Новости за 14.03.2022

A Fox News journalist was injured while reporting on the war in Ukraine, anchor John Roberts told viewers Monday. The journalist was not immediately identified, but Roberts said the journalist had been “newsgathering outside of Kyiv.” “Very few details but teams on the ground are working as hard as they can to try gather more […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Last Ship, Strike Back and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans alum Rhona Mitra has joined the cast of action movie Hounds of War for Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment, which is selling the film internationally. Mitra will star with Frank Grillo and Nicky Whelan in the role of Caterina Murino. Isaac Florentine is directing and filming is […]

EXCLUSIVE: NBCU Launch, the umbrella brand that houses the comprehensive diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across NBCUniveral’s television portfolio, has forged a new partnership with Telemundo to increase the number of Hispanic female directors in scripted television. This partnership is an extension of the Hispanic network’s award-winning corporate initiative Mujeres Imparables (Unstoppable Women). According to […]

Class will remain in session at Abbott Elementary. ABC has given an early Season 2 renewal to Quinta Brunson’s breakout comedy series. In a move echoing the special edition of Lady Whistledown’s Society Paper that announced the Season 2 pickup of Bridgerton, Principal Ava Coleman (played on the show by Janelle James) unveiled the renewal […]

Jason Sudeikis, star and co-creator of Ted Lasso, asked “How’s it going?” when he joined a SXSW panel on the Apple comedy virtually to a room of laughter. It had not been going particularly smoothly. The cast and crew of the football series, who were joining the panel session from London, where they are shooting […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is heading back to its old home at 733 11th Avenue in New York and will bring back a live studio audience for the first time in two years. The Comedy Central series has spent the last six months filming its show at the ViacomCBS headquarters at 1515 […]

Jane Campion has released an apology to Venus and Serena Williams after making a controversial remark during her Critics Choice Awards acceptance speech for Best Director. While acknowledging the “incredible women” being recognized on Sunday night, Campion addressed the Williams’ sisters. She said, “Venus and Serena, you’re such marvels. However, you don’t play against the […]

Nielsen stock is soaring more than 40% after a report the measurement firm is in advanced talks to be acquired in a $15 billion deal. The Wall Street Journal said the valuation would include debt and indicated that banks are finalizing the transaction, though it added the caveat that the deal could still fall through. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Writer, director and producer Stella Meghie (The Photograph, The Weekend) has signed with Lighthouse Management & Media for representation. The filmmaker is currently co-writing and will direct the musical series Tiana, centered on Disney’s first African American princess of The Princess and the Frog fame, for Disney+. She previously wrote, directed and executive produced the […]

Key and Peele‘s Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are reteaming as part of the cast of Wendell & Wild, a new animated film that Oscar nominee Henry Selick (Coraline) is directing for Netflix, which will also star Lyric Ross (This Is Us), Angela Bassett (Black Panther), James Hong (Kung Fu Panda), Tamara Smart (A Babysitter’s Guide […]

Just like the SXSW world premiere of The Lost City was a homecoming for Sandra Bullock, who lives here down in Austin, it marked a return for brothers Adam and Aaron Nee, who jump-started their filmmaking careers at the cinephile fest with the 2006 movie The Last Romantic.  That pic cost $18,000, and their latest SXSW […]

Universal Studio Group has made permanent the interim roles held by Beatrice Springborn and David O’Donoghue, with Springborn becoming President of UCP and Universal International Studios and O’Donoghue taking on the Head of Universal International Studios post. Universal Studio Group Chairman Pearlena Igbokwe said the pair had “proven to be a dynamic and collaborative duo” […]

Speakers Unveiled For Mip TV & Series Mania HBO Max International Boss Johannes Larcher is to deliver a keynote address at this year’s Mip TV, while Series Mania has confirmed its lineup for later this month as the TV world gears up for the big markets. Larcher, who is responsible for driving the international rollout […]

Diverse representation in the UK TV industry’s most senior ranks remains poor, according to the latest landmark Diamond diversity report, which showed representation of disabled people at the top is going backwards. The report, which is the fifth since the Diamond project was launched to monitor diversity across all broadcasters, indies and genres, showed signs […]

Mirror singer and actor Anson Lo has joined the cast of Bizhan Tong’s upcoming action thriller Chungking Mansions. Billed as Hong Kong’s biggest zombie film ever, the Phoenix Waters Productions pic, in co-production with AMM Global and Salon Films Japan, has also added Hong Kong-Canadian actresses Selena Lee and Jeannie Chan, Korea’s Choi Si-Hun and […]

The Power of the Dog star Benedict Cumberbatch says he plans to be a part to the UK government’s Homes for Ukraine Scheme, which will enable British people to take in refugees from the embattled country. Sporting a Ukraine flag badge on the BAFTA red carpet last night, the actor was quoted as saying “everyone […]

Lydia Hampson, the Fleabag exec and former Amazon Studios Head of UK Scripted, has joined Chernobyl indie Sister and struck a first-look deal with her former employer. Any shows made as part of the deal will be developed and produced for Amazon Prime. Hampson will also work on the BBC’s The Following Events Are Based on […]

Dune, West Side Story and Nightmare Alley were among the big film winners at the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 69th Golden Reel Awards, which were handed out during a virtual ceremony tonight. See the full list below. Denis Villeneuve’s Warner Bros epic Dune won for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects/Foley, Guillermo del Toro’s noir […]

Richard Linklater’s periodic forays into animation (Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly) have been distinctively imaginative, and that goes double for Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood. A nostalgic but not in the least sentimental look at Texas life when the American space program was at full thrust, this highly personal but entirely accessible account […]

“When we donate money to different political candidates, we have no idea how they’re going to vote going forward into the future,” said Disney CEO Bob Chapek at a shareholders meeting this past week. “That is such b*llsh*t,” said John Oliver on HBO’s Last Week Tonight Sunday. “It is actively insulting, because it’s just not […]

The Cow is a film about a mystery that comes with many mysteries of its own, chief among them being the question of why Winona Ryder’s career is so shaped by her past. Stranger Things may have brought her back to the public eye, but it seemed to claim her as an ’80s icon when […]

Oscar winnerWilliam Hurt, who died today at 71, left behind a yet-to-be-released TV series, AMC’s first animated drama Pantheon. Hurt was cast in the project, from creator and showrunner Craig Silverstein a year ago. He had completed vis voice work on the series before his death, sources tell Deadline. There is no premiere date yet for […]

The joy of playing the guitar radiates from Really Good Rejects, Alice Gu’s SXSW documentary about Reuben Cox. Cox is a modern-day “luthier” – he makes stringed instruments, and his custom guitars grace stages all over the world. Artists clearly have a passion for his work: those lining up to praise him include Jackson Browne, […]

Sarah Snook was not at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday to pick up her Best Supporting Actress Award for her work in HBO’s Succession due to a recent diagnosis of Covid-19. Her castmate Kieran Culkin told the media backstage that she is feeling fine. “She just won an award, she’s fine,” Culkin said in […]

“We need more Dollys in the world,” is the message of this raucous but hugely enjoyable comedy, which, at the same time, reminds us that there is—and can only be—one Dolly Parton. The 76-year-old country legend is having quite a moment at SXSW this year, arriving at the festival with a concert to promote her […]