Guy Ritchie will direct the sequel to “Road House” with Jake Gyllenhaal set to reprise his lead role as ex-UFC fighter Dalton.

“Road House 2” marks the third collaboration between Ritchie and Gyllenhaal and their second for Amazon MGM Studios following “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant.” The filmmaker and the Oscar and Tony-nominated actor also collaborated on the forthcoming action thriller “In the Grey.”

Will Beall is writing the script for the sequel, plot details for which are being kept under wraps. Producers include Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Alex Gartner, as well as Gyllenhaal for his Nine Stories Productions with Josh McLaughlin. Ivan Atkinson will executive produce.

“Road House,” a reboot of the 1989 classic starring Patrick Swayze, followed Gyllenhaal as a former UFC fighter struggling to make ends meet. After the owner of a Florida Keys roadhouse finds him sleeping in his car, Dalton becomes the bar...

“Shōgun” is officially coming back for Season 2 at FX, with the second season of the hit historical drama set to begin production in January 2026 in Vancouver.

Season 1 stars Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis will return in the roles of Lord Yoshii Toranaga and John Blackthorne, respectively. Sanada, who was a producer on Season 1 in addition to starring, has been elevated to executive producer. Jarvis will now be a co-executive producer on the series.

The second season will take place 10 years after the events of the first.

“Shōgun” Season 1 was based on the novel of the same name by James Clavell, which was itself loosely based on real events in Japanese history. The show debuted to near universal acclaim in February 2024.

Then in May, it was reported that a second season was being eyed by FX following the success of Season 1. Sources said that FX was mulling entering the show into...

CBS is on track for a record-breaking 17th consecutive season of being the most-watched broadcast network.

When excluding sports, it’s averaging 4.99 million viewers in primetime, per Nielsen data, up 14% year over year. The milestone marks broadcast television’s longest winning streak on record since 1955-1970, which was also previously held by CBS.

CBS currently has the top seven shows on broadcast, which include “Tracker” with an average of 10.84 million viewers; “Matlock” with 9.53 million; “60 Minutes” with 8.45 million; “FBI” with 8.11 million, “Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage” with 7.98 million; “Blue Bloods” with 7.9 million and “NCIS” with 7.86 million.

It also touts eight of the 10 top shows, which include the above seven and “Elsbeth”; four of the top five new shows; and the top two comedies (“Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage” and “Ghosts”).

When looking at the top 20 shows, CBS claimed 13 spots on the list.

NBC had four spots with “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago Med,...

Natasha Lyonne is set to make her feature directorial debut — with a big assist from artificial intelligence.

The “Poker Face” star is teaming up with Brit Marling and renowned computer scientist Jaron Lanier to create “Uncanny Valley,” a “hybrid film” that combines live action and AI. The new flick was announced on Tuesday by Asteria Studios, the self-described “ethical AI film and animation studio” that Lyonne co-founded alongside Bryn Mooser.

“Uncanny Valley,” per a release from Asteria, will be “powered by ‘Marey,’ the first clean foundational AI model developed by the engineers at Moonvalley, ensuring creative integrity and copyright transparency.”

Lyonne, in a statement shared with TheWrap, said it is “astounding” what can be created with AI when it is used “ethically and creatively.”

“Bringing something so bold to life feels radically expansive and exciting,” she said. “I’m immensely grateful for this opportunity from Asteria and to witness this...

Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Movie” continues its domination at the U.K. and Ireland box office, topping the chart for a fourth straight weekend with £2.4 million ($3.3 million), according to Comscore. The film has amassed $68.7 million to date, firmly establishing itself as one of the biggest hits of 2025.

Close behind, Warner Bros.’ “Sinners” maintained its momentum, earning $3.2 million in its second weekend for a $9.6 million total.

In third place, the reissue of “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith” from 20th Century Fox delivered a powerful showing earning $2.3 million over the weekend.

Another Warner Bros. title, “The Accountant 2,” opened in fourth with $1.2 million. The sequel to the 2016 action thriller, starring Ben Affleck, launched solidly ahead of the May blockbuster season.

Event cinema continued to prove popular, with “Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii” from Trafalgar Releasing landing in fifth place with $905,671. The remastered concert film celebrates the legendary band...

Apple’s antitrust woes are growing, with a judge referring a criminal case against the tech giant to federal prosecutors for violating court-imposed rules to maintain revenue from its borderline monopoly over segments of the App Store.

Under the ruling, Apple is barred from imposing commissions on payments made outside an app or restricting developers from telling users about alternative payment options that allow them to bypass fees on sales in the App Store, where the company exacts a toll of up to 30 percent on all transactions.

