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Elle Fanning is going from great to bad. The actor known for The Great is in talks to star in Badlands, a new movie set in The Predator universe, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The Badlands is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the filmmaker who revamped the franchise with the 20th Century and Hulu feature Prey, which was set in 1719 and starred breakout Amber Midthunder as a young Comanche woman pitted against an alien hunter. The film was a critical success and broke viewing records for Hulu.
Trachtenberg reteamed with Prey scribe Patrick Aison for the Badlands story, with Aison penning the script. THR reported in February that in addition to Badlands, 20th Century has a number of Predator projects in development, with Trachtenberg at the center of a growing universe. 20th Century had no comment.
Predator originated with the 1987 movie starring Schwarzenegger. It was followed by the Danny Glover starrer Predator 2,...
The Badlands is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the filmmaker who revamped the franchise with the 20th Century and Hulu feature Prey, which was set in 1719 and starred breakout Amber Midthunder as a young Comanche woman pitted against an alien hunter. The film was a critical success and broke viewing records for Hulu.
Trachtenberg reteamed with Prey scribe Patrick Aison for the Badlands story, with Aison penning the script. THR reported in February that in addition to Badlands, 20th Century has a number of Predator projects in development, with Trachtenberg at the center of a growing universe. 20th Century had no comment.
Predator originated with the 1987 movie starring Schwarzenegger. It was followed by the Danny Glover starrer Predator 2,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sarah Snook has set her first TV starring role since the ending of “Succession.”
Snook will star in the series “All Her Fault,” which has been greenlit at Peacock. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Andrea Mara.
The official logline for the series states, “Marissa Irvine (Snook) arrives at 14 Arthur Avenue, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognizes. She isn’t the nanny. She doesn’t have Milo. And...
Snook will star in the series “All Her Fault,” which has been greenlit at Peacock. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Andrea Mara.
The official logline for the series states, “Marissa Irvine (Snook) arrives at 14 Arthur Avenue, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognizes. She isn’t the nanny. She doesn’t have Milo. And...
- 6/3/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety - TV News
In a not-so-surprising twist, Sony's 'The Garfield Movie' overtook Warner Bros.' Mad Max prequel 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' to claim the top spot at the domestic box office this weekend. After an underwhelming Memorial Day weekend, the lazy, lasagna-loving cat pulled in $14 million from 4,108 theaters for a solid $51.5 million total after two weeks, bringing its worldwide gross to $152 million. Not a bad deal considering the films $60 million price tag.
Meanwhile, 'Furiosa' fell to third place with $10.7 million, bringing the films domestic haul to a disappointing $49.6 million. Warner Bros.' had high hopes for George Miller’s action epic, with stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth headlining, and it has fared slightly better overseas with $64.7 million for a $114 million worldwide total. But like its predecessor, 2015's 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' its path to profitability looks increasingly rocky with a budget of $168 million. Wedged between 'Garfield' and 'Furiosa' was John Krasinski's family film flick 'IF.' The Paramount release collected $10.8 million in its third week for an $80.4 million domestic tally.
Notable new releases over the weekend include 'Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle,' the big screen anime adaptation of the popular manga with $3.5 million, and IFC Films’ slasher flick 'In a Violent Nature,' which brought in $2.1 million.
Overall, it was another disappointing weekend at the movies. With no major new releases, the total box office was down a sobering 65% compared to the same weekend last year. After an encouraging post-pandemic season in 2023—fueled by the blockbuster duo of 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer'—it’s a grim start to the summer movie season, with year-to-date revenues trailing 2023 by 24% so far. Hollywood is hoping the worst is behind it, though, as June and July have some (hopefully) guaranteed hits with Pixar’s 'Inside Out 2,' Illumination’s 'Despicable Me 4,' and the year's only Marvel movie, 'Deadpool & Wolverine.'
See all the weekend box office results at Box Office Mojo...
Meanwhile, 'Furiosa' fell to third place with $10.7 million, bringing the films domestic haul to a disappointing $49.6 million. Warner Bros.' had high hopes for George Miller’s action epic, with stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth headlining, and it has fared slightly better overseas with $64.7 million for a $114 million worldwide total. But like its predecessor, 2015's 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' its path to profitability looks increasingly rocky with a budget of $168 million. Wedged between 'Garfield' and 'Furiosa' was John Krasinski's family film flick 'IF.' The Paramount release collected $10.8 million in its third week for an $80.4 million domestic tally.
Notable new releases over the weekend include 'Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle,' the big screen anime adaptation of the popular manga with $3.5 million, and IFC Films’ slasher flick 'In a Violent Nature,' which brought in $2.1 million.
Overall, it was another disappointing weekend at the movies. With no major new releases, the total box office was down a sobering 65% compared to the same weekend last year. After an encouraging post-pandemic season in 2023—fueled by the blockbuster duo of 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer'—it’s a grim start to the summer movie season, with year-to-date revenues trailing 2023 by 24% so far. Hollywood is hoping the worst is behind it, though, as June and July have some (hopefully) guaranteed hits with Pixar’s 'Inside Out 2,' Illumination’s 'Despicable Me 4,' and the year's only Marvel movie, 'Deadpool & Wolverine.'
See all the weekend box office results at Box Office Mojo...
- 6/3/2024
- by IMDb Editors
- IMDb News
The ninth season of Suits will head to Netflix on July 1, the streamer announced Sunday. The final installment of last year’s viral phenomenon was previously only available on Peacock.
The news came as castmembers Patrick J. Adams, Sarah Rafferty, Dulé Hill, Amanda Schull, Abigail Spencer and former USA Network president Jeff Wachtel gathered Sunday for a reunion panel presented by Tudum at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas.
Suits, which originally premiered on USA Network from 2011 to 2019, followed Mike Ross (Adams), a college dropout with a photographic memory who is hired at a New York law firm by Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). The show’s first eight seasons debuted on Netflix last year to great success — by the end of 2023, it was the most streamed show of the year.
Following the newfound success of the series, NBC ordered a pilot for spinoff show Suits: L.A. earlier this year.
The news came as castmembers Patrick J. Adams, Sarah Rafferty, Dulé Hill, Amanda Schull, Abigail Spencer and former USA Network president Jeff Wachtel gathered Sunday for a reunion panel presented by Tudum at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas.
Suits, which originally premiered on USA Network from 2011 to 2019, followed Mike Ross (Adams), a college dropout with a photographic memory who is hired at a New York law firm by Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). The show’s first eight seasons debuted on Netflix last year to great success — by the end of 2023, it was the most streamed show of the year.
Following the newfound success of the series, NBC ordered a pilot for spinoff show Suits: L.A. earlier this year.
- 6/2/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount Global’s new trio of co-CEOs laid out their vision for the Hollywood studio as the controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, mulls a sweetened takeover offer from a buyer consortium led by Skydance and RedBird Capital.
Redstone addressed the investors as the meeting began, indicating the company’s most important goal was “driving value for all our shareholders,” as she put her support behind the studio’s new leadership.
“While we recognize that this is not a traditional management structure, we are confident that it will enable them to move quickly to implement best practices throughout the company to drive improved performance,” Redstone added.
The opened the way for the trio of executives – George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS; Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios; and Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures – to outline a “shared vision” for the studio.
“Our plan looks...
Redstone addressed the investors as the meeting began, indicating the company’s most important goal was “driving value for all our shareholders,” as she put her support behind the studio’s new leadership.
“While we recognize that this is not a traditional management structure, we are confident that it will enable them to move quickly to implement best practices throughout the company to drive improved performance,” Redstone added.
The opened the way for the trio of executives – George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS; Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios; and Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures – to outline a “shared vision” for the studio.
