Viacom-owned British broadcaster Channel 5 has picked up the UK rights to Sony Pictures Television's Crackle drama The Oath. The network will launch the 50 Cent-exec produced drama on its digital service My5 as part of a strategy of bolstering the VOD platform with first-run exclusives. The Oath, which has been…

Sony Crackle has dropped the official trailer for the upcoming Season 2 of The Oath, the cops-and-cartel action series starring Ryan Kwanten, Cory Hardrict and Katrina Law. The eight all-new episodes will be available on the streaming service Thursday, Feb. 21 (with a sneak peek on Amazon devices through the Sony…

Sony Crackle has set Thursday, February 21 for the Season 2 premiere of crime drama series The Oath, created by Joe Halpin and executive produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The network also released first-look images from the second season (see above and below). The Oath explores a world of gangs made up of those…

Timothée Chalamet charmed audiences last fall with his Oscar-nominated performance in Call Me By Your Name. This season he's opposite Steve Carell in bio-drama Beautiful Boy, based on two best-selling memoirs by father and son David and Nic Sheff. The feature, from Amazon Studios, opens this weekend in New York and…

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about last night's episode of Power. "We've created a template for the show that is non-Hollywood," says Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson of the shocking death of his Kanan character on last night's episode of Power. "Anyone can go, there's no one in the show that can't die," the…

The Oath, the Roadside Attractions holiday comedy directed by and starring Ike Barinholtz and co-starring Tiffany Haddish, will have its world premiere at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival. The film will screen September 25 at ArcLight Hollywood and was one of four gala screenings unveiled today by LAFF along with…

Can’t wait for Thanksgiving turkey, fixings and dinner-table flare-ups over Washington’s latest folly? This might tide you over: A teaser trailer for The Oath, starring writer-director Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish in a comedy that reimagines the holiday family film for the era of political tribalism. From the…

Dilshad Vadsaria (Revenge, Second Chance), Sebastian Zurita (Todo Mal, Si Yo Fuera Tu), Erik King (Dexter, Oz), J. Anthony Pena (Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G, Lucifer), Richard Burgi (Desperate Housewives, General Hospital) Rich Paul (Cut Throat City, The Long Shadow) and Carlos Sanz (Stronger…

EXCLUSIVE: Christina Milian has been cast as a series regular on the sophomore season of The Oath, Sony Crackle’s gritty drama from executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. Leona Lewis and Zulay Henao will recur during Season 2. Kevin Connolly will guest star on the series and direct multiple episode of Season 2…

Roadside Attractions and Topic Studios have teamed to acquire North American rights to The Oath, the debut feature directorial debut of Ike Barinholtz who also stars alongside Tiffany Haddish. A fall theatrical release is in the works. The pic centers on Barinholtz and Haddish as a husband and wife whose Thanksgiving…

“I think when you have a format that’s only 10 episodes, and you know that you don’t have a studio or a network basically dictating what you can or cannot do, it leaves a lot of freedom to explore different realms,” says Katrina Law about Sony Crackle’s original series The Oath, adding, “It’s interesting that people…

Sony Crackle is taking credit for the promises being made by TV networks to reduce the amount of commercial time during their programming. NBC, Fox, Turner, Viacom and others have pledged to trim commercial breaks, one of many responses to downward pressure on advertising as digital continues its disruption. Time…