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‘Tribeca 25’ Doc Trailer Highlights Post-9/11 Festival Origins

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August 20, 2026

Tribeca Studios has set a Sept. 11 Netflix debut for Matt Tyrnauer‘s Tribeca 25 documentary about the post-9/11 origins and history of the festival.

The trailer, which The Hollywood Reporter is debuting exclusively below, opens with De Niro reflecting on the city before the 2001 terrorist attacks.

“To me, New York is the most cinematic city in the world and the towers, they were always there, and then one day they were gone,” the Tribeca co-founder says. “You couldn’t even comprehend the enormity of it. It was devastation downtown.”

Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal adds that she and De Niro “wanted to help” and do something “to fight back” as they began working on the festival as a way to revitalize downtown Manhattan.

From there, the trailer includes glimpses of the early days of the festival and the opening night ceremony from the first festival in 2002, a five-day showcase of 150 films, as figures like Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep and Whoopi Goldberg get involved.

“We are not going to take this lying down,” Goldberg says in the preview. “We’re going to bring downtown back.”

Moving forward, the trailer offers a look at the illustrious filmmakers and actors the festival has welcomed over its past 25 editions, with Bruce Springsteen, Nas and others speaking about the power of art.

“Hopefully it’s something that can bring people together for another 25 years,” Rosenthal says of the festival.

Tribeca 25 features exclusive new interviews with De Niro and Rosenthal as well as festival alums Jon M. Chu and Nia DaCosta, never-before-seen archival footage and reflections from Scorsese, Goldberg, Springsteen and Nas as well as Bono, Denis Leary, Graydon Carter, Julian Schnabel, Sheila Nevins and others. The documentary chronicles the festival’s evolution from its 9/11 civic response origins to it becoming a major cultural event. Tyrnauer also uses the festival to explore broader topics like the roles of cities and art the and human need for connection.

“It is, in many ways, a love letter to New York and to the movies — to the belief that storytelling is one of humanity’s oldest and most powerful acts: a way of making meaning, building community and imagining what comes next,” Tyrnauer said in a statement. “Ultimately, it’s a story about resilience, creativity and the enduring human need to gather, connect and find meaning in moments of upheaval.”

Rosenthal added, “Tribeca began with a simple idea: bring people back downtown and let artists help us find a way forward. It grew into something we never could have imagined, but its heart hasn’t changed. We still need places where artists can take risks and people can come together, listen to one another and see the world differently. Matt understood that. He captured not only how Tribeca began but why it still matters.”

And in his own statement, De Niro said in part, “I hope this film reminds people that we all have a voice, and that what we do with it matters.”

Producers on the Tribeca Studios and Tyrnauer Media film are Tyrnauer, Jenny Ewig and Dan Crane. Berry Welsh serves as an executive producer and Keelin Ryan is a co-executive producer.

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The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus Movie From Monarch Media In Works

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August 20, 2026

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EXCLUSIVE: Monarch Media has enlisted Kali Bailey to adapt the screenplay for The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, a live-action feature adaptation of the children’s book by L. Frank Baum.

First published in 1902, Baum’s book follows Santa Claus from an abandoned baby in a magical forest near Oz, to his beloved role of spreading peace, love and lots of toys at Christmastime. Recognized as one of the greatest fantasy writers of the 20th century, Baum is best known for his 14-book series, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which of course inspired the 1939 film classic The Wizard of Oz.

Monarch principals Steve Barnett, Alan Powell and Vicky Patel will produce the new movie.

This isn’t Bailey’s first time working with the Monarch Media team, having co-written the company’s coming-of-age film A Week Away, which spawned the Angel Network series of the same name. She went on to co-direct multiple episodes of the spinoff series and also wrote and directed the Angel Network sci-fi film The Lightning Code.

Speaking to the origins of the Life and Adventures movie, Monarch’s Barnett said: “I’ve been obsessed with the origins of Santa Claus for a long time, so discovering that the incredible L. Frank Baum had explored that backstory was really exciting. Santa is one of the few fictional, global icons, and this story taps into that shared mythology. Kali has created a sweeping, four-quadrant adventure that feels timeless yet fresh—a big, emotional ride that will connect with everyone around the world, across cultures and generations.”

