In today’s film news roundup, MGM buys rights to the rescue movie “Thirteen Lives,” the Greenwich Film Festival has awarded its Virtual Festival Awards and digital series “Quarantine” is raising funds to help actors in need through the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. STUDIO DEAL MGM has bought rights to the Thai cave rescue project “Thirteen Lives,” with Ron
Month: May 2020
HBO has dominated the Emmy race for years. Now, sibling streamer HBO Max is looking to get into the game. HBO Max launches on May 27 — just four days before the Television Academy’s May 31 cutoff for Emmy eligibility. But that’s still enough time for the streaming service to enter the awards race this
Oops, Mr. Again did it again. That is, rapper Youngboy Never Broke Again continues his streak of debuting at or near the top of the album chart, as “38 Baby 2,” his third album in eight months, bows at No. 1 with 63,000 album units. His previous collection, “Still Flexin, Still Steppin,” debuted at No.
Bob Garcia, former director of artist relations at A&M Records and West Coast president of the Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, died of natural causes at his home in Tujunga, Calif. on April 26. It was a week before his 82nd birthday. After serving in the U.S. Army in the mid-1960s, Garcia moved to
(SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you haven’t watched the Season 3 finale of “Good Girls.”) The third chapter of Beth, Ruby and Annie’s story came to a close when Season 3 of “Good Girls” wrapped up on Sunday night. Though NBC ordered 16 episodes, the show about good girls gone crime bosses ended
Starz Entertainment filed a federal lawsuit on Monday accusing MGM of a massive violation of exclusivity agreements, allowing hundreds movies and TV shows to run on rival platforms. According to the suit, the issue came to light last August, when a Starz employee noticed that “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” was available on Amazon Prime.
Splice, the popular online music production marketplace that offers royalty-free samples and presets, has seen record-breaking activity since the start of the nationwide COVID-19 quarantine — and is using that momentum to give back to musicians in need. There have been over 1.1 million sound downloads a day on Splice since the week of March
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO announced the premiere date for new docuseries “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” and Showtime released a first look at “Outcry,” premiering on July 5. DATES HBO has announced “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” will debut on June 28 at 10 p.m. The six-part docuseries, based on Michelle
For her feature narrative film debut “Bull,” director Annie Silverstein chose to explore a world few people know about; that of the black rodeo circuit in Texas. The film stars Rob Morgan, a recent standout in “Just Mercy,” as Abe, an ex-bull rider who still works the circuit despite the toll it’s taken on his
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Crisis Theory,” the Season 3 finale of “Westworld.” So much happened in the Season 3 finale of “Westworld” — for one, Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) managed to eradicate the all-knowing artificial intelligence Rehoboam, but in doing so seemingly erased herself from existence, all as the
During Andy Lack’s first tour of duty leading NBC News, he helped “Dateline” bounce back from a dark era in which producers admitted to manipulating elements of an investigative report on General Motors, and expanded the hours of the “Today” morning franchise, and ratings success followed. None of that prepared him for what lay in
SoundCloud has unveiled a new Twitch channel that will feature tons of programming on both music and the music business, the platform announced today. “Each week, SoundCloud on Twitch will bring the music community together to connect in real-time, inspire creativity, celebrate great music, and share the best resources for helping creators grow their careers,”
Over-the-top pay TV provider FuboTV released its first letter to shareholders, which includes some previously undisclosed financial and operating data, as part of plans to list on a major stock exchange in the near future. FuboTV, first launched in 2015 as a soccer-streaming service, remains much smaller than competitors: The company said its TV subscriber
For director Ridley Scott, it was one look at a 19th-century neoclassical work of art that convinced him to make the Oscar-winning picture “Gladiator.” Jean-Léon Gérôme’s painting “Pollice Verso” depicts an armored gladiator in the ring, triumphantly facing onlookers as the crowd reacts with thumbs turned down, signaling their approval for the fighter to deliver
Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide distribution rights to “Looks That Kill,” a black comedy starring “13 Reasons Why” actor Brandon Flynn. Produced by American High, the film stars Flynn, Julia Goldani Telles (“The Affair,” “Bunheads”), Ki Hong Lee (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), and Annie Mumolo (“Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” “Bridesmaids”). The project
