Cinema – from Hollywood studios to the canals of Venice. While the new film starring Zendaya was originally scheduled to debut at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, the organization of the Italian film festival has announced that it will have to change its plans this Saturday, July 22, against the backdrop of a historic strike in Hollywood.
so it is not challengers, by Luca Guadagnino, which will open Mostra as planned. instead of the latest film by the director of call me by your nameIn which Zendaya plays a former tennis prodigy who becomes her husband’s coach, another Italian director, Edoardo De Angelis, will be honored.
To explain this change, Mostra has been invoked. , production decisions Of challengerswithout further details.
in question? The American Screenwriters and Actors’ Strike, which now forces actors to stop promoting the works in which they appear. An obligation of the powerful actors union, SAG AFTRA, which has listed several obligations for actors and its members after the screenwriters joined the movement launched more than two months ago.
A social movement not seen in Hollywood since the 1960s paralyzed American film and television production. The actors are demanding a hike in their remuneration “residual”Those have diminished with the advent of streaming, and safeguards have been put in place against having their voice and image cloned without consent, for fear that they will be replaced by artificial intelligence.
Juan Antonio Bayona will close the festival
So the Venice Film Festival has to console itself for the absence of Luca Guadagnino’s film. Instead, the film the commander The true story of the rescue of 26 Belgian casualties during World War II by a submarine captain, played by Pierfrancesco Favino, will be retold.
It will be screened in a world preview on Wednesday 30 August in the Great Hall of the Cinema Palace on the Lido of Venice, during the opening night of the oldest film festival. Its director, 44-year-old Edoardo De Angelis, remarkably directed prime in 2016 and series adult lying lifeStreaming on Netflix.
The festival will conclude with a screening at the end of the film’s awards ceremony on 9 September la sociedad de la neve by Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona, organizers said on Saturday.
The expected return of Juan Antonio Bayona after a long stay in Hollywood jurassic world: fallen kingdom and producing the first two episodes of Season 1 rings of powerA series inspired by the writings of JRR Tolkien Lord of the Rings,
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