November 26, 2019 11:30AM PT Elizabeth Banks is set to direct and star in “Invisible Woman” for Universal, which is based on her own original pitch. “The Girl on the Train” scribe Erin Cressida Wilson penned the script with Banks and Max Handelman producing for their Brownstone Productions. Brownstone’s Alison Small will executive produce. Plot
With the international feature film race heating up, Algeria’s official entry “Papicha” has already beaten the odds of becoming the most successful African film directed by a woman at the French box office. Mounia Meddour’s debut feature, “Papicha” has grossed an estimated 1.6 million euros from about 250,000 tickets since its Oct. 9 release in
November 26, 2019 10:45AM PT HBO is in production on a documentary about the rise of cyber wars between countries. Based on David E. Sanger’s book “The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age,” the documentary will explore the rise of cyber conflict as the primary way nations now compete and sabotage
Simon Pegg may have done some snowboarding in Whistler, but he’s yet to attend a film fest there. Lucky for him, Katharine O’Brien’s “Lost Transmissions,” in which he stars alongside Juno Temple, is making its Canadian debut to open the Whistler Film Festival, which runs Dec 4-8. Pegg is thinking of bringing his snowboard, just
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 28 finale of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC. The winner is revealed in this post. When Hannah Brown’s name was called Monday night on the dance floor, she had no idea she won. “I was in complete shock. I didn’t even
In today’s film news roundup, Lionsgate re-teams with Roland Emmerich for “Moonfall,” Kimberly Scott is cast opposite Jennifer Hudson, Syd Mead receives an honor and sci-fier “Alternate” gets a green light. RIGHTS DEAL Lionsgate has bought North American rights to Roland Emmerich’s science-fiction project “Moonfall.” The deal, announced Tuesday, re-teams Lionsgate with Emmerich after they
From Marvel to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” 2019 has ushered in a new wave of gifts perfect for film and television lovers. APPAREL “Breaking Bad” x K-Swiss CollectionIn celebration of “Breaking Bad’s” Netflix original movie follow-up “El Camino,” K-Swiss released a limited edition pair of sneakers designed in the vein of Walter White’s (Bryan Cranston)
United Airlines is moving from flying the friendly skies to traversing some very popular spaceways. The world’s third-largest airline will be one of the marketing partners for the latest iteration of Walt Disney’s Star Wars franchise, “The Rise of Skywalker.” United hopes to tap into the cross-generational appeal of the movie series, says Mark Krolick,
November 26, 2019 9:32AM PT Google wants to sweeten the deal for prospective Chromebook buyers with a Disney Plus promotion: Anyone who activates a new Chromebook between 11/25/2019 and 1/31/2020 can get Disney Plus for free for 3 months. The offer is only available for new subscribers, so anyone who already signed up for Disney
November 26, 2019 9:15AM PT Impala, the European trade collective that represents both independent labels and publishers, announced today that it is “gearing up” to oppose Tencent’s buyout of a 10% stake of Universal Music Group, with an option to add a further 10%. The organization is also concerned about “who might buy the additional UMG
British television presenter Rick Edwards attempts to levitate in the trailer for “The Edge of Science,” a new YouTube Original that is the first by BBC Studios for the platform. In the special, Edwards and his team embark on stunts and carry out experiments to try to explain levitation, speaking to scientists, inventors and experts
November 26, 2019 8:38AM PT Adele Haenel, the French actor who alleged that director Christophe Ruggia sexually harassed her for years starting when she was 12 years old, filed a police complaint against him Tuesday. The information was confirmed by Haenel’s lawyers to the investigative website Mediapart, which first published Haenel’s allegations of sexual harassment
November 26, 2019 8:35AM PT Disney Plus now lets you pick up where you left off watching a TV show or movie — a table-stakes feature for any streaming service that was notably absent when it debuted two weeks ago. The feature is now available on Disney Plus after the “Continue Watching” feature began rolling
November 26, 2019 8:28AM PT [embedded content] It appears Carrie Fisher knew that J.J. Abrams would direct another “Star Wars” film even before he did. While stopping by “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” to discuss the upcoming “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” Abrams shared an uncanny message he got from the late Fisher,
November 26, 2019 8:20AM PT Last night’s “Dancing With the Stars” finale waltzed to the top of the TV ratings charts. The show was the most watched program on broadcast television with 7.7 million total viewers, its second highest tally this season behind only the premiere which drew 8 million. Its 1.1 rating among adults
