SpectreVision Launches Podcast Network With Shows From Mike Flanagan, David Lowery (Exclusive)
SpectreVision, the production company led by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Lawrence Inglee, is launching a new podcast network called SpectreVision Radio. SpectreVision Radio is set to be a home for podcasts focused on film, music and the arts, in addition to esoteric subjects including the paranormal and surprising history. The network will feature an […]
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TV Ratings: ‘House of the Dragon’ Hits Season High With Bloody Battle
A pivotal episode of House of the Dragon drew the show’s biggest first-night audience of its season so far. The episode, “The Red Dragon and the Gold,” portrayed the Battle at Rook’s Rest, a key moment in author George R.R. Martin’s novel Fire & Blood and the larger Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and […]
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Viola Davis, James Patterson Set to Team on a Novel
Viola Davis and James Patterson will co-write a novel together. Little, Brown and Company announced Tuesday that the EGOT winner and author are teaming on a novel that will be set in the present-day rural South. The novel will center on a “dynamic and brilliant female judge on the brink of a decision with seismic […]
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Lena Dunham Says She’s Not Making Polly Pocket Movie: “I Don’t Think I Have That in Me”
Lena Dunham is no longer attached to the previously announced Polly Pocket film. In a wide-ranging interview with The New Yorker published Tuesday, the Girls creator revealed that despite working on a script for three years, she decided it wasn’t the right project for her. “I’m not going to make the Polly Pocket movie. I […]
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Meet Hollywood’s Favorite Charity
There is never a scarcity of scarcities. Never a shortage of shortages. Despite all the tireless work the organizations represented on these pages do to alleviate inequities in so many areas — in education, health care, housing, diversity — there will always be needs that remain unfilled. Still, there is one want that arguably trumps all […]
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Harvey Weinstein Appears In Court as Prosecutors Investigate New Claims With Fall Trial In Mind
Prosecutors in the Harvey Weinstein case are investigating sexual assault claims from additional women who have come forward as they look to a possible new indictment against the former Hollywood mogul. In Manhattan criminal court Tuesday, Assistant ADA Nicole Blumberg said prosecutors have not yet summoned a grand jury but are continuing to investigate a […]
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Remake of Sergio Leone’s Clint Eastwood Starrer ‘Fistful of Dollars’ in the Works
Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars, starring Clint Eastwood, is set for a remake now in development from Euro Gang Entertainment. The classic film, directed by Leone in 1964, created the “spaghetti Western” and was itself a remake of Akira Korosawa’s 1961 film Yojimbo. The latest version will come from Gianni Nunnari and Simon Horseman’s Euro Gang […]
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Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Landman’ Reveals First Look and Premiere Date
Paramount+’s next Taylor Sheridan series now has some first-look photos and premiere date. Landman starring Oscar-winner Billy Bob Thornton will premiere Nov. 17. The official description: “Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, Landman is a modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs. Based on the notable 11-part podcast Boomtown, […]
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Sam Worthington, Gugu Mbatha-Raw Join Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James in Thriller ‘Fuze’
Sam Worthington (Avatar) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki) will star alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James in thriller Fuze. The pair joins along with more additions to the cast, including Elham Ehsas (Homeland, Shantaram) and Honor Swinton-Byrne (The Souvenir, Drift). Directed by Oscar nominee David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water, Outlaw King) the project commenced filming […]
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‘The Office’ Producer’s Roughcut TV, Fremantle Sign First-Look Drama Development Deal
Fremantle, part of media giant Bertelsmann’s RTL Group, has struck a first-look drama development deal with Roughcut Television, the production firm co-founded by CEO Ash Atalla, the producer of the original British version of The Office and The IT Crowd. The agreement follows the companies’ recent team-up on Paramount+ U.K. & Ireland psychological thriller series […]
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Nicolas Cage on Taking ‘Longlegs’ Inspiration From His Mother and Creating His “Very Androgynous” Serial Killer
In the upcoming horror movie Longlegs, Nicolas Cage stars as a mysterious, Satanic serial killer who is known by that same title. And though the film has drawn comparisons to Silence of the Lambs and Zodiac, Cage points to his late mother as one of his inspirations for the movie. Cage’s mother Joy Vogelsang passed […]
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Ron Howard’s ‘Eden’ Joins Toronto Film Fest Lineup
Ron Howard’s survival thriller Eden is set for a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September, organizers said on Tuesday. Eden, from Imagine Entertainment, stars Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas and Daniel Brühl and is based on real-life events and hails from Tetris scribe Noah Pink. The movie will play as […]
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Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Erykah Badu Headline ‘Lilith Fair’ Documentary (Exclusive)
Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan’s 1990s all-female music festival Lilith Fair is the subject of a feature documentary from the CBC and director Ally Pankiw. The first Lilith Fair, which McLachlan spearheaded to defy a male-dominated music industry that couldn’t envision more than one woman performing on a concert stage or on a radio playlist, kicked […]
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Lisa Kudrow Plays Jolly Robber Leader in ‘Time Bandits’ Trailer for Apple TV+
Lisa Kudrow plays the jolly leader of a merry band of thieves in the official trailer for Time Bandits, the Apple TV+ fantasy comedy that co-creator Taika Waititi adapted from the 1981 Terry Gilliam film of the same name. “Nothing is too big for us to steal,” Kudrow’s character, Penelope, explains to the series’ hero, […]
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‘Umbrella Academy’ Tries to Save the World One Last Time in Season 4 Trailer
The Umbrella Academy has one last chance to save the timeline. Netflix released the season four trailer for one of the streamer’s most popular shows on Tuesday, teasing the group embattled in one last mission to save the world. Among others, Nick Offerman will join the season four cast, and fans catch glimpses of his […]
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WWE Adds Another ESPN Talent: Veteran Football Announcer Joe Tessitore to Join Broadcast Team
The WWE has hired another top ESPN personality for its on-air broadcast team. The wrestling giant — owned by TKO Group Holdings — says that it has hired Joe Tessitore as a play-by-play broadcaster. Tessitore, a long-time ESPN veteran (he will continue to work at the sports TV giant in addition to the WWE), will […]
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Joe Rogan to Perform a Live Comedy Special on Netflix: ‘Burn the Boats’
Joe Rogan’s next Netflix comedy special won’t have a net. The podcaster and UFC commentator’s third Netflix stand-up special will air live on the streaming service. Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats will premiere Aug. 3 at 10 p.m. ET. The special is the latest live comedy effort from the streamer, following Chris Rock: Selective Outrage […]
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Paramount Analyst Downgrades Stock, Citing Lack of Breakup, Skydance’s “Lofty” Cost-Cutting Target
“Maybe We Have Different Dreams.” That was the headline of Wolfe Research analyst Peter Supino’s Tuesday report, in which he downgraded his stock rating on Paramount Global from “peer perform” to “underperform” following news of its deal to be acquired by David Ellison’s Skydance Media. He has a $10 price target on the stock. “With […]
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