Paramount Global chief financial officer Naveen Chopra said management is chipping away at debt, cutting costs, heading towards streaming profitability and otherwise “focused on execution” but won’t ignore other opportunities to create value for shareholders. “We believe that continued execution of our plan will unlock value. We are very conscious of the fact that our […]
EXCLUSIVE: Filming is due to begin this month in LA on neo-noir thriller Lips Like Sugar, which will star Oscar-nominees Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson. Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets), Sasha Calle (The Flash), Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies) and Erin Moriarty (The Boys) have joined the cast of the movie which is set against the 1984 Summer Olympic Games […]
EXCLUSIVE: After taking on Sigmund Freud in Sony Pictures Classics’ Freud’s Last Session, Academy Award winner has been set to star in Eyes in the Trees, a reimagining of the classic H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau, from director Timothy Woodward Jr. In the film, Hopkins portrays a geneticist who has been isolated […]
The thawing of the winter box office continues this weekend with Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 4 which is bound to see the franchise’s second highest domestic opening at $50M+ at 3,900 theaters after the original 2008 movie ($60.2M). But that’s not all, it’s also the second biggest start for a DWA title after Universal […]
Tom Hanks will host and narrate a 20-part documentary series about World War II on the History Channel. The project is one of several unveiled Wednesday by A+E Networks as it convened its virtual upfront presentation to advertisers. Along with the Hanks series, History is also teaming with Barack and Michelle Obama on a podcast […]
Everything you need to know about the new movie Ricky Stanicky is on the poster with its stark message plastered right across it: WARNING! AN R-RATED COMEDY. Oh, and the fact that it is directed and co-written by Peter Farrelly also tells you a lot. This is undeniably a return to the kinds of outrageous, […]
A pioneer in digital content creation is going away. Rooster Teeth, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, announced this morning that it is ceasing operations after 21 years. The process starts today and is expected to take several months. The news was announced at an all-hands company meeting and shared […]
The Starz period drama The Serpent Queen is beefing up its cast for Season 2. Academy Award nominee Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Chevalier) is among 10 new cast members, both series regulars and recurring stars, joining the Samantha Morton-led series set to return with new episodes later this year. Regulars include Angus Imrie (Emma), […]
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences revealed its new board of directors today, replacing its longstanding NATAS Board of Trustees. The move follows a multiyear restructuring of the Academy’s bylaws and governance to be more representative of the industry communities it serves. The new board includes Adam Sharp, who remains President & CEO […]
Fathom Events and Vertical have partnered on the U.S. release of Jeanne du Barry, the historical drama marking Johnny Depp’s first live-action role in a number of years. Co-written, directed, produced by and co-starring Maïwenn (DNA, My King) the film is set to open nationwide with an exclusive engagement in over 500 theaters beginning May […]
A+E Networks has signed a development deal with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine for lifestyle series which will air as part of A+E’s Home.Made.Nation multi-platform content hub. The first series from the partnership will be Country House Hunters, a co-production between Hello Sunshine and Abode Entertainment, which will premiere in the summer of 2024 on A&E. […]
Prime Video has dropped the trailer for The Idea of You, the upcoming romcom starring Anne Hathaway as a 40-year-old single mom who embarks on an unlikely romance with a 24-year-old boy band star (played by Red, White & Royal Blue‘s Nicholas Galitzine). With the line “We met at Coachella” destined to be some sort […]
Some of the biggest names in the world of British film have showered praise on the “game-changing” new 40% British indie film relief. Announced earlier today by UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt following lobbying from the BFI and Pact for months, the relief will apply to movies made for less than £15M ($19M). Today’s move was […]
Prime Video is headed back to Lakeview one more time. The Amazon streamer has picked up a fourth season of Upload, which will be the final chapter for the high-concept comedy series created and executive produced by Greg Daniels. The renewal of the Amazon MGM Studios-produced show, starring Robbie Amell and Andy Allo, comes three […]
Universal’s monster movie Abigail helmed by Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett has been set to world premiere as the closing night film of horror fest The Overlook Film Festival, which is taking place this year at the Prytania Theatres in New Orleans from April 4 – 7. Slated for release on April 19, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has announced that The Magic Prank Show with Justin Willman, a new series from magician and comedian Justin Willman (Magic for Humans), is soon to begin streaming on the platform — appropriately enough, on April 1st, or April Fool’s Day. The show sees Willman using his extraordinary skills to pull off ambitious and […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that he was backing Donald Trump’s presidential bid, even though he had blamed and blasted the former president for his “disgraceful” role in the January 6th attacks on the Capitol. Trump also has used racist remarks against McConnell’s wife, former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao. Trump has called […]
NBCUniversal has confirmed that its new Jurassic World movie will film this year at its own Sky Studios Elstree in the UK. With a release date already set for July 2025, the expectation from our sources is that the blockbuster will begin filming this summer, though that hasn’t been confirmed by the studio. We reported last […]
Nikki Haley said that it is up to Donald Trump to “earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support” his presidential bid. In brief remarks in which she announced that she is suspending her presidential bid, Haley said that “at its best, politics is about bringing people into […]
EXCLUSIVE: NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo’s new indie is forging a documentary about the longest-serving British player in NFL history, who was a victim of human trafficking. Along with All3Media-owned North One Television, Improbable Media’s as-yet-untitled movie will tell the incredible true story of the life of Efe Obada, who joined the Dallas Cowboys nearly a […]
Avatar: The Last Airbender, the anime-inspired live-action series, will be able to tell the story of the four nations: Water. Earth. Fire. Air after Netflix renewed it for a further two seasons. The streamer has handed the show a two-season renewal order to conclude the story of Aang’s journey to become the Avatar. It comes […]
The Broadway engagement of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable, starring Amy Ryan and Liev Schreiber, has been extended by a week, with a closing date now set for Sunday, April 21. The Roundabout Theatre Company production, currently in previews, officially opens tomorrow, March 7, at the Todd Haimes Theatre. Roundabout says the extension is […]
Days of Wine and Roses, the critically acclaimed musical adaptation of the 1962 film, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, March 31, just about two months after its January 28 opening night. The production becomes the third in recent weeks to announce that it would vacate the Broadway boards just as the industry […]
Atom Egoyan has revealed that he was so traumatized by the negative reception to his Ryan Reynolds-starring thriller The Captive at the Cannes Film Festival that he will never return again with a film. The paedophilia thriller, starring Reynolds as a man dealing with the disappearance of his nine-year-old daughter, was widely panned by the […]
Netflix’s has unveiled a slate of female-led African projects to coincide with International Women’s Month. EbonyLife TV boss Mo Abudu will exec produce Baby Farm, a series following Adanna, a young pregnant woman, unknowingly entrusts her unborn twins to a high-profile NGO, only to discover she’s become a prisoner of a sinister baby farm. Rita […]