“Our plan looks...
- 6/4/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Lennox Lewis is getting into a new ring: Unscripted TV. Lennox and executive producer Eric Van Wagenen are developing a boxing-related competition that “aims to bring boxing back to its roots as fighters from across the country are highlighted in a tournament style.”
The unscripted project is the first to come out of a new strategic partnership announced by Paul Telegdy’s The Whole Spiel shingle and management house 3Point0 Labs, led by Marquel Martin. “Lennox Lewis is a titan of the boxing world,” Telegdy said. “We couldn’t be more excited to...
The unscripted project is the first to come out of a new strategic partnership announced by Paul Telegdy’s The Whole Spiel shingle and management house 3Point0 Labs, led by Marquel Martin. “Lennox Lewis is a titan of the boxing world,” Telegdy said. “We couldn’t be more excited to...
- 6/4/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety - TV News
IllumiNative founder Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee) is bringing on colleagues as her Native justice organization grows.
Michael Johnson (Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota) is joining as president, Angel Charley (Pueblo of Laguna and Navajo Nation) as IllumiNative’s first-ever executive director and Jennifer Van der Heide as vice president of the new advocacy and engagement department.
“I am honored to join Crystal and the talented IllumiNative team as president as we embark on this journey of community-directed radical movement building and the acknowledgement and celebration of self-determination to increase the visibility of Native peoples,” Johnson said in a statement. “Research is IllumiNative’s DNA – it’s what the organization was founded on in 2018 and it continues to be the driving force behind our ability to create change and respond to the evolving needs of our communities, which is why we’ll be releasing brand new research this year to...
Michael Johnson (Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota) is joining as president, Angel Charley (Pueblo of Laguna and Navajo Nation) as IllumiNative’s first-ever executive director and Jennifer Van der Heide as vice president of the new advocacy and engagement department.
“I am honored to join Crystal and the talented IllumiNative team as president as we embark on this journey of community-directed radical movement building and the acknowledgement and celebration of self-determination to increase the visibility of Native peoples,” Johnson said in a statement. “Research is IllumiNative’s DNA – it’s what the organization was founded on in 2018 and it continues to be the driving force behind our ability to create change and respond to the evolving needs of our communities, which is why we’ll be releasing brand new research this year to...
- 6/4/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BBC Studios and PBS are teaming up to bring back Walking With Dinosaurs to screens 25 years after the series first aired.
In 1999, the BBC’s documentary-style miniseries became a cultural phenomenon thanks in part to its state-of-the-art CGI creatures. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, the show won two BAFTAs and three Emmys (Discovery Channel aired it in the U.S.), spawning a companion book and an arena show that toured the globe.
The new six-part series, co-produced with Zdf and France Télévisions, will take audiences on a “unique journey back through time, revealing the incredible life stories of these long-lost giants” across the land in Morocco, North America, and Portugal.
Arriving in 2025, each episode of Walking With Dinosaurs will tell the dramatic story of an individual dinosaur whose remains are currently being unearthed by the world’s leading dinosaur hunters. Thanks to cutting-edge science, experts can reveal how the creatures lived,...
In 1999, the BBC’s documentary-style miniseries became a cultural phenomenon thanks in part to its state-of-the-art CGI creatures. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, the show won two BAFTAs and three Emmys (Discovery Channel aired it in the U.S.), spawning a companion book and an arena show that toured the globe.
The new six-part series, co-produced with Zdf and France Télévisions, will take audiences on a “unique journey back through time, revealing the incredible life stories of these long-lost giants” across the land in Morocco, North America, and Portugal.
Arriving in 2025, each episode of Walking With Dinosaurs will tell the dramatic story of an individual dinosaur whose remains are currently being unearthed by the world’s leading dinosaur hunters. Thanks to cutting-edge science, experts can reveal how the creatures lived,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ridley Scott Associates has hired Anna Murphy as its first creative director for unscripted.
Murphy, who joins from Oscar-winning production company Grain Media, will work alongside global head of unscripted Dominic Crossley-Holland, global MD Kai Hsiung and Rich Nicholas, global CFO and COO.
Murphy joined Grain Media as head of development before going on to become its creative director, overseeing creative strategy and exec producing films including “Scouts Honour” (Netflix) and “Death in Bollywood” (BBC).
At Rsa, Murphy will work with Crossley-Holland to steer the unscripted divison’s creative strategy, seeking out new opportunities and partnerships, and exec producing output, ensuring continued quality.
Rsa’s unscripted division has a number of projects in development and production and recently had a hit with its limited Robbie Williams series for Netflix.
“We are thrilled that Rsa has attracted talent of such prestigious calibre as Anna Murphy and are very excited to welcome her into the Rsa family,...
Murphy, who joins from Oscar-winning production company Grain Media, will work alongside global head of unscripted Dominic Crossley-Holland, global MD Kai Hsiung and Rich Nicholas, global CFO and COO.
Murphy joined Grain Media as head of development before going on to become its creative director, overseeing creative strategy and exec producing films including “Scouts Honour” (Netflix) and “Death in Bollywood” (BBC).
At Rsa, Murphy will work with Crossley-Holland to steer the unscripted divison’s creative strategy, seeking out new opportunities and partnerships, and exec producing output, ensuring continued quality.
Rsa’s unscripted division has a number of projects in development and production and recently had a hit with its limited Robbie Williams series for Netflix.
“We are thrilled that Rsa has attracted talent of such prestigious calibre as Anna Murphy and are very excited to welcome her into the Rsa family,...
- 6/4/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety - Film News
Generative AI was a topic of hot debate on Tuesday at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference in London where a panel of newspaper and media company bosses discussed deals with artificial intelligence firms.
The executives on the panel included Anna Bateson, CEO of Guardian Media Group, The Sun publisher Dominic Carter, Telegraph Media Group CEO Anna Jones, Rich Caccappolo, the CEO of The Daily Mail owner Dmg Media, and ITN CEO Rachel Corp.
“What AI can’t do is replace journalism,” Carter argued. “Journalism is human endeavor.” In comparison, an election season, such as in the U.K. right now, is especially a time when deepfakes may surface.
Asked about Sun owner News Corp.’s recent deal with OpenAI, Carter said “control is really important,” along with transparency, “and then accountability.”
Could AI deals bring in money but be followed by industry headaches as seen in past deals with social media firms?...
The executives on the panel included Anna Bateson, CEO of Guardian Media Group, The Sun publisher Dominic Carter, Telegraph Media Group CEO Anna Jones, Rich Caccappolo, the CEO of The Daily Mail owner Dmg Media, and ITN CEO Rachel Corp.
“What AI can’t do is replace journalism,” Carter argued. “Journalism is human endeavor.” In comparison, an election season, such as in the U.K. right now, is especially a time when deepfakes may surface.
Asked about Sun owner News Corp.’s recent deal with OpenAI, Carter said “control is really important,” along with transparency, “and then accountability.”
Could AI deals bring in money but be followed by industry headaches as seen in past deals with social media firms?...
- 6/4/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dana Strong, CEO of Comcast-owned Sky Group has promised customers of the U.K. media conglomerate will continue to receive Warner Bros Discovery content on Sky platforms, saying that discussions with the studio to extend their content agreement are ongoing.
“We’ve been a partner with Warner for a very long time,” said Strong, adding that they’re “in conversation” about the future of their deal.
The deal, which primarily covers HBO content such as “Succession” and “And Just Like That,” is set to expire next year. Given the rise of studio-owned streamers, at the beginning of the multi-year...
