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‘Mayday’ Trailer: Ryan Reynolds Is Stuck Behind Enemy Lines In Cold War Buddy Comedy

Not sure if Ryan Reynolds can charm his way out of this one. Apple Original Films has dropped the first trailer for Mayday, the upcoming action-buddy-comedy starring Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh ahead of its September 4 bow on Apple TV. In the pic, when hot shot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Reynolds) is sent on […]

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‘Behemoth!’ Trailer: It All Starts With Pedro Pascal In First Look At Tony Gilroy Pic; Searchlight Dates For December 4

Here’s your first trailer for Tony Gilroy’s new drama Behemoth! starring Pedro Pascal, Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor and Will Arnett. Searchlight has just dated the movie for December 4th, 2026, right in the awards season corridor. The synopsis reads: “A gifted cellist, Alex Serian (Pedro Pascal), returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on […]

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Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards Sets 2027 Date & Timeline

With the Primetime Emmy noms in the books, film awards season is coming into focus. The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild has put the final touches on its 2027 awards timeline. The 14th annual MUAHS Awards ceremony is set for Saturday, February 20, returning to the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles. Nominations will be […]

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BBC And Channel 4 Shows Repurposed For RoseBerry Media’s New Vertical Video Service Epis

Israel’s RoseBerry Media has reversioned BBC and Channel 4 series for its newly-announced vertical video platform, Epis (styled ‘epis’). The service has launched on the App Store, Google Play and a dedicated website with more than 100 titles across crime, drama, reality, dating, factual entertainment and docs. RoseBerry is planning to launch more than 25 […]

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BBC Director General Supports Streamer License Fee Plan But Says Enforcement Will Be “Difficult”

New BBC Director General Matt Brittin has signaled his support for the license fee to expand to streaming services while acknowledging enforcement would be “difficult.” Having the scope of the annual £180 ($240) fee widen to incorporate those watching non-live TV on the likes of Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ has emerged as one of […]

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BBC Boss Says ‘Doctor Who’ Disruption Is Opportunity For Creative Regeneration

BBC director general Matt Brittin has made a bullish case for the future of Doctor Who after the sci-fi show’s Christmas special was canceled amid production changes. Brittin — who declared his love for Doctor Who before joining the BBC earlier this year — said the exit of showrunner Russell T Davies, producer Bad Wolf, […]

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Scott Mills Rocketed To Top Of BBC’s Presenter Pay League Before Being Fired

Scott Mills became the BBC’s highest-paid presenter before being abruptly terminated as the host of the Radio 2 breakfast show in March. The BBC fired the radio DJ after receiving new information relating to a police investigation over alleged historical sexual offences, which prosecutors ultimately dropped. Mills pocketed as much as £750,000 ($1M) in the […]

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Bectu Union Boss Philippa Childs Stepping Down After Nearly 10 Years

The head of the UK broadcasting union is stepping down after almost a decade in post. Philippa Childs, Bectu’s first female boss, will exit at the start of next year. Her successor will be unveiled by Bectu’s parent union Prospect soon. Childs has been running Bectu, which represents the interests of behind-the-camera workers across TV, […]

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BBC License Fee Payers Plummet By Half A Million

The number of households paying the BBC license fee plummeted last year at a time when the corporation is desperately seeking a revamp of its funding model. Today’s BBC Annual Report showed that license fee payers slid by 539,000 last year to around 23.3 million. This is the biggest decline since 2020-21 and likely one […]

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Venice To Fete Ellen Burstyn & Screen New Maggie Gyllenhaal-Directed Short About Marilyn Monroe Starring The Actress

The Venice Film Festival is to celebrate Ellen Burstyn with a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. The award will be presented to Burstyn at the screening of Flesh Impact, a short film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, in which Burstyn also stars. The synopsis for the short provided by Venice reads: “Dedicated to Marilyn Monroe on […]

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Andy Serkis Responds To Question About Lack Of Diversity In ‘LOTR: The Hunt For Gollum’ Casting

Andy Serkis has said his Lord Of The Rings film The Hunt For Gollum will address concerns about diversity “where relevant” and without just “ticking boxes” during an interview with the BBC. The BBC asked the veteran actor and director about what they described as a “lack of diversity” in the Lord Of The Rings […]

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Indie Movie Tax Credit Has Provided “Modest Gain To Landscape” & Some Projects May Never Enter Production, Says Leading UK Training Body

The leading UK film and TV training body has questioned whether some of the projects benefitting from the new indie movie tax credit will ever make it to the big screen. ScreenSkills unveiled a report this morning analyzing the short-term past and predicting the future of the local film and TV industry, which found that […]

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Playhouse Studios Buys Halo Post Assets & Launches Playhouse Post

