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NBC Sets Holiday Programming Including ‘Wicked’, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Specials, Returning Classics & More
EXCLUSIVE: Can you believe it’s that time of year again? Halloween is just two days away and we’re already looking ahead to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. NBC has...
Sumerian Pictures Acquires Barbie Ferreira Rom-Com ‘Mile End Kicks’ From Chandler Levack, XYZ Films
EXCLUSIVE: Sumerian Pictures, the division of Sumerian Records that released its first film in 2023, has picked up U.S. rights to Mile End Kicks, an indie rom-com starring Euphoria‘s...
Steve Coogan Defiant After Settling Court Battle Over ‘The Lost King’: “Not One Frame Of The Film Has Changed”
Steve Coogan has written a defiant op-ed defending the creative decisions on The Lost King after paying “substantial damages” to settle a defamation complaint against the movie. In a...
Colin Farrell Calls Matt Reeves ‘The Batman Part II” Script A “Masterwork”: “It’s So Deep & Detailed”
Colin Farrell has nothing but praise for the script Matt Reeves wrote for The Batman Part II. The actor is set to reprise his role of The Penguin for...
Fifth Season’s EVP Jill Arthur Departing Amid Layoffs
Jill Arthur, EVP TV Development and Production, is among the executives leaving Fifth Season as part of the layoffs at the independent studio, which impacted 10% of its staff,...
AOL Acquired By Italian Tech Company Bending Spoons In Latest Move For Historic Brand
Milan-based technology company Bending Spoons has inked a deal to acquire AOL from Yahoo and private equity parent Apollo, saying it will position the historic web portal and email...
GLAAD Selects Winners Of Black Queer Creative Summit TV Pilot Pitch Competition In Partnership With Starz
EXCLUSIVE: GLAAD has selected the winners of its TV Pilot Pitch Competition from the recent Black Queer Creative Summit. First place went to Jules Crosby with the project Don’t...
Judy Gold, Ella Stiller & Richard Masur To Star Opposite Ari Frenkel In His Rom-Com ‘See You On The Other Side’
EXCLUSIVE: Judy Gold (Better Things), Ella Stiller (The Comeback), and Richard Masur (The Thing) are set to star opposite Ari Frenkel (I’m a Virgo) in See You on the...
Larry Kasanoff Leads Industry Veterans To Form The Cartoon Coalition
EXCLUSIVE: A group of prominent animation, entertainment and music producers with credits for Mortal Kombat, The Lion King and Dirty Dancing have teamed to form a production venture that...
Former Microsoft Software Engineer Austin Nasso To Self-Release Debut Comedy Special ‘Impressionable Youth’ In November
EXCLUSIVE: Austin Nasso, a former Microsoft software engineer turned professional stand-up and impressionist, is set to release his debut comedy special, Impressionable Youth, on YouTube on November 6th. With...
‘Hey Bear:’ Mia Goth, Zach Galifianakis & Dan Stevens To Star In Comedy From ‘Portlandia’ Creator Jonathan Krisel — AFM
Portlandia creator Jonathan Krisel is directing a comedy titled Hey Bear with Mia Goth, Zach Galifianakis, and Dan Stevens (I’m Your Man) signed on to star. Hey Bear marks...
‘One Piece’ Executive Producer Tetsu Fujimura On Japanese IP: “Most Major Properties Are Already Secured But The Next Tier Has Huge Potential”
One Piece executive producer Tetsu Fujimura mapped out the massive growth of Japanese IP in a TIFFCOM keynote today, advising that while many of the big properties may already...