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    Italy Enters Maura Delpero’s “Vermiglio” Into The Oscar Competition For Best International Feature

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    A scene from "Vermiglio" (Sideshow and Janus Films)
    ROME --

    Italy has selected writer-director Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio to represent it in the International Feature Film Award category for the 97th Academy Awards.

    Vermiglio, the Silver Lion winner at this year’s Venice Film Festival, was produced by Cinedora, Chrades and Versus Productions. The feature made its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival where it screened in the Special Presentation section.

    Sideshow and Janus Films acquired Vermiglio out of Venice and are planning a theatrical release this year. The companies previously released the Oscar-winning Drive My Car and the Oscar-nominated EO and All That Breathes. Janus Films also distributed the Oscar-winning film The Great Beauty.

    Set in 1944, Vermiglio takes its title from a high mountain village in the Italian Alps where war looms as a distant but constant threat. The arrival of Pietro, a refugee soldier, disrupts the dynamics of the local teacher’s family, changing them forever. During the four seasons marking the end of World War II, Pietro is drawn to Lucia, the teacher’s eldest daughter, which leads to marriage and an unexpected fate. As the world emerges from its tragedy, the family will face its own.

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    DC Studios Bets Big On Milly Alcock As “Punk Rock” Supergirl In Film Directed By Craig Gillespie

    Thursday, April 30, 2026
    This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Milly Alcock in a scene from "Supergirl." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

    Not too long after James Gunn and Peter Safran stepped up to lead DC Studios into the future, they were riffing about Supergirl. The Tom King comic series, "Supergirl: World of Tomorrow" was one of the ideas they were especially excited about, and Gunn had a very specific image in his head. He just didn't yet know her name. "He goes, 'you know the young girl from 'House of the Dragon'? The young queen or princess? That's how I picture it, like a young punk rock girl who is just totally badass and tough,'" Safran told The Associated Press. "I was like, yeah, that sounds fantastic, and we haven't seen that before." Milly Alcock, now 26, had just started to break out playing Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (later portrayed by Emma D'Arcy) in the "Game of Thrones" prequel, when she got a request for a self-tape for the secretive Supergirl project. Alcock had been working in her native Australia since she was a teenager, but her world was suddenly getting bigger very quickly. A few weeks later, she was summoned for a screen test (her first ever). She boarded a 24-hour flight from Sydney to Atlanta and gave it her best shot. "I kind of had a feeling, I remember I like got back to my hotel room and I like sat down and I was like, 'Oh, this is gonna, something's gonna happen,'" Alcock said. "I just had like an intuition that like, this is going to be a very exciting challenge if it goes in my favor." "This is crazy, what have I done?" Ten days later, Gunn texted her an article in the trade publication Deadline: "'Supergirl': New Woman Of Steel Is 'House Of The Dragon's' Milly Alcock." No phone call. No context. And all she could think was, "This is crazy, what have I done?" A few days later, she was back on that 24-hour flight to film her... Read More

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