The classic baseball-and-so-much-more movie that Kevin Costner calls “probably our generation’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life'” returns to theaters for a special Father’s Day weekend engagement. Here’s the backstory from its Oscar-winning screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson.
Here’s a first look at Steven Spielberg’s anticipated adaptation of Broadway classic West Side Story, the tale of young love and tensions between rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks on the streets of 1957 New York. The film is now in production for Twentieth Century Fox.
Pictured left to right in the image are Jets…
The recently-launched, KKR-backed German indie studio has appointed Stephan Katzmann as managing director, finance.
Katzmann, who joined June 1, is responsible for “production activities and the creation of a joint license database for the trading activities” at the as yet-unnamed company, which is a merger of Tele…
Nicholas Pinnock, star of ABC's forthcoming legal drama For Life, Doctor Who'sDavid Tennant and Agent Carter'sHayley Atwell are to star in Netflix's police interrogation drama Criminal.
The format bending series consists of 12 episodes of 45 minutes with three episodes each set across four countries – France, Spain…
Kim Cattrall has pulled out of British comedy series The Cockfields due to "unforeseen scheduling issues". The Sex and The City star, who is fronting Fox's soapy drama Filthy Rich, had been due to star in the three-part series for UKTV's Gold channel alongside After Life stars Joe Wilkinson and Diane Morgan.
She has…
Viacom International Studios UK has scored its first commission for a non-Viacom network with a two-part train doc series.
The production division, which was formerly known as Elephant House Studios, is making Trevor McDonald's Indian Train Adventure for ITV, a rival to its sibling network C5.
Viacom International…
On Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the titular host started the show by talking about the forthcoming Democratic debates and poking fun at Steve Bullock for releasing a YouTube video in retaliation — a video that barely got any views. He also took some jabs at California congressman Duncan Hunter’s scandal of…
An Italian man by the name of Francesco Galdelli and his wife Vanja Goffi were arrested in Thailand Sunday after Galdelli claimed to be George Clooney and sold clothes online, claiming it was a business opened by the actor.
According to Thailand’s Crime Suppression Division, Galdelli claimed he was Clooney and he…
Descendants 3 stars Sofia Carson (Evie), Cameron Boyce (Carlos) and Booboo Stewart (Jay) introduced a new movie trailer at the inaugural ARDYs, a Radio Disney music event.
Disney Channel has set 8 p.m. Friday, August 2, for the premiere. The original cast returns as does director Kenny Ortega, who also helmed the High…
It’s been nearly a month since the grand finale of Game of Thrones. Some people liked it, others didn’t and when it comes to the cast, some of them have feelings about how their characters said goodbye. Lena Headey, who plays Westeros’ favorite heartless and petty Cersei Lannister, has some thoughts on her character’s…
UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Sony's Men In Black: International performed in line with pre-weekend industry projections, landing $73.7M at the international box office. Added to domestic's fizzle, the global launch crossed the century mark with $102.2M. Offshore tracking is on par with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and 19%…
Apple CEO Tim Cook said during his keynote address to Stanford’s graduating class on Saturday that the technology industry, despite good intentions, has failed to take responsibility for issues arising on privacy and hate speech, creating “chaos” by its inaction.
“Too many seem to think good intentions excuse away…
