Fans of Disney+/Marvel series What If…? got a pleasant surprise at today’s Marvel Studios’ Animation panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Marvel revealed the Emmy-nominated series has been picked up for a third season, ahead of its Season 2 premiere. What If….? Season 2 launches exclusively on Disney+ in early 2023. What If…? director Bryan Andrews […]
Kevin Smith returned to Comic-Con this year more excited than ever to talk about his work, especially the new Clerks III movie. The first Clerks film follows Dante (Brian O’Halloran), who is called in to cover a shift at his New Jersey convenience store the Quick Stop on his day off. His friend Randal (Jeff […]
Vince McMahon, the longtime CEO and chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment, announced today he’s retiring from the company at age 77. He had temporarily stepped away from running the company amid a scandal. WWE’s board of directors has been investigating McMahon over allegations that he’d paid millions of dollars to various women in exchange for […]
Gavin Newsom has a unique way of courting California voters. California’s governor has run his second out-of-state ad this month, first in Florida and now in Texas. In the ads, Newsom is targeting two prominent Republican governors who many tout as potential GOP presidential candidates on two big, national issues: gun control and abortion. The […]
Marvel surprised fans on Friday with an exclusive first look at Spider-Man: Freshman Year, and a handful of their upcoming animated series, at a panel at Comic Con Friday, hosted by comedian Paul F. Tompkins, which included Marvel Studios head of streaming, television and animation Brad Minderbaum and head of visual development Ryan Meinerding and the creators […]
The Walking Dead took a bite out of Comic-Con today to take an emotional final bow at Hall H. The dystopian show also unveiled a new trailer for the final set of eight episodes (which you can view above) and its last premiere date. The final eight episodes of TWD will debut on October 2, […]
Seventeen candidates are vying for eight open seats on the WGA West’s board of directors, including five incumbents. Voting begins August 21 and ends September 20. The candidates are Angelina Burnett, Robert H. Wolfe, Rich Talarico, Justin Halpern, Timothy Dowling, Ryan Walls, Van Robichaux, David Schulner, Danny Tolli, John Rogers, Leah Folta, Raphael Bob-Waksberg and […]
Ryan Gosling (La La Land) returned to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday night for the first time in 10+ years to discuss his role as Ken, Barbie’s boyfriend, in the upcoming Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad). Greta Gerwig (director and co-writer) offered him the role of Ken and Gosling commented that […]
Laure Calamy, who plays Noémie, the wacky assistant to Mathias Barneville in Call My Agent!, won the César (French equivalent of the Oscars) for Best Actress for My Donkey, My Lover & I, the film by Caroline Vignal that opens this weekend Stateside from Greenwich Entertainment. It’s the distributor’s second narrative film in a year […]
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran non-fiction agent Andy Stabile is joining Verve as Partner and Head of Unscripted, bringing the number of partners at the agency to ten. Stabile spent the last six years at ICM Partners, which he left in the aftermath of the agency’s acquisition by CAA. Before that, he was at CAA for 14 years. […]
Jordan Peele’s third feature as director, Nope, grossed $6.4M last night from 3,250 theaters that began at 4PM. That’s a good start for a Peele movie, just 14% off from the $7.4M which his last horror pic, Us, made back in March 2019. That pic posted a $71.1M opening, the best start for an R-Rated original horror […]
EXCLUSIVE: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert is adding some musical firepower. The CBS late-night show is introducing its first-ever musical residencies with artists St. Vincent, James Taylor and Joe Walsh each sitting in with Jon Batiste’s house band Stay Human for a week. St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, whose latest album Daddy’s Home came […]
NBC News’ Washington bureau announced a series of staff changes as Pete Williams departs next week as justice correspondent. Williams, who has been covering the Justice Department and Supreme Court, announced in May that he would retire after almost 30 years at the network. His last day will be July 31. Ken Dilanian will be […]
Twitter swung to a loss in the June quarter and missed Wall Street’s revenue forecast, blaming ad industry headwinds and uncertainty surrounding its acquisition Elon Musk. It swung to a $270 million loss from a $66 million profit the year earlier. Revenue of $1.18 billion was down 1% year-over-year (or up 2% on a constant […]
Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here. We’ve got all the news and analysis you need as we end another week in which temperatures hit record highs and relations between the UK’s biggest TV union and trade body hit dispiriting lows. Pact Vs Bectu Verbal warfare: Rumbling along in the UK TV drama sector has been […]
UK TV industry ire has turned towards Prime Ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak over the sale of Channel 4, with broadcasting union Bectu slamming Sunak’s proposal to push on with privatization. Sunak, one of two left in the race to succeed Boris Johnson, confirmed yesterday that he will not reverse the decision made by Johnson and […]
EXCLUSIVE: The forthcoming third season of the BBC’s critical hit comedy series Ladhood will be its last, as creator Liam Williams waves goodbye to the coming-of-age story. The BBC Studios Comedy Productions will conclude this summer in the UK, with writer and creator Liam Williams confirming the news on Twitter today just minutes ago. Update for my […]
BT And Warner Bros Discovery UK Sports Joint Venture Approved Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given approval for BT Group and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a 50-50 sports joint venture for the UK & Ireland. Both companies sports assets will now combine over coming weeks. BT Sport and WBD’s Eurosport will initially retain […]
Caroline Kennedy arrived in Australia on Friday morning to begin her posting as the US ambassador to the country, but already she has given the locals a lesson in manners. The press pack in attendance were keen to put questions to the new ambassador, with one female reporter drowned out by a male reporter who […]
Netflix has announced its collaboration with Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn’s on drama Copenhagen Cowboy, which marks his first production in his native Denmark in 15 years. Described by the platform as a “thrill-inducing, neon-drenched noir series”, it revolves around a young heroine called Miu (Angela Bundalovic) who travels through Copenhagen’s criminal netherworld. Production has […]
TikTok is an established provider of entertainment worldwide, but is also becoming increasingly popular as a news source with UK adults. British broadcasting regulator Ofcom’s annual report reveals that the social media platform is the fastest growing news source – with 7% of adults using it for news, up from 1% just two years ago. […]
The BBC’s chief yesterday said the broadcaster will “never” again screen its era-defining Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales and urged other broadcasters to follow its example. The pledge by the BBC’s director-general Tim Davie came in light of an inquiry by Lord Dyson, which found that interviewer Martin Bashir’s deceitful behaviour – including […]
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the season 1 finale of FX On Hulu’s The Old Man. FX on Hulu’s spy drama starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow wrapped its first season July 21 by answering several burning questions — namely, why Faraz Hamzad was so hellbent at getting to Dan Chase (Bridges) and […]
The House Committee holding hearings into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol today released never-before-seen raw footage of then-president Donald Trump ad libbing in a videos addressing the nation and shi supporters. The first came late in the afternoon of January 6. While the entire country saw the final product, the unedited video […]
Frank Fritz, who was long a part of the team that made American Pickers a reality show hit, has been hospitalized with a stroke, according to his former partner, Mike Wolfe. Wolfe shared the news Thursday on Instagram, saying “Now is the time to pray for my friend. Frank has suffered a stroke and is […]