Sophie Dawson’s cannibal drama “Headhunter” and Jingyi Shao’s basketball story “Chang Can Dunk” earned the top spots on the 2020 edition of The Black List. “Headhunter” follows a cannibal who chooses his victims based on their Instagram clout, but he finds his routine shaken by a man who wants to be eaten. “Chang Can Dunk”
Month: December 2020
Amazon has given a series order to “I’m a Virgo” from Boots Riley with Jharrel Jerome attached to star. The half-hour series is described as an absurdist, coming of age story about a 13-foot-tall Black man (Jerome) who lives in Oakland, CA. Riley wrote the series and will also direct. He serves as executive producer
Showtime has ordered the six-episode “Shameless” retrospective series “Shamless Hall of Shame” to series. Beginning on Dec. 27 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, the series will feature original scenes featuring characters from the beloved show juxtaposed with a look back at scenes from previous seasons to highlight characters’ journeys. Episodes will be interspersed throughout the show’s
Cleveland’s baseball team, known since the mid 1910s as the Indians, is expected to change its name, according to multiple press reports, the latest sign of storied sports franchises moving to keep pace with cultural shifts in the United States. The New York Times previously reported that the Cleveland Indians have decided to find a
Alicia Vikander is teaming with French indie director Olivier Assayas for an HBO show. The cabler has ordered “Irma Vep,” a limited series loosely based on on Assayas’ 1996 film of the same name, with Vikander in the lead role. Assayas will write and direct the project which revolves around Mira (Vikander), an American movie
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. As many across the country continue to practice self-isolation due to coronavirus, why not while away
Variety has hired Mónica Marie Zorrilla as a TV reporter. Zorrilla most recently served as a breaking-news reporter at Adweek. At Variety, she will cover the television-programming business, including streaming services, studios, networks and development for all Variety platforms. She will be based in Los Angeles and report to Daniel Holloway, Variety‘s executive editor, TV.
Chris Booker, who spent more than a decade on Entercom’s Los Angeles top 40 outlet 97.1 Amp (KAMP-FM) before exiting in February, is returning to the market — but via a crosstown rival. Booker has been hired as the new afternoon host on iHeartRadio’s Alt 98.7 (KYSR-FM), replacing Andrew Harms, who exited earlier this month
Sony Music Entertainment Africa has appointed Christine Mosha, known as “Seven,” to lead Marketing and Artist Development for the East Africa region. Starting with immediate effect, Mosha will build out the company’s roster of local talent and amplify its international repertoire and existing catalogue across the region from her base in Tanzania. She will report
Anthony Padilla, one of YouTube’s OG creators, rose to internet fame with Smosh — performing goofy, comedic sketches with his longtime friend Ian Hecox. In the three years since exiting Smosh, Padilla has been a solo act on his YouTube channel, which just hit 5 million subscribers. While he still uses humor, Padilla has increasingly
“The Office” is flying back home to NBCUniversal — after it leaves Netflix at the end of 2020 — to alight exclusively on Peacock, the media company’s recently launched streaming service. With its Jan. 1, 2021, launch on Peacock, “The Office” will introduce new “Superfan Episodes” that include never-before-seen footage and deleted scenes in extended
Marvel series “Helstrom” has been canceled at Hulu after one season, Variety has learned. The move to cancel the series was not a surprising one, as “Helstrom” was the last live-action show produced by the now defunct Marvel Television unit under Jeph Loeb. The writing may have also been on the wall due to the fact
Peter Langenberg, the newly appointed COO of Banijay following the Endemol Shine takeover, will be ramping up the company’s content strategy in key territories, notably in Benelux, Germany and India. In Benelux, where Banijay just bowed the new label SimpleZodiak, a merger of Simple Media and Zodiac Nederland, the company is developing a packed slate
Jesy Nelson, one of the founding members of popular British music group Little Mix, is leaving the band, it was announced on Monday. “After an amazing 9 years together Jesy has made the decision to leave Little Mix. This is an incredibly sad time for all of us but we are fully supportive of Jesy,”
An appeals court on Monday handed a victory to the estate of Michael Jackson in its battle over the 2019 HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland,” which accused the late singer of sexually abusing two young boys. The Jackson estate sued HBO for $100 million, arguing that the documentary violated a 27-year-old non-disparagement clause from a 1992
