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EXCLUSIVE: In a hot button moment where many are scrutinizing the paucity of females in the Oscar nominations, Gigi Saul Guerrero continues to establish herself as a new voice in genre, a space usually haunted by men. She has just been set by Orion Pictures to direct the horror thriller 10-31, about a young woman […]

Streaming of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s third season more than doubled the level for Season 2, according to new figures released Tuesday by Nielsen. The measurement firm’s SVOD Content Ratings, which looks at connected-device viewing in the U.S. only, said the show recorded the highest number of any Amazon Prime Video show it has rated […]

EXCLUSIVE: Klaus, Ford v Ferrari, and animated shorts Sister and Hair Love repped Oscar nominations earned by alumni of The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) yesterday. Since the creation of the Best Animated Feature Oscar category in 2001, 12 of the winning films were directed by CalArts alums with the last seven consecutive Animated […]

Little America co-creator Lee Eisenberg is expanding his relationship with Apple. On the heels of the season premiere of the critically acclaimed series, Apple has signed an overall deal with the six-time Emmy nominee and WGA award-winning writer, director and producer. Under the multi-year pact, Eisenberg will create television and digital media projects exclusively for […]

EXCLUSIVE: Vadhir Derbez, the Mexican actor whose credits include Netflix series Sense8 and the box office hit How To Be A Latin Lover, will co-star with Guy Pearce in Justin P. Lange’s exorcism horror movie The Seventh Day. The project is being produced by Fangoria, the horror brand owned by Dallas-based producer Cinestate. Shoot is […]

Sony Pictures said Tuesday that Greta Gerwig’s Little Women will be released February 14 in China. The news comes a day after the latest adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s iconic novel scored six Oscar nominations including Best Picture. The film recently passed $100 million at the worldwide box office, with its current global cume at […]

Just a day after the Oscar snub for her Golden Globe winning performance in Lulu Wang’s critically acclaimed film The Farewell, Awkwafina couldn’t escape the topic even though she was at TCA to discuss the new Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens. Awkwafina said that after the Academy Award nominations were revealed, The […]

Rob Lowe’s ITV drama Wild Bill, cop drama McDonald and Dodds (starring The Crown’s Jason Watkins), Martin Freeman’s A Confession and Sticks and Stones (starring Killing Eve’s Ken Nwosu) are the latest British titles to be snapped up by streamer BritBox. This comes after the ITV and BBC joint venture unveiled its latest commission, Father […]

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment lawyers Leigh Brecheen, David Feldman, Stephen Breimer, Richard Thompson and Ashley Silver have peeled away from Bloom Hergott to launch their own new entertainment law firm. Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver & Thompson opens its doors immediately, based in the penthouse offices at the Watt Plaza Building in Century City. This follows last spring’s […]

While many of the new shows coming through TCA are tackling the nation’s divisive, divided vibe, Michael Chiklis says his upcoming Paramount Network border-action-drama Coyote “isn’t about this side or that side, it’s about people.” Most closely associated with might-makes-right characters, like his Emmy winning role on FX’s The Shield, Chiklis here plays Ben Clemens, a […]

Dave Chappelle will headline two shows for Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign on Jan. 29 and 30 in South Carolina, and he officially endorsed the candidate on Tuesday. “I’m Yang Gang!” Chappelle said. Yang made the announcement of Chappelle’s concerts at a town hall in Ames, Iowa on Tuesday. “I am super indebted to Dave,” Yang […]

EXCLUSIVE: ICM Partners has signed Major League Wrestling with an eye toward negotiating new broadcast and streaming deals for the professional wrestling league whose TV rights become available this spring. ICM Partners will also represent MLW’s newly launched MLW Studios, a multi-platform media studio focusing on original scripted and non-scripted programming. Founded in 2002 by […]

