Coming off an Oscar this year for his “The Shape of Water” score, Alexandre Desplat has some significant laurels to rest on, but the kudos haven’t put a crimp in his tirelessness. The prolific French composer has three scores in contention for this year’s awards and has even managed to squeeze in the creation of
Month: October 2018
Netflix will release three major award contenders exclusively in theaters before debuting them on the streaming service. Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” considered to be an Oscar favorite, will receive the longest of these theatrical engagements. The film will be in cinemas for roughly three weeks, beginning on Nov. 21, before debuting on the streamer on Dec.
‘Flipping Vegas’ Stars Cops Shut Down Horseback Halloween Ride 10/31/2018 4:17 PM PDT Exclusive Details [embedded content] The stars of “Flipping Vegas” got someone flippin’ pissed at their Halloween stunt — riding horses on the beach — and they ended having a run-in with Johnny Law. Scott and Amie Yancey hit Malibu Tuesday evening on
October 31, 2018 3:47PM PT Spotify is officially making its way back onto Roku streaming devices and Roku TVs: An app for the music streaming service became available on Roku’s channel store Wednesday, where it had been MIA since late last year. Spotify’s new Roku app is available both to free and paying users of
October 31, 2018 3:26PM PT In today’s TV news roundup, Freeform announced the development of the new Stephen King series “Joyland” and Netflix renewed “Castlevania” for a third season. DATES Oxygen’s upcoming TV docu-special “Up and Vanished” is set to premiere Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Based on a true-crime podcast of the same
A documentary on the late rapper Lil Peep is in the works and will be executive produced by Terrence Malick, a rep for Peep’s estate confirmed to Variety. The veteran director, producer and screenwriter, renowned for such filmed as “Days of Heaven” and “Badlands,” is a friend of Peep’s family. The rep declined to provide
October 31, 2018 3:02PM PT Netflix has renewed “The Ranch” for a fourth season. The multi-camera comedy debuted the first half of it third season in June. A premiere date for the second half is yet to be set. The fourth season will consist of 20 episodes. Ashton Kutcher, Sam Elliott, Debra Winger, and Elisha
October 31, 2018 2:13PM PT Emma Roberts has stepped down from the leading role in the upcoming Netflix drama series “Spinning Out,” Variety has confirmed. Roberts departed the series due to a scheduling conflict. Netflix still plans to continue with the show, with the search now on for a new lead. Roberts currently appears on “American Horror
Alexa, play “We Are the Champions.” Fox’s Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” starring Rami Malek is expected to rock the box office with a debut over $35 million when it arrives in 4,000 theaters this weekend. That should easily be enough to best newcomers “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” and “Nobody’s Fool.” It doesn’t look like
“Rescue 911” could be returning to the airwaves. Variety has learned exclusively that a reboot of the classic series is currently in the works. However, unlike the original show, this new weekly, two-hour format would offer a live look at first responders taking real emergency calls every week. Original series host William Shatner would return
October 31, 2018 1:25PM PT Jonah Hill and Liev Schreiber will each host an upcoming episode of “Saturday Night Live.” Hill stars in the recent Netflix series “Maniac” alongside Emma Stone. His feature directorial debut, “Mid90s,” is currently in theaters. He will host the Nov. 3 show and be joined by musical guest Maggie Rogers,
Hulu is expanding programming options available to its live-streaming TV customers — without raising the price of its core bundle. The company announced two new network add-on tiers: The Español pack, priced at an additional $4.99 monthly, with access to ESPN Deportes, NBC Universo, CNN En Español and History Channel En Español; and the Entertainment
“12on12,” a new episodic series hosted by nationally syndicated radio personality Elvis Duran, will be on hand for ComplexCon in Long Beach, Calif. this weekend. Among the artists participating in interviews conducted by Duran are YG, Steve Aoki and Vince Staples, Executive Producer Steven Levine confirms. The concept of the Cutting Edge Group’s “12on 12” centers around
October 31, 2018 1:00PM PT ABC is developing a comedy series inspired by the real life friendship of Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest. The multi-camera series is titled “Work Wife” and has received a put pilot commitment at the network. It is described as an ensemble comedy that explores the dynamics surrounding people’s “work spouses,”
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“Red Dead Redemption 2” captures the wild west in its soundtrack, which features artists D’Angelo, Willie Nelson, and others, according to publisher Rockstar Games. The score of the game was composed by Woody Jackson, who worked on the original “Red Dead Redemption” as well as other Rockstar titles, “L.A. Noire” and “Grand Theft Auto V.”