The publishing and production entity of best-selling author Michael Crichton’s estate has signed with Range Media Partners, Variety has learned. CrichtonSun, run by Sherri Crichton and partner Laurent Bouzereau, will partner with Range to produce, package and develop a slate of projects from the Crichton archives. Projects in the works include several television series as
Scoring a film can feel like an isolated process — but scoring a film about isolation during a pandemic takes it to a whole new level. That was the situation for Academy Award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat, who worked with The London Symphony Orchestra on the score for George Clooney’s “The Midnight Sky.” In the film,
Robin Wright’s directorial debut “Land” will debut in theaters next year. The drama, which stars Wright and Demian Bichir, is set to release in the U.S. on Feb. 12, 2021. “Land” centers on Wright’s character, who goes off the grid and retreats into the wilderness after suffering an unfathomable loss. When she crosses paths with
Check out the top new trailers released this week that you’ve gotta see! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert or Buy Movie Tickets: 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
There’s a famous “Peanuts” cartoon panel, long circulated as a meme among music nerds, in which the Schroeder character, bearing armloads of LP, explains to Lucy, “Buying records cheers me up… Whenever I feel low, I buy some new records.” We knew just how Schroeder felt in 2020 — even if “…I create a new
London, and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire, are going into the highest level of COVID-19 restrictions from midnight on Tuesday, U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed. The restrictions mean that indoor entertainment venues, including cinemas and theaters, will have to close. The rules deal a severe blow to the highly anticipated release of “Wonder
“Nomadland,” a major Oscar contender that has been snapping up film awards, has released its first trailer. Directed by Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland” stars Frances McDormand as Fern, a woman experiencing homelessness who travels across the West in a van looking for a job. Fern lost everything in the Great Recession, and seeks the wisdom and
PR vets Carleen Donovan, Chloe Walsh and Jen Appel have announced the launch of the Oriel Company, which is described as a “modern creative lab and idea house handling media relations, integrated communications, and entertainment consulting.” for musicians, actors and brands. Its initial client list includes Kelsea Ballerini, André “3000” Benjamin, Arctic Monkeys, Phoebe Bridgers,
Actor Tye Sheridan is wearing a different hat with his new media-tech startup — which he claims will let indie filmmakers deliver blockbuster-level VFX on a fraction of the budget. Sheridan (above right) co-founded Wonder Dynamics with visual-effects artist Nikola Todorovic (above left). Over the last four years, the duo have been quietly experimenting with
Check out the Outside the Wire Official Trailer starring Anthony Mackie! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Visit: http://www.fandangonow.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: January 15, 2021 Starring:
Check out the Nomadland Official Trailer starring Frances McDormand! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign Up for a Fandango FanALERT: https://www.fandango.com/nomadland-223436/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 to date. US Release Date: February
Chinese regulators said on Monday that they would probe the proposed merger of game live-streaming companies DouYu and Huya, in relation to the deal’s possible violation of monopoly laws. The same day, it emerged that Alibaba had been fined for not properly reporting an increased share stake in retail chain Intime. The regulator also fined
Multiple Google services — including YouTube and Gmail — were unavailable for users across the globe Monday for about an hour in what appeared to be widespread technical problems. Also affected by the issues were Google Drive, Google Docs, Adwords and Adsense, Google Home, Nest and Google’s Chromecast services. User reports of problems in accessing
Vivendi, the parent company of Canal Plus and Universal Music Group, has entered exclusive negotiations with Gruner + Jahr/Bertelsmann to acquire 100% of Prisma Media, a leading publishing group in France. “This acquisition would perfectly fit with Vivendi’s strategy as a leading media, content and communications group, complementing the scope of its existing activities,” said
For the first time in its 63-year history, BBC Studios’ renowned Natural History Unit is setting up shop outside the U.K. In 2021, the NHU will launch a permanent satellite office in Los Angeles. The NHU is behind some of the world’s most iconic natural history programs, including “Blue Planet II” and “Planet Earth II,”
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