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Jared Leto is about to step into a global spotlight he hasn’t occupied since 2022, when the emo vampire movie “Morbius” flopped at the box office. The Oscar winner has two starring roles…
CJ 4DPlex, the Korean cinematic technology company behind ScreenX and 4DX premium large format auditoriums, has appointed Paul H. Kim as chief operating officer (COO) of its branch in the…
Stormzy, the multi-award winning British rapper, singer and songwriter and the most recognizable name to come out of London’s grime scene, has moved into film and TV production with the…
John Solberg, FX’s longtime head of communications and the exec who helped turn what had been a nascent cable network into a powerhouse programming brand bursting with critically acclaimed…
After watching Alexander Hammer’s “Expecting Amy,” a 2020 docuseries about Amy Schumer‘s difficult pregnancy, Jenn Freeman’s life changed. In the series, Schumer’s husband, Chris Fischer,…
Paris-based MIAM Animation is bringing back its popular preschool series “Edmond and Lucy” for a second season. Following the success of Season 1, which has been sold in over 50 countries,…
Pierce Brosnan may be a native Irishman. But for his Paramount+ series “MobLand,” he needed to find a new accent to play gangster patriarch Conrad Harrigan. “I have enormous fun with…
Netflix took center stage early evening at Annecy today with its Bonlieu-hosted presentation Next on Netflix Animation: From “Stranger Things” to “In Your Dreams.” The standing room only…
Hiccup and Toothless are readying to fire up the box office. Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s live-action “How to Train Your Dragon” is poised to fly to $70 million to $80 million in…
Disney and NBCUniversal are the first Hollywood players to take a shot across the bow of a generative AI company that they claim has stolen their copyrighted characters. Disney and NBCU…
Bryce Dallas Howard has been a part of some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises, be it as an actor (her three “Jurassic World” films each topped $1 billion at the worldwide box office) or…
Nintendo has sold more than 3.5 million Nintendo Switch 2 game consoles worldwide in the first four days since the new system launched June 5. According to the Japanese gaming giant, this…
Latest Warner Bros. Animation offering, “Cat in the Hat” – based on the Dr. Seuss creation – will introduce the audience to three different universes, its team revealed at Annecy. “We have…
Pan-European media group Cordoba has launched with former BBC director-general Tony Hall of and Apple Siri co-creator Luc Julia joining as senior advisors to the Paris-headquartered…
Sony Music Middle East has forged a strategic partnership with Saudi-based entertainment company LuxuryKSA to develop and promote homegrown Saudi Arabian music talent. “The move deepens…
Nearly three years after solving her first mystery and earning that coveted promotion to Detective Inspector, Karen Pirie is finally getting back to work. BritBox and World Productions…
ZEE5 is making a bold bet on its multilingual roots as the Indian streaming giant undergoes a major brand refresh and strategic pivot designed to capture the next wave of digital…
Some of the most interesting moments at any edition of the Annecy Animation Festival come from cross-pollination – seeing the tangible influences of international animation. One such…
The protruding belly getting its closeup early in “She Runs the World” belongs to Allyson Felix, the world’s most decorated track star. It’s 2018, Felix is 32 and pregnant for the first…
Amazon Prime Video has renewed “Maxton Hall – The World Between Us” for Season 3. The new season will follow the third book in Mona Katsen’s book series, continuing James and Ruby’s story…
Bob Costas has a chilling warning for the future of journalism. On Monday, while accepting a lifetime achievement Mirror Award at a ceremony at the Edison Ballroom in New York (via CNN),…
Movies rarely come more generic than French-Canadian filmmaker Maxime Giroux’s “In Cold Light,” an exhaustingly paced action-thriller where every idea and visual seems templated and…
After four days of protests against ICE raids, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass announced that a one square mile area of downtown will be under curfew starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday. “I have…
Frank Lee has spent nearly his entire life running movie theaters. At 70, after a long career as an independent theater operator in San Francisco, he and his wife and co-owner, Lida, are…
