EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Screen Gems has preemptively bought the script Reparations by Jeff Howard and Andre Owens, a project which is described as an action heist movie interwoven with a socially conscious theme. Various details about the script are being kept under wraps, but the pitch is: When a lost cache of…

Former E! News co-host Jason Kennedy will topline In the Room, the network’s new interviews series that will take viewers inside celebrity homes for in-depth conversation “around their latest projects, products, passions and more.” In the Room will premiere Wednesday, December 4 at 8 PM with Kennedy sitting down with…

Levan Akin is a Swedish-born filmmaker of Georgian descent whose third film, And Then We Danced, is Sweden's Oscar submission for the International Feature race. The Georgian-language film is the first LGBTQ+ movie set in the country and debuted in the Directors' Fortnight section of Cannes earlier this year. When…

Viacom has renewed its cable license deals for NBCUniversal’s Parks and Recreation and The Office through 2024 and 2025, respectively. Comedy Central will keep exclusive cable rights to The Office through 2021. Parks will on Comedy Central through 2024. The pacts come two months after Viacom secured cable rights to Sei…

EXCLUSIVE: JAG alum David James Elliott is set to co-star opposite Michael Shannon and Alexander Ludwig in Swing, the indie drama that follows Ivy League college crew team whose lives are changed in their final year when an army vet (Shannon) takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team. Elliott will play…

HBO Max, the upcoming WarmerMedia streaming service, has given pilot orders to single-camera comedy Gumshoe, from writers Aaron Brownstein & Simon Ganz, director Randall Einhorn (The Kids Are Alright) and Conan O’Brien’s Conaco; and 1990s drama Vegas High, from writer Sarah-Raquel Jimenez, director Gillian Robespierre…

The BBC has released the first taste of its world exclusive “no-holds-barred” interview with Prince Andrew — and it looks like the Duke of York will be dining out on a big slice of humble pie. Prince Andrew has been on the ropes over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in…

Don Johnson, set to reprise the title role in USA Network’s upcoming Nash Bridges revival, confirmed today that longtime co-star Cheech Marin will be back for another go-round. Appearing on CBS’ The Talk (full interview set for the Nov. 26 episode), Johnson was asked by host Sharon Osbourne whether Marin would be…

Joel McHale and Thomas Lennon have joined the cast of Treat Street, a Halloween-set family adventure film that will be the directorial debut of Stimson Snead. The pic, produced by North By Northwest, will shoot next spring in Spokane, WA. The plot centers on a group of kids out trick-or-treating who run into the most…

Looking to keep the NFL momentum going until February, Fox Sports says it has sold about 78% of its total ad inventory for Super Bowl LIV, which will be held in Miami on February 2. Two and a half months before the big game, Fox confirmed having fetched prices in the range of $5.5 million to $5.6 million for a…