Новости за 21.10.2020

Kelly Day, ViacomCBS Networks International’s newly anointed president of streaming, has wasted no time in bolstering her team as she prepares for the global launch of Paramount+. Day has hired Douglas Craig to the newly-created role of SVP, content strategy and acquisitions, for VCNI’s streaming unit. He joins from NBCUniversal-owned ticketing company Fandango, where he […]

Curtis Brown, the UK talent agency that represents actors including Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh and Orlando Bloom, has announced that it is merging with rival agency Markham Froggatt and Irwin. Markham Froggatt and Irwin’s roster of talent includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomi Watts, Kiefer Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Damien Lewis, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Andrew Lincoln. The […]

BAFTA Scotland has unveiled nominations for its 2020 British Academy Scotland Awards, which honor film, TV and games. Edith Bowman will host a socially distanced ceremony on December 8 to unveil the winners. Leading the way is mini-series Guilt, with 5 noms including for actor (Mark Bonhar and Jamie Sives), director (Rober McKillop), television scripted, […]

‘Spitting Image’ Films U.S. Election Special Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s battle for the White House will be captured in two Spitting Image specials coming to BritBox and, for the first time, ITV. The two bonus election episodes will premiere on BritBox on October 31, while one of the installments will also broadcast on ITV. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed is embroiled in a legal wrangle with Michael Jackson’s legacy companies as he attempts to shoot a sequel to his explosive, Emmy-winning Channel 4/HBO documentary. Deadline can reveal that Reed has been filming in the Los Angeles Superior Court as Wade Robson and James Safechuck, the two men at […]

EXCLUSIVE: Grantchester actor Robson Green is to front a series for ViacomCBS’s UK broadcaster Channel 5 in which he explores the length of Roman Empire ruin, Hadrian’s Wall. The Scottish arm of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producer Firecracker Films is producing the three-part series, which has the title Walking Hadrian’s Wall With Robson Green. Green […]

Fox’s four returning drama series, 9-1-1, spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star, The Resident and Prodigal Son, will be back in the air with new seasons in January (no exact premiere dates yet). The network on Tuesday released a promo teasing the upcoming return of the series, which are now in production. The network also unveiled tweaked […]

The Commission on Presidential Debates revealed Monday that it will use mute buttons during the upcoming presidential debates to ensure both Donald Trump and Joe Biden both say their piece in the provided two minutes. But muting either candidate doesn’t really seem like a strategy set to contain the chaos of Thursday’s upcoming debate, Jimmy […]

As calls to abolish the anti-robbery force known as SARS grow in Nigeria, protests against law enforcement show that police brutality isn’t solely an American issue, Trevor Noah said on Tuesday. The Daily Show host used his “If You Don’t Know Now You Know” segment to educate viewers on the push for social justice in […]

There were inferences galore of Donald Trump as Thanos at Senator Kamala Harris’ fundraiser tonight with some of The Avengers and the Russo brothers, as the 2020 election clearly moves into endgame territory. However, on the birthday of the VP nominee and amidst ample discussion of the “importance of honor and courage and unity,” one […]

Some New Girl cast members came together to remind fans to fulfill their civic duty. In an Instagram Reels video, Zoe Lister-Jones’ fictional Los Angeles council member and “the people’s warrior” Fawn Moscato assembles Zooey Deschanel, Lamorne Morris and Jake Johnson to tell voters to cast their votes. “America, you need to get out and […]

EXCLUSIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic has limited what normally would be a flood of Hollywood figures fanning out to swing states, but Joe Biden’s presidential campaign has been mobilizing industry support this cycle in different ways. Last week, Ted Danson and Kristen Bell of The Good Place reunited to “Zoom bomb” a group of young women […]