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Will the next cinematic installment of Tolkien’s fantasy series be titled “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Wizard”? It may well be if the filmmakers succeed in conjuring up Ian McKellen as Gandalf again. McKellen, who played…

Netflix unveiled a first look at some of its upcoming films and a series from South Africa at MIP Africa on Tuesday. Ben Amadasun, Netflix’s vp of content for the Middle East and Africa, unveiled the slate additions, which the…

Industrial unrest continues in the US as unions look at advances in AI in particular with extreme suspicion. Nearly nine months ago, in the fall of 2023, AMPTP reached an agreement with SAG and WGA, ending one of the longest…

The packaging and financing of drama films has become increasingly challenging, a panel of experts told Winston Baker‘s inaugural Film & Television Finance Forum Venice on Friday afternoon. “Dramas have gone from being difficult to very difficult,” Benjamin Kramer, co-head…

A “controlled explosion” on a London film set sparked a fire that destroyed a van and damaged two other vehicles near the O2 arena. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said they had sent 25 firefighters and four fire engines to…

The Spinoff is proud to announce the expansion of its multimedia offering for commercial partners with the appointment of Jane Yee as Partnerships multimedia lead and Jin Fellet as Senior producer. These strategic hires are set to elevate The Spinoff’s…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. For a country whose national identity is an inferiority complex, we are surprisingly overt in the pride we have for our prominent association with adaptations of the works of JRR Tolkien. That…