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Josh Radnor to Star in NBC's Jason Katims Pilot 'Drama High'
2 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - TV News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - TV News news »
How I Met Your Mother grad Josh Radnor is returning to broadcast.
The actor has been tapped to topline NBC's Jason Katims pilot Drama High, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Based on the book by Michael Sokolove and life rights of Lou Volpe, the drama is inspired by a true story and revolves around a working-class high school drama department and the students who come alive under a passionate teacher and family man whose dedication to the program galvanizes the entire town.
Radnor will star as Lou, a left-of-center leading man who has to discover »
- Lesley Goldberg
Kerry Washington, Warner Bros. to Adapt 'The Mothers'
4 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Warner Bros. has optioned Brit Bennett’s debut novel The Mothers, with Kerry Washington producing under the Simpson Street Banner.
Bennett also will write the script for the project based on her novel, which was published in October 2016 by Riverhead, a division of Penguin.
The New York Times bestseller is set in a black community in a small suburban Southern California town where a big secret rocks the lives of several of its residents. The story explores young love, friendship and loss through a story centered on Nadia, a teen who, while grieving after her mother’s suicide, starts a relationship »
- Rebecca Ford
'Kong' Challenges Wolverine for Weekend Box Office Supremacy
7 hours ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
It's King Kong versus Wolverine this weekend as Kong: Skull Island serves as the weekend's lone new wide release. Not only is Skull Island hoping to top the weekend box office as it could be looking at a neck-and-neck finish with last weekend's champ, but it hopes to join the ranks of recent hits such as Jordan Peele's low budget horror breakout Get Out and last weekend's $88.4 million debut of Logan, the fourth largest R-rated opening of all-time, as the box office has seen its share of star performers as of late. Debuting in 3,846 theaters, Warner Bros. and Legendary's Kong: Skull Island is the second feature in the planned universe of films following 2014's Godzilla. Expected to follow Skull Island is the release of Godzilla 2, slated for 2019, and a Godzilla vs. Kong monster mash-up in 2020. Of course, first things first. 2014's Godzilla opened with a massive $93.1 million and went »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Zazie Beetz Cast As Domino In ‘Deadpool 2’
5 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
German-born actress Zazie Beetz has apparently been cast as Domino in Deadpool 2. The actress is probably best known as playing Vanessa (Aka Van) in Donald Glover’s television series Atlanta. Hit the jump to learn more about the Zazie Beetz Deadpool 2 casting reveal and what she could bring to director David Leitch’s sequel. Zazie Beetz’s casting was announced by […]
The post Zazie Beetz Cast As Domino In ‘Deadpool 2’ appeared first on /Film. »
- Peter Sciretta
HBO Finally Reveals Game Of Thrones Season 7 Premiere Date
6 hours ago | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Few shows hold a candle to the epic scale and scope of Game of Thrones, and fewer still are able to attract over 150,000 fans via Facebook Live.
And yet, that’s exactly what HBO’s fantasy flagship did earlier today as part of an elaborate reveal event. Following on the suitably chilly poster, the network invited Facebook users to type “fire” and “dracarys” into the comments to essentially fuel the on-hand flamethrower. Its target? A giant block of ice, in which was buried the official Game of Thrones season 7 premiere date. And so, after much keyboard-bashing, it’s official: the seventh and penultimate season of HBO’s epic arrives on July 16th.
Comprised of seven episodes in total – the eighth and final season is expected to run for around six or eight episodes, depending on the finale that David Benioff and Dan Weiss have rustled up – the upcoming batch of »
- Michael Briers
Night Manager Season 2 Eyed at AMC
12 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
You may not have seen the last of the menacing Richard Roper.
AMC, BBC and production company Ink Factory are mulling over a potential second season of The Night Manager, our sister site Deadline reports.
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“The Ink Factory, BBC and AMC are in the early stages of developing a potential second series of The Night Manager, but nothing is definite yet and we have nothing to announce,” the three companies said in a joint statement.
Rumors first began circulating about Season 2 in British trades earlier this week »
Pantelion to Make Its Widest Release Ever with ‘How to Be a Latin Lover’ (Exclusive)
13 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez’s latest romp, “How to Be a Latin Lover” is set to become Pantelion Film’s widest release ever in the U.S., likely to more than double the Televisa-Lionsgate joint venture’s release standard of 350 to 400 screens when it opens on April 28.
Videocine, the film distribution arm of Televisa, will be rolling the comedy out to some 2,500 screens in Mexico on May 5.
“We are expecting this film to deliver, it’s got heart and a highly promotable cast,” said Pantelion COO Edward Allen.
