EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky, the production company behind Sabrina Carpenter: A VR Concert and Showtime’s Sheryl is teaming with pop and reality TV star Jessica Simpson on a multi-part documentary about the musician, entrepreneur, philanthropist and best-selling author. Production is currently underway on the documentary, which is described as a raw, intimate and unprecedented look […]
Paramount+’s limited series JonBenét Ramsey (w/t), from MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, has tapped Emily Mitchell (The Apprentice) for its title role, also bringing aboard Garrett Hedlund (Tulsa King), Alison Pill (Trap) and Owen Teague (The Friend) for parts. Mitchell’s JonBenét is a girl from an affluent family and child beauty queen, whose murder […]
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Dynamics, the world’s largest independent stand-up comedy production and distribution company, has launched a 24/7 free ad-supported TV channel dedicated to stand-up on Amazon Freevee. The Stand Up Channel will be carefully curated by the Comedy Dynamics team, and feature new and classic stand-up comedy specials, Amazon original specials, and new acquisitions as […]
EXCLUSIVE: Actress Suzanna Son has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation. Son is best known for her acclaimed breakout performance opposite Simon Rex in Sean Baker’s Red Rocket, a dark comedy that marked her acting debut. Released by A24 in December 2021 after world premiering in competition at Cannes, the film follows the misadventures of […]
In a major development in the leadership of New York City’s non-profit theater scene, Lincoln Center Theater has named directors Lear deBessonet and Bartlett Sher to the roles of Artistic Director and Executive Producer, respectively. The appointments take effect when longtime LCT artistic director André Bishop concludes his 33-year tenure this June, as previously announced. […]
The Paramount+ limited series about the murder of JonBenét Ramsey has cast the girl at the center of the story. Emily Mitchell (Women Talking, Ordinary Angels) will play JonBenét in the drama. Garrett Hedlund, Alison Pill and Owen Teague have also been cast in the series, which comes from Yellowstone producers MTV Entertainment Studios and […]
Amazon released some viewership numbers for the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The company says 40 million viewers worldwide have watched at least some of the first three new Rings of Power episodes through the sophomore season’s first 11 days. The company did not make clear, however, how […]
Comcast and its NBCUniversal streamer Peacock are flying high across the board, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh signaled on Tuesday. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco in a session that was live-streamed, he shared that Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, the new limited series starring Kevin Hart, Taraji Henson, […]
When Torsten Neumann launched the Oldenburg Film Festival back in 1994, setting up the event as Germany’s answer to Sundance, it was near the peak of the ’90s indie film boom, when the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez were starting to hit the mainstream. 31 years later and indie […]
Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories Productions has appointed Josh McLaughlin to serve as the company’s new President. McLaughlin joins from his own production company, Wink Pictures, where he curated a diverse slate of films, television shows and podcasts over the course of five-plus years. In his new role, he’ll look to drive the growth of Nine […]