Pop Musical VERONA'S ROMEO & JULIET, Starring Ledisi and Rebel Wilson, Coming in 2025
According to reports, the previously announced pop musical Verona's Romeo & Juliet will be distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment on Valentine's Day 2025. The new movie musical will be the first in a trilogy of pop musical movies that tell the real 1301 story that inspired William Shakespeare's classic play. The film is led by Clara Rugaard and Jamie Ward as Juliet and Romeo, respectively.
Stephen Sondheim Tribute Series Announced at Museum of the Moving Image
Museum of the Moving Image has announced See It Big: Sondheim, a ten-film series devoted to the celebrated composer, lyricist, author, artist, and all-around innovator Stephen Sondheim. When Sondheim died last November, he didn’t just leave behind an extraordinary corpus of work—he had exited a world that his art had forever changed.
CAMPARI Creates Short Film with Artificial Intelligence Inspired by the Genius of Fellini
Campari, the iconic Italian aperitif, announces the return of Campari Red Diaries with 'Fellini Forward;' a pioneering project, in collaboration with Fellini’s family and former colleagues, exploring the late Federico Fellini’s creative genius using new technology and machine learning to emulate the works of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time in a new and unique short film set in Rome.
SEVENTH SON Coming to Blu-ray & DVD in May
A young apprentice must rise up against an evil queen in the action- packed fantasy film Seventh Son on Digital HD May 12, 2015, On Demand on May 19, 2015 and Blu-ray and DVD May 26, 2015 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Legendary Pictures. Starring Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges (True Grit,Iron Man), Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Stardust) and Academy Award winner Julianne Moore (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, The Kids Are All Right), the home entertainment release includes an alternate opening, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes exclusives about the making of the film, and much more.
THE SONDHEIM REVIEW Presents - Ghosts of Sweeney Todd
BroadwayWorld.com continues its partnership with THE SONDHEIM REVIEW. Each month we'll be bringing you special, and exclusive archives from the quarterly magazine dedicated to the work of the musical theatre and Broadway's foremost composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. Each issue contains news, interviews, features, reviews, historical information, upcoming productions in your area, puzzles, and more. Our correspondents in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, and all over the world bring you the latest, most accurate information and insights.
MoMA Pays Tribute to Production Designer Dante Ferretti with Multimedia Installation Today
The Museum of Modern Art honors Dante Ferretti (Italian, b. 1943) with a large-scale multimedia installation comprising a 12-screen labyrinth featuring projected scenes from his work; original set pieces from the films that earned him three Academy Awards; and a six-month retrospective of 22 films featuring the production designer's career-defining work. DANTE FERRETTI: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CINEMA, on view from today, September 28, 2013 through February 9, 2014, features large-scale, original set pieces recovered from sets designed by Ferretti, including the chandeliers from Pier Paolo Pasolini's SALÓ, or THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM (1977) and the massive, illuminated clock from Martin Scorsese's HUGO (2011), as well as sculptural objects created for the Venice Film Festival.