Posts by Nathan Pine
California Film Tax Credits For ‘Shrek’, Disney & Ben Affleck Movies
Gavin Newsom is taking a victory lap today on the first anniversary of California’s film and TV tax credits program being jacked up to $750 million, and the potential presidential contender has Disney, a Shrek prequel, and Ben Affleck along for the ride. Along with an untitled Pixar project, the Argo Oscar winner’s upcoming Gingerbread…
Read MoreViola Davis & Julius Tennon’s Juvee Inks First-Look Deal With UGT
JuVee Productions, the production company founded by Emmy and Oscar winner Viola Davis and producer Julius Tennon, has entered into a first-look deal with Universal Global Television. Under the pact, Juvee will develop and produce series with UGT for all platforms, and has set Pawn, a series adaptation based on an original short story by…
Read More‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director Sets Project Nue At 20th Century
20th Century has landed the original epic Nue from director Takashi Yamazaki with Scott Free producing. Yamazaki will direct with Scott Free’s Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss producing, alongside Keiichiro Moriya and Go Abe from Robot Communications, and Toho-Tombo’s Georgina Pope. Amie Horiuchi will also serve in a producing capacity. Plot details are being kept under wraps.…
Read MoreInside Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon’s Private Romance
Pitt’s the one who lost his head for Paltrow on the set of 1995’s Se7en. They were the mid-90s couple, from the top of her slip dress to the ends of his frosted tips. Accepting the Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for 12 Monkeys in 1996, Brad thanked Gwyneth, his “angel, the love of my life,” and he proposed…
Read MoreMariska Hargitay To Host 2026 Emmy Awards On NBC
Mariska Hargitay was front and center at NBCUniversal’s Emmy Kick-Off Luncheon, with everyone gathering around her for the traditional group photo. (You can watch the video below.) The beloved Law & Order: SVU star will now hold the same position on the Emmy stage as the host of the 78th awards on Sept 8, airing…
Read MoreNFL Player Marshawn Kneeland’s Cause of Death, CTE Diagnosis Confirmed by Officials
Marshawn Kneeland’s Girlfriend Catalina Mancera Shares Message to Baby After NFL Star’s Death Heartbreaking new details are coming to light about Marshawn Kneeland’s death. After the Dallas Cowboys player died at age 24 last November, researchers who conducted a post-mortem brain analysis found he suffered from Stage 1 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of…
Read More‘Lord Of The Flies’ & ‘Narnia’ Star David McKenna Signs With CAA
EXCLUSIVE: David McKenna, one of the breakout stars of Netflix and the BBC’s recent Lord of The Flies drama, is signing with CAA. The rising Irish actor was cast as Piggy, the emotional core of the series, following a lengthy process involving 7,000 young hopefuls. Jack Thorne’s adaptation of William Golding’s iconic novel marked McKenna’s…
Read More‘InvestiGators’ Movie Rights Bought by Sycamore Studios
EXCLUSIVE: Independent animation studio, Sycamore Studios, has acquired the exclusive animated motion picture rights to the New York Times bestselling John Patrick Green InvestiGators franchise. InvestiGators counts 5M copies in print since its debut in 2020, known for its crime-fighting alligators. “Great family franchises don’t come along very often, and when they do, they have…
Read More‘9/12’: Barry Pepper Joins Jeremy Strong In Paramount+ Limited Series
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Barry Pepper (The Kennedys, Saving Private Ryan) is set to star opposite fellow Emmy winner Jeremy Strong in 9/12, Paramount+‘s upcoming six-episode limited series about ailing 9/11 first responders’ David vs. Goliath legal fight for compensation. Written and directed by Tobias Lindholm and written by Frank Pugliese, 9/12 dramatizes a landmark case…
Read MoreMicrodrama Platform Inverted Lands E.J. Joseph’s Series ‘Orevwa’
EXCLUSIVE: Microdrama service Inverted (aka Invered.Film) has won rights to E.J. Joseph’s vertical drama Orevwa. Producers Best Sellers Productions and K Station Media say Jason Kiesel and Mat Raney’s Inverted landed the rights to the Sadè Sellers-directed show after a “competitive bidding process.” The series follows a young Haitian man devoted to caring for his…
Read MoreABC Says “Broad And Cross-Ideological Consensus” Sides With ‘The View’
ABC contends that a “broad and cross-ideological consensus of commenters” backs the editorial independence of The View, amid an FCC investigation into the daytime talk show and whether it should face restrictions on featuring political candidates as guests. In a response to an FCC public comment proceeding, ABC’s legal team again argued that the show…
Read MoreKamala Harris’ Ex Montel Williams Makes Rare Comment About Their Relationship
Montel Williams is pulling the curtain back on a past romance. More than two decades after the former talk show host briefly dated former Vice President Kamala Harris while she was working as an attorney in San Francisco, he reflected on the renewed spotlight on their relationship after old photos resurfaced. “I’m one of those…
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