Television

Michael Keaton has a reputation for saying no. He’s not sure how it began — but he’s aware of it. In fact, he nearly said no to “Dopesick.”  When his agent first told him about the project, he didn’t think he’d have time since he had a commitment out of the country. Then he was

“Senna,” Netflix’s biggest and most ambitious series ever in Latin America, now has a director, seasoned Brazilian film-TV action thriller director Vicente Amorim, whose credits include “Good” with Viggo Mortensen and “Yakuza Princess,” with Japanese American singer Masumi and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Portraying the life of Formula One racing genius Ayrton Senna,“Senna,” produced for Netflix

Israel’s ministries of culture and sports, economy and industry, foreign affairs, finance and tourism have revealed incentives to encourage foreign productions in the country. Over the next two years, the inter-ministry collaboration will grant reimbursement for production expenses of up to 30% to foreign productions of films and TV series shooting in Israel, for an

Former Channel 4 deputy director of programs and head of popular factual Kelly Webb-Lamb has set up a new production company. Mothership Productions will focus on global formats and “ideas of scale” across the unscripted genres. The new outfit has already hit the ground running with a senior team that includes Charlotte Desai, Gilly Greenslade

The new trailer for the upcoming “Star Wars” series “Andor” has been released, and it’s an action-packed look at the Disney+ show. The trailer also announced the Sept. 21 release date of the three-episode premiere. The new series stars Diego Luna as Cassian Andor and is a prequel to the 2016 film “Rogue One.” Genevieve

Negotiations between producers and crew over U.K. TV drama negotiations have collapsed. U.K. crew union Bectu has confirmed its members have voted overwhelmingly to reject an offer put on the table by U.K. producers’ body Pact. “Our members have voted to overwhelmingly endorse Bectu’s position in response to the latest offer from Pact and given

The England Lionesses’ historic win in the Women’s Euro 2022 soccer championship has proved to be a viewership bonanza for the BBC. England beat eight-time champions Germany at London’s Wembley stadium in the final on Sunday evening, with Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly scoring for the victors. The game was played in front of a

Burt Metcalfe, the revered TV producer who worked on all 11 seasons of “MASH,” died July 27 in Los Angeles. He was 87. Metcalfe was an actor turned director-producer who was recruited to work on “MASH” by director Gene Reynolds, who launched the series adaptation of Robert Altman’s 1970 black comedy released by 20th Century

Bollywood A-lister Alia Bhatt is enjoying a roaring 2022. “Gangubai Kathiawadi,” in which she played the central, title role, had its world premiere as a Berlinale gala screening, was a box office success and was the #1 non-english film and the #1 film in 25 countries on Netflix globally. “RRR,” in which she’s one of

Heather Gray, an executive producer for the CBS series “The Talk” and a former supervising producer for “The Tyra Banks Show,” has died. She was 50 years old. No further details about Gray’s death are available at this time. A letter sent to the crew of “The Talk” and press by CBS confirmed the news.

Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed chief communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” series, sharing with William Shatner one of the first interracial kisses in television history, died in Silver City, N.M. She was 89 years old. Nichols’ death was confirmed by Gilbert Bell, her talent manager and business partner of 15 years. That

Bill Russell, a Boston Celtics legend who won 11 championships over his career and served as the first Black head coach of any U.S. professional sports team, died Sunday. He was 88 years old. Russell’s death was confirmed through his official social media accounts, sharing that the NBA legend died peacefully with his wife, Jeannine,

Neil Patrick Harris is showing a side of himself that we’ve never seen before. In Darren Star and Jeffrey Richman’s new Netflix series “Uncoupled,” Harris stars as Michael, a gay New York real estate agent whose partner of 17 years Colin (Tuc Watkins) leaves him. As Michael navigates dating again, stories of love, heartbreak, middle-age

During an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” on Friday night, Chris Cuomo discussed his firing from CNN and gave an update on his brother, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned from office last year after a sexual harassment investigation. “I feel like I lost a sense of purpose for a while because

Disney+’s new six-part series “Light & Magic” takes audiences inside the magic and history of Industrial Light & Magic, starting with George Lucas’ vision for “Star Wars” and covering how their innovative StageCraft suite of virtual production changed the game in filmmaking. Speaking with Variety, Janet Lewin, Senior VP of Lucasfilm Visual Effects and General

Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society and Amazon have brought on Gennifer Hutchison to serve as showrunner on the series “Victories Greater Than Death.” Variety has learned exclusively that Hutchison, in addition to showrunning, will also write and executive produce on the series, which is based on the Charlie Jane Anders novel of the same name.

