Netflix is in the works on its first Dutch film — a crime comedy about a man looking to be the greatest hip-hop artist in the Netherlands. Produced by Fremantle’s Fiction Valley, the untitled film is penned by award-winning “De Libi” writers Shady El-Hamus and Jeroen Scholten van Aschat. El-Hamus, who directed the pair’s previous
Month: May 2020
Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio, recently the big winner at Italy’s David di Donatello awards with elegant mob drama “The Traitor,” is busy with a trio of projects involving personal and also national history, all shepherded by his now regular producer Simone Gattoni. Gattoni, partner with Bellocchio in Rome’s Kavac Film, and among Variety’s 10 Producers to
The first thing to know about “Notes on a Conditional Form,” the fourth album by the British band the 1975, is that it’s 22 songs long. The second thing is that none of these songs sound much like one another. It’s the ultimate contemporary example of how the Beatles’ White Album has become a kind
To the depression-busting recent trend of joyful dance-pop, add Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s “Rain On Me,” which premiered at midnight ET Friday morning, exactly one week before Gaga’s full-length “Chromatica” hits. When it rains, it’s about to pour. As the single (click image above to listen) hit digital services in the late night hours
The “Avatar” crew may be heading back to Pandora soon. Producer Jon Landau posted a photo on Instagram on Thursday saying that he and the “Avatar” cast and crew are returning to New Zealand next week. Like most films, the “Avatar” sequels had to halt production in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Our ‘Avatar’
Veteran Hollywood communications executive Julie Fontaine is exiting her post at Netflix, insiders told Variety. Fontaine joined the streamer in 2017 as vice president of film publicity, where she worked closely with a group of executives including motion picture head Scott Stuber, indie film and documentary head Lisa Nishimura, vice president Tendo Nagenda, and awards
Ben Platt may have looked cool and collected when he first appeared on stage in his new Netflix concert special, “Ben Platt: Live From Radio City,” but he wasn’t exactly calm. “It felt very surreal and the whole first song, I felt very scared and tense and tight,” Platt says during an interview on “Variety
With the Eagles grounded from touring for more than a year after the further cancellation of their tour, Joe Walsh has a little extra time on his hands, and he plans to make use of it by taking on a weekly radio program at a Los Angeles radio station. He’ll be pulling disc jockey duties
Check out the official Tenet trailer starring John David Washington and Aaron Taylor-Johnson! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Tenet: https://www.fandango.com/tenet-219762/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up
Duran Duran has signed a publishing administration agreement with Warner Chappell Music that will cover the group’s catalog from 1986 to date along with future compositions. The deal encompasses such albums as “Notorious” and “Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)” which house the hit songs “Notorious,” “All She Wants Is,” “Ordinary World” and “Come Undone,” among
“The Kissing Booth 2,” the sequel to Netflix’s popular teen rom-com, will debut on the streaming service this summer. The follow-up — again starring Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi — drops on Netflix on July 24. King shared the news Thursday night during a live event on YouTube, where she was joined by
The entertainment industry’s efforts to develop safety protocols for restarting production is predictably becoming a brawl among the major studios and Hollywood unions that has delayed the presentation of the industry’s back-to-work plan to state and local officials. As Variety has reported, jumpstarting production amid the coronavirus pandemic will be complicated and expensive. The industry task force
“Tenet” and “Fortnite” became an unlikely duo Thursday night. Christopher Nolan’s upcoming thriller teased more action and time-bending mystery in a new trailer released in the hugely popular battle royale video game. Not much is known about the film, which is Nolan’s first since 2017’s “Dunkirk.” It follows a group of secret agents who are
In today’s film news roundup, Tom Hardy’s “Capone” racks up $2.5 million in VOD sales, “The Pollinators” finds a home and Miramax hires Wolfgang Hammer. ‘CAPONE’ RESULTS Vertical Entertainment’s Tom Hardy movie “Capone” has earned the company its best VOD release with a 10-day run amassing over $2.5 million in gross on-demand sales. “Capone” was
That Bruce Willis grimace. It’s almost as much a trademark as his smirk. When the actor’s mouth tightens and his eyes squint in “Survive the Night,” you’d like to think it’s because his character is feeling the pain. Emotionally, Frank’s estranged from his son. After a run-in with the movie’s two baddies, the retired sheriff
