In The News: Department of Film
Despite the scope of his YouTube videos, Las Vegas production worker Rick said it was obvious that the MrBeast team had never attempted anything on this scale—a production Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson deemed to be the largest reality TV show ever. Rick described the ‘Beast Games’ production as “beyond embarrassing” and would not be surprised if MrBeast’s team was blacklisted from the industry.
This December, the world’s entertainment capital will host an extraordinary celebration of film, art, and culture. From December 6-8, 2024, the inaugural "Best of Cinema+Art+Culture" (BCAC) festival will take center stage at the UNLV Department of Film. This premier event will spotlight award-winning creators and works, solidifying its place as the ultimate showcase of excellence in these fields.
YouTube’s biggest icon drew 2,000 contestants to Las Vegas to compete in his upcoming reality TV show. With a $5 million grand prize, production documents obtained by News 3 describe the show as “the biggest competition in game show history.”
When Nikki Corda founded the Nevada Women’s Film Festival in 2015, she had no idea she was creating a Las Vegas institution. A CSN film professor at the time, she was just looking for a student club project. “I noticed there was a disparity between how many women students we had at the time and male students,” Corda recalls.
From tennis ball studded stilettos to a custom Celia Kritharioti minidress emblazoned with a movie poster, Zendaya has gone all-in on the theme for her promotion of the new tennis flick Challengers.
The Beverly Theater is branching out and launching a movie distribution company called Ink Films. On Friday, theater officials said film consultant Mike Plante as Head of Distribution for the company.
New film studios in the southwest Las Vegas valley have received a green light from UNLV. The university announced that the UNLV Research Foundation last week approved an agreement to develop a 34-acre media production complex at the Harry Reid Research & Technology Park.
Director L. Frances Henderson’s documentary This Much We Know (available now on VOD platforms) explores the topics of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository and the suicide rate in Las Vegas, filtered through Henderson’s own personal perspective. It’s an often-impressionistic essay film, spending time with the family of Levi Presley, the 16-year-old who jumped to his death from the Stratosphere Tower in 2002, as well as with various experts on both Yucca Mountain and suicide. Henderson frames the movie as a way to process her own friend’s Las Vegas suicide, although the tone is more open-ended than definitive. Henderson spoke with Desert Companion about the process of making a film on such difficult subjects.
Las Vegas-based film industry professionals are looking forward to a blockbuster idea that may be coming to our valley in the future. On Wednesday, the Clark County Zoning Commission unanimously gave the green light to proceed with Summerlin Studios. It's a $1.8 billion project by Sony Pictures and Howard Hughes.
The Clark County Zoning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve multiple variances that set the stage for the development of Summerlin Production Studios. The first serious proposal to build a movie studio in Las Vegas is nowhere near “action” yet, but it has just passed “lights” and is well on its way to “camera.”
The Clark County Zoning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday morning to support plans for a motion picture studio to be built on 30 acres in Summerlin South bringing the project closer to reality.
Las Vegas community members will have the opportunity to see their artwork displayed on the Exosphere — the viral outer shell of the Sphere that has gained worldwide attention over the last year for its repertoire of designs, including advertisements for movies, grinning emojis, giant basketballs and more.