The gradual death of celluloid is wistfully mourned in the cine-manic thriller “The Projectionist,” and that’s before it takes on an altogether darker metaphoric resonance — as both physical and psychological projections are spliced in the mind of a lonely traveling cinema manager. The latest feature from prolific young Dominican writer-director José María Cabral —
Month: March 2019
Comedy Central has tasked comics from around the globe with solving major global issues with new versions of its shortform series “Comedians Solve World Problems” underway in the U.S. and elsewhere. The original version of the show was made by Comedy Central International for the U.K. and is now being taken into Asia and the
March 5, 2019 2:12AM PT Greenacre Films, the producer behind Netflix original film “Been So Long,” has inked a first-look deal with Banijay. The U.K. indie has several projects in development with British broadcasters and wants to break into the U.S. scripted market. Under the terms of its first-look deal with Banijay, the company’s distribution
March 5, 2019 12:04AM PT India’s leading OTT platform, the Fox- and Star-owned Hotstar will launch its recently announced original programming slate, branded Hotstar Specials. It has commissioned four shows produced by Applause Entertainment, the content arm of the $43 billion Aditya Birla conglomerate. “Criminal Justice”, the BAFTA winning British series, the first season of
Once considered as a Japanese industry outsider, Hirokazu Kore-eda has thoroughly conquered that insider bastion, the Japan Academy Prizes, scooping eight trophies for his dark family drama “Shoplifters” at the 42nd annual award ceremony on March 1. Among them were best picture and best director honors – with the latter Kore-eda’s second in a row.
Sean Gunn, brother to “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn, confirmed at Monday’s “Captain Marvel” premiere that the third movie is a go. “I don’t know exactly how that’s all gonna work,” he told Variety‘s Marc Malkin when asked whether the film could work without his brother at the helm, “but I feel like
Five years before Luke Perry joined the class of “90210,” the young actor had another school-themed role: he was a jean-jacket clad, MTV-shirt wearing extra in the video for Twisted Sister’s 1985 single “Be Chrool to Your Scuel.” The song was from 1985’s “Come Out and Play” album, the less-successful followup to the 1984 album
WASHINGTON — Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), a key House Democrat who sits on the Judiciary Committee, says that he is not serious about calling Sean Hannity as a witness in the Cohen case, even though he suggested in a tweet that the Fox News personality should testify under oath. On Thursday, Hannity said on Fox
March 4, 2019 5:40PM PT Warner Bros. has moved “Sherlock Holmes 3” back a year, with the studio announcing a Dec. 21, 2021 release date. The studio had originally announced last May that “Sherlock Holmes 3” would open on Christmas Day of 2020 with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role as the titular British detective
Since breaking out with Rihanna’s 2007 smash hit, “Umbrella,” five-time Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Kuk Harrell has worked with some of the industry’s top voices, including Beyonce, Usher, Celine Dion, Shakira, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, among others. It’s hard to believe that the musical savant was once making ends meet by holding down a
March 4, 2019 5:15PM PT NBC is not moving forward with “Law & Order: Hate Crimes” as planned. The drama, which received a straight-to-series order at NBC in September, was originally set to debut in a planted spinoff episode during “Law & Order: SVU” this season. That plan has now been scrapped, but the show
In today’s film news roundup, National Geographic is making a Thai cave rescue movie, AMC has a big weekend at the box office, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s “Fast Color” gets a release date. MOVIE DEVELOPMENT Yet another movie is in the works about last year’s cave rescue in Thailand. National Geographic Documentary Films has greenlit a
Major media companies like Disney, Comcast, CBS and Fox are always jockeying for the rights to broadcast America’s most popular sports. AT&T may join their ranks. The telecommunications giant, through its WarnerMedia subsidiary “will certainly continue to be a significant player in the sports-rights arena,” says Jeff Zucker, who was just named chairman of WarnerMedia’s
21 Savage Gets Something Off His Chest … I Got ‘Nothing to Lose’ 3/4/2019 4:24 PM PST It appears ICE has chosen the wrong dude to mess with, because 21 Savage is making it clear — he’s got nothing to lose. 21 was spotted leaving a meeting Monday in L.A. and his hoodie read, “nothing
Luke Perry, the actor who made a generation of viewers want to pack up their JanSports and move to Beverly Hills, died Monday at the age of 52. As Dylan McKay on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” the Ohio native evoked a Pepsi-era James Dean. Perry’s Marlboro Lights, golden tresses and furrowing brow made him dangerous, caused