Monarch’s credits include producing the Richard Linklater film Hit Man, starring Glen Powell, and the animated feature Tangles, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Seth Rogen and others, which premiered to critical acclaim at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Their comedy Babies, directed by Lauren Miller Rogen, and starring Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, David Strathairn, Sharon Stone, Ed Helms and Issa Rae, is slated to premiere at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival and will be released theatrically this fall.

Monarch is also producing an untitled Nick Jonas holiday rom-com for Netflix, to be directed by Ari Sandal, and is currently prepping a remake of coming-of-age film A Walk to Remember.

Bailey is repped by First Story Entertainment and attorney Joshua Lastine of Lastine Entertainment Law.

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‘Miami Vice ’85’ Movie Casts Camila Morrone

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August 20, 2026

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EXCLUSIVE: Universal and Joseph Kosinski’s Miami Vice ’85 movie is adding even more star power to its growing ensemble as Camila Morrone is set to co-star opposite Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler.

Kosinski will direct the latest feature adaptation of the classic ’80s crime series, which has a script by Dan Gilroy. Alden Ehrenreich and Whitney Peak recently joined the cast.

Miami Vice ’85 explores the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami in an all-new version of Miami Vice, inspired by the pilot episode of the landmark Universal Television series that influenced culture and set the style of everything from fashion to filmmaking. The movie will l be filmed for Imax and is set for release on May 19, 2028. Production will begin this year.

The film is produced by Dylan Clark/Dylan Clark Productions and Kosinski. Gilroy’s script is based on characters created by Anthony Yerkovich from the series he executive produced with Michael Mann; Eric Warren Singer wrote an earlier draft of the screenplay. EVP Production Development Sara Scott and Creative Executive of Production Development Christina Hoffrogge will oversee the project for the studio.

Morrone has already a big year after earning strong reviews for her role in the Netflix series Something Very Bad is Going to Happen. Following the series’ premiere in the spring, Morrone met on several high-profile projects, with Miami Vice ’85 looking like a strong contender. Sources say the final chem tests with Butler happened over the weekend, and the offer came shortly after.

Morrone was also recently seen in the second season of The Night Manager opposite Tom Hiddleston. Next up, she is one the leads in Netflix’s series adaptation of The Age of Innocence, and later this year she has Patricia Arquette’s film Gonzo Girl opposite Willem Dafoe.

Morrone, who received an Emmy nomination for Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six, is repped by WME, Brillstein and lawyers Steve Warren & Huy Nguyen.

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Says “Optics Are Obvious” Of ‘Wonder Man’ Cancellation & ‘Blade’ Reboot Delays: “It Should Be A Priority To Change That Narrative”

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25 minutes ago

August 20, 2026

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II shares his take on the online discourse over Disney and Marvel’s decision to cancel Wonder Man after one season, and the continued postponement of the Blade reboot.

In a new interview, the actor is asked about the conjecture that fans are making about the Disney+ series and the Marvel superhero film, both led by Black men.

“I think the optics are obvious. If I’m a big business, if I’m Disney, if I’m Marvel, I don’t want to be attached to these optics,” Abdul-Mateen told Vanity Fair. “So it should be a priority to change that narrative and to do what it takes to responsibly change that narrative with quality stories, with quality resources.”

He continued, “I felt that our show did have quality story, did have quality resources, did have quality actors and people, and did produce quality results that the viewers responded to positively, that the voters responded to positively. So our show does deserve some study and some real, hard information about why a show like this did not continue forward, because it had all of the ingredients that one would want in a show.”

Despite Marvel renewing Wonder Man for a second season, it recently announced that the studio had walked back on that renewal and the series would not move forward past Season 1.

Abdul-Mateen also recently earned an Emmy nomination for his work on the Disney+ series.

Similarly, the Blade reboot, which had Mahershala Ali attached to star, has been stuck in development for years, and Marvel’s Kevin Feige recently stated he felt “like a gigantic loser and failure” for not being able to get it done.

Ali subsequently called out Marvel and said that if the studio “wanted to do it, we would’ve done it,” adding, “I have to move on, and I have moved on.”

Marvel first confirmed the Blade reboot with Ali back in 2019, but the project has since been met with multiple delays, including directors Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange’s exits from the film and the 2023 WGA strike.