EXCLUSIVE: Hope in the Water, an environmental docuseries featuring the likes of Shailene Woodley, is returning for a second season at PBS. The public broadcaster has renewed the three-part series after its premiere in 2024. It comes from David E. Kelley, who is an executive advisor, and celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern. Paradise star Woodley appeared […]
EXCLUSIVE: We’re starting to get an idea of what Banijay Entertainment’s distribution arm will look like after its merger with All3Media closed last month, creating an $8BN content giant. Matt Creasey will be Senior Executive Vice President World, excluding EMEA, at Banijay Rights. Pre-merger, he was EVP Sales, Acquisitions and Coproductions, Rest of World. Based […]
EXCLUSIVE: Verena Puhm, a former Luma AI exec and filmmaker, has launched Los Angeles-based production company Matriarch. Puhm, who was most recently Head of Dream Lab LA at Luma AI, is now developing and producing AI-native and hybrid productions and will also carry out work for third parties and brands. Matriarch’s development slate includes Colors in […]
The Currents section of this year’s New York Film Festival will include the world premiere of Bardi by filmmaker and photographer Tala Hadid. Festival organizer Film at Lincoln Center said Thursday the Currents lineup will have15 feature films, five of which will be making their world premieres, along with one restoration world premiere and 28 […]
Sony/Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed $700 million at the domestic box office Wednesday, just like we told you it would. But there’s another record here: It’s now the fastest movie to cross that benchmark, doing it in 13 days. Prior to this, both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Avengers: Endgame tied as […]
EXCLUSIVE: Salt Lake City, Orange County and Calabasas have all become havens for reality television in the last few years. Next up? Arizona. Deadline understands that Netflix has greenlit Arizona Hot (w/t), its latest ensemble reality series. The series follows a friend group of ambitious twenty-somethings fresh out of college as they navigate careers, friendships, romances, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Fourth Act Films has set the theatrical release for First They Came For My College, a documentary about a right-wing “coup” at a Florida liberal arts school orchestrated by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The film directed and produced by Patrick Bresnan will open Sept. 17 at the Hippodrome in Gainesville, FL and on Sept. […]
The massively popular Crave Original series Heated Rivalry is expanding its Season 2 cast, adding five. Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek, Marvel’s VisionQuest), Edvin Ryding (The Young Royals, 28 Years Later), Robert Naylor (Mile End Kicks, Cardinal), Sabrina Jalees (I Used to Be Funny, Black Mirror) and Priyanka (Drag Brunch Saved My Life, Meet Me Next Christmas) […]
EXCLUSIVE: Widow’s Bay star Kingston Rumi Southwick and Arthur Conti, of Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Carrie, have joined Ariana Greenblatt in Egg Baby, Amazon MGM’s new romantic comedy from director Natalia Anderson and XYZ Films. Written by Sawyer Perry, Egg Baby follows a rebellious artist (Greenblatt) and a golden-boy quarterback (Southwick) who are forced to co-parent an egg for health class, only […]
Switzerland has selected Nicolas Wadimoff’s documentary Who Is Still Alive (Qui Vit Encore) as its official submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature. The film, which explores the loss of home against the backdrop of the Gaza War, had its world premiere in Venice at the 2025 Giornate degli Autori. Who Is Still Alive tells the story […]