With the SAG, PGA and ACE Eddies all weighing in, it is clear two films absorbed the most mojo in these precursor shows from the guilds, all of which overlap with the membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Quibi’s upcoming action-thriller starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz now has an official title – Most Dangerous Game. Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman's forthcoming short-form video platform also released the first teaser artwork featuring stars Hemsworth and Waltz (see above).
The series, from Scorpion…
EXCLUSIVE:Lily Rabe (The Wizard Of Lies) is set for a recurring role on Amazon's The Underground Railroad, Barry Jenkins' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's bestselling novel, from Jenkins' PASTEL and Brad Pitt's Plan B.
The story centers on young Cora, a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all…
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning director Richard Shepard is set to direct and executive produceAmerican Crime Story: Impeachment,Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX limited series about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal.
The third season of American Crime Story will be based on Jeffrey Toobin's book A Vast Conspiracy: The R…
Harvey Weinstein’s defense attorney Damon Cheronis refuted his accusers’ allegations by spending much of his opening statement displaying, via Power Point presentation, the text of some of the women’s own emails and writings.
In the case of Jessica Mann, who claims that Weinstein raped her in 2013, Cheronis pointed to…
EXCLUSIVE: After producing over 110 movies with Emmett/Furla Films partner George Furla including Best Picture Oscar nominee The Irishman, Randall Emmett is now set to make his directorial debut. He will helm Midnight in the Switchgrass, a $15 million-budget thriller that will star Once Upon a Time in Hollywood‘s Emile…
The International Cinematographers Guild Publicists said today that Sheryl Main will receive its Henri Bollinger Award for special merit at the 57th annual ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon next month.
Named after the award-winning entertainment industry publicist, the Henri Bollinger Award recognizes a person who…
EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of the start of the Sundance Film Festival, Netflix has gotten on the board early by making a preemptive world rights acquisition of His House, a film written and directed by Remi Weekes that premieres Monday in the Midnight Section and fuses genre to a most timely premise. A young refugee couple…
Hot of Netlfix’s reveal during its Q4 earnings report yesterday that its fantasy series The Witcher is on track to become the streaming giant’s most successful Season 1 show ever, it said Wednesday that it has greenlighted an anime feature film The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf.
The logline: The world of The Witcher…
The Karate Kid is being developed as a musical for Broadway, with the 1984 film’s screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen penning the book and Drew Gasparini writing music and lyrics.
The project was announced today by producers Kinoshita Group, Kumiko Yoshii, and Michael Wolk. The Karate Kid will be directed by Japanese…
It's no more Ms. Nice Girl for Taylor Swift.
"I need to be on the right side of history," the superstar singer declares in the official trailer for her Netflix documentary Miss Americana. "I feel really good about not feeling muzzled anymore, and it was my own doing."
The Lana Wilson-directed film that premieres…
Long-time CBS Television Studios business affairs executive Allison Brightman has been promoted to EVP and head of Business Affairs and Operations. She replaces Dan Kupetz following his surprising recent move to Disney where he will lead business affairs for 20th Century Fox TV. Brightman will have dual report to…
EXCLUSIVE: Spotify has struck a podcast deal with Audity, the audio division of Steve Michaels' Asylum Entertainment Group. This comes as the nascent company hires former Legendary Digital Networks exec Frank Hajdu to oversee its audio slate.
The deal will see Audity, which launched last year, produces podcasts across…
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and an all-star ensemble take a powerful deep-dive into the downfall of Roger Ailes, with director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph.
