As Slayer prepares for the final stretch of their farewell tour, the group has dropped a video for “Repentless” in advance of their forthcoming two-part live film and album, “Slayer: The Relentless Killogy,” due on Nov. 8. The clip comes from the “Live at the Forum in Inglewood, CA” segment of the film (recorded on
Discovery has whipped up its most ambitious U.S. subscription-streaming concoction to date — Food Network Kitchen, which the company promises will be as useful to home cooks as it is entertaining. Set to launch in October, Food Network Kitchen will offer a lineup of 25 weekly live, interactive cooking shows — including some led by
“Carol’s Second Act” is aiming to be Patricia Heaton’s third, a defining hit series for a performer who’s previously had defining roles in “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “The Middle.” But compared to those shows, built around families whose dynamic informed the shows’ stories, this sitcom has an awful lot of situation. We meet Carol, a
In the TV world, 1999 was a pretty important time. The multi-Emmy Award-winning drama series “The Sopranos” and “The West Wing” premiered that year, as did Nickelodeon’s beloved “SpongeBob SquarePants,” which has spawned two movies and even a Broadway musical, and Seth MacFarlane’s raucous Fox animated “The Family Guy.” But one of the most fondly
President Donald Trump asked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during a July 25 phone call, according to a transcript released by the White House on Wednesday. “There’s a lot talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want
The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards offered up several pleasant surprises — wins for Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Billy Porter, to name two — as well as a few less well-received moments. Here are the top five takeaways from the night. A Long, Host-Free Affair Fox followed in the Oscars’ footsteps and opted for a host-less Emmys
September 25, 2019 7:15AM PT IMDbPro is making it easier for actors to book that next gig. The online film and television database will now allow talent representatives to manage their clients’ profiles as long as they are members of IMDbPro, its premium offering. Moreover, they are adding thousands of searchable casting notices on IMDbPro
Dan Percival (“The Man in the High Castle”) will direct showrunner Frank Spotnitz’s high-end “Leonardo” TV series, which will portray the Renaissance genius in new ways, including as a gay outsider. Commissioned by Italy’s Lux Vide, the ambitious eight-episode English-language show is expected to screen next year to mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da
Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner announced today that he will retire as chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation on January 1. Current Rock Hall board member John Sykes will take over as chairman, while Wenner will remain on the board of directors. Wenner was one of the founding members of the
“Buoyancy,” a dark thriller that highlights human trafficking in Thailand’s commercial fishing industry, has been selected as Australia’s submission for the best international feature film at the Oscars. The film is presented in the Khmer and Thai languages. “Buoyancy” had its world premiere at the Berlinale in February and will enjoy its commercial debut Thursday
Fox is hardly concealing its commitment when it comes to “The Masked Singer.” The network, which is embarking into the unknown in the aftermath of the Disney merger, has doubled down on the show, handing it a third season renewal before season 2 even begins, as well as the much coveted post Super Bowl spot
SAN SEBASTIAN — Paris-based MK2 has boarded “Alcarràs,” the second feature film of Catalan auteur Carla Simón (“Summer 1993”), a leading member of a bright new generation of lauded and laurelled Catalan women directors including Neus Ballús, Belén Funes, Meritxell Colell, among others. Currently in development, “Alcarràs” will be produced by Madrid-based production-distribution outfit Avalon–
The German regional funder HessenFilm und Medien has fired its managing director, Hans Joachim Mendig, following an industry backlash over a meeting he had with a leader of the far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD). Mendig met with Joerg Meuthen, AfD leader and member of the European Parliament, and PR consultant Moritz Hunzinger in
Nick Cannon has been tapped to host a nationally syndicated daytime talk show next year in partnership with Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury and in co-production with his Ncredible Entertainment production company. “We are excited to be able to announce this collaboration with Nick, who has proven himself to be such a dominant creative and entrepreneurial force across
Liam Cunningham and Sasha Luss have signed on for “The Last Front,” a Belgian-produced World War I movie. Cunningham is best-known to legions of “Game of Thrones” fans as Davos Seaworth, but the Irish actor will swap the blood-stained battle for the Iron Throne for wartime Belgium. Luss, who took the titular role in Luc