EXCLUSIVE: Irish producer Playhouse Studios has bought the assets and Noel Street facility of Halo Post and will soon launch its own post house as a result. The deal, financial terms of which weren’t revealed, for Halo comes after Mojo Bridge, the parent company that housed the famed Soho post house, went into administration in […]

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Australia’s SBS Buys Icelandic-Portuguese Drama Series ‘Cold Haven’

EXCLUSIVE: Icelandic-Portuguese crime thriller Cold Haven has found a home in Australia. Public service network SBS has acquired the show for its streamer, SBS On Demand, and will launch on July 15 after a deal with distributor About Premium Content (APC). Cold Haven follows Maria (Maria João Bastos), a Portuguese woman who has relocated to Iceland […]

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Christopher Nolan Says He Wouldn’t Have Been Able To Make ‘The Odyssey’ Without ‘Oppenheimer’

“I will never get a chance to get high with you in a dorm room,” said Jon Stewart on The Daily Show tonight, preparing Christopher Nolan for his somewhat unusual questions about The Odyssey. Among the queries: Why didn’t the cyclops tell a joke? What happened to the wheels on the Trojan horse? And is […]

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State AGs Seek Temporary Restraining Order To Pause Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

State attorneys general are now seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to pause Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, warning that the company may otherwise close the transaction as soon as July 22. That date is around the time that the European Union is expected to issue its decision on the transaction, […]

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Vietnam’s Skyline Media Schedules North America, International Rollout For ‘Mr. Hero’

EXCLUSIVE: Vietnamese comedy drama Mr. Hero, produced by three Vietnamese production outfits and Fremantle’s Singapore-based Beach House Pictures, is set for a wide international rollout following its premiere yesterday at New York Asian Film Festival. Directed by Vo Thach Thao (hit series The Apple Tree Blossoms) and produced by Timothy Linh Bui (Sister Sister), the […]

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Paramount’s David Ellison Meets With House Members On Federal Film Tax Incentive; Meeting Comes House After State AG Merger Challenge

Paramount CEO David Ellison was meeting on Monday with members of the House Ways & Means Committee to promote a federal film tax incentive, sources said. Ellison and Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim were among those meeting with the lawmakers. The idea of establishing a more robust federal incentive has drawn support from members on […]

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‘The Beauty’ Cast Released; Future Of FX Series Unclear

EXCLUSIVE: The Beauty is on pause at FX. The options on the cast of Ryan Murphy and Matthew Hodgson’s series, based on a comic book series by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, have lapsed, and the actors are moving onto other projects. That includes leads Evan Peters, who is filming Season 13 of American […]

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David Zaslav Selling $59.5M In WBD Shares

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is selling about $59.5 million in company stock, his latest move to cash in on the company’s stock rebound. The sale of the nearly 2.2 million shares was revealed in an SEC filing on Monday, hours after 12 states filed an antitrust lawsuit intended to block Paramount’s $110 billion […]

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‘Moana’ Doesn’t Sing With $95M+ WW Opening; Stephen Chow Kicks Up $74M With ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ – Global Box Office Update

Forget any bad buzz that there’s a funk at the box office, because it always boils down to product, as well as time and space. As we told you throughout the weekend, the live-action Moana was too close to Thanksgiving 2024’s Moana 2 on the calendar. Had it gone in place of Moana 2 at […]

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Blake Garrett Cause Of Death Revealed

Former child actor Blake Garrett, known best for his role as Plug in the family comedy How To Eat Fried Worms, died from a fentanyl overdose, TMZ reported, citing a summary report from the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. According to the report, Garrett’s cause of death is listed as acute fentanyl toxicity, with […]

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TriStar Pictures Lands Feature Rights To Trevor Henderson’s Viral Internet IP ‘Cartoon Cat’

EXCLUSIVE: After Siren Head sold to Warner Bros. in a massive bidding war, another viral internet sensation from Trevor Henderson has found a new home. In a pre-emptive deal, Sony’s Tri-Star Pictures has swooped in to acquire the feature film rights to Henderson’s Cartoon Cat following. This sale marks the second feature deal for Henderson […]

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Peacock Unveils Teaser Trailer & First-Look Photos For ‘Crystal Lake’ Series Starring Linda Cardellini

We’re getting a first look at Peacock’s Friday the 13th sequel series Crystal Lake, which arrives Oct. 15 on the streamer. From A24 and creator Brad Caleb Kane, Crystal Lake stars Linda Cardellini as Pam Voorhees, a single mother who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned […]

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Sony Animation & Amazon MGM Studios Team For ‘The Haunting Of Hotel Transylvania’, Set Fall 2027 Theatrical Release

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Animation and Amazon MGM Studios are coming back together for the fifth Hotel Transylvania movie, The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania, set for theatrical release on Oct. 8, 2027. While Hotel Transylvania was born as a Sony property, during Covid when theaters were closed, the Culver City lot licensed the fourth movie, Hotel […]

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Cindy Busby To Star In Great American Media Holiday Film ‘Christmas Wrapped In Love’

