
Sonia (center, first row) with teammates in ‘The Gymnasts of Fishermen Colony.’
Courtesy of Akelo Media
EXCLUSIVE: Cargo Film & Releasing has set an October 23 theatrical opening for The Gymnasts of Fishermen Colony, Habiba Nosheen’s documentary about girls in Pakistan who defy their conservative community by pursuing competitive gymnastics.
The film from executive producers Mariska Hargitay, Trish Adlesic, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai will debut at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema in New York City before expanding to more than 20 cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston, Cleveland, Santa Fe, Toronto. Canadian Distributor Blue Ice Docs will open the film in Toronto.
Watch the exclusive trailer below.

Sonia (center, first row) with teammates in ‘The Gymnasts of Fishermen Colony.’
Courtesy of Akelo Media
“The Gymnasts of Fishermen Colony is an intimate coming-of-age story of three inspiring teenage girls in Pakistan whose discovery of gymnastics opens an unexpected new world of friendship, competition and possibility,” notes a release. “As Kiran, Anwara and Sonia train toward their dream of competing at Pakistan’s national championships, their growing passion begins to collide with expectations about what girls can and cannot do. Moving between the exhilaration of the gym and the pressures of everyday life, the film captures three teenagers beginning to imagine their futures on their own terms.”
In a statement, Nosheen said, “This film has always been about allowing audiences to experience the world through the girls’ eyes. We watch Kiran, Anwara and Sonia discover something they love, become fiercely ambitious about it and begin making space for themselves through gymnastics. The result is a deeply human portrait of girlhood from a part of Pakistan we rarely get to see this way on screen. I am thrilled that audiences across North America will now have the opportunity to meet these girls on the big screen.”

Anwara on beam in ‘The Gymnasts of Fishermen Colony.’
Courtesy of Akelo Media/photo by Habiba Nosheen
Yousafzai, a native of Northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, commented, “I could not be prouder to support this beautiful film and the incredible young athletes at the heart of it. The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony perfectly illustrates the power of sports to change how girls see themselves and how the world sees young women.”
Hargitay and Adlesic are coming off their recent Primetime Emmy wins for My Mom Jayne, the documentary Hargitay directed and Hargitay and Adlesic produced. The Law & Order: SVU star is president and founder of production company Mighty Entertainment.
“When we first learned about these young girls and their lives from director Habiba Nosheen, my producing partner, Trish Adlesic, and I knew we wanted to help ensure that their story would reach audiences around the world,” Hargitay said. “This film is a perfect example of the kind of stories we want to champion and support at Mighty. We are honored to partner with Habiba and inspired by her talent as a filmmaker.”

Sonia on beam in ‘The Gymnasts of Fishermen Colony.’
Courtesy of Akelo Media
The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony is an Akelo Media Production produced with the participation of Canada Media Fund and Telefilm Canada, in association with CBC, Chicken and Egg Films and Mighty Entertainment. The film is directed by Habiba Nosheen and produced by Amar Lohana and Nosheen. Executive producers include Malala Yousafzai, Mariska Hargitay, Trish Adlesic, Shizuka Asakawa, Lauran Bromley, Michelle McCree, Ashley McDermott, Robin Smith, Shelley Saywell, Elaisha Stokes, Anna Maria Tremonti, and Jenni Wolfson. Co-executive producers are Ricardo Acosta and Bina Shukla.
Lawence Jackman edited the film; cinematography is by Tess Girard, Nadir Siddiqui, and Muhammad Asif Faraz. Kalaisan Kalaichelvan composed the original score.
The Gymnasts of Fishermen Colony held its world premiere in Documentary Competition at the 2026 Tribeca Festival, finishing among the top three documentaries for the festival’s Audience Award. It has also screened at DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea, the Calgary International Film Festival in Alberta, and Chicago South Asian Film Festival, among others. It screens this weekend at the Zurich Film Festival.

Director Habiba Nosheen
Courtesy of Akelo Media
“I am so proud that the film offers a unique portrait of Pakistani girlhood rarely seen on screen, along with a universal story about friendship, ambition and the freedom to play,” said director-producer Nosheen. “It is lyrical, playful and deeply intimate. I am forever grateful to these girls for allowing us to be in their lives and tell their stories.”
Watch the exclusive trailer here:
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SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Tuesday night’s episode of Dancing with the Stars.
We’re officially a month into Season 35 of Dancing with the Stars, and the contestants are starting to feel the pressure of the competition.
After Taylor Hanson and Britt Stewart were eliminated last week (which shook the remaining couples awake as they were definitely not the worst ones by a mile), the competitors are all taking on Mariah Carey in Week 4.
