Новости за 27.03.2020

Focus Features’ latest title Never Rarely Sometimes Always, will be available at home on-demand for $19.99 48-hour viewing period starting Friday, April 3. The Eliza Hittman directed and written teenage drama, which has 99% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, faced the unfortunate circumstance of opening in New York and Los Angeles during the weekend when […]

ABC’s double shot of Station 19 and Grey’s Anatomy along with the Season 2 finale of its 10 PM drama A Million Little Things helped the network take both the demo and viewership top spots Thursday in primetime. The night also saw the season enders of Fox’s midseason duo Outmatched and Deputy. Station 19 drew […]

Nickelodeon and Disney Channel are doing their part to help kids during the COVID-19 crisis. Nickelodeon will air #KidsTogether: The Nickelodoen Town Hall, an hour-long special offering a kids-eye view of life during the coronavirus pandemic. It will premiere Monday, March 30 at 7 PM ET/PT. The special will directly address kids’ questions and concerns, […]

Some of the last holdouts in Asia are joining the raft of global markets to see cinema closures, even as the picture in China was beginning to look brighter, before taking a turn today. At this point, all major international box office markets (along with domestic) are essentially closed. Even in places where turnstiles are […]

Hooq, the subscription streaming service operated by Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros and Singapore’s Singtel, has filed for voluntary liquidation. In a statement Friday, Singtel said it has “commenced a creditors’ voluntary liquidation” of the company, in which it has a controlling stake of 76.5%. It added: “The liquidation of Hooq is not expected to […]

Fans of Killing Eve, the Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer-fronted psychopath drama, are in for an early thrill after AMC Networks moved the show’s third season premiere forward by two weeks. AMC Networks Entertainment Group will now launch the Phoebe Waller-Bridge-created drama on Sunday April 12 as opposed to its previous premiere of April 26. […]

Today co-anchor Hoda Kotb broke down in tears on Friday after she interviewed New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who made a $5 million donation to help coronavirus victims in Louisiana. Kotb thanked Brees for his generous donation and said that other people will be inspired by it to contribute as well. “Drew, we love […]

The specialty box office space has quickly adapted to the changing film landscape as many are shifting to virtual theatrical openings. Many indie and arthouse titles do day and date releases and are VOD-only so the transition, for the most part, is familiar territory for many distributors and production companies. Written and directed by Jonathan […]

Quibi is adding even more shows to its launch slate with LeBron James documentary I Promise and Will Arnett’s comedy series Memory Hole joining the list. The short-form service, which launches on April 6, recently unveiled around 50 shows for its launch including Liam Hemsworth’s Most Dangerous Game and Sophie Turner’s Survive. I Promise and […]

NBC’s Today unveiled a new NBCUniversal PSA campaign The More You Know that features Kelly Clarkson, Andy Cohen, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, Savannah Guthrie and others on how to reduce the risk and spread of COVID-19. The dozen-plus spots will roll out over the next few weeks. The new English- and Spanish-language campaign was […]

Parks & Recreation actress Retta will be on hosting duties for a Twitter ‘Watch Party’, i.e. a communal film viewing conducted on social media, of Universal’s horror pic The Invisible Man this weekend. The studio is encouraging people to watch the movie in sync from 1PM PT (4PM ET, 8PM GMT) on Saturday March 28 […]

The BBC has pledged to make a £500,000 ($612,000) donation to the COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund set up by the BFI and the UK’s Film and TV Charity. The BBC’s donation follows Netflix pledging £1M to the cause, which is aimed at providing short-term relief to active workers and freelancers who have been […]