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Barry Jenkins is defending himself over criticism for helming the Disney prequel Mufasa: The Lion King. After the trailer for The Lion King prequel dropped, fans of the Moonlight director took shots at him over his involvement with the film. One social media user on X, the social media platform…

Director Barry Jenkins appeared at his first CinemaCon on Thursday to show off a trailer from Mufasa: The Lion King.   How did an arthouse director and Moonlight Oscar winner take on a four-quadrant movie? He wondered about that himself for a minute, he said, but he told the crowd that he’s seen the…

EXCLUSIVE: Dominic Sessa, the 21-year-old rising star, didn't win a Supporting Actor BAFTA Award Sunday night — that went to Oppenheimer's Robert Downey Jr. — but he did pick up his first post-The Holdovers role that will see him starring with Rose Byrne in director Stephanie Laing's drama Tow. This…

Austin Sipes, student symposium coordinator for the Telluride Film Festival, checked in this year's class that had traveled far and wide to participate in what he termed as a "life-changing" immersion into the intricacies of filmmaking. In 2000, as an undergraduate at the University of Vermont, Sipes…

EXCLUSIVE: The Telluride Film Festival, held in an old mining town high up in a picturesque alpine valley in the Rockies, marks its 50th anniversary this week, and Oscar-winning Moonlight filmmaker Barry Jenkins undoubtedly is one of its favorite sons. He'll be making the trek to the mountains as he…

The Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday revealed the 10 titles in its Platform program, a sidebar that will tee off with A24’s Kristoffer Borgli comedy Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage. This year’s Platform includes movies from 12 countries across three continents, all of which are making their world…

The Sundance Institute has unveiled its lineups of Beyond Film and Partner Programming for the hybrid 2023 Sundance Film Festival, the in-person component of which is taking place in Utah from January 19-29.  Related Stories …

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak’s production company Pastel has hired Kiva Reardon as VP Film, appointing Karolina Peysakhov as VP Television. Both have already started working out of Pastel’s Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Pastel, Reardon served as Associate Director of Film Programs at…

For The Underground Railroad creator and director Barry Jenkins, the WGA honorary Paul Selvin Award served as an “affirmation to to keep working the way I am.” On Sunday during the 74th annual WGA Awards, which were virtual once again, the Moonlight helmer reflected on truth and reality of the human experience. The Un…

HBO is working on a fourth iteration of True Detective. Deadline understands that the WarnerMedia-owned cable network is developing a new take on the crime drama – tentatively titled True Detective: Night Country – from Issa López and Barry Jenkins. We revealed in February 2021 that HBO was in talks with new writers…

Amazon Prime Video is rolling out on-set counselors to a number of its productions following the success of the measure on Barry Jenkins’ Underground Railroad.  The Moonlight director brought in Mental Health Counselor Kim Whyte for the production of the traumatic miniseries adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel…

Nominations were revealed Wednesday for the 34th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year's best film and episodic TV adaptations along with he works on which they are based. Winners will be unveiled at a planned in-person ceremony February 26 at USC’s Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library. On the…