The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its newly elected 2025-2026 Board of Governors, with a mix of ...

The results are in after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held elections for 17 seats on its 55-person board ...

In an overhaul of its Focus Features imprint, Universal Pictures is installing FilmDistrict founder Peter Schlessel as the new head of the specialty movie label. James Schamus, Focus’ current ...

Focus Features is no longer Focus Features. It’s FilmDistrict — with a new owner and a new name. That’s the takeaway from Universal’s announcement on Tuesday, which unveiled the label’s ...

Universal Pictures shocked the indie sector with its third overhaul of prestige film division Focus Features in a relatively short time. The long-running New York-based team of James Schamus and ...

The London-based Focus Features International will close its doors on Dec. 31, marking the final step in a dramatic overhaul of the Universal-owned specialty division. Official word of the closure ...

With audacious directors, courageous actors and unforgettable stories that have touched the lives of cinephiles on a global scale, Focus Features has been a fixture in the Hollywood firmament for ...

Focus Features’ new leadership team under incoming CEO Peter Schlessel will be a blend of executives from both Focus and Film District — but it won’t include current Focus co-CEO Andrew Karpen.

Current Focus Features CEO James Schamus, who co-founded Focus Features over 12 years ago and is a passionate advocate for specialty film, will leave the company to concentrate on Ang Lee’s next ...

Film is an art but it’s also a business and the writing may well have been on the wall for Focus Features. It hurts, but it seems the rule is you don’t get to crank out that kind of an art ...

See About archive blog posts. Universal Pictures is in talks to sell its specialty film label Focus Features to investor brothers Alec and Tom Gores, according to people familiar with the matter.