“We’ve been a partner with Warner for a very long time,” said Strong, adding that they’re “in conversation” about the future of their deal.
The deal, which primarily covers HBO content such as “Succession” and “And Just Like That,” is set to expire next year. Given the rise of studio-owned streamers, at the beginning of the multi-year...
- 6/4/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety - TV News
Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o has opened up on overcoming her fear of cats, recovering from a breakup so bad her mother flew to be by her side from Kenya, and what she believes to be the worst part of her job: interviews.
Ironically, the star sat down with Glamour to talk about her upcoming role in A Quiet Place: Day One, releasing on June 28, where her character owns a cat. “I asked the director Michael Sarnoski if there was any way that we could change the animal,” Nyong’o said. “I suggested an armadillo; he was not having it.”
But after some intense “cat therapy,” Nyong’o was so besotted with the animal that she adopted her own after the shoot. It coincided with a particularly gut-wrenching break-up, following her announcement on Instagram that she had split from boyfriend Selema Masekela in October last year. (She has since been...
Ironically, the star sat down with Glamour to talk about her upcoming role in A Quiet Place: Day One, releasing on June 28, where her character owns a cat. “I asked the director Michael Sarnoski if there was any way that we could change the animal,” Nyong’o said. “I suggested an armadillo; he was not having it.”
But after some intense “cat therapy,” Nyong’o was so besotted with the animal that she adopted her own after the shoot. It coincided with a particularly gut-wrenching break-up, following her announcement on Instagram that she had split from boyfriend Selema Masekela in October last year. (She has since been...
- 6/4/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comcast-owned European pay-tv, media and telecom giant Sky has made a full-court press to lock down sports rights longer-term due to the benefits of sports content, CEO Dana Strong told a London conference on Tuesday.
During a fireside chat at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference, she was asked about Sky’s sports strategy. “I am pretty passionate about sport,” and Sky has “extraordinary strength” in the field, she said.
About 18-24 months ago, “we really decided to double down and go long on sport,” Strong shared. That has helped build “a strategic moat” around sports, she said. “Sport matters because it is resilient,” more so than other forms of linear TV. It matters to consumers and communities, she added.
Also, “we have a very, very sophisticated monetization machine for sport,” including pay-tv and streaming, Strong also argued. “Sky likes to be culturally relevant” and be part of “moments,...
During a fireside chat at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference, she was asked about Sky’s sports strategy. “I am pretty passionate about sport,” and Sky has “extraordinary strength” in the field, she said.
About 18-24 months ago, “we really decided to double down and go long on sport,” Strong shared. That has helped build “a strategic moat” around sports, she said. “Sport matters because it is resilient,” more so than other forms of linear TV. It matters to consumers and communities, she added.
Also, “we have a very, very sophisticated monetization machine for sport,” including pay-tv and streaming, Strong also argued. “Sky likes to be culturally relevant” and be part of “moments,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BBC boss Tim Davie has issued a dire warning over the future of public service broadcasting globally. “It’s scary. It’s really problematic,” he said. “I mean not ‘marginally troublesome.’ I would say it’s a red alert situation in many many markets.”
Davie warned the situation was only getting worse as politics becomes “more polarized.”
Davie was speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Analysis Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference in London on Tuesday morning alongside Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon, managing director of ITV Studios Julian Bellamy and Sarah Rose, president of Channel 5 and regional lead for...
Davie warned the situation was only getting worse as politics becomes “more polarized.”
Davie was speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Analysis Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference in London on Tuesday morning alongside Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon, managing director of ITV Studios Julian Bellamy and Sarah Rose, president of Channel 5 and regional lead for...
- 6/4/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety - TV News
“I don’t want to be a market failure,” which is “what’s happening around the world” to public service broadcasters, BBC boss Tim Davie told Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference in London on Tuesday. “It’s scary,” he said, speaking of a “red alert situation” in many parts of the world.
Davie in an appearance lauded the U.K. production sector for its success, but also noted that “many decisions we make are uneconomic.” That said, while the goal is to continue making and airing hit shows that audiences enjoy and love, “we don’t have to make the numbers work on every single show” as a public broadcaster to ensure important, educative and other shows make it to the screen, he emphasized.
“We have a rich history of working together” with other companies, Davie said about the BBC, as well as other U.K. public broadcasters.
Davie in an appearance lauded the U.K. production sector for its success, but also noted that “many decisions we make are uneconomic.” That said, while the goal is to continue making and airing hit shows that audiences enjoy and love, “we don’t have to make the numbers work on every single show” as a public broadcaster to ensure important, educative and other shows make it to the screen, he emphasized.
“We have a rich history of working together” with other companies, Davie said about the BBC, as well as other U.K. public broadcasters.
- 6/4/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mark Ross, a rapper better known by his stage name Brother Marquis and a member of the influential and often controversial Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died. He was 58.
The official 2 Live Crew Instagram account confirmed Ross’ death on Monday night, and the group’s longtime manager, DJ Debo, also confirmed the news to People Magazine. No details or cause of death were provided.
Alongside Luke Skyywalker (Luther Campbell), Fresh Kid Ice (Christopher Wong Won) and Mr. Mixx (David Hobbs), Ross formed the most well-known lineup of 2 Live Crew who broke out of the Florida rap scene to achieve national success in the 1980s and ’90s with a string of gold albums and became notorious for their overtly sexual songs such as “Me So Horny,” “We Want Some Pussy!,” “Throw the Dick,” and “Pop That Coochie.”
Ross was born in Rochester, New York on April 4, 1966. At 14, he moved to Los Angeles with his family,...
The official 2 Live Crew Instagram account confirmed Ross’ death on Monday night, and the group’s longtime manager, DJ Debo, also confirmed the news to People Magazine. No details or cause of death were provided.
Alongside Luke Skyywalker (Luther Campbell), Fresh Kid Ice (Christopher Wong Won) and Mr. Mixx (David Hobbs), Ross formed the most well-known lineup of 2 Live Crew who broke out of the Florida rap scene to achieve national success in the 1980s and ’90s with a string of gold albums and became notorious for their overtly sexual songs such as “Me So Horny,” “We Want Some Pussy!,” “Throw the Dick,” and “Pop That Coochie.”
Ross was born in Rochester, New York on April 4, 1966. At 14, he moved to Los Angeles with his family,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The reinvention of the streaming model was in focus at a London conference on Tuesday, with Andrew Georgiou, president and managing director of Warner Bros. Discovery (Wbd) U.K. & Ireland and Wbd Sports Europe, Amazon’s Prime Video U.K. managing director Chris Bird, Roku country manager Richard Halton, and Arqiva CEO Shuja Khan joining a panel discussion on the topic moderated by BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip.
Speaking at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference, Georgiou reiterated Wbd’s guidance that it will hit a $1 billion streaming profit in 2025, with 125 million-plus subscribers. After the industry’s initial focus on “subscriber growth at all costs,” he said that for Wbd and others, it is now all about “how do we get to a scaled global streaming business that is profitable.” He added that “we have a high degree of confidence” in that journey.
The bundling of streaming services can help...
Speaking at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference, Georgiou reiterated Wbd’s guidance that it will hit a $1 billion streaming profit in 2025, with 125 million-plus subscribers. After the industry’s initial focus on “subscriber growth at all costs,” he said that for Wbd and others, it is now all about “how do we get to a scaled global streaming business that is profitable.” He added that “we have a high degree of confidence” in that journey.
The bundling of streaming services can help...
- 6/4/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Germany’s Zdf Studios has teamed up with Iceland’s ACT4 to develop the Nordic crime thriller “Big Brother,” based on the award-winning debut novel ‘Stóri Bródir’ of Icelandic author Skuli Sigurdsson.