March 4, 2019 3:39PM PT Joe Wright is in final negotiations to direct an adaptation of “In the Garden of Beasts” for StudioCanal and Playtone Productions. Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will produce the pic through Playtone. The company optioned the rights to Erik Larson’s book in 2011, when it was originally set up at
In today’s roundup, Netflix has released the official trailer for season three of “Queer Eye” and Hulu gives the first look at true crime series “The Act.” CASTING Netflix has added more cast members to “Cursed,” the upcoming reimagining of the legend of King Arthur. Based on the novel of the same name by Frank
March 4, 2019 3:30PM PT “The Masked Singer” narrowly came out on top in the Live+7 ratings for the week of Feb.11. With a final Live+7 rating of 3.6 in the key adults 18-49 demographic, Fox’s “The Masked Singer” was the highest rated show of the week, with NBC’s “This Is Us” very close behind
Tragedy, resilience, and family ties are at the heart of Netflix’s upcoming family drama “Northern Rescue.” Created by David Cormican, the series debuted on the streaming service March 1. Following the West family in the midst of tragedy and loss, the first two of the series’ ten episodes seethe death of the family matriarch, which
DJ Marshmello has landed a historic Las Vegas residency deal, signing up for an exclusive two-year engagement at KAOS Dayclub and Nightclub at the Palms Casino Resort. According to a source close to the situation, the deal is valued at $60 million. The Palms recently underwent a $690 million renovation. Marshmello is the fourth-most-streamed artist
March 4, 2019 3:00PM PT “Superstore” has been renewed for a fifth season, NBC announced Monday. The single-camera comedy series takes place in fictional big box store Cloud 9 and stars America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Bloom, Mark McKinney. It was created by Justin Spitzer, who serves as an
March 4, 2019 2:54PM PT WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s legal team alerted Judge Amy Berman Jackson of an image briefly posted to Roger Stone’s Instagram with the title “who framed Roger Stone.” Under the terms of a gag order put in place last month, Stone and his associates are prohibited from talking about
As a storm of controversy swirls around HBO’s documentary “Leaving Neverland” — in which two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, allege that Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were boys — former child actor Corey Feldman posted a series of tweets Monday in which he insists the late singer “never touched me inappropriately”
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos, MPAA chairman-CEO Charles Rivkin, Lorenzo De Maio, head of TV advisory and partner, Endeavor Content, and Georgia Brown, Amazon Studios head of European Originals will all deliver keynote speeches at the 2nd Lille Transatlantic Dialogs. They will be joined by an effective French TV high command featuring Gilles Pélisson, CEO, TF1
Slavery is not a term or a concept to be thrown around lightly. But if Kanye West’s statements last year about slavery being a choice were out of bounds, he’s taking more of a Prince-like tactic in his ongoing efforts to extract himself from his record and publishing contracts, as noted by The Hollywood Reporter.
March 4, 2019 2:30PM PT Will Smith will play Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, in the movie “King Richard.” The film, based on a script by Zach Baylin, will center on Richard Williams overcoming hardship, skepticism, controversy, and his own troubled past to instruct his daughters, starting when they
Jonas Brothers fans, remember to breathe. Amazon Studios has announced it is partnering with Philymack, and Federal Films, a division of Republic Records, on an upcoming documentary about the Jonas Brothers, to premiere on Amazon Prime Video. The doc will give fans “an intimate look” into the lives of Kevin, Nick and Joe. “Our fans
March 4, 2019 2:30PM PT Fran Drescher has joined the NBC multi-camera comedy pilot “Uninsured” in a lead role, Variety has learned exclusively. She joins previously announced cast members Adam Pally, Abby Elliot, Jessy Hodges, and Amer Chadha-Patel. The story centers on young parents Dave (Pally) and Rebecca (Elliot), who end up having to take care
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruling Monday could make it more difficult to fight online copyright infringement, according to groups representing record labels and other content creators. The justices rules in the case of Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall Street.com LLC that copyright holders can only file a lawsuit when the U.S.
March 4, 2019 1:45PM PT The cast of the Captain Jean-Luc Picard series at CBS All Access has begun to take shape. Santiago Cabrera and Michelle Hurd have both joins the upcoming “Star Trek” streaming show in series regular roles. The exact nature of their roles is being kept under wraps. As previously reported, the CBS All
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