The big surprise about today’s film nominations is how few surprises there are. The star-driven HFPA is known to want as many glamorous superstars crammed into its ceremony as possible, but more often than not lately, its choices have been in sync with the Academy.
The Library of Congress has unveiled its annual selection of 25 films added to the National Film Registry, with an unprecedented seven titles directed by women, the most in a single year since the inaugural registry in 1989. (Scroll down for the full list.)
Among those making the cut for 2019 are Kimberly Peirce's…
Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of French production company Banijay Group, has acquired Funwood Media, the producer of Spanish crime thriller La Sala (The Room).
Banijay has taken a majority stake in the Spain and Italy-based company for an undisclosed fee, marking another acquisition after it agreed to buy Endem…
Disney-owned streaming platform Hotstar, the dominant VOD service in the Indian market, has now crossed 400 million app downloads in the country after a bumper 2019.
Audience consumption on the platform was three-times higher in 2019 than the previous year, according to a report published by the company, and downloads…
TLC unveiled the trailer Tuesday for its upcoming reality series Hot & Heavy.
The network says the series will center on “mixed-weight” relationships — men who love plus-size women.
The show launches next month and will follow three couples — Joy and Chris, Kristin and Rusty, and Adrianna and Ricardo. Over three…
Now that House Democrats have unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump — one for abuse of power and the other for obstruction of Congress — the late-night comedians have even more material to work with.
CBSLate Show host Stephen Colbert welcomed the news on Tuesday night. In fact, Colbert…
The 2019 International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) closed yesterday (December 4) with an awards ceremony that saw Kirill Mikhanovsky's English/Russian-language comedy Give Me Liberty named best film in the international competition. A jury presided over by Chinese filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun awarded its best…
I wasn’t a huge booster of 2017 Jumanji reboot, but clearly I was outnumbered since the film went on to make nearly a billion dollars, so what do I know? I didn’t laugh out loud much during the screening of the new sequel either, but I could tell those around me did, particularly the young critic sitting in my row, so…
EXCLUSIVE:Quibi has put in developmentBlack Coffee, a single-camera comedy from writer Morgan Cooper, L.A.’s Finest star Gabrielle Union and her I’ll Have Another production company, as well as Sony Pictures TV, where Union and I’ll Have Another are under a deal.
Written, directed and executive produced by Cooper…
Disney+ is moving forward with its fresh take on Home Alone, the hit 20th Century Fox franchise that now is owned by Disney after its takeover of Fox. Deadline has confirmed that Archie Yates, currently onscreen in a supporting role in Fox Searchlight’s Jojo Rabbit, has been cast alongside Ellie Kemper and Rob Delaney…
Marvel Television as we’ve known it the past decade will be no more. With its slate dwindling over the past year and its head Jeph Loeb set to depart, the television-focused Marvel division will be phased out.
The Marvel TV projects that are currently in production will continue but any further development is being…
Taking on the English voice role for an original French language film isn't as simple as just dubbing it American-style, says Alia Shawkat. As the voice of Gabrielle in the Jérémy Clapin-directed animated feature I Lost My Body, Shawkat carefully considered the sensibility of the French language version from the…
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.