A tale of revenge and justice, “Big Brother” centers on a mysterious figure in black who, every full moon, viciously attacks a person before vanishing into the night. The victims, all unpunished sexual offenders, are carefully selected.
A detective and an investigative journalist team up to solve these crimes, while the story also unfolds from the perspective of this enigmatic assailant, who sees himself as an agent of justice for the victims failed by society.
Actor, producer, screenwriter and ACT4 co-founder Ólafur Darri Ólafsson will serve as showrunner and executive producer. He leads the writers room, which includes actress Aníta Briem who wrote and created the series “As Long as We Live” as well as Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir and Teitur Magnússon.
A tale of revenge and justice, “Big Brother” centers on a mysterious figure in black who, every full moon, viciously attacks a person before vanishing into the night. The victims, all unpunished sexual offenders, are carefully selected.
A detective and an investigative journalist team up to solve these crimes, while the story also unfolds from the perspective of this enigmatic assailant, who sees himself as an agent of justice for the victims failed by society.
Actor, producer, screenwriter and ACT4 co-founder Ólafur Darri Ólafsson will serve as showrunner and executive producer. He leads the writers room, which includes actress Aníta Briem who wrote and created the series “As Long as We Live” as well as Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir and Teitur Magnússon.
- 6/4/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety - Film News
Germany’s Zdf Studios has teamed up with Iceland’s ACT4 to develop the Nordic crime thriller “Big Brother,” based on the award-winning debut novel ‘Stóri Bródir’ of Icelandic author Skuli Sigurdsson.
A tale of revenge and justice, “Big Brother” centers on a mysterious figure in black who, every full moon, viciously attacks a person before vanishing into the night. The victims, all unpunished sexual offenders, are carefully selected.
A detective and an investigative journalist team up to solve these crimes, while the story also unfolds from the perspective of this enigmatic assailant, who sees himself as an agent of...
A tale of revenge and justice, “Big Brother” centers on a mysterious figure in black who, every full moon, viciously attacks a person before vanishing into the night. The victims, all unpunished sexual offenders, are carefully selected.
A detective and an investigative journalist team up to solve these crimes, while the story also unfolds from the perspective of this enigmatic assailant, who sees himself as an agent of...
- 6/4/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety - TV News
Jan Koeppen, president of The Walt Disney Company Emea, has restated the company’s commitment to cinemas, speaking of the company’s “belief in the importance of theatrical distribution.”
“Everyone at Disney loves movies, and we love to make them big,” he said.
The Disney Emea boss was speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Analysis Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference in London on Tuesday morning, where he touched on the breadth of Disney’s business, from theatrical to linear. Using “The Lion King” as an example, he noted that since the animated film’s debut 30 years ago it has spawned stage shows,...
“Everyone at Disney loves movies, and we love to make them big,” he said.
The Disney Emea boss was speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Analysis Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference in London on Tuesday morning, where he touched on the breadth of Disney’s business, from theatrical to linear. Using “The Lion King” as an example, he noted that since the animated film’s debut 30 years ago it has spawned stage shows,...
- 6/4/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety - TV News
Disney’s Europe Head Touts Theatrical, Linear TV, Cites ‘Lion King’ as Example of Disney “Advantage”
The Walt Disney Co. has put much effort into getting its creative juices flowing again since Bob Iger’s return as CEO and recently fending off a challenge from dissident shareholder Nelson Peltz. In fact, the Hollywood conglomerate is focused on ensuring its status as a producer of hit content that can form long-running and deep “connections” with consumers, with its portfolio of businesses across platforms and experiences helping create lasting fan engagement with franchises over a lifetime and across generations.
That was the message sent by Jan Koeppen, the entertainment giant’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea) president, at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference on Tuesday as he shared his take on what makes the company “stand out in an industry that’s always competitive and always changing.”
His conclusion: “These differences have served us well over the past 100 years. And they set us up for...
That was the message sent by Jan Koeppen, the entertainment giant’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea) president, at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference on Tuesday as he shared his take on what makes the company “stand out in an industry that’s always competitive and always changing.”
His conclusion: “These differences have served us well over the past 100 years. And they set us up for...
- 6/4/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Success in streaming is really about engagement” and finding hits is “more art than science,” such as data exercises or algorithm-driven work, Netflix co-ceo Greg Peters said in London on Tuesday. With the global streamer now reaching about 270 million, he said a conservative estimate of an average of two viewers per home means the streamer serves more than 500 million viewers worldwide.
“Variety and quality” is key “to satisfy this audience” given their diverse tastes, he said at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference, . “We need a lot of great stories that appeal to these different tastes,” he said. “No algorithm” or data could have predicted the success of Sex Education, the exec noted, highlighting content decisions are “more art than data.”
“You never know where the next gem might be,” he noted, adding that Netflix’s goal is to find “the next obsession.” The key here is to have...
“Variety and quality” is key “to satisfy this audience” given their diverse tastes, he said at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference, . “We need a lot of great stories that appeal to these different tastes,” he said. “No algorithm” or data could have predicted the success of Sex Education, the exec noted, highlighting content decisions are “more art than data.”
“You never know where the next gem might be,” he noted, adding that Netflix’s goal is to find “the next obsession.” The key here is to have...
- 6/4/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Greg Peters, co-ceo of Netflix, paid tribute to the streamer’s U.K. production pipeline at a conference in London on Tuesday morning local time.
Peters cited shows including David Beckham’s docuseries “Beckham” and the controversial series “Baby Reindeer” as well as “One Day,” “Fool Me Once,” “Heartstopper,” “Top Boy” and “The Crown” as some of the U.K. shows that had succeeded on the platform, calling them “tremendously diverse” in terms of their content.
He restated the streamer’s commitment to investing in U.K. content, which has been significant since Netflix’s global launch in 2016. “We’ve...
Peters cited shows including David Beckham’s docuseries “Beckham” and the controversial series “Baby Reindeer” as well as “One Day,” “Fool Me Once,” “Heartstopper,” “Top Boy” and “The Crown” as some of the U.K. shows that had succeeded on the platform, calling them “tremendously diverse” in terms of their content.
He restated the streamer’s commitment to investing in U.K. content, which has been significant since Netflix’s global launch in 2016. “We’ve...
- 6/4/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety - TV News
After a half-century of photographing the rich and tremendously famous, Annie Leibovitz has focused her lens on a majestic beast of a different sort, snapping photos of the Locarno Film Festival’s iconic leopard.
Leibovitz designed the official poster for the 2024 Locarno Film Festival, which Locarno unveiled on Tuesday. The poster shows the feline mascot against the Alpine backdrop of the Lago Maggiore, an image meant to evoke the contrast inherent in the pristine setting for Europe’s most avant-garde A-list festival. “Like the Locarno Film Festival, the leopard is captivating, an out-of-place icon in an evocative setting,” goes the festival blurb.
“Annie has produced an iconic image characteristic of her idiosyncratic language,” said Locarno festival pesident Maja Hoffmann, noting the image of the leopard, with its “unique beauty and fragility,” set against the Locarno mountains, “turn it into a poignant symbol of our times.”
Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner will...
Leibovitz designed the official poster for the 2024 Locarno Film Festival, which Locarno unveiled on Tuesday. The poster shows the feline mascot against the Alpine backdrop of the Lago Maggiore, an image meant to evoke the contrast inherent in the pristine setting for Europe’s most avant-garde A-list festival. “Like the Locarno Film Festival, the leopard is captivating, an out-of-place icon in an evocative setting,” goes the festival blurb.
