Новости за 15.04.2024

EXCLUSIVE: USA Network is encouraging a group of contestants to stay anonymous with its latest unscripted competition series. The NBCUniversal cabler has ordered The Anonymous (w/t) from Studio Lambert, the All3Media-backed production company behind series such as Peacock’s The Traitors and Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge. The series is a game of social strategy where […]

EXCLUSIVE: Djimon Hounsou, the actor known for his Academy Award-nominated performances in Ed Zwick’s Blood Diamond and Jim Sheridan’s In America, has signed with Buchwald for representation. Most recently, Hounsou has been seen starring opposite David Harbour and Orlando Bloom in Sony’s Gran Turismo, based on the hit video games, as well as Zack Snyder’s […]

Apple is turning the story of the Hollywood con queen into a documentary series. The streamer is launching Hollywood Con Queen, which tells the story of a scam that targeted the likes of Kathleen Kennedy, Sherry Lansing, Amy Pascal, Wendi Deng Murdoch and Stacey Snider, on May 8. The series comes from Tiger King and […]

EXCLUSIVE: MindRiot Entertainment, the transatlantic indie behind Danielle Deadwyler’s Parallel, and the upcoming OceanGate pic Salvaged is moving into production on Trash Talk, a docuseries about NBA Hall-Of-Famer Gary Payton.  Filmmaker Scott Waugh (Expendables 4, Hidden Strike) will direct the series. Cameras are set to officially begin rolling Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee, where Payton will […]

IAC, the Barry Diller-owned company that controls The Daily Beast, has landed a strategic partnership with former Disney executive Ben Sherwood and Hearst veteran Joanna Coles to define the digital publication’s next chapter in a struggling media climate. Effective immediately, Sherwood will serve as publisher and CEO and Coles as chief creative and content officer. […]

Days after a fire emergency on set, Tamron Hall has scored a renewal. The daytime talker has been picked up for its sixth season. The renewal comes from ABC Owned Television Stations and leading broadcast groups, including Hearst, Scripps, Nexstar, Tegna, Gray and AMG.  Tamron Hall currently ranks number three out of the nine one-hour […]

Donald Trump entered the courtroom for the start of his criminal trial today on charges that he falsified business records to cover up hush money payments to former porn actress Stormy Daniels and others. Just before entering, Trump blasted the prosecution, calling it “political persecution, persecution like never before.” About a half hour earlier, as […]

When networks and other news outlets descend on the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse today for the start of Donald Trump’s latest trial, much will be made of the fact that this is a moment like no other: A former president facing criminal proceedings. The case itself has been referred to as the “hush money” case or […]

Refresh for latest…: As it crossed the $1B international box office milestone this past weekend, Warner Bros again owned the frame with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and its third session haul of $33.7M from 71 markets. That was good for a 47% drop from the previous weekend and lifts the overseas cume to […]

Two months after revealing its Korean slate for 2024, Disney+ has unveiled another series from the country. Titled Low Life, the show will premiere on the platform next year and Hulu in the U.S. The series will star veteran actor Ryu Seungryong (Moving) and Yang Sejong (Doona!). Set in 1970s Korea, the story follows a […]

Sherlock co-creator and star Mark Gatiss has said he and the team behind the popular detective drama are still interested in adapting the series for the big screen.  Gatiss, who created the show with Steven Moffat, was quizzed on a Sherlock film adaptation last night by Deadline’s Baz Bamigboye on the green carpet at the […]

Max’s long-awaited debut in Europe is nearing and it’s coming with a saucy original out of Norway. The Warner Bros Discovery-owned streamer is readying MILF of Norway, a scripted comedy starring Mariann Hole (Made in Oslo, Ammo) and Trond Fausa Aurvåg (Oppenheimer, Lilyhammer). The eight-episod eshow will be made available across Max’s international footprint when […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Lloyd, director of the history-making reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, reveals that his star Nicole Scherzinger initially “refused to consider” accepting his offer to play Norma Desmond in the show adapted from Billy Wilder’s 1950 classic. “Nicole was not flattered,” he gasped, speaking to Breaking Baz backstage at the London theatre awards, held at […]

