TORONTO – Canada’s high-concept filmmaker James Cameron is fast approaching the 1-billion-dollar mark with his “threequel” film Avatar: Fire and Ash. Its global box office after two weekends exceeded $760 million, a feat which seems less impressive when considering its $400 million budget. Feature films typically need…
TORONTO – Il regista canadese James Cameron si sta rapidamente avvicinando al miliardo di dollari con il suo nuovo sequel Avatar: Fuoco e Cenere. Nel mondo gli incassi al botteghino…
TORONTO – Non sorprende che l’uomo che sta sviluppando un biopic di Trump ad alto budget, uno che sia “più gentile” e “più equilibrato” de L’Apprendista (2024), sta spingendo per una ulteriore commercializzazione del cinema italiano. Il produttore Andrea Iervolino ha appena annunciato la creazione di una nuova federazione chiamata MIFE, per “Made in Italy Film Export”. La missione della nuova federazione è far distribuire film italiani in tutto il mondo con lo stesso successo di alcune delle sue principali esportazioni…
TORONTO – It’s no surprise that the man who is developing a high-budget Trump biopic, one that is “kinder” and “more balanced” than The Apprentice (2024), is pushing to further commodify Italian cinema. Producer Andrea Iervolino has just announced the creation of a new federation named MIFE, for “Made in Italy Film Export”. The mission of the new federation is to have Italian films distributed worldwide with the same success as some of its major exports…
TORONTO – There was a time when the people of Rome were subjected to love advice from a career poet named Ovid. His seduction manual “Art of Love” stirred up such a frenzy in its day, that the pious Emperor Augustus banished Ovid to the Black Sea. A harsh sentencing for the erudite poet, over some lurid love advice. How, I wonder, would Augustus have reacted to what today’s Italians are being subjected to on dating reality shows…