Leaders of the Writers Guild of America are seeking significant hikes from studios in pension plan contributions at negotiations that launched this week. “Now, we need to secure additional funding from our employers in order to put our pension plan on strong enough financial footing to weather this market downturn and preserve pension benefits for
A solid Brit gangster film more in the old-school vein of “Get Carter” and “Mona Lisa” than the dog-on-hind-legs Guy Ritchie idiom, “Villain” provides a snug fit for Craig Fairbrass as a convict whose return to society naturally runs smack into familiar trouble. Title notwithstanding, our protagonist is an upstanding kind of tough guy —
Nickelodeon is hoping to lure David Dobrik fans to the depths of Bikini Bottom, announcing the popular YouTube vlogger as host for a special virtual table read by the cast of “SpongeBob SquarePants” airing next month. Dobrik, who has over 17 million YouTube followers, will emcee “The Stars of SpongeBob Fan Favorites Special,” bringing together
The Verzuz series — in which two R&B/hip-hop artists engage in a virtual DJ battle on Instagram Live while thousands of fans watch and weigh in on social media — is one of the few silver linings of the pandemic lockdown. And while the series, which began with founders Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, has proved
Legendary publicity house BWR is closing shop. The firm’s parent company BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe) informed the staff on Wednesday that it was closing the company, which has offices in Los Angeles and New York City, according to multiple sources. “We had a feeling something was happening in the last few weeks,” a source
Check out the new Trailer for The Old Guard starring Charlize Theron! Let us know what you think in the comments below. Want to be notified of all the latest indie movies? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: July 10, 2020 Starring: Charlize Theron,
In a revealing new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Lady Gaga revealed how making “Chromatica” helped her to heal from past trauma. “Chromatica,” out May 29, will be Gaga’s first album since 2016’s “Joanne.” The music takes Gaga back to her dance-pop roots, while she promises that the messaging touches on more serious subject
Check out the official The Outpost Trailer starring Scott Eastwood and Orlando Bloom! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Visit Fandango: https://www.fandango.com?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: July
CBS leads all networks, and ABC’s “General Hospital” tops all programs, as nominations for the 47th annual Daytime Awards were announced Thursday by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. “General Hospital” garnered a total of 23 nominations, followed closely by the other major TV soaps: NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” (22), CBS’ “The
When actress and musician Laura Bell Bundy woke up on March 12, she had a fierce headache, immediately attributing it to a hangover after a night of drinking at an event. But she didn’t have a hangover — she had coronavirus. Before the virus hit, Bundy had been working on a women’s history sketch comedy
In the battle for chart supremacy between 6ix9ine and the team of Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, the latter duo has claimed another victory over the controversial and contentious rapper. The Grande/Bieber charity single “Stuck With U” came in at No. 1 on Rolling Stone’s songs chart, pushing ahead of 6ix9ine’s “Gooba” in the stretch.
Disney Plus is finally giving “The Simpsons” fans what they’ve been clamoring for: Most of the iconic animated sitcom’s older episodes will be available in the original 4-by-3 aspect ratio starting May 28. When the streaming service launched last November, it presented the full batch of “Simpsons” episodes in 16-by-9 format. That cropped out key
Some Facebook employees will never go back to the social giant’s offices on a permanent basis. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in an internal town-hall livestream Thursday, said that many of Facebook employees will be allowed to work from home permanently even after the coronavirus crisis ends. He projected that around 50% of the company’s workforce could
Call them the COVID Contenders. The coronavirus pandemic has fueled a boom in creativity since mid-March, with stay-at-home orders leading to some unique and completely unexpected programming in the past few months. Prior to mid-March, who would have predicted a “Parks and Recreation” reunion, or the fact that we would soon get to know what
It’s no surprise to learn that U.S. families have been watching television together more frequently since the coronavirus lockdown began in March. However, the fact that they’re watching more music videos together is perhaps more unexpected. U.S. CTV viewing — which essentially shows that people are watching at home in their living rooms, not just
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