“Apple willfully chose not to comply with this Court’s Injunction,” wrote U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. “It did so with the express intent to create new anticompetitive barriers which would, by design and in effect, maintain a valued revenue stream; a revenue stream previously found to be anticompetitive. That it thought this Court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation.

Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed try to save the world with improv in the trailer for the action-comedy movie Deep Cover.

Director Tom Kingsley’s feature is set to begin streaming via Amazon Prime Video on June 12. Paddy Considine, Sonoya Mizuno, Ian McShane and Sean Bean round out the cast.

Deep Cover centers on Kat (Howard), an improv teacher recruited by an undercover cop (Bean) to enlist two of her students (Bloom and Mohammed) to impersonate criminals as they try to stop crime in London.

“You were so good,” Bloom assures Mohammed during a tense moment. “You committed. It was inspiring.”

Later, Howard scolds Bloom by saying, “I told you not to escalate.” He replies, “It’s where the scene went.”

Kingsley (Doctor Who) helmed the film from a script credited to Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow, Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen. Trevorrow, Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald serve as producers.

Robert De Niro is showing “love and support” for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently came out as transgender.

“I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter. I don’t know what the big deal is,” Robert De Niro told Variety in a statement. “I love all my children.”

In a recent sit-down with Them, Airyn De Niro discussed “stepping into this new identity,” as well as growing up as one of seven children in the De Niro household.

“There’s a difference between being visible and being seen,” Airyn De Niro said. “I’ve been visible. I don’t think I’ve been seen yet.”

She went on to say that “no parent is perfect, but I am grateful that both my parents agreed to keep me out of the limelight. They have told me they wanted...

Quinta Brunson teased some ill-advised “Saturday Night Live” sketches in a promo Wednesday ahead of this week’s hosting gig, centering her pitches around President Donald Trump’s tariffs and a character named “Toilet Paper Mama.”

The video sketch highlighting the intentionally bad sketch kicks off with Andrew Dismukes and Brunson brainstorming ideas for the comedy sketch show’s May 3 episode.

“Quinta, welcome back, how ya feelin’?” Dismukes asks.

“I am so excited! But I’m also a little nervous,” Brunson says, clarifying that she’s not nervous about hosting the show, but “nervous about these tariffs.”

“But what if we did sketches centered around the items affected by the tariffs — and then we can keep the items after the show?” she poses.

That’s when Heidi Gardner comes in wrap-dressed in rolls of toilet paper. Welcome to the stage: Toilet Paper Mama.

“Hey, so, um, question about this character,...

Big Loud, the Nashville record label that’s home to country superstar Morgan Wallen, sold a stake in the singer’s catalog to Chord Music Partners, sources familiar with the matter tell The Hollywood Reporter. The sources, who requested anonymity to speak freely on the matter, say Chord made the purchase for $200 million.

A Big Loud rep confirmed to THR that the company sold a minority stake in the catalog, though the spokesperson didn’t include financial details or deal terms of the transaction.

“Big Loud has sold a minority stake in Morgan Wallen’s master recording catalog to Chord Music Partners, as part of a strategic investment to expand the label’s global footprint and fuel long-term artist development,” the rep said. “The deal was executed with the support of the internal Big Loud team, alongside partners at Chord Music, Republic Records & Umg, Plus Capital, Eisner, Loeb & Loeb, Dla Piper,...

On a recent Tuesday, Samantha Luu and Arun Goswami are sorting day-old cupcakes and loaves of artisan bread in a warehouse on Alvarado Street as they wait for texts to come in from TV shoots across Los Angeles.

But “Nobody Wants This,” filming in Eagle Rock, doesn’t have any leftovers from its crew meal, and neither does “The Lincoln Lawyer,” shooting at L.A. Center Studios. So Arun moves on to plan B: delivering hundreds of pounds of leftover Whole Foods baked goods to partners like the Hollywood Food Coalition.

It’s a typical day at Every Day Action, which...

On a recent Tuesday, Samantha Luu and Arun Goswami are sorting day-old cupcakes and loaves of artisan bread in a warehouse on Alvarado Street as they wait for texts to come in from TV shoots across Los Angeles.

But “Nobody Wants This,” filming in Eagle Rock, doesn’t have any leftovers from its crew meal, and neither does “The Lincoln Lawyer,” shooting at L.A. Center Studios. So Arun moves on to plan B: delivering hundreds of pounds of leftover Whole Foods baked goods to partners like the Hollywood Food Coalition.

It’s a typical day at Every Day Action, which was launched by former assistant directors Hillary Cohen and Luu in 2020 to help eliminate waste on productions. Drivers from the nonprofit crisscross the city, stopping by the sets of shows including “Abbott Elementary,” “NCIS,” “9-1-1” and “The Pitt.”

