If there is anything that pops out immediately from Tuesday’s list of Emmy nominations, it is the unquestionable success of name recognition and big-money campaigns.
Oscar-winner Javier Bardem is in talks to join Disney live-action remake of the aminated classic,The Little Mermaid. He’s circling the role of King Triton, the father of Ariel, who is being played by Halle Bailey. Rob Marshall is directing the live-action/CGI feature from a script written by David Magee.
Harry Styles…
Netflix’s second-quarter results have historically been softer than in other periods. But Wednesday’s glaring miss of subscriber targets, and the complete flattening of U.S. subscriber trends in the period, sent the stock down sharply after hours and raised more questions about the competitive landscape.
The company’s…
Massachusetts prosecutors have dropped an indecent assault and battery case accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a Nantucket bar in 2016.
The Cape and Islands district attorney announced the decision today, the Associated Press reports.
The decision comes after the man accusing Spacey suddenly dropped his…
EXCLUSIVE Love, Simon star Nick Robinson will make his Broadway debut in the hit Aaron Sorkin adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, replacing the outgoing Will Pullen as Jem Finch in November, producer Scott Rudin announced.
And it won’t be the first time Robinson has played Scout’s brother, or even the…
Norah O’Donnell’s debut as anchor of CBS Evening News drew 5.61 million total viewers Monday, on par with the newscast’s numbers in the recently ended second quarter and year-over-year but lower in viewers and the key news demo compared with this season’s averages.
The broadcast, featuring a sit-down with Amazon’s…
Netflix undershot its own guidance for net added subscriptions in the second quarter, blaming its content slate and other variables rather than new competition or U.S. price hikes.
It delivered 2.7 million new subscribers, well short of its own forecast for 5 million and the 5.5 million it added in the same period of…
USA Network is expanding its unscripted programming slate with a series order to wacky water-based competition series Cannonball, based on the hit Talpa format from ITV Entertainment. The network ordered a 10-episode first season for premiere in 2020.
Created by Talpa’s John de Mol, each episode of Cannonball features…
Prentice Penny of Insecure has signed on to executive produce and develop HBO's The Untamed, an epic fantasy tale based on the culturally diverse Asunda line of comic books written by Sebastian A. Jones and published by Stranger Comics. Penny and Jones will cowrite the pilot.
The world of Asunda was inspired by J.R.R…
EXCLUSIVE: Australian actor Luke Bracey is set to appear opposite Olivia Munn and Justin Theroux in Violet, an indie drama which is being directed by first-time helmer Justine Bateman, based on her own script.
The plot follows a burgeoning film executive who lives according to the Voice in her head, until unexpectedly…
EXCLUSIVE: Israeli producer EGG Films, the company behind Netflix true crime doc Shadow of Truth, has unveiled the first-look at its next investigation – a serial killer doc series exploring a slew of murders in Israel in the 1970s and 1980s.
The company, which was set up by Ben Giladi, who has worked on American Anima…
A.P. Bio, NBC’s canceled Mike O’Brien-created comedy starring Glenn Howerton, has been given a reprieve: The series, co-starring Patton Oswalt, will get a third season on NBCUniversal's upcoming streaming service.
"I'm so overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from the fans," said showrunner O’Brien. "The cast and I…
