Whatever happened to the ABC talk show host Murray from The Last of Us? Did he get a fungal infection that turned him into a zombie? Granted, he was a character well before the timeline of the show, but still, ya know, flashbacks. Plus, Murray was played by Silicon Valley star Josh Brener. In an […]
After Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall powered its way to five Oscar nominations, it was a common feeling that the film’s MVP was short-changed on the big night. Though the film went home with Best Original Screenplay, Messi — the seven-year-old border collie who plays Snoop, the family dog who becomes an integral part […]
EXCLUSIVE: There will be quite a few familiar faces roaming the halls of Willard R. Abbott Elementary in the coming weeks. After a surprise cameo from 2024 Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper during Sunday’s special episode of Abbott Elementary, ABC is keeping up the momentum. Lana Condor, Keegan-Michael Key, Cree Summer, Tatyana Ali and Karan Soni will all be […]
EXCLUSIVE: New Line Cinema has bought the feature pitch Big Time Abroad from screenwriters Scarlett Bermingham & Andrew Rhymer to be produced by Party Over Here. We hear it sold in the mid-high six figures. Whle the storyline is under wraps, the pitch is being billed as Booksmart crossed with Indiana Jones. Bermingham and Rhymer, who are also married, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s Stan, the CW and Roku are working up Good Cop/Bad Cop, a comedic crime procedural The CW with Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment. The series is a centerpiece of Aussie streamer Stan’s latest 25-strong production slate, which also includes a Drag Race remake and a psychological drama from Universal International Studios-owned Matchbox Pictures. […]
Dolly Parton’s country classic “Jolene” is likely to make its way to the next Beyoncé album, Parton herself all but confirmed. Rumors have been swirling that Beyoncé’s upcoming album Act II, set for release March 29, will be a country-themed collection, with two singles – “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” – pointing in that […]
Disney shares were up 2% at mid-day Monday, extending their recent rally, as the company renewed its attacks on activist investor Nelson Peltz. In a video posted to VoteDisney.com criticizing Peltz and his firm, Trian Fund Management, Disney said the investor’s pursuit of board seats for himself and ex-Disney CFO Jay Rasulo “seems more about […]
Greta Gerwig tells me there’s “no resistance” from her about the possibility of Barbie 2. The challenge for her she says, is how to tackle a follow-up movie. Initially, the filmmaker wasn’t “feeling” the idea of a sequel, but now she’s warm to such a situation. “I’m not dismissing it, I want to do it,” she says, […]
EXCLUSIVE: CoComelon owner Moonbug Entertainment is looking to emerging production studio VaynerWatt for its next kids and family franchise. The companies have struck a strategic partnership deal and will work together to create a 2D-animated series for kids aged 6-11 called VeeFriends, which is based on VaynerWatt’s existing kids franchise of the same name. It […]
Even as the Oscar ceremony was running a little short, Jimmy Kimmel said that he was told not to read Donald Trump’s Truth Social post on the air. He did anyway. “They are like, you got a little bit of time. I’m like, ‘I’m reading the Trump tweet. They’re like, ‘No, no, don’t read that. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Impression Entertainment has signed Gloria Obianyo, an actress seen in everything from Dune and the latest Mission: Impossible to Amazon’s Good Omens, for management. Most recently seen recurring opposite David Tennant and Michael Sheen on Good Omens, in the role of the archangel Uriel, Obianyo around the same time recurred in the seventh season […]
Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Station 19 is coming to an end after seven seasons but not before one last big crossover with the mothership series, which may come at the end of the two series’ 10-episode runs, new Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Meg Marinis hinted in an interview with Deadline tied to the upcoming 20th season of […]
Non-English language movies stormed the Oscars this year, with five foreign language films taking home statuettes, which is the highest number ever in one ceremony. Justine Triet and Arthur Harari’s Best Screenplay Academy Award for French-language courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, followed in the wake of past non-English-language winners, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite (2019), Pedro […]
Grey’s Anatomy continues to rewrite the TV history books, extending its record as the longest-running primetime medical drama with the upcoming landmark 20th season, which premieres this Thursday, March 14. This also marks the first season of Meg Marinis, an18-year Grey’s Anatomy veteran, as the series’ showrunner. And she is not planning it as the […]
The wait is almost over. Nine months after the Season 19 finale of Grey’s Anatomy aired on ABC, Season 20 of the venerable medical drama created by Shonda Rhimes premieres on the network this Thursday, March 14. The new season has veteran Grey’s Anatomy writer-producer Meg Marinis at the helm as new showrunner, succeeding Krista […]
Did 12th district tribute Lucy Gray Baird really die at the end of Liongate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes? Rachel Zegler would like to quote Olivia Rodrigo, who provided the end credits song for the $337M-plus grossing fall hit, “Can’t Catch Me Now”: “She’s in the trees, she’s in the breeze.” […]
Fox Corp. COO John Nallen says the company is “much more focused on growing the business than we are on selling the business” despite accelerating pay-TV declines and other challenges. In an appearance Monday at Deutsche Bank’s Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, Nallen was asked if the time may be right for Fox to consider […]
Producer Castle Rock Entertainment announced today that the sequel to the 1984 cult classic This Is Spinal Tap recently began production in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rob Reiner is directing and Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer are all reprising their roles as the comic heavy metal band, Spinal Tap. Reiner will also return as […]
EXCLUSIVE: America’s undiscovered K-pop stars are getting their shot at fame. LA producer-distributor The Gurin Company and Titan Content, the U.S.-based K-pop company launched by former SM Entertainment CEO Nikki Semin Han, have teamed to created TV talent search format K-Pop Dreams (working title). UTA packaged the deal. K-Pop Dreams is being billed as a […]
Robert Downey Jr.’s long-in-coming Oscar win for Oppenheimer had a couple former co-stars so happy they just had to stop what they were doing to express their joy. Yesterday, Downey’s Avengers: Endgame costar Gwyneth Paltrow was having her hair and make-up done at home when Downey’s name was called for Best Supporting Actor (his first […]
EXCLUSIVE: Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa have signed with CAA for representation. The couple star in HGTV’s hit show The Flipping El Moussas. Heather Rae El Moussa is a real estate expert who appeared in five seasons of Netflix’s Selling Sunset. Together with her husband Tarek, she launched Home by THEM, a consciously curated collection […]
Oscilloscope Laboratories has announced a one night only theatrical release of Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All, and has rolled out the documentary’s trailer. A Sundance debut and a Tribeca selection, the film will play in theaters across the country on Wednesday, April 10. There will also be a screening and live performance with […]
Christina Applegate, appearing upbeat, with her trademark humor in tact, nonetheless was candid in her self-assessment in an appearance on today’s Good Morning America. In her first extended interview since her 2021 diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, Applegate told host Robin Roberts, “I live kind of in hell. I’m not out a lot, so this is […]
ZDF Latest To ‘Race Across The World’ A six-part series based on Studio Lambert’s Race Across the World is set to air on German pubcaster ZDF in spring 2025. Planning is underway for casting and filming is set for the fall, with All3Media’s German producer, Tower, attached to make the show. Kirstin Benthaus-Gebauer will be the […]
With four TV and film projects in as many years, few filmmakers right now are more prolific than Hirokazu Kore-eda. The veteran Japanese filmmaker behind titles like the Palme d’Or-winning Shoplifters and Still Walking continued his hot streak after landing his third directing honor from the Asian Academy Sunday night for his last feature, Monster. […]