“We were kind of sick of how much food was thrown out,...

Chloe Fineman tries her best to provide sex advice in the trailer for Hulu’s comedy feature Summer of 69.

Jillian Bell co-wrote and directed the movie that begins streaming May 9. Rounding out the cast are Sam Morelos, Matt Cornett, Charlie Day, Natalie Morales, Nicole Byer, Liza Koshy, Alex Moffat and Paula Pell.

Summer of 69 centers on Abby (Morelos), an awkward high school senior seeking guidance from an exotic dancer (Fineman) in her efforts to seduce her crush prior to graduation.

“Every person on earth was more sexually experienced than me — and then everything changed,” Morelos says in the trailer. “I found my sexual fairy godmother in a strip club.”

Later in the footage, Morelos declares, “I am a sex machine.” This leads Fineman to respond, “Yes, bitch! There she is.”

Bell makes her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with Liz Nico and Jules Byrne. Producers include Bell,...

In his new memoir, Oscar-nominated actor Jeremy Renner shares a detailed and harrowing account of the New Year’s Day 2023 accident at his property in Reno, Nevada, when he was crushed by a running Snowcat while saving his nephew from being pinned and likely killed by the tracked snow removal vehicle. In the book, out this week, several new details about what happened that day and throughout his recovery are revealed for the first time.

In unembellished and blistering prose, My Next Breath sees the actor best known for The Hurt Locker and his portrayal of Hawkeye in the Avengers franchise share his horrifying experience and details his emotional and physical recovery after being run over by the 14,300-pound vehicle, which is mostly used at ski resorts. That day, the actor broke 38 bones and had to have his eye duct-taped back in after the accident, which occurred after a massive...

Chappell Roan has won a Grammy, performed in front of one of the biggest Lollapalooza crowds of all time and finds no problem establishing boundaries as a rising star. However, one of the “scariest thing[s]” she’s endured was auditioning for The Voice.

In a profile with W Magazine, “The Giver” songstress opened up about her experience as a developing artist before she shot to acclaim last year, which included her throwing her hat in the ring for popular competition TV shows. Roan said she auditioned for The Voice and America’s Got Talent (neither audition was televised), further adding that her tryout on The Voice in particular was less than stellar as a producer didn’t pay her much mind.

“When I auditioned for The Voice, I was 15,” the Grammy winner said. “By the way, when I did the Voice audition, the producer or whoever the f*** was watching did...

AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron saw his total compensation fall to $11.35 million in 2024, down 55% from $25.4 million in 2023.

The package included a $1.5 million base salary, stock option awards of $5.44 million, non-equity incentive plan compensation of $4.38 million and $29,868 in “other” compensation, including $13,800 in 401(k) match contributions paid by the company and $16,068 in life insurance premiums.

The decline from 2023 was due to the value of his annual equity grant decreasing approximately 37%. Aron’s base salary and annual bonus opportunity did not change, resulting in a reduction in total compensation at a target of 25%. The movie theater chain’s CEO pay ratio was 974 to 1, with a median annual total compensation for all employees of $11,659.

In addition to Aron, chief financial officer Sean Goodman saw his total pay for 2024 fall 29% to $4.8 million, chief operations officer Daniel Ellis saw his pay dip 26.8% to $2.21 million and chief content officer Elizabeth Frank saw her pay tumble 38% to $2.03 million.

Before they led their own HBO adaptation with “The Last of Us,” Bella Ramsey made their television debut on “Game of Thrones,” playing Lady Lyanna Mormont across the final three seasons of the series. In one of their first acting jobs, an 11-year-old Ramsey shared a scene with series star Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow. The pair recalled their time working together in a new conversation hosted by Interview Magazine — and the “humiliating” moment when Ramsey had to remind Harington of what his line was.

“I don’t know whether you remember this, but I remember it quite vividly...

AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron received compensation of $11.3 million in 2024, down from $25.4 million in 2023 and $23.7 million in 2022, according to the cinema giant’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.

Last year, Aron received no bonus and a base salary of $1.5 million, the same salary and bonus as in the previous two years. And he received in 2023 stock awards of $5.4 million and non-equity incentive plan compensation of $4.3 million.

That was down on the $18 million in stock awards Aron received in 2023 and a non-equity incentive plan payout of $6 million. And in 2022, Aron received $16.1 million in stock awards and $6 million in a non-equity incentive plan compensation.

AMC continues to take part in an industrywide box office recovery, even as the fallout from the dual Hollywood strikes in 2023 appears to be behind the company. But AMC is still contending with a hefty debt load and changing consumer habits in the age of streaming.

