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Keanu Reeves is speeding along to another franchise, with the John Wick star heading to Sonic the Hedgehog 3. He will be voicing the popular character named Shadow, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
The news comes on the heels of a jam-packed CinemaCon presentation from Paramount last week, when the studio debuted the first footage for Sonic 3. This included the revelation that Dr. Robotnik, played by Jim Carrey, was depressed and out of shape after the events of Sonic 2, but gets his groove back thanks to creating Shadow the Hedgehog, a character first introduced in the video games in 2001’s Sonic Adventure 2. The character is in many ways the anti-Sonic, dark and edgy while mirroring the hero’s powers.
Paramount’s Sonic franchise dates back to 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog, which overperformed with $319 million globally, becoming a breakout hit in the video game space, a genre that...
The news comes on the heels of a jam-packed CinemaCon presentation from Paramount last week, when the studio debuted the first footage for Sonic 3. This included the revelation that Dr. Robotnik, played by Jim Carrey, was depressed and out of shape after the events of Sonic 2, but gets his groove back thanks to creating Shadow the Hedgehog, a character first introduced in the video games in 2001’s Sonic Adventure 2. The character is in many ways the anti-Sonic, dark and edgy while mirroring the hero’s powers.
Paramount’s Sonic franchise dates back to 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog, which overperformed with $319 million globally, becoming a breakout hit in the video game space, a genre that...
- 4/15/2024
- by Aaron Couch and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Holdovers, American Fiction and Succession were among the winners at the 2024 Writers Guild Awards, which were handed out Sunday night in simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.
Best adapted screenplay was presented to American Fiction, the winner for the best adapted screenplay Oscar, while The Holdovers won the award for best original screenplay. (The winner of the best original screenplay Oscar, Anatomy of a Fall, was deemed ineligible for the WGA Awards.)
Accepting his award in L.A., Holdovers writer David Hemingson thanked “a brilliant cast and a brilliant director” for bringing the story to life and accepted “in memory of my mother who raised me, my uncle who saved me, and my father, who gave me my love of the written word and taught me the value of integrity.”
In the TV categories, The Bear won best comedy series, while Succession was named best drama series.
Best adapted screenplay was presented to American Fiction, the winner for the best adapted screenplay Oscar, while The Holdovers won the award for best original screenplay. (The winner of the best original screenplay Oscar, Anatomy of a Fall, was deemed ineligible for the WGA Awards.)
Accepting his award in L.A., Holdovers writer David Hemingson thanked “a brilliant cast and a brilliant director” for bringing the story to life and accepted “in memory of my mother who raised me, my uncle who saved me, and my father, who gave me my love of the written word and taught me the value of integrity.”
In the TV categories, The Bear won best comedy series, while Succession was named best drama series.
- 4/15/2024
- by Hilary Lewis, Kirsten Chuba and Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Crime drama “The Goldfinger” was the numerical winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards, where it won six prizes on Sunday. But it missed out on the best film prize, which went to box office record breaker “A Guilty Conscience.”
“The Goldfinger,” a retro financial thriller starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah, earned a slew of technical award as well as the lead actor prize for Leung.
Two films took three prizes each: “In Broad Daylight,” an investigation into abuse at a care home, and “Mad Fate,” Soi Cheang’s grungy examination of superstition in the city. “In Broad Daylight,” which opened anonymously this weekend in mainland Chinese cinemas, picked up three performance awards — best actress award for Jennifer Yu, best supporting actor for David Chiang and best supporting actress for Rachel Leung. “Mad Fate,” which premiered in Berlin in February 2023, picked up the best director award, best...
“The Goldfinger,” a retro financial thriller starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah, earned a slew of technical award as well as the lead actor prize for Leung.
Two films took three prizes each: “In Broad Daylight,” an investigation into abuse at a care home, and “Mad Fate,” Soi Cheang’s grungy examination of superstition in the city. “In Broad Daylight,” which opened anonymously this weekend in mainland Chinese cinemas, picked up three performance awards — best actress award for Jennifer Yu, best supporting actor for David Chiang and best supporting actress for Rachel Leung. “Mad Fate,” which premiered in Berlin in February 2023, picked up the best director award, best...
- 4/15/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - Film News
Director Alex Garland’s provocative dystopian thriller “Civil War” lit up the box office with $25.7 million in its debut. It’s the first A24 movie to lead the charts in North America, setting an opening weekend record for the New York-based specialty studio. It also marks the biggest R-rated start of the year.
Heading into the weekend, “Civil War” was projected to kick off with $15 million to $20 million. Those ticket sales would have been enough to overtake 2018’s “Hereditary” (which opened in fourth place to $13.6 million) as A24’s biggest debut. But the film, starring Kirsten Dunst as a journalist who traverses a violently divided United States, is benefitting from curiosity among moviegoers and premium large formats like Imax and Dolby Cinemas. According to the studio, “Civil War” overperformed in markets like Los Angeles and El Paso, Texas.
“Civil War” landed a “B-” CinemaScore, which wouldn’t bode well for...
Heading into the weekend, “Civil War” was projected to kick off with $15 million to $20 million. Those ticket sales would have been enough to overtake 2018’s “Hereditary” (which opened in fourth place to $13.6 million) as A24’s biggest debut. But the film, starring Kirsten Dunst as a journalist who traverses a violently divided United States, is benefitting from curiosity among moviegoers and premium large formats like Imax and Dolby Cinemas. According to the studio, “Civil War” overperformed in markets like Los Angeles and El Paso, Texas.
“Civil War” landed a “B-” CinemaScore, which wouldn’t bode well for...
- 4/14/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Crystal Kung Minkoff will exit the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after three seasons, the reality star announced today.
“I just wanted to share the news that I will not be coming back to film season 14 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” Minkoff said in a video posted to Instagram. “It’s very bittersweet. Never did I think I would’ve been asked to do this show in a million years, let alone film it for three seasons. Every single year I was asked back, it was a blessing. It was an honor.”
Minkoff was the first Asian American housewife on Bravo’s L.A.-based Housewives series. In her video, she noted that “being the first Asian American on Beverly Hills was a lot of weight on my shoulders that I have since just have really understood the magnitude of what that meant for people.”
During her tenure on the show,...
“I just wanted to share the news that I will not be coming back to film season 14 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” Minkoff said in a video posted to Instagram. “It’s very bittersweet. Never did I think I would’ve been asked to do this show in a million years, let alone film it for three seasons. Every single year I was asked back, it was a blessing. It was an honor.”
Minkoff was the first Asian American housewife on Bravo’s L.A.-based Housewives series. In her video, she noted that “being the first Asian American on Beverly Hills was a lot of weight on my shoulders that I have since just have really understood the magnitude of what that meant for people.”
During her tenure on the show,...
- 4/16/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Remember Quibi? The short-lived streaming service-turned-punchline, which vastly overestimated how many people felt compelled to watch bite-sized shows and movies on their phones, seems to have done one thing right before being folded into the Roku Channel: allowing creators to retain ownership of their work after a two-year exclusivity window. Not content to let her 13-part thriller series “The Stranger” disappear along with the platform on which it debuted, “The Killing” creator Veena Sud recut the project into a feature film alongside editor Philip Fowler. Gone are the 8-minute episodes named after the hour in which they take place (beginning with 7 p.m. and ending at 7 a.m.), replaced by a 98-minute Hulu feature that shows no sign of having been overhauled.
Six days after moving to Los Angeles with her dog Pebbles, rideshare driver Clare (Maika Monroe) picks up Carl E. (Dane DeHaan) from a mansion that doesn’t belong to him.
Six days after moving to Los Angeles with her dog Pebbles, rideshare driver Clare (Maika Monroe) picks up Carl E. (Dane DeHaan) from a mansion that doesn’t belong to him.
- 4/16/2024
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety - Film News
Ron Thompson, the unheralded actor who starred on Broadway for Charles Gordone in the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Place to Be Somebody and played father and son musicians for Ralph Bakshi in the animated cult classic American Pop, has died. He was 83.
