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Bitcoin mogul Charlie Shrem, one of the pioneers and evangelists of the biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, is backing his first venture in film, and plans to do more. Shrem’s first project as an executive producer is Ask Me to Dance, a romantic comedy that stars Briana Evigan (Step Up), Mario Cantone (Sex and The Ci…

Emerging and mid-career producers from underrepresented backgrounds in the industry are being targeted by a new program, PGA Create, announced today by the Producers Guild of America. The immersive lab is designed for producers in active development, financing, or packaging of a feature or series and is led by the…

Updated with details: Robert De Niro incurred a quadriceps muscle injury while at his on-location home in Oklahoma. A rep for the two-time Oscar winning actor provided the details this morning. De Niro is receiving medical treatment back home in NY, and the accident will not impact filming of the Apple Original Martin…

UPDATED at 2 p.m.: On the same day his top health official told reporters that California-mandated capacity restrictions on businesses would be over on June 15, Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that the state’s mask mandate will, for the most part, be gone, as well. When asked on Tuesday by Fox News LA’s Elex…

The L.A. Pride parade, one of the nation's oldest and largest LGBTQ celebrations, is being canceled for the second year in a row. Although the pandemic is easing in California, parade organizers said the large scale of the event made planning difficult. They vowed to return in 2022 and said they are working on that…

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is launching a production unit catering to surging demand for programming beyond the confines of linear TV. Telemundo Streaming Studios is billed as the first production unit in Hispanic media exclusively dedicated to serving the growing Latino streaming audiences in the U.S. and…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Messina (Birds of Prey), Cory Michael Smith (First Man, Carol), Aida Turturro (The Sopranos), Wunmi Mosaku (Lovecraft Country) and newcomer Grace Edwards have boarded Call Jane, which is now in production in Connecticut. In the women’s rights drama, directed by Carol screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, they…

La Brea, the new NBC series from writer David Applebaum, is bringing production to Australia, Universal Studio Group announced today. The Universal Group said the upcoming drama series is moving to Down Under for principal photography, visual effects and post-production. The overseas cross is part of a larger effort…

UPDATED with latest: The cascade continued Tuesday afternoon as Los Angles Public Health officials announced that they would update the county’s Covid-19 guidance to follow the new, looser CDC strictures released Tuesday morning. California officials also signaled the state would comply. From the Public Health…

With more than 50% of the U.S. adult population at least half vaccinated and studios plotting start dates, visions of a return to normalcy abound. So what's the prognosis for independent film, when insurers and bank lenders remain on the sidelines even as production perks up? Mark Gill, CEO of Solstice Studios, said…

According to You showrunner Sera Gamble, fans of the Netflix serial-killer thriller can prepare themselves for a third season full of “f*cking bonkers” episodes. Gamble teased the upcoming season with a Twitter thread posted on Friday where she celebrated the final day of shooting You season 3. In her social media…

EXCLUSIVE: As the coronavirus infections surge in and around Toronto once again, Star Trek Discovery has hit the pause button on production. Months into shooting its fourth season, the Sonequa Martin-Green-led series has shuttered for the next two weeks due to a contact that was a little too close for comfort for CBS S…