Organizers told us today that talks would begin with workers representatives shortly after the end of the festival. The festivals standing is such that its Frontieres program has cemented a seven-year collaboration with the Cannes market. Watch on Deadline But many of the staff that power the venerable festival arent happy. Montreal, Fantasia Film FestivalGetty Weve spoken to multiple workers this week about their concerns. The Festival staff relative to other film and cultural events in Montreal is really young....

Christopher Nolans mega-hitOppenheimerfeatures dozens of historical characters, but among them you wont find Ted Hall. Klaus is portrayed very, very briefly [inOppenheimer], James notes. So they dont really get into it. Theodore A. “Ted” HallMagnolia Pictures Ted is not mentioned at all. That effectively ended his capacity to continue research in nuclear physics. They both were Jews, they both were leftists. Director Steve JamesMagnolia Pictures And then Oppenheimer it really kind of hit him like a ton of bricks, James tells Deadline....

Howdy, Insider crew. Jesse Whittock guiding you through. For me, this has been an incredible ride, he added. ‘Yellowjackets’Kailey Schwerman/Showtime/Courtesy Everett Collection Former HBO program exec Lombardo helped set up series such as theDungeons & Dragonsshow at Paramount+. EOnes Film boss Nick Meyer had exited earlier in the summer when his contract expired. Before the screening, Demange (71,White Boy Rick) reada short letter from Ahmed. Courtesy Im sorry I couldnt be with you today....

His death was announced by son Morgan Margolis, the CEO of Knitting Factory Entertainment. Morgan Margolis said he and Marks wife Jacqueline were at his bedside at the time of death. We wont see his likes again. Mark Margolis played Hector Salamanca on ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul.‘Getty/AMC He was a treasured client and a lifelong friend. I was lucky to know him. Returning to New York, Margolis appeared in more than 50 Off Broadway plays, includingUncle SamandThe Golem....

Boyd replaced RSC predecessor Adrian Noble in 2003, departing nine years later. In 2012, he was knighted in the Queens Birthday Honors for services to drama. Many felt that he was being rewarded for keeping the RSC intact. Michael BoydDavid Jones/PA Images via Getty Images Watch on Deadline But it was in a rehearsal room with actors where Boyd made his mark. In that way, Boyd made the Bard more accessible to audiences who shunned the classics....

Individuals were also lighting fireworks, throwing them towards the police, they were throwing them towards each other. The NYPD activated its highest Level 4 disaster response. Traffic was diverted from the area and local subway stops were closed. New York Police Department (NYPD) team take popular YouTube and Twitch broadcaster Kai Cenat (Inset pictured June 9) and some attendees into custody as police intervene attendees of the gift distribution event held by phenomenon YouTube and Twitch broadcaster Cenat at the Union Square in Manhattan, New York, United States on August 05, 2023....

Watch on Deadline So we need to put barricades around it, she said. Thats the name of the game. Theres no wiggle room around that. SAG-AFTRA President Fran DrescherNDZ/Star Max/GC Images You have to compensate and you have to obtain consent, period. Otherwise, what are we were giving away? What is our business, our likeness, our gestures, our acting, our voices? Thats what were selling. Thats who we are. They wanna mimic that on artificial intelligence....

Festivals past are populating a busy specialty market this weekend with films from Sundance and Venice. Sony Pictures Classics is givingRandall ParksShortcomingsa substantial 400+ screen release. SeeDeadline review.Mubiis out withPassagesin New York and LA both premiered to critical acclaim in Park City. ‘Shortcomings’ and ‘Passages’Everett Rates a 94% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Deadline reviewhere. Both were Venice premieres. Roadside released the filmmaker Bill Pohlads previous music biopicLove & Mercyabout Brian Wilson....

But he now sees provoking conversation around the state of the industry as an unofficial obligation. He also raises an eyebrow over the DGAs decision to lock a deal with the studios. I dont understand why the DGA settled so quickly, he said. Ted Hope.Alberto Ortega/Europa Press via Getty Images. Hope also discusses his tenure at Amazon, a time that he said was fruitful yet combative. He left the company in 2020, returning to his work as an indie producer....

The U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs inJuly, slightly less than expectations, while theunemploymentrate dropped to 3.5%. The job gains were on par with those in June. Employment in motion picture and recording industries fell to 463,000, from 469,200 a month earlier. Labor Department building in Washington, D.C.Getty Images TheWGA strikeslowed production, and the SAG-AFTRA walkout in July largely brought it to a standstill. The figures are seasonally adjusted. Jobs in publishing also fell, to 931,200, from 934,900....

There are no specifics about the nature of what caused him to be admitted to the hospital. Deadline has reached out to Wans representative for comment. Prayers up for James Wan pic.twitter.com/3JxG2SvypF Wan is a busy man. Director and producer James Wan attends Warner Bros. Pictures “The Big Picture” presentation at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon 2022Gabe Ginsberg/WireImage As a director, he hasAquaman: The Lost Kingdomdue at Christmas next year. Its the sequel to his originalAquamanwhich is the highest-grossing DC movie of all-time, making over $1....

I am very saddened today to learn of a friends passing, multiple Emmy-winningBreaking BadstarCranstonwrote on Instagram. Mark Margolis was a really good actor and a lovely human being. His quiet nature belied his mischievous nature and curious mind…and he loved sharing a good joke. Mark Margolis as Don Hector Salamanca in ‘Better Call Saul’AMC/Everett Collection I miss him already. Rest now, Mark and thank you for your friendship and your exceptional body of work....

The disagreements between HBO and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss in the final season, which went beyond the George R.R. Martin source material, led to confusing plot developments, Hill said. Conleth Hill as Varys in ‘Game Of Thrones’HBO I felt that last [season] was a bit rushed. I was inconsolable, but now Im fine about it. Hill thought that his characters action was noble and in line with the established Varys ideals....