Новости за 12.03.2024

Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, the leading film and television industry organization for Asian and Pacific Islanders, on Monday night presented its second annual Radiance Gala, celebrating the achievements of Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Non-Binary artists, artisans, and leaders in entertainment, presenting honors to actress Sandra Oh, the teams behind Lionsgate‘s Joy […]

As expected, Broadway’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will end its run this spring when stars Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster conclude their limited 12-week engagements. Tveit and Foster have been playing the roles of Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett, respectively, since last month, having replaced original stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford. […]

On the heels of Best Animated Feature wins at the Oscars and Golden Globes, Hayao Miyazaki’s hand-drawn original The Boy and the Heron has been set to stream exclusively in the U.S. on Max, following the streamer’s move to extend its multiyear U.S. licensing deal with famed Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli. Max closed its […]

EXCLUSIVE: PhantomFX, an Indian VFX powerhouse that has worked on everything from The Avengers and The Walking Dead franchise to Outlander, is set to acquire a majority stake in Tippett Studio, the animation and visual effects production company of Oscar-winning filmmaker Phil Tippett. Under the agreement, Tippett Studio will retain its name and continue to […]

EXCLUSIVE: John De Mol’s Talpa has been on a run in the U.S. recently with The Floor and The Quiz With Balls both landing at Fox. Talpa Studios is now taking its latest European format No Way Back to buyers and has teamed up with survival expert Bear Grylls, his Banijay-backed production company The Natural […]

Joy Behar was so delighted with Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel’s instant-classic Trump slam – “Isn’t it past your jail time” – during Sunday’s awards show that she immediately dashed off a congratulatory email…to Jimmy Fallon. On The View today, co-host Behar said, “I thought that Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about ‘Isn’t it past your jail time’ […]

CBS has set the date for the 51st Annual Daytime Emmys. The show will air live on Friday, June 7 and also stream on Paramount+. The telecast will mark the 18th time CBS has broadcast the Daytime Emmy Awards, more than any other network.  The ceremony is set to take place at the Westin Bonaventure Los […]

Dev Patel’s Monkey Man draws from the ancient lore surrounding Hanuman, a revered figure in Hindu tradition symbolizing intellect, might, valor, fidelity and discipline — much like his character in this film who is the underdog savior of the broken and the displaced. Having written, directed and starred in the film, Patel derives a lot […]

UK distributor-producer Signature Entertainment has set plans to acquire Latin American production and distribution company Particular Crowd.  Based in Los Angeles and Buenos Aires, Particular Crowd is best known for recent releases La Extorsión and Casi Muerta. Both films are available locally on Max under the company’s volume deal with Warner Bros. Discovery. Upcoming projects […]

For the most recent precedent for Grand Theft Hamlet, you’d probably have to go back nearly 20 years, to a 2006 episode of South Park. Titled “Make Love, Not Warcraft,” it found Cartman marshalling his friends to take on a super-advanced rogue player with a posse of killer crabs who has taken to killing everyone […]

An invitation-only industry presentation of You Hateful Things, a new play by Will Arbery directed by Simon Stone, will be held this week in New York, with a cast including Christian Slater, Amandla Stenberg, Jakeem Powell, John Cameron Mitchell, Lucas Hedges and Myha’la. The reading was announced by producers Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play) and Josh Godfrey.  The reading will be presented on Thursday, […]

Former Fox Television Studios and Shine Americas boss Emiliano Calemzuk is to take charge of Israeli network Reshet 13. Access Entertainment and WBD-invested Reshet’s board revealed the news today and Calemzuk takes charge of a channel home to the likes of Big Brother, Got Talent and local drama Red Skies. He replaces Yoram Altman, who […]

Despite not winning the best lead actress category at the 2024 Oscars Sunday, Lily Gladstone says she is “feeling the love big time” following the ceremony. Gladstone was neck-and-neck throughout awards season for the honor in a race that was too close to call with Emma Stone, who eventually won the statuette for her amazing […]