“Annie has produced an iconic image characteristic of her idiosyncratic language,” said Locarno festival pesident Maja Hoffmann, noting the image of the leopard, with its “unique beauty and fragility,” set against the Locarno mountains, “turn it into a poignant symbol of our times.”
Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner will...
- 6/4/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony Pictures’ untitled shark movie, to be directed by Norway’s Tommy Wirkola, will shoot in Melbourne, Australia, it has been confirmed. The picture, which begins production from July, is expected to star “Bridgerton” heroine Phoebe Dynevor.
Confirmation of the location win for the state was revealed by Creative Victoria and VicScreen, which said that the production will tap into Victoria state’s Victorian Screen Incentive financing package. Local authorities said that it will inject A$30 million ($20 million) into the state economy and create nearly 700 job opportunities.
Although not specified, the film is likely also to be able to access the federal government’s rebate schemes which are administered by Screen Australia.
The film hails from producers Adam McKay and Kevin Messick of HyperObject Industries. It is written and directed by Wirkola known for “Dead Snow” and its sequel “Red vs. Dead,” “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” “The Trip” and “What Happened to Monday.
Confirmation of the location win for the state was revealed by Creative Victoria and VicScreen, which said that the production will tap into Victoria state’s Victorian Screen Incentive financing package. Local authorities said that it will inject A$30 million ($20 million) into the state economy and create nearly 700 job opportunities.
Although not specified, the film is likely also to be able to access the federal government’s rebate schemes which are administered by Screen Australia.
The film hails from producers Adam McKay and Kevin Messick of HyperObject Industries. It is written and directed by Wirkola known for “Dead Snow” and its sequel “Red vs. Dead,” “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” “The Trip” and “What Happened to Monday.
- 6/4/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - Film News
Queen Latifah and Gabrielle Union both joined Janelle Monae’s performance at WeHo Pride’s Outloud music festival last weekend, drawing massive from the crowd with their collective dance moves.
In videos posted by Union to Instagram, Latifah and Union can both be seen escorting Monae to the front of the stage and twerking against the “Float” singer. In other photos and videos, the three pass time together backstage.
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Outloud is the flagship music festival of WeHo Pride Weekend, which took place this year from June 1 to 2 in West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. In addition to Monae, Kesha, Adam Lambert and more performed.
Union attended the fest with her longtime stylist, Larry Sims, who posed with the singer last year for The Hollywood Reporter’s Beauty Issue.
Sims, the co-founder of hair-care line Flawless by Gabrielle Union,...
In videos posted by Union to Instagram, Latifah and Union can both be seen escorting Monae to the front of the stage and twerking against the “Float” singer. In other photos and videos, the three pass time together backstage.
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Outloud is the flagship music festival of WeHo Pride Weekend, which took place this year from June 1 to 2 in West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. In addition to Monae, Kesha, Adam Lambert and more performed.
Union attended the fest with her longtime stylist, Larry Sims, who posed with the singer last year for The Hollywood Reporter’s Beauty Issue.
Sims, the co-founder of hair-care line Flawless by Gabrielle Union,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Streaming giant Prime Video will release “Like a Dragon,” a live-action series adaptation of the Sega game franchise “Yakuza Like a Dragon.”
The six-part crime-suspense-action series is directed by Take Masaharu (“100 Yen Love”) and Takimoto Kengo (“Kamen Teacher”) and stars Takeuchi Ryoma (multiple “Kamen Rider” titles) as the lead character, Kiryu Kazuma.
It will upload to Prime Video in two batches of three episodes on Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, with subtitled and dubbed versions in 30 languages.
The series’ story is set in two time periods, 1995 and 2005, and follows the life, childhood friends and the repercussions of the decisions of a...
The six-part crime-suspense-action series is directed by Take Masaharu (“100 Yen Love”) and Takimoto Kengo (“Kamen Teacher”) and stars Takeuchi Ryoma (multiple “Kamen Rider” titles) as the lead character, Kiryu Kazuma.
It will upload to Prime Video in two batches of three episodes on Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, with subtitled and dubbed versions in 30 languages.
The series’ story is set in two time periods, 1995 and 2005, and follows the life, childhood friends and the repercussions of the decisions of a...
- 6/4/2024
- by Patrick Frater and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety - TV News
Jon Stewart slammed the media’s response to Donald Trump’s hush money conviction during The Daily Show on Monday, criticizing conservative outlets’ denial of the trial’s legitimacy and denouncing both sides’ polarized coverage of the event.
Last Thursday, a New York jury found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records after weeks of testimony from a former tabloid publisher, a Hollywood fixer, Trump’s former lawyer and a porn star. He will be sentenced on July 11.
In response to Republican commentators’ claims that the trial was rigged, Stewart said: “Yes, we impaneled grand juries and submitted evidence and cross-examined witnesses… But how was Donald Trump or his family not allowed on the jury? Outrageous!”
Later, while discussing the media’s weaponization of the court system, Stewart said, “Maybe our justice system wasn’t a sham, but certainly applying our justice system to Donald Trump was.
Last Thursday, a New York jury found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records after weeks of testimony from a former tabloid publisher, a Hollywood fixer, Trump’s former lawyer and a porn star. He will be sentenced on July 11.
In response to Republican commentators’ claims that the trial was rigged, Stewart said: “Yes, we impaneled grand juries and submitted evidence and cross-examined witnesses… But how was Donald Trump or his family not allowed on the jury? Outrageous!”
Later, while discussing the media’s weaponization of the court system, Stewart said, “Maybe our justice system wasn’t a sham, but certainly applying our justice system to Donald Trump was.
- 6/4/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Matthew Vaughn was not expecting the demise Argylle, the director said this week.
“My guard came down on Argylle,” Vaughn told Empire. “We had done test screenings that had gone fantastically well. The premiere was a really fun night, and it was like going back to the Snatch days where there was such excitement. And I started drinking the Kool-Aid.”
The Hollywood Reporter slammed the spy comedy film for “its mirthless, shouty performances, its tortured random plot twists and its appallingly shonky-looking CGI” and the movie now holds 33 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
“It’s a fun, feel-good movie, or I thought it was a fun, feel-good movie,” Vaughn continued. “We didn’t make Citizen Kane, but fucking hell, then the reviews came out and I’m like, ‘Wait, what have I done to offend these people?’ They were vitriolic. I’m not saying the movie’s perfect by any means,...
“My guard came down on Argylle,” Vaughn told Empire. “We had done test screenings that had gone fantastically well. The premiere was a really fun night, and it was like going back to the Snatch days where there was such excitement. And I started drinking the Kool-Aid.”
The Hollywood Reporter slammed the spy comedy film for “its mirthless, shouty performances, its tortured random plot twists and its appallingly shonky-looking CGI” and the movie now holds 33 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
“It’s a fun, feel-good movie, or I thought it was a fun, feel-good movie,” Vaughn continued. “We didn’t make Citizen Kane, but fucking hell, then the reviews came out and I’m like, ‘Wait, what have I done to offend these people?’ They were vitriolic. I’m not saying the movie’s perfect by any means,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto restaurant Manita slammed Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto on Monday, writing on Instagram that the actor yelled at staff “like an entitled child.”
“Zachary Quinto — an amazing Spock, but a terrible customer,” the restaurant wrote on Instagram. “Yelled at our staff like an entitled child after he didn’t reply to two texts to inform him his table was ready and refused to believe the empty tables in the dining room weren’t available for him despite being politely informed they were spoken for. Made our host cry and the rest of our brunch diners uncomfortable.”
