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  • Joined: May 9, 2022
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Rooftop Films Taps Adnaan Wasey as Executive Director, Dan Nuxoll Steps Down as Organization’s President (EXCLUSIVE)

Rooftop Films is getting a new executive director. Adnaan Wasey, a veteran of prominent media and non-profit organizations, will assume the leadership role of the indie film showcase. He succeeds Rooftop Films president and founding team member Dan Nuxoll, who will transition into a consulting role. In his new role, Wasey’s responsibilities will span management, creative […]

‘Gladiator 2’ Debuts Epic Trailer at CinemaCon: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington Bring Bloodshed, Brutality Back to the Colosseum

There was something fitting about the setting. Paramount Pictures unveiled the first trailer from “Gladiator II” on the stage of The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, a hotel that reimagines Ancient Rome in all its decadent splendor, albeit with a few more slot machines. Ridley Scott seems to be offering a bloodier version of that distant […]

Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’ Debuts Terrifying Trailer at CinemaCon With Bleeding Necks, Scurrying Rats and Unseen Evil

Robert Eggers shared his terrifying take on “Nosferatu,” offering up the atmospheric first look at his remake of the famous vampire film to theater owners at CinemaCon this week. In the trailer, Lily-Rose Depp, playing a devout young woman, prays earnestly by candlelight. “Come to me, come to me, hear my call,” she intones before […]

Michael Keaton Back From the Dead in Zany ‘Beetlejuice 2’ First Look at CinemaCon: ‘It’s Really F–king Good’

Michael Keaton was blunt about what audiences can expect when “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” hits screens, more than 36 years after the first film opened. “It’s really fucking good,” the actor told theater owners at CinemaCon. And based on the zany look at “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” that Keaton and Tim Burton shared, the collaborators have come up with […]

Kevin Costner Debuts Sweeping ‘Horizon’ Footage at CinemaCon, Hopes Audiences Will ‘Binge’ Multi-Part Western in Theaters

“Horizon: An American Saga,” Kevin Costner’s wildly ambitious, sprawling, risky and quite possibly foolhardy two-part Western rode into CinemaCon on Tuesday. The films, which will premiere this summer, were partially financed by Costner, who mortgaged his ranch to help raise the money for the $100 million epic. “Hopefully the people come and they keep coming […]

What Bonnie Timmermann, the Legendary Casting Director of ‘Miami Vice’ and ‘Heat,’ Taught Me About Stardom and Recognizing True Talent (Guest Column)

There’s two things that make a star shine — the light they emit, and the inevitability of being seen. I called my mom and yelled into the phone, “The lady who cast Ralph Macchio in ‘Karate Kid’ wants to meet me!” I met Bonnie Timmermann, the legendary casting agent, at a dinner with my husband […]