EXCLUSIVE: True Blood and Justice League star Joe Manganiello has joined Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson and Oscar nominee Uma Thurman in the upcoming dark comedic thriller The Kill Room. Principal photography is set to begin this spring in New Jersey and New York on the movie, which will chart the story of a hitman […]
EXCLUSIVE: Following the premiere of his latest film, Inexorable, earlier this year at TIFF, Fabrice du Welz has inked with Verve for representation. The filmmaker continues to be managed by Grandview. du Welz has directed a number of award-winning films that have premiered at festivals internationally, including his 2014 film, Alleluia, a dark lovesick horror film […]
The announcement of Tony Award nominations will be delayed by about a week, and award eligibility extended by a week, due to what producers say are “the challenges that Broadway has faced in recent weeks” — an apparent reference to the Covid uptick that has impacted some shows. Nominations now will be announced on Monday, […]
EXCLUSIVE: There’s been a lot of biting rumors around STX Entertainment during the past four months, from a potential sale to Lionsgate to possibly filing Chapter 11. These are not coming to realization as the Hustlers and Bad Moms studio now can breathe a sigh of relief, having fully closed its sale to The Najafi Companies, with Birch […]
UPDATED, with comment from Chris Wallace and Kasie Hunt: CNN+ is on its way out, but the new leadership at Warner Bros Discovery has given every indication that there could still be a future for some of its programming. Much of the speculation has centered on the future of the highest-profile hire for the streaming […]
UPDATED, Friday, 12:33 PM PT: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Friday that strips Disney of a special district that covers Walt Disney World, after the company came out publicly against the state’s parental rights law. It’s unclear what the ultimate financial impact will be on Disney, but Democrats have warned that dissolving the Reedy […]
SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details from the series finale of BBC America’s Killing Eve. Television finales are an incredibly tough beast – just ask the team behind The Sopranos or Lost. The finale of BBC America’s Killing Eve has also received its share of criticism from fans, disappointed with the way the series played […]
EXCLUSIVE: Isabelle Fuhrman (The Novice) has signed on to star in the thriller Unit 234 from director Andy Tennant, which is currently in production in the Cayman Islands. In the film penned by Derek Steiner, Laurie Saltair (Fuhrman) discovers the comatose man, Clayton, in Unit 234 of her family’s storage facility, while working the night shift […]
EXCLUSIVE: ICM has just signed The Northman actor Gustav Lindh. He stars in the Robert Eggers’ directed New Regency/Focus Features movie as Thorir the Proud opposite Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard and Anya-Taylor Joy. The pic is expected to open this weekend to $10M-$12M. Lindh is a fast-rising star of Swedish film and television. In 2020, he starred […]
Total compensation last year for Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts was $33.9 million, up 3.8% from $32.7 million the year before. Roberts pay package includes a salary of $3.2 million; stock awards of $13.5 million; option awards of $8.5 million; non-equity incentive plan compensation (cash bonus) of $8.6 million and other items worth close to […]
EXCLUSIVE: Miki Ishikawa (The Falcon And The Winter Soldier), Sierra McCormick (American Horror Stories) and Nick Sagar (The Princess Switch) have signed on to star in the indie horror-drama, I Don’t Want to Drink Your Blood Anymore, from writer-director Andrew Sullivan (Bokeh). The film follows Eiko (Ishikawa), a Japanese American teenage vampire, suffering from agoraphobia, […]
Deadline has confirmed that Disney/Marvel’s upcoming big global blockbuster Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is banned for theatrical release in Saudi Arabia. This follows in the wake of Marvel’s The Eternals not playing in Saudi Arabia, that pic forbidden there over its same gender couple romance and the MCU’s first gay superhero. Quite often movies with […]
AMC Entertainment is planning its first major upgrade since the transition to digital, announcing a deal with Cinionic to roll out laser projectors to 3,500 of its U.S. auditoriums through 2026. The ’Laser at AMC’ initiative “represents a significant acceleration of AMC’s commitment to enhance the on-screen presentation” — with improved picture contrast, maximum picture […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has signed an overall deal with writer Brittany Miller. Under the pact, Miller will focus on comedy development for scripted series across cable and streaming. Miller most recently served as a co-producer on Season 2 of Blindspotting for Starz and Lionsgate TV and worked on two series from Sony Pictures TV, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Baena’s Spin Me Round, which made its world premiere at SXSW last month, has seen its North American rights get scooped up by IFC Films and AMC+. The pic will hit theatres and VOD and stream exclusively on AMC+ this summer. The pic reps filmmaker Baena’s reteam with Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza and Molly Shannon […]
Universal had the most to boast last night at the box office, hitting the 18-34 arthouse demo with Robert Eggers’ Focus Features Viking epic, The Northman, which drew $1.35M last night in previews, and families with Dreamworks Animation’s The Bad Guys, which made $1.15M. Lionsgate’s Nicolas Cage satire The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent made $835K in pre-opening […]
Martin Scorsese’s nonprofit The Film Foundation is launching a free virtual screening room to showcase restored films starting May 9 with I Know Where I’m Going!. The 1945 film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and restored by The Film Foundation and BFI National Archive, in association with ITV and Park Circus, will be […]
Afternoon all, Max Goldbart here preparing you for another dose of International Insider in what, as ever, has been a busy old week. Scroll down for all the news and analysis. Piers Vs Donald Guess Who’s Back x 2: Did you miss them? By their own sky-high standards, Piers Morgan and Donald Trump have been […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will make his hosting debut at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, set for May 15 on NBC. His appearance as emcee will also mark the 25th anniversary of his first Billboard Music Awards win in 1997 for his album “No Way Out.” In addition, Combs will executive produce the live show from […]
BAFTA-nominated I Hate Suzie star Leila Farzad and Broadchurch’s Andrew Buchan are to lead BBC One’s Better, the latest drama from prolific Chernobyl producer Sister. Farzad, who was BAFTA-nominated for her role in Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble’s dramedy, will play DI Lou Slack, a quick-witted policewoman whose success lies on a foundation of deceit and corruption. Buchan, […]
French actor and filmmaker Jacques Perrin has died at the age of 80. His family confirmed the news to Agence France Presse, no cause of death was given. The Paris-born performer was known for playing Salvatore ‘Totò’ Di Vita in Giuseppe Tornatore’s Oscar-winning Cinema Paradiso. His career saw him rack up more than 70 feature […]
Well it has certainly started with a bang. The Rupert Murdoch-backed Talk TV hasn’t even reached launch day yet Piers Morgan is already generating global headlines for his spat with Donald Trump, after a promo clip of the opening of Morgan’s Uncensored Talk TV tentpole showed the former POTUS storming off set. With rumors abounding […]
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix, France’s Metropolitan and multi-territory distributor Vertice are among companies to have pre-bought Liam Neeson thriller In The Land Of Saints And Sinners, we can reveal. Filming is now underway in County Donegal, Ireland. As we first reported, Neeson (Taken) is starring with Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) and Kerry Condon (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). Newly […]
Employees from the film and TV divisions of the Walt Disney Co. will be getting additional holidays in 2022. I hear that leaders across the company sent memos to their staffers, informing them that May 27, the Friday heading into the Memorial Day weekend, will be designated as non-working days this year. Employees will get […]
UPDATE: Shortly before 9 PM Pacific time, the service appeared to be back up and working. EARLIER: An outage has hit Hulu this afternoon, with users around the country reporting that the Disney streamer is down and/or that they cannot access the service. “We are aware of a technical issue impacting Hulu,” the company said […]