October 31, 2018 12:20PM PT The “Game of Thrones” prequel pilot at HBO is starting to round out its cast. Josh Whitehouse has joined the project, though the exact nature of his role is being kept under wraps. Whitehouse is now the second actor officially cast in the pilot, with Naomi Watts having been announced
Arrow Films has acquired horror movie “The Dead Center” in a multi-territory deal that includes the U.S. and the U.K. Billy Senese (“Closer to God”) wrote the screenplay and directed the film. It was co-produced by, and stars, Shane Carruth, who previously wrote, directed and starred in “Primer” and made Sundance favorite “Upstream Color.” It is
Russell Wolff, a 20-year veteran of ESPN, is taking over the reins of the sports programmer’s ESPN+ streaming service. Wolff, as EVP and general manager of ESPN+, reports to Michael Paull, president of Disney Streaming Services (formerly referred to as BAMTech Media). Most recently, Wolff served as executive VP and managing director of ESPN International, where
WASHINGTON — Mike Bloomberg’s political action committee debuted a Jodie Foster-directed digital spot on Tuesday that features a host of celebrities who cite health care, the environment and equal pay and other issues in urging women to vote. The ad, called “Vote. Because It Matters,” doesn’t stray too much in format from what we’ve seen
October 31, 2018 11:31AM PT Abdellatif Kechiche, the Palme d’Or winning director of “Blue is the Warmest Color,” has been accused of sexual assault by an unnamed actress in France. A preliminary investigation has been launched following a complaint for sexual assault against the filmmaker filed on Oct. 6 by a 29 year-old actress, according
October 31, 2018 11:28AM PT Julia Franz has joined Charter Communications as head of development and production, Spectrum originals. She will report to the company’s head of original content, Katherine Pope, and be based in Los Angeles. In her new role, Franz will oversee development and production of Charter’s upcoming original-series slate made available to
Jason Whitlock had some strong advice for attendees of the Donald Trump-supported Young Black Leadership Summit in Washington. “You want to be leaders and you’re black and I’m here to tell you how to do it,” the Fox Sports host told audience members according to The Washington Post. “Disconnect from this social media garbage; disconnect
October 31, 2018 11:00AM PT Fox is developing an adaptation of the Endemol Shine France drama series “Quadras.” The American version is titled “Let’s Spend the Night Together.” It is described as a dramedy in which the entire first season takes place over the course of single night at a wedding. Tom Kapinos will serve
October 31, 2018 10:49AM PT Specialty film financier Forest Road Company has secured an additional $70 million in committed capital, in addition to the previously announced $50 million. Forest Road made the announcement Wednesday on the opening day of the American Film Market. The outfit, which is based in Los Angeles and New York, offers
Channel 4 will set up a new national headquarters in Leeds, and new creative hubs in Bristol and Glasgow. The British pubcaster has been weighing where to relocate, having committed to increasing its out of London operations. It has said it will spend over $300 million more on shows that come from outside of the
Randy Orton On John Cena ‘Does He Still Wrestle?’ 10/31/2018 10:23 AM PDT EXCLUSIVE File Under: “Shade????” Seems like Randy Orton threw some John Cena‘s way before boarding the plane to Saudi Arabia … ’cause when we asked how he felt about JC pulling out of the trip, Orton replied, “Does he still wrestle?” Orton
Spike Lee, who co-wrote and directed Focus Features’ “BlacKkKlansman,” says it was not an easy movie to make, but that everybody worked together. “We were all making the same film,” he explains, “which doesn’t always happen.” The fact-based story centers on Ron Stallworth, a black cop who went undercover in Colorado Springs in the 1970s
October 31, 2018 10:13AM PT Facebook and Instagram have banned a number of accounts associated with the far-right Proud Boys group as well as its founder Gavin McInnes, who previously co-founded Vice. Accounts associated with the Proud Boys started to disappear from the site Tuesday. The take-down also impacted a number of groups and pages associated with
Let’s face it: the “musical” element of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.’s Best Picture, Musical or Comedy, category at the Golden Globes is a holdover from a different era, when films that featured production numbers were a staple of the business. The category was initiated in 1951, the year of “An American in Paris,” and
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