‘The Daily Show’ Lands President Biden Interview With Guest Host Kal Penn
Kal Penn is kicking off his week at The Daily Show with special guest President Biden. Notably, the March 13 interview marks Biden’s first Daily Show visit since taking office. It’s also a considerable...
View Article‘Piñata Smashlings’ Animated Kids Series in the Works (Exclusive)
Animation studio Nelvana is teaming up with toy maker Toikido to adapt the upcoming Roblox online platform game Piñata Smashlings as an animated kids television series. The screen adaptation of the...
View ArticleA Deluge of Eleventh-Hour Scripts Have Execs Contemplating What to Do Next
The Hollywood workday is poised to change dramatically, should the writers strike carry on — but for now, creative executives insist they’ve got plenty to read. “Agents are like, ‘Are you going to...
View ArticleGerman, French Channels Board Ukrainian War Series ‘In Her Car’
France Télévisions, Germany’s ZDFneo and international sales group Beta Film have boarded In Her Car, a new high-end drama series from Ukrainian producer Starlight Media and Narcos producer Gaumont set...
View Article23 Likely Emmy Nominees on Their Awkward, Touching and Utterly Repulsive Fan...
“Do people tell you you look like …” is often the start of a seemingly innocuous celebrity/fan interaction. And yet, as Fleishman Is in Trouble star Claire Danes points out, it can be a tremendously...
View ArticleNetflix’s ‘The King Who Never Was’ Director on Reconstructing the Events of a...
The King Who Never Was, a three-episode docuseries on Netflix, focuses on a tragic event in August 1978 that shocked Europe and remains a mystery to this day. It happened while Prince Victor Emmanuel...
View Article‘Suits’ Creator on Surprise Resurgence, Potential Spinoffs and Writer Pay
Like seemingly everyone else on the internet, Aaron Korsh and his preteen daughter are bingeing their way through Suits. They’re almost done with seven of the legal dramedy’s nine seasons, and the...
View Article‘Suits’ Boss on the Series’ Origins and the Meghan Markle Line the Palace Had...
Aaron Korsh has his theories about why his legal dramedy Suits, which originally aired for nine seasons on USA Network before wrapping in 2019, is suddenly smashing viewership records on Netflix. For...
View ArticleAmazon Prime Video’s New Releases Coming in December 2023
Amazon originals like Reacher season two, Candy Cane Lane and Merry Little Batman are just some of the titles hitting Prime Video in December. Features like Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Asteroid City, The...
View ArticleRemembering Andre Braugher and Norman Lear: “Together They Could’ve Created a...
It’s rare that you get to work with legends. Rarer still that they live up to the title. So how lucky am I to have worked with two such people? I’ve been thinking a lot about Norman Lear and Andre...
View Article‘The Good Mothers’ Takes the Female Perspective to Tell an Inside Story of a...
It all started about a year ago. The Good Mothers, the Anglo-Italian series based on the eponymous book by journalist Alex Perry, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, winning the inaugural, and...
View ArticleRod Holcomb, Emmy Winner Who Directed Episodes of ‘ER’ and ‘Lost,’ Dies at 80
Rod Holcomb, the Emmy-winning ER director who also helmed episodes of Lost, China Beach, Wolf and The Six Million Dollar Man, has died. He was 80. Holcomb died Jan. 24 in Los Angeles after a long...
View Article10 TV Shows Based on True Stories Coming This Year
After a year in Hollywood largely defined by two massive strikes, the start of a new year makes way for exciting, upcoming series for audiences. The Hollywood Reporter rounded up some of the most...
View ArticlePeacock’s ‘Apples Never Fall’ With Annette Bening, MGM+ Michael Chiklis...
International television festival Series Mania unveiled its 2024 lineup Wednesday, with an impressive slate of world premieres that will grace the screens of Lille, France for the event running March...
View ArticleTony Parsons’‘Your Neighbour’s Wife’ Eyed for TV Adaptation
Tony Parsons’ novel Your Neighbour’s Wife is being eyed for adaptation. U.K. screenwriters Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham are attached to write the serial, which is being described as a “propulsive...
View ArticleTyler Perry Inks First-Look TV Deal at Netflix
Netflix is doubling down on its commitment to the ever-busy Tyler Perry. The streaming service announced Monday that it was adding a multi-year, first-look series deal to its ongoing partnership with...
View ArticleItalian Filmmaker Stefano Sollima on His Upcoming Netflix Serial-Killer Drama...
“Very beautiful and very challenging.” Those are the first two words that director Stefano Sollima uses to describe his upcoming, four-part Netflix crime series Il Mostro, which has just finished...
View ArticleFirst Look at German Fantasy Epic ‘Hagen’
Constantin Film has released the first images from Hagen, its hotly-anticipated new fantasy drama, which is looking to tap into the global Game of Thrones and Vikings fan base with a swords-and-magic...
View ArticleFremantle Names New Wildside, Apartment CEOs, Inks Co-Pro Deal With ‘New...
Fremantle has appointed new bosses for its Italian production subsidiaries The Apartment and Wildside but will continue to work with outgoing CEOs Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani. Fremantle on Thursday...
View ArticleMHz Choice, Topic to Merge, Creating International TV Streamer for North America
Kino Lorber’s streaming platform MHz Choice is merging with First Look Media’s Topic platform to create a single North American streamer, operating under the MHz Choice brand, specializing in...
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