Новости за 28.01.2022

EXCLUSIVE: HBO may have found their next murder mystery limited series obsession. In a competitive situation, the premium network, partnered with Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and Endeavor Content, have landed the rights to Australian comedian and author Benjamin Stevenson’s new novel, Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone. It will be developed as a […]

In the first major casting for the next installment, Dominic Torreto looks to have a new counterpart to square up against. Sources tell Deadline, Jason Momoa has joined the cast of F10, the next installment in the Fast & Furious series starring Vin Diesel. Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris and Michelle Rodriguez are expected to return with Justin Lin on […]

Mark Schwarz, ESPN’s longest-tenured reporter, is retiring Monday after 32 years at the sports network. The two-time Sports Emmys winner had last signed a multi-year deal in 2018 and of late had been a fixture on the 6 p.m. SportsCenter, reporting on the news of the day on the “SC Report” segment. In addition to SportsCenter, […]

Panama makes its debut on the International Feature Oscar shortlist with the character-driven thriller Plaza Catedral. This contender from Abner Benaim (Ruben Blades Is Not My Name) is a taut two-hander between a grieving mother and a young street hustler, with a sobering message about corruption and violence. Samuel Goldwyn Films recently acquired the title. […]

As voters across the Academy branches mull over their Oscar nomination ballots, among the films they’re considering are two that deal with the Deaf experience. One, CODA, is the fictional coming of age story of a girl raised by Deaf parents. The other – Audible – tells a coming of age story as well, but […]

NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ film and media organization, on Friday unveiled the spring lineup for “NewFest Presents,” its monthly screening series taking place in-person at The LGBT Community Center in NYC, and streaming virtually through NewFest’s Virtual Screening Room nationwide. The announcement was made today by NewFest’s executive director David Hatkoff and director of programming […]

Bulgaria’s Cash Rebate Backs First Projects Bulgaria has officially introduced its 25% cash rebate program, and the first three projects to shoot under the scheme have now been set. The films are: Crossing, a “major studio production” that is keeping details under-wraps; The Herd, a Bulgarian majority coproduction directed by Milko Lazarov, known for his […]

EXCLUSIVE: APB alumna Tamberla Perry has booked a major recurring role on the upcoming CW spinoff All American: Homecoming. Written by All American showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll and directed by Michael Schultz, All American: Homecoming follows a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills, Simone Hicks (Geffri Maya) and an elite baseball player from Chicago, Damons Sims […]

EXCLUSIVE: Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill, Blackadder) has signed on to star alongside Murray McArthur (Wonka, The Northman), Cameron Ashplant (Gentleman Jack), Tilly Keeper (EastEnders), Jenet Le Lacheur (Cinderella) and Brian Webster in the thriller Marooned Awakening, which is in production on the island of Guernsey. The film directed by Musaab Mustafa follows Alex (Ashplant), an […]

The police investigation into Alec Baldwin’s fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust last fall is ongoing, but the family of the cinematographer is moving closer to a big move of its own. A New Mexico lawyer this week petitioned a state court to be the personal representative of the estate of […]

Alexia Quadrani, a veteran Wall Street media analyst most recently with J.P. Morgan, has been tapped by the Walt Disney Co. to lead its investor relations efforts. She succeeds Lowell Singer, who departed the company last year along with a number of other senior executives associated with Bob Iger’s 14-year run as CEO. Iger officially […]

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Costner is set to get back behind the camera for the first time since 2003’s critically acclaimed Open Range. Costner will direct the period Western Horizon, setting an August 29 production start in Utah. Costner will star in the film, produce it and finance it through his Territory Pictures production company. While he […]

Canadian Firms Team For Animated Series EXCLUSIVE: Toronto production company Hawkeye Pictures and Ottawa’s Big Jump Entertainment are developing Brian Francis’s novel Fruit as an animated series. The novel was the runner-up for CBC’s Canada Reads in 2009. Set in 1984, Fruit follows the awkward misadventures of fat-and-fabulous 13-year-old Peter Paddington as he navigates life as […]

UK TV regulator Ofcom is to investigate Channel 4 over an extended outage to its subtitling, signing and audio description services last year that left millions unable to watch TV for several weeks. Following an incident at subtitling provider Red Bee Media’s facility, the network was without these services for around two months up until […]

EXCLUSIVE: MENA platform YouSat.TV has formed a partnership with WGA Middle East writer and producer Evan Mirzai (Origins: The Journey of Humankind) to internationally promote its formats and the raft of regional talent with which it works. YouSat.TV specialises in broadcasting user-generated and social media content and is now looking to license its library for […]

WarnerMedia has bolstered its Asian original production teams in advance of the launch of HBO Max in the region, with three hires made in Singapore and India. In Singapore, the U.S. giant has signed Mark Francis as Group Lead of Production & Development (Scripted and Unscripted) and Wee Shi Ming as Lead of Entertainment Content […]

Rahel Romahn has been named the 11th recipient of the Heath Ledger Scholarship, the richest acting prize in Australia. The Heath Ledger Scholarship is awarded to an emerging Australian actor with extraordinary ability and dedication to their craft who wishes to work and train internationally. The scholarship has propelled many previous recipients into international careers, […]

As the world teeters on the brink of war in Ukraine, reels as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt, and continues to suffer from climate change, inflation, and supply chain shortages, the biggest news of the week came down to one thing: Minnie Mouse is changing her look. Even though Disney has several characters that […]

Willem Dafoe is this week’s host of Saturday Night Live, riding the massive success of Spider-Man: No Way Home.  Joining him to light the fuse for SNL’s traditional promo video was musical guest Katy Perry and cast member Chris Redd. They strain to rein in the overly enthusiastic Dafoe, who is so amped that he […]

Attorneys for the family of slain rapper Drakeo the Ruler said Thursday they intend to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the promoters of the concert where he was stabbed to death. Live Nation, Bobby Dee Presents, and C3 Presents did not provide adequate security at the event, the attorneys claimed to the Los Angeles […]

Netflix was left out of an annual index of corporation’s inclusive policies and practices for LGBTQ+ workers, as the HRC Foundation cited how the company handled the release of the Dave Chappelle special The Closer. The Corporate Equality Index is an annual rating of hundreds of companies. “Given the harm experienced by transgender workers at […]

Netflix’s stock is rising again after a very rough week, but the streamer took a hit today in court over The Queen’s Gambit. A federal judge denied the streamer’s desire to see Soviet chess icon Nona Gaprindashvili’s $5 million seeking complaint of sexism and historical inaccuracy against the multiple Emmy winner dismissed. “Netflix does not […]

NBC is moving forward with its adaptation of Dutch drama series A’dam & Eva – two and a half years after putting the project in development. The network has handed the project, which comes from The Village creator Mike Daniels and producers David Janollari and Rob Golenberg & Alon Aranya. The adaptation – currently known […]

Oscar nomination voting started today, and George Clooney as he has often in his career, has a movie that deserves consideration in The Tender Bar which, so far, has been somewhat unfairly overlooked in critics and guild award nominations. But it’s a kind of small gem, a family dramedy and coming-of-age story, that I think is the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Juliana Canfield, who plays Kendall’s loyal assistant Jess on Succession, has been tapped as the female lead opposite Jeff Wilbusch in The Missing, Peacock’s eight-episode series from David E. Kelley based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani’s international bestselling novel The Missing File. Written by Kelley, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer, The […]