EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has pre-emptively bought the original horror thriller script Familiar by Julien Magnat. Walter Hamada’s 18hz Productions will produce through its output deal at the studio. The plot line is being kept under wraps, but it surrounds a single mother who inadvertently invites an evil entity into her home. This marks Magnat’s first […]
EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Nick Swardson has announced that he’ll release his latest hour-long comedy special, Make Joke From Face, on YouTube via 800 Pound Gorilla tonight at 5 p.m. PT. You’ll be able to stream it at that hour at the link above. Swardson’s new hour sees him return to the stage as his birthday draws […]
EXCLUSIVE: Kate Siegel (The Fall of the House of Usher) is currently in production as the exec producer and star of Damned If You Do, a dark comedy marking the directorial debut of Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold. Written by Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde, and produced by Objectively Good Media, the film follows a […]
As the world continues to mourn such late childhood legends as Shelley Duvall and Paul Reubens, Cinespia is paying tribute on the big screen. The Los Angeles outdoor screening series presented by Amazon MGM Studios announced The Shining (1980) and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) among its final films of the summer to be screened on […]
EXCLUSIVE: After landing the high-profile spec Apex earlier this year, the Netflix genre thriller has gained some serious momentum as Deadline is hearing that Charlize Theron is in final negotiations to star, with Baltasar Kormákur in final negotiations to direct. Jeremy Robbins penned the script, which is described as Free Solo meets Silence of the Lambs and follows a […]
EXCLUSIVE: Mandy Gonzalez, star of In The Heights, Hamilton and Aida, will play the role of Norma Desmond at select performances of Broadway’s upcoming Sunset Blvd., taking one performance a week with star Nicole Scherzinger taking all others. Gonzalez will play her first performance on Tuesday, October 22. The casting was announced today by producers […]
SPOILER ALERT : This article contains details of the Season 4 finale of The Boys that was formerly titled “Assassination Run.” The episode, now called “Season Four Finale” after the real-life attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13, dropped earlier today on Amazon Prime Video. “It’s quite the surreal moment, I would say first […]
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has won a five-way auction to land Sasha. Producers attached to the psychological thriller package include Berlanti Schechter Films’ Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Mike McGrath and These Pictures’ Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Lia and Keenan Flynn. Micah Schraft is writing the script based on the short story by Suzanne Rindell. They […]
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Benjamin Bratt (Poker Face) is the newest addition to the cast of Balls Up, Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming action comedy from director Peter Farrelly and Skydance. Details as to Bratt’s role are under wraps. As previously announced, Mark Wahlberg, Paul Walter Hauser, Molly Shannon and Eva De Dominici will also star. Balls […]
EXCLUSIVE: Julia Mayorga (American Rust) and Allegra Leguizamo (Tin Soldier) have been tapped for roles alongside Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine and Stephen Dorff in the indie drama People Not Places from director Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer). Written by Ellen Brown Furman (The Infiltrator), the filmmaker’s mother, pic watches as Clare (MacLaine), an elderly […]
EXCLUSIVE: Good news for arthouse filmmakers and companies overseas with the launch of a new U.S. distributor for international movies: Room 8 Films. Set up by Rachelle Shukman, formerly of Ramo Law PC and sales firm Fortitude International, and fashion merchandising graduate Annie White, the LA-based outfit says it has private investment from Silicon Valley. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix announced on Thursday that Matt Rife: Lucid – A Crowd Work Special, its second special from comedian Matt Rife, is set to premiere globally on the service on August 13. Check out a trailer above. Marking Netflix’s first one-hour crowd work special, Rife’s new hour is one of two coming up, under a […]
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off his Emmy nomination for Ripley, the in-demand Andrew Scott has been set to lead cast in Studiocanal and Working Title’s upcoming D-Day movie Pressure, which we revealed earlier this summer. In the true story, BAFTA winner Scott, also coming off rave reviews for All Of Us Strangers, is set to play Group […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sir David Attenborough, fresh from his latest Emmy nomination, is partnering with National Geographic for the first time on a documentary that will explore the health of the world oceans. NatGeo announced today it has given the green light to David Attenborough: Ocean (working title), a feature length film that will “share with a […]
UPDATED, 8 AM: “The more influence our sisterhood gains, the more enemies we make.” Max has released the second teaser trailer for its Dune prequel series Dune: Prophecy, taking us back thousands of years before the ascension of Paul Atreides and the establishment of the Bene Gesserit. The one-minute clip gives us a hint of […]
Verizon is offering a free one-year subscription to Netflix Premium, the streaming leader’s highest-end plan, to customers signing up for Peacock. The bundle, via the telecom giant’s “+play” hub, saves customers more than $275. It is the first time Netflix and Peacock have been bundled by Verizon, which has been a key distribution partner for […]
CBS Sports and the English Football League (EFL) have inked an exclusive, multi-year, multi-platform rights agreement that will offer the widest distribution of EFL matches ever in the U.S. starting next month. The four-year deal moves EFL from its home at ESPN. CBS Sports will air at least 250 EFL matches each season across the […]
Donald Trump’s acceptance speech will be the highlight of the final night of the Republican National Convention, but the other speaker lineup will have the feel of a cage match. Hulk Hogan has been added to the lineup. The entertainer and wrestler sued Gawker for invasion of privacy over the publication of an excerpt of […]
Nonce Paolini, the former Chairman and CEO of French broadcasting giant TF1 Group, has passed away aged 75. Le Monde newspaper reported he had died due to cancer. The influential exec rose through the ranks at TF1, which is France’s largest commercial network, and became CEO in 2007 and added the Chairmanship a year later. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Angourie Rice (Mare of Easttown, Spider-Man: No Way Home) and Mallori Johnson (Kindred, Genius MLK/X) are leading under-the-radar Canadian-Belgian psychological thriller Steal Away, which recently wrapped principal photography in Belgium. Producers Damon D’Oliveira and Clement Virgo of Conquering Lion Pictures (Canada) and Peter De Maegd and Tom Hameeuw of Potemkino (Belgium) are behind the […]
The first look at Dexter: Original Sin has arrived. Photos from the upcoming Dexter prequel were released Thursday, introducing audiences to the Morgan family — including Christian Slater as Harry Morgan, Patrick Gibson as Dexter Morgan and Molly Brown as Debra Morgan One of the photos, embedded as the first photo below, is particularly ominous as […]
Dan Stevens (Abigail, Downton Abbey) has been tapped as the lead and executive producer on the third installment of AMC Networks’ The Terror horror anthology, Devil in Silver. Written by Chris Cantwell (Halt and Catch Fire) and author Victor LaValle, on whose novel the season is based, The Terror: Devil in Silver tells the story of […]
This year’s Kennedy Center Honors will be awarded to director Francis Ford Coppola, rock band Grateful Dead, blues and rock singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval and the venue The Apollo. The ceremony will take place on Dec. 8, for broadcast on Dec. 23 on CBS. This will be the 47th […]
BTS star Jimin will perform ‘Who,’ the main track from his second solo album, on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. According to his label, Big Hit Music, Jimin’s performance was pre-recorded and is scheduled to air at 11:35 p.m. on Monday night’s show. Jimin is currently participating in his mandatory military service in […]
EXCLUSIVE: Before you watch the Oz Perkins-directed crafty serial killer thriller Longlegs that won last weekend, and you have to first go through a dizzying parade of derivative horror film trailers. Genre is hot again, especially titles with proven concepts. Author J.D. Barker is using that opportunity to put the defibrillator paddles to the chilling […]
