Veteran foreign affairs correspondent and author Hollie McKay writes from Kabul about the dizzying disinformation campaigns across the Taliban-ruled South Asian nation a month into its takeover. They are driven not only by clumsy, opportunistic social media sharing but also seemingly structured propaganda initiatives both inside and outside the country.
Netflix has acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company for an undisclosed figure, giving it access to the full catalogue of works from the famed British author.
The deal extends a relationship between the two companies that began in 2018 with an initial pact that gave the streamer access to 16 titles for animation…
EXCLUSIVE:M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, the film financing company that has credits including Terence Davies' recent Toronto premiere Benediction, screening in San Sebastian this week, and Call Me By Your Name, is opening an office in Singapore as it eyes a move into Asian projects.
The all-female company founded by…
The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has picked Irish-Language feature Foscadh (Shelter) as this year's entry for the International Oscar race.
Written and directed by Seán Breathnach, the pic stars Dónall Ó Héalai (Arracht), Fionnuala Flaherty (An Klondike), and Cillian O'Gairbhí (Blood) in a story based on…
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) is rolling out its streaming service Viaplay into five new markets through 2023.
Viaplay will launch in the UK in the second half of 2022 and then in Canada, Germany, Austria and Switzerland by the end of the following year. That will take its total footprint to 16 countries…
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises are finalizing a merger that would create a giant combined entity in the Indian broadcasting scene.
The two parties have entered into an exclusive, non-binding term sheet to merge both companies' linear networks, digital assets, production…
USA’s White Collar was conceived as a two-hander — a story of a suave thief, Neal, played by Matt Bomer, and a by-the-book FBI agent, Peter, played by Tim DeKay, who form an unlikely partnership to solve crimes. But it was Neal’s genius, and paranoid, con man best friend Mozzie, played by Willie Garson, who regularly…
NBC has handed a series order to bank heist drama The Endgame, starring Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathe.
The drama comes from Nick Wootton, Jake Coburn and Julie Plec. Universal TV is the studio.
Written by Chuck and Scorpion exec producer Wootton and Quantico EP Coburn, the formerly untitled projectis…
Disney Branded Television is developing House of Secrets, an action-adventure fantasy series from Chris Columbus and his 26th Street Pictures partners, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe. Harry Potter and Home Alone filmmaker Columbus co-authored the middle-school book series with the late Ned Vizzini.
The Disney+…
One of Willie Garson’s signature roles was Carrie Bradshaw’s close friend and confidant Stanford Blatch on HBO’s Sex and the City. The actor, who died of cancer today at 57, had been filming the upcoming sequel series for HBO Max, And Just Like That …, in the weeks leading to his death.
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EXCLUSIVE: Some high schools have drama clubs. At others, after-school options for kids range from photography, to IT, to robotics clubs.
In Texas, they do things a little differently. Many schools, including Horizon High School in El Paso, offer a different kind of activity for students—criminal justice club. Perhaps…
