Новости за 09.09.2020

ViacomCBS is expanding its podcast business with a three year deal with iHeartMedia. The deal will include the return of Yo! MTV Raps, the seminal hip hop series, as a podcast and the extension of shows from the team behind The Daily Show. Trevor Noah’s Comedy Central show will produce additional original podcasts from the […]

Cameras are rolling again on the third season of Netflix’s British teen comedy-drama Sex Education following the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. Netflix announced production had resumed in a video post Wednesday on Twitter. It features cast members Gillian Anderson, Asa Butterfield, Chris Jenks, Connor Swindells, JoJo Macari, Tanya Reynolds and Allistair Petrie packing their bags and […]

EXCLUSIVE: With New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco movie theaters still not open, our exhibition sources are hearing that Warner Bros is apt to move Wonder Woman 1984 again, this time out of its current October 2 date to either sometime in November or possibly to late December. That would bump the studio’s Legendary feature […]

Seasoned marketer and corporate executive Ukonwa Ojo has joined Amazon as Chief Marketing Officer for Prime Video and Amazon Studios. The former MAC Cosmetics and Coty CMO will be responsible for leading global brand and originals marketing, reporting to Mike Hopkins, SVP of Prime Video and Amazon Studios. In a memo to staff (read it […]

EXCLUSIVE: Juliet Landau, who is best known for her role as the mean girl vampire in the cult favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, has inked a worldwide distribution deal with Modern Films for her feature film directorial debut A Place Among The Dead. Landau will also star in the feature alongside icons Gary Oldman, Ron […]

EXCLUSIVE: Talia Ryder, who had her breakout role in the Broadway adaptation of Matilda, is set to star in the indie Hello, Goodbye And Everything In Between. To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You producer Matt Kaplan will produce through Ace Entertainment with Michael Lewen directing. Script was written by Amy Reed, with revisions […]

Hilary Swank has filed a lawsuit against the trustees of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan, asking a federal judge to order the trustees to resume coverage of her treatment for recurrent malignant ovarian cysts, which have afflicted the two-time Oscar-winning actress for more than 11 years. Her lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in […]

There is no official word yet on the fate of big Thanksgiving family dinners, but Halloween is definitely shuttered this year in Los Angles because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Door to door trick or treating is not allowed because it can be very difficult to maintain proper social distancing on porches and at front […]

UPDATE: The CW has launched its own initiative ahead of the 2020 election. The network announced its CW Vote Actually campaign, an initiative focused on encouraging everyone in the CW community – from loyal audience members to social media followers – to exercise their right to vote come Nov. 3. Kicking off Sept. 15, CW […]

EXCLUSIVE: Highland Film Group is launching The Avenue Entertainment, a new U.S. theatrical distribution arm with industry veteran JJ Caruth as President of Domestic Marketing & Distribution. The Avenue will handle theatrical distribution of six to eight titles per year and has signed an agreement with Paramount Home Entertainment to handle Blu-ray, DVD, VOD, and […]

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish said Wednesday of the upfront that “things are very, very far along” in the tortured process long overdue and distorted by the coronavirus. “We are feeling good about how it is shaping up,” he told a BofA virtual media conference Wednesday. If all goes well, he expects a full slate of […]

Fargo wrapped its fourth season yesterday, A Teacher returned to production last month in LA and Atlanta is set to shoot two seasons back to back next year. These were some of the highlights of FX’s plan to return to production, as laid out by Chairman, FX Networks and FX Productions John Landgraf. Fargo season […]