Filmmaker Joe Black told The Hollywood Reporter that he found Thompson in his Van Nuys apartment on Saturday afternoon. The two had worked together in eight features, including Hate Horses (2017), Chicks, Man (2018) and Suffrage (2023), and Black visited him a couple times a week to help him out.
“For a man of his age, he was so full of life, he had such a presence,” Black said. He called Thompson “the Sam Jackson to my Tarantino.”
In 1969, Thompson originated off-Broadway the role of Shanty Mulligan in the Joseph Papp-produced No Place to Be Somebody, starring Ron O’Neal, then accompanied the drama to Broadway and on a tour around the country.
Filmmaker Joe Black told The Hollywood Reporter that he found Thompson in his Van Nuys apartment on Saturday afternoon. The two had worked together in eight features, including Hate Horses (2017), Chicks, Man (2018) and Suffrage (2023), and Black visited him a couple times a week to help him out.
“For a man of his age, he was so full of life, he had such a presence,” Black said. He called Thompson “the Sam Jackson to my Tarantino.”
In 1969, Thompson originated off-Broadway the role of Shanty Mulligan in the Joseph Papp-produced No Place to Be Somebody, starring Ron O’Neal, then accompanied the drama to Broadway and on a tour around the country.
- 4/16/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal is looking to stay in business with Jonathan Bailey, one of the stars of its upcoming Wicked films. Bailey is in early talks for a leading role in the studio’s new take on Jurassic World, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Scarlett Johansson is already on the call sheet for the feature, which has Gareth Edwards directing and a script form Jurassic Park scribe David Koepp. Amblin Entertainment is partnering with Universal on the movie, which continues the world created by novelist Michael Crichton and originally adapted for the big screen by Steven Spielberg in 1993’s Jurassic Park. Spielberg returned to direct The Lost World (1997), with Joe Johnston stepping in for Jurassic Park III (2001).
In 2015, Colin Trevorrow revamped the franchise with Jurassic World, which starred Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and explored a park full of dinosaurs that was now open to the public. Pratt and Howard starred in two more features,...
Scarlett Johansson is already on the call sheet for the feature, which has Gareth Edwards directing and a script form Jurassic Park scribe David Koepp. Amblin Entertainment is partnering with Universal on the movie, which continues the world created by novelist Michael Crichton and originally adapted for the big screen by Steven Spielberg in 1993’s Jurassic Park. Spielberg returned to direct The Lost World (1997), with Joe Johnston stepping in for Jurassic Park III (2001).
In 2015, Colin Trevorrow revamped the franchise with Jurassic World, which starred Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and explored a park full of dinosaurs that was now open to the public. Pratt and Howard starred in two more features,...
- 4/16/2024
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Courtney Love took shots at several fellow female musicians over the weekend, dissing the likes of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and Madonna.
“Taylor is not important,” the singer said in an interview with The Standard. “She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.”
Despite the invocation of Madonna to address Swift’s success, Love didn’t spare Madonna, either: “I don’t like her and she doesn’t like me,” Love said.
Elsewhere in the interview, Love also noted she dislikes Beyoncé’s new country hit, Cowboy Carter, despite appreciating the album’s symbolism being “about Black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed.”
“As a concept, I love it,” Love said. “I just don’t like her music.”
Love went on to say she dislikes Lana Del Rey.
“Taylor is not important,” the singer said in an interview with The Standard. “She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.”
Despite the invocation of Madonna to address Swift’s success, Love didn’t spare Madonna, either: “I don’t like her and she doesn’t like me,” Love said.
Elsewhere in the interview, Love also noted she dislikes Beyoncé’s new country hit, Cowboy Carter, despite appreciating the album’s symbolism being “about Black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed.”
“As a concept, I love it,” Love said. “I just don’t like her music.”
Love went on to say she dislikes Lana Del Rey.
- 4/16/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Crystal Kung Minkoff has announced her departure from “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” after three seasons.
“I just wanted to share the news that I will not be coming back to film Season 14 of ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,’” Minkoff said in an Instagram video. “It’s very bittersweet. Never did I think I would’ve been asked to do this show in a million years, let alone film it for three seasons. “Every single year I was asked back, it was a blessing. It was an honor.”
Minkoff, who is married to filmmaker Rob Minkoff, joined “Rhobh” in 2021 for Season 11. In her video,...
“I just wanted to share the news that I will not be coming back to film Season 14 of ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,’” Minkoff said in an Instagram video. “It’s very bittersweet. Never did I think I would’ve been asked to do this show in a million years, let alone film it for three seasons. “Every single year I was asked back, it was a blessing. It was an honor.”
Minkoff, who is married to filmmaker Rob Minkoff, joined “Rhobh” in 2021 for Season 11. In her video,...
- 4/16/2024
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety - TV News
Nicole Kidman has reigned supreme at movie theaters since 2021, when she and AMC revealed an instantly meme-able spot for “We Make Movies Better,” which urged consumers to return to theaters in the wake of the devastating coronavirus pandemic.
Now, another topic of utmost concern to exhibitors might be getting some high-wattage star treatment: those darn people who won’t silence their cellphones when a movie is playing.
Last week, Marvel and Disney screened a spot that certainly felt like an in-theater PSA of sorts as part of its Deadpool & Wolverine presentation at CinemaCon.
The spot began with Deadpool telling Wolverine about his theories for Secret Wars, a reference to Marvel Studios’ upcoming crossover movie, Avengers: Secret Wars. But every time Deadpool began to say what he’d heard will happen in the movie, a cellphone rang and interrupted him.
Eventually, Wolverine had enough — and addressed the camera directly, flinging (bleeped...
Now, another topic of utmost concern to exhibitors might be getting some high-wattage star treatment: those darn people who won’t silence their cellphones when a movie is playing.
Last week, Marvel and Disney screened a spot that certainly felt like an in-theater PSA of sorts as part of its Deadpool & Wolverine presentation at CinemaCon.
The spot began with Deadpool telling Wolverine about his theories for Secret Wars, a reference to Marvel Studios’ upcoming crossover movie, Avengers: Secret Wars. But every time Deadpool began to say what he’d heard will happen in the movie, a cellphone rang and interrupted him.
Eventually, Wolverine had enough — and addressed the camera directly, flinging (bleeped...
- 4/16/2024
- by Pamela McClintock and Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When news broke in early February that Mariah Carey had booked a return ticket to Las Vegas to mount another residency, it was revealed that she would design the setlist as a celebration of her 2005 blockbuster album, The Emancipation of Mimi.
It inspired the title of the exclusive run — The Celebration of Mimi — as well as the timing. Carey took the stage at Park MGM’s Dolby Live to launch the 16-date residency on Feb. 12, 2024, exactly 19 years to the day after the album was released. It’s no surprise Carey wanted to commemorate the 14-track effort, which sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and brought the elusive chanteuse back into familiar territory at the top of the charts. The success of Emancipation of Mimi was fueled by the No. 1 smash “We Belong Together” and punctuated by singles “It’s Like That,” “Shake it Off,” “Get Your Number,” “Don’t Forget About Us,...
It inspired the title of the exclusive run — The Celebration of Mimi — as well as the timing. Carey took the stage at Park MGM’s Dolby Live to launch the 16-date residency on Feb. 12, 2024, exactly 19 years to the day after the album was released. It’s no surprise Carey wanted to commemorate the 14-track effort, which sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and brought the elusive chanteuse back into familiar territory at the top of the charts. The success of Emancipation of Mimi was fueled by the No. 1 smash “We Belong Together” and punctuated by singles “It’s Like That,” “Shake it Off,” “Get Your Number,” “Don’t Forget About Us,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marvel had a small round of layoffs on Monday that affected 15 staffers at Marvel Entertainment in New York, as well as Marvel Studios in Burbank, TheWrap has learned.
The layoffs affected junior-level staffers in production and development as the company reassesses and reduces its slate of upcoming projects. No further layoffs are expected beyond Monday.
