He also shouted out producer Jon Landau and a range of technical colleagues. Its unfortunate, he said. Released 15 years after the original film, it cleared the previous outings extremely high bar. The immersive effects helped make the film a huge draw in Imax auditoriums. With $2.3 billion and still grossing, the film is the third-biggest global release of all time. The firstAvatarhad 11 VES nominations. Cameron never lacked any confidence in his follow-up to the Oscar smashes ofAvatarandTitanic....

They asked me to bring along the Oscar, the actor told Deadline on theOscarsred carpet tonight. Eventually, he put the Oscar back in his jeep. But then Kotsurs jeep was stolen. HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 12: Deanne Bray and Troy Kotsur attends the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Thank God for technology and GPS because the cops found my car in less than two hours....

Ryusuke HamaguchisDrive My Carwas awarded best feature at this years Asian Film Awards (March 12), along with prizes for best editing and best original music. The multiple award-winning Japanese film premiered at Cannes film festival in 2021 and also won the Oscar for Best International Feature last year. Another Japanese filmmaker, Hirokazu Kore-eda, took best director forBroker,the Korean-language film that has also been on an awards streak since premiering at Cannes film festival last year....

That was the biggest haul for a Best Picture winner sinceSlumdog Millionaires eightOscarsin 2009. Producer Jonathan Wang was the first to give a speech as the cast and crew gathered on stage. He dedicated the award to his father, who, like so many immigrant parents died young. Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis celebrate at the 95th Annual Academy Awards. (Photo by Rich Polk/Variety via Getty Images) Hes so proud of me....

His love of Austin andSXSWis what brought him back 30 years afterEl Mariachi. This was a full-circle moment for him, and he revealed that this film is a work in progress. After watching it,Hypnoticstill needs work so you can progress because this is all over the place. Ben Affleck in Hypnotic’Hypnotic Film Holdings LLC His direction always has been his most commanding attribute. However, more often than not, his writing lacks the cohesion needed for strong storytelling....

My worst nightmare is that people from South London watch it and think, Oh, God. Warning, we get into some heavy spoilers, so read with caution. DEADLINE: How did you link up with Damian Jones? Raine Allen-Miller.Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images. I didnt have an agent at the time. Id done my short film,Jerk. And so Damien sent it to me. I also liked the fact that it was a simple story....

Now thatThe Last of Ushas wrapped its first season on HBO Max, you probably have a few questions. At least there will be one! Thats sort of your choices when youre playing. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey from ‘The Last of Us’HBO And the NPCs were either raiders or cannibals, or they were the infected. So theres a lot of fighting. So we did at times have choices to make about how we wanted to present the infected....

SPOILER ALERT:The story includes details about Episode 9 ofHBOsThe Last Of Us. Even in the Season 1 finale ofThe Last of Us,bossesCraig MazinandNeil Druckmannhad one more surprise in store. Nor do players know why Ellie has immunity to the Cordyceps infection. Ashley Johnson as Anna in ‘The Last of Us’Liane Hentscher/HBO ASHLEY JOHNSON:Theres a part of me thats never really left. And I think so much of that is because games take so long to make....

The Last of Uswent out on a high note. The Season 1 finale drew 8.2 million viewers acrossHBOs linear channel and digital platforms Sunday. It marks the series largest same-day audience to date. ‘The Last Of Us’HBO It also marks a 74% increase from the series premiere in January, which brought in 4.7M viewers. The Last Of Ushas been setting records for HBO since it premiered in January. By Episode 4, viewership had grown to 7....

I have two daughters at home, and theyll be up all night unless I put them to bed! Kidman was referring to Sunday Rose, 14, and Faith Margaret, 12. Suddenly, Kidman realizes that Ariana is the Ariana she worked with on Ryan MurphysThe Promin 2020. Nicole Kidman, Ariana DeBose, Andrew Garfield, Kristen Stewart and Idris Elba attends the CHANEL and Charles Finch Pre-Oscar Awards Dinner .Jon Kopaloff/WireImage They hug and hug some more....

The best cinematography hasnt been nominated, he tells me at the British consul generals Oscars reception. Which film I ask? The picture should have been a contender in that category, Deakins insists. Sir Roger DeakinsRachel Luna/Getty Images/Baz Bamigboye Watch on Deadline The reason it wasnt is pure and simple: snobbery. Theres this unfair tendency to avoid the Marvel universe and the other popular universes, he says. It comes down to the work....

AfterParasite, we were looking for another project with Korean elements that could be appealing to global audiences. When A24 broughtPast Livesto us, we thought it was perfect. It deals with universal concepts like love and fate, and Asian audiences will love its fresh perspectives. Greta Lee and Teo Yoo in ‘Past Lives’A24 Theyre also inventing a new paradigm for film and most of their hits have had multicultural elements. Our current plan is to produce two to three titles a year in the U....

DAmaro brandished a legit-looking lightsaber hilt. I have the coolest job in the world, announced DAmaro. Im holding a real lightsaber. Mark Hamill in ‘Return of the Jedi’Everett Watch on Deadline Video posted online captured the moment and the audiences collective gasp followed by applause. DAmaros seems to grow right out of the hilt itself. Ok, agora eu quero um lightsaber desses! She runs R&D for Disney Imagineering. This was a hard project....