Quinto played Spock in the 2009 Star Trek movie, and reprised the role for sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016)
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“Mr. Quinto, take your bad vibes somewhere else, we have many lovely celebrities join us at Manita but you are Not one of them,...
“Zachary Quinto — an amazing Spock, but a terrible customer,” the restaurant wrote on Instagram. “Yelled at our staff like an entitled child after he didn’t reply to two texts to inform him his table was ready and refused to believe the empty tables in the dining room weren’t available for him despite being politely informed they were spoken for. Made our host cry and the rest of our brunch diners uncomfortable.”
Quinto played Spock in the 2009 Star Trek movie, and reprised the role for sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016)
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“Mr. Quinto, take your bad vibes somewhere else, we have many lovely celebrities join us at Manita but you are Not one of them,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jeremy Renner’s history with the “Mission: Impossible” franchise spans two films, 2011’s “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” and 2015’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.” During an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, the actor revealed that he was actually asked to reprise the character of Imf agent William Brandt in the 2018 sequel “Fallout.” However, the offer was apparently for Renner to shoot one week so that Brandt could be killed off. Renner refused.
“I remember they tried to bring me over[seas] for a week so they could kill my character, and I was like, ‘No, you don’t get to do that. You’re not going to drag me over there and just kill my character,’ like get out of here!” Renner said. “If you’re going to do this and you’re going to use my character, you’re going to do it right.”
“I yelled at...
“I remember they tried to bring me over[seas] for a week so they could kill my character, and I was like, ‘No, you don’t get to do that. You’re not going to drag me over there and just kill my character,’ like get out of here!” Renner said. “If you’re going to do this and you’re going to use my character, you’re going to do it right.”
“I yelled at...
- 6/4/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
Giving the traditional, star-driven period epic a gloss-coating of topicality, Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s “She’s Got No Name” is based on a notorious real-life murder case that unfolded against the turbulent backdrop of 1940s China. And although it’s probably most notable for providing Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi with a remarkably de-glammed central role, it is the setting, rather than the sincere but only tentatively feminist storyline, that will likely give this handsome, lengthy movie its international appeal. The recreation of mid-century Shanghai remains impressive even as Chan’s evident admiration for his heroine’s survival instinct starts to become rote, locking Zhang into a screenplay that gives plenty of depth to her character’s anguish, but little breadth to grow.
Zhang plays Zhan-Zhou, a poor, illiterate working-class woman with a birthmark grazing her forehead and cheek, whom we meet as she scurries from her alley tenement and onto a trolley car,...
Zhang plays Zhan-Zhou, a poor, illiterate working-class woman with a birthmark grazing her forehead and cheek, whom we meet as she scurries from her alley tenement and onto a trolley car,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety - Film News
As the non-fiction community continues to reel from the closing of prominent producer financier Participant and a general slowdown in the non-fiction space, Itvs is opening the applications for its annual documentary funding initiative, Open Call, with expansions to its planned funding.
Itvs has run Open Call since the ’90s, giving out more than $100 million in funding for 600 doc projects. Recent projects include Andres Jay Molina and Alexis Neophytides’ Fire Through Dry Grass and Bing Liu’s Academy Award-nominated Minding the Gap.
This year, Itvs has plans to increase its allocated funding (Open Call provides up to $400,000 of co-production funding) and has expanded eligibility requirements to include short-form content, in additional to feature-length projects.
“The bold nonfiction stories that engage today’s streaming audiences know no bounds,“ said Itvs’ Jim Sommers. “We’re eager to expand access to Itvs Open Call through new guidelines and attract artists with diverse storytelling visions.
Itvs has run Open Call since the ’90s, giving out more than $100 million in funding for 600 doc projects. Recent projects include Andres Jay Molina and Alexis Neophytides’ Fire Through Dry Grass and Bing Liu’s Academy Award-nominated Minding the Gap.
This year, Itvs has plans to increase its allocated funding (Open Call provides up to $400,000 of co-production funding) and has expanded eligibility requirements to include short-form content, in additional to feature-length projects.
“The bold nonfiction stories that engage today’s streaming audiences know no bounds,“ said Itvs’ Jim Sommers. “We’re eager to expand access to Itvs Open Call through new guidelines and attract artists with diverse storytelling visions.
- 6/3/2024
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Micheal Keaton recently told Empire magazine that watching his iconic character Beetlejuice go mainstream over the years through various merchandising has been “fucking weird.” In order to reprise the role in Tim Burton’s upcoming sequel, Keaton had to actively block out what the character’s popularity has turned him into over the years and return to the reasons why he accepted the role in the first place.
“There’s been so much merchandising of it, I had to drop back to where it started,” Keaton explained. “I had to go, ‘What was my unusual imagination even thinking about when I was developing it in the first place?’ As opposed to seeing a coffee mug or a golf club cover.”
“That was fucking weird,” Keaton added about the character’s popularity. “To be honest with you – I’m being very frank – it was off-putting, to look and go, ‘I don...
“There’s been so much merchandising of it, I had to drop back to where it started,” Keaton explained. “I had to go, ‘What was my unusual imagination even thinking about when I was developing it in the first place?’ As opposed to seeing a coffee mug or a golf club cover.”
“That was fucking weird,” Keaton added about the character’s popularity. “To be honest with you – I’m being very frank – it was off-putting, to look and go, ‘I don...
- 6/3/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
France has never had trouble getting people to fall in love with its many pleasures: the Eiffel Tower, the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre, and the island majesty of Mont Saint-Michel. It sells itself, which is probably why it is such a sought-after backdrop for television series.
But in the last year, France has been shown even more love than usual, as more than half a dozen shows, all vying for Emmy attention this season, explored the country through the ages. And no, this wasn’t some elaborate promotion for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
From the 1600s to...
But in the last year, France has been shown even more love than usual, as more than half a dozen shows, all vying for Emmy attention this season, explored the country through the ages. And no, this wasn’t some elaborate promotion for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
From the 1600s to...
- 6/3/2024
- by Hunter Ingram
- Variety - TV News
Pat McAfee took to social media on Monday to apologize for referring to Indiana Fever basketball star Caitlin Clark as a “white bitch” during a segment on his ESPN show.
“I shouldn’t have used ‘white bitch’ as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark,” McAfee wrote on Twitter. “No matter the context.. even if we’re talking about race being a reason for some of the stuff happening.. I have way too much respect for her and women to put that into the universe. My intentions when saying it were complimentary just like the entire segment but, a lot of folks are saying that it certainly wasn’t at all. That’s 100% on me and for that I apologize.”
McAfee noted he had also sent a personal apology to Clark, and that the rest of his speech was “still alllllll facts.”
I shouldn’t have used “white bitch” as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark.
“I shouldn’t have used ‘white bitch’ as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark,” McAfee wrote on Twitter. “No matter the context.. even if we’re talking about race being a reason for some of the stuff happening.. I have way too much respect for her and women to put that into the universe. My intentions when saying it were complimentary just like the entire segment but, a lot of folks are saying that it certainly wasn’t at all. That’s 100% on me and for that I apologize.”
McAfee noted he had also sent a personal apology to Clark, and that the rest of his speech was “still alllllll facts.”
I shouldn’t have used “white bitch” as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark.
- 6/3/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A pivotal moment comes as the fourth season of “True Detective: Night Country” hits a thrilling end in episode six. Law enforcement officers Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), find themselves at the entrance to the ice cave. After they reach a dead end, Liz decides they should head back, but just as they do so, the two end up falling into the cave’s lower levels.
“The maze really works. You have no idea where they’re going to,” cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister says.
He is referring to the ice caves in the fictional town of Ennis,...
“The maze really works. You have no idea where they’re going to,” cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister says.