Reality star Ciara Miller with Brandon Armstrong. The reality star really wanted to earn some 7s for her jazz routine to “Emotions” and prove she’s meant to last in this competition. Carrie Ann Inaba called it her “best dance so far, my dear.” Get those 7s, girl! SCORE: 21 out of 30
Paralympian Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach. These two came out swinging with another fiery performance, this time dancing a rumba to “Anytime You Need a Friend.” Derek Hough was thoroughly impressed: “It was seriously sophisticated. It was.” SCORE: 24 out of 30
Actor Harry Shum Jr. with Jenna Johnson. They’re looking for another set of solid scores from the judges for their tango to “It’s Like That.” This week, Jenna goes on the Grey’s Anatomy set with her celeb partner to practice in between takes. Fun fact: Harry danced in the original music video for this song, too. “A red hot tango from a man on a mission! Sharp as a knife. So intense. I mean, it gave me whiplash!” Bruno Tonioli says. Bonus points for the Glee reunion with former DWTS champ Amber Riley back in the ballroom to sing for this one. SCORE: 24 out of 30
Actress Jenna Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy. Jenna is frustrated by her feedback from the judges, but she wants to take their critiques seriously. This week, she wants to focus on showing a softer and slower side to her dancing with a rumba to “My All.” Watch out Season 35, Jenna Dewan found her groove! All Derek Hough could do was stand up and clap. “All I have to say is: There she is.” SCORE: 24 out of 30
Reality star Tyler Cameron with Sharna Burgess. Tyler managed to skate by last week thanks to Taylor’s elimination, but he seems to know he needs to kick things into high gear if he wants to make it any further in the competition. This week, he and Sharna danced a foxtrot to “#Beautiful.” Color, well, nearly everyone surprised! The man can move! “The improvement is incredible. You should be proud of yourself,” Bruno tells him. SCORE: 21 out of 30
Reality star Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas. The Traitors duo is finding their groove, and Maura is settling into her clear natural affinity for dance. This week, they are taking on a waltz to “If It’s Over.” She’s already danced in frame, but now she wants to improve and go for higher scores. “I feel like right now the world needs that kind of beauty!” Carrie Ann exclaimed. SCORE: 25 out of 30 (a 9 from Carrie Ann! Maura falling to the ground in disbelief says it all.)
Late-night sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez with Whitney Carson. These two took a trip to New York City for rehearsals this week, since Guillermo is there for his day job. They are dancing a samba to “Obsessed.” As Witney says, “nothing can really prepare you for the samba.” He’s really trying, though. And hey, the steps he did (few as there were) were in time! “Listen, that wasn’t quite a samba, but it was 100% Guillermo,” Derek says. SCORE: 15 out of 30
Savannah Bananas midfielder Jackson Olson with Emma Slater. Jackson took a little break from rehearsals this week to celebrate his birthday, but he’s still putting his all into coming back strong after some lukewarm feedback from the judges in Week 3. He’s performing a waltz to “Without You.” There must be something in the air this week, because he looked like a completely different dancer. “I can see you almost for the first time,” Bruno tells him. SCORE: 21 out of 30
Actress Tatyana Ali with Jan Ravnik. The Fresh Prince star is living ut a childhood dream dancing to Mariah Carey. And she’s got the in-the-know pro this week, because Jan has toured with the pop star. They’re doing a jazz dance to “Fantasy.” After last week, can anyone be surprised that she kills it? Carrie Ann wanted her to have more energy for a jazz routine. Derek and Bruno agree. “But overall, I just love seeing what you’re doing,” Derek says. SCORE: 20 out of 30
Comedian and podcaster Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold. Rylee, Connor isn’t sure if you’ve noticed, but you tend to include grinding choreography in all of your routines. Well, the tradition continues this week, because they’re dancing a rumba to “Touch My Body.” I mean, what’s a girl to do? Unfortunately, the hips were not moving, but he did do a nice worm. “There’s a lot of moments where you’re playing it safe,” Derek says. Bruno loved it. “Frisky!” SCORE: 19 out of 30
Actress Julia Stiles with Ezra Sosa. Julia is riding high after receiving her highest scores last week. She’s really got to impress this week with a Viennese waltz to “Vision of Love” if she wants to keep the positive momentum going. “For me, that was a breakthrough,” Carrie Ann said. Well, ok then! SCORE: 21 out of 30
Olympian Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov. It’s a lot of pressure to close out the night, especially as the couple who walked away with the first 8s of the season and tied at the top of the leaderboard last week. This time, they’re dancing a rumba to “Hero.” Pasha calls the dance “the ultimate test” of their synchronicity as a couple. Turns out, they didn’t need to worry at all. “You never lost the ability to fill the room,” Bruno says. SCORE: 23 out of 30
Who goes home?
The competition is getting tough, so there’s not very many weeks that Guillermo can keep getting away with this, but somehow Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong go home on Tuesday night.
Next week is Super Bowl Night. Stay tuned to see what that means.
