Sling TV, the internet-streaming division of Dish Network, is doubling down on free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) and free, ad-supported VOD — looking to beef up its offering for consumers who balk at paying a monthly subscription fee. The redubbed Sling Freestream
Berlin-based sales company M-Appeal will be handling eight films by Academy Award winner Hamaguchi Ryûsuke made between 2008-2016. The deal follows M-Appeal’s previous collaboration with Hamaguchi and producer Takata Satoshi, of NEOPA Inc., in 2021 on the film “Wheel of Fortune
Odin’s Eye Animation has picked up sales rights to “Shimmy: The First Monkey King,” an animated family entertainment film that is rare official China-U.S. coproduction. Sales activity will begin at the European Film Market starting next week alongside the Berlin Film Festival.
Paul Mescal, nominated for best actor at the BAFTAs and Oscars for “Aftersun,” has reacted to the emotional timing when the latter nod was announced. The Oscar nomination announcement came as Mescal’s mother Dearbhla was preparing to go into chemotherapy for cancer, as revealed
Children’s book “Dark Lord: The Teenage Years” is getting a stage adaptation from Kevin Murphy (pictured above) and Laurence O’Keefe, the creators of “Heathers the Musical.” The stage musical adaptation will be produced by Buccaneer (“The Doll Factory”) and Halfire
The Aniverse and Visual Arts Foundation (AVAF) in partnership with Annecy Festival, France, is launching AniMela, India’s first-ever international festival for animation, VFX, XR, gaming and comics. The three-day festival is set to take place in Mumbai in November 2023 and will
Now streaming on Vizio TVs: Your top vacation moments — or any personal pics or videos from your camera roll. Vizio, a value-priced leader in the U.S. TV market, is launching a public beta version of VizioGram, a feature that allows you to share photos and videos via its mobile
HYBE America has entered into an agreement to merge and acquire Quality Control (QC Media Holdings, Inc.), the Atlanta-based entertainment company covering music (Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, City Girls and Migos are among its signings), sports, film and television founded by CEO
FIRST LOOKS Netflix has released first look images for at its upcoming limited series “Transatlantic,” the latest series from “Unorthodox” creator, Anna Winger. The seven-part series is set to premiere on April 7. “Transatlantic” follows an international group as they risk
A documentary film about Louis Tomlinson, titled “All Of Those Voices,” is due to hit select theatres on March 22. The doc is described as “a refreshingly raw and real look” at the former One Direction member’s life and musical career, according to its official news release. It
February's offerings include the final season of Jean-Luc Picard’s continuing adventures and a Netflix comedy starring two A-list actors
Willie Nelson’s world is a nice place to visit… and, yes, you probably do want to live there. That’s one good reason that “Willie Nelson & Family,” a documentary series that premiered at the recent Sundance Film Festival, plays out over five laid-back but thoroughly absorbing
CBS has announced a pilot order for an untitled father/son project from Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. “Legendary talk radio host and happily divorced “Poppa” (Damon Sr.) has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host is hired, and at home where he finds
Bob Iger returned to the throne that he had only briefly vacated in dramatic fashion on Wednesday, presiding over his first quarterly earnings report since coming back as Disney’s CEO. But the once and present chief made it clear to analysts, during a conference call on the
E! Network earned a solid ratings win over the weekend with its Grammys coverage. Overall, the network’s “Live from E!” offerings from the awards show managed to deliver 171 million cross-platform video minutes — a 15% increase from last year. Hosted by Laverne Cox and Bobby
Jeff Tweedy will release his third book, “World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music” on Nov. 7 via Dutton. It follows two previous bestsellers, “Letʼs Go (So We Can Get Back)” and “How to Write One Song” and details more than 50 songs that
After committing billions over the past few years to snare valuable sports rights, Disney is signaling it might play a more careful game when it comes to ESPN. Disney on Wednesday unveiled a new corporate structure that pulls ESPN out of its shared structure with the bulk of
Steven Soderbergh’s “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” is gearing up for its theatrical release with Salma Hayek playing the female lead opposite Channing Tatum, but that wasn’t how the film originally went into production. The movie started filming with Thandiwe Newton, but she exited
Brendan Fraser still doesn’t know if his Golden Globes nomination for The Whale was cynical or genuine, but either way, he says the win wouldn’t have been “meaningful to me.” During his first-ever appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Brendan Fraser opened up about his feelings
NBC has placed a pilot order for “St. Denis Medical,” the latest workplace comedy series to come from “Superstore” alums Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin, as well as Simon Heuer. According to the show’s logline, the forthcoming comedy will be “a mockumentary about an underfunded,
Charlie Kaufman, who penned the Writers Guild Award and Academy Award-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, will receive the Writers Guild of America West’s 2023 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, the WGAW announced on Wednesday. This lifetime achievement
U.S. Congressman Robert Garcia has penned an open letter to CBS Entertainment president and CEO George Cheeks calling out the network’s failure to provide closed captioning during Bad Bunny’s appearances onstage at the Grammys on Sunday. The Puerto Rican rapper and singer
The 2023 Grammy awards on Feb. 5 left long-lasting impressions, not only on the biggest winners but on the awards show’s 12.4 million viewers who were curious to discover the sounds and voices that dominated that night. The result? A striking spike in streaming numbers and
Jonathan Majors is gearing up to have one hell of a villainous year on the big screen. He’s joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe this February in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” where his character, Kang the Conquerer, will become the franchise’s new Thanos figure. Then