Martin Scorsese and his Sikelia Productions will serve as producers on “Aldeas — A New Story,” an upcoming documentary that will feature the final on-camera interviews with the late Pope Francis.

“Aldeas” showcases the work of a cinema initiative of the same name developed by Scholas Occurrentes, an educational movement founded by Pope Francis that seeks to find human stories from across the world that can help bring unity in a divided world.

The “Aldeas” cinema initiative has supported short films from Italy, the Gambia and Indonesia through a group of international sponsors who have also helped fund local cinemas for the short films to premiere in. The making of these shorts through the “Aldeas” program will be interspersed with never-before-seen conversations between Scorsese and Pope Francis.

Scorsese and Francis met several times during the latter’s papacy, bonding over their mutual appreciation for cinema and its ability to build cultural connections.

For many years after the 1955 film Marty won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or and then went on to win the best picture Oscar, there was little additional evidence of a Cannes/Oscars connection. But in the last five years, both Parasite and — just months ago — Anora followed in Marty’s footsteps.

Indeed, within the last year, specifically, the relevance of one event to the other became harder than ever to dispute, as an unprecedented 31 Oscar noms were allocated to films that had played in Cannes — spread between Anora, The Apprentice, Emilia Pérez, Flow, The Girl with the Needle, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, The Seed of the Sacred Fig and The Substance — and 40 percent of the eventual Oscar winners traced back to the fest, including Anora (best picture, director, actress, original screenplay and film editing), Emilia Pérez (original song), Flow (animated feature) and The Substance...

Spoiler Alert: This story discusses plot developments through Season 2, Episode 6 of “Andor,” currently streaming on Disney+.

Ben Mendelsohn cannot sit still. We’re talking via Zoom about his return to the role of Orson Krennic, the villain in the 2016 standalone “Star Wars” film “Rogue One,” for the second season of Lucasfilm’s prequel series “Andor” — and he is so exuberant about the experience that he keeps pacing throughout his London home as we talk. The Emmy-winner isn’t exactly sure when “Andor” creator and “Rogue One” screenwriter Tony Gilroy first approached him about playing Krennic again, but he does know...

Florence Pugh is buzzing about the reception to “Thunderbolts*.”

Reviews for the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe dropped ahead of Friday’s premiere to a cavalcade of praise that resulted in a “Fresh” Rotten Tomatoes score. Many read that the movie about a team-up of Marvel’s B-side heroes is a return to form for the MCU, which put Pugh on cloud nine and had her expressing her gratitude on social media.

“The sleep is little but the Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score has us vibrating,” Pugh said on Instagram. “Thank you for the last few days. We’ve been hiking, sucking smoothies, finding David’s, sitting in dinky doll cars, bottys getting ready for the premiere after Kimmel, Theo watching ‘The Notebook’ on little sleep and weeping for hours and starfishing to that unforgettable view.”

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She finished: “LA We Loved You.

Asian members of the team behind “Freakier Friday,” Disney’s upcoming sequel to the 2003 comedy “Freaky Friday,” agree that the original film featured some “hurtful” choices surrounding its Asian characters. But in the new film, releasing in August, they sought to “make it right.”

In the 2003 film, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan play a mother and daughter who are constantly at odds. When they get into a loud argument at a Chinese restaurant, owner Pei-Pei (Rosalind Chao) tells her mother (Lucille Soong) to stay out of it, but Soong’s character intervenes, offering Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) a platter of fortune cookies. “This isn’t really a good time,” Anna says, but Pei-Pei’s mother insists, before speaking in hurried Chinese. To shut her up, Tess and Anna take the cookies, which turn out to be magical, leading them to switch bodies until they can better understand each other.

Netflix executive Kelly Dalton is exiting the streamer to start her own production company, Higher Altitude Productions. Higher Altitude’s mission is to inspire change and build community around the stories they tell and to share real, honest stories that connect with people.

“Film has had a profound impact on my own life, which is why I’ve dedicated the last ten years to sharing stories,” Dalton says. “It’s been a privilege to work in the talent relations & awards space, and in the process, learn first-hand what a powerful healing tool film can truly be. In this next chapter, I want to use my experience and the relationships I’ve built to tell more stories that will inspire change and build community — and the first story I plan to tell is my own.”

The first story Higher Altitude Productions will tell is Dalton’s own experience of sexual abuse...

“Rust” director Joel Souza says he couldn’t have imagined anyone else completing the Western movie after the on-set accident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when Alec Baldwin’s gun accidentally discharged, also injuring Souza. Three and a half years later, the movie is finally opening in theaters Friday.

Souza told the Guardian that when he first considered finishing the film, “I’d been repelled by the thought of going back, but now it started to appeal. And I couldn’t live with the idea of someone else doing it.” But Hutchins’ family wanted to honor her by having the film with her final work completed, so he agreed to complete the Western.