Dolphin Entertainment has acquired the rights to “Special Delivery,” an original screenplay written by Brian Hurwitz, and has attached Vaughn Stein to direct. The pic tells the story of Jess, whose world comes crashing down around her when she aggressively rebuffs a member of a powerful crime family. Her only chance at survival is to drive from
“The High Note,” a romance drama starring Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota Johnson, will skip its planned run in theaters and instead debut May 29 on video-on-demand. Focus Features, the specialty branch of Universal Pictures, is releasing the film, which was initially scheduled to open on May 8. “The High Note” will be available to
NBCUniversal unveiled a sweeping new re-organization that gives new duties to Mark Lazarus and puts Cesar Conde in charge of all the company’s news operations, including CNBC. Andy Lack, the chairman of NBC News and MSNBC, will step down as a result. The moves are among the first structural changes mandated by Jeff Shell, who
J Balvin, Nicky Jam, Sebastian Yatra, El Fantasma, Christian Nodal, and Calibre 50 are among the first artists to perform in “Uforia Hangout Sessions,” a new program presented by Verizon available on Univision’s audio network. Uforia will kick off a weekly digital live stream series of “unfiltered, unforgettably intimate and unplugged at-home experiences” with Latin
In a competitive situation, Sony Pictures has landed an untitled sci-fi thriller with “A Quiet Place” scribes Scott Beck and Bryan Woods set to write, direct and produce their original script. The duo will produce under their newly formed Beck/Woods banner along with Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi, who will produce for Raimi Productions along
“All Rise” is about to pull off a feat that virtually no other scripted series has attempted: producing a full episode remotely among ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The freshman CBS legal drama managed to film an entire episode by having its cast use video conferencing platforms including Zoom, FaceTime and WebEx. “We started asking ourselves, ‘What
The season finales of “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” and “Good Girls” scored decent ratings boosts on Sunday night. Jane Levy’s musical dramedy scored a 0.4 rating among adults 18-49 and drew just under 2 million viewers. Although that’s an uptick from the penultimate episode, it still represents only the season show’s season average in both metrics.
J.J. Abrams has tapped a trio of showrunners to head “Demimonde,” his mysterious sci-fi drama at HBO, Variety has confirmed. “The Handmaid’s Tale” executive producer Kira Snyder, and “Life” duo Rand Ravich and Far Shariat have been chosen to co-showrun the project. Plot details for “Demimonde,” which was the subject of a bidding war between HBO and Apple,
Pamela Adlon’s three daughters surprised her during a recent appearance on Variety’s After-Show presented by National Geographic — knocking on their mom’s office door during the live interview on Instagram. “Congratulations!” they shouted while popping a bottle of champagne to celebrate the Season 4 finale of Adlon’s FX series “Better Things.” A teary-eyed Adlon admitted
Music session players and singers will received $62 million in royalties through SAG-AFTRA and the American Federation of Musicians, the unions jointly announced Monday. According to the two organizations, it was the largest distribution in the history of the unions’ Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund. Executives noted that the funds are being distributed at a
Though they first listed their Hollywood Hills home only last week, high-powered music executive Aaron Bay-Schuck and his fiancée Hannah Montgomery have already significantly upgraded their L.A. real estate circumstances with the $11 million purchase of a glamorous home tucked high into the mountains above Beverly Hills, in a neighborhood known as Beverly Hills Post
United Talent Agency will furlough staffers in light of ongoing complications from the coronavirus pandemic, numerous sources told Variety. Agency leadership addressed staff in an all-hands meeting on Monday. The exact number is unknown, but the significant furloughs are believed to largely affect assistant-level employees, said one source. A return date was not made immediately
From Thomas Imbach’s “Nemesis” and Michele Pennetta’s “Il Mio Corpo” to a 13-title National Competition – featuring Nick Brandestini’s section winner “Sapelo,” celebrated French screenwriter Antoine Jaccoud’s directorial debut “Back to Visegrad” and Tribeca world premiere “Wake Up on Mars – ” this year’s Visions du Réel festival proved, as ever, a notable launchpad for
The Virtues of Virtual Festivals Put together in just a few weeks, the online edition of Visions du Reel is perhaps the first festival which really moves the dial on the virtues of virtual festivals, suggesting that, at least when it comes to festivals or markets whose titles are most commonly seen in a broadcast
A single performer’s double act is among the showier maneuvers that can be attempted on film. There’s the technical aspect: Getting one actor, twice, into the same frame — or cutting to fool the mind into thinking that’s so — is inevitably showy. (When David Fincher cast one Armie Hammer to play two Winklevoss twins
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