The job cuts stem from Disney absorbing Marvel Entertainment into Disney’s larger business units after the 2023 exit of former Marvel chairman Ike Perlmutter. The former exec previously ran consumer products, the comic book publishing arm, game licensing and arena shows.
The layoffs also come as Marvel Studios refocuses its slate and content strategy after the streaming wars content boom. Marvel had previouslyy ramped up productions to feed Disney+.
As part of the strategy, the company is releasing just one movie this year: late July’s “Deadpool and Wolverine.” The footage presentation from the upcoming...
The layoffs affected junior-level staffers in production and development as the company reassesses and reduces its slate of upcoming projects. No further layoffs are expected beyond Monday.
The job cuts stem from Disney absorbing Marvel Entertainment into Disney’s larger business units after the 2023 exit of former Marvel chairman Ike Perlmutter. The former exec previously ran consumer products, the comic book publishing arm, game licensing and arena shows.
The layoffs also come as Marvel Studios refocuses its slate and content strategy after the streaming wars content boom. Marvel had previouslyy ramped up productions to feed Disney+.
As part of the strategy, the company is releasing just one movie this year: late July’s “Deadpool and Wolverine.” The footage presentation from the upcoming...
- 4/15/2024
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
As Paramount Global and Skydance Media’s exclusive talks about a potential merger continue, Ariel Investments founder and co-ceo John Rogers Jr. told TheWrap that the media conglomerate’s recent stock decline indicates a lack of faith in Skydance’s CEO David Ellison.
Watching the developments closely, the executive said that he could consider legal action in the event that a deal doesn’t appropriately benefit his clients.
The firm, which is a long-term shareholder with a 1.8% stake in Paramount as of the new year, previously told TheWrap Friday that pursuing exclusive talks with Skydance and a deal that would benefit controlling shareholder Shari Redstone at the expense of other shareholders would be “averse” to the company’s fair market value.
On Monday, he added that they are “talking to our outside counsel.”
Paramount shares have fallen 50% in the past year (Credit: Nasdaq)
“It’s something that we’re going...
Watching the developments closely, the executive said that he could consider legal action in the event that a deal doesn’t appropriately benefit his clients.
The firm, which is a long-term shareholder with a 1.8% stake in Paramount as of the new year, previously told TheWrap Friday that pursuing exclusive talks with Skydance and a deal that would benefit controlling shareholder Shari Redstone at the expense of other shareholders would be “averse” to the company’s fair market value.
On Monday, he added that they are “talking to our outside counsel.”
Paramount shares have fallen 50% in the past year (Credit: Nasdaq)
“It’s something that we’re going...
- 4/15/2024
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Tennis fans have a lot to look forward to this week as 22-time Grand Slam champ Rafael Nadal makes his return to the courts at the 2024 Barcelona Open.
The tennis star has not played since January’s Brisbane Internaional, where Nadal suffered a muscle injury during a quarterfinal loss. Though he briefly returned to play Carlos Alcaraz in March, it was for a one-off Netflix special and not an official tour event. The so-called “Netflix Slam” was won by Alcaraz, though Nadal’s surprising competitiveness immediately had on-lookers clamoring for his comeback. This week’s tournament will mark the Spaniard’s first clay-court match since winning the French Open in 2022.
Want to watch Nadal at the Barcelona Open? Here’s what you need to know.
How to Watch Barcelona Open Tennis 2024: Dates, Channel
This year’s Barcelona Open runs from April 13 to 21 at the the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona.
The tennis star has not played since January’s Brisbane Internaional, where Nadal suffered a muscle injury during a quarterfinal loss. Though he briefly returned to play Carlos Alcaraz in March, it was for a one-off Netflix special and not an official tour event. The so-called “Netflix Slam” was won by Alcaraz, though Nadal’s surprising competitiveness immediately had on-lookers clamoring for his comeback. This week’s tournament will mark the Spaniard’s first clay-court match since winning the French Open in 2022.
Want to watch Nadal at the Barcelona Open? Here’s what you need to know.
How to Watch Barcelona Open Tennis 2024: Dates, Channel
This year’s Barcelona Open runs from April 13 to 21 at the the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona.
- 4/15/2024
- by Tim Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
O.J. Simpson’s longtime attorney, who was named executor of the former NFL star’s will ahead of his death last week, has said he will ensure that any claim the parents of Ron Goldman make to retrieve the millions they were awarded in a 1998 civil judgment against the accused killer will be accepted by the estate.
Attorney Malcolm Lavergne, who represented Simpson from 2009 until the former running back’s death on April 10 after a battle with prostate cancer, said that he wants to walk back statements made last week while speaking by phone with The Hollywood Reporter on Monday afternoon. Lavergne had previously told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he’d fight to prevent a payout of the $33.5 million judgment awarded to the families of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman; he said he specifically wanted Fred Goldman to receive “zero — nothing” of Simpson’s estate.
Attorney Malcolm Lavergne, who represented Simpson from 2009 until the former running back’s death on April 10 after a battle with prostate cancer, said that he wants to walk back statements made last week while speaking by phone with The Hollywood Reporter on Monday afternoon. Lavergne had previously told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he’d fight to prevent a payout of the $33.5 million judgment awarded to the families of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman; he said he specifically wanted Fred Goldman to receive “zero — nothing” of Simpson’s estate.
- 4/15/2024
- by Kevin Dolak
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Vice President Kamala Harris’ appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has been postponed.
The VP will no longer appear on the late night show on Tuesday, April 16, and the appearance is set to be rescheduled to a later date, according to an individual with knowledge of the decision.
No reason was given for the postponement, and ABC did not provide a comment. According to a report from Deadline, who first reported the news, Harris’ appearance was postponed after her trip to Los Angeles was cut short ahead of her travels back to Washington, D.C.
The news comes just days after Harris was announced to join Kimmel from his Los Angeles stage. The last time the VP appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was in March 2019, when Harris was campaigning for president.
In 2022, Harris made her first late night appearance as VP on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and appeared on “The...
The VP will no longer appear on the late night show on Tuesday, April 16, and the appearance is set to be rescheduled to a later date, according to an individual with knowledge of the decision.
No reason was given for the postponement, and ABC did not provide a comment. According to a report from Deadline, who first reported the news, Harris’ appearance was postponed after her trip to Los Angeles was cut short ahead of her travels back to Washington, D.C.
The news comes just days after Harris was announced to join Kimmel from his Los Angeles stage. The last time the VP appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was in March 2019, when Harris was campaigning for president.
In 2022, Harris made her first late night appearance as VP on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and appeared on “The...
- 4/15/2024
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Ask the stars of Disney+’s “Loki” if there’s going to be a third season and all will insist they don’t know.
“I have no idea, honestly,” Sophia Di Martino, who stars as Sylvie, told me Saturday morning at a “Loki” FYC Emmy screening and Q&a at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
That doesn’t mean Martino wants her time with Marvel to come to an end. “I’m open to more,” she said. “But honestly I think the [Season 2] finale was great and if that’s it, I’m very grateful for what we’ve had.
“I have no idea, honestly,” Sophia Di Martino, who stars as Sylvie, told me Saturday morning at a “Loki” FYC Emmy screening and Q&a at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
That doesn’t mean Martino wants her time with Marvel to come to an end. “I’m open to more,” she said. “But honestly I think the [Season 2] finale was great and if that’s it, I’m very grateful for what we’ve had.
- 4/15/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety - TV News
The team behind the original 1999 film The Blair Witch Project didn’t know about the plan for a new movie in the horror franchise until it was announced during Lionsgate’s CinemaCon presentation last week. But the filmmakers’ frustrations over their lack of involvement in the future of the series has been building for years.
“It’s bittersweet, honestly,” Ben Rock, production designer on the 1999 found-footage hit, tells The Hollywood Reporter about the planned reboot. He notes that no one from his film, including co-directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, was involved in any significant way in the 2000 sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, or the 2016 follow-up. Rock hopes this will change for the current project that is in the works from Lionsgate and Blumhouse, but so far, no one from the 1999 movie had been contacted or given a chance to pitch, he says.
