Filmmaker Peter Segal graduated from USC as an English and broadcast journalism double major, but he says: “I feel like I’ve been adopted by the film school.” As a student, Segal’s best friend and roommate was a film major, and Segal would crash some of his friend’s courses to get a sense of the moviemaking
Month: November 2018
November 28, 2018 9:00AM PT Next week’s Game Awards will feature ten video game reveals and music composed by Lorne Balfe (“Mission Impossible: Fallout,” “Call of Duty: Warfare II,” and “FIFA 19”), show creator Geoff Keighley announced on Twitter this week. “We have such an incredible show coming together for next week,” Keighley tweeted Tuesday.
CBS announced its winter premiere dates on Wednesday, with neither the revival of “Murphy Brown” nor freshman comedy “Happy Together” receiving orders for more episodes. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, the sitcom revival was always intended to be a 13 episode event rather than an ongoing continuation of the series. Still,
Check out the official A Dog’s Way Home Trailer starring Bryce Dallas Howard! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to A Dog’s Way Home: https://www.fandango.com/a-dogs-way-home-215000/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc US Release Date: January 11, 2019 Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Judd, Edward James Olmos Directed By: Charles Martin Smith Synopsis: A dog
A behind-the-scenes look at Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman Tour and the making of her album “Sweetener” is coming to YouTube. The four-part “Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman Diaries” documentary series, to be released Thursday (Nov. 29), follows the pop superstar during her 2017 tour and through the creation of her third studio album, “Sweetener.” YouTube bills
Sling TV, Dish Network’s internet TV service, has added nine Discovery networks on its national and Spanish-language services, along with several thousand VOD titles. At the same time, Sling TV customers currently remain without access to Univision or HBO channels, amid ongoing contract disputes between Dish and the programmers. As of the end of September,
Republic Records has promoted Simon Katz to Vice President of A&R and Staff Producer, EVP Rob Stevenson announced today. Since joining the label as Senior Director of A&R and Staff Producer in 2015, Katz has signed and developed the artists Dagny, Two Feet, Mondo Cozmo, and more. He also conceived and oversaw the construction of the 6,000-square-foot Republic Records Studios in Los Angeles,
Cinedigm reached a deal to acquire ComicBlitz, a startup billed as a “Netflix of digital comic books,” launching the content-distribution company into a new line of business. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Cinedigm said it expects the acquisition of ComicBlitz to close before the end of the year. According to Cinedigm, ComicBlitz could generate
AMC-backed virtual reality startup Dreamscape Immersive is getting ready to open its first permanent location in Los Angeles. The company’s first VR center will open its doors at the Westfield Century City mall next month, and will follow with 4 additional locations in markets outside of L.A. soon after. The new Westfield location will house 3 experiences
Conviva, which delivers real-time measurement of premium streaming video, is digging into the social scene with the acquisition of Delmondo. Delmondo, founded in 2014, measures video consumption and engagement across Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat and Twitch. With the acquisition, Conviva will become the first company to offer a solution that brings together census-level streaming
Of all the sneakers Nike has produced in its storied history, it’s a universal truth that the Air Force 1 is one of the brand’s most important models. The iconic sneaker, which was the first sneaker to implement Nike Air technology, was introduced in 1982 and has since surged in popularity (and we have Nelly
Just when you thought you couldn’t take another Spider-Man reboot, along comes the movie to put them all in perspective. Or maybe you can’t get enough of Marvel’s friendly neighborhood web-slinger and are already beside yourself in anticipation of a project loaded with half a dozen parallel-universe Spideys. Either way, the brilliance of Sony’s snappy
Members of the French film industry have been paying warm tribute to Samuel Hadida, the co-founder of Metropolitan FilmExport, who died suddenly in Los Angeles on Monday. Hadida was not only one of France’s most respected and successful distributors; he was also loved by the independent film community and boasted strong relationships with major film
MADRID — Nicolás Britos’ “Nada,” Jorge Hernández and Ainara Mentxaka’s “Los años de plomo” and Pablo Díaz and Alberto Heredia’s “La novena provincia” figure among the seven TV drama projects in development set to be presented at the 2nd Madrid TV Pitchbox. An event focused on Spanish TV drama, organized by online platform Filmarket Hub,
Netflix’s plan to release “Roma” and two other films theatrically in North America and Europe was hailed in the U.S. as a major shift in strategy for the streaming giant. But the initiative was met with a scornful shrug in France, where exhibitors say it’s unlikely by itself to produce a reconciliation between Netflix and
