Reed Hastings, Channing Dungey and Steven Spielberg are among the big names who have contributed money to the former San Francisco district attorney’s campaign as he tries to unseat incumbent Jackie Lacey. The race has emerged essentially as a contest on the matters of police and criminal justice reform.
Billy Joe Shaver, the outlaw-country original who wrote classic songs for the likes of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings and whose “Live Forever” was performed by Robert Duvall in the 2009 Best Picture Oscar nominee Crazy Heart, died today after a stroke in Waco, TX. He was 81. A friend confirmed his death to our…
With less than a week until one of the most important elections of our lifetime, Daniel Dae Kim’s 3AD along with the New York Theater Workshop will present a one-day streaming event of the timely, politically charged play Belly of the Beast on November 1.
Written by Margaret Vandenburg and directed by Lisa Rothe, Belly…
LA-based Rivulet Media is launching with first movie Please Baby Please, which will star Demi Moore (Indecent Proposal), Harry Melling (Harry Potter ), Karl Glusman (Greyhound) and the previously announced Andrea Riseborough (Birdman). Filming is under way in Butte, Montana.
The film follows newlyweds Suze and Arthur…
HBO Max and Cartoon Network have ordered a new project from Emmy-award winning creator and animator Genndy Tartakovsky. The network greenlit Tartakovsky’s Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, a supernatural animated series inspired by myths and lore from across the globe.
"Welcoming Genndy back to Cartoon Network, and now HBO…
Babs, Buster Bunny and the rest of the Acme Acres gang are back and headed to college. HBO Max and Cartoon Network have handed a two-season, straight-to-series order for Tiny Toons Looniversity from Warner Bros. Animation, Amblin Television and returning executive producer Steven Spielberg.
The Tiny Toons Adventures…
HBO Max and Cartoon Network are expanding their partnership with bestselling children’s book author, illustrator and playwright Mo Willems with a greenlight for three new projects. They are animated series Unlimited Squirrels!; CGI animated rock special Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Special; and a pilot order…
EXCLUSIVE: Like Minded Media Ventures has hired Christina Moniodis as its VP Innovation and Business Development. In this role, Moniodis oversees partnerships, monetization and special projects across LMMV’s portfolio, including A Starting Point, the video-based civic engagement platform created by Chris Evans, Mark…
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, said 720 of its 780 members employed by Walt Disney World have been laid off, part of the sweeping 28,000 staff reduction underway across the company's U.S. parks business.
Before the pandemic, the…
Spyglass Media Group is teaming with Propagate Content, Artists First and Off-Road Productions to form the new comedy film joint venture Artists Road, which will focus on the financing and production of moderate-budgeted commercial comedy movies with marquee talent.
Artists Road has appointed Lakeshore Entertainment…
HBO Max has acquired British dark comedy Two Weeks To Live, starring Game of Thrones alumna Maisie Williams and Fleabag’s Sian Clifford, which is currently airing on Sky in the UK. The Max Original series will launch November 5, streaming exclusively in the U.S.
Produced by Banijay-owned production outfit Kudos, the…
The American Veterans Center has enlisted Terry Crews to host its annual American Valor Veterans Day special. American Valor: We Stand Together will see Crews guide viewers in paying tribute to the nation’s service men and women as well as front-line workers combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I'm thrilled to be a part…
