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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal drama surrounding It Ends With Us has stirred up quite the storm, and it’s impossible to ignore the ripple effects on everyone involved. Adding an extra layer of intrigue, Blake’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, found himself caught up in the whirlwind.

What started as a dispute between Lively and Baldoni escalated when Reynolds became part of the conversation through Baldoni’s countersuit against The New York Times.

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively in the movie It Ends With Us | Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing

As the dust settles, it’s clear that all parties face personal and professional challenges. However, when it comes to comparing the financial standing of Baldoni and Reynolds, the gap is so massive it barely feels fair.

Ryan Reynolds’s whopping net worth is bound to leave you speechless Ryan Reynolds wearing the Deadpool suit | Credit: Instagram @vancityreynolds...

Suits is one of the most perfect shows out there, but its origins were quite different from what fans know and love today. When Aaron Korsh first conceived Suits, the initial draft focused on Wall Street drama and lacked many of the iconic elements we now associate with the series.

Gabriel Macht as Harvey Specter Credits: USA Network

However, it was due to a 2000s TV show called The $treet, where, surprisingly, the Louis Litt actor, Rick Hoffman, who later became a standout in the series, was also present, that he chose a different path when pitching the show. Thus, it eventually birthed the masterpiece we know today!

This Rick Hoffman Show Made Sure Gabriel Macht’s Harvey Specter Stayed Out of Wall Street’s Clutches in Suits!

Aaron Korsh originally wrote Suits without any expectations, envisioning it as an Entourage-style half-hour comedy set on Wall Street. As surprising as it may sound,...

Welcome to this review of this past Friday’s episode of Smackdown, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down on this week’s show…

Match #1: WWE Tag Team Title No. 1 Contender’s Tournament – #DIY def. The Street Profits & Pretty Deadly The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

A chance to face The Bloodline for the WWE Tag Team Title began tonight as #DIY, The Street Profits and Pretty Deadly combined in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match. The Street Profits looked ready to seal the deal with an epic Blockbuster but #DIY connected with Meeting in the Middle on Kit Wilson. At the same time, Montez Ford covered Elton Prince while Tomasso Ciampa covered Wilson. After some confusion, the referee announced #DIY as the winners.

My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: Lash Legend def. Piper Niven The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

Lash Legend made...

Writer Jimmy McGovern has penned an original 90 minute drama for the BBC, and details have been released. More here.

The BBC has announced that a new, feature-length drama written by Jimmy McGovern is in production. Currently untitled, the new film is “set and filmed in Liverpool. The fictional drama centres around the Mitchell family who are dealing with the devastating aftermath of an act of abuse, and the knowledge that it was perpetrated by a member of their own family who, after serving his sentence, has just been released from prison”.

Anna Friel, who was BAFTA-nominated for her previous work with Jimmy McGovern in Broken, leads the cast alongside Bobby Schofield, Anna Maxwell Martin, David Threlfall and Mark