Новости за 02.09.2021

It was a gutsy pitch – OK, call it brazen. The proposed show would have the same blah cast week-to-week, non-stars with star egos. The storylines would be repetitious, the dialogue argumentative. The winning “entrepreneurs” would be thrilled, but then daunted as they realized how drastically their “asks” would be reduced through confiscatory capitalism. So […]

Emmy-nominated Ryan O’Connell has joined the cast of Queer As Folk, Peacock’s reimagination of the hit British series of the same name from Russell T. Davis, as a series regular. He will also serve as co-executive producer and writer of the series. O’Connell will portray a pop culture nerd with cerebral palsy who is more […]

“I don’t really feel like it’s going anywhere,” a character in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter laments at one point, and for a good long time one is inclined to feel this way about the film itself. Like the titular low-end professional gambler, Schrader here plays the long game, winning as often as not by […]

EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Russo (Jersey Boys) has been tapped to play “Crazy” Joe Gallo opposite Miles Teller and Matthew Goode in The Offer, Paramount+’s upcoming limited series about the making of The Godfather. The Offer is based on two-time Oscar-winning producer Al Ruddy’s (Teller) experience of making the iconic 1972 film The Godfather that Francis Ford […]

Lisa Hamilton Daly, who developed series such as Virgin River and Sweet Magnolias during her time as Director, Original Series at Netflix, has joined Crown Media Family Networks. Hamilton Daly becomes EVP, Programming, replacing Michelle Vicary, who stepped down in May. It marks the latest major move by Wonya Lucas, CEO of Crown Media Family […]

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Abbott is set join the ensemble cast of Searchlight and Film4’s Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos adaptation of the Alasdair Gray novel. Emma Stone is on board to star along with Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo and Ramy Youssef also on board. Lanthimos is set to direct. Tony McNamara will adapt the script. Element Pictures will produce […]

A central topic at the White House Daily Press Briefing on Thursday was the Supreme Court’s refusal to block a Texas anti-abortion law. A standout moment came when a male reporter pressed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Joe Biden’s support for abortion rights while his Catholic faith does not. “Why does the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Following a heated bidding war, Paramount Players has landed the package Significant Other with Maika Monroe and Jack Lacy on board to star. Dan Berk and Robert Olsen will direct and also penned the script. Dan Kagan is producing. The logline is under wraps, but the project is described as a sci-fi thriller. The film […]

Jersey Shore Family Vacation has been renewed for Season 5 by MTV and will return with a familiar face as Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi joins the cast. News of a renewal comes just before Jersey Shore Family Vacation closes off its fourth season tonight at 8 p.m. ET/PT  on MTV. Per MTV, Jersey Shore Family Vacation takes […]

The Jerusalem Film Festival has named the winners from its various competition strands this year, with Juho Kuosmanen’s Finnish drama Compartment No. 6 winning Best Film in the international competition. “Compartment No. 6 is a cross-cultural road movie – entertaining, clever, and remarkably endearing. This is free cinema, released from confinements, where an entire world […]

EXCLUSIVE: Utopia has acquired the U.S. rights to Cannes Film Festival feature documentary Jane By Charlotte, the portrait of Jane Birkin by her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg. The film was recently announced as part of the New York Film Festival spotlight section lineup. Actress, model, singer-songwriter and fashion icon Birkin has appeared in more than 70 […]

John Stamos and his sports comedy-drama Big Shot have dribbled their way to a second season. Disney+ has renewed the basketball series, which was created by David E. Kelley, Dean Lorey and Brad Garrett, after its first season launched in the spring. Production for the second season will start in 2022, with Lorey returning as […]

Lashana Lynch has joined the cast of TriStar Pictures’ The Woman King, starring Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis and International Emmy nominee Thuso Mbedu. The Old Guard director Gina Prince-Bythewood is helming. The film is a historical epic inspired by true events that took place in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of […]

EXCLUSIVE: Aimee Carrero (Elena of Avalor, Young & Hungry) has joined the cast of Searchlight’s The Menu. 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 an exclusive restaurant on a remote island where an acclaimed chef […]

Alfred Molina is to star in Amazon police drama series Three Pines, which comes from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures. The Spider-Man star is to play Chief Inspector Armand Gamache in the Canadian original, which was first revealed by Deadline in May 2020. The eight-part series has begun production in Montreal and rural Quebec. […]

Actor Matthew Lillard, best known as “Shaggy” from the Scooby Doo franchise and “Dean” in the NBC sitcom Good Girls, has signed with A3 Artists Agency. Lillard most recently starred on Good Girls opposite Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman. Additional recent TV credits include Bosch, Barkskins, Halt & Catch Fire and The Good Wife. On the […]

EXCLUSIVE: RLJE Films has acquired North American rights to Apex, the futuristic action thriller toplined by Bruce Willis and Neal McDonough. Edward Drake directed and co-wrote the pic, which will now be released day-and-date November 12. Written by Drake and Corey Large, the pic centers on ex-cop James Malone (Willis), who is serving a life […]

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s action-thriller Trigger Warning rounds out its cast with Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club, Halloween Kills), Mark Webber (The Place of No Words), Alejandro De Hoyos (The Man from Toronto), Tone Bell (The Flash), Jake Weary (It Follows), and Gabriel Basso (Hillbilly Elegy). The newly added actors join previously announced lead Jessica Alba […]

Multi-platform media company Macro, which focuses on representing the voice and perspectives of Black people and people of color, has promoted two key executives. CEO Charles D. King has named Poppy Hanks as EVP, film production and development, and Greta Talia Fuentes as VP, film production and development. Hanks is widely known for her work […]

The third chapter of Dickinson will be its last. Apple TV+ said today that the series starring Hailee Steinfeld will wrap with the upcoming Season 3, which has been set to launch November 5. Watch a brief teaser below and see a new image above. In Season 3, Emily Dickinson’s (Steinfeld) most productive time as an […]

EXCLUSIVE: After seven years as Head of Television for Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman’s Mandeville Films under the company’s deal at ABC Signature, Laurie Zaks is branching out to launch her own production company, Rosewood Television. She will remain at ABC Signature, part of Disney Television Studios, where she will continue to develop scripted dramas […]

This week at the Venice Film Festival, guests got to see Oscar-winner Jane Campion’s first feature since 2009’s Bright Star. Set in 1920’s Montana and shot in New Zealand, Netflix-backed film The Power Of The Dog stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a brutal, wealthy rancher who inspires fear and awe in those around him until he […]

‘The Rig’ First Look Up top is your first look at Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming series The Rig, which shot in Scotland this year. The show stars Iain Glen, Emily Hampshire and Martin Compston as the crew of the Kinloch Bravo oil rig stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North […]

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based distributor Dekanalog has added two foreign-language titels to its slate. In November, the company will release Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s Mosotho drama that screened at Berlin, Sheffield, and MoMA Doc Fortnight. The U.S. sales deal was struck with Memento Films. Dekanalog previously […]

Sidharth Shukla, the Indian actor and reality TV star, has died suddenly at the age of 40. Widespread reports from India state that Shukla suffered a heart attack. The BBC could not confirm cause but spoke to a doctor at a local hospital in Mumbai who confirmed the actor was dead upon being admitted to […]