Hollywood Reporter
Jeremy Slater, the longtime genre writer behind 'Mortal Kombat II' and 'The Umbrella Academy,' is making his directorial debut with the feature.
Hollywood Reporter
Kicking off Locarno Pro 2026, film industry data analyst Stephen Follows raised eyebrows with data points and hard truths in a presentation entitled “Fear, Lies, and the Illusion of Control.”
Variety
The U.K.’s decision to clear Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has been broadly welcomed by European industry players. U.K. exhibitors, media executives and analysts have argued the deal reflects a wider shift in regulatory thinking as European broadcasters face mounting competitive pressure from global streaming giants. Following the European Commission’s […]
Hollywood Reporter
The 24-year-old steps into her leading lady status in Megan Park’s new coming-of-age drama series.
Variety
Shamone! Record-breaking biopic “Michael” helped Lionsgate’s movie division turn in a profit of $105 million — its best-ever result for a June quarter. Lionsgate’s Motion Picture segment revenue of $587.3 million more than doubled from the prior-year quarter. The segment profit was up from a nominal $2.4 million in the year-ago period. The company said […]
Hollywood Reporter
She also appeared (separately) with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in ‘Career’ and ‘Visit to a Small Planet’ and on TV’s ‘Peyton Place.’
Variety
Peter Katsis, a co-founder of the management companies the Firm and Prospect Park who over the course of a 35-year career managed an unusually wide wide variety of artists including Backstreet Boys, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Jane’s Addiction Morrissey, Ministry and more, died Thursday due to complications from congestive heart failure, a rep confirms […]
Hollywood Reporter
Hannah McMechan and Danya Jimenez are developing the show with FX Productions and Legendary.
Hollywood Reporter
Murphy talks about getting the 'AHS' gang back together, reveals he's already working on season 14 and that his next (untitled) project shoots December in Europe: "I'm plotting out my next two years."
Variety
Morgan Freeman recently told The New York Times that he’s okay signing on for a movie with a mediocre script as long as the pay is good enough. “If somebody offers you a job, it’s very nice if they’re offering you also an exciting script, but in reality, two or three things come into play,” […]
Hollywood Reporter
The Irish actress will star alongside the Oscar winner and Emmy winner in Josh Wakely's feature, currently filming in Australia.
Hollywood Reporter
Tracy Spiridakos plays a crime-solving ranger in this series adaptation of Nevada Barr's literary mysteries.
Hollywood Reporter
The national championships kick off on Aug. 6 in Phoenix, Arizona, and run through the weekend.
Variety
Brussels-based Be For Films has acquired the international sales rights to “Sisters” (Hermanas), Spanish director Ione Hernández Sáenz’s debut feature film, ahead of the premiere at Toronto Film Festival in the Discovery Section. The film follows sisters Chelo and Marta, whose lives are about to change forever. That summer, an unexpected event shakes the foundations […]
Hollywood Reporter
The Oscar-nominated actress says she has a sprained neck but is otherwise "fine" and "grateful to be alive."
Variety
Audience-measurement giant Nielsen said it would acquire the digital-media monitor DoubleVerify in an all-cash transaction that takes place as more media companies and advertisers are putting the company under new scrutiny as they seek to unify tabulation of linear and digital viewership of media. Nielsen will take DoubleVerify private for a price estimated at approximately […]
Variety
Can you win an Emmy by yourself? When the nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards landed July 8, most of the focus went to the giants — “The Pitt” and “Hacks,” which both led the field. But scattered across the acting categories is a quieter story with seven performers who are the only Emmy […]
The Guardian Culture
Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a lawyer sent to Jamaica to get to the bottom of a mystery about an inheritance. What unfolds is an evocative story packed with horrors, past injustices – and a supernatural element that you will rate or hateWhat do you do when a client worth £50m – thanks to family ownership of a Jamaican sugar plantation upon which a modern fortune was built – pops his clogs and is unexpectedly revealed to have cut his only child out of his will, leaving the lot to a hitherto unknown “Africa
Variety
With the start of the NFL preseason, the pro football league gears up for Enshrinement Week to induct the class of 2026 (former players Drew Brees, Roger Craig, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly and Adam Vinatieri) into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. To kickoff the weekend, two NFL teams go head-to-head for the Hall of […]
Variety
Disney+ has ordered a pilot for a “Spaceship Earth” TV series inspired by the EPCOT ride of the same name. Jason Fuchs is attached to serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Michael Waldon also executive producing under his Anomaly Pictures banner. Lee Toland Krieger (“You,” “Riverdale,” “Shadow & Bone”) will executive produce and direct […]