Новости за 04.08.2020

Netflix dropped a music video teaser from its new musical dramedy Julie and the Phantoms during its panel at the virtual TCA press tour Tuesday. The acoustic performance features the main cast playing “Edge of Great,” an original song from the show’s soundtrack. Watch it above. Arriving on September 10, the series from Kenny Ortega […]

Fox Corp. on Tuesday reported total sales of $2.42 billion last quarter, in line with expectations, down slightly (4%) from a year ago but off $1 billion from the previous three months as COVID-19 hit advertising. The company that owns Fox News, Fox Sports, Fox Entertainment and the Fox Television Stations had warned a major […]

Netflix’s Away centers around an American astronaut, played by Hilary Swank, as she prepares to lead an international crew on the first mission to Mars. The fact that the show is coming out in September, six months after the coronavirus ravaged the U.S. and forced many into lockdown, has only made it more relevant, according […]

Refresh for updates: On Disney’s 3Q earnings call today, it was announced that Mulan is going to Disney+ on Sept. 4. Specifically, Disney will be releasing the film theatrically in certain markets where the studio currently has no announced launch plans for Disney+ and where theaters are open (i.e. China). The concern with opening the film in […]

Walt Disney said revenue last quarter was $11.87 billion, lower than expected and down 42% from the year before with the theme park division taking a $3.5 billion hit. But diluted earnings per share (EPS) after items came in at $0.08, down from $1.34 the year before but still in positive territory. It beating Wall […]

UPDATED with latest total: Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Tuesday during the company’s earnings call that there are now 60.5 million global subscribers to Disney+, the direct-to-consumer streaming service launched last November. He also said today that Mulan, long in limbo amid the COVID-19 pandemic, will debut September 24 on Disney+ for $24.99, a new […]

EXCLUSIVE: OZY Media has assembled a programming slate under the first-look production agreement it struck with A+E Networks in January. Under the pact, OZY has set up The Science of Dating (wt), a dating show to be produced by A+E Networks’ Six West Media, which is in development at Lifetime, along with two scripted movie projects, […]

Neil Young filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Tuesday over the unauthorized use of Rockin in the Free World and Devil’s Sidewalk. “This complaint is not intended to disrespect the rights and opinions of American citizens, who are free to support the candidate of their choosing,” the lawsuit stated. […]

The virtual TCA panel for The Umbrella Academy kicked off with the opening battlefield scene from the sophomore season which debuted July 31 on Netflix. The new season finds our favorite dysfunctional family of superheroes in Dallas during the ’60s. After they take down some soldiers with their superpowers, Five (Aidan Gallagher) teleports out of there […]

The Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals were set to have their Field of Dreams moment at the Iowa stadium where the 1989 baseball title was filmed, until the COVID-19 pandemic spoiled their plans. On Monday, Major League Baseball announced that it would cancel the August 13 match at a temporary stadium in Dyersville, […]

UPDATE, 8:20 PM: It took the Hollywood Foreign Press Association a few hours to respond to a piercing new antitrust lawsuit filed today that strips back a lot of the inner workings of the group. Yet now the group has and they aren’t playing defense. “While the HFPA has not yet been served with this […]

The White House withdrew the nomination of Michael O’Rielly to serve another term as commissioner at the FCC, just days after he gave a speech in which he signaled his opposition to President Donald Trump’s executive order to try to limit liability protections for social media companies. O’Rielly, a Republican who joined the commission in […]

The premiere of Univision’s ¿Quién Es la Máscara? (The Masked Singer) raked in an average of 1.4 million viewers in its 2 1/2-hour debut Sunday. The premiere tied for second overall for the night among the Big 4 networks and the CW in the adults 18-49 demographic, which peaked in the 9 p.m. hour with a […]

Expressing cautious optimism about the success of efforts to control the coronavirus, L.A. County Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said Monday that the closure of bars and elimination of indoor dining, along with cooperation from residents, have slowed the illness’s spread. Ferrer said the county is “cautiously optimistic that we’re getting back on track” […]

As coronavirus numbers in the region showed a marked decline, the Los Angeles Unified School District and the union representing teachers announced a tentative agreement Monday on how to proceed with distance learning this fall. Efforts will be focused on providing a structured school day as campuses remain closed due to the coronavirus. The proposal […]

Twitter said Monday that it expects to take a $150 million-$250 million loss related to an FTC complaint on its data securities practices. The social media giant, which was hit by a major hack last month, said in an SEC filing that it received a draft complaint from the Federal Trade Commission on July 28 […]

Sing Street, the sold-out Off Broadway musical that was set to begin performances at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre just as the COVID-19 shutdown hit, now is targeting an opening sometime between winter 2021 and winter 2022. The announcement was made Monday by producers Barbara Broccoli, Brian Carmody, Patrick Milling Smith, Michael Wilson, Orin Wolf and Frederick Zollo. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Reading Rainbow icon LeVar Burton will sit in the director’s chair for Two-Front War from Lou Reda Productions. The multi-perspective docuseries will give an emotionally raw look at the connection between the fight for civil rights in America and the struggle for equality of Black soldiers in Vietnam. The […]

National Geographic will premiere Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested’s new feature documentary Blood on the Wall on Sept. 30. The project is a deep dive into the migrant crisis in Mexico, looking at the caravans coming through the country to the U.S. border, and how it has been exacerbated by drug trafficking and political corruption. […]