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16-05-2025
- Automotive
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Al Pacino Joins Biopic "Maserati: The Brothers"
Yara Sameh Oscar winner Al Pacino has joined the cast of the star-studded biographical drama "Maserati: The Brothers,". Directed by Bobby Moresco, the biopic is follows the family behind the high-performance automobiles that, along with Ferrari and Lamborghini, Italy is known for. In 'Maserati', Pacino will be making a cameo appearance as businessman Vincenzo Vaccaro, who supported the Maserati family and invested in the early days of the company. The star-studded film also stars Anthony Hopkins, Andy Garcia, Jessica Abla, Michele Morrone, Salvatore Esposito, Gina La Piana, and Tatiana Luter. Maserati was founded in 1914 in a garage in the central Italian city of Bologna by three brothers: Alfieri, Ettore and Ernesto. The trident that is the company's emblem is a replica of the one found in the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna. From early on, the company –which is now known for exotic luxury cars — was tied to the world of auto racing. Maserati's first Grand Prix racing car, called 'Type 26,' is the vehicle that Alfieri Maserati was driving in the 1927 Messina Cup race when he had a near fatal crash. Alfieri died a few years later, on March 3, 1932, at the age of 44 from complications related to that accident. In 1937, the brothers, while remaining involved, sold a controlling stake in the company that is now owned by Fiat. Iervolino ('Modì') is the lead producer on the biopic. Nicki Cortese and Wayne Marc Godfrey from Bright White Light ' The Beast' are co-financing and executive producing the project. The second and final phase of filming of 'Maserati' will start in June in Rome. The film is slated for a worldwide premiere in early Fall 2025, Iervolino said. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers Lifestyle Pistachio and Raspberry Cheesecake Domes Recipe News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War
Hans India
15-05-2025
- Automotive
- Hans India
Al Pacino to star in biopic ‘Maserati: The Brothers' directed by Bobby Moresco
Los Angeles: Legendary Hollywood star Al Pacino has joined the cast of Bobby Moresco's directorial 'Maserati: The Brothers,' a biopic about the family behind the high-performance automobiles that, along with Ferrari and Lamborghini, Italy is popularly known for. Pacino's cameo in the film was announced by producer Andrea Iervolino, reports In 'Maserati' Pacino will be playing businessman Vincenzo Vaccaro, who supported the Maserati family and invested in the early days of the company. Also joining the star-studded film's cast are Gina La Piana and Tatiana Luter, according to an Iervolino statement. Previously announced 'Maserati' cast comprises Anthony Hopkins, Andy Garcia, Jessica Alba, Michele Morrone and Salvatore Esposito. Maserati was founded in 1914 in a garage in the central Italian city of Bologna by three brothers: Alfieri, Ettore and Ernesto. The trident that is the company's emblem is a replica of the one found in the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna. From early on, the company –which is now known for exotic luxury cars — was tied to the world of auto racing. According to Maserati's first Grand Prix racing car, called 'Type 26,' is the vehicle that Alfieri Maserati was driving in the 1927 Messina Cup race when he had a near fatal crash. Alfieri died a few years later, on March 3, 1932, at the age of 44 from complications related to that accident. In 1937, the brothers, while remaining involved, sold a controlling stake in the company that is now owned by Fiat. The second and final phase of filming of 'Maserati' will start in June in Rome. The film is slated for a worldwide premiere in early Fall 2025, Iervolino said. Pacino is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all career spans more than five decades, during which he has earned many accolades, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, achieving the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also received four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2001, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2007, the National Medal of Arts in 2011, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2016.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Al Pacino Joins Bobby Moresco-Directed Biopic ‘Maserati: The Brothers'