“I do think that what...
“It’s bittersweet, honestly,” Ben Rock, production designer on the 1999 found-footage hit, tells The Hollywood Reporter about the planned reboot. He notes that no one from his film, including co-directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, was involved in any significant way in the 2000 sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, or the 2016 follow-up. Rock hopes this will change for the current project that is in the works from Lionsgate and Blumhouse, but so far, no one from the 1999 movie had been contacted or given a chance to pitch, he says.
“I do think that what...
- 4/15/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony and Columbia Pictures have moved the release of “It Ends With Us,” the upcoming romantic drama starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, from June 21 to Aug. 9. It is the second time that the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel has received a release date change, as it was previously set to open on Feb. 9 ahead of Valentine’s Day.
Lively stars in the film as Lily Bloom. While living in Boston, she meets neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid, played by Baldoni, and believes she may have found her soul mate. Soon questions arise about their relationship — and to complicate matters, her high school love interest, Atlas Corrigan, comes back into the picture, putting her relationship with Ryle in jeopardy.
“It Ends With Us” will have its own lane in the theatrical market in its new late summer slot, as the other wide releases coming Aug. 9 include Lionsgate’s adaptation of the...
Lively stars in the film as Lily Bloom. While living in Boston, she meets neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid, played by Baldoni, and believes she may have found her soul mate. Soon questions arise about their relationship — and to complicate matters, her high school love interest, Atlas Corrigan, comes back into the picture, putting her relationship with Ryle in jeopardy.
“It Ends With Us” will have its own lane in the theatrical market in its new late summer slot, as the other wide releases coming Aug. 9 include Lionsgate’s adaptation of the...
- 4/15/2024
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Billy Joel is officially ending his Madison Square Garden residency this year, after a decade of playing at the legendary venue. So naturally, his 100th consecutive performance there had to be commemorated.
It comes in the form of a recorded and televised special, called “The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden” — and it’s finally here. Complete with his most famous songs and some equally as famous friends, the special marks Billy Joel’s first concert to air on a broadcast network ever.
Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch “The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden.”
When does ‘The 100th’ come out?
The original airing of Billy Joel’s Msg performance was on Sunday, April 14, at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt on CBS. But, due to an error in the broadcast cutting off “Piano Man” halfway through, the network will be airing a re-broadcast on April 19th,...
It comes in the form of a recorded and televised special, called “The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden” — and it’s finally here. Complete with his most famous songs and some equally as famous friends, the special marks Billy Joel’s first concert to air on a broadcast network ever.
Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch “The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden.”
When does ‘The 100th’ come out?
The original airing of Billy Joel’s Msg performance was on Sunday, April 14, at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt on CBS. But, due to an error in the broadcast cutting off “Piano Man” halfway through, the network will be airing a re-broadcast on April 19th,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
“Ready or Not” directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin are ready for their horror movie’s sequel — and they say the new script is a masterpiece.
The collaborators and producing partner Chad Villella (aka Radio Silence as a trio) told Entertainment Weekly in an interview out Monday that they’ve been working on “Ready or Not 2” since the original came out in 2019. Plus, it sounds like they’ve got an “absolute f—king banger” on their hands.
“It’s getting figured out,” Gillett explained about the film, which has yet to be officially greenlit. “That’s what we’ll say: ‘Ready or Not 2’ is getting figured out. What we can say is that there is a script that is an absolute f—ing banger of a sequel. And however it gets made, and in whatever capacity we are helping get it made, we are so excited that it’s happening.
The collaborators and producing partner Chad Villella (aka Radio Silence as a trio) told Entertainment Weekly in an interview out Monday that they’ve been working on “Ready or Not 2” since the original came out in 2019. Plus, it sounds like they’ve got an “absolute f—king banger” on their hands.
“It’s getting figured out,” Gillett explained about the film, which has yet to be officially greenlit. “That’s what we’ll say: ‘Ready or Not 2’ is getting figured out. What we can say is that there is a script that is an absolute f—ing banger of a sequel. And however it gets made, and in whatever capacity we are helping get it made, we are so excited that it’s happening.
- 4/15/2024
- by Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
- The Wrap
Olivia Williams has given acclaimed performances in “Rushmore,” “The Sixth Sense” and “An Education.” She recently appeared as Camilla Parker Bowles in the final two seasons of Netflix’s popular drama series “The Crown.” But for many people, the British actor will always be Felicity from the Season 4 finale of “Friends.” Williams once called guest starring on the NBC sitcom “harrowing,” and she recently opened up to The Independent about the reasons why it wasn’t the best experience in a recent interview.
“Gosh. Well, just as an example, I was taken to the studio in a shared car with a wonderful actress whose character,...
“Gosh. Well, just as an example, I was taken to the studio in a shared car with a wonderful actress whose character,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - TV News
Larry David reflected on his 24 years and 12 seasons of working on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” sharing with the guys at “Smartless” that he only had buyer’s remorse for casting actors who were bad a improv “a couple of times.”
“It’s only happened a couple of times in the show where people were trying to be funny. And that’s, like, the worst thing you can do,” David told Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes (the latter of whom actually guest starred on the comedy’s final season earlier this year) on Monday’s podcast episode.
“Not many,” he said, “but there have been a few who really couldn’t do it.”
Loosely fictionalized around David’s own life as an actor and writer in Los Angeles, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” costarred Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Jeff Garlin and the late Richard Lewis and was famously improvisational,...
“It’s only happened a couple of times in the show where people were trying to be funny. And that’s, like, the worst thing you can do,” David told Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes (the latter of whom actually guest starred on the comedy’s final season earlier this year) on Monday’s podcast episode.
“Not many,” he said, “but there have been a few who really couldn’t do it.”
Loosely fictionalized around David’s own life as an actor and writer in Los Angeles, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” costarred Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Jeff Garlin and the late Richard Lewis and was famously improvisational,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Layoffs are occurring Monday at Marvel Entertainment in New York and Marvel Studios in Burbank. Around 15 people will be affected, including junior level employees in production and development, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. No further layoffs are anticipated beyond Monday’s.
The layoffs come as Marvel refocuses its slate after a content boom as it ramped up to produce numerous films and TV shows a year to feed Disney+. As part of the pullback, the studio just has one film opening this year, July’s Deadpool & Wolverine, and is expected to have just two-live action TV shows this year. Disney CEO Bob Iger telegraphed in recent months that he expected Disney as a whole to lower its output and refocus on quality projects after several misses at the box office.
“We’ve reduced output, particularly at Marvel. When you fix or when you address these issues with — in movies,...
The layoffs come as Marvel refocuses its slate after a content boom as it ramped up to produce numerous films and TV shows a year to feed Disney+. As part of the pullback, the studio just has one film opening this year, July’s Deadpool & Wolverine, and is expected to have just two-live action TV shows this year. Disney CEO Bob Iger telegraphed in recent months that he expected Disney as a whole to lower its output and refocus on quality projects after several misses at the box office.
“We’ve reduced output, particularly at Marvel. When you fix or when you address these issues with — in movies,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Aaron Couch and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marvel laid off 15 staffers on Monday, including lower-level production and development employees in Marvel Studios in Burbank as well as employees in the Marvel Entertainment division in New York.
The layoffs were predicated by the overall reduction in Marvel’s slate of film and TV titles after the challenges of the 2023 releases led the company to reassess the rapid increase in productions to feed the launch of Disney+. They’re also meant to address Disney’s decision in March 2023 to absorb the Marvel Entertainment banner, which had operated as an independent unit, into other divisions of the company, which created redundant positions.
The latter decision has already led to the dismissal of Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter from his position as chairman of Marvel Entertainment, as well as two other top executives. Perlmutter was a staunch supporter of Nelson Peltz’s recent failed attempt to join the Disney board of directors.
In the February earnings call,...