HBO Max has canceled coming-of-age comedy “Gordita Chronicles” after one season. The news comes as a result of changing priorities at Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns the streamer, just over a month after the 10-episode series debuted on June 23 . “Live-action kids and family programming will not be part of our programming focus in

Corie Henson has been hired by NBCUniversal Television & Streaming as the executive vice president of entertainment unscripted content. Henson takes over the role from Jenny Groom, who exited the company earlier this week. She will report to Susan Rovner, the entertainment content chairman for NBCU TV & Streaming. “Corie is one of the most

“The Resort” opens with the beachy beat of David Byrne and Brian Eno’s “Strange Overtones,” — strange indeed, as the song plays under an epigraph with something slightly wrong. Two quotes wipe across the screen. First: “The pursuit to capture your past is a waste of time. The past lives in the past and is

Television’s new international identity was confirmed on both sides of the camera with this year’s Emmy noms. Actors, writers, helmers, producers and below-the-line talent from outside the U.S. have all emerged as global contenders in the annual kudos contest. Be it “Succession,” mentioned in 25 categories; “Ted Lasso,” which received 20 noms; or South Korea’s

“The Gilded Age” production designer Bob Shaw didn’t want to go overboard as he gave the grand home of Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) a “lived-in” feeling. He hung portraits on top of one another and used patterns on the wallpaper, the curtains and the chairs — all of this to show old money. “The

From bringing back the 1990s in Hulu’s “Pam & Tommy” to styling for a lesbian cruise on “Hacks,” the Emmy-nominated costume designers delivered a wealth of contemporary looks. Kameron Lennox landed her first nom for “Pam & Tommy,” which took audiences back a couple of decades as Lily James and Sebastian Stan captured the wild

Composer Siddhartha Khosla landed three Emmy nominations, this year, including one for original main title theme for “Only Murders in the Building.” The catchy earworm, Khosla says, happened with ease. “I got on my piano, and just sang it over.” The quirky, emotional tune is backed by Khosla’s humming and upside-down buckets, which are used

The BBC has revealed the first trailer for four-part drama series “Marriage,” starring Sean Bean (“Time”) and Nicola Walker (“The Split”). The series will bow on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Aug. 14. Written and directed by Stefan Golaszewski (“Him and Her,” “Mum”), the drama follows Ian (Bean) and Emma (Walker) as they negotiate

Let’s get this out of the way now: The comparisons “Paper Girls” will get to “Stranger Things” are inevitable, but not especially fair. Yes, “Paper Girls” also opens in the 1980s with four 12-year-olds on bikes who end up tackling otherworldly forces way bigger than themselves. But by the middle of the first episode, “Paper

The proposed merger of India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) and Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited (formerly Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited) has received approval from the country’s Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange. “The approval from the stock exchanges marks a firm and positive step in the overall merger approval process,” ZEEL

“Stranger Things” is a blockbuster TV franchise, but star David Harbour feared the show would be canceled after filming the first season. The Emmy nominee said on BBC’s “The One Show” (via Insider) that he started losing hope for the show’s success midway through filming Season 1. “I remember when we were shooting the first

Paramount Global has appointed a new leader for its international business, naming Pamela Kaufman as its president and CEO of international markets, global consumer products and experiences. The newly created role reports into Bob Bakish, president and CEO of Paramount. Kaufman — a Nickelodeon veteran who took on the global consumer products business for the

South Asian focused streamer ZEE5 Global has ambitious growth plans for the U.S., where it has just completed a year of operations. It envisages local commissions, English- and Spanish-language dubbing and subtitling and reaching deep into the South Asian diaspora through grassroots promotions. “We want to be the one that is at the forefront of

The BBC’s long-awaited update on the progress of a 2020 fund set up to improve diverse content on the public broadcaster has been met with scepticism from some U.K. industry leaders who have called it “smoke and mirrors.” The BBC’s Creative Diversity Commitment — made in the wake of the renewed Black Lives Matter movement