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Dylan O’Brien, Lewis Pullman and Kaia Gerber have signed on to star in James Morosini’s erotic thriller Bulls; QC Entertainment is financing with Roth/Kirschenbaum producing, Manifest Pictures handling international rights and CAA Media Finance/WME Independent/ QC co-repping domestic sales, with production slated to begin before year-end.
Three Paramount+ subscribers filed a California federal suit seeking to block Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and to unwind aspects of Skydance’s 2024 deal; plaintiffs claim the consolidation will reduce theatrical output and genre variety, and the WGA and Teamsters have publicly expressed skepticism while the company calls the suit without merit.
The Academy adopted new 2027 eligibility rules: actors can receive multiple nominations in the same category if they rank in the top five; roles must be credited performances by consenting humans; screenplays must be human‑authored and the Academy can probe AI usage; and international film eligibility expands via wins at six designated festivals.
Academy rule change; winners of six named international festival top prizes (Cannes Palme d’Or, Venice Golden Lion, Berlin Golden Bear, Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Busan Best Film, Toronto Platform Award) will qualify for the International Feature Oscar beginning this season; nominees will be credited to the film and director rather than the submitting country and new AI/human-authorship and casting/voting procedural rules tighten eligibility and campaigning requirements.
Private plaintiffs filed a California federal antitrust suit aiming to block the proposed Paramount–Warner Bros. combination, alleging the $110 billion-plus merger would reduce competition, raise streaming prices and shrink theatrical output; Paramount Skydance defends the deal as necessary to compete with tech giants.
Ketchup Entertainment acquired North American rights to Roland Joffé’s JFK-era crime thriller November 1963 with a planned 1,000-theater Q4 release; John Travolta leads a cast including Mandy Patinkin and Robert Carlyle and Paradigm brokered the deal.
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