UFA Hires ‘September 5’ Exec Producer Christoph Müller
Fremantle’s German manufacturing home UFA has employed Constantin Movie‘s Christoph Müller for its cinema division. The producer, who’s an exec producer on the Golden Globe-nominated September 5, joins from Constantin Movie and can start at UFA Fiction on February 1, 2025. He additionally is understood for productions together with the Oscar-nomnated Sophie Scholl, field workplace hit Er Ist Wieder Da and Elyas M’Barek and Sönke Wortmann’s movies Contra and Der Nachname. “We need to open up new enterprise areas and proceed to broaden on already profitable ones,” stated Sascha Schwingel, CEO of UFA. “I’m subsequently very happy that we are actually strengthening our staff with Christoph Müller, who’s a famend producer of cinema productions that delight audiences and critics alike. With him on the staff, we are going to considerably improve the speed of our profitable cinema productions.” Sebastian Werninger, Managing Director of UFA Fiction, added Müller was a “pure cinema one who lives and loves this style.” Werninger and Müller labored collectively on movies comparable to Medicus, Ich Struggle Noch Niemels in New York and Stasikomödie. Müller exits Constantin after seven years. He’s additionally recognized for launching his personal firm, Goldkind Movie, the place he made Mathias Schweighöfer and Nora Tschirner’s Soloalbum, and was Managing Director of Senator Movie, the place he produced Goethe!. He based based Mythos Movies in Berlin in 2013 however has been Managing Director at Constantin Movie Produktion since 2017.
Trailer Drops For Thriller Collection ‘Endurance’ Starring ’Breaking Dangerous’s Laura Fraser
Trailer has dropped for thriller sequence Endurance starring Breaking Dangerous’s Laura Fraser. Watch it above or click on right here. The present from Eagle Eye Drama has been picked up by Channel 4, PBS Distribution and Beta Movie. Fraser is Detective Bea Metcalf, the primary individual to identify the skills of Endurance Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis), who works within the felony information division of Yorkshire Police, cataloguing and submitting the proof produced throughout main circumstances. A younger autistic girl, she craves routine and order, relishing the solitude and construction her job offers, however she yearns for extra. The present launches in early Jan on Channel 4.
BBC World Service & CBC Discover ‘The Con: Kaitlyn’s Child’
BBC World Service and Canadian pubcaster CBC are teaming for a six-part true-crime podcast. The Con: Kaitlyn’s Child will comprise a part of the the pair’s worldwide rip-off tales strand The Con, and can look into the story of Kaitlyn Braun, a promising younger social employee, who pretended to be pregnant on quite a few events. Canadian author and producer Sarah Treleaven will host, asking why Braun took the trail she did and whether or not she ought to be held accountable for her actions. Episodes debut as a boxset on January 14, 2025, on BBC Sounds within the UK and have weekly drops on different platforms. The Con strand already contains Love, Janessa, concerning the murky world of on-line romance scams. The BBC and CBC have partnered a number of occasions on podcasts over current years, forming an alliance in 2019 that has led to the likes of Hollywood Outcasts.
‘Higher Man’ & ‘The Brutalist’ Lead AACTA Noms
Robbie Williams biopic Higher Man and The Brutalist lead the pack chasing trophies on the 2025 Australian Academy of Cinema and Tv Arts (AACTA) Awards. Higher Man, helmed by Aussie director Michael Gracey (The Nice Showman) landed six noms, together with Finest Movie, Finest Director and Finest Screenplay, plus lead actor nominations. The Brutalist landed 5, together with a Finest Supporting Actor for Australian actor Man Pearce, whereas Emilia Pérez, which swept the Golden Globes nominations, took house 4 noms. Anora and Dune: Half Two be part of Higher Man, Brutalist and Emilia Pérez within the Finest Movie class. Amongst TV exhibits, Disney+ and Hulu drama Shōgun landed a medium-leading three, together with Finest Drama Collection, alongside The Bear, whose triple features a Finest Comedy Collection nomination. Australian manufacturing Boy Swallows Universe is up for Finest Drama in opposition to the likes of After the Celebration, Gradual Horses and The Diplomat, whereas comedy Colin From Accounts, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hacks and Solely Murders within the Constructing spherical out the Comedy Collection class. The award will probably be held throughout two ceremonies, the AACTA Awards Business Gala on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, and the AACTA Award Ceremony on Friday, February 7. Each will probably be held at HOTA, Dwelling of the Arts on the Gold Coast.
The nominees for the 2025 AACTA Worldwide Awards are:
Finest Movie
- Anora
- Higher Man
- Dune: Half two
- Emilia Pérez
- The Brutalist
Finest Lead Actor in Movie
- Adrien Brody – The Brutalist – as László Tóth
- Daniel Craig – Queer – as Lee
- Jonno Davies – Higher Man – as Robbie Williams
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing – as John “Divine G.” Whitfield
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave – as Thomas Lawrence
Finest Lead Actress in Movie
- Kirsten Dunst – Civil Struggle – as Lee Smith
- Karla Sofia Gascón – Emilia Pérez – as Emilia Pérez
- Nicole Kidman – Babygirl – as Romy
- Mikey Madison – Anora – as Mikheeva
- Kate Winslet – Lee – as Lee Miller
Finest Supporting Actor in Movie
- Kieran Culkin – A Actual Ache – as Benji Kaplan
- Damon Herriman – Higher Man – as Nigel
- Man Pearce – The Brutalist – as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr.
- Stanley Tucci – Conclave – as Cardinal Bellini
- Denzel Washington – Gladiator II – as Macrinus
Finest Supporting Actress in Movie
- Toni Collette – Juror #2 – as Prosecutor
- Ariana Grande – Depraved – as Glinda
- Felicity Jones – The Brutalist – as Erzsébet Tóth
- Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez – as Rita Mora Castro
- Alison Steadman – Higher Man – as Betty
Finest Path in Movie
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- Michael Gracey – Higher Man
- George Miller – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Half Two
Finest Screenplay in Movie
- Anora – Sean Baker
- Higher Man – Michael Gracey, Oliver Cole, Simon Gleeson
- Conclave – Peter Straughan
- The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
- Actual Ache – Jesse Eisenberg
Finest Drama Collection
- After the Celebration
- Boy Swallows Universe
- Shōgun
- Gradual Horses
- The Diplomat
Finest Comedy Collection
- Colin from Accounts
- Curb your Enthusiasm
- Hacks
- Solely Murders within the Constructing
- The Bear
Finest Actor in a Collection
- Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm – (as Larry David)
- Idris Elba – Hijack – (as Sam Nelson)
- Gary Oldman – Gradual Horses – (as Jackson Lamb)
- Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun – (as Yoshii Toranaga)
- Jeremy Allen White – The Bear – (as Carmy)
Finest Actress in a Collection
- Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown – (as Princess Diana)
- Ayo Edebiri – The Bear –(as Sydney Adamu)
- Jessica Gunning – Child Reindeer – (as Martha Scott)
- Anna Sawai – Shōgun – (as Toda Mariko)
- Jean Sensible – Hacks – (as Deborah Vance)
