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Hong Kong-based Edko Films has acquired worldwide rights to We Are Born Good, the feature directing debut of Hong Kong filmmaker Yeung Leung Cheun, which has been selected by Toronto International Film Festival for the Discovery section. Starring Yeung Wai Lun and Golden Horse best actress winner Chung Suet Ying, the film is inspired by […]Переглянути повний текст

Julie Andrews is getting the documentary treatment. Disney+ has greenlit a doc about the Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music star from R.J. Cutler, the man behind Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry and Martha. The film, which will premiere in 2027, will look at Andrews’ life from her early days in British […]Переглянути повний текст

Benicio Del Toro is getting into the comedy game and is reuniting with his Escape at Dannemora colleague Ben Stiller as he does so. Del Toro is to star in Apple comedy series Protective Custody, which also stars Stiller. It marks the Traffic star’s first leading role in a comedy series. The actor is fresh from […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Evan Muir, the filmmaker, writer, director and digital creator known online as Evan Royalty, with an eye toward helping him expand his footprint across film, television, and beyond, while developing original IP and franchise opportunities. Royalty is known as one of the defining filmmakers behind YouTube’s SCP phenomenon, a series of sci-fi […]Переглянути повний текст

50/50 filmmaker Jonathan Levine is in talks to direct Paramount Tom Cruise Days of Thunder sequel. This is the first major sign of the highly anticipated project moving forward with the Melrose lot after producer Jerry Bruckheimer spoke about a follow-up to the NASCAR movie during the F1 press tour (that car movie an enormous […]Переглянути повний текст

Lina Khan, an antitrust crusader who targeted Big Tech companies during her run as head of the Federal Trade Commission, has been named chair of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. The appointment by Mayor Zohran Mamdani was a surprise, and the latest indication of the leftward shift of the government of the largest […]Переглянути повний текст

Paramount+ has greenlighted a third series from Jez Butterworth and 101 Studios, the team behind the streamer’s MobLand and The Agency. Titled Laird, it stars Kenneth Branagh (Mayday, Oppenheimer) who also executive produces. Laird was created by Jez Butterworth and his brother, fellow writer John-Henry Butterworth, who co-created together The Agency, as well as Partner […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: Artists First has signed Joey Iwanaga, a second-generation Japanese-American actor recognized for his work in action films, for management. Most notably, Iwanaga played the lead villain opposite Xie Miao and Joe Taslim in The Furious, the adrenaline-filled martial arts movie directed by stunt coordinator-turned-filmmaker Kenji Tanigaki, which released in theaters last month, after world premiering at […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: Mt. Mystic, the comedy series based on a YouTube pilot, has added Johnny Knoxville to its cast. It comes as Knoxville’s Jackass: Best and Last, the final movie in the franchise’s film franchise, was released last month. Knoxville, who also hosts Fox’s Fear Factor: House of Fear, which is heading into its second season, […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: After hitting a home run with their 2016 college baseball pic Everybody Wants Some!, Glen Powell and Richard Linklater are ready to take the mound again for an untitled Lou Gehrig film at Universal. Powell will play the iconic New York Yankee, with Linklater attached to direct and Simon Rich writing. Lifelong Yankee fan […]Переглянути повний текст

A fully AI film, Gods Don’t Give Gifts, is poised to become the next feature to leap from a popular YouTube channel to the big screen. Makers of the sci-fi title said Wednesday it will open in several hundred movie theaters on October 30. The film is directed by Zack London, who is known online […]Переглянути повний текст

Sony Pictures Entertainment made it official this morning what we first told you about yesterday: The Culver City lot is reopening Los Angeles Historical Cultural Monument The Cinerama Dome, while its subsidiary exhibition chain, Alamo Drafthouse, will reopen the former 14-screen Hollywood Arclight in the back under the brand that they’re known for, i.e. dine-in […]Переглянути повний текст

