Новости за 07.05.2020

EXCLUSIVE: Crackle Plus has picked up timely Oz rom-com Cooped Up, about life and love under coronavirus, quarantine and PPE. The funny thing is, the movie was made in 2016. The prophetic film follows a bitter semi-professional wrestler who, after coming into contact with a deadly coronavirus, is quarantined to his family home for 21 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Topic is partnering with Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Roger Ross Williams and on a new program titled One Story Up, in which he will select one short film from an emerging talent per month for the next 12 months that will stream exclusively on the streaming platform. The deal forged with Williams’ production company One […]

EXCLUSIVE: Marc Guggenheim has been set by Studio 8 to adapt Prophet, the Image Comics character hatched by Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld. The aim is to build a franchise around John Prophet, a DNA enhanced super-soldier placed into a cryogenic freeze for a future mission only to awaken prematurely in the present, searching for a […]

Nearly all networks saw a downtick in the ratings for their Wednesday night lineups, with the exception of the season finale of Riverdale. The CW teen drama gained as it wrapped its shortened season with a 0.2 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 683,000 viewers, marking its biggest audience in eight months. Despite slipping two-tenths, […]

Disney+ has given an eight-episode series order to Just Beyond, a horror/comedy anthology from writer Seth Grahame-Smith and 20th Century Fox Television, part of Disney TV Studios. It is based on the bestselling BOOM! Studios graphic novel series from iconic children’s writer R.L. Stine (Goosebumps). A writers room is being assembled and the series is […]

While the Television Academy today recognized AMPAS recent ruling to consider streaming and VOD fare during the pandemic crisis, the Emmy voting organization re-emphasized a new rule made back in March that Oscar-nominated programs would no longer be eligible in the TV competition. In fact, the new rule which prevents content from competing both at […]

EXCLUSIVE: With podcasting continuing to surge as a form of media and entertainment, and audio properties increasingly of interest to the film and TV business, MGM is taking a stake in a new entrant in the field called Audio Up. The company was founded by Jared Gutstadt, former founder and CEO of the audio agency […]

NBC’s Saturday Night Live will wrap its 45th season a little earlier than usual, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The sketch comedy program will air its third “At Home” original this Saturday, May 9, which will serve as the season finale. (Last year’s season finales was on May 18). There will be no host or […]

The contributions and personal sacrifices of people going above and beyond to support their communities during the COVID-19 crisis is the subject of a new Amazon Prime series. Regular Heroes is the title of an eight-episode docuseries highlighting the everyday people who are making an impact. The series premieres on Amazon Prime Video in the […]

ABC has set its Wonderful World of Disney movie night with the premiere of several iconic feature films to premiere later this month. For four consecutive Wednesday nights, the titles, currently available on Disney+, will be shown in primetime on ABC. Kicking off the series is Disney’s Oscar-nominated Moana on Wednesday, May 20 at 8 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Former SpringHill Entertainment executive Nicole Tossou has joined Project X Entertainment, the independent production and financing company formed in late 2019 by William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, and writer-director-producer Jamie Vanderbilt, as the company’s EVP Television. Prior to Project X, Tossou had served since 2017 as a Creative Executive at SpringHill Entertainment, the production company […]

Parasite producer CJ is lining up another genre-bending treat. The Korean powerhouse is teaming up with Midsommar and Hereditary duo Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen on an English-language remake of cult Korean movie Save The Green Planet! The off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi mashup from 2003 follows a man who believes the world is on the verge […]

Tribeca Studios is dipping its toe into podcasting in partnership with iHeartMedia, teaming up on a new series called Fierce about formidable women from history. The branded entertainment and production arm of Tribeca Enterprises — parent of the flagship film festival — is launching Fierce today (May 6). New episodes post weekly through June 17 on […]

Fox is building a second season of Lego Masters. The series, which sees pairs of Lego enthusiasts facing off in brick-building challenges, premiered on Fox on February 5 and the ten-part series ran through April 15. Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch revealed on the company’s investor earnings call that it had begun preparing a second series […]

Expect more celebrities in crazy costumes as Fox is bringing back The Masked Singer for season 4. The renewal was unveiled on Fox’s investors earnings call. It comes as the third season of the quirky entertainment show, which features celebrities donning outlandish outfits to sing famous cover versions is heading to its final on May […]

Sinclair Broadcast Group will pay $48 million in a civil penalty — the largest in the FCC’s history — to close three open government investigations, including of its conduct as it sought to acquire Tribune Media in 2018. The fines, however, do not revoke FCC licenses, a sanction that some critics of the broadcaster should […]

2ND UPDATE, 2 PM: Katy Perry, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, the Muppets, Tituss Burgess, Sabrina Carpenter, Lang Lang and pros from Dancing with the Stars are the latest additions to The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II. the ABC special airing on Mother’s Day. See a list of scheduled performances below. UPDATE, MAY !: ABC […]

EXCLUSIVE: Former AMC Studios executive Drew Brown is joining Skydance Television as EVP, Physical Production. He replaces Carol Turner, who recently exited to head up production at ABC Studios. It is one of several executive hires and promotions in the indie TV studio’s creative development, global physical production, business affairs and publicity operations as new […]