It wasn’t easy returning to the set, Souza said: “I was a mess going in and a mess coming out. The crew carried me through. My family carried me through. Emotionally, I was all over the map.

Martin Scorsese is behind a documentary feature that counted Pope Francis as a collaborator prior to his death earlier this month.

Aldeas — A New Story is in development from Scholas Occurrentes, the worldwide educational movement that the late Pope founded. Scorsese is a producer on the movie that focuses on the Aldeas cinema initiative that aimed to combine Pope Francis’ interest in education, film production and community building.

The film centers on the behind-the-scenes stories for the scripted short films being made across the globe through the Aldeas project. Aldeas — A New Story will include previously unseen conversations between Scorsese and Pope Francis, along with the late Pope’s final in-depth on-camera interview for a feature.

“Aldeas is an extremely poetic and very constructive project because it goes to the roots of what human life is, human sociability, human conflicts … the essence of a life’s journey,” Pope Francis said...

Martin Scorsese will honor the late Pope Francis by producing “Aldeas – A New Story,” a feature-length documentary and worldwide cultural project developed by Scholas Occurrentes, the global educational movement founded by the Pope.

“Aldeas — A New Story” is rooted in Pope Francis’ belief in the sacred nature of creativity. The film chronicles the work of Scholas Occurrentes’ latest “Aldeas” cinema initiative, which brings together education, film production and community building to make some of the deepest calls of his papacy a reality: creating the culture of encounter from the peripheries, gathering together the beauty of human diversity and fostering unity in a divided world.

The documentary also features the Pope’s final in-depth on-camera interview for cinema, filmed exclusively for “Aldeas — A New Story.”

In a statement before his death, Pope Francis said: “‘Aldeas’ is an extremely poetic and very constructive project because it goes to the roots of what human life is,...

A federal appeals court has revived a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sam Smith and Normani that claimed their multiplatinum hit “Dancing with a Stranger” ripped off a 2015 song of an identical name.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed a lower court’s dismissal of the case, finding that a jury could find that the hooks of the two songs are substantially similar. A California federal judge will reconsider the issue.

The reversal reinforces the appeals courts’ position in recent years warning against the early dismissal of copyright infringement lawsuits over creative works that’s emboldened creators and holders of rights to sue for idea theft. Since 2020, orders in lawsuits implicating Servant, The Shape of Water and the first Pirates of the Caribbean have been overturned.

Sound and Color, which holds the copyright to “Dancing with Strangers” from Jordan Vincent and music duo Skx,...

Kristen Zolner has parted ways with Imagine Entertainment, where she has served as head of television since 2022.

According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Zolner’s exit came amid broader streamlining measures at Imagine. The parting is said to be amicable, and Zolner’s role will not be filled.

Zolner succeeded Samie Kim Falvey at the helm of Imagine’s television unit, with Falvey having exited the company in late 2021. In her time with Imagine, Zolner oversaw projects including the Peacock series reboots of “The ‘Burbs” starring Keke Palmer and “Friday Night Lights,” a scripted series about magicians...

After a three and a half year hiatus, Lorde is ready to release her upcoming new album, Virgin, confirming that the album will come out June 27th.

The two-time Grammy Award winner announced the title of her fourth studio album Wednesday alongside an image of the record’s cover art, which features a blue x-ray image showing a zipper going down a pelvis, a belt buckle and an Iud.

Lorde released the image to her Instagram and personal website, where she also promised that the album was “100% written in blood.”

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Virgin Was produced by the New Zealand artist and Jim-e Stack, whom she notably collaborated with for the album’s first single “What Was That.” The record includes additional writing credits lended to Fabiana Palladino, Andrew Aged, Buddy Ross, Devonté Hynes and Dan Nigro, who recently won the Grammy...

Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap have had several Several upcoming concerts in Germany canceled after the band’s controversial “fuck Israel” message displayed on the screen during their Coachella set, along with resurfaced videos from a Kneecap concert where the band called to kill members of parliament.

Last week, the German music festivals Hurricane and Southside, organized by Fkp Scorpio, appeared to remove Kneecap from the festival lineups without explanation. The band confirmed in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that the group “will not be performing at Hurricane or Southside Festival this year,” instead pointing fans to three headline concerts in Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg slated for early September. But as of Wednesday, the ticket pages for the concerts state those shows have been nixed as well.

Some of Kneecap’s Israel-Palestine statements could be considered hate speech under some interpretations of German law. For example, in some German states including Berlin,...

Bill Belichick is aiming to clarify an incident where girlfriend Jordon Hudson appeared to awkwardly interrupt his CBS Sunday Morning interview.