Scholastic Corp. is making a $186 million investment in children’s entertainment mainstay 9 Story Media Group. With operations in Toronto, Dublin, New York and Bali, 9 Story Media Group has 850 creative and corporate employees. Its divisions include animation studio Brown Bag Films, the maker of titles like Doc McStuffins, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Octonauts, Wild Kratts and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Production has begun on the new Netflix series The Gringo Hunters in Mexico City and the core cast has been revealed. They include José María Yazpik (Narcos, Madame Web), Sebastian Roché (1923, The Young Pope), Harold Torres (ZeroZeroZero, El Chapo) and Mayra Hermosillo (Narcos: Mexico, Thursday’s Widows). Plans to shoot in Tijuana are also […]

EXCLUSIVE: Continuing to expand its cast, HBO’s Untitled Brad Ingelsby Task Force Project (working title) has added five as recurring: Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon a Time), Mickey Sumner (Snowpiercer), Brian Goodman (Fatal Attraction), Elvis Nolasco (Godfather of Harlem), and Colin Bates (American Rust). Sbarge plays Police Chief Dorsey, who oversees a multi-unit operation to assist […]

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer recently picked up shares of the company on the open market and vice chair Michael Burns said today he thinks the purchase was spurred by a visit the set of the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic. “He is pretty fiscally conservative in many ways and so that was actually interesting to see […]

UPDATE: Robert Hur, former Justice Department special counsel, defended his references to Joe Biden’s “poor memory” in his report on his handling of classified documents after his vice presidency. “My task was to determine whether the president retained or disclosed national defense information willfully,” Hur told the House Judiciary Committee. “That means knowingly and with […]

EXCLUSIVE: Rob McElhenney has launched More Better Industries, a multi-faceted company which encompasses three dynamic entities: More Better Productions, More Better Advisory and More Better Ventures. He has appointed Jackie Cohn as the head of More Better Productions. She previously ran television at Red Hour where she developed and executive produced Severance for Apple TV+, […]

When Icelandic directors Smari Gunn and Logi Sigursveinsson set out to make The Home Game, they couldn’t have imagined the response this small, local Icelandic documentary would gather on the festival circuit. The film, which follows a group of spirited underdogs as they fight for local soccer glory, is coming off the back of a rapturous […]

Gaumont has unveiled a proper first look of German-Spanish actor Daniel Brühl as the titular iconic designer at the heart of its new Disney+ commissioned show Becoming Karl Lagerfeld. Rush, Good Bye, Lenin! and Captain America: Civil War actor Brühl is shown sporting Lagerfeld’s trademark ponytail and black tailored suit of his later years. Gaumont […]

Stars including Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook, Andrew Scott and David Tennant will compete for Olivier Awards at the UK’s most prestigious theater ceremony next month. The Sex and the City stars is up for Best Actress for her performance in Plaza Suite – her first Olivier – while Succession’s Snook has picked up a […]

The BFI and BAFTA have unveiled the 2024 intake for its 10th BFI Flare x BAFTA professional development program, supporting six emerging LGBTQIA+ creatives working on their debuts in film and TV. They comprise writer and performer Travis Alabanza, creative producer Isabella Bassett, actor and writer Zak Ghazi-Torbati, filmmaker Cherish Oteka, writer and actor Miles […]

Michael Douglas-starrer Franklin and Disney+’s Becoming Karl Lagerfeld featuring Daniel Brühl will have their world premieres at this year’s Canneseries. The April event will be closed by Apple TV+’s Franklin, the TV series that stars Douglas as the U.S. founding father. Also featuring in the starry lineup are Prime Video’s Fallout based on the video game […]

Prime Video Greenlights Psychological Thriller Starring ‘Vigil’ Duo Amazon Prime Video has greenlit psychological thriller series Fear starring Vigil duo Anjli Mohindra and Martin Compston. Excited to make a fresh start away from London, Martyn (Compston) and Rebecca (Mohindra) move into a beautiful house in Glasgow with their two young children. At first the new home seems […]