Film Reporter • brian.welk@thewrap.com • Twitter: @brianwelk
Experience:
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Barry Levinson’s ‘The Survivor’ With Ben Foster Acquired by HBO Films
True story about boxer and Holocaust survivor Harry Haft premiered at TIFF
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Irish Horror Film ‘You Are Not My Mother’ Acquired by Magnet Releasing
Kate Dolan made her feature debut on the film that premiered in “Midnight Madness” at TIFF
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Keira Knightley to Star in True Story ‘Boston Strangler’ at 20th Century Studios
Matt Ruskin will write and direct, and Ridley Scott will produce
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Netflix Establishes $5.4 Million Chadwick Boseman Scholarship Fund at Howard
Fund will cover four years of tuition for incoming students in the College of Fine Arts
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Solstice Studios Lays Off Top Executives, Including CEO Mark Gill
Production company says it is not closing and is focusing on completing production of the Ben Affleck film “Hypnotic”
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Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Stephen Graham to Star in Musical ‘The End’ for Neon
“The Act of Killing” filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer will direct
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War Film ‘The Battle of Changjin’ Smashes Chinese Box Office With $235 Million Start
Film is projected to earn $785 million in its run, which would make it one of the highest grossing Chinese movies ever
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Directors Guild Names Negotiating Committee Ahead of 2023 Contract Talks
Director Jon Avnet named chair, and Todd Holland and Karen Gaviola named co-chairs
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Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ Cancels Shows for 2 More Weeks After Additional COVID Cases
The performance at the New Amsterdam Theatre had returned for one night after Wednesday’s cancelation
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Tony Winner Matthew López to Make Directorial Debut on Amazon’s ‘Red, White and Royal Blue’
LGBTQ+ Romantic Comedy is based on 2019 book by author Casey McQuiston
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Golden Globes Group Names Billionaire Todd Boehly Interim CEO
Boehly is the co-founder and CEO of Eldridge investment firm and is a part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Lakers and Sparks
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Neon Acquires Rebeca Huntt’s ‘Beba’ Following TIFF Premiere
Documentary film is an autobiographical coming-of-age tale about an Afro-Latina artist
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Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson Resigns From NPR Board
The move is the latest setback for the founder of the embattled digital media company
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Donald Sutherland and Jaeden Martell to Star in ‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ Based on Stephen King Short
Ryan Murphy and Blumhouse are producing for Netflix, and John Lee Hancock is directing
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John Logan’s Directorial Debut With Kevin Bacon for Blumhouse Heads to Peacock
Untitled horror film also stars Theo Germaine, Anna Chlumsky and Carrie Preston
