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‘American Horror Story’ Unveils Season 6 Logo
11 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
We still don’t know what Ryan Murphy and company have up their frayed sleeve for the sixth installment of FX’s American Horror Story, but today we got a new logo. It’s a blood-red — natch — mashup of the number six and a question mark. How’s that for mystery? Mystery is a key word: There’s been radio silence on a theme and title for Season 6 of Ahs, but series creator Murphy said at TCA in March, “The interesting thing about the next season is that we've been working on… »
Barkhad Abdi Joins ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel
16 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Barkhad Abdi has joined the cast Alcon Entertainment’s untitled “Blade Runner” sequel.
Previously announced cast includes Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri and Dave Bautista.
Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson made the announcement Tuesday. Denis Villeneuve (“Sicario”) is directing with principal photography scheduled to begin in July.
The film will be released by Warner Bros. in North America on Oct. 6, 2017, and Sony Pictures Releasing International will distribute in all media for all overseas territories.
The sequel is set several decades after the 1982 original, with Ford reprising his role as Rick Deckard. Ridley Scott directed the original, which was set in 2019 Los Angeles with Deckard pursuing four replicants who had escaped from an off-world colony.
The film is written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, and succeeds the initial story by Fancher and David Peoples, which was based on »
- Dave McNary
Daniel Craig in Talks for Halle Berry’s L.A. Riots Movie ‘Kings’
13 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Daniel Craig is in early negotiations to star opposite Halle Berry in “Kings,” the independent drama set against the backdrop of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Deniz Gamze Erguven, director of “Mustang,” is directing “Kings” from her own script in what will be her English-language debut. She’s re-teamed with “Mustang” producer Charles Gillibert.
Should Craig come on board, he will portray a loner who lives in South Central Los Angeles and falls in love with Berry’s character. When the riots erupt, he will help Berry in protecting her children from the violence.
The riots started a few hours after a jury in suburban Simi Valley acquitted four Los Angeles Police officers of use of excessive force in the videotaped arrest and beating of Rodney King in 1991 following a high-speed chase. A total of 55 people died during the riots amid looting, assault and arson causing more than $1 billion of property damage. »
- Dave McNary
ABC announces premiere dates for 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' and fall line up
18 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
ABC announced their fall release dates today. For fans of the network, the week starting September 19 is going to be a busy one. Thirteen returning shows and three new ones will kick off that week including popular programs like Modern Family, black-ish and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Shonda Rhimes night (a.k.a. Thursday) won’t be as usual for the early part of the season as Scandal has been pushed to mid-season. The show’s star, Kerry Washington, is pregnant with her second child. Following is the full list of premiere dates for the network. All times are Et/Pt. Monday, September 12 8-10 p.m. Dancing with the Stars Tuesday, September 20 8-10 p.m. Dancing with the Stars Results Show 10-11 p.m. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Wednesday, September 21 8-8:30 p.m. The Goldbergs 8:30-9 p.m. Speechless 9-9:30 p.m. Modern Family 9:30-10 p. »
- David Eckstein
TV Ratings: 'Game of Thrones' Finale Hits Series High as Weekly Audience Continues to Climb
28 June 2016 6:47 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Game of Thrones continues to age well with audiences. Six seasons in, the HBO drama notched another series high with its recent finale. The original telecast of "The Winds of Winter" pulled 8.9 million viewers to the pay cabler during the premiere showing, outpacing last summer's finale by nearly 800,000 for a new record. Thrones' overall audience is even more impressive. According to HBO, which combines original telecasts, DVR, encores, on-demand and streams on both HBO Go and HBO Now, the show's sixth season has been grossing 23.3 million weekly viewers. That's up from the comparable
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- Michael O'Connell
Samuel L. Jackson to Receive Albert R. Broccoli Award From BAFTA/LA
19 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Samuel L. Jackson will receive the Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment at this year’s Britannia Awards, BAFTA Los Angeles announced Tuesday.
BAFTA/La bestows the honor on recipients “whose talented, innovative approach and true global appeal has had a profound, lasting impact on the worldwide entertainment industry.”
“Like the distinguished producer after whom this award is named, Samuel L. Jackson has made an undeniable contribution to the global film industry,” said Kieran Breen, BAFTA/La chairman. “He has provided us with some of the most iconic roles in movie history not to mention some of the classic movie lines of all time.”
