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EXCLUSIVE: With Broadway dark at least until next summer, The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman has set a new opening night for 2022. The highly anticipated musical revival, costarring Sutton Foster, now will begin previews at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre on Monday, December 20, 2021, with Opening Night scheduled for Thursday, February 10, 2022. The […]

The plot details to Ernest Cline’s Ready Player Two have been carefully under wraps, until now. The author, co-producer and co-screenwriter of Ready Player One revealed the details this morning at New York Comic Con in a panel moderated by Wil Wheaton; the details of which you can read below. The long-awaited sequel comes out in hardcover, ebook and […]

Filmmaker Garrett Bradley is known for tackling pressing issues facing the Black community with her work. Her documentary short America painted a portrait of how Black people are represented in American culture while Alone, investigated the impact of mass incarceration on the modern Black family through the eyes of a single mother in New Orleans. The latter […]

Angelina Jolie and Christoph Waltz are circling the lead roles in Every Note Played, a drama based on Still Alice author Lisa Genova’s latest novel. The story follows a world-renowned concert pianist and composer on the verge of creating his magnum opus. When he receives a life-changing diagnosis, his estranged ex-wife takes up the cross […]

Thursday marked the end of the Chinese National Day holiday with the world’s second largest box office market significantly tightening the gap between its turnstiles and those of North America. Takings for the period are estimated at RMB 3.95B ($589M). That does not include play of some of the releases that got a jump on […]

UPDATE, with Equity statement Broadway will remain closed through at least May 30 2021, the Broadway League announced today. The four-month extension beyond the most recent January date will force producers hoping for a Spring opening to come up with new plans. The Broadway League announced the continued suspension of all ticket sales for Broadway […]

HBO Max has taken the U.S. rights to I Hate Suzie, the Sky comedy drama co-created by Succession writer Lucy Prebble and produced by His Dark Materials outfit Bad Wolf. Starring and co-created by former Doctor Who actress Billie Piper, the eight-part series follows a famous woman whose life is upended when her phone is […]

Bonjour, and congratulations on making it to Friday. As usual, International Insider is here to bookend your week with some must-reads and analysis from recent days. Jake Kanter with you in the saddle this week. Cinemas In Crisis Shutting up shop: Major global exhibitor Cineworld sent shockwaves through the biz this week when it made […]

Jack White will perform as musical guest on this week’s Saturday Night Live, replacing country star Morgan Wallen, who was dropped from the show earlier this week after video surfaced of the singer partying maskless at a crowded house party. SNL creator Lorne Michaels said this morning on NBC’s Today, that White, formerly of The […]

Focus Features has struck a deal for Wolf, an Irish drama starring George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp. The Screen Ireland-backed picture recently wrapped after a COVID-19-safe shoot. Focus has acquired the world excluding Russia, Turkey, Taiwan and the Middle East, and will distribute in the U.S. with Universal Pictures International distributing their territories internationally. Sales […]

EXCLUSIVE: A&E has given the greenlight to a second season of Accused: Guilty or Innocent?, the true-crime series made by British production outfit Brinkworth Productions. The documentary series follows individuals accused of a serious crime from the point they are charged, to the conclusion of their case in a court of law. Producers say it’s […]

Channel 4 Revives ‘Changing Rooms’ Channel 4 is cracking open the paint tins for a reboot of the classic BBC home improvement show, Changing Rooms. Banijay’s Shine TV is reviving the program for a six-part series, in which neighbors work against the clock to renovate a room in each other’s houses. Changing Rooms will be […]