In a statement from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where Belichick is a head coach, the iconic former New England Patriots coach said he agreed to speak to the CBS morning show to promote his new book, The Art of Winning: Lessons from My Life in Football.

“Unfortunately, that expectation was not honored during the interview. I was surprised when unrelated topics were introduced, and I repeatedly expressed to the reporter, Tony Dokoupil, and the producers that I preferred to keep the conversation centered on the book,” the statement reads.

But off-camera attempts to keep the interview centered on the book promotion apparently failed.

“After this occurred several times, Jordon, with whom I share both a personal and professional relationship, stepped in to reiterate that point to help refocus the discussion.

NBCUniversal kicked off a new round of layoffs ahead of its separation of cable assets into a new company, known as SpinCo.

Deadline reported that dozens of workers across the Comcast-owned company’s TV and streaming divisions will be impacted, in cuts that are being described as “surgical” rather than the more “sweeping” layoffs that happened previously.

The cuts impact marketing and communications employees across NBC, cable networks and Peacock, as well as on the studio side. Some junior members of the programming team were also impacted.

Comcast first announced plans to separate its cable assets into a new publicly traded company last year. The publicly traded entity — which is expected to reach 70 million U.S. households and generate $7 billion in annual revenue — will house USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, Syfy and digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, Golf Channel, GolfNow and SportsEngine. Notably, Bravo will remain a part of NBCUniversal.

Connor Schell’s Full Day Productions has tapped veteran producer Jared Morell as the leading television company expands its growing team, Variety can exclusively reveal.

Full Day Productions, which has produced premium live broadcasts inclduding “The Oscar’s Red Carpet Show,” the “Netflix Cup” and “NFL Honors,” is bringing Morell on to help contribute to those events. Morell’s portfolio includes producing “Dinner Time Live with David Chang” for Netflix and “Judge Steve Harvey” for ABC. He’s also led production on specials featuring BTS, Taylor Swift, Nikki Glaser and Ken Jeong, alongside major events like the Met Gala, Vogue...

“Freakier Friday” director Nisha Ganatra said her upcoming “Freaky Friday” sequel will correct the 2003 film’s “hurtful” stereotypical portrayal of two Asian characters and Asian cultures.

While she recognized that “Freaky Friday” is a “beloved” film, she acknowledged that it depicted stereotypes “that were hurtful overall.”

“I remember watching it and feeling torn, mostly about the Asian representation, and also the soundtrack that was being used” in the scenes at the restaurant, Ganatra explained in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “It was something I brought up right away when I had my first meetings with the producers. I had a moment of the presentation that was like, ‘problematic Asian representation!'”

The harmful depiction in question is related to the film’s general story plot of how Lindsay Lohan’s Anna and Jamie Lee Curtis’ Tess swap bodies. In the film, after watching the mother and daughter go at it...

Netflix has no lack of true crime documentaries to watch, but deciding which one’s worth your time can be challenging. Luckily, we’re here to help. Below we’ve rounded up a curated list of some of the best true crime documentaries on Netflix right now. They include brand new documentary films and long docuseries, and cover topics ranging from serial killers to terrorist attacks to false imprisonment.

Consider your next true crime watch settled.

“Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror” (Netflix) Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror

The newest doc of the bunch is the film “Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror.” To mark the 30th anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack, the movie chronicles the bombing, aftermath and manhunt for Timothy McVeigh through the eyes of those who were actually there. The bombing of the federal building was the deadliest homegrown terrorist attack on U.S. soil, killing over 167 people.

This spring marks a milestone for Disney Channel’s “Big City Greens,” as the beloved animated series airs its 100th episode on linear TV on May 3 and streams on Disney+ on May 7.

Launched in 2018, the show has quietly become a cornerstone of modern family animation, blending the wholesome charm of classic sitcoms with inventive storytelling and a healthy dose of silliness.

Created by brothers Chris and Shane Houghton, “Big City Greens” follows the adventures of Cricket Green, a mischievous 10-year-old boy whose family moves from the country to the city. Inspired by the Houghtons’ own childhood in the rural town of St.

Jay Duplass couldn’t help himself.

The 52-year-old New Orleans native — best known for his creative collaborations with his younger brother Mark and acting roles in Amazon’s “Transparent” and FX’s “Dying for Sex” — had been working on a script for a film with a bigger budget and scope than the low-budget comedies that put his and his sibling’s names on the map. Then he connected with Michael Strassner, an actor-comedian he discovered via his comic Instagram videos, and the creative dominoes fell. In short order, he found himself braving the December cold in Maryland directing “The Baltimorons,” about a six-months-sober improv comedian (Strassner), who cracks a tooth on Christmas Eve and spontaneously embarks on a night of adventure and unexpected romance with his dentist (Liz Larsen).