The Berlin Film Festival has added Johnny Depp-starrer Minamata, Agnieszka Holland feature Charlatan, Nanette Burstein’s docuseries Hillary, Tilda Swinton-narrated sci-fi project Last And First Men from Oscar-nominated Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, and Cannes and Venice regular Jia Zhangke’s doc Swimming Out Till The Sea Turns Blue. The movies, all of which are world premieres, will all screen […]

The Berlin Film Festival’s sixth Berlinale Series lineup will include Damien Chazelle’s anticipated Paris-set musical-drama The Eddy for Netflix, Jason Segal’s starry AMC series Dispatches From Elswehere, buzzy Cate Blanchett project Stateless and BBC-HBO Max show Trigonometry.  Moonlight star André Holland leads cast in The Eddy, about a French club owner dealing with the everyday […]

British broadcaster Channel 4 is moving into natural history programming with an eight-part series on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya as part of a slate of new shows for 2020. Living Wild (working title), produced by Sky-owned Blast! Films, promises to take viewers on an intimate journey into the lives of a cast of […]

British broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired Batwoman and Harley Quinn from Warner Bros and Duncanville, the animation from Amy Poehler and The Simpsons veterans Mike and Julie Scully. Batwoman will broadcast on Channel 4’s youth network E4 in 2020, featuring Ruby Rose as the DC character — the first openly gay female lead of a live-action […]

Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer has officially taken over the reins on the next James Bond pic, No Time To Die, replacing Dan Romer. The James Bond twitter account tweeted the following message from director Cary Joji Fukunaga: CONFIRMED: @HansZimmer will compose the score for #NoTimeToDie. Director Cary Joji Fukunaga said: “I’m beyond excited that Hans […]

French filmmaker Christophe Ruggia has been detained and questioned by police investigators over accusations made by actress Adele Haenel. As reported in November, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire actress Haenel stated that The Devils director Ruggia sexually harassed her from the age of 12 after being cast in one of his films. She initially […]

ViacomCBS has reshuffled its international networks division, splitting it into two brand groups and three regional hubs — all led by David Lynn, president and CEO of ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI). Kerry Taylor, executive vice president of MTV International, has been promoted to executive vice president of VCNI entertainment and youth brands, one of the […]

Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt, Hannibal) is leading the cast of Scandi pic Riders Of Justice, the latest feature from Oscar-Winning Danish filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen. Jensen is a noted screenwriter with more than 30 feature credits; he has collaborated with the likes of Susanne Bier and Lone Scherfig. As a director, he helmed a trio […]

First the Twitterverse, now Trevor Noah thinks the Academy has some explaining to do after this morning’s Oscar nominations. The comedian expressed his frustration Monday night on The Daily Show over the fact that no woman was nominated in the directing category. RELATED STORY: Hollywood Heated Over Oscar Snub For Female Directors Noah began by recapping […]

Julie Strain, the prolific B-movie actress and Penthouse Pet of the Year who stood 6-foot-1 became a towering presence on the Comic-Con and autograph show circuit, has died, according to Malibu Bay Films and former associates. She was 57. A statement from Malibu Bay praised Strain as a larger-than-life actress whose winning personality was her […]

Two years after BlacKkKlansman debuted on the Croisette, Spike Lee is heading back to Cannes to serve as jury president. The 62 year-old U.S. filmmaker will award the Palme dO’r at the close of the 73rd edition, which will take place from 12-23 May, 2020. Jury members will be announced in mid-April. BlacKkKlansman, which won […]

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper have very different views on whether U.S. embassies were facing imminent threat, when Trump ordered a drone strike killing Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Esper went on CBS’ Face the Nation Sunday and admitted he “didn’t see” any concrete evidence that American embassies were facing a possible threat […]

Going old school has its perks, and One Day at a Time is anomaly in the current TV era as a streaming-birthed series that was canceled and ultimately rescued by a  cable TV network. Typically, it’s streaming that has saved those series canceled by linear TV. The big upside to airing weekly for the creators […]