EXCLUSIVE: The Punisher and Gossip Girl writer Felicia D. Henderson is set to adapt Tracy Deonn’s YA fantasy novel Legendborn after Black Bear Television acquired the rights. Henderson, who was a co-exec producer on both series and also worked on series including Fringe and Everybody Hates Chris and co-created BET series The Quad, will write […]
A majority of Hollywood studios withheld their theatrical movie trailers from last year’s Super Bowl as cinemas in Los Angeles and New York City remained closed because of the pandemic. While the good news is that they’re back this year, we’re not hearing about any massive, head-turning stunts. In previous Super Bowls, such eyebrow-raisers included […]
EXCLUSIVE: Verve has confirmed that former ICM agent JR Ringer has joined the company as a talent agent. Ringer was one of three ICM agents who left last month to join other firms. He will work with Verve Talent Head and Partner Sean Grumman as the agency continues to expand its footprint in film and […]
Matthew Dowd has joined MSNBC as political contributor and analyst, in a role that will include field reporting about the threats to U.S. democracy. Dowd, former political strategist for George W. Bush, last month ended his campaign for lieutenant governor of Texas. He previously was a longtime political analyst for ABC News, joining the network […]
UPDATED with CEO comments, stock price: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek took the bull by the horns, addressing the widening controversy over Joe Rogan in his opening remarks on a conference call with Wall Street analysts after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report. “Obviously, it’s been a few notable days here at Spotify. When we entered the […]
In a letter to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson said the organization had the “highest ever participation during voting at any time in the Academy’s history.” Hudson notes that ballots were submitted from 82 countries (from 9,487 eligible voters who could participate) and makes […]
Starz has unveiled its first-look at Watergate drama series Gaslit starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn. The series, which launches April 24, tells the story of Martha Mitchell (Roberts), the wife of Nixon’s loyal Attorney General, John Mitchell (Penn), who is the first person to publicly sound the alarm on Nixon’s involvement in Watergate. However, […]
Shares in Meta Platforms, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, plunged in after-hours trading after the company missed Wall Street forecasts for earnings in the fourth quarter. The stock, which has already been under pressure, dropped 19% soon after the numbers hit, with the decline soon surpassing 21% to shave $190 billion from the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Micaela Wittman, the actress who recently made her feature directorial with the satirical mockumentary Clairevoyant, has signed with Untitled Entertainment for management. She will be represented there by Katie Rhodes and Dannielle Thomas. In the indie feature released last year by Gravitas Ventures, which Wittman wrote, directed and produced with Arthur De Larroche, she […]
