morel. Mar 2, 2021 The " Jumanji: The Next Level" star initially signed up to play weapons expert Wes Loomis, aka The Blacksmith, in the big screen adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name last spring (2020), in the hopes of filming ...

Anthony Mandler(LOS ANGELES) -- While Nick Jonas is very busy these days, there's one particular iron he doesn't have in the fire anymore. Nick was set to star in the action thriller The Blacksmith, which would have featured him as a Jason Bourne-meets-MacGyver character: A weapons expert for intelligence agencies who must go on the run with only his "unique set of skills" to protect him. However, according to the Hollywood Reporter, he's now dropped out of the pro...

Nick Jonas exits lead role in new action movie The Blacksmith Dan Seddon © Daniele Venturelli/WireImage - Getty Images Nick Jonas movie The Blacksmith will have to find a new leading man to fill his spot, after the 28-year-old recently exited the project over scheduling issues. Nick Jonas has dropped out of upcoming action-thriller The Blacksmith due to scheduling issues caused by the pandemic. Jonas was set to star as the lead in Taken director Pierre Morels film, which wo...

Jonas was set to play lead role alongside The Matrix star Laurence Fishburne in Taken director Pierre Morels film

Nick Jonas exits The Blacksmith over scheduling issues  Also starring Laurence Fishburne, "The Blacksmith" is based on the critically-acclaimed 2011 graphic novel from Kickstart Comics by Malik Evans and Richard Sparkman. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI LOS ANGELES: Singer-actor Nick Jonas is no longer set to headline the upcoming action thriller "The Blacksmith". According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 28-year-old artiste has exited the Pierre Morel directorial after scheduling pr...

Written and directed by Neil Burger, Voyagers arrives in theaters Friday, April 9 — check out the first trailer now.

While Nick Jonas is very busy these days, there's one particular iron he doesn't have in the fire anymore. Nick was set to star in the action thriller...

Courtesy of Voltage Pictures Despite the pandemic shutting down production for months on end, 2020 still saw a glut of major A-list packages announced — with bidding wars erupting across various markets. But as the industry splutters back to life, how far have these projects moved since then? 2020 may have been something of an "annus horribilis" for vast swathes of the film industry, but that didn’t stop the buzzy new packages from landing. Even at the virtual Cannes market in June, when mu...