The layoffs were predicated by the overall reduction in Marvel’s slate of film and TV titles after the challenges of the 2023 releases led the company to reassess the rapid increase in productions to feed the launch of Disney+. They’re also meant to address Disney’s decision in March 2023 to absorb the Marvel Entertainment banner, which had operated as an independent unit, into other divisions of the company, which created redundant positions.
The latter decision has already led to the dismissal of Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter from his position as chairman of Marvel Entertainment, as well as two other top executives. Perlmutter was a staunch supporter of Nelson Peltz’s recent failed attempt to join the Disney board of directors.
In the February earnings call,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety - Film News
“Dickinson” showrunner Alena Smith detailed the challenges of making the Apple TV+ period drama show starring Hailee Steinfeld as its queer female lead, playing poet Emily Dickinson. Apple kept her in the dark about the show’s success, Smith said, which made creating the show significantly more difficult.
The first season of the series arrived on the streamer in 2019, the second one on Jan. 8, 2021. Season 3 concluded the arc Smith envisioned for the project and came out Nov. 5, 2021.
Describing what drove streaming services to make creative projects, Smith explained to Harper’s Magazine that streamers were looking to grow their subscriber numbers by taking big creative swings that pulled in new audiences.
“It’s like a whole world of intellectuals and artists got a multibillion-dollar grant from the tech world,” Smith said. “But we mistook that, and were frankly actively gaslit into thinking that that was because they cared about art.
The first season of the series arrived on the streamer in 2019, the second one on Jan. 8, 2021. Season 3 concluded the arc Smith envisioned for the project and came out Nov. 5, 2021.
Describing what drove streaming services to make creative projects, Smith explained to Harper’s Magazine that streamers were looking to grow their subscriber numbers by taking big creative swings that pulled in new audiences.
“It’s like a whole world of intellectuals and artists got a multibillion-dollar grant from the tech world,” Smith said. “But we mistook that, and were frankly actively gaslit into thinking that that was because they cared about art.
- 4/15/2024
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Though “Fallout” has not officially been renewed by Prime Video for a second season, executive producer Jonathan Nolan and co-showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner said they already have ideas ready to go for the next installment of the video game adaptation — including a couple of elements game fans will find incredibly exciting.
Nolan, who has experience crafting mythology-dense serialized storytelling across multiple seasons with HBO’s “Westworld,” said they’ve been talking about the future of “Fallout” since their earliest discussions while still focusing on making the best Season 1 they could.
“The challenge, especially with television, is in success, the hope that you get to go again. But I think the reality is your best strategy is to concentrate on making a terrific season and television and if there’s an opportunity to keep going, and there’s sufficient interest, then you get a chance to keep going,” Nolan...
Nolan, who has experience crafting mythology-dense serialized storytelling across multiple seasons with HBO’s “Westworld,” said they’ve been talking about the future of “Fallout” since their earliest discussions while still focusing on making the best Season 1 they could.
“The challenge, especially with television, is in success, the hope that you get to go again. But I think the reality is your best strategy is to concentrate on making a terrific season and television and if there’s an opportunity to keep going, and there’s sufficient interest, then you get a chance to keep going,” Nolan...
- 4/15/2024
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Chris Hemsworth recently revealed to Entertainment Tonight that he tried hard to land a role in a Kevin Costner-directed project only to learn that Costner had cast himself as the character instead. The “Thor” star did not reveal what the movie was, although he described it as something “abstract and interesting …a small story about a man and a woman.”
“There was a movie, a script that I’d read and loved and was like, ‘I want to get that,’ and then someone said, ‘Kevin Costner has that [role],’” Hemsworth said. “I’d love [to have] him as a director. I was like, ‘Goddamnit!’ [I spent] an hour the other day trying to convince him, and he was like, ‘I’m doing it, kid.’ Didn’t work. I didn’t get the part.”
Hemsworth added that “there are horses involved” in the project as the character is a “horse wrangler,” which is part of...
“There was a movie, a script that I’d read and loved and was like, ‘I want to get that,’ and then someone said, ‘Kevin Costner has that [role],’” Hemsworth said. “I’d love [to have] him as a director. I was like, ‘Goddamnit!’ [I spent] an hour the other day trying to convince him, and he was like, ‘I’m doing it, kid.’ Didn’t work. I didn’t get the part.”
Hemsworth added that “there are horses involved” in the project as the character is a “horse wrangler,” which is part of...
- 4/15/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - Film News
Before closing the chapter on performing as Childish Gambino, Donald Glover is releasing two final albums under the moniker.
A day after making a surprise appearance during Tyler, the Creator’s headlining set at Coachella, Glover shared the news of upcoming music during an Instagram Gilga Radio livestream that aired on Sunday night.
Bando Stone & the New World was the first of the two albums to be officially announced during the livestream, which was said to be “available this summer” in a mock radio ad. Following a recording sharing the name of the LP, Glover premiered a new, untitled song.
The livestream also featured an interview with Glover, in which he shared that he’s releasing an updated version of his 2020 album, 3.15.20, which will be offered under the title that the rapper originally wanted for it, Atavista. “We put it out kind of quickly, I didn’t master or mix it [when it was released],” he explained.
A day after making a surprise appearance during Tyler, the Creator’s headlining set at Coachella, Glover shared the news of upcoming music during an Instagram Gilga Radio livestream that aired on Sunday night.
Bando Stone & the New World was the first of the two albums to be officially announced during the livestream, which was said to be “available this summer” in a mock radio ad. Following a recording sharing the name of the LP, Glover premiered a new, untitled song.
The livestream also featured an interview with Glover, in which he shared that he’s releasing an updated version of his 2020 album, 3.15.20, which will be offered under the title that the rapper originally wanted for it, Atavista. “We put it out kind of quickly, I didn’t master or mix it [when it was released],” he explained.
- 4/15/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In notching A24’s highest-grossing opening weekend to date, Alex Garland’s debate-stirring combat film Civil War has made plenty of noise — both figuratively and literally.
Starring Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny and Wagner Moura, the project has spurred conversation over its depiction of a small group of journalists witnessing the violently divided U.S. en route to collecting $25.7 million at the domestic box office this weekend. Among the buzziest elements of the film has been its sound design, as Civil War’s use of jarring battle noise, along with the impactful contrast between its onslaught of gunfire and moments of dead silence. It all adds to the chaos and tension.
Civil War supervising sound editor Glenn Freemantle, an Oscar winner for 2013’s Gravity, tells The Hollywood Reporter that he and frequent collaborator Garland were in lockstep in how to best create the film’s dystopian world.
“First of all, he said,...
Starring Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny and Wagner Moura, the project has spurred conversation over its depiction of a small group of journalists witnessing the violently divided U.S. en route to collecting $25.7 million at the domestic box office this weekend. Among the buzziest elements of the film has been its sound design, as Civil War’s use of jarring battle noise, along with the impactful contrast between its onslaught of gunfire and moments of dead silence. It all adds to the chaos and tension.
Civil War supervising sound editor Glenn Freemantle, an Oscar winner for 2013’s Gravity, tells The Hollywood Reporter that he and frequent collaborator Garland were in lockstep in how to best create the film’s dystopian world.
“First of all, he said,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Robert Downey Jr. stars as not one, but four characters in HBO’s newest thriller series, “The Sympathizer.”
The limited series, which is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel of the same name, follows a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy as he hides his identity from a refugee community in Los Angeles during the final days of the Vietnam War.
Keep on reading for the full breakdown of all the characters in “The Sympathizer,” and where you’ve seen each actor before.
Hoa Xuande in “The Sympathizer.” (Hopper Stone/HBO)
Hoa Xuande as The Captain
Hoa Xuande stars as the Captain, a spy for North Vietnam who becomes embedded in a refugee community in Los Angeles. His dual identities prompt him to get caught between his conflicting loyalties and contradicting desires.
Xuande has been featured in “Last King of the Cross,” “A Stitch in Time,” “Cowboy Bebop” and “Hungry Ghosts.
