UFA Hires ‘September 5’ Exec Producer Christoph Müller
Fremantle’s German manufacturing home UFA has employed Constantin Film‘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 wish to open up new enterprise areas and proceed to develop on already profitable ones,” stated Sascha Schwingel, CEO of UFA. “I’m due to this fact very happy that we are actually strengthening our crew with Christoph Müller, who’s a famend producer of cinema productions that delight audiences and critics alike. With him on the crew, we’ll considerably improve the speed of our profitable cinema productions.” Sebastian Werninger, Managing Director of UFA Fiction, added Müller was a “pure cinema one that lives and loves this style.” Werninger and Müller labored collectively on movies resembling Medicus, Ich Conflict 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 ‘Patience’ Starring ’Breaking Dangerous’s Laura Fraser
Trailer has dropped for thriller collection Endurance starring Breaking Dangerous’s Laura Fraser. Watch it above or click 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 particular person to identify the abilities 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 supplies, 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 latest 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 Greatest Movie, Greatest Director and Greatest Screenplay, plus lead actor nominations. The Brutalist landed 5, together with a Greatest Supporting Actor for Australian actor Man Pearce, whereas Emilia Pérez, which swept the Golden Globes nominations, took dwelling 4 noms. Anora and Dune: Half Two be a part of Higher Man, Brutalist and Emilia Pérez within the Greatest Movie class. Amongst TV reveals, Disney+ and Hulu drama Shōgun landed a medium-leading three, together with Greatest Drama Collection, alongside The Bear, whose triple features a Greatest Comedy Collection nomination. Australian manufacturing Boy Swallows Universe is up for Greatest Drama in opposition to the likes of After the Social gathering, Sluggish 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 Trade 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:
Greatest Movie
- Anora
- Higher Man
- Dune: Half two
- Emilia Pérez
- The Brutalist
Greatest 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
Greatest Lead Actress in Movie
- Kirsten Dunst – Civil Conflict – 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
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest Route 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
Greatest 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
Greatest Drama Collection
- After the Social gathering
- Boy Swallows Universe
- Shōgun
- Sluggish Horses
- The Diplomat
Greatest Comedy Collection
- Colin from Accounts
- Curb your Enthusiasm
- Hacks
- Solely Murders within the Constructing
- The Bear
Greatest Actor in a Collection
- Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm – (as Larry David)
- Idris Elba – Hijack – (as Sam Nelson)
- Gary Oldman – Sluggish Horses – (as Jackson Lamb)
- Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun – (as Yoshii Toranaga)
- Jeremy Allen White – The Bear – (as Carmy)
Greatest 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)
