A new compensation structure in the works at Disney and elsewhere would aid companies’ flexibility to distribute content within its ecosystem of networks and digital platforms. Observers say such a paradigm shift could have more ramifications for the industry than the current WGA-ATA standoff.
EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has joined the cast of Netflix's first live-action original musical Jingle Jangle.
Bonneville will star alongside Forest Whitaker in the holiday film about a cobblestone world that comes to life. Elsewhere, the cast includes Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele), Phylicia…
The Venice Film Festival has set its pre-opening night event with the screening of Ecstasy, the Gustav Machaty-directed erotic romance drama that caused a scandal on the Lido when it was originally shown during the 1934 edition. The Czech-language film stars Hedy Lamarr (then Hedy Kiesler) and stirred controversy as…
EXCLUSIVE: With AMC’s Preacher coming to a close this summer, Dominic Cooper is set to star in the six-part espionage Cold War series Spy City from Miramax and Germany’s H&V Entertainment and ZDF.
Novelist and screenwriter William Boyd (the James Bond novel Solo, A Good Man in Africa and the 1992 movie Chaplin) is…
Pinewood Group and Iskandar Malaysia Studios are ending their ten-year partnership.
The two firms issued the following statement today: "Effective 10th July, Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios will be known as Iskandar Malaysia Studios (IMS). Pinewood Group's collaboration with IMS comes to a close by mutual…
Denise Nickerson, who played the bratty, bloated Violet Beauregarde in 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and a sweet-natured orphan bedeviled by ghosts and werewolves on the classic ’60s supernatural soap Dark Shadows, died Wednesday night at a hospital near her home in Colorado. In declining health since…
Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films is to develop a television adaptation of YA graphic novel Heartstopper after optioning the rights.
The company, which recently made Nick Hornby's short-form Sundance series State of the Union and was also behind The King's Speech, struck a deal to adapt the Alice Oseman-penned…
Firefighters are tackling a sizeable blaze at Warner Bros’ historic Leavesden studios in the UK.
Fire and rescue crews were called to the film studios in Hertfordshire, just outside London, late last night UK time. The fire is said to be impacting one stage, which was not in use at the time. According to the local…
Add Sandra Bullock to the growing list of voices calling for equal pay for the US Women’s National Soccer team.
Appearing at the 2019 ESPYS in Los Angeles to present the “Best Team” award, Bullock spoke out in favor of the women, who are paid less than the men’s national team despite back-to-back World Cup wins.
“All…
Given a worldwide audience via her exclusive concert for Amazon Prime members to celebrate “Prime Day,” Taylor Swift took the opportunity for some payback on recent career developments.
Swift recently admitted she was “grossed out” when she learned that manager Scooter Braun had purchased her former label, Big…
The 2019 ESPYS brought out the stars in force to celebrate the best in sports as voted by the fans. Tracy Morgan hosted, quipping that it was one of the few rooms where everyone knew how the guests made their money. Watch his monologue above.
This year’s award winners:
Jimmy V Award for Perseverance:Â Rob MendezPat T…
Freddie Jones, the veteran English stage and screen character actor known for his long stint on the ITV soap Emmerdale, died Tuesday in the UK after a brief illness, according to his agent Lesley Duff. He was 91.
“Freddie was a much loved and admired actor, known for his triumphs in classical theatre, film and…
In May, Verve became the biggest agency to sign the WGA's new Code of Conduct, which bans TV packaging and agency-affiliated production, allowing it to resume representing its writer clients and land high-profile new ones including WGA Agency Negotiating Committee members John August and Meredith Stiehm.
While…