The limited series, which is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel of the same name, follows a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy as he hides his identity from a refugee community in Los Angeles during the final days of the Vietnam War.
Keep on reading for the full breakdown of all the characters in “The Sympathizer,” and where you’ve seen each actor before.
Hoa Xuande in “The Sympathizer.” (Hopper Stone/HBO)
Hoa Xuande as The Captain
Hoa Xuande stars as the Captain, a spy for North Vietnam who becomes embedded in a refugee community in Los Angeles. His dual identities prompt him to get caught between his conflicting loyalties and contradicting desires.
Xuande has been featured in “Last King of the Cross,” “A Stitch in Time,” “Cowboy Bebop” and “Hungry Ghosts.
- 4/15/2024
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Netflix is getting ready to kick off the first-quarter 2024 earnings season for Hollywood on April 18, and the momentum of its subscriber growth, advertising tier and password-sharing crackdown will be among the focus areas for investors and Wall Street analysts.
Investors will also keep an ear out for possible commentary on content strategy, including a film division reorganization under new head Dan Lin. Sources have told The Hollywood Reporter that the features division will now be split up by genre — such as sci-fi, rom-com and faith-based. Among Netflix’s first-quarter originals were such series as 3 Body Problem and Avatar: The Last Airbender, and such films as Damsel and Spaceman.
The company’s stock has been on the upswing so far in 2024, gaining 30 percent year-to-date through Monday to close at $607.15, compared to a 6.7 percent gain in the broad-based S&P 500 stock index. However, several analysts have boosted their stock price targets...
Investors will also keep an ear out for possible commentary on content strategy, including a film division reorganization under new head Dan Lin. Sources have told The Hollywood Reporter that the features division will now be split up by genre — such as sci-fi, rom-com and faith-based. Among Netflix’s first-quarter originals were such series as 3 Body Problem and Avatar: The Last Airbender, and such films as Damsel and Spaceman.
The company’s stock has been on the upswing so far in 2024, gaining 30 percent year-to-date through Monday to close at $607.15, compared to a 6.7 percent gain in the broad-based S&P 500 stock index. However, several analysts have boosted their stock price targets...
- 4/15/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From hit man to hedgehog.
“John Wick” leading man Keanu Reeves will voice Shadow in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” a source confirmed to Variety. He joins a cast that includes Ben Schwartz as Sonic, as well as Jim Carrey as the villainous Dr. Robotnik. A spokesperson for Paramount Pictures, the studio behind the film, declined to comment.
In the games, Shadow, an anthropomorphic hedgehog, is an antihero of sorts. He’s also often an antagonist to Sonic.
Reeves’ credits include “Speed,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and “My Own Private Idaho,” as well as the “Matrix” franchise. He will next appear in the “John Wick” spinoff, “Ballerina,” opposite Ana de Armas. Reeves is also set to co-star in “Good Fortune” alongside Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh.
Jeff Fowler, who oversaw the first two “Sonic” movies, is returning as the director on the latest sequel. Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher,...
“John Wick” leading man Keanu Reeves will voice Shadow in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” a source confirmed to Variety. He joins a cast that includes Ben Schwartz as Sonic, as well as Jim Carrey as the villainous Dr. Robotnik. A spokesperson for Paramount Pictures, the studio behind the film, declined to comment.
In the games, Shadow, an anthropomorphic hedgehog, is an antihero of sorts. He’s also often an antagonist to Sonic.
Reeves’ credits include “Speed,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and “My Own Private Idaho,” as well as the “Matrix” franchise. He will next appear in the “John Wick” spinoff, “Ballerina,” opposite Ana de Armas. Reeves is also set to co-star in “Good Fortune” alongside Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh.
Jeff Fowler, who oversaw the first two “Sonic” movies, is returning as the director on the latest sequel. Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety - Film News
Comcast is adding a familiar name to its corporate board of directors.
The cable giant and NBCUniversal owner is bringing on Wonya Lucas, the former CEO of Hallmark Media and TV One, as a board member. The company disclosed the addition of Lucas in a securities filing, noting that she will be considered an independent director.
Lucas, a veteran TV executive who worked at CNN and The Weather Channel before running TV One and later Hallmark, stepped down as CEO of Hallmark parent company Crown Media Holdings last year. During her tenure at Hallmark, Lucas focused on building more projects with diverse storylines, characters and themes.
She is also the niece of baseball legend Hank Aaron, an experience that she wrote about in a column for The Hollywood Reporter. Lucas also serves as a director for Atlanta Braves Holdings, the owner of the Atlanta Braves, the team with which Aaron spent much of his career.
The cable giant and NBCUniversal owner is bringing on Wonya Lucas, the former CEO of Hallmark Media and TV One, as a board member. The company disclosed the addition of Lucas in a securities filing, noting that she will be considered an independent director.
Lucas, a veteran TV executive who worked at CNN and The Weather Channel before running TV One and later Hallmark, stepped down as CEO of Hallmark parent company Crown Media Holdings last year. During her tenure at Hallmark, Lucas focused on building more projects with diverse storylines, characters and themes.
She is also the niece of baseball legend Hank Aaron, an experience that she wrote about in a column for The Hollywood Reporter. Lucas also serves as a director for Atlanta Braves Holdings, the owner of the Atlanta Braves, the team with which Aaron spent much of his career.
- 4/15/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ever wonder how David Duchovny spends his weekends?
Thom Sweeney answers that question with a new campaign featuring the veteran star for spring-summer 2024. The brand — known for contemporary tailored menswear with outposts in London, New York and a new location in Los Angeles — highlights how Duchovny spends a “weekend in the life” in London, the launch location for Thom Sweeney.
He wakes up, sips some water followed by an espresso, does a little writing and ducks out to explore the city while wearing a variety of Thom Sweeney pieces. At one point, he relaxes in the park in a copper bomber jacket, and in another moment, he’s strolling the city’s streets in a light-colored suit. Duchovny eventually finds his way inside a Thom Sweeney store to be fitted for a navy, double-breasted look but rather than hit up a red carpet, he sticks around the shop to shoot some pool.
Thom Sweeney answers that question with a new campaign featuring the veteran star for spring-summer 2024. The brand — known for contemporary tailored menswear with outposts in London, New York and a new location in Los Angeles — highlights how Duchovny spends a “weekend in the life” in London, the launch location for Thom Sweeney.
He wakes up, sips some water followed by an espresso, does a little writing and ducks out to explore the city while wearing a variety of Thom Sweeney pieces. At one point, he relaxes in the park in a copper bomber jacket, and in another moment, he’s strolling the city’s streets in a light-colored suit. Duchovny eventually finds his way inside a Thom Sweeney store to be fitted for a navy, double-breasted look but rather than hit up a red carpet, he sticks around the shop to shoot some pool.
- 4/15/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the April 15 episode of “NCIS” on CBS, the overall franchise — including its multiple spinoffs — clocks its 1,000th episode. That’s a milestone for all of the associated series, but the mothership show accounts for nearly half of those, and is edging ever closer to its own once-unfathomable benchmark: “NCIS” O.G. is at 463 episodes and counting, with the 500-show mark hardly out of reach, especially now that the show has just been renewed for its 22nd season. There’s no end in sight, with the top-rated drama series having proven its ability to withstand cast changes, such as the loss of Mark Harmon,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety - TV News
Johnny Depp said he felt “strangely, oddly, perversely lucky” to have been offered the role of French King Louis Xv at the U.K. premiere of his new film “Jeanne du Barry.”
Depp was accompanied by the film’s co-star and director Maïwenn on stage at the Curzon theater in Mayfair, where the duo briefly introduced the film.
“I feel very lucky to have been [offered the role] – strangely, oddly, perversely lucky,” he said on stage in London during a rare public appearance. “Because when Maïwenn and I first actually met and talked about the notion of me doing the film and playing Louis Xv, the King of France — see that’s when instantly what happens in your brain is you instantly go back to Kentucky, where, like, everything is fried. So you realise that you’ve come from the bellybutton of nowhere and suddenly you end up playing the King of France.
