Новости за 09.08.2021

Roku will add 23 series on Friday to its free streaming outlet the Roku Channel, including former Quibi shows like Emmy-nominated comedy The Mapleworth Murders. The announcement of the new arrivals came with new Nielsen data showing the channel was No. 6 in terms of household reach among all streaming services. Along with 18 other […]

The BBC has ordered a raft of factual and arts programming, including three-part BBC Two docu-series Frida & Diego, an exploration of the personal and political life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and her relationship with Diego Rivera. The Rogan Films production will be directed by Louise Lockwood. Executive producers are James Rogan, Nancy Bornat […]

Jon Stewart and Pete Davidson are teaming up for a night of comedy in New York City benefitting various 9/11 charities. The event NYC Still Rising After 20 Years: A Comedy Celebration will bring together some of Stewart and Davidson’s famous friends including Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Colin Jost, Tom Segura, Wanda Sykes, Colin Quinn, […]

UK animation studio Aardman (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) is teaming up with filmmaker Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) on a Bollywood-inspired feature. The musical will tell the story of Bodhi, a young Indian elephant from the jungles of Kerala with an impossible dream – to be a Bollywood dancer. Chadha […]

Johnny Depp is to receive the San Sebastian Film Festival’s (Sept 17-25) Donostia Award, its highest accolade. The festival today described Depp as “one of contemporary cinema’s most talented and versatile actors”. The ceremony feting the U.S. star will take place on September 22 at the festival’s Kursaal Auditorium. Depp was at the European festival […]

Ridley Scott is set to receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker award at the 78th Venice International Film Festival (September 1 – 11, 2021). The prize, which was previously sponsored by Jaeger-LeCoultre, is “dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.” The award ceremony for filmmaking titan Scott […]

As the pandemic rages on and the opioid crisis shows no signs of slowing down, John Oliver dedicated Sunday night’s episode of Last Week Tonight to Purdue Pharma, the company that developed the prescription painkiller, OxyContin. Oliver has covered the epidemic in two prior segments and is revisiting the topic as the CDC estimates there […]

A big biopic project about famed talent agent Sue Mengers is being shopped around town Deadline has confirmed with Oscar winners Jennifer Lawrence circling and filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino attached. Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo and John Logan wrote the screenplay about the female agent who crashed the Hollywood boys club of agenting with her brandishing […]

Robert “Bob” Ringwald, jazz musician and father of actress Molly Ringwald, died on Aug. 2 at the age of 80. Ringwald shared the news via Instagram on Saturday with a selection of photos. No cause of death has been revealed. “It’s with a heavy heart that my family says goodbye to my father,” the Pretty […]

It was a triumphant second weekend for indie Stillwater from Focus Features, which hit the $10 million mark in 2,611 theatres (up by 80) and 233 DMA’s in North America, where it was no. 5. The Matt Damon-starrer held up strongly from its debut, dipping 45% — compared with a 64% drop for The Green […]