CANNES — Showtime’s limited series “Escape at Dannemora” marks a departure for Ben Stiller as a director, by design as he tackled eight hours of the stranger-than-fiction story of the 2015 prison break in upstate New York that led to a three-week manhunt. During a Q&A after Monday’s world premiere screening of “Dannemora” at Mipcom,
Month: October 2018
October 15, 2018 4:07PM PT Comic book fans will have to wait a little bit longer to see the Flash race into theaters, and Albus Dumbledore may be partly to blame for the delay. Warner Bros. is pushing back the start of filming on the studio’s still untitled standalone Flash film, sources tell Variety. The
October 15, 2018 4:05PM PT The set is the singer’s first since 2014. Mariah Carey today announced the title and release date of her upcoming 15th studio album. It’s called “Caution” and will drop Nov. 16, according to a Twitter post from the singer earlier today. It follows and presumably will include the two singles she’s
October 15, 2018 4:05PM PT New article says the album is likely to arrive later this year with little to no prior notice. Solange’s follow-up to her Grammy-winning 2016 album “A Seat at the Table” will be released within the next few weeks, according to an extremely enthusiastic profile of the singer in the The
President Trump Take That, Stormy!! Defamation Lawsuit Tossed 10/15/2018 4:02 PM PDT Breaking News Stormy Daniels is taking an “L” in court in her legal war with President Trump — a judge just dismissed her defamation suit against him. Stormy had sued the Prez for saying she lied about the mysterious man she claims threatened
October 15, 2018 3:45PM PT Fox is developing “Deputy” from writer Will Beall and director David Ayer. Hailing from Entertainment One, “Deputy” follows Deputy Bill Hollister, a career lawman who is very comfortable kicking down doors, but is utterly lost in a staff meeting. When the L.A. County Sheriff drops dead, Bill becomes acting sheriff
Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and chaired Vulcan Inc., died Monday in Seattle from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 65. Allen was born in Washington in 1953 where he attended both high school and college, before dropping out of Washington State University in the 1970s to co-found Microsoft with his high
Fremantle has acquired global rights, excluding the U.S., Canada and Israel, to documentary series “Enslaved,” the production and distribution giant announced at Mipcom. The series, hosted by iconic actor Samuel L. Jackson, marks 400 years since the first African was transported to the New World as a slave. Directed by Emmy-winner Simcha Jacobovici, “Enslaved” retraces
October 15, 2018 2:43PM PT Average U.S. movie ticket prices fell slightly during the third quarter to $8.83 — down a dime from the same quarter a year ago and 55 cents below their all-time high of $9.38 during the second quarter. The success of family-oriented films such as “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation,” “Christopher
October 15, 2018 2:11PM PT Exotic locations provide inspiration for psychoactive cooking In a deal announced at Mipcom, international production and distribution company Rooftop Film has teamed with Amsterdam-based producers Totem Media and green-themed media company PRØHBTD to co-produce a new food and travel docuseries with a THC twist titled “High Cuisine.” Lending culinary credence
October 15, 2018 1:52PM PT The CW’s reboot of “Charmed” made a solid debut Sunday night. The supernatural drama drew a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen overnight numbers, even with its lead-in, the season premiere of “Supergirl.” In total viewers, “Charmed” built slightly on the DC Entertainment drama, averaging 1.54 million
October 15, 2018 1:45PM PT BTS is moving from the concert stage to the big screen in its first feature film, set to premiere Nov. 15. “Burn the Stage: The Movie” follows the Korean boy band during their 2017 “Live Trilogy Episode III The Wings” tour, which drew more than 550,000 fans across 40 concerts
HBO named Jessica Holscott as is new executive vice president and chief financial officer: She will replace Joe Tarulli, a 27-year veteran of HBO who has decided to retire at the end of the year. Holscott had been the head of investor relations at Time Warner, which was acquired earlier this year by AT&T in
CANNES — There’s a scene in “Moscow Noir” (“Dirigenten”), the brand new Studiocanal series screening Tuesday at Mipcom, where Tom, a rudderless and emotionally damaged stock market trader, visits an defunct inland oil field, the motionless rigs like stranded big metal birds in a field in pastoral Russia. The cameras cut from a shot of
Influencer-driven subscription video service Zeus is set to premiere three new original comedies this fall starring social-media stars DeStorm Power, BlameItOnKway and Michael Blackson. The $3.99-per-month service, launched this past July, is geared around a diverse, millennial-targeted slate of premium content starring and produced by popular creators. Zeus was co-founded last year by a trio
October 15, 2018 1:00PM PT John Cena is in final negotiations to star in the Paramount Players movie “Playing With Fire,” sources tell Variety. The family comedy revolves around a group of rugged wildfire fighters who meet their match when they rescue a trio of rambunctious children. Todd Garner and Sean Robins of Broken Road Productions
You might think Lesley Stahl would be rested. Her show, “60 Minutes,” broadcasts on Sundays. And she snared the big interview for her story last Thursday. “If I sound tired, I am,” the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent told Variety in an interview, just hours before getting on a plane to Africa to pursue another report.