Colin Farrell, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of an audience of students at Chapman University, is a 46-year-old Irishman who has been a bona fide movie star for half of his life. In 2022, he starred in
Disney is doubling down on its animated franchises. Disney CEO Bob Iger teased that more installments are in the works for Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia. On an earnings call Wednesday, Iger told investors these future films were an example of how “we are leaning into our
After the difficult news he had to deliver about layoffs and losses, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced several big news items for fans during the company’s earnings call for the year-end 2022 quarter on Wednesday. For animated film lovers, Iger announced that two new sequels to
Owen Wilson appears to be channeling his inner Bob Ross in the first trailer for IFC Films’ upcoming comedy Paint. Director Brit McAdams’ film is set for release on April 7 and stars Wilson as Carl Nargle, the beloved host of a long-running instructional painting series on
Bob Iger is back as Disney’s CEO — and swinging the axe. Disney will reduce its workforce by 7,000 employees in a bid to cut costs, Iger said Wednesday on the company’s earnings call for the year-end 2022 quarter. The figure represents 3.2% of Disney’s total headcount of about
Disney CEO Bob Iger has implemented a sweeping reorganization of the company’s operations, creating a Disney Entertainment business unit to be led by Dana Walden and Alan Bergman, as well as a separate unit for ESPN’s operations including streamer ESPN+. Josh D’Amaro will
Forget the Super Bowl face-off between the Eagles vs. the Chiefs, the hottest weekend matchup is unfolding at the box office as several contenders — “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” and “Titanic” (yes, really) among them — compete for first place. The third “Magic Mike” chapter, this
The Lewis Brothers, filmmakers behind digital comedy shorts and a 2021 viral sensation about the late Robin Williams, are heading back to vintage Hollywood for their next project. Jake and Sam Lewis will release “The Cowboy & The Samurai,” a proof-of-concept about the
We're "focusing on being not only clever or interesting but writing dialogue that generates an emotional connection," Residente says
“From Bleak to Dark,” the title of Marc Maron’s latest comedy special, perfectly encapsulates his prickly worldview. Those looking for benign reflections on the sunny side of life should just… move along. But it also hints at the comedian’s ability to find a ray of humor in
Disney+ lost a net 2.4 million subscribers in the last three months of 2022 — marking the streaming service’s first decline since launching in late 2020 — while the Mouse House’s quarterly earnings topped Wall Street estimates, thanks to a surge in revenue at Disney’s theme
Reese Witherspoon once recapped the plot of her 2010 movie How Do You Know on a plane after the in-flight movie stopped working. The actress and producer told Seth Meyers on Tuesday’s Late Night that she was once on a five-hour flight, during the time when there was one
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters is not backing down on his controversial stand that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “provoked”: He repeated that charge Wednesday to no less a body than the United Nations Security Council itself, giving a 16-minute speech at Russia’s behest.
Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis are teaming for an Amazon series based on Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta novels, Variety has confirmed with sources. Kidman would star as Scarpetta with Curtis playing her sister, Dorothy. Sources say that deals for the show are not yet
WME has signed Seth MacFarlane as well as his production company Fuzzy Door. He was previously repped by CAA and continues to be repped by Jackoway Austen and manager Joy Fehily. MacFarlane is best known for creating “Family Guy,” the animated comedy that has been running on
The “Magic Mike” franchise is, at the center of its Red Bull-pumping heart, about hustling. Hustling for cash, for love, for good times, for protein powder at wholesale. Over 11 years, Channing Tatum’s stripper odyssey has produced two films, a reality dance competition, and a
With Warner Bros.’ Shazam! Fury of the Gods gearing up for release next month, lead star Zachary Levi has lined up another major project. The actor is set to take the lead in survival thriller Not Without Hope. Adapted from Nick Schuyler and Jere Longman’s best-selling novel of
Netflix’s crackdown on sharing passwords with individuals outside an account member’s household is expanding to four new countries — and the streaming giant said it’s going to start blocking devices that attempt to access a Netflix account without properly paying. Starting
As any one of his close collaborators will tell you, legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg has another rare gift for, well, giving gifts. “He’s thoughtful in every way,” says Michelle Williams, the Oscar-nominated star of The Fabelmans, who plays a character inspired by
Steven Soderbergh is discussing the “chicken-or-the-egg” situation theatrical exhibitors are facing with Marvel’s dominance and addresses press reports around Thandiwe Newton’s Magic Mike departure in a new interview. Recently speaking to Rolling Stone in an extensive interview
IFC has dropped the trailer and art for its upcoming comedy “Paint,” and leading man Owen Wilson goes full-on Bob Ross mode in it. The film stars Wilson as Carl Nagyl, Vermont’s top TV painter who has everything going for him, from a fanbase to a van and even a perm, until a
While the final five in the international category at the Oscars ended up being mostly Eurocentric, the shortlist was one of the most diverse. Especially notable are the number of edgy stories set in different Muslim societies. They come not only from the Arab world such as
Slowly but surely, the Oscars are starting to reflect the best in international film, rather than simply celebrating the most impressive achievements in American (and occasionally English, Irish and Australian) production. That’s a good thing for world cinema — to be
As Marvel gets ready to launch Phase 5 with the upcoming “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” its leading stars are taking a moment to celebrate the strength of their fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe actor Jeremy Renner. Both Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly have been in contact