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Paramount Pictures Co-Chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein sent out a Day 1 memo to the troops at the Paramount and Warner Bros. Motion Picture units.
Among the priorities, we understand, is keeping legacies of both studios alive. In the memo, Goldberg and Greenstein say they see themselves as “stewards of two of the most storied studios in Hollywood history.”
They also explained that the companies’ respective film divisions will operate independently.
“We have organized our film divisions around the movies themselves. Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures will continue to build and release their slate of films separately, under those brands. This means that each Warner Bros. Pictures or Paramount Pictures film you see will carry its respective logo. They are the cornerstone labels and will remain the homes for our largest commercial and filmmaker-driven projects. DC Studios, New Line Cinema and Paramount Primal will continue as distinct labels with specific mandates. Our animation and specialty labels, including Republic Pictures and Warner Bros. Clockwork, will also operate independently.”
A more immediate priority for the duo — who have been working on getting the Paramount motion picture unit into financially reasonable shape — is getting under the hood of Warner Bros.
Here is the full text of their memo:
Dear teammates,
Today marks Day One of a new chapter, and we are proud to share it with all of you. It’s an immense privilege to make movies, and an even greater honor to do so as the stewards of two of the most storied studios in Hollywood history. We take that responsibility seriously and have enormous respect for the people, work and relationships that have made these studios what they are today.
At the heart of that legacy is a simple belief that movies are best seen together, on a big screen. A century later, that human connection is still alive. Going to the movies is a communal tradition, where a story becomes a moment we carry together. That tradition is thriving, and David Ellison is making one of the biggest investments in its future. We believe in it, and we are all in.
Our mission is to build on these studios’ legacies as homes for the greatest filmmakers and storytellers. We will embrace their vision, back it with the best marketing and distribution in the business, and keep creating cultural moments that shape generations. That means taking bold swings, alongside crowd-pleasers, with a steady willingness to push boundaries.
We have organized our film divisions around the movies themselves. Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures will continue to build and release their slate of films separately, under those brands. This means that each Warner Bros. Pictures or Paramount Pictures film you see will carry its respective logo. They are the cornerstone labels and will remain the homes for our largest commercial and filmmaker-driven projects. DC Studios, New Line Cinema and Paramount Primal will continue as distinct labels with specific mandates. Our animation and specialty labels, including Republic Pictures and Warner Bros. Clockwork, will also operate independently.
We won’t pretend a combination of this size comes without change. We know you will have questions, and we will respond to as many as we can, though we won’t be able to answer everything today. In the months ahead, we will spend time with the teams across both studios, listening, learning and sharing updates along the way. Your experience and perspective will be essential in shaping what comes next. What we can say with confidence is that our purpose is simple, and it starts with the work in front of us.
Our collective job is to give teams and filmmakers the support they need to do their best work, and to make movies that entertain and endure. The opportunity ahead of us is extraordinary, and we look forward to building on everything you have accomplished.
Together, we are going to build something special.
Long live the movies,
Dana & Josh
The missive comes just hours after Skydance co-CEO David Ellison sent his own memo.
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At this afternoon’s newly merged Skydance presser, we asked when Barbie 2 would be a go project.
“Too early to talk about that,” was the official response from former Mattel CEO Ynon Kriez, newly named Skydance co-CEO. Kriez was involved in the first Warner Bros movie based on the famed Mattell blonde doll, that Warner Bros pic the highest grossing movie ever in the studio’s history with $1.44B at the global box office.
There was high drama before Paramount married Warner Bros as to whether the sequel was bound for a green light. Word was that former WBD CEO David Zaslav balked at paying increased wads of money for the CAA juggernaut repped Barbie team of stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, director Greta Gerwig, and her spouse and co-writer Noah Baumbach. In the meantime, a first look deal was made with Baumbach but at Warners specialty label, Clockwork (which were told at the time didn’t encompass Barbie 2). There was a ticking time clock as the film rights would revert back to Mattel at the end of the year, and the toymaker would have to start from scratch with a frosh project, and frosh talent.
Cooler heads are now prevailing, and it is day one at the new Skydance. Kriez is now on the other side of the equation, and one of several priorities for Skydance Motion Picture Group chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein is getting into the weeds that is Barbie 2. That among the 36 Warner Bros dated theatrical releases they’re inheriting and more. The duo need to figure out which state of development myriads projects are in, read, the Baz Luhrmann untitled film is not shooting yet, and reportedly in pre-production. That was another audacious big auteur swing from the previous Warners motion picture administration. A new draft is in the wings for Weapons prequel, Gladys, but it’s in need of a director if it’s going to make its September 2028 release date.
As far as Barbie 2 goes, stay tuned. Those heels aren’t necessarily made for walking. If there’s a takeaway from the new Ellison merger it’s to honor the legacies of each studios. Not erase them.
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