For awards season pundits, the Golden Globes offer double the prognostications, and double the fun. Films and actors can compete in drama or musical/comedy categories, so a drama with some humor, such as “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” will most likely find an easy path to a kudo, rather than competing in the much
Lucy Hale is set to co-host this year’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” with regular emcee Ryan Seacrest, replacing Jenny McCarthy who hosted the show since 2010. The actor previously hosted the New Orleans-based festivities, which will be taken over this time around by “Pose” star Billy Porter. Returning to the show for her third year, Ciara
Check out the official Onward trailer starring Chris Pratt! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Onward: https://www.fandango.com/onward-219053/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
The United Nations will award Cyndi Lauper with the first High Note Global Prize award for her promotion of human rights and impacting work to prevent and end homelessness for LGBTQ youth, the organization announced today. On U.N. Human Rights Day — which is December 10 — the High Note Global Prize will be presented
Adam Sandler is on a roll — that could send him all the way to the Oscars. Not only is he up for a Gotham Award for his work in “Uncut Gems,” but his performance also nabbed him an Indie Spirit Award nomination just last week. If all is right in the world, Sandler, 53,
Christmas has long been billed as a time where peace and generosity rule. But in the TV business, time around the holiday is fast becoming quite competitive. In a season when cable networks like Crown Media’s Hallmark Channel and Walt Disney’s Freeform try to lure fans of holiday movies and family fare, AMC Networks is
In just over a year, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment has stealthily assembled a slate of nearly 20 documentary feature and TV series projects, with distribution partners such as Netflix, Showtime and Apple TV Plus in place. The prestigious lineup features filmmakers and producers including Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Amy Berg, Morgan Neville
“Strange Angel” has been canceled at CBS All Access. The drama, about rocketry pioneer and occultist Jack Parsons, ended its second season in July. “Strange Angel” starred Jack Raynor as Parsons, one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Aerojet, who became a follower of cult leader Aleister Crowley. It also starred
Producer of “Queen of the South,” starring Kate del Castillo, and “Black Widow,” CEO and partner of Colombia’s RTI Prods. a former Telemundo Studios president, then co-founder in 2016 of W Studios with Univision, Televisa Studios president Patricio Wills’ C.V. remains unique in Spanish-language TV. Joining Televisa in March 2018, where he launched Televisa Studios,
November 26, 2019 6:35AM PT Saro is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter whose music can loosely be described as alt-R&B. The new video for his song “Nothing Remains,” from his third EP “Die Alone,” was directed by Alex Cook and finds him as a sort of narrator while a young girl wanders around an empty house
“Committee” is a dirty word, or at least a subject for derisive humor, in most avenues of business. That’s proven true in the awards world, too, where much ire has been directed at the Grammys for using so-called blue-ribbon committees to select the final nominees in most of the 84 categories, including all the major
DC Films appears to have hit its stride, rebounding from the commercial failure of “Justice League” and the critical drubbing of “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” with a few well-timed box office successes. “Aquaman” and “Joker” both generated over $1 billion at the global box office, becoming the first DC productions to reach those
After cutting their teeth on a few well-travelled narrative shorts, Singaporean musicians and filmmakers March Chua and Lam Li Shuen directed experimental road music film “Cannonball” that premiered at the Singapore International Film Festival in 2018. Their new feature film, the Tokyo-set “Revolution Laundrette”, is the tale of a young man who sets out to
NBC Sports is serving up a few days of Thanksgiving accompaniments in hopes of driving Turkey Day viewers to the main dish. In a bid to highlight its Thanksgiving-night broadcast of a match-up between the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons, NBC Sports will stuff its media channels with a clever promotion about the
Singapore’s rising star director Anthony Chen, whose second feature film “Wet Season” opened the 30th Singapore International Film Festival, will co-produce Thai film project “Arnold is a Model Student” by first time feature director Sorayos Prapapan. His producing partners are Singapore’s Tan Si En, who also produced “Wet Season” and Thailand’s Donsaron Kovitvanitcha. The project