Stormy Daniels Doc Finds Global Distribution Blue Ant Studios (Canada’s Drag Race) has taken worldwide distribution on Stormy, an in-depth documentary about the life of Stormy Daniels coming on the day of Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Daniels made headlines in 2018 when The Wall Street Journal reported that, just before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, she […]

Days after he left Amazon, Chris Brearton has found a new gig. Brearton is joining Anthony and Joe Russo’s company AGBO as partner. It comes after Deadline revealed last week that he was leaving the streamer. He was previously VP PVS Corporate Strategy, MGM+ and MGM Alternative Television. Brearton will oversee all aspects of the company’s business […]

James Graham’s double-OIivier Award winning play Dear England is hitting TV screens and the prolific creator is thinking about whether any former soccer players could make the cut. Speaking to Deadline outside last night’s prestigious London theater awards, Graham floated the likes of Match of the Day host Gary Lineker and former England goalkeeper David […]

Cannes Critics’ Week championing work by emerging filmmakers has unveiled the line-up for its 63rd edition running from May 15 to 23.  The traditionally compact parallel selection will showcase 11 features, seven in competition, as well as 13 short films, selected from 1,050 features and 2,150 short films. (scroll down for full list) The 2024 edition […]

At a time of Hollywood contraction, the streamers’ fierce push into live sports appears to be paying off, according to the latest research from Ampere Analysis. Ampere examined the SVoDs that hold NFL rights versus those without and found big gains in Q1 2024 related to football coverage and the Super Bowl match-up between the […]

Hannah Waddingham called out a photographer at the Olivier Awards who apparently asked her to “show leg” as she posed for pictures. The Emmy-winning Ted Lasso star hosted the London theatre awards on Sunday night and before the gong-giving got underway she walked the steps of the Royal Albert Hall. As she stopped for photos, […]

Pierce Brosnan And Amir El-Masry have signed on to star in the sports drama Giant from AGC Studios about the life of British-Yemeni boxer Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed and his rags-to-riches ascent to a world championship under the tutelage of his Irish-born boxing trainer Brendan Ingle. El-Masry will play Naz, and Brosnan is set to […]

EXCLUSIVE: Amit Dhanuka has joined forces with Indian filmmaker Shashank Khaitan at Mentor Disciple Entertainment as a partner. Dhanuka and Khaitan will focus on creating both theatrical movies and web series under the Mentor Disciple Entertainment umbrella. Khaitan wrote and directed the Bollywood romcom Badrinath Ki Dulhania in 2017, which was attached to Fox International […]

The Gospel Of The Beast, directed by the Philippines’ Sheron Dayoc, picked up the Golden Star Award for Best Southeast Asian Film at the first edition of the Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) in Vietnam.  Nicole Midori Woodford’s Singapore-Japan collaboration, Last Shadow At First Light, won multiple awards in the festival’s Southeast […]

John Oliver took a left turn on Last Week Tonight and imagined a scenario where Stanley Tucci would be the host of the HBO late-night show. While discussing Medicaid and everything wrong with the system, Oliver said the purpose of the show was not to make viewers feel good, otherwise it would be hosted by […]

Drew Carey was able to collect his well-deserved attaboys Sunday at the Writers Guild Awards, where he told the crowd that he covered the bills at Bob’s Big Boy and Swingers for striking scribes last summer because “it’s the right thing to do.” With a plate full of food in hand, the host of The […]

Taylor Swift is praising Ryan Gosling’s Saturday Night Live monologue where Emily Blunt joined him to sing an “All Too Well” cover. Gosling hosted the NBC late-night sketch show on Saturday, April 13, and attempted to break up with Ken, his character from Barbie. To express his feelings, he covered Swift’s song “All Too Well,” […]