Bilibili, a specialty Chinese video platform best known for animation and games content, is setting out a stall as a viable and attractive partner for international co-productions. A presentation of so-called bullet comments (real-time audience feedback that overlays on-screen content) drew gasps from an audience of executives at the World Congress of Science & Factual
Netflix has ordered the planned live-action adaptation of the iconic anime series “Cowboy Bebop,” Variety has learned. The series is described as the jazz-inspired, genre-bending story of Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine and Radical Ed, a rag-tag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most
November 27, 2018 7:33PM PT Facebook Watch’s newest series “Queen America” takes place in the often controversial world of pageantry, and star Catherine Zeta-Jones is clearly aware of its potential ups and downs. “Yes, there is a preconceived idea of what the pageant world is,” said Zeta-Jones said at the Variety sponsored world premiere of “Queen
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning,” the Season 3 midseason finale of “This Is Us.” The third season of “This Is Us” has entered into its holiday hiatus but, true to form, it didn’t go out without one more big twist. Kevin (Justin
November 27, 2018 6:32PM PT In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV advertising attention analytics company iSpot.tv, Universal Pictures claims the top spot in spending with “Mortal Engines.” Ads placed for the sci-fi film had an estimated media value of $6.9 million through Sunday for 712 national ad
November 27, 2018 5:58PM PT Six days after veteran music executive Angelica Cob-Baehler passed away after a long battle with cancer, Katy Perry paid tribute to her in a long and heartfelt Instagram post, calling her “one of my biggest champions and realest friends.” The two met when Cob-Baehler was a VP at Columbia Records
As Oscar season heats up and the world awaits news of the Sundance Film Festival lineup, Variety announces its 10 Directors to Watch for 2019, featuring a mix of recent festival breakouts and movies yet to premiere in the coming year, all chosen on the strength of films screened for Variety’s editors (sometimes as works
In today’s film news roundup, Rita Moreno joins the “West Side Story” reboot, “Justified Vengeance” unveils its cast, Zane Holtz’s “Beyond the Night” gets acquired, and Jamie Bell’s “Skin” closes territorial deals. CASTINGS Rita Moreno will join the cast of Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Broadway musical “West Side Story.” Moreno will also serve as
The UFC is poised for a big year in 2019, starting with the kickoff next month of its broad five-year rights pact with ESPN. Lawrence Epstein, chief operating officer of UFC parent company Zuffa, LLC, has no shortage of growth ambitions for the sports league that is the marketing leader in the growing arena of
We get to show you guys the FIRST clip from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Join us tomorrow at 8am PST to watch this EXCLUSIVE look at the upcoming movie! Check out the official Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse exclusive movie clip starring Jake Johnson! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy
Joe Murray, the creator of Nickelodeon series “Rocko’s Modern Life,” remembers “SpongeBob Squarepants” creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died on Monday at the age of 57. I first met Steve through the big screen at the Ottawa Film Festival in 1992. His film “Wormholes” was in competition and, after watching it, I immediately knew we would
November 27, 2018 3:44PM PT Fox Family, the division of 20th Century Fox that focuses on a wide range of family film projects, and Chernin Entertainment are teaming on the live-action/animated family movie “Paper Lanterns,” with author Jonny Sun penning the script. Sun is the illustrator behind Lin-Manuel Miranda’s New York Times bestseller “Gmorning, Gnight!:
November 27, 2018 3:31PM PT In today’s TV News Roundup, watch the trailer for the upcoming fourth season of “Fuller House.” FIRST LOOKS “Fuller House” returns for a fourth season Dec. 14 exclusively on Netflix. This season, Steve and DJ rekindle their flame, and the Tanner-Fuller-Gibblers prepare to welcome a new member of the family
Ten years after the release of Kanye West’s seminal fourth studio album “808s and Heartbreak,” producer Malik Yusef has announced an anniversary tour featuring local artists performing renditions of tracks from the album. The tour will hit 15 cities across the U.S., including New York, Boston, Atlanta, Austin, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, before coming
UFC’s Rachael Ostovich Cleared to Fight Paige VanZant … ‘Fight Back On!’ 11/27/2018 3:21 PM PST Breaking News Great news for Rachael Ostovich — the fighter has been cleared to get back in the Octagon after her domestic violence incident … and now her fight with Paige VanZant is BACK ON! TMZ Sports broke the
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