Al Pacino has joined the cast of 'Maserati: The Brothers,' the biopic directed by Bobby Moresco about the family behind the high-performance automobiles that, along with Ferrari and Lamborghini, Italy is known for. Pacino's cameo in the film was announced by producer Andrea Iervolino. A rep for Pacino did not immediately respond to a request for comment. More from Variety Tessa Thompson to Present First-Ever Cannes Golden Globe Prize for Documentary (EXCLUSIVE) Nordic Film Institute Honchos Talk Cannes Agenda and Best Memories (EXCLUSIVE) Ukrainian Filmmakers Weather 'Turbulence,' 'Uncertainty' of Trump 2.0, Set Sights on Post-War Rebuild: 'We Are Still Here' In 'Maserati' Pacino will be playing businessman Vincenzo Vaccaro, who supported the Maserati family and invested in the early days of the company. Also joining the star-studded film's cast are Gina La Piana ('Intentional') and Tatiana Luter ('Rudy Valentino'), according to a Iervolino statement. Previously announced 'Maserati' cast comprises Anthony Hopkins, Andy Garcia, Jessica Abla, Michele Morrone and Salvatore Esposito. Maserati was founded in 1914 in a garage in the central Italian city of Bologna by three brothers: Alfieri, Ettore and Ernesto. The trident that is the company's emblem is a replica of the one found in the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna. From early on, the company –which is now known for exotic luxury cars — was tied to the world of auto racing. Maserati's first Grand Prix racing car, called 'Type 26,' is the vehicle that Alfieri Maserati was driving in the 1927 Messina Cup race when he had a near fatal crash. Alfieri died a few years later, on March 3, 1932, at the age of 44 from complications related to that accident. In 1937, the brothers, while remaining involved, sold a controlling stake in the company that is now owned by Fiat. Iervolino ('Modì') is the lead producer on the biopic. Nicki Cortese and Wayne Marc Godfrey from Bright White Light ' The Beast' are co-financing and executive producing the project. The second and final phase of filming of 'Maserati' will start in June in Rome. The film is slated for a worldwide premiere in early Fall 2025, Iervolino said. Pacino is represented by Josh Lieberman at CAA and Stan Rosenfield at RMG; La Piana by Eris Talent Agency; and Luter by Independent Artist Group. Best of Variety All the Godzilla Movies Ranked Final Oscar Predictions: International Feature – United Kingdom to Win Its First Statuette With 'The Zone of Interest' 'Game of Thrones' Filming Locations in Northern Ireland to Open as Tourist Attractions
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Cannes: What Ever Happened to Tariffs?
International film tariffs are just sooo last week. Since Donald Trump announced plans, via a caps-lock post on May 4, to impose a 100 percent levy on 'foreign-made' movies, it's been all the film industry has been able to talk about. The (unprecedented) idea of a movie tariff system threatened to disrupt, maybe destroy, the global system of financing, producing and distributing films. More from The Hollywood Reporter Persol Secures Cannes Film Festival Perch for Steve McQueen Line Launch Supermodel Adriana Lima Dishes on Her Cannes Style Strategy for the Famed Red Carpet 'Enzo' Review: Robin Campillo's Subtle Coming-of-Ager About a Teenage Boy Haunted by Social Class and Sexual Identity Trump's tariffs might still be on the table — it's hard to know with the easily distracted POTUS — but within the industry, the discussion has already moved on. In a letter to the president on Monday, May 12, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone, two of Trump's 'special ambassadors' to the entertainment industry, along with a lengthy list of industry players including the Motion Picture Association, producers' groups and top industry labor guilds, called for Washington to expand and extend tax incentives to help bring film and TV production back to the U.S.. The letter called for Trump to back three tax provisions: Two that would allow bigger and better deductions on production expenses, and one that would revive a COVID-era code allowing businesses to spread net operating losses across five years, something particularly advantageous in a hit-or-flop industry like the movie business, as it would allow producers to use profitable years to offset later losses. The letter made no mention of tariffs. On Tuesday, another plan emerged, courtesy of Andrea Iervolino, an Italian producer of lesser-known indie films (Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness). Iervolino unveiled a proposal, which he claimed had the approval of Mel Gibson, another of Trump's special ambassadors, for a U.S.–Italy co-production treaty. Details are still sketchy for the proposed agreement, but, according to Iervolino, it would set up a legislative structure to incentivize Italian producers to 'make Italian films in the USA, involving American stars and therefore investing in the U.S.,' while doing the same for U.S. producers to shoot in Italy. Iervolino's pitch is that a U.S.-Italian deal could serve as a pilot project for American co-production treaties. The global adoption of this model, he claimed, could generate up to $10 billion annually 'in investments in the U.S.,' without citing a source for this impressive estimate. Gibson couldn't immediately be reached for comment. According to reports, Lethal Weapon actor is due to begin filming his Passion Of The Christ sequel The Resurrection Of The Christ in Italy this summer. The U.S., it should be noted, has not signed any international film or television co-production treaty agreements. It's unclear if either the Voight tax-break model or the Italo-American treaty proposal will ever see the light of day, or even last to the end of the week. But they indicate a shift in the debate, away from Trump's big stick approach of using levies to punish productions that should outside the U.S. — productions like Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which has its world premiere in Cannes today and whose financing plan included tasty tax breaks for global location shoots in Norway, South Africa and the U.K..