Comedy centers on an ageing Latin Lothario, played by Derbez, who’s made a living out of seducing rich, older women. When he’s dumped by his wealthy 80-year old wife for a younger stud, he’s forced to move in with his estranged sister, played by Salma Hayek, and her son with whom he bonds. Other cast members include Raquel Welch, »
- Anna Marie de la Fuente
Emmy slugfest: Comedy races will be led by ‘Veep’ and Julia Louis-Dreyfus yet again [Watch]
23 minutes ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Now that the Oscars are behind us, it’s time to start thinking about what’s going to happen at this year’s Emmy Awards. With that in mind, Marcus James Dixon, Ralph Galvan, Rob Licuria and I got together to dish what we think is going to happen in the comedy races. As a refresher, last year’s Best […] »
- Charles Bright
MGM in Talks to Buy Out Epix Partners Lionsgate, Viacom (Report)
33 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
MGM is reportedly in talks to buy out partners Lionsgate and Viacom and become sole owner of premium cable channel Epix.
MGM currently owns 19% of Epix, while Viacom owns 50% and Lionsgate own the remaining 32%. Following its acquisition of premium network Starz last year, Lionsgate indicated that it would look to unload its stake in Epix. Viacom, meanwhile, has $12 billion in debt that it has promised to pay down — a goal that an Epix deal would help achieve.
News of the possible deal was first reported Thursday by Reuters.
According to Reuters, a possible deal would likely include Paramount and Lionsgate agreeing to continue to distribute their movies through Epix for several years to come. Epix, which includes a companion digital streaming service, would reportedly be valued between $1 billion and $2 billion.
A representative for MGM declined to comment.
Epix was launched in 2009 as a partnership between Viacom-owned Paramount, MGM, and Lionsgate, as »
- Variety Staff
‘Kong: Skull Island’ Post-Credits Scene Explained: It’s All About Godzilla
35 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
(Spoilers ahead for “Kong: Skull Island.” So if you don’t wanna know anything about the movie or what’s in the big post-credits scene, walk away now and come back later.) There are two big takeaways to be had from the “Kong: Skull Island” post-credits scene. First, that we haven’t seen the last of Kong. And second, that there are more monsters out there. The scene gives a good look at the future of the Kong franchise. It shows protagonists James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston) and Mason Weaver (Brie Larson) being told by the Project Monarch organization that more monsters are out there. »
- Phil Hornshaw
Filmart: Im Global Inks Output Deal With Chinese Studio Enlight Pictures
38 minutes ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Stuart Ford's Im Global is extending its relationship with leading Chinese film studio Enlight Pictures.
The veteran Los Angeles-based film sales, financing and production outfit has reached an agreement to handle worldwide sales, outside of China, on at least six titles from the Beijing studio's slate. The partnership will kick off at Filmart, the upcoming film industry event in Hong Kong, which begins Monday.
"We've really enjoyed working with our partners at Enlight on previous projects together and we're delighted to be extending the relationship into a multiple picture arrangement, said Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford in a »
- Patrick Brzeski
Arnold Schwarzenegger Mulls Run for U.S. Senate, Insiders Say (Report)
39 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Somehow Senanator doesn’t have as great of a ring to it as Governator — but Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering a run for U.S. Senate nonetheless, according to a Politico report that quotes unnamed Gop insiders. This “would give Arnold the stage to jam Trump for the next 16 months,” one unnamed veteran Gop strategist who spoke on condition of anonymity told Politico. The former California governor and “Terminator” star is said to be eyeing the 2018 Senate race, when Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, would be up for reelection at 85 years old. Also Read: Arnold Schwarzenegger on Donald Trump: 'I Think He's In Love. »
- Meriah Doty
20 Things You Didn’t Know About King Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World (Photos)
45 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Almost 84 years to the day since he first stomped out of Merian C. Cooper’s imagination and onto the silver screen, King Kong is back in “Kong: Skull Island,” a film that puts a new spin on how humans discovered the giant primate and the dangerous island he inhabits. As Legendary kick starts a new series of films with the famous beast, we looked back through Kong’s long history to find some facts you may not have known. The iconic image of Kong battling biplanes atop the Empire State Building was in fact the first image that director Merian C. »
- Jeremy Fuster
MGM in Talks to Acquire Epix Premium Cable Network (Report)
52 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
MGM is in talks to acquire all of premium cable network Epix from the premium cable network’s other owners, Viacom and Lionsgate, Reuters reported Thursday. Viacom currently owns 50 percent of Epix, the newest of the major premium TV channels which launched in 2009. Lionsgate has a nearly 32 percent stake, while MGM has the remaining piece. MGM’s deal to buy out its partners would value Epix at between $1 billion and $2 billion, according to the Reuters report. MGM declined to comment. Also Read: MGM Reports Better Than Expected 2016 Profit Despite 'Ben-Hur' Bomb Epix, which also includes a streaming service, has about. »
