Following another streamer-dominated Sundance, where deal-making soared past $120 million, the onus at the European Film Market in Berlin is expected to shift back to a more traditional scene of single-territory theatrical acquisitions, largely by European buyers.
President Donald Trump mocked the Academy Awards for giving its best picture Oscar to Parasite, expressing bewilderment to a rally crowd in Colorado that a foreign language movie could get the top award.
“And the winner is, a movie from South Korea. What the hell was all that about? We got enough problems with South…
One of the breathtaking moments in director Ivo van Hove’s bold, gorgeous multi-media re-imagining of the great New York musical West Side Story comes when those famously brawling street gangs restrain the tale’s star-crossed lovers from kissing. Each side pulls its own, tug-of-war-style, one holding back Tony, the…
It has been about eight years since Billy Crystal toplined a feature film, 2012’s Parental Guidance, but now he’s back and going all indie on us in the modest but touching Standing Up, Falling Down. Even though this story doesn’t center on Crystal’s character, an alcoholic dermatologist named Marty, this fine human…
EXCLUSIVE: Deception star Jack Cutmore-Scott will lead the ensemble cast of Jury Duty (fka We the Jury), CBS’ hybrid half-hour comedy pilot from 9JKL co-creator Dana Klein, writer Stephanie Darrow, UK producer Big Talk Productions and CBS Television Studios.
Written by Klein and Darrow based on a British format, in Jur…
The Inheritance, playwright Matthew Lopez’s two-part drama that re-imagines E.M. Forster’s Howards End as a 21st Century tale set among gay men in Manhattan, will close on Sunday, March 15, producers announced today.
Directed by Stephen Daldry, The Inheritance began previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theater on Friday…
Mythos Studios has expanded the team behind the animated feature film Cupid with Michael Gracey (the director of The Greatest Showman) joining as executive producer and Mike Vukadinovich (Hulu's The Runaways) coming aboard to write the script for the Justin Bieber vehicle.
Pic is built around the Hellenic tale of…
ABC has given a pilot order to an untitled single-camera comedy written by Splitting Up Together creator/executive producer Emily Kapnek and to be directed by Splitting Up Together director/executive producer Dean Holland. Like ABC has done with several of its hot comedy scripts this year, including Home Economics,…
EXCLUSIVE: The content team of IMDb TV, Amazon's free, ad-supported streaming service, is moving under the Amazon Studios umbrella.
Amazon Studios’ Ryan Pirozzi and Lauren Anderson have been named IMDb TV co-heads of content. The two will oversee all programming for IMDb TV, including development, production…
Less than 48 hours after Joaquin Phoenix hoisted the first Oscar of his career the Joker star was cradling a newborn calf that he rescued from a Los Angles slaughterhouse.
A just-released video from Farm Sanctuary shows the somber 45-year-old star liberating both the calf and her mother from a Pico Rivera…
Editors note:The Star Trek: Picard Podcast is a weekly series of in-depth and informed discussions with the stars and creative team behind CBS All Access' series on the ideas, strategies and geopoetics behind the 10-episode first season of the Patrick Stewart-led sci-fi drama. The podcast is sponsored by CBS All…
TMichael Raymond-James (Tell Me a Story) is set to star in NBC drama pilotLa Brea. Karina Logue (Tell Me a Story) and Zyra Gorecki (Chicago Fire) also have been cast as series regulars in the project from writer David Appelbaum (The Enemy Within), Keshet Studios and Universal Television. Additionally, Thor Freudenthal…
UPDATED, end of day: The jury in the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct trial completed its third day of deliberations today without a verdict – but with a last-minute request to review even more testimony and evidence regarding actress Annabelle Sciorra.
As the court day drew to a close, the jury asked to re-hear…