Depp was accompanied by the film’s co-star and director Maïwenn on stage at the Curzon theater in Mayfair, where the duo briefly introduced the film.
“I feel very lucky to have been [offered the role] – strangely, oddly, perversely lucky,” he said on stage in London during a rare public appearance. “Because when Maïwenn and I first actually met and talked about the notion of me doing the film and playing Louis Xv, the King of France — see that’s when instantly what happens in your brain is you instantly go back to Kentucky, where, like, everything is fried. So you realise that you’ve come from the bellybutton of nowhere and suddenly you end up playing the King of France.
- 4/15/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety - Film News
CBS is apologizing for a timing mixup that cut off the final moments of a Billy Joel concert special for many viewers Sunday night.
Viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones missed the final two minutes of Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden when the program cut abruptly to local news telecasts. Joel was singing the final verse of “Piano Man” when the screen went black and then cut to local newscasts.
CBS blamed a timing error for the snafu and says it will re-air the special on Friday.
“A network programming timing error ended last night’s Billy Joel special approximately two minutes early in the Eastern and Central Time Zones,” the network said in a statement. “We apologize to Mr. Joel, his fans, our affiliated stations, and our audience whose viewing experience was interrupted during the last song. Due to the overwhelming demand from his legion of fans,...
Viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones missed the final two minutes of Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden when the program cut abruptly to local news telecasts. Joel was singing the final verse of “Piano Man” when the screen went black and then cut to local newscasts.
CBS blamed a timing error for the snafu and says it will re-air the special on Friday.
“A network programming timing error ended last night’s Billy Joel special approximately two minutes early in the Eastern and Central Time Zones,” the network said in a statement. “We apologize to Mr. Joel, his fans, our affiliated stations, and our audience whose viewing experience was interrupted during the last song. Due to the overwhelming demand from his legion of fans,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HarbourView Equity Partners has made an investment in Mucho Mas Media, the Los Angeles-based content company behind the new golf-themed movie “The Long Game.”
The deal calls for HarbourView Equity to executive produce films with Mucho Mas co-CEOs Javier Chapa and Vincent Cordero. With HarbourView’s investment, Mucho Mas intends to expand the scope of its activity in film and TV. HarbourView CEO Sherrese Clarke Soares is on board as an executive producer of “The Long Game,” an adaptation of the Humberto Garcia novel “Mustang Miracle.” The film tells the true story of a group of Mexican American caddies who...
The deal calls for HarbourView Equity to executive produce films with Mucho Mas co-CEOs Javier Chapa and Vincent Cordero. With HarbourView’s investment, Mucho Mas intends to expand the scope of its activity in film and TV. HarbourView CEO Sherrese Clarke Soares is on board as an executive producer of “The Long Game,” an adaptation of the Humberto Garcia novel “Mustang Miracle.” The film tells the true story of a group of Mexican American caddies who...
- 4/15/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety - TV News
HarbourView Equity Partners has made an investment in Mucho Mas Media, the Los Angeles-based content company behind the new golf-themed movie “The Long Game.”
The deal calls for HarbourView Equity to executive produce films with Mucho Mas co-CEOs Javier Chapa and Vincent Cordero. With HarbourView’s investment, Mucho Mas intends to expand the scope of its activity in film and TV. HarbourView CEO Sherrese Clarke Soares is on board as an executive producer of “The Long Game,” an adaptation of the Humberto Garcia novel “Mustang Miracle.” The film tells the true story of a group of Mexican American caddies who created their own golf course in the South Texas brush in 1955 and two years later won the Texas State High School Golf Championship.
Mucho Mas describes itself as “an inclusive LatinX multimedia platform cultivating talent and producing content for global audiences.” One reason the deal appealed to HarbourView is that...
The deal calls for HarbourView Equity to executive produce films with Mucho Mas co-CEOs Javier Chapa and Vincent Cordero. With HarbourView’s investment, Mucho Mas intends to expand the scope of its activity in film and TV. HarbourView CEO Sherrese Clarke Soares is on board as an executive producer of “The Long Game,” an adaptation of the Humberto Garcia novel “Mustang Miracle.” The film tells the true story of a group of Mexican American caddies who created their own golf course in the South Texas brush in 1955 and two years later won the Texas State High School Golf Championship.
Mucho Mas describes itself as “an inclusive LatinX multimedia platform cultivating talent and producing content for global audiences.” One reason the deal appealed to HarbourView is that...
- 4/15/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety - Film News
The international distribution company Glass House Distribution has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Private Eye,” a mystery, comedy and romance. The film was written and directed by Jack Cook and stars comedian Matt Rife. Glass House Distribution will represent the movie at the Cannes Film Festival in May with all territories available.
The official description for the film reads, “Private investigator Mort Madison (Matt Rife) has seen his better days. A mysterious woman, Michelle (Clare Grant) hires him to spy on David (Elliot), whom he believed to be her lover. In the detective process Mort himself falls in love with Michelle and decides the only way he can be with her is by eliminating David from the equation. Mort hopes this will entice Michelle to run away with him and live happily ever after only to reveal a mind-blowing twist.”
“The Private Eye is a fun, twisty comedy/mystery...
The official description for the film reads, “Private investigator Mort Madison (Matt Rife) has seen his better days. A mysterious woman, Michelle (Clare Grant) hires him to spy on David (Elliot), whom he believed to be her lover. In the detective process Mort himself falls in love with Michelle and decides the only way he can be with her is by eliminating David from the equation. Mort hopes this will entice Michelle to run away with him and live happily ever after only to reveal a mind-blowing twist.”
“The Private Eye is a fun, twisty comedy/mystery...
- 4/15/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety - Film News
Billy Joel fans will get to find out whether Davy is still in the Navy after all. A broadcast special of the singer in performance at Madison Square Garden was cut off abruptly in most time zones Sunday night during his climactic rendition of the signature hit “Piano Man,” and after considerable public outrage, CBS has committed to re-airing the entire program on Friday night.
Said the network, in a statement released Monday morning, following widespread news reports of viewer dissatisfaction: “A network programming timing error ended last night’s Billy Joel special approximately two minutes early in the Eastern and Central Time Zones.
Said the network, in a statement released Monday morning, following widespread news reports of viewer dissatisfaction: “A network programming timing error ended last night’s Billy Joel special approximately two minutes early in the Eastern and Central Time Zones.
- 4/15/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety - TV News
CBS has ordered the daytime soap opera “The Gates” to series, Variety has learned.
The series was first reported to be in development in March. It was developed under CBS Studios’ content partnership with the NAACP. The official description of the series states, “‘The Gates’ follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community.”
Michele Val Jean will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Val Jean has been a writer for “The Bold and the Beautiful” since 2012 and has also written for shows like “General Hospital” and “Santa Barbara.” She has written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime television to date.
The series was first reported to be in development in March. It was developed under CBS Studios’ content partnership with the NAACP. The official description of the series states, “‘The Gates’ follows the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community.”
Michele Val Jean will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Val Jean has been a writer for “The Bold and the Beautiful” since 2012 and has also written for shows like “General Hospital” and “Santa Barbara.” She has written more than 2,000 episodes of daytime television to date.
- 4/15/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety - TV News
CBS is opening The Gates.
The Paramount Global-backed broadcast network has handed out a formal series order to The Gates, the first Black daytime soap opera in 35 years.
The network on Monday announced that the series following the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community, will debut in January 2025. The specific time period, launch date and other details will be revealed later.
The official series pickup comes a month after CBS announced it was teaming with the NAACP to develop The Gates with the news marking a show of confidence in the script from. Michele Val Jean, who previously penned more than 2,000 episodes of The Bold & the Beautiful and General Hospital, will serve as showrunner and exec produces alongside Sheila Ducksworth, president of the CBS Studios NAACP venture, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.
“The Gates will be everything we love about daytime drama,...