“I felt tremendous untapped potential energy,” Duplass told the audience at the Fremont Theater on Sunday, where he was honored with...

“Steve’s Lava Chicken” is tasty as hell — and a charting song on the Hot 100.

Jack Black’s new track from A Minecraft Movie may only be 34-seconds long, but that didn’t stop the song from breaking into the Billboard Hot 100 after becoming a viral hit on TikTok this month. “Steve’s Lava Chicken” debuted at No. 78 on this week’s chart, which the publication has confirmed is a record for the shortest track to ever land on the chart.

The song only encompasses a few lyrics, which were written by Black and director Jared Hess, where his character sings about his admiration for chicken smothered in hot lava. “LA-la-la-lava, ch-ch-ch-chicken / Steve’s Lava Chicken, yeah, it’s tasty as hell / Ooh, mamacita, now you’re ringin’ the bell / Crispy and juicy, now you’re havin’ a snack / Ooh, super spicy, it’s a lava attack,” he sings over a trendy,...

Bill Belichick said he was “surprised” when reporter Tony Dokoupil, during an interview for “CBS Sunday Morning,” asked about topics unrelated to his new book — and said that the segment that aired was “selectively edited” to create a “false narrative” that his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, was trying to control the interview. CBS News responded that it had not agreed to any “preconditions or limitations to this conversation,” something that was “confirmed repeatedly” with Belichick’s book publisher before and after the interview.

Belichick, formerly the longtime coach of the New England Patriots who left the club at the end of the 2023 season,...

Guy Ritchie will direct the “Road House” sequel with Jake Gyllenhaal reprising his role as Dalton, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

Will Beall is writing the script. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

Doug Liman previously directed “Road House,” a new spin on the classic Patrick Swayze film, from a script by Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry.

In “Road House,” Gyllenhaal plays Elwood Dalton, a former UFC champ who ends up working as a “cooler” at a dive bar in the Florida Keys. The cast also includes Daniela Melchior, Jessica Williams, Billy Magnussen, Lukas Gage, actual UFC fighter Conor McGregor and Joaquim de Almeida.

Producers include Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Alex Gartner, and Nine Stories Productions’ Gyllenhaal and Josh McLaughlin. Ivan Atkinson will executive produce.

The film succeeded despite a bit of a rocky start to its promotional campaign, as Liman laid into...

Guy Ritchie has signed on to direct Road House 2, the sequel to Amazon MGM Studios’ hit action movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

Will Beall, whose credits range from comic book movies such as Aquaman to action flicks including Bad Boys: Ride or Die, is writing the script.

Gyllenhaal will reprise his role as Dalton, the ex-UFC fighter who takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys bar. Gyllenhaal will also produce with Josh McLaughlin via the duo’s Nine Stories Productions banner along with Charles Roven and Alex Gartner of Altas Entertainment.

Plot details, as well as the setting, are being kept under the shirt.

The 2024 movie, a remake of the 1989 movie that starred Patrick Swayze, was directed by Doug Liman and was written by Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. It was a massive hit for the streaming unit, attracting nearly 80 million worldwide viewers on Prime Video after only eight weeks.

Guy Ritchie will direct the sequel to “Road House” with Jake Gyllenhaal set to reprise his lead role as ex-UFC fighter Dalton.

“Road House 2” marks the third collaboration between Ritchie and Gyllenhaal and their second for Amazon MGM Studios following “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant.” The filmmaker and the Oscar and Tony-nominated actor also collaborated on the forthcoming action thriller “In the Grey.”

Will Beall is writing the script for the sequel, plot details for which are being kept under wraps. Producers include Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Alex Gartner, as well as Gyllenhaal for his Nine Stories Productions with Josh McLaughlin. Ivan Atkinson will executive produce.

“Road House,” a reboot of the 1989 classic starring Patrick Swayze, followed Gyllenhaal as a former UFC fighter struggling to make ends meet. After the owner of a Florida Keys roadhouse finds him sleeping in his car, Dalton becomes the bar...

Harvey Weinstein’s defense team continued to push for a mistrial Wednesday as the former mogul faces rape and criminal sexual charges in Manhattan for a second time.

Thus far, all three motions for a mistrial have been denied by Judge Curtis Farber.

Miriam Haley, a former production assistant on Project Runway and one of the complaining witnesses in the case, has been on the stand Tuesday and Wednesday. The latest call for a mistrial came Wednesday afternoon as Haley, who alleges that Weinstein forced oral sex on her in 2006, testified about why she continued to stay in communication with the former mogul after the alleged incident, saying, “I had no idea there were other people.”