Jackson won the BAFTA film award for his role in the 1995 feature “Pulp Fiction” and his film credits include more than 100 titles. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globes as well as other awards including one from the American Cinematheque. »
- Lamarco McClendon
Jessica Jones' creator on the biggest change from comics to her Netflix show
14 minutes ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
After Greg Berlanti and Geoff Johns, few creative types have had as big an influence over the current state of superhero TV than Brian Michael Bendis. Netflix's current line of Marvel Comics shows may as well be called the Bendis Cinematic Universe, since in the comics he co-created Jessica Jones, promoted Luke Cage from Marvel's C-list into the vital character he is today, and wrote one of the definitive modern Daredevil runs. (He also put Iron Fist into the Avengers, though it remains to be seen what comics influences his upcoming Netflix show will draw upon.) He's also co-creator of Powers, a comic about human cops who investigate murders tied to superheroes and villains, and an executive producer of the TV version, which is in the midst of its second season on the PlayStation Network. And during an appearance at the Atx Television Festival earlier this month, Bendis let slip »
- Alan Sepinwall
Justin Timberlake Makes Mini Music in New ‘Trolls’ Trailer (Video)
24 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
In a new “Trolls” trailer, Justin Timberlake lets his voice do the work with the snappy original song called “Can’t Stop the Feeling.” The film stars Anna Kendrick as Poppy, the optimistic leader of the Trolls, and her polar opposite, Branch, played by Timberlake. Together, this unlikely pair must embark on an adventure that takes them far beyond the only world they’ve ever known. The Trolls constantly have a song on their lips, and must contend with the Bergens, who are only happy when they have Trolls in their stomach. Also Read: Zooey Deschanel, Jeffrey Tambor, Quvenzhané Wallis »
- Joe Otterson
Bryan Cranston is open to appearing on 'Better Call Saul'
28 minutes ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Although Better Call Saul has certainly developed into its own as a wonderful and tense dramatic series, it's still impossible not to reminisce about Breaking Bad while you're watching. On The Rich Eisen Show , Bryan Cranston chatted about being a fan of Better Call Saul, if he would ever make an appearance, and how he might be involved behind the scenes. "I’ll do whatever they want because I know how careful they are and proprietary they are with those characters and storylines," Cranston said, revealing that he would say "Yes" to a guest appearance before Gilligan even finished a pitch. "It would be something kind of unique and obscure and creative. And I’m all in." Cranston then said that he'd already been asked to direct an episode but that he hasn't decided whether or not he's going to do it because he's such a big fan that he »
- Pilot Viruet
‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ Trailer: Patrick Dempsey, Colin Firth Battle to Be Baby Daddies (Video)
34 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) probably needs to start being a bit more careful with her heart – and her eggs. A new trailer for “Bridget Jones’s Baby” dropped Tuesday, and this one upped the competition factor between the unborn child’s two possible daddies: Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey. At times in the above teaser, the displeased duo nearly come to blows. Later, they find that physically carrying a very pregnant Jones is indeed a two-man job. Also Read: 'Bridget Jones's Baby' Trailer Plays Who's Your Daddy (Video) By the end of the whole thing, the guys are mistaken for a same-sex couple. »
- Tony Maglio
'The Purge: Election Year': Film Review
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Arriving in quick succession, The Purge (2013) and follow up The Purge: Anarchy (2014) introduced audiences to a near-future nation governed by the “New Founding Fathers of America,” a political party that oversees a violent annual social ritual with the stated goal of lowering the nation’s overall crime rate. For 12 hours during a single night every year, the Nffa administration permits citizens to commit almost any type of crime, including murder, without fear of prosecution or reprisal. Writer-director James DeMonaco’s concept quickly found favor with audiences, who rewarded Universal with two straight hits, inspiring the current
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- Justin Lowe
‘The Legend of Tarzan’ Review: Alexander Skarsgard Swings Through a Bungle in the Jungle
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“From the author of ‘John Carter’!” is a tagline that no studio would use to promote a movie, but “The Legend of Tarzan” — another dive into the pulpy output of writer Edgar Rice Burroughs — feels like another perfunctory attempt to breathe new life into a familiar property. There’s never a moment in this new film that comes off like anyone involved was driven or aching to put a new spin on Tarzan; instead, it’s a reflection of public awareness of the character, whose name gets a little registered trademark symbol in the opening and closing credits. If marketing-based. »
- Alonso Duralde
Bounce TV Launches First News Magazine With ‘Ed Gordon’ (Exclusive)
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Bounce TV is set to launch a new show titled “Ed Gordon,” featuring the award-winning journalist of the same name. The African American network’s first foray into the primetime news magazine format will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 10 p.m. Et. Gordon feels the magazine format will help the show succeed. “This gives us an opportunity to grow a show and grow it smartly,” Gordon told TheWrap. “News can be a very costly venture and sometimes when you enter into it, with a fledgling network, you can’t do all that you hope. So with this show, I think that we are. »
- Brian Flood
Hate Drives TV Viewers to Return to Shows, New Study Finds
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Hate-watching is a real phenomenon, at least according to a new Twitter study. A new study released by the analytics company Canvs examined the correlation between the emotional reaction of TV viewers on Twitter and the show’s viewership. The results show that hate is one of the most powerful factors in driving audiences to watch a show. Using TV-related Twitter data from Nielsen, Canvs studied audience reactions to nearly six thousand episodes of TV across networks – including HBO, home of hits such as “Game of Thrones,” as well as broadcast networks like CBS and ABC – and genres. In total, »
- Reid Nakamura
‘The Purge: Election Year’ Review: Frank Grillo Grants Death Wishes to Very Bad Guys
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
It was perhaps inevitable that the insane American political climate of 2016, fascinated with civilian militarism and and at least one truly grotesque presidential candidate, would find itself co-opted by pop culture’s most gruesomely dark and sloppily moral action-thriller franchise. The result is “The Purge: Election Year.” 2013’s “The Purge” began as a more or less simple home invasion movie — though one with hints of a sinister backstory. But while the rest of the moviegoing world was bingeing on superhero franchises, watching the Avengers exorcise the aftermath of 9/11, a different brand of chaos was pushing its way into »
- Dave White
Data Science Proves We Love to Hate-Watch TV
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
One of the true pleasures of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” the last few seasons has been seething at the outrages committed by oleaginous psychopath Ramsay Bolton. And now, thanks to Big Data, it’s clear that TV viewers are highly motivated to watch a show if they hate something about it.