EXCLUSIVE: Cindy Busby (When Hope Calls, There’s No Place Like Christmas) is set to star in the Great American Media holiday film Christmas Wrapped in Love, which just began production. The film will have its world premiere across Great American Pure Flix, Great American Family, and GFAM+ during the network’s top-rated Great American Christmas programming […]

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Paramount-WBD Combo Is “Not A Merger That Serves The Public,” NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Says

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expressing solidarity with New York Attorney General Letitia James and 11 other state attorneys general suing to stop the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. In a statement posted to social media after 12 state AGs filed an antitrust lawsuit Monday seeking to block the $110 billion deal, Mamdani said […]

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PinkPantheress Making Feature Acting Debut In Daniels’ Secret Event Pic At Universal

EXCLUSIVE: Multi-platinum British recording artist, songwriter and producer, PinkPantheress aka Victoria Walker, is set to make her feature acting debut in the Daniels’ secret event film at Universal. She joins previously announced Matt Damon, Sandra Oh, Charles Melton, Sean Kaufman, Silvia Dionicio, Jackson Kelly, Kerrice Brooks, Thalia Dudek, and Michael Gandolfini in the feature which […]

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Michael Waldron Developing ‘Nova’ Movie At Marvel Studios

After rumors started to spread of a potential Nova project from filmmaker Michael Waldron last week, sources now tell Deadline that the Chad Powers creator is developing a feature film around the comic at Marvel Studios. Insiders stress the project is still in early development but that Waldron is on board to pen the script […]

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‘Silo’ Season 3 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?

It’s time to dig deep once more in the dystopian world of Apple TV’s Silo, based on the books by Hugh Howey. Season 3 of the science-fiction television series adaptation arrives right before America’s 250th birthday. With some new faces joining Season 3 after Steve Zahn boarded the show in Season 2, Juliette’s lost memories […]

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‘Mayday’ Trailer: Ryan Reynolds Is Stuck Behind Enemy Lines In Cold War Buddy Comedy

‘Behemoth!’ Trailer: It All Starts With Pedro Pascal In First Look At Tony Gilroy Pic; Searchlight Dates For December 4

Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards Sets 2027 Date & Timeline

BBC And Channel 4 Shows Repurposed For RoseBerry Media’s New Vertical Video Service Epis

BBC Director General Supports Streamer License Fee Plan But Says Enforcement Will Be “Difficult”

BBC Boss Says ‘Doctor Who’ Disruption Is Opportunity For Creative Regeneration

Scott Mills Rocketed To Top Of BBC’s Presenter Pay League Before Being Fired

Bectu Union Boss Philippa Childs Stepping Down After Nearly 10 Years

BBC License Fee Payers Plummet By Half A Million

Venice To Fete Ellen Burstyn & Screen New Maggie Gyllenhaal-Directed Short About Marilyn Monroe Starring The Actress

Andy Serkis Responds To Question About Lack Of Diversity In ‘LOTR: The Hunt For Gollum’ Casting

Indie Movie Tax Credit Has Provided “Modest Gain To Landscape” & Some Projects May Never Enter Production, Says Leading UK Training Body

Playhouse Studios Buys Halo Post Assets & Launches Playhouse Post

Australia’s SBS Buys Icelandic-Portuguese Drama Series ‘Cold Haven’

Christopher Nolan Says He Wouldn’t Have Been Able To Make ‘The Odyssey’ Without ‘Oppenheimer’

State AGs Seek Temporary Restraining Order To Pause Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Vietnam’s Skyline Media Schedules North America, International Rollout For ‘Mr. Hero’

Paramount’s David Ellison Meets With House Members On Federal Film Tax Incentive; Meeting Comes House After State AG Merger Challenge

‘The Beauty’ Cast Released; Future Of FX Series Unclear

David Zaslav Selling $59.5M In WBD Shares

‘Moana’ Doesn’t Sing With $95M+ WW Opening; Stephen Chow Kicks Up $74M With ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ – Global Box Office Update

Blake Garrett Cause Of Death Revealed

TriStar Pictures Lands Feature Rights To Trevor Henderson’s Viral Internet IP ‘Cartoon Cat’

Peacock Unveils Teaser Trailer & First-Look Photos For ‘Crystal Lake’ Series Starring Linda Cardellini

Sony Animation & Amazon MGM Studios Team For ‘The Haunting Of Hotel Transylvania’, Set Fall 2027 Theatrical Release

Cindy Busby To Star In Great American Media Holiday Film ‘Christmas Wrapped In Love’

Paramount-WBD Combo Is “Not A Merger That Serves The Public,” NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Says

PinkPantheress Making Feature Acting Debut In Daniels’ Secret Event Pic At Universal

Michael Waldron Developing ‘Nova’ Movie At Marvel Studios

‘Silo’ Season 3 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?

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