Netflix has revealed that the platform’s most successful Spanish-language series “Money Heist” (“Casa de papel”) will end with the conclusion of Part 5, tweeting on Friday that “The heist comes to an end.” Shooting is set to begin soon in Spain, Denmark and Portugal, with actors Miguel Ángel Silvestre, a Netflix alum of “Narcos” and
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New comedy albums from the late Joan Rivers containing previously unreleased material will be released in 2021. Production-distribution company Comedy Dynamics announced Friday it has acquired hundreds of hours of content from the Joan Rivers Estate, with plans to release a box set and digital albums. Rivers rose to prominence in the mid 1960s, best
Leone Film Group’s Lotus Production shingle is setting up Lotus Factory, a new unit for high-profile genre projects out of Italy made for the international market. These currently include a live action TV series in development on the origins of Santa Clause, for which Lotus chief Marco Belardi has recruited top U.S. talent: Oscar-nominated writer
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BBC Two has commissioned “Brain in Gear,” a new comedy series produced by BBC Studios, based on the eponymous 2019 BAFTA-nominated BBC short from creator Gbemisola Ikumelo. In the short, Ikumelo plays Remi, an anxious single woman living alone — except for the voices in her head. The series will continue Remi’s story as she
Glenda Jackson’s return to British TV after 27 years, with much of the interim spent as a Labour MP, was widely acclaimed as a tour de force upon its broadcast on BBC One last winter. In “Elizabeth is Missing,” the 83-year-old actor took viewers inside the mind of a dementia sufferer determined to crack the
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) managed to stage its glitzy Film Awards in February at the Royal Albert Hall with legions of celebrities just before the coronavirus lockdown, but its Television Awards on Friday will be a very different affair. Gone is the traditional red carpet. This year’s event is a
Chris Meloni has been enjoying his career in the nine years after he left “Law & Order: SVU.” From “True Blood” to “Pose” to “Handmaid’s Tale,” among many other projects,” he has really shown range. Just take a look at his latest series “Maxxx,” streaming on Hulu. In the British comedy, the show’s creator O.T.
It’s hard to imagine that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreed to be a part of “Immigration Nation” without expecting the docuseries to shine a more flattering light on the federal agency than it’s otherwise used to. Under a contract with ICE, filmmakers Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz get an unprecedented inside look at how
British actress Helena Bonham Carter has revealed she was “scared” and faced “anxiety” when she signed on to play Princess Margaret in hit Netflix show “The Crown,” produced by Left Bank Pictures. “I was really scared at first; I wasn’t immediately going to do it,” said Bonham Carter. “Because when you play somebody who everyone
Following the launch of an investigation into the workplace culture at her daytime talk show, Ellen DeGeneres has personally addressed her staff and apologized for numerous, unspecific transgressions on set. DeGeneres acknowledged a culture that did not reflect the values with which she started the 17-year franchise, and pledged to do better. In addition, insiders
On today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released a trailer for “Teenage Bounty Hunters,” and HBO announced the premiere date for NXIVM docuseries “The Vow.” DATES HBO announced that docuseries “The Vow” will be available on HBO and HBO Max starting Aug. 23. “The Vow” documents events within NXIVM, an organization rife with charges against it,
SAG-AFTRA’s funds held in trust for others have increased by less than $1 million to $215.6 million since last year, according to the union’s latest filing with the federal government. The miniscule gain, following a 9.4% jump last year, is a probable sign of the impact of the industry’s production halt that took place in
Tamar Braxton has called out what she describes as the “systemic bondage” of reality television in her first post since being hospitalized following an attempt to take her own life. Braxton was taken to hospital on July 16, after LAPD responded to an emergency call from her Ritz-Carlton Residences in downtown Los Angeles. In a
Amazon easily topped second-quarter earnings and revenue forecasts after the market close Thursday, with CEO Jeff Bezos calling it “another highly unusual quarter” amid the current coronavirus pandemic. “As expected, we spent over $4 billion on incremental COVID-19-related costs in the quarter to help keep employees safe and deliver products to customers in this time
Madison Avenue is starting to realize that it can’t do without TV. How much it will pay for the privilege in tough times remains to be seen. Major buying agencies have begun negotiating with TV networks in earnest over advance purchases of advertising time, a sign that TV’s annual “upfront” process will take place in
