Новости за 05.02.2020

Today, Warner Bros. and HBO Max announced the creation of Warner Max, a new film label that that will serve as the feature production arm of the streaming service that’s launching in May. The new joint venture will have a target of releasing eight to 10 mid-budget movies per year, overseen by HBO Max’s Chief […]

UPDATED, 12:25 PM: Watch the livestream as the full Senate votes at 4 p.m. ET today on whether to convict President Donald Trump on either or both articles of impeachment sent over by Democrats in the House of Representatives. PREVIOUSLY, February 3: The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump continues Monday on Capitol Hill with […]

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off of Sundance, Wavelength Productions has revealed Eliana Pipes as the first recipient of their inaugural Wave Grant, a $5,000 grant awarded to a first-time female filmmaker of color to help them finish their short film. Pipes was selected from over 100 applications from all over the country. In addition to the handsome cash […]

Emmy-nominated writer/producer Wellesley Wild (Family Guy) has signed an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Animation, marking the first major producer deal for the Studio. Under the pact, Wild will develop, write and produce new animated projects — for both adult, kid and family audiences — at WBA across all platforms, including premium/pay and […]

UPDATE, 12:13 PM PT: The final Senate votes are coming soon in Donald Trump’s short-lived impeachment trial, but POTUS might want to be much more concerned about his State of the Union numbers. Despite, one literal and figurative zinger after another plus a Medal of Freedom given live to Rush Limbaugh, the former Celebrity Apprentice’s […]

The annual South by Southwest Conference and Festival is known for having a lineup of programming that makes Austin bust at the seams — and its slate for the 27th edition of the film festival isn’t any different. After already unveiling its initial roster of films, SXSW has now announced its lineup of Midnighters, Festival […]

Trevor Noah unpacked Donald Trump’s third State of the Union address Tuesday night in The Daily Show‘s post-speech episode titled “Live After The State Of The Union.” During his opening monologue, the Comedy Central star reminded viewers that the late-night show was “live baby.” Noah noted that the State of The Union address is a tradition […]

UPDATE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up her copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech and told reporters that tearing up the address was “the courteous thing to do considering the alternatives.” Pelosi had been responding to a question from Fox News producer Jason Donner. The moment was one of many that […]

Liev Schreiber, who earned three Emmy noms for playing the titular fixer on Showtime’s just-canceled Ray Donovan, took to social media tonight to toast the series and its fans with the single word “slainte.” View this post on Instagram Slainte. A post shared by Liev Schreiber (@lievschreiber) on Feb 4, 2020 at 6:14pm PST The Donovan character […]

Rape charges against an orthopedic surgeon featured on a Bravo reality series and his girlfriend will soon be dropped after a full review of the case found a lack of evidence, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced Tuesday in California. Dr. Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley were charged in 2018 with drugging and sexually […]

UPDATED with reaction: In a surprise move that few people saw coming during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address, conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh was awarded the United States’ highest civilian honor — the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “Almost every American family knows the pain when a loved one is diagnosed with a […]

Disney anticipates a combined $175-million dollar hit from two theme parks in Asia due to the recent coronavirus outbreak if they remain closed for two months. That includes a $135-million squeeze on operating income at Shanghai Disneyland and $40 million from Hong Kong Disneyland. Both are temporarily shuttered due to the epidemic, which has emptied […]

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon has snapped up global rights to Sylvie’s Love for an amount that’s in the high-seven-figure range, we can report tonight. Eugene Ashe wrote and directed this romance, which played in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Ashe is a former Sony Music recording artist from Harlem, NY, who has performed […]

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Caldwell has joined Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s The Matrix 4 in a role that’s being kept under wraps. Production is already underway. Caldwell joins Keanu Reeves (Neo), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), and Jada Pinkett Smith (Niobe) as well as newcomers Priyanka Chopra, Jessica Henwick, Eréndira Ibarra, Neil Patrick Harris, Toby Onwumere, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who is […]

Gene Reynolds, a former child actor who went on to co-create M*A*S*H and Lou Grant and direct and/or produced multiple other series and was a two-term DGA president, died Monday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. He was 96. Reynolds won six Emmys — from more than two dozen nominations — three DGA […]

Disney has big international plans for Disney+ following its triumphant launch Stateside that include rolling out the streaming service to a dozen or more countries starting this spring. India will get the service on March 29 in a debut timed to cricket season. On a conference call following its fiscal first-quarter earnings release Tuesday, Disney […]

Super Bowl MVP and football Hall of Famer Kurt Warner is about to get the biopic treatment. Jon Erwin and Andrew Erwin’s Kingdom Story Company (the forthcoming I Still Believe) closed a deal for American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story, which will chronicle the true story of the football legend, who went from stocking shelves […]

Snapchat parent Snap Inc. swung to an adjusted profit of three cents per share in the fourth quarter, an improvement from a loss of four cents a share. Wall Street analysts had expected the company to break even. The social media company said daily active users increased 17% in the period, to 218 million, while […]

UPDATED with earnings data UPDATED with earnings data The Disney+ streaming service launched in November has 26.5 million subscribers, the company said Tuesday as it reported fiscal first-quarter earnings after the bell. The number is higher than the 20-25 million anticipated. The giant conglon reported earnings after the bell. Revenue surged 36% to $20.9 billion. […]

Amid one of the more consequential weeks in American politics, Donald Trump will visit the House of Representatives’ chamber toight to deliver his third State of the Union Address. Below is a rundown of how to watch on TV and online. Note first that Deadline will have the livestream right here tonight, starting at 9 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Tyler Lepley (The Haves and the Have Nots) is set as a series regular in Amazon’s half-hour comedy from Girls Trip writer Tracy Oliver. Girls Trip director Malcolm D. Lee is set to direct the first two episodes of the ten-part series, which comes from Universal Television, and Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions. In […]

In expanding to the deeper parts of its DC universe, Warner Bros. is launching Suicide Squad spinoff Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn this weekend, repping the comic book label’s continued march into R-rated fare post Joker and Watchmen, with a projected worldwide start between $110M-$125M; a take which is just under DC’s […]