He is referring to the ice caves in the fictional town of Ennis,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety - TV News
Lupita Nyong’o is embarking on a global press tour as the star of Paramount’s horror prequel “A Quiet Place: Day One,” but she could probably do without the press junkets. During an interview with Glamour magazine, the Oscar winner was asked about what irritates her most about being an actor.
“Interviews,” she answered. “You asked. I have to be honest. I’m going to tell you.”
Nyong’o clarified by saying that she does not necessarily mean all interviews are torture, but she does find press junkets to be a “torture technique” as “different people are being ferried in” to ask the same questions. She added: “You have to give each one of them attention, focus and an articulate answer that you just gave to the person before. That’s irritating.”
Per Glamour: “Early in her career, Nyong’o says, she was burdened by wanting to make sure...
“Interviews,” she answered. “You asked. I have to be honest. I’m going to tell you.”
Nyong’o clarified by saying that she does not necessarily mean all interviews are torture, but she does find press junkets to be a “torture technique” as “different people are being ferried in” to ask the same questions. She added: “You have to give each one of them attention, focus and an articulate answer that you just gave to the person before. That’s irritating.”
Per Glamour: “Early in her career, Nyong’o says, she was burdened by wanting to make sure...
- 6/3/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
Talks between TV networks and advertisers have begun to simmer in the entertainment industry’s annual “upfront” marketplace, though it’s not clear if activity will immediately boil over.
Some of the sector’s big media agencies have placed early focus on both Disney and NBCUniversal, according to four people with knowledge of these annual negotiations for billions in advertising deals struck between the networks and Madison Avenue. Those two aforementioned companies have the broadest portfolios of high-quality entertainment, these executives say, that encompass sports, news, entertainment and more.
During the annual “upfront,” media companies try to sell the bulk...
Some of the sector’s big media agencies have placed early focus on both Disney and NBCUniversal, according to four people with knowledge of these annual negotiations for billions in advertising deals struck between the networks and Madison Avenue. Those two aforementioned companies have the broadest portfolios of high-quality entertainment, these executives say, that encompass sports, news, entertainment and more.
During the annual “upfront,” media companies try to sell the bulk...
- 6/3/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety - TV News
For Tony Todd, his voice role as Venom in in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is the latest in a career that has been full of heroes and villains.
The actor is known for his work ranging from Candyman, where he played the titular urban legend, to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, in which he voiced the titular Decepticon known as The Fallen.
With Spider-Man 2, he steps into the suit of one of Spider-Man’s chief villains for the game that stands as PlayStation Studios’ fastest selling game, and which this this spring unveiled an update featuring new suits and the ability to replay at a harder difficulty. Venom, meanwhile, remains in the pop culture conciousness in more ways than one, with Tom Hardy unveilling the trailer for Venom: The Last Dance on Monday, showing that the character’s legacy traverses comics, games, movies (and even the multiverse).
In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter,...
The actor is known for his work ranging from Candyman, where he played the titular urban legend, to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, in which he voiced the titular Decepticon known as The Fallen.
With Spider-Man 2, he steps into the suit of one of Spider-Man’s chief villains for the game that stands as PlayStation Studios’ fastest selling game, and which this this spring unveiled an update featuring new suits and the ability to replay at a harder difficulty. Venom, meanwhile, remains in the pop culture conciousness in more ways than one, with Tom Hardy unveilling the trailer for Venom: The Last Dance on Monday, showing that the character’s legacy traverses comics, games, movies (and even the multiverse).
In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Theo Brown
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After five seasons navigating the world of ultra-wealthy Manhattan and other locales on HBO’s Succession, Sarah Snook is headed to the suburbs.
Snook has set her first TV role following the end of Succession, signing on to star in and executive produce a thriller called All Her Fault at Peacock. The series, which Peacock ordered in February, is based on a best-selling novel by Andrea Mara.
The description of All Her Fault reads, “Marissa Irvine (Snook) arrives at 14 Arthur Avenue, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognizes. She isn’t the nanny. She doesn’t have Milo. And so begins every parent’s worst nightmare.”
Snook was nominated for three Emmys for playing Shiv Roy on Succession, winning the award for lead actress in...
Snook has set her first TV role following the end of Succession, signing on to star in and executive produce a thriller called All Her Fault at Peacock. The series, which Peacock ordered in February, is based on a best-selling novel by Andrea Mara.
The description of All Her Fault reads, “Marissa Irvine (Snook) arrives at 14 Arthur Avenue, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognizes. She isn’t the nanny. She doesn’t have Milo. And so begins every parent’s worst nightmare.”
Snook was nominated for three Emmys for playing Shiv Roy on Succession, winning the award for lead actress in...
- 6/3/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Janis Paige, the ebullient redhead who starred in the original Broadway production of The Pajama Game and in such Hollywood musicals as Silk Stockings and Romance on the High Seas, has died. She was 101.
Paige, who was discovered in the 1940s while performing at the legendary Hollywood Canteen, died Sunday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, her friend Stuart Lampert announced.
Paige starred on her own network sitcom, playing a widowed nightclub singer struggling to raise her 10-year-old daughter, on the 1955-56 CBS series It’s Always Jan, and she had recurring roles as Dick van Patten’s free-spirited sister on ABC’s Eight Is Enough and as a hospital administrator on CBS’ Trapper John, M.D.
The actress also turned in two memorable guest-starring stints in 1976, playing an attractive diner waitress named Denise who tempts Archie (Carroll O’Connor) to cheat on Edith (Jean Stapleton) on All in the Family...
Paige, who was discovered in the 1940s while performing at the legendary Hollywood Canteen, died Sunday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, her friend Stuart Lampert announced.
Paige starred on her own network sitcom, playing a widowed nightclub singer struggling to raise her 10-year-old daughter, on the 1955-56 CBS series It’s Always Jan, and she had recurring roles as Dick van Patten’s free-spirited sister on ABC’s Eight Is Enough and as a hospital administrator on CBS’ Trapper John, M.D.
The actress also turned in two memorable guest-starring stints in 1976, playing an attractive diner waitress named Denise who tempts Archie (Carroll O’Connor) to cheat on Edith (Jean Stapleton) on All in the Family...
- 6/3/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Can there ever be too much NFL on TV? Netflix is about to find out.
The streaming giant is likely to meet early resistance in its effort to woo advertisers to two Christmas Day NFL games that it has secured for next season, according to four people familiar with the current “upfront” market, during which U.S. entertainment companies try to sell the bulk of their commercial inventory for their next programming cycles. While Netflix has yet to put a formal offer for advertising in the games in front of potential sponsors, one discussion built around price envisioned a 30-second...
The streaming giant is likely to meet early resistance in its effort to woo advertisers to two Christmas Day NFL games that it has secured for next season, according to four people familiar with the current “upfront” market, during which U.S. entertainment companies try to sell the bulk of their commercial inventory for their next programming cycles. While Netflix has yet to put a formal offer for advertising in the games in front of potential sponsors, one discussion built around price envisioned a 30-second...
- 6/3/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety - TV News
Tom Hollander, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a brilliant British character actor who has distinguished himself on the stage and screens big and small, with the New York Times describing him as “vitally funny in dramatic roles [and] wrenchingly somber in comic ones.” Indeed, over the course of a career dating back 42 years, he has been a part of two SAG Award-winning casts, one for a film, 2001’s Gosford Park, and another for a TV series, 2023’s The White Lotus season two. He won a best supporting actor BAFTA TV Award for 2016’s The Night Manager. And he was nominated for a best actor in a play Tony Award for 2018’s Travesties.