Snap continues to plow money into original shows for Snapchat, which it says draws audiences of millions — and millions of repeat viewers — among its millennial and Gen Z user base. On Tuesday, the mobile messaging and media company announced a slate of eight new Snap Originals, which include documentary series on controversial rapper
Amazon Prime Video returns for its third season of live-streaming the NFL’s “” this week, with some familiar faces and elements — along with some new tweaks. The ecommerce company’s 11-game package kicks off this Thursday (Sept. 26) with the Eagles-Packers, available to Prime members and streaming for free on Twitch. As they did last
Spain’s 3D Wire Animation, Video Games and New Media Festival and market is preparing to kick off on Sept 30 beneath the Roman aqueducts of Segovia in the shadows of the Alcázar de Segovia, a castle referenced by animators when designing Walt Disney’s own. The festival runs until Oct 6, with Oct. 3-5 dedicated to
September 25, 2019 5:11AM PT Dutch Features has secured international distribution rights to three films aimed at pre-teen audiences: “Contained,” “Lilith & the Ghastly Brothers” and “Sihja” ahead of the Warsaw Kids Film Forum, which opens Wednesday. Directed by Marja Pyykkö, “Sihja” is an adventure film about a cheeky fairy and an eccentric boy who
September 25, 2019 5:00AM PT Nicolas Eglau has joined Moonbug, the kids’ digital content business run by René Rechtman, the former Walt Disney digital studios head, and John Robson, the former head of international digital distribution at Paramount. Eglau will run Moonbug’s EMEA business from London. He was latterly EVP of international at German media
AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV, Kiwi pay-TV platform Sky NZ, and Canadian pubcaster CBC are tuning into “The Sounds,” an original thriller set on New Zealand’s South Island. The eight-parter will star Rachelle Lefevre (“Under the Dome”) and Matt Whelan (“Narcos”) as a couple who move to Marlborough Sounds to start a new life. When
SAN SEBASTIAN — From the Basque filmmaking trio of Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga – 2014 San Sebastian competition player “Flowers” and 2017’s Special Jury Prize winner “Handia” – “The Endless Trench” is the region’s, and among Spain’s most buzzed-up title at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival. It doesn’t take a
SAN SEBASTIAN — In one of the big deals to go down at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival, prestigious French production-distribution house Haut et Court has secured French distribution rights to Alejandro Amenábar’s “While at War.” Buena Vista Intl. (BVI) releases the film, Amenabar’s first in Spanish since the Oscar-winning “The Sea Inside,” in
Reverberations from the 2018 Women’s March in Cannes echoed all the way to the Bell Lightbox this year as the Toronto Intl. Film Festival played host to a social-minded pack of filmmakers transforming the French industry. Alongside projects from women’s march leaders Céline Sciamma (“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”), Rebecca Zlotowski (“Savages”) and the
Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill are returning to the world of the dinosaurs in the upcoming “Jurassic World 3.” The trio, who all appeared in the original “Jurassic Park” in 1993, will reprise their roles in the third chapter in Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s “Jurassic World” franchise. Dern will play Dr. Ellie Sattler,
A serious data corruption issue that resulted in Mac Pro workstations being rendered unusable at a number of Hollywood studios Monday was likely caused by a browser update gone haywire: Google told Mac Pro users Tuesday evening that an update to its Chrome browser is likely to fault for the issue, which particularly impacted video
September 24, 2019 8:54PM PT In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv, DreamWorks Animation claims the top spot in spending with “Abominable.” Ads placed for the animated film had an estimated media value of $5.97 million through Sunday for 1,543 national
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Strangers,” the fourth season premiere of “This Is Us.” For three years NBC’s audience has fallen in love with (and cried over) the Pearson family on “This Is Us.” But for the majority of the fourth season premiere episode, aptly titled “Strangers,” most of those
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshineAnd my tunes were played on the harp unstrungWould you hear my voice come through the music?Would you hold it near, as it were your own?— “Ripple,” Robert Hunter However free-floating and loose the Grateful Dead’s music could get — and even the most devoted Deadheads
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “What Is Love,” the sixth season premiere of “Empire.” Before “Empire” could go forward with its final season, it had to look back. Every season of the Fox musical family drama has ended with a cliffhanger to tease the turmoil that awaits upon the