Новости за 19.02.2021

EXCLUSIVE: Newcomer Ainsley Seiger has been cast as a series regular opposite Christopher Meloni, Dylan McDermott, Tamara Taylor and Danielle Moné Truitt, in Law & Order: Organized Crime, and Charlotte Sullivan (Rookie Blue), Nick Creegan (David Makes Man), Ben Chase (The Last Thing He Wanted) and Jaylin Fletcher (Snowpiercer) are set to recur in NBC’s […]

A federal judge has dismissed a $435 million libel suit that Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) filed against CNN, rejecting his claim that he was defamed over a report on his contacts with a Ukrainian prosecutor. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote in her opinion that Nunes failed to demand a retraction from CNN, a […]

Italy’s Piedmont region is a country for old men, to judge from the new documentary The Truffle Hunters. In the Oscar shortlisted film, a colorful group of aged characters, most in their 80s, traverse the hilly countryside often in the middle of the night, accompanied by their trusty canine companions. Man and dog, uomo e […]

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is making a deal with Edgar Wright to develop to direct a new adaptation of The Running Man, the futuristic novel by Stephen King that the author first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. This won’t be a remake of the 1987 film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger; the Baby Driver writer-director will […]

Amber Ruffin is getting a linear bow for her Peacock late-night show. The Amber Ruffin Show will air in a 1:30 a.m. slot on NBC on Friday February 26 and March 5. It will take the slot of repeats of A Little Late with Lilly Singh, which do not generally air on Friday nights. The […]

Fox veteran Nissa Diederich, EVP Production for Touchstone Television, has been promoted to EVP Production, 20th Television. She will oversee production for the combined studio operation following the recent consolidation of Disney TV Studios’ 20th TV and Touchstone TV divisions. She will assume the responsibilities held by 20th TV head of production, EVP Jim Sharp, […]

WarnerMedia has named former 21st Century Fox executive Miranda Higham as SVP and head of communications for the company’s operations outside the U.S. She will report to Christy Haubegger, EVP, Communications and Chief Inclusion Officer. While WarnerMedia and its corporate predecessor, Time Warner, have long operated internationally, the expansion of HBO Max will put new emphasis […]

Fox is in the mood for more Moodys. The network has set an April Fool’s Day premiere for Season 2 of The Moodys, its family comedy starring Denis Leary and Elizabeth Perkins. Have a look at the new promo above. The series follows Sean Sr. and Ann Moody (Leary and Perkins) and their three adult children Dan […]

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Craig Zobel has been tapped to direct a yet-to-be-titled modern sci-fi thriller, which is set up at New Line. Evan Spiliotopoulos (Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, Beauty & the Beast) wrote the original script, while Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton) penned the latest draft. Plot details are being kept secret. Beau Flynn of […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Nacelle Company, the company behind series including Netflix’s Down To Earth with Zac Efron and Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us, is moving into podcasting with the launch of its own studio. The company has finished construction on the studio in Burbank and will kick off the move with a slate of shows. […]

EXCLUSIVE: George R.R. Martin is bringing more dragons to HBO. The Game of Thrones creator is exec producing a TV adaptation of Roadmarks from sci-fi novelist Roger Zelazny, which is development at the WarnerMedia cable network. The adaptation comes from Kalinda Vazquez, who has written on Star Trek: Discovery and was a co-exec producer on […]

Wavelength Productions and The Black TV & Film Collective (BTFC) has revealed their jury selection of six fellows for the inaugural year for The Black Producers Fellowship. The fellowship, which kicked off in October 2020, awards a $25K production grant to each of the six emerging producers so that they can develop, produce and deliver short […]

“I wrote it before #MeToo,” Valerie Armstrong said about her upcoming glass-ceiling breaking, genre-defying AMC comedy series Kevin Can F**k Himself today at TCA. “I wrote it three and half years ago, and I’ve been waiting for it to get less relevant,” says the series creator, “I think stories about women being overlooked are sadly going […]

Bee Vang was born in Fresno, California. He is Hmong and his parents are immigrants from Thailand. He is best known for his role in Clint Eastwood’s 2008 drama Gran Torino, a film that follows a racist Korean War veteran that develops a relationship with a Hmong family. Gran Torino’s premise raises many red flags […]

Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced that the majority of the Friday Covid-19 vaccination appointments at city sites will be postponed due to vaccine delivery delays caused by severe winter storms across the country. It’s the second Friday in a row that the city’s sites have been hampered by lack of supply. Three weeks ago, the […]

SAG-AFTRA’s new Influencers Agreement, which the national board approved earlier this month, allows social media creators of sponsored content to join the union just like any other commercial performer, and to be eligible for pension and health benefits based on their covered earnings. But like the union’s many other contracts, it comes with a lot […]

Allison Janney celebrated her longtime involvement in CBS’ Mom on Thursday after the network said the day before that the sitcom will end after the current eighth season. “Getting to be part of MOM these past 8 years…showing the laughter, love and hope that can come with recovery, has been one of the great honors of […]

Actress Alexandra Grey, who was recently seen on the festival circuit in the indie drama Gossamer Folds, is set to recur on CBS’s MacGyver. She will play Parker, a transgender female Phoenix engineer who has been tapped by director Matty Webber (Meredith Eaton) to provide critical assistance to MacGyver and the Phoenix team. Whether it […]