Adamari López is one of the most beloved personalities on Spanish-language TV, hosting Univision’s daytime talk show Desiguales, the UniMás game show ¿Quién Caerá?, and the new weekly primetime talent competition ¿Quién es Mejor? Being on television daily is something the Puerto Rican host and actress doesn’t take for granted and is appreciative of the […]Переглянути повний текст

Oskar Eustis, among the most prominent forces in New York theater, is stepping down from his position as Artistic Director of The Public Theater after 23 years. Among his major and many accomplishments during his tenure at The Public was the development of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. His departure will be effective July 31, 2028, when […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Brian Bates is set to debut a new special, Worried, via Nateland Entertainment’s YouTube channel Friday, July 24 at 4 p.m. CT/5 p.m. ET. In the hour, filmed at The Lab at Zanies in Nashville, Bates puts a lifetime of overthinking, awkward encounters and people-pleasing toward reflections on getting married and becoming a first-time father […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, with multiple studios and producers pursuing, Apple TV has stepped up to preemptively acquire the rights to Peculiar Stars, the upcoming romance novel from Rebecca Yarros, the bestselling author behind the Fourth Wing fantasy romance Empyrean book series. Apple Studios will develop Peculiar Stars as a TV series, with Yarros […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Sparks, Kate Burton, Xander Berkeley and Rhys Coiro lead the cast of Melissa Miller Costanzo’s A Great Depression, which has just wrapped in New Jersey. The film follows Mark Turner (Sparks), the heir and chairman of his family’s billion-dollar company, as he struggles to reclaim his life after battling depression. As his world […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: Four Canadian entertainment industry veterans have pooled resources to launch a production house, Paper Route Studios. Dave Harris, Corey Russell, Jamie MacKay and Blair Vermette – who have collectively made shows and films for the likes of Prime Video, Netflix and Crave and managed major music acts – are behind the Toronto-based company. Paper […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Kevin Hamedani’s comedic thriller The Saviors following its SXSW premiere for a theatrical release on March 26, 2027. Tapping into the zeitgeist, the film stars Adam Scott (Hokum) and Danielle Deadwyler (Till) as suburban couple Sean and Kim who want to get divorced. To raise the money to […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has continued the rapid expansion of its UK-based creators division by swooping for the head of talent at Free Focus Management. Elle Skinner joins as an agent in the London office, where she will rep digital-first talent and advise creators as they build businesses. Skinner joins from creator agency Free Focus, where she […]Переглянути повний текст

5X Media’s Alon Shtruzman and Scott Einbinder are getting into the microdrama game. The veteran producers have tapped a “consortium of investors” to launch New Short Media, which they claim will bring “bring brand-name content creators, actors and creative talent to vertical storytelling with premium, innovative micro-series.” New Short is latest vertical video player on […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of Comic-Con, Amazon MGM Studios has given a formal series greenlight to Stillwater, a horror drama from Greg Berlanti (You, The Flight Attendant) and Carly Wray (Watchmen, Westworld) based on the Skybound graphic novel by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez. The project, which has received an eight-episode order, comes from Warner Bros. […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: Louis Cancelmi (Sorry, Baby) is set as a series regular opposite Ellen Pompeo and Jodie Whittaker in the Hulu pilot Chicks, from Good American Family‘s Katie Robbins that we first told you about in June. Hailing from 20th Television, with Robbins as writer and executive producer, Chicks is a family dramedy set in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods of old Boston. It […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: The explosion of vertical content has just gotten a bit bigger. Hollywood veterans Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz and Peter Sullivan have teamed up to launch vertTV, described as a premium filmmaker-led studio delivering high-stakes, cinematic genre television for mobile audiences. Optimized for on-the-go viewing, according to the co-founders, the subscription platform features snackable, fast-paced […]Переглянути повний текст

Charles Gaines, whose 1970s book and documentary Pumping Iron helped launch Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career, died July 21. He was 84. Schwarzenegger announced the news on his social media channels with a heartfelt tribute to the writer and lover of outdoor pursuits whom he described as “a lifelong friend.” Born in Jacksonville, Florida on January 6, […]Переглянути повний текст