Now, he is poised to land his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination, in the category of best actor in a limited or anthology series or TV movie, for arguably the...
Now, he is poised to land his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination, in the category of best actor in a limited or anthology series or TV movie, for arguably the...
- 6/3/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Matthew Vaughn recently opened up to Empire magazine about enduring some of the worst reviews of his career with “Argylle,” the $200 million star-studded spy comedy that flopped in theaters this year with $96 million worldwide. The film, backed by Apple and released theatrically by Universal, intended to start a franchise and starred Bryce Dallas Howard as a reclusive spy novelist thrust into a real world of espionage. Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cena and more co-starred.
“Fuck yeah,” Vaughn responded when asked if the extremely negative “Argylle” reviews were disappointing to read. The movie has a 33% Rotten Tomatoes score from 292 reviews.
“We had done test screenings that had gone fantastically well,” Vaughn said. “The premiere was a really fun night, and it was like going back to the ‘Snatch’ days where there was such excitement. And I started drinking the Kool-Aid. It’s a fun, feel-good movie, or...
“Fuck yeah,” Vaughn responded when asked if the extremely negative “Argylle” reviews were disappointing to read. The movie has a 33% Rotten Tomatoes score from 292 reviews.
“We had done test screenings that had gone fantastically well,” Vaughn said. “The premiere was a really fun night, and it was like going back to the ‘Snatch’ days where there was such excitement. And I started drinking the Kool-Aid. It’s a fun, feel-good movie, or...
- 6/3/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
Lauren Paget has been named senior vice president of Littleton Road Productions, headed by “Dr. Death” and “The Girl From Plainville” writer Patrick Macmanus and producing partner Kelly Funke.
Most recently vice president of original programming at Warner Bros. Discovery, Paget will now oversee day-to-day development responsibilities at Littleton Road Productions (which is currently under an overall deal with Universal Studio Group’s UCP) and help build out the banner’s prolific roster of TV projects. She will lead new series development and support the current slate, including upcoming limited series “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” for Peacock.
During her tenure at Wbd,...
Most recently vice president of original programming at Warner Bros. Discovery, Paget will now oversee day-to-day development responsibilities at Littleton Road Productions (which is currently under an overall deal with Universal Studio Group’s UCP) and help build out the banner’s prolific roster of TV projects. She will lead new series development and support the current slate, including upcoming limited series “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” for Peacock.
During her tenure at Wbd,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety - TV News
Actor and producer La La Anthony has signed with WME for representation.
On screen, Anthony is known for roles in Starz’ Power drama, the Bmf (Black Mafia Family) series, The Chi on Showtime and most recently an appearance in the Lifetime film The Bad Guardian, which debuted May 18.
She also recently hosted the Met Gala live stream for a third year in a row. Anthony’s other TV credits include A&e’s Unforgettable, CBS’ NYC 22 and Vh1’s Single Ladies. On the big screen, Anthony appeared in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq, Think like a Man, Think Like a Man Too, Baggage Claim and Double Play.
She also appeared on stage in the off-Broadway production of Love Loss and What I Wore and made her Broadway producing debut with Eclipsed, the first all-female, all-black Broadway show.
Anthony’s debut as an author, The Love Playbook, was followed with her second book,...
On screen, Anthony is known for roles in Starz’ Power drama, the Bmf (Black Mafia Family) series, The Chi on Showtime and most recently an appearance in the Lifetime film The Bad Guardian, which debuted May 18.
She also recently hosted the Met Gala live stream for a third year in a row. Anthony’s other TV credits include A&e’s Unforgettable, CBS’ NYC 22 and Vh1’s Single Ladies. On the big screen, Anthony appeared in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq, Think like a Man, Think Like a Man Too, Baggage Claim and Double Play.
She also appeared on stage in the off-Broadway production of Love Loss and What I Wore and made her Broadway producing debut with Eclipsed, the first all-female, all-black Broadway show.
Anthony’s debut as an author, The Love Playbook, was followed with her second book,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[The following story contains spoilers from the third and final season of The Bad Batch.]
If The Bad Batch were a live-action series, it’d most certainly be considered an ensemble show. But given that one actor voiced 22 (!) characters in the final season of the animated series, that term might not quite fit in this case. It’s a point that the voice actor himself, Dee Bradley Baker, humbly acknowledges.
“The Bad Batch is a very different creative ask of an actor, to bring all of these full-fledged, full-bodied characters together in a scene as an ensemble, not as disconnected or one-offs,” says Baker. “This is an ensemble story in the same way that The Clone Wars was originally an ensemble story. It’s just in this particular ensemble, I’m most of the ensemble,” he adds, laughing.
The Disney+ series, which ended its three-season run on May 1, follows Clone Force 99, a special forces squad comprising clone solders who were enhanced with special abilities,...
If The Bad Batch were a live-action series, it’d most certainly be considered an ensemble show. But given that one actor voiced 22 (!) characters in the final season of the animated series, that term might not quite fit in this case. It’s a point that the voice actor himself, Dee Bradley Baker, humbly acknowledges.
“The Bad Batch is a very different creative ask of an actor, to bring all of these full-fledged, full-bodied characters together in a scene as an ensemble, not as disconnected or one-offs,” says Baker. “This is an ensemble story in the same way that The Clone Wars was originally an ensemble story. It’s just in this particular ensemble, I’m most of the ensemble,” he adds, laughing.
The Disney+ series, which ended its three-season run on May 1, follows Clone Force 99, a special forces squad comprising clone solders who were enhanced with special abilities,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor and musician John Stamos is known for lending his talents to bands like The Beach Boys, but now he’s going in a very different direction. Stamos has recorded a song for Willy’s Candy Spectacular, an upcoming live musical that takes inspiration from a disastrous Willy Wonka-inspired event in Scotland earlier this year. He sings on a new track the production released Monday.
The event that inspired the musical made headlines after it used lush, artificial intelligence-generated photos to attract customers to what it billed as an “immersive experience” that would transport Willy Wonka fans to a “magical realm.” In reality, this “immersive experience” was held at a shabby warehouse in Glasgow, Scotland, that was so depressing attendees compared it to a meth lab.
This viral news story inspired The Little Mermaid Live producer Richard Kraft, and his Kraft-Engel Productions, to turn that event into a musical parody.
The event that inspired the musical made headlines after it used lush, artificial intelligence-generated photos to attract customers to what it billed as an “immersive experience” that would transport Willy Wonka fans to a “magical realm.” In reality, this “immersive experience” was held at a shabby warehouse in Glasgow, Scotland, that was so depressing attendees compared it to a meth lab.
This viral news story inspired The Little Mermaid Live producer Richard Kraft, and his Kraft-Engel Productions, to turn that event into a musical parody.
- 6/3/2024
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘Kingdom’ Actor Jonathan Tucker Helped Neighbors to Safety During Home Intruder Scare in Los Angeles
Jonathan Tucker sprang into action during a home intruder scare in his Los Angeles neighborhood, the actor’s representative confirmed to Variety. TMZ first reported the story. The incident occurred Sunday evening in L.A.’s Hancock Park neighborhood.
The “Kingdom” actor called police after seeing a suspicious man walking around his block and banging on front doors. When he later saw that one of his neighbors’ front doors was wide open, he ran over to the home to check if the neighbors were in danger.
A mother and her daughter, plus another child, were inside the home at the...
The “Kingdom” actor called police after seeing a suspicious man walking around his block and banging on front doors. When he later saw that one of his neighbors’ front doors was wide open, he ran over to the home to check if the neighbors were in danger.
A mother and her daughter, plus another child, were inside the home at the...
- 6/3/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - TV News
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