The Paramount Global-backed broadcast network has handed out a formal series order to The Gates, the first Black daytime soap opera in 35 years.
The network on Monday announced that the series following the lives of a wealthy Black family in a posh, gated community, will debut in January 2025. The specific time period, launch date and other details will be revealed later.
The official series pickup comes a month after CBS announced it was teaming with the NAACP to develop The Gates with the news marking a show of confidence in the script from. Michele Val Jean, who previously penned more than 2,000 episodes of The Bold & the Beautiful and General Hospital, will serve as showrunner and exec produces alongside Sheila Ducksworth, president of the CBS Studios NAACP venture, Leon Russell, Derrick Johnson and Kimberly Doebereiner.
“The Gates will be everything we love about daytime drama,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Maybe the show should be called The Veteran from now on?
ABC has renewed its drama series The Rookie for a seventh season in 2024-25. The police procedural starring Nathan Fillion — which passed the 100-episode mark earlier this season — continues to draw decent-sized audiences for the network, even as it has outlived its title.
The Rookie is so named because at the show’s outset, Fillion’s John Nolan is the oldest rookie in the Los Angeles Police Department. Six seasons in, Nolan’s rookie status is long gone, but he “has used his life experience, determination and sense of humor to keep up with rookies 20 years his junior,” as ABC puts it in the season six logline. Mekia Cox, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Melissa O’Neil, Eric Winter, Jenna Dewan, Shawn Ashmore, Tru Valentino and Lisseth Chavez also star.
Viewers have stayed with the series as Nolan has moved...
ABC has renewed its drama series The Rookie for a seventh season in 2024-25. The police procedural starring Nathan Fillion — which passed the 100-episode mark earlier this season — continues to draw decent-sized audiences for the network, even as it has outlived its title.
The Rookie is so named because at the show’s outset, Fillion’s John Nolan is the oldest rookie in the Los Angeles Police Department. Six seasons in, Nolan’s rookie status is long gone, but he “has used his life experience, determination and sense of humor to keep up with rookies 20 years his junior,” as ABC puts it in the season six logline. Mekia Cox, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Melissa O’Neil, Eric Winter, Jenna Dewan, Shawn Ashmore, Tru Valentino and Lisseth Chavez also star.
Viewers have stayed with the series as Nolan has moved...
- 4/15/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The film armorer who loaded a live bullet into Alec Baldwin’s gun on the set of “Rust,” leading to the death of a cinematographer, was sentenced Monday to the maximum term, 18 months in prison.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 26, was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter, after a jury found that her negligence caused the death of Halyna Hutchins.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said that Gutierrez Reed had not shown any remorse.
“You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon,” the judge said. “But for you, Ms. Hutchins would be alive, a husband would have his partner, and a little boy would have his mother.”
Before issuing the sentence, the judge heard from Hutchins’ relatives and friends, from her agent, and from “Rust” director Joel Souza, who was struck in the shoulder by the bullet that killed her.
Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, and sister, Svetlana Zemko, addressed the court in pre-recorded videos from Ukraine,...
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 26, was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter, after a jury found that her negligence caused the death of Halyna Hutchins.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said that Gutierrez Reed had not shown any remorse.
“You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon,” the judge said. “But for you, Ms. Hutchins would be alive, a husband would have his partner, and a little boy would have his mother.”
Before issuing the sentence, the judge heard from Hutchins’ relatives and friends, from her agent, and from “Rust” director Joel Souza, who was struck in the shoulder by the bullet that killed her.
Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, and sister, Svetlana Zemko, addressed the court in pre-recorded videos from Ukraine,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety - Film News
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Rust armorer who loaded the live round into the gun Alec Baldwin was holding when it discharged and killed the film’s cinematographer, will serve 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter.
The decision from Santa Fe judge Mary Sommer, delivered on Monday, comes after a jury found Gutierrez-Reed guilty, making her the first crewmember to be convicted for her role in the accidental shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.
Involuntary manslaughter charges in New Mexico carry a maximum sentence of 18 months and a fine of up to $5,000. Prosecutors sought the upper limit of the term. Gutierrez-Reed has been at the Santa Fe Adult Detention Facility since March, when she was determined to be liable of involuntary manslaughter but not evidence tampering charges. Last month, Sommer declined to allow a new trial and denied a motion for the armorer to be released while she appeals her conviction.
During the hearing,...
The decision from Santa Fe judge Mary Sommer, delivered on Monday, comes after a jury found Gutierrez-Reed guilty, making her the first crewmember to be convicted for her role in the accidental shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.
Involuntary manslaughter charges in New Mexico carry a maximum sentence of 18 months and a fine of up to $5,000. Prosecutors sought the upper limit of the term. Gutierrez-Reed has been at the Santa Fe Adult Detention Facility since March, when she was determined to be liable of involuntary manslaughter but not evidence tampering charges. Last month, Sommer declined to allow a new trial and denied a motion for the armorer to be released while she appeals her conviction.
During the hearing,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Social media influencer Anastasia “Stassie” Karanikolaou has signed with WME for representation, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The 26-year-old Los Angeles-based social media personality boosts a large following across social – with approximately 10 million followers on Instagram and 4 million followers on TikTok.
The creator mainly posts content about fashion and beauty and daily vlogs centered around cooking, exercise and travel. Karanikolaou’s Instagram in particular is full of vacation shots, including some of her and pal Kylie Jenner. Karanikolaou has partnered with a slew of major brands including Valentino, Gcds, Kiehl’s, Diesel, Fwrd, Ysl Beauty, Balmain, Skims, Poppi and Milk Makeup.
In addition to content creation, Karanikolaou is also an entrepreneur, having launched a pair of brands. In 2022, the influencer launched a vodka brand – Sunny Vodka – with DJ Zach Bia.
Karanikolaou also launched a home goods company, Stassie Home. The brand – mainly sold in retailors such as Home Goods, Ross, Marshalls...
The 26-year-old Los Angeles-based social media personality boosts a large following across social – with approximately 10 million followers on Instagram and 4 million followers on TikTok.
The creator mainly posts content about fashion and beauty and daily vlogs centered around cooking, exercise and travel. Karanikolaou’s Instagram in particular is full of vacation shots, including some of her and pal Kylie Jenner. Karanikolaou has partnered with a slew of major brands including Valentino, Gcds, Kiehl’s, Diesel, Fwrd, Ysl Beauty, Balmain, Skims, Poppi and Milk Makeup.
In addition to content creation, Karanikolaou is also an entrepreneur, having launched a pair of brands. In 2022, the influencer launched a vodka brand – Sunny Vodka – with DJ Zach Bia.
Karanikolaou also launched a home goods company, Stassie Home. The brand – mainly sold in retailors such as Home Goods, Ross, Marshalls...
- 4/15/2024
- by Nicole Fell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Few Things To Note Before Reading*
(1) This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects Scott’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences.
(2) Unlike many other lists, the objective of the forecast is not to include every show or person that is eligible for Emmys recognition, only the top tier of contenders.
(3) Nobody can watch every Emmy-eligible show, and Scott is no exception. He arrives at these projections by at least sampling as many contenders as possible, consulting with TV Academy members, reading reviews, analyzing awards campaigns and referencing the results of other award shows, as well as the historical preferences of the TV Academy.
(4) Under program categories, you can now find listed each program’s season that is eligible, its platform, release date (of the first episode of the...
(1) This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects Scott’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences.
(2) Unlike many other lists, the objective of the forecast is not to include every show or person that is eligible for Emmys recognition, only the top tier of contenders.
(3) Nobody can watch every Emmy-eligible show, and Scott is no exception. He arrives at these projections by at least sampling as many contenders as possible, consulting with TV Academy members, reading reviews, analyzing awards campaigns and referencing the results of other award shows, as well as the historical preferences of the TV Academy.
(4) Under program categories, you can now find listed each program’s season that is eligible, its platform, release date (of the first episode of the...
- 4/15/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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