Новости за 17.04.2024

The Senate rejected impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, quickly dispatching the the case after trial proceedings that last just a few hours. The move was not unexpected, with Senators voting along party lines. Mayorkas was impeached in the House more than two months ago by just one vote, as Republicans sought to […]

The writers of MTV’s Ridiculousness have officially bargained their first contract. After the writers voted to organize under the Writers Guild of America West last year, the union announced Wednesday that they had achieved a deal covering all writing staff including creative consultants, supervising producers and the showrunner. “The writers of Ridiculousness have shown incredible unity, courage […]

EXCLUSIVE: Dale Dickey has been tapped for a heavily recurring role in the upcoming second season of Max comedy Bookie, from Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay. Starring Sebastian Maniscalco and Omar J. Dorsey, the comedy series follows bookie Danny (Maniscalco) as he and his partner, former NFL star Ray (Dorsey), romp around Los Angeles trying to […]

The Oscars took place more than a month ago, but former President Donald Trump continues to grouse about its host, Jimmy Kimmel. But in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump confused a moment from the ceremony, mistaking something that Al Pacino did with Kimmel’s performance. Trump wrote on the platform today: […]

After nearly 40 years in Park City, the Sundance Film Festival may be pulling up stakes. With its current contract expiring after the 2026 festival, organizers of the iconic Robert Redford-founded indie film shindig in the Utah mountain town said Wednesday that they have opened a bid process for a possible move to a new […]

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Robert O’Hara, the New York-based playwright and director of Jeremy O. Harris’ Tony-nominated Slave Play. O’Hara, whose production of Jelly’s Last Jam ran at New York City Center Encores! in February, has also directed his own plays, including Mankind, Bootycandy, and Insurrection: Holding History. His other plays include This Fire This […]

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Itamar Moses has signed with Grandview for management. His play The Ally recently premiered at The Public Theater, directed by Lila Neugebauer and starring Josh Radnor, and his new musical Dead Outlaw ran simultaneously Off Broadway with Audible Theater at the Minetta Lane. In TV, Moses has written on […]

The Walking Dead maker Skybound Entertainment is pushing into the unscripted game. The firm has hired ex-Catalina Content exec Brent Jacoby to head up the new division, which will tap into pre-existing Skybound IP such as AMC smash The Walking Dead and Amazon Prime Video’s Invincible. Jacoby will be focused on quickly expanding the global […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and newcomer Lucy Thomas have joined the cast of Imperative Entertainment and 30West’s romance A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which will star Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell and be directed by Kogonada. Sony Pictures will release the film in theaters globally. The script is written by Seth Reiss. […]

Comedy Central has handed a 10-episode order to Golden Axe, a new animated series based on the popular Sega video game. Produced by CBS Studios in association with Sony Pictures Television and Original Film, Golden Axe voice cast is led by Emmy winner Matthew Rhys (The Americans), Danny Pudi (Mythic Quest), Lisa Gilroy (Jury Duty), Liam […]

Disneyland cast members who work in the amusement park’s shows, parades and visitor meet-and-greets are a step closer to unionizing: Actors’ Equity Association has filed an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board for union recognition. Equity will serve as the bargaining representative for Disneyland’s Parades and Characters departments. The employees and the union […]

Rob Delaney (Catastrophe), David Rasche (Succession) and Esco Jouléy (State of the Union) have been cast in recurring roles in FX’s limited series Dying for Sex, starring Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate. The series hails from writers Liz Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock, Leslye Headland and 20th Television, where Meriwether, Rosenstock and Headland are under overall deals. Based […]

EXCLUSIVE: D. Smith, the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed documentary Kokomo City, which won the NEXT Audience and Innovator Awards at Sundance 2022, has partnered with Media Res and Brandon Sharp’s Agenda on her next docu project, Blvd, which is said to ask Dr. King the question: Was it just a dream? Infused with visual […]

Park Chan-wook is developing his acclaimed film Oldboy for the first time as an English-language series in partnership with Lionsgate Television. Park, who directed and co-wrote the original film, is set to produce the series alongside producing partner Syd Lim. The 2003 feature is an adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name written […]

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Pine, who famously played Captain Kirk in the Star Trek reboot, is set to narrate Space: The New Frontier, a documentary made for IMAX, Giant Screen and specialty theatres by Definition Studios Australia in association with K2 Studios.  The doc examines how humankind has continued to push the scientific boundaries of what is possible in space, […]

UPDATED, 9:38 AM: Tomorrowland is on the horizon. The Anaheim City Council gave its unanimous approval early Wednesday to Disneyland Forward, the $1.9 billion, multi-decade Disneyland expansion plan. The 7-0 vote came early today after an eight-hour public hearing that started Tuesday night, during which Anaheim residents, Disneyland cast members and officials from nearby cities […]

EXCLUSIVE: Metrograph Pictures announced on Wednesday that Good One — the first feature from writer-director India Donaldson, which premiered to rave reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival — will open in theaters nationwide on August 9. That weekend, it will be up against Neon’s horror pic Cuckoo starring Hunter Schafer, Amazon MGM’s boxing drama […]

EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic is wading into one of psychology’s most debated studies from the past 50 years. The network has given a green light to The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking The Truth (wt), a three-part docuseries from Juliette Eisner, Alex Braverman and Muck Media, the producers behind Nat Geo’s Emmy-nominated Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jewish streamer ChaiFlicks has licensed Oscar-winning Paweł Pawlikowski movie Ida and a wealth of other titles following a deal with Music Box Films. The SVoD platform that specializes in Jewish storytelling has licensed 15 titles from the Chicago-based outfit, including Golden Globe-nominated Gett: The Trial of Vivane Amsalem. Other titles include Memoir of War, Golden Voices and Aida’s Secrets. […]

The documentary world has been rocked by news of Participant shutting down, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival ending after a 35-year run, and the possibility this may be the final year for the Hot Docs festival in Toronto. But there is one bright spot on the firmament: the debut of a new festival in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Felix Cameron, who broke out earlier this year in Netflix hit Boy Swallows Universe, has signed with Artist International Group (AIG). The Australian rising star has been snapped up in all areas outside Australia. Cameron plays Eli Bell in Boy Swallows Universe opposite the likes of Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker and Sophie Wilde. Based […]

Apple TV+ isn’t done exploring the depths of space. The streamer has renewed its drama series For All Mankind for Season 5. Additionally, Apple TV+ has given the green light to a spinoff series titled Star City, also from creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi. Apple is billing Star City is “a […]

Netflix has slotted June 6 for the premiere of the third and final season of fantasy drama Sweet Tooth. The streamer also revealed Kelly Marie Tran is joining the cast as a new series regular and released the first trailer. You can watch it above. In Season 3, having defeated General Abbot in the battle […]

EXCLUSIVE: Top comic Iliza Shlesinger has struck a deal to shoot her first one-hour comedy special for Prime Video. Taping at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City on November 2nd, as part of her recently announced The Get Ready Tour, the special’s premiere date will be announced at a later date. As the voice […]

Former WNBA star Sue Bird and ex-U.S. Women’s Soccer captain Megan Rapinoe have teamed up with Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment to turn Meryl Wilsner’s novel Cleat Cute into a scripted series. Bird and Rapinoe’s production company A Touch More and Future Shack have optioned the book and are in development with the project. No […]