Новости за 14.02.2020

2nd Update:  Sonic the Hedgehog is quickly looking like a hit, besting the top end of its $50M 4-day projection of $55M, off a $17M Friday (including $3M previews) and $45M 3-day. Great stuff. Warner Bros. Birds of Prey will take 2nd place with a 4-day of $18.9M in weekend 2, 3-day of $15.3M (-54%) off a 2nd Friday […]

EXCLUSIVE: British actress Riann Steele (Holby City) has been cast as the female lead opposite Jonathan Tucker in Debris, NBC’s sci-fi drama pilot from Almost Human creator J.H. Wyman and Legendary Television. NBC Written by Wyman, Debris is said to be in the vein of The X-Files and Men in Black. In it, two agents from two different continents and two different mindsets — CIA’s Bryan […]

Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg, battling to emerge as the choice among moderates in the Democratic primary, are heading to Los Angeles next week to tap Hollywood and Los Angeles donors for badly needed campaign cash in advance of the Nevada and South Carolina contests followed by the juggernaut of Super Tuesday. Also set to […]

TBS has slotted Tuesday, April 7 for the season three premiere of its hit sitcom The Last O.G., starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish. Co-created and executive produced by Oscar winner Jordan Peele, The Last O.G. has ranked as cable’s #1 sitcom since its 2018 launch. In season 3, after serving his time at the […]

ICM Partners literary agent Heather Karpas has left the agency to join Richard Plepler’s Eden Productions as creative executive. Karpas, an eight-year veteran of the Publications department of ICM, will oversee development for Eden under its exclusive five-year deal with Apple TV+, encompassing series, feature films, and documentaries. She will be based out of the […]

For a trial probing potentially millions in profits denied Robert Kirkman and other executive producers of The Walking Dead, some real star power showed up Friday on this battlefield of the zombie apocalypse blockbuster series. “The representation to me was we would be treated the same as if it was made by Lionsgate or Sony […]

EXCLUSIVE: Radar Pictures, which served as an executive producer on Sony’s Jumanji films, has secured rights to “Karn Evil 9,” the futuristic 1973 song by London prog-rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, to develop as a sci-fi feature. New York Times bestselling author Daniel H. Wilson has been hired to adapt the screenplay, which is […]

As investors circle Hispanic media giant Univision Communications, former Viacom chief financial officer and investment banker Wade Davis continues in the mix as some new names emerge. The latest entrant into the process is Searchlight Capital, a private equity firm said to be teaming up with Davis, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. […]

CNN and Univision will host a Democratic presidential debate in Phoenix on March 15, two days before the Arizona primary as well as votes in Florida, Illinois and Ohio. This will be the 11th presidential debate this cycle, the fourth to be hosted by CNN and the second by Univision. On February 19, NBC News, […]

The new Syfy series Vagrant Queen will premiere on Friday, March 27, in the 10 PM slot. The 10-episode live-action series is an adaptation of the namesake original comic book series published by Vault Comics. The star-spanning adventure is produced by Blue Ice Pictures and features the work of an all-female team of writers and directors. […]

Netflix has set an all-star voice cast for Masters of the Universe: Revelation, its upcoming anime series based on He-Man, Skeletor, Teela and the other classic characters of the Masters of the Universe franchise. Masters of the Universe: Revelation, produced by Mattel Television, will focus on the unresolved storylines of the iconic characters, picking up […]

EXCLUSIVE: There has never been a German-language film version of landmark German novel All Quiet On The Western Front. That is set to change with an intriguing new version of the WWI story which brings together BAFTA-winning director Edward Berger (Patrick Melrose), Euro producers Malte Grunert (A Most Wanted Man) and Daniel Dreifuss (No), and […]

Mike Leigh’s is gearing up to shoot his next film (untitled 2020) in the UK this summer, according to the production. Cornerstone Films will handle international sales, with Bleecker Street on board for U.S. distribution for their first collaboration with the Mr. Turner director. eOne will distribute in the UK, continuing their relationship with the […]

Calamity Films, the UK producer behind Judy, for which Renée Zellweger recently won an Oscar, has named Sam Gordon as its head of development. Gordon joins from BBC Films, where he worked as a development executive on projects including recent Sundance pic Herself and the upcoming People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan, as well […]

Disney has hired former BBC exec Liam Keelan in a new original productions role across Europe and Africa. Keelan, who left BBC Studios’ scripted division last year, has joined in the new role of vice president, original productions, television, Europe and Africa. He will oversee commissioning across its linear channels and upcoming streaming service Disney+. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Booksmart filmmaker Olivia Wilde is set to direct Kerri Strug biopic Perfect, which will be among the hottest packages at the EFM in Berlin next week. The film, based on the book Landing On My Feet, A Diary Of Dreams by Strug and John P. Lopez, tells the true story of the gymnast’s triumph […]

EXCLUSIVE: Archstone Entertainment has boarded world sales on Jacob Johnston’s feature directorial debut, Dreamcatcher. The horror-thriller, currently in post-production, stars Zachary Gordon (Diary Of A Wimpy Kid), Niki Koss (Famous In Love), Blaine Kern III (Happy Death Day 1 & 2), Elizabeth Posey (Euphoria), Travis Burns (Neighbours), and Olivia Sui (Smosh). Archstone will launch sales at […]

STARZ has a gift for Outlander fans who were planning on spending Valentine’s Day evening with a tub of ice cream and the cats – the early release of the season five premiere. The episode will be available exclusively to STARZ subscribers only on the STARZ app and STARZ On Demand. The announcement was made […]

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the tenures of cast members on daytime drama The Days of Our Lives. Galen Gering is the latest regular to depart the long-running series, announcing on Instagram that today was his final on the set. He will still be seen on the show through the fall, though, as […]

Trevor Noah devoted the first part of his show tonight to an examination of the new indictment of Jussie Smollett – the former Empire actor and “Black Pinocchio,” as Noah termed him – who now faces Chicago justice in this recurring storyline. “I know what he did was wrong, but I kind of feel bad […]

Highland Park will be turned into a bit of 1970s New York next week, as Amazon Prime Video transforms a section of that northeast Los Angeles neighborhood into a promotion for its new Hunters series. In the series, which bows Feb. 21 on Amazon Prime, Nazi hunters discover hundreds of high-ranking Nazi officials in 1977 […]

Thomas & Friends is headed to streaming. Netflix will become the new U.S. TV home of the classic children’s animated series. The news was revealed during Mattel’s earnings calls Thursday. “Today, we are pleased to announce that Thomas & Friends, the iconic children’s series, will be available on Netflix in the United States starting this […]

Come and knock on their door. Getting two people to agree on something is tough when it comes to real estate. Getting three? Well, in the words of HGTV’s first throuple, “I don’t want our bedroom to be weird. Unless we make it weird.” The show that’s launched hundreds of homes to singles and couples […]

EXCLUSIVE: James Lesure has been cast as a series regular opposite Katey Sagal in Rebel, ABC’s drama pilot inspired by the life of activist Erin Brockovich. Executive produced by Brockovich, Rebel hails from Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff, Davis Entertainment, Sony Pictures TV and ABC Studios. Written by Vernoff, Rebel centers on Annie “Rebel” Bello (Sagal), a blue-collar legal advocate without […]

UTA has hired Jason Garber and David Morris, who had been production agents at WME. They are now moving to UTA’s Production division based in Los Angeles and report to Pete Franciosa, UTA Partner and Head of Production. The pair’s client roster includes Oscar and Emmy winners Sanne Wohlenberg (Chernobyl), Erica Kay (Fosse/Verdon), Mary Rae […]