Новости за 13.09.2021

Iconic Events Releasing, the event cinema company behind theatrical releases for the Emmy-winning Bo Burnham: Inside and this week’s one-night-only showing of David Byrne’s American Utopia, is teaming with kids entertainment company Pinkfong Baby Shark to release Pinkfong & Baby Shark’s Space Adventure in theaters next month. Via the deal with Pinkfong Baby Shark parent […]

Alvaro Bedoya, a privacy advocate and visiting professor of law at Georgetown, has been nominated as one of five commissioners to the Federal Trade Commission. The White House announced Joe Biden’s nomination of Bedoya on Monday. If confirmed, Bedoya likely will be another staunch advocate of taking robust action to rein in the power of […]

EXCLUSIVE: Primetime Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key has joined the cast of Wonka, the origin tale about Roald Dahl’s famed Willy Wonka character. His role and character details are under wraps. Wonka will focus on a young Willy Wonka and his adventures prior to opening the world’s most famous chocolate factory. Key joins Timothée Chalamet who […]

The transition plan for Paramount Pictures is officially set, with ViacomCBS confirming Jim Gianopulos will exit and Brian Robbins will add leadership of the studio to his growing portfolio. The changing of the guard had been reported on Friday. As follow-on reports Sunday had indicated, the other key part of the makeover will see David […]

WME Sports has hired veteran sports agents Jim Murray and Michael Stival as well as former LA Angels GM Billy Eppler to lead its baseball representation business as partners. Murray and Stival both join WME from Excel Sports Management. Eppler, until 2020, was general manager of the Los Angeles Angels. Eppler’s move to WME had […]

Encore! Disney+ has renewed the praised original series High School Musical:The Musical: The Series for a third season. Created and executive-produced by Tim Federle (Ferdinand, Better Nate Than Ever), season three will follow the Wildcats as they leave the hallways of East High for the ultimate summer at sleepaway camp, complete with campfires, summer romances […]

Freeform has ordered a Hitchcockian nanny drama pilot from Grace and Frankie exec producer Julie Durk. Andrea Londo (Narcos), Warren Christie (The Village), Kelly Bishop (Gilmore Girls), Amy Acker (The Gifted), Jon-Michael Ecker (Firefly Lane), Lex Lumpkin (All That), Henry Joseph Samiri (The Bold and the Beautiful) and Aliyah Royale (The Walking Dead: The World Beyond) star in the pilot. The one-hour […]

HBO has set Sunday, October 17 for the Season 3 premiere of its Emmy-winning drama series Succession. The nine-episode third season will debut at 9 PM ET/PT,on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Created and executive produced by Jesse Armstrong, the third season picks up with Logan Roy in a perilous […]

Bleecker Street has landed the U.S. rights to filmmaker Geeta Malik’s new comedy India Sweets and Spices, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June. A theatrical release of November 19 has been set. In the movie, Alia Kapur (Sophia Ali) returns to her family’s posh suburban New Jersey home after […]

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films has acquired worldwide rights to Breaker Studios’ Down with the King, which had its world premiere in the ACID lineup that runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival and just scored the Grand Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival. Written and directed by Diego Ongaro (Bob and the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner Guy Nattiv has signed with Range Media Partners. His upcoming directorial feature, Golda, will star Helen Mirren in the titular role as Israel’s only female prime minister, Golda Meir. The biopic chronicles the dramatic events and high-stakes decisions Meir faced during the Yom Kippur War, which followed Egypt, Syria and Jordan’s […]

Today Independent Spirit Award winning-filmmaker Olivia Wilde announced the release date for her upcoming New Line horror drama Don’t Worry Darling of Sept. 23, 2022 on her social media handles. It’s a long away off, but don’t be surprised if this highly anticipated return by Booksmart director makes a big splash in next year’s fall film festival troika. […]

Good health news from Jeff Bridges. The star and executive producer of FX on Hulu’s upcoming drama series The Old Man has shared an update on Instagram, captioned “feeling better.” “My cancer is in remission — the “9 X 12″ mass has shrunk down to the size of a marble,” Bridges writes, and “my covid […]

With the three-ceremony Creative Arts Emmys in the books, CBS and the Television Academy have set the first batch of presenters for Sunday’s 73rd annual Primetime Emmys show on Sunday hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. Set to hand out some hardware are Paulina Alexis, Anthony Anderson, Angela Bassett, Kate Beckinsale, Adrien Brody, Stephen Colbert, Jennifer […]

Rebeca “Beba” Huntt self-reflects on her upbringing and lingering generational trauma in her debut documentary film Beba which premiered at TIFF this weekend. Shot over eight years, Huntt opens up her world to show the tragedy and triumphs of her home life. Beba is also a New York story. As the audience views the environment […]

The New Yorker Festival will once again be a largely virtual affair this year, though a number of in-person events will also be held outdoors, at Brooklyn’s Skyline Drive-In. The 22nd annual edition of the festival will take place October 4 to 10. Amy Schumer, Stanley Tucci, Aimee Mann and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl […]

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some sweet first footage for under-the-radar animated film Bug Therapy, which is voiced by Dr. Phil McGraw, Meghan Trainor, Jay Leno, Sterling K. Brown, Tom Green, Emily Goglia, and Jason Reisig. The short film, which is being sold at TIFF by Lon Haber & Co, is focused on mental health issues and was the recipient […]

Tenet and Dune VFX firm DNEG has announced plans to pay overtime to its UK employees in what it calls a “transformative move” that is a departure from industry norms. The award-winning visual effects specialist and animation studio’s previous overtime policy in the UK mirrored the local industry norm of compensating employees for overtime with […]

Mélanie Laurent adapted, directs and stars in The Mad Women’s Ball (Le Bal Des Folles), a French Amazon Original that premiered in the Galas section at the Toronto International Film Festival. Lou de Laâge, who worked with Laurent in Breathe, co-stars in the moving story of oppressed women in late 19th century France. Based on […]

Netflix and Unorthodox creator Anna Winger and her production company Airlift Productions have set a multi-year creative partnership. The overall deal will see Winger and Airlift develop and produce international drama series for the streamer. The first project for the partnership will be Transatlantic (working title), a drama series set during the 1940 refugee crisis […]

HBO’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver on Sunday honored Emmy-nominated actor Michael T. Williams who died Sept. 6 at the age of 54. The show’s Latin-themed opening montage featured a photo of Williams and a note, “Gratias Omar”, “Thank you” in Latin and a reference to Williams’ signature role in The Wire. The show’s […]

J.B. Smoove celebrated his Creative Emmy Award win for Outstanding Actor In a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for Mapleworth Murders by teasing what’s ahead on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm when it returns in Oct. “What I can say is that it’s going to be another amazing season. Season 11 is something else,” Smoove, […]

The last category that closed out the Creative Arts Emmy Awards — an anchor position typically reserved for Outstanding Series at the main ceremony —  was Casting for a Comedy Series, which went to Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso. The marquee slot was fitting given that the Casting for a Comedy Series category has been a […]

John Oliver – back on air after a two-week hiatus and in studio for the first time since Covid – started in by bashing AT&T for contributions to legislators who supported the harsh new Texas abortion law. A political action committee belonging to AT&T was a major donor to Texas pols who sponsored and co-sponsored […]

Lil Nas X won the marquee Video of the Year award for his “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, which celebrated their 40th anniversary with a performance-loaded broadcast at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Newcomer Olivia Rodrigo won three Moon Men during the ceremony — for Song of the Year, […]