“Dune,” Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi film of epic proportions, opened solidly in China on Friday and is forecast to attain a gross box office of $35 million (RMB224 million) in the country.

The forecast was made by Maoyan, one of China’s leading online ticketing agencies, which also reported that the

“Midas Man,” the biopic about legendary music manager Brian Epstein, has begun shooting in Liverpool, U.K., giving fans the first look at Jacob Fortune-Lloyd’s transformation into the title role (above left).

The actor, who has starred in “Medici” and “The Queen’s Gambit,” will portray the always d

Yomna Khattab’s “Fifty Meters” (Egypt) was the big winner at the CineGouna Platform, the El Gouna Film Festival’s industry arm created to support and empower Egyptian and Arab filmmakers and help them find artistic and financial support.

This year, the CineGouna Platform disbursed awards worth $300

Minderoo Pictures, which pitches itself as “a social impact film enterprise” is being launched by the Minderoo Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the Asia-Pacific.

The new company starts life with a commitment of A$10 million ($7.7 million) from the foundation and a missi

Buenos Aires-based Bikini Films, led by Edson Sidonie, has boarded “Ofelia,” the sophomore pic of Juan Pablo Felix whose acclaimed feature debut “Karnawal” won best direction at last year’s Guadalajara fest and best Ibero-American film at the Malaga Film Festival in June.

France’s Luz Verde has als

Hong Kong has selected “Zero to Hero,” a sports and family drama film as its contender in the Academy Awards’ best international feature category. The decision was announced Friday by the territory’s Motion Picture Industry Association.

Directed by Jimmy Wan Chi-man, the film is a biopic of the Par

After having won the Silver Biznaga for best documentary director at this June’s Malaga Festival with “El Father Plays Himself,” which screens now at the Spanish Screenings, director-cinematographer Mo Scarpelli is leaping into fiction with her new project, “A Song That Slays.” Following a number of

Spanish director and screenplay writer Mireia Noguera is one of seven female directors teaming up for Barcelona-based production house Corte A Films on the anthology “7 of Hearts.”

Corte A Films is in the financing phase of the film, which is the second project by Esteve Rovira and Gerard Quinto, w

Based on the same-titled Spanish best-selling novel, Benito Zambrano’s ‘Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake’ weighs in as a heartwarming second chance in life tale from the Goya and San Sebastian winning writer-director (“The Sleeping Voice”). Telling the tale of two unfulfilled sisters who create a new life

The film industry is shocked, dismayed and angry following the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Thursday. She was killed while filming “Rust” when one of the movie’s actors, Alec Baldwin, discharged a prop gun on set.

Director Joel Souza was also injured in the incident and required hosp

THE Alec Baldwin movie set shooting has left many questions unanswered as one expert said the gun should “never have been aimed at a crew member”.

Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, and wounded director Joel Souza, 48, on Thursday after a prop gun misfired on

THE tragic shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the filming of Alec Baldwin’s latest film Rust may have been caught on camera.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Juan Rios revealed that the October 21 incident — which took place at Bonanza Creek ranch outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico — is u

THE QUEEN, 95, has been urged to retire and rest after her recent admittance in to hospital.

Many people have take to twitter to express their concerns for the Queen following her recent health.

One user said “Please queen rest!! Please just retire and rest.”

Royal expert Hugo Vickers said the Pa

MANCHESTER UNITED are eyeing up a swoop for Spanish star Dani Olmo, according to reports.

Meanwhile Donny van de Beek is reportedly set for a January exit from Old Trafford, with Everton and Newcastle waiting to secure his signature.

And Paul Pogba’s luxury Rolls-Royce was inches away from being s

JAKE PAUL has found a new training partner in former cruiserweight world champion Steve Cunningham, a man Tommy Fury knows well.

Tommy and Paul look set to lock horns on December 18 in Miami following months of a relentless back-and-forth online and a heated backstage row in August.

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SALT Bae’s Nusr-Et London restaurant has been ranked the second most expensive in the WORLD, despite a millionaire saying it was not worth the money.

Last month, Turkish-born internet icon Nusret Gökçe – better known as Salt Bae – opened his first UK restaurant in London’s Knightsbridge.

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