San Mateo, Calif.-based virtual reality startup Jaunt XR is laying off a significant portion of its staff as it shifts its focus to augmented reality, the company announced Monday. “Today we had to make some difficult decisions in an effort to realign Jaunt for continued success,” the company said in a statement sent to Variety.
Warner Bros. has big ambitions for its animation division, and the studio has zeroed in on the talent to help steer the ship on two popular properties. Sources tell Variety that Warners and Warner Animation Group (WAG) are in negotiations with “Shaft” helmer Tim Story to direct the new “Tom and Jerry” live-action/animated hybrid. The studio
The online retail landscape is crowded, to say the least, and the fastest-growing category of the e-commerce population might just be the direct-to-consumer brand. It feels like every month, another company pops up out of nowhere, promising quality products—from furniture to food and everything else in-between—without the extra step (or markup) of a middleman. Advertisement
In advance of the forthcoming documentary on Coldplay, “A Head Full of Dreams” — which arrives in theaters Nov. 14 and on Amazon Prime Video two days later — the woman who was among the first to discover the band has co-authored a book. “Life in Technicolor: A Celebration of Coldplay” by Debs Wild, the
October 15, 2018 12:10PM PT “Betty La Fea,” the megahit Colombian telenovela that inspired the ABC series “Ugly Betty,” has been optioned by South Africa’s Known Associates Entertainment for a local adaptation. The deal was announced at Mipcom on Monday with Colombian net RCN, which owns the rights to the format. “It is a great
Israeli television network Reshet has announced that it is canceling its planned merger with fellow network Channel Ten, saying that foot-dragging by the country’s broadcasting authority, whose final approval is required, had put it in an untenable position. “The broadcast authority’s avoidance of a decision on the merger request has led to its cancellation,” Reshet
WASHINGTON — What largely got lost in the surreal moments surrounding President Trump’s meeting with Kanye West last week was the purpose of the visit: Criminal justice reform. Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, and other entertainment figures have tried to spotlight the problems with mandatory minimum sentencing, which has put non-violent drug offenders behind bars
October 15, 2018 11:38AM PT CAA has signed Roy Purdy, the digital star who boasts 7.6 million followers across his social media channels. As a music artist, Purdy’s singles have collectively generated more than 20 million streams on Spotify, Apple, and Soundcloud, while his music videos have garnered over 17 million YouTube views. The video
October 15, 2018 11:16AM PT Beyonce, Sean Hannity, and LeBron James are among the most politically divisive celebrities in America, according to a new report from market research firm Morning Consult. With midterm elections on the horizon, Morning Consult surveyed more than 6,000 Americans to discover which celebrities cause the largest divide between Democrats and Republicans.
Federation, Pascal Breton’s Paris-based company which has just raised $18.4 million to expand its footprint, has signed a joint distribution agreement with leading independent production banner Elephant. Created by Emmanuel Chain and Thierry Bizot, Elephant is the company behind French drama hits such as “Desperate Parents,” “Killer by the Lake” and WorkinGirls.” The partnership with
Departing Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom told the audience at the Wired 25 Summit in San Francisco on Monday that he isn’t done with tech any time soon. “I figure I have a few more Instagrams, time-wise, in me,” the 34-year-old quipped, adding that he couldn’t guarantee that any of his future ventures would become as
October 15, 2018 10:45AM PT CBS is developing a drama based on James Patterson’s novel, “Texas Ranger,” Variety has learned. “Ranger” is set as a one-hour drama from writers and executive producers Jason Hall, TJ Brady and Rasheed Newson. It follows a Texas ranger and his “cantankerous” father, who move to South Florida. There, the titular ranger
NBCUniversal said it would rejigger the executive team overseeing its advertising sales, elevating two executives and parting ways with two others as traditional media sellers grapple with new demands from a Madison Avenue increasingly focused on buying broader packages of commercial time across many different outlets. Laura Molen and Mark Marshall were each named a
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