- Matt Pressberg
‘My Cousin Vinny’ 25th Anniversary: Behind the Scene That Won Marisa Tomei Her Oscar
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Watch this,” Joe Pesci’s Vinny Gambini says about his surprise witness fiancee during the climax of “My Cousin Vinny” — which marks its 25th anniversary on Monday. What comes next is a priceless cinematic moment courtesy of Marisa Tomei — though her unforgettable Oscar-winning moment almost didn’t happen at all. In the scene, Tomei’s Mona Lisa Vito has just taken the stand in a courtroom where Vinny is the legal representation for two young men who are on trial for murder. She shoots an apathetic eye roll at the prosecution’s Mr. Trotter (Lane Smith) before dismantling his “bullsh– question. »
- Brian Welk
‘The Glass Menagerie’ Broadway Review: Sally Field Leads Solid Gold Revival
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Sam Gold is the latest to pick up the next-to-nothing-is-more approach to Tennessee Williams. The American director’s “Glass Menagerie” opened Thursday at the Belasco Theatre, and it is pure Gold in every sense of the word. Has there ever been a barer stage on Broadway? The four actors enter from a side door on the orchestra level, with Sally Field pushing newcomer Madison Ferris in a wheelchair. What follows is one of the evening’s many silent longueurs as Ferris, a woman with muscular dystrophy, negotiates the small staircase to the stage to take her place there. Occasionally, she walks by. »
- Robert Hofler
FilMart: China’s Enlight Strikes Output Deal With Im Global
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Enlight Pictures, one of China’s top film studios, has struck an output deal for Im Global to handle international sales of its titles.
The deal was announced on the eve of the FilMart convention and market to be held from Monday next week in Hong Kong. Im Global expects to pitch up to six Enlight titles at the event.
These include “The Devotion of Suspect X,” a thriller adapted from a novel by Japan’s Keigo Higashino which opens at the end of the month in Chinese theaters. Starring Wang Kai and Ruby Lin, the title was recently acquired by China Lion for North America, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand.
Enlight’s upcoming slate also includes Lien Yi-chi’s romance “All About Secrets,” “City of Rock” from Dong Chengpeng (“Pancake Man”,) and action/thriller “Animal World,” directed by Yan Han (“Go Away Mr. Tumor.”)
The deal was »
- Patrick Frater
‘How I Met Your Mother’ Alum Josh Radnor to Star in NBC’s ‘Drama High’ Pilot
2 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Josh Radnor will topline NBC’s buzzy “Drama High” pilot, Variety has learned.
The “How I Met Your Mother” alum will play the head of the drama department, based on real-life high school drama teacher Lou Volpe. The pilot is inspired by Volpe’s life, centering around the incredible students who come alive under a passionate teacher and family man whose dedication to the program galvanizes the entire town.
Radnor’s character is named Lou Mazzuchelli, described as a left of center leading man who has to discover his own passion, drive and charisma. He is a father of three, husband and an English teacher at a school in a rust belt town in Pennsylvania, who decides to take a leap on taking over the drama department and it ignites an excitement in him which surprises him and spreads to his students.
“Drama High” is based on the book of the same name by Michael Sokolove, and »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘Survivor: Game Changers’ power rankings: Who might steal Queen Sandra Diaz-Twine’s crown in Season 34?
2 hours ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
“Survivor: Game Changers” has assembled some of the most ruthless, manipulative and powerful players to ever compete and after Wednesday’s two-hour premiere it’s clear that everyone came to play and the gloves are off. It’s bound to be a thrilling run full of broken alliances, shifting voting blocks and game-changing blindsides so this season we’re going […] »
- benutty
TV News Roundup: ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Drops New Trailer
2 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
In today’s roundup, “Keeping Up With With the Kardashians” unveils a look at Season 13, Netflix drops a new trailer for the second part of the first season of “The Get Down,” and more.
First Look
E!‘s “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” has released a new one-minute teaser for its 13th season, which you can watch above. This season, the family welcomes a bundle of joy, embraces new beginnings and tests their resilience in the face of adversity. As Khloé begins a new romantic relationship, she contemplates mending her strained one with Caitlyn, who has been an important part of her life for more than two decades. Meanwhile, Rob prepares for his most important role yet, and in the wake of Kim’s terrifying robbery in Paris, the family bands together to support her. The Kardashians return to E! Sunday, March 12.
Let the beat drop, as Netflix has dropped the trailer for part two of “The Get Down »
- Will Thorne
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