Arthur Aidala, Weinstein’s defense attorney, called for that statement to be stricken from the record and moved for a mistrial saying she had “contaminated the whole jury.” Farber struck the statement but denied the mistrial,...

ABC has set its summer schedule, which will include new seasons of “Bachelor in Paradise,” “Celebrity Family Feud,” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” new episodes of “Press Your Luck” and a new revival of “Match Game” hosted by Martin Short.

“Bachelor in Paradise” will kick off the summer slate, returning at 8 p.m. Et on July 7. The new season will see fan favorites from the franchise and Golden seasons head to paradise in Costa Rica for another shot at love. Jesse Palmer returns as host, Wells Adams as bartender and Hannah Brown heads up Paradise Relations.

Season 11 of “Celebrity Family Feud” hosted by Steve Harvey will return on July 8 at 8 p.m. Et, followed by a new episode of “Press Your Luck” hosted by Elizabeth Banks at 9 p.m. Et.

On July 16, ABC will host the 2025 Espys presented by Capital One from 8 p.m. Et to 11 p.m.

The 10th season of “Bachelor in Paradise” will hit the beach on Monday, July 7 at 8 p.m., ABC announced alongside a handful of other premiere dates.

“Celebrity Family Feud” has been renewed for an 11th season and will return with host Steve Harvey on Thursday, July 10 at 8 p.m. That will be immediately followed by new episodes of “Press Your Luck” with Elizabeth Banks at 9 p.m.

The Jimmy Kimmel-led “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” kicks off on Wednesday, July 23 at 8 p.m., right before the recently announced revival of “Match Game,” hosted by Martin Short, at 9 p.

April 30 marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the capture of the capital of South Vietnam by the Communist North Vietnamese army that marked the official end of the Vietnam War — a conflict that stretched two long decades and cost millions of lives. Approximately 60,000 of them were U.S. soldiers. Among the survivors was director Oliver Stone, whose combat injuries earned him multiple decorations, including a Bronze Star with “V” Device for valor, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster (to denote two wounds), an Air Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge. Stone — who through landmark films like 1986’s Platoon and 1989’s Born on the Fourth of July allowed the country to process the trauma of war — reflected on his time in Vietnam, his conversion to pacifism upon his return to the U.S. and his thoughts on similar endless and deadly conflicts currently plaguing the planet.

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Following the record-breaking opening weekend for “A Minecraft Movie” and the breakout success of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” a new slate of blockbusters and indie films are hoping to drum up excitement in May about what 2025 has to offer in the cinema landscape.

Starting with the weekend’s wide releases, Marvel is betting big on “Thunderbolts” after a series of underwhelming releases with “Captain America: Brave New World” and “The Marvels.” Starring Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Sebastian Stan and Wyatt Russell, the film follows an unconventional team that bands together after being sent on a rogue operative mission. To give “Thunderbolts*” a different flair, Marvel’s marketing has focused on the talent behind the camera that previously worked on A24 projects like “Beef,” “Midsommar” and “A Different Man.”

For moviegoers not quite on the Marvel train, Nicolas Cage stars in the new psychological thriller “The Surfer” directed by Lorcan Finnegan...

“Star Wars” fans got two surprises Tuesday night. The first was when Senator Bail Organa, the adoptive father of Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), appeared in “Andor” Season 2, Episode 6, and the second was when they discovered that the character was being portrayed this time by Benjamin Bratt, rather than Jimmy Smits.

Smits portrayed Bail in every one of the character’s previous live-action appearances. He made his debut as the character in 2002’s “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones” and subsequently reprised the role in 2005’s “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith,” 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and even 2022’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi.”

The latest “Andor” episode, titled “What a Festive Evening,” marks the first time Bail has been portrayed by a different actor in a live-action film or TV show.

According to “Andor” creator Tony Gilroy, the recasting decision came down to good old-fashioned scheduling conflicts.

Chris Hemsworth is set to star in the Amazon MGM deep sea thriller “Subversion,” which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

Directed by Patrick Vollrath from a script by Andrew Ferguson, the film will star Hemsworth as a Naval commander who is blackmailed into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters. Along the way, he must outmaneuver blockades and other threats, including some that are inside the submarine.

Ferguson has written four scripts that have been named to the BlackList, including one called “Blood Rush” that is currently in development at Amazon MGM. Vollrath, who received an Oscar nomination for his 2016 short film “Everything Will Be Okay,” made his feature directorial debut with the airplane thriller “7500” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Hemsworth is set to star in another upcoming Amazon MGM film, “Crime 101,” which also stars Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Halle Berry and Monica Barbaro. The...