Dana Delany (Body of Proof) will join Sylvester Stallone in the new original series Tulsa King for Paramount+. Delany will play Margaret, an affluent and influential equestrian and owner of a sprawling horse farm and animal preserve. She is a formidable presence and a trustee of the Annie Oakley Society. Tulsa King follows New York mafia […]
Netflix has released an official statement following the tragic death of actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar who were working on the series The Chosen One in Mexico. The pair were part of the cast and crew riding in a van in Santa Rosalía—Loreto on June 16 en route to a local […]
Mel B is set as a judge for Season 2 of Paramount+’s drag queen singing competition Queen of the Universe. She joins returning judges Michelle Visage, Vanessa Williams and Trixie Mattel, along with Graham Norton, who returns as host. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and World of Wonder, producers of the Emmy-winning […]
EXCLUSIVE: Armani Jackson (Honor Society, Chad), Bella Shepard (iCarly, The Wilds), Chloe Rose Robertson (Wildflower) and Tyler Lawrence Gray (Our Town, Macbeth) are set as the young leads in Paramount+ series Wolf Pack. The series hails from Jeff Davis, developer and executive producer of the 2011 MTV series Teen Wolf, and MTV Entertainment Studios where […]
Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone prequel has a new title. The origin story of the Duttons has been renamed 1923 to encompass the end of WWI (1918) and the start of Prohibition (1920), both of which will be included in the saga. The new series will star Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford. The streamer offered no additional […]
A pair of reruns of 60 Minutes helped CBS to dominate Sunday in total viewers in broadcast primetime, while repeats of America’s Funniest Home Videos and Celebrity Family Feud kept ABC in the 18-49 winners circle. The only new programming Sunday was a fresh episode of Duncanville (0.1 rating in adults 18-49, 520,000 viewers) on […]
As part of the opening day here at CineEurope in Barcelona, Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri shed some light on everything from the upcoming Minions: The Rise of Gru to whether we’ll see a same-sex kiss in a future Illumination title and how one long-ago misfire helped inform his career. In a wide-ranging onstage […]
EXCLUSIVE: Scout Comics has partnered with Oren Segal’s Management Production Entertainment to develop Louis Southard’s comic book series, Midnight Western Theatre, for television—tapping Kevin Carroll to handle the adaptation. The comics featuring art by David Hahn examine turbulence within the U.S.A. of the 1860s. In the series, the notorious Red Tom and his deadly posse have […]
EXCLUSIVE: Lacey Chabert (Christmas at Castle Heart) and Ektor Rivera (Sugar Plum Twist) are set to lead the Hallmark film Groundswell. The project is set to premiere on August 21 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Groundswell is an adaptation of Katie Lee Biegel’s debut novel. Beigel serves as executive producer on the project and will […]
Beyoncé will release her new single “Break My Soul” from the upcoming album Renaissance at midnight ET tonight. The announcement was made with a simple “BREAK MY SOUL midnight ET” listed in the singer’s social media profiles today. Last week, the Oscar and Emmy nominee and 28-time Grammy Award winner teased her next solo album, Renaissance, […]
For anyone who has seen the documentary Amazing Grace, it’s hard to imagine a film to rival the one about the making of Aretha Franklin’s gospel album. But the new film Stay Prayed Up contains equally ecstatic moments of a gospel singer in performance, in this case a not widely known but deeply gifted woman referred […]
Apple TV+ has handed an eight-episode series order to Criminal Record, a one-hour London thriller starring Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo as detectives in a tug of war over a historic murder conviction. The series hails from BAFTA Award nominee Paul Rutman (Vera, Indian Summers), Tod Productions and STV Studios. Production is currently underway in […]
Mick Jagger says the Rolling Stones will return from Covid isolation tomorrow, resuming its 60th anniversary European tour in Milan. In an tweeted video, Jagger apologies “for the inconvenience about the shows,” then adds, “We’ll be on stage in Milan on Tuesday so see you there.” The 78-year-old Jagger announced last week that he had […]
The future of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival is looking uncertain following the unexpected cancellation of its previously announced sixth edition, which had been due to run October 13-22. The festival management said that the event was being postponed to give time for a re-set. “This decision will allow more time to focus on both […]
As Paramount+ prepares for UK rollout this week and in advance of tonight’s swanky London do, the streamer has greenlit a seven-strong international slate including a French fantasy horror thriller, series on the Circeo Massacre, two shows from Mexico and two from Germany including The Sheikh. Scroll down for the full slate below as Paramount+ […]
EXCLUSIVE: Filming has quietly begun on Dutch comedy Happy Ending, which is being produced by Amsterdam-based production company Topkapi Films, known for movies including Halina Reijn’s Instinct and Lukas Dhont’s Girl. Pic is written and directed by Joosje Duk, one of five winners of Netflix’s New Voices contest in 2021, a competition initiated by the streamer to discover new screenwriters […]
‘Evolution Earth’ Greenlit By PBS, ARTE, Sky Nature and Love Nature PBS, ARTE, Sky Nature and Love Nature have joined together on a natural history series, Evolution Earth, revealing how animals are adapting to our changing planet and evolving before our eyes. The five-parter will debut on Love Nature’s global linear and streaming platforms and […]
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Real War of Thrones has hired former Mediawan senior executive Jean-Marc Rouhette to the newly-created role of Chief Operating Officer. The experienced exec will oversee business affairs, finance and production management at the French-UK indie. He’ll focus on developing activities in scripted, digital and brand content. At Mediawan, he was Head of Production and looked after overseeing production […]
If you’re a candidate that believes the Democrats stole the election in 2020, John Oliver has it out for you. The Last Week Tonight host had a field day previewing some of the more interesting Republican secretary of state candidates across the country. Though the state elections for secretary of state usually fly under the […]
Todd and Julie Chrisley are publicly speaking out for the first time since federal prosecutors charged the couple with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and tax fraud earlier this month. Julie Chrisley was further charged with wire fraud and obstruction of justice. “I know all of you […]
Loudmouth’s first images are of New York City in the 1980s, startling footage of frothing racism from Howard Beach to Bensonhurst back when Rev. Al Sharpton rose to prominence as an organizer, orator and agitator. The film by Josh Alexander follows the rise of sometime controversial founder of the National Action Network and former TV […]
Friends of deceased actors Raymundo Garduño Cruz and Juan Francisco González Aguilar, who died in an automobile accident in Mexico on Thursday, are asking for a thorough investigation into alleged issues with production that may or may not have played a role in the fatal accident. The pair were part of the cast and crew […]
The CineEurope conference kicks off here in Barcelona on Monday with distribution and exhibition expected to be in fine spirits, coming off a series of mega-drivers in the first part of the year and heading into a lucrative second half. There’s reason for backslapping and high-fiving, but there are also concerns that all sides need […]
New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Andrew Giuliani won’t get a shot. But he wants television to give him a shot at convincing voters. Giuliani, the son of former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, claims that New York’s local news station, NY1, barred him from their studios for the next gubernatorial debate because he’s unvaccinated. Last […]
