Month: April 2020

Legendary Entertainment has closed a deal for Macon Blair to write and direct the upcoming feature film project “Brothers” starring Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage, sources tell Variety. Andrew Lazar, who was a producer on the Bradley Cooper hit “American Sniper,” will produce via his Mad Chance banner. Brolin is also producing via his shingle,
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“Dare Me” won’t be cheering any longer. USA Network has canceled the cheerleader drama after a single season, Variety has confirmed. However, the show’s producer UCP is looking to shop it around, hoping to resurrect the drama elsewhere, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. The series centers around the cutthroat world of competitive high school
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In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released the trailer for Jerry Seinfeld’s new comedy special, and ABC announced its new game show “Don’t.” RENEWALS HBO, RAI and Fremantle have announced the renewal of drama series “My Brilliant Friend” for a third season, titled “My Brilliant Friend: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay.” Just like
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Tribeca Film Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the winners of their 2020 Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize and Sloan Student Discovery Awards on Thursday, which have been awarded to Matthew Jackett for his screenplay “White Coffins” and Zoe Fleer’s “Clamming,” respectively. The Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize has supported 15 student filmmakers
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Amazon earnings fell far below expectations when the e-commerce giant reported first-quarter results after the market close Thursday. Though some on Wall Street had expected the Seattle-based tech giant to benefit from the increase in online shopping amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak that has been keeping people at home, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said that
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Travis Scott and Epic Games set records and a new bar last week with the immense success of the rapper’s April 23 “Astronomical ‘Fortnite‘” event. The largest in-game experience ever, Scott racked up 12.3 million simultaneous views the first day of the video game event, and a total of over 27 million unique players attended
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On Monday, Amazon Prime launched a streaming version of the SXSW Film Festival, partnering with the Austin-based event to deliver a handful of movies free until May 6. In theory, it’s a brilliant solution: Going virtual gives any cinephile access to the spring’s coolest pop-culture gathering — a gathering at which no one was actually
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