Новости за 19.08.2021

For the stars and creative team of Heels, the Starz drama is more than just an inside look at the world of professional wrestling. Heels tackles universal themes that extend far beyond the the scripted fights and spandex-clad heroes and villains of DWL for a deep and resonating story of passion, brotherhood, forgiveness and more. […]

Netflix drama Virgin River spent a second straight week atop Nielsen’s U.S. streaming chart, in a subdued period when it was the only title to draw more than 1 billion minutes of viewing. With 30 episodes in circulation, the series collected almost 1.3 billion viewing minutes, besting Manifest, which had 939 million. The tallies were […]

Monica Raymund is celebrating Starz’s #TaketheLead initiative and the impact it’s had on diversity both on and off-screen. “We’re starting to see a change that’s happening, not just in front of the camera but also behind the camera and that’s how we shake things up,” Raymund, who stars on the cabler’s Hightown, said in a […]

Afterparty, a decentralized offering that aims to strengthen ties between fans and creators, has launched a beta version of its events platform. The startup’s co-founder and CEO is David Fields, a former Disney executive who worked in the company’s strategic planning unit in the 2000s. Among the deals he helped execute was the acquisition of […]

Netflix is expanding its circle of influence next month. The streamer said today that its popular competition series The Circle will return for a four-part Season 3 on September 8. New episodes will go live on ensuing Wednesdays through the September 29 finale. Critics Choice Award winner Michelle Buteau returns as the host. A cast of […]

Netflix has renewed Never Have I Ever for season 3, the coming-of-age comedy following the life of an Indian American teen from Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher. Returning cast includes Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Richa Moorjani, Jaren Lewison, Darren Barnet, Lee Rodriguez, Ramona Young with narration from John McEnroe. “We are so grateful to Netflix […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Wolf of Wall Street and The Sopranos scribe Terence Winter has been set to write the script for Otherwise Illegal Activity, based on the true story of a recently de-classified undercover operation. The film is centered on an American convict recruited from behind bars by the Joint Terrorism Task Force to infiltrate the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Director Bartlett Sher (Broadway’s To Kill a Mockingbird), writer JT Rogers (HBO Max’s upcoming Tokyo Vice), and producer Cambra Overend – the team behind HBO’s Emmy-nominated film adaptation of Rogers’ play Oslo – have launched SRO Productions to develop and present new works for the stage, television and film, with projects already in development […]

British actress Eliza Bennett has joined the CW drama Dynasty in the role of Amanda Carrington. She will become a series regular in season 5. Amanda is the long-lost Carrington relative, born and raised in Europe, who arrives on the Carrington doorstep bringing with her a treasure trove of secrets from their past… and hers, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Just in time for the start of a new school year, Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Try Harder!, a documentary set within San Francisco’s most competitive public high school. The film directed by Debbie Lum (Seeking Asian Female), follows five seniors at Lowell High “as they try to get into […]

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Tony Award winner John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge, Critical Thinking) is in final talks to join Searchlight’s The Menu from producers Adam McKay and Betsy Koch. The film, directed by Mark Mylod, is a darkly comedic psychological thriller set in the world of eccentric culinary culture, centering on a young couple who visit […]

Netflix has dropped the teaser trailer and art for Paolo Sorrentino’s upcoming The Hand Of God. The latest from the maker of Oscar winner The Great Beauty will world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival on September 2. It then releases in select cinemas in Italy on November 24, followed by the rest […]

Sonny Chiba, the Japanese actor and martial artist known internationally for appearing in the Kill Bill films and The Fast and the Furious, died of Covid complications, his agent confirmed to Deadline. He was 82. “He was a great friend and an awesome client. Such a humble, caring and friendly man. I will surely miss […]

The Tokyo Olympics turned in a muted performance in the ratings overall, but they were enough to lift broadcast TV’s share of total viewing in July, according to Nielsen’s latest edition of The Gauge. The monthly snapshot found that broadcast was at 24% of all viewing, up 1% from June, but streaming commanded 28%. While […]

Mena Suvari (American Beauty, American Horror Story) and Danielle Harris (the Halloween franchise, The Conners) have joined the cast and production team of the psychological thriller feature Anne, With Love starring Blaine Morris. George Henry Horton (Dreadspace) will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Morris. Horton and Morris are producing under JesterLads […]

Busan Planning Physical Edition South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival is eyeing a physical edition this year, the event has confirmed to Deadline. Despite worsening Covid cases in many Asian nations, including Korea where authorities are reportedly eyeing increased restrictions, organizers of Busan said it did not expect issues with holding an in-person event. Recent […]

Cíntia Gil, the director of international doc event Sheffield Doc/Fest, has left her position citing “artistic differences over the present and future direction [of the event]” with the board of trustees. Gil had been at the helm for two years, steering the event through a tricky pandemic period that saw the 2020 edition pivoted to […]

A quarantine waiver granted to Nicole Kidman by Hong Kong authorities has drawn criticism from local residents. The star traveled to Hong Kong last week for the Amazon series The Expats, which is now shooting there, but was not subject to the city’s strict isolation rules. According to local media reports, Kidman flew into Hong […]

Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog will be a headline gala at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. The pic will screen in London on October 11 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, with Campion expected to attend along with key cast. The Netflix movie will debut in Competition at Venice and will […]

Premier League Doc Series Sells Globally All3Media International has inked multiple signed deals for Fever Pitch! The Rise of the Premier League, the new documentary from Story Films and David Beckham’s new production company Studio 99. Commissioned by BBC Two, the 4 x 60’ doc will tell the story of the creation of the lucrative […]

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the American Horror Stories Season 1 finale, “Game Over.” In the final installment of American Horror Stories‘ first Season, the sprawling reach of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s original franchise comes to the gaming world. In “Game Over,” the meta season ender, all roads lead back to the Murder […]

Francis “Frankie” Mossman, who appeared on television shows like Spartacus and The Horizon, died on Aug. 14 in Sydney, Australia. He was 33 and his death was confirmed by his brothers, who did not disclose a cause . A GoFundMe page put together by his brothers, Laurence and Jeremy Mossman, has been issued to recover his […]

On Wednesday, Los Angeles County reported more than 4,000 new daily Covid cases for the first time since January. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 4,046 new cases of Covid-19 and 34 new deaths. New Covid cases in Los Angeles have been ranging a few hundred above and below the 3,000 mark […]

When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard premiered in 1993, it became a major hit. But few people then, or even now, are aware of a much earlier attempt to bring the classic film to the stage—by Gloria Swanson herself. Boulevard! A Hollywood Story, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, explores how Swanson, five years […]

The controversy surrounding new Jeopardy! host Mike Richards is growing, as a new story today alleges he made sexist and off-color remarks while co-hosting a podcast in 2014. Jeopardy! begins taping its new season tomorrow. Richards, who will handle the main hosting duties on the quiz show, with Mayim Bialik handling special episodes, has already […]