Nat Geo has set its slate for the fall season, Variety has learned exclusively. Six natural history global series and specials will debut this fall. Those include the digital premiere of the documentary film “Akashinga: The Brave Ones” from three-time Academy Award winner James Cameron and director Maria Wilhelm. The film will debut on World Elephant
“Vice,” the weekly newsmagazine series which was revived by Showtime last year, has been renewed for a second season at the network. News of the renewal comes hot on the heels of the show’s Emmy nomination in the hosted nonfiction series or special category. The series was originally launched by Vice Media and HBO back
Netflix and Ubisoft have teamed for an anime series adaptation of the video game “Splinter Cell”, Variety has learned. Derek Kolstad, best known for his work writing the “John Wick” film franchise, will serve as writer and executive producer on the series. According to sources, the series has received a two-season, 16 episode order at the
If you missed the regular Opening Day from Major League Baseball due to the coronavirus pandemic, well, someone feels your pain. Comcast Corp. intends to refund the programming fees its subscribers paid for regional sports networks in the second quarter, the Philadelphia cable giant said Wednesday. The rebates are likely to show up as credits
Even for jaded New Yorkers, it was a shocking murder. For the television industry, the shooting thirty years ago today of 33-year-old advertising sales executive John Reisenbach was a gut punch and wake-up call. Around 11:40 p.m. on July 30, 1990, during a peak of the crime wave that plagued in the New York City
“Tough As Nails” proved on Wednesday night that its title is well earned, at least in ratings terms. After dipping to a 0.4 rating among adults 18-49 for the previous couple episodes, the CBS competition show bounced back up to a 0.5 rating and 3.5 million viewers this time around. Replays of “The Price is
Spain-based leading European kids producer Planeta Junior has acquired a stake in ZAG Entertainment, the banner behind the popular “Miraculous” franchise. The deal, which marks a new step in the long-lasting relationship between both companies, is estimated at €300 million ($353 million), according to a source close to the pact. The amount of the stake
Variety partnered with U.K.-based consultancy Ampere Analysis to delve into the top local and regional ad-supported and pay TV services that are competing with behemoths like Netflix and Amazon. For more, click here. As Disney Plus launched in the U.S. to great fanfare in the fourth quarter of 2019, its reverberations reached the U.K., where,
Variety partnered with U.K.-based consultancy Ampere Analysis to delve into the top local and regional ad-supported and pay TV services that are competing with behemoths like Netflix and Amazon. For more, click here. In France’s competitive market, OCS, the pay TV service of French telco Orange, has been able to lure more than 3 million subscribers,
Variety partnered with U.K.-based consultancy Ampere Analysis to delve into the top local and regional ad-supported and pay TV services that are competing with behemoths like Netflix and Amazon. For more, click here. Germany is Europe’s leading SVOD market, with almost 34 million subscribers, according to Ampere Analysis. While Amazon and Netflix havebuilt up substantial
For the better part of the past decade, broadcasters around the world have seen their numbers erode as viewers turn their backs on mid-budget local programs and acquisitions from U.S. networks and gravitate toward sexy, boundary-breaking dramas with universal appeal from the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime. In recent years, those broadcasters and telcos
NBCUniversal’s television group is adopting a new structure, under which it will “shift resources from linear to streaming,” NBCU CEO Jeff Shell said on Comcast’s second-quarter 2020 call. In May, Shell put TV programming boss Mark Lazarus in charge of a new group, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, overseeing Peacock along with the networks, stations and
AMC’s British programming-focused streamer Acorn TV has commissioned eight-part procedural “Cannes Confidential.” The series is a co-production between Dramacorp, the Stockholm-based production company founded by Patrick Nebout, part of Jan Mojto’s Beta Film, and Acorn Media Enterprises, Acorn TV’s commissioning and co-producing arm. Lead writer is prolific U.K. scribe Chris Murray, whose credits include “Casualty,”
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released the premiere date of “Ratched,” and YouTube renewed “Could You Survive The Movies?” for a second season. RENEWALS YouTube renewed “Could You Survive The Movies?” for a second season, set to premiere in 2021. The six-episode season, hosted by Jake Roper, will explore the science behind the magic from