We got a chance to talk with rising actor David Thomas Newman about starring in 'Voodoo Macbeth' (which is garnering lots of attention and awards on the festival circuit), how he got his start in acting, landing roles in the difficult industry that is Hollywood, and more.
While a whole generation is growing up with "Netflix documentary" as a genre, docs are cleaning up at the box office, too. According to The Numbers, documentaries grossed a total of $95 million domestically in 2018, more than doubling last year's total of $44 million. A big factor in that is that there were a lot of really great documentary films this year.
The film is a biopic of 'Citizen Kane' screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and it will be shot entirely in black and white.