LOS ANGELES – Syrian-born film producer Moustapha Akkad, whose three decades of work in Hollywood ranged from the "Halloween" slasher films to more serious movies with Muslim themes, died Friday from ...

The Message, directed by Moustapha Akkad, was released in 1976 in both English and Arabic versions. The film was difficult to make and faced a backlash in part of the Muslim world. It is currently ...

In 2015, Syrian refugee Hassan Akkad spent two months stranded in “The Jungle,” the notorious migrant camp in Calais. In the fall of 2016, he returned to Calais — but this time, he had gained asylum ...

Examining the struggles of asylum seekers in the U.K., the WaterBear Network and Deadbeat Studios project is based on the experiences of cinematographer Ayman Alhussein. By Alex Ritman U.K.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Filmmaker Hassan Akkad is now working as a hospital cleaner in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. (Credit: Twitter/Hassan Akkad ...

Syrian-born film producer Moustapha Akkad, whose three decades of work in Hollywood ranged from the "Halloween" slasher films to more serious movies with Muslim themes, died Friday from wounds ...

A 4K restoration of the 1981 film “Lion of the Desert” is to premiere at the Cairo Film Festival this week. Telling the story of Benito Mussolini’s attempt to defeat the Libyan rebellion against ...

When you have a movie franchise that's been around for 40 years, the sad truth is that not everyone who was involved at the start of the franchise is going to be around to see how the series has ...

It was one of the most controversial films of the 70s: an English-language biopic of the prophet Muhammad that was bankrolled by Gadafy and went on to trigger a fatal siege ahead of its US premiere.

So the big question everyone has been wondering since the announcement of the next Halloween film was whether or not it would continue on in the universe set up by Rob Zombie. Recently Collider caught ...