James G. Robinson, a producer and co-founder with Joe Roth of Morgan Creek Productions, the company behind hits including Major League and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, died February 15. He was 90. His death was announced by his family. A cause of death was not disclosed, but the family said Robinson, of Lutherville, Maryland, passed […]
EXCLUSIVE: River Gallo, star and writer of Ponyboi, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, has inked a first-look deal with Fox Entertainment Studios for scripted television and motion picture projects. Ponyboi, which received the Grand Jury Prize nom at the festival, served as the inaugural feature film produced under Fox Entertainment Studios’ new […]
A coalition of public interest groups are calling on state attorneys general to try to block Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, claiming that it will increase consolidation to the point that it violates antitrust law. The letter, led by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, is aimed at California Attorney General Rob […]
EXCLUSIVE: Julian Schnabel’s Venice Film Festival-winning In the Hand of Dante will close the Sarasota Film Festival. The pic which stars a murderer’s row of thespians including Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Al Pacino, and Martin Scorsese, follows a disillusioned author who is drawn into a violent underworld quest to authenticate a manuscript believed to be […]
It’s a quiet weekend for new indie openings amid the countdown to Oscars and among holdovers and wide release studio fare. Mubi’s Pompei: Below The Clouds, striking black-and white portrait of life in Naples in the shadow of Vesuvius opens in New York (Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Center). The documentary by Oscar-nominated filmmaker […]
EXCLUSIVE: Julia Fox is getting in on the fun in Amazon MGM Studios and Wonderland Sound and Vision’s holiday comedy Clashing Through the Snow, joining Christopher Briney, Michelle Randolph, Lukas Gage and Paris Hilton. The Uncut Gems star will play an iconic rock star musician in the movie which has been described as Planes, Train, […]
SPOILER ALERT: This report contains spoilers about Lynne Ramsay’s alternate ending to ‘Die My Love’. Lynne Ramsay still isn’t sure about the ending of her most recent film Die My Love. Speaking to an audience at the Glasgow Film Festival on Friday, the Scottish filmmaker admitted that getting the Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson starrer ready […]
EXCLUSIVE: Dad on Arrival, the second comedy special from Joe Dombrowski, will be available for streaming via 800 Pound Gorilla on March 30 before going wide on YouTube on April 14 at 7:00 pm CST. The special takes its name from the comedian’s newest role: father to a three-month-old baby boy. In the hour, he […]
EXCLUSIVE: The Clark(e)s are aligning, as Jason Clarke (A House of Dynamite) has inked a deal to join Viola Davis in Ally Clark, a new thriller coming together at Amazon MGM Studios, on which we were first to report last June. No word yet on the role to be played by Clarke. Written by Jose […]
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hotly sought-after young talent: Embreigh Courtlyn, a Gen Alpha creator and entrepreneur, has inked with three new reps (WME, Untitled, and The Loft Entertainment) for representation in all areas. While just 15 years old, Courtlyn has a rapidly growing presence across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Currently, she reaches over 11 million followers […]
At any given time, someone on planet Earth qualifies as the oldest human being alive. Not surprisingly, the people at Guinness World Records certify such things. Current oldest person alive: Ethel Caterham of Surrey, England, who is 116 and roughly 197 days old and counting. Filmmaker Sam Green, fascinated by fascination over the oldest person […]
EXCLUSIVE: HeartRock Partners the management and entertainment company set up by former Gersh head of alternative Alec Shankman, has closed its first round of funding. The company launched earlier this year and set up the company in Cleveland with outposts in L.A. and New York. It has now secured a seven-figure investment round, largely from private […]
Jimmy Fallon visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night to bid an early goodbye to his competition, and after showing some old photos of the two together and presenting the outgoing CBS host with a going-away gift of a painting (Colbert and his dog riding off on a boat to parts unknown), the […]
Amazon MGM Studios’ Melania will begin streaming on Prime Video on March 9, following its January 30 theatrical release. The documentary from director Brett Ratner, which featured “behind-the-scenes access to the first lady during the critical weeks before the 2025 presidential election,” opened to $7 million, the biggest opening for a non-fiction feature in the […]
EXCLUSIVE: TriStar Pictures has preemptively acquired The Last Orbit, a forthcoming novel from New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich, inking a deal for Matt Shakman (The Fantastic Four: First Steps) to direct from a story by Josh Friedman (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) adapted from the book. Slated for publication by Authors […]
EXCLUSIVE: Actress Dania Ramirez (X-Men: The Last Stand, Once Upon a Time) has signed with Buchwald for representation. Ramirez most recently starred as Nikki Batista on the Fox crime drama series Alert: Missing Persons Unit, working opposite Scott Caan. The series is set at the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit. Each episode features a search for a missing person […]
EXCLUSIVE: Impression Entertainment has signed award-winning Latin artist DannyLux for management. Accruing over a million followers on social media since 2019, DannyLux is ascending as one of the most prominent figures in regional Mexican music. Known for his Alternative-Sierreño sound, he last year released his critically acclaimed album Leyenda, earning his second consecutive Latin Grammy […]
EXCLUSIVE: JoAnna Garcia Swisher (Sweet Magnolias), Mark Wystrach (The Runarounds) and Madison Wolfe (The Hunting Wives) have commenced production in Louisiana on A Christmas Kind of Love, a new holiday rom-com for Netflix. Written and directed by Bethany Ashton Wolf (Forever My Girl), the film follows a widowed baker in rural Louisiana who, when her […]
Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle has expressed her gratitude for the support of the film and festival communities, which rallied behind her in recent days following rumors she was on the verge of being axed, and also reaffirmed the festival’s independence. “During a uniquely challenging period, the outpouring of support from German cultural organisations, and from […]
EXCLUSIVE: Cameras are rolling in Los Angeles on feature Desert Flowers, whose cast includes Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Michaela Watkins (Hacks), EJ Marcus (writer, I Love LA), Kyle Mooney (SNL) and Leslie David Baker (The Office). The comedy is led by Mackinlee Waddell (Brother From Another Mother), Bailey Stender (Wolf Pack) and Kimia Behpoornia (Abbott […]
Byron Allen has acquired a 10.7% stake in Starz, paying $25 million for 1.8 million shares in the entertainment company. The deal follows years of Allen throwing his name in the mix for a range of media properties. He was among several bidders for Paramount when it was under Shari Redstone’s control and expressed interest […]
Pixar Original Hoppers is off to a solid start in previews with $3.2M. Keep in mind that’s $2M from last night with the rest from Saturday previews a week ago. That preview figure tracks with 2024’s Kung Fu Panda 4 (granted, not original), but it did $3.8M in previews for a $58M 3-day. The expectation […]
EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has picked up North American distribution rights to Jinsei, Ryuya Suzuki’s Japanese animated-drama, which debuted at the Annecy Film Festival. The debut film was animated entirely by Suzuki over 18 months, based on his script. The Rock’N Roll Mountain production features voice work from rapper Ace Cool, Taketo Tanaka, and Shohei Uno. […]
Daryl Hannah, in a scathing New York Times guest essay published today, excoriates Ryan Murphy’s highly-rated FX limited series Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, in particular her depiction as the villainous “adversary” to the titled romance. And a coke-snorting, heirloom-desecrating, funeral-crashing adversary at that. Hannah, who dated Kennedy off and on for […]
The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, in a report that was weaker than expected. The latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics also showed a revision to previous month’s data, now showing a loss of 17,000 jobs in December and a gain of 126,000 jobs […]