For dramas and reality shows, various expressions of “hate” by viewers were the strongest emotional indicator that TV show viewership will increase for the following episode, according to a study by data-analytics startup Canvs. The company looked at nearly 6,000 episodes of recent cable and broadcast shows, cross-referencing Nielsen ratings with Twitter comments associated with each show categorized into one of 56 emotional buckets (like “love,” “hate,” “annoying,” “beautiful” and “boring”).
A key finding: For every percentage point increase in “hate” responses, there’s a 0.7% increase in viewership for the next segment of a show in reality and drama genres. That »
- Todd Spangler
'The Legend of Tarzan': Film Review
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
After the creative and financial short-falling of numerous recent big-budget franchise films (the latest tanker, Independence Day: Resurgence) and the ill-fortune Warner Bros. has lately suffered with several expensive intended tentpoles (The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Pan, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), it comes as something more than a mild surprise that The Legend of Tarzan isn't half-bad; actually, it's pretty good. Beautifully made and smartly set at the beginning of Belgian King Leopold II's rapacious colonization of the Congo in the 1880s, this is certainly the best live-action Tarzan film
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- Todd McCarthy
Film Review: ‘The Purge: Election Year’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“The Purge: Election Year” is a scurrilously effective pop rabble-rouser — a movie that’s been built to get you riled, and does. It’s a squalid B-movie political horror film that plays to our most reptile-brained basic instincts, and also to our cartoon-noble ideals, and by the end you can’t separate the two; that’s the way canny shameless pop works. In the opening scene, the members of a family are sitting on a couch, bound and gagged and blood-spattered, while a masked killer entertains them with tunes from his “Purge playlist” (he makes an obscenely jaunty segue from “20th Century Boy” by T. Rex to George Clinton’s “We Want the Funk”). A guy like this, in another film, would have been a violent head case, but in the “Purge” movies, where even the most horrifyingly twisted murder is legal for one night a year, he’s just »
- Owen Gleiberman
Film Review: ‘The Legend of Tarzan’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A talky and mostly turgid attempt by British director David Yates to build on the epic vision he brought to the final four Harry Potter movies via another beloved literary hero, “The Legend of Tarzan” is sequel, origin story and racially sensitive revisionist history lesson all in one. What it isn’t is much fun for anyone who’s seen Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “ape man” in any of his previous incarnations. While name recognition alone should snare a fair number of those who prefer their pulp heroes endowed with superpowers, between this and last year’s “Pan,” evidence suggests Warner Brothers ought to leave the live-action reboots to Disney.
As it turns out, Disney scored a double victory earlier this year with “The Jungle Book,” not only getting out in front of Warners’ Andy Serkis-directed version of the same, but also stealing the thunder from the rival studio’s other jungle child tentpole. »
- Peter Debruge
Can British-French TV Cooperation Survive Post-Brexit?
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Paris — In the TV world, the border between France and Britain has never been more porous. The question, in a post-Brexit era, is for how long.
For the past few years, French broadcasters and producers have tapped into British talent and creative communities to deliver upscale English-language series such as “Versailles” (pictured), “Panthers” and “The Tunnel” that could sell worldwide. In fact, “Versailles,” which centers on French King Louis Xiv and his court, was cast almost entirely with Brits.
But in the aftermath of last week’s vote in Britain to withdraw from the European Union, France’s film and TV industries are facing potential changes that could dampen this upward trend and complicate not only the production and casting of French movies with British actors but also handicap the hiring of French talent in British series.
The French government has supported the development of locally made English-language series such as “Versailles” with a generous tax rebate »
- Elsa Keslassy
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