— towards the carrots of incentives. The film industry outside the U.S. welcomes the shift. Producers from Sydney to Vancouver saw tariffs of any sort as a bad idea and were already gearing up to fight them. On May 12, a group of more than 100 film and TV bodies from around the world, including the European Film Academy, Screen Producers Australia, and France's Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, united to sign an open letter appealing to governments to 'safeguard the systems that support independent film and audiovisual creation.' 'If [tariffs] were to go through, it would probably devastate our film industry,' says Stuart Nash, New Zealand's former minister for economic development, who managed $650 million in film subsidies for the country's tax incentive scheme, helping to bring productions like James Cameron's Avatar sequels and Jane Campion's Oscar-winning The Power of the Dog Down Under. 'Tariffs, coming after COVID and the recent production slowdown, could deal a knock-out blow to an industry that is only just recovering,' notes Philippa Childs, head of British media and entertainment trade union, Bectu. Tax incentives and co-production agreements, on the other hand, are the linga franca of the international film business. Moving the Make Hollywood Great Again debate away from Trump's desire to punish films that shoot outside the U.S. and towards a new system that could stimulate investment in movies, American or international, makes global players feel they are on much safer ground. 'I do think a co-production treaty with the U.S. would be a huge benefit to the Canadian industry,' says Nicholas Tabarrok of Darius Films, a production house with offices in Los Angeles and Toronto. 'Imagine the incredible talent that it would open up if we could work with American writers, directors and cast? It would undoubtedly lead to higher box office and sales of Canadian films.' John Morayniss, co-founder and CEO of Blink49 Studios, based in Los Angeles, says co-production treaties, originally aimed at helping producers from smaller countries collaborate to better compete against better-funded American imports, could appeal to a U.S. entertainment industry that sees a similar outside threat: High-end movie tentpoles that shot overseas, taking American production jobs with them and leaving behind empty soundstages. 'So if the U.S. is now going, we're trying to also protect ourselves from this influx of non-U.S. entertainment exports, maybe Canada can say we can help you,' Morayniss said of Canadian producers bringing their expertise in navigating international co-productions to the table. Many international producers see the possibility of a win-win situation if America, instead of trying to punish foreign governments for, as one producer called it, 'using their taxpayers' dollars to fund American movies,' chooses instead to copy the best international tax incentive models from overseas. 'The easiest and least confrontational path would [introducing a U.S.] federal incentive program,' says Nicholas Simon of Indochina Productions, a leading production service firm in South East Asia, whose credits include HBO's The White Lotus. 'The two countries to study are Australia and the UK. Take the best of both.' Noah Segal, co-founder and co-president of Canadian indie distribution giant Elevation Pictures, tells THR the debate needs to shift away from blaming Hollywood woes on runaway production. Segal sees digital technologies, film tax credits and other soft money available internationally as providing a financial and creative boost to Hollywood producers to go further afield to shoot projects. 'Technology has allowed us to shoot all over the world, to capture locales we used to capture on a studio (stage) in Los Angeles that looked very weird and cheesy,' he argued. Nash agrees that there is a 'competitive advantage' to being able to shoot all over the world, to take advantage of scenery and talent not available in Studio City and North Hollywood. 'We have some competitive advantages that you just can't replicate with a soundstage,' he says. 'Our scenery is magnificent…We have extremely experienced crews and facilities like Weta Workshop, which has a world-class reputation. Films like The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are almost impossible to make anywhere else.' Segal is comforted by the shift in the debate, away from talk of a foreign movie tariff and towards proposals for a federal tax credit (under the Voigt plan) in the U.S. and discussions of co-production treaties between American and similar-minded nations. He thinks even Trump could get behind such an all-carrot, no-stick model to help the U.S. entertainment industry bounce back. 'They've come up with a way of inspiring people to bring co-productions to America. And what that does is repatriate some, not all of the business and shows a lift so he (Trump) looks like a hero and maintains some jobs,' he added. So if Americans are ready via international co-productions to share IP ownership and the risks and rewards of producing a project as an international co-production, the benefits are obvious, Segal adds. 'If they go down this road, they have to understand it's not a one-way street, it's a two-way street,' he argued. For Daniel Bekerman, a co-producer on the Donald Trump movie The Apprentice – itself an international co-production between Canada, Denmark, Ireland – bringing American producers into official cross-border co-production partnerships would be a win-win for the global industry, including Hollywood. He doesn't see repatriating some production and some jobs back to the U.S. as a zero-sum game. 'Even though I work in Canada, I work with many Americans. And I want to see my American friends do well. I want to see the American workforce stabilized and thrive,' Bekerman says. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Mel Gibson, Trump 'Special Ambassador', & Italian Producer Andrea Iervolino Propose U.S.-Italy Co-Production Treaty
Recently appointed 'special ambassador' to Hollywood Mel Gibson and Italian producer Andrea Iervolino (Ferrari) are proposing a co-production agreement between Italy and the US, which they hope could serve as a 'pilot project' for the development of similar treaties between the US and other countries around the world. The filmmakers are proposing that: More from Deadline Mel Gibson's Gun Rights Restored Following Justice Department Attorney's Firing 'The Resurrection Of The Christ:' Mel Gibson To Begin Shooting Sequel This Summer, Says Rome's Cinecittà Studios Boss John Oliver Takes Jab At Mel Gibson Following Justice Dept. Attorney Firing: "Best Known For His Work In Screaming" •Italian producers are incentivized to make Italian films in the USA, involving American stars and therefore investing in the U.S.; •The Italian government launches support programs for productions that strengthen cultural ties between Italy and the United States. We understand from sources that Iervolino and Gibson met recently and agreed on the proposal. According to reports, Gibson is due to begin filming his Passion Of The Christ sequel The Resurrection Of The Christ in Italy this summer. The main benefits of the agreement would be that it would 'allow Italian producers to develop and co-produce international films between Italy and the United States, thus opening new markets; and that it will offer the USA the opportunity to attract new foreign investments, supporting the goals of the Trump agenda'. Iervolino, who as we recently revealed is working on a Trump biopic, estimates the value of such a pact could be as much as $10BN annually in direct investments in the US, thereby encouraging local American production while also giving future participating countries the opportunity to internationalize their local film industries. No word yet whether Gibson has floated the proposal with the U.S. government. The goal, Iervolino says, is to officially sign the agreement during the 2025 Venice Film Festival, a cornerstone of both the Italian and international film industry. The aim is to involve 'authoritative representatives' of both industries and both governments. An Italian-US co-production treaty has been an ambition of Italian industry for a little while. Last year there were reports that Cinecittà's Roberto Stabile was working on a similar pact with Washington but the scent went cold. Japan currently has a similar co-production treaty with the U.S. Iervolino stated: 'The world must recognize that the American entertainment industry has always been the leading one globally: it remains the main point of reference, capable of setting the rules of the industry worldwide. Meanwhile, many countries have established incentive programs to attract foreign productions and have signed bilateral agreements with various nations — but never with the United States. This has essentially left a crucial cultural bridge unresolved. It is therefore essential to initiate a win-win agreement between the USA and the rest of the world. Mel Gibson and I are actively working in this direction, using this initial agreement with Italy as inspiration for the rest of the world.' A draft version of fellow 'special ambassador' Jon Voight's plan for Hollywood was recently revealed by Deadline and included a 10% federal tax incentive for film and TV production and an American 'cultural test' akin to the rules in the UK. Voight, Gibson and Sylvester Stallone were appointed 'special ambassadors' by Trump earlier this year. The background here is that the industry has been scrambled by Trump's announcement last week of tariffs on U.S. projects that shoot overseas. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Ari Aster's 'Eddington' So Far Everything We Know About 'Nobody Wants This' Season 2 So Far List Of Hollywood & Media Layoffs From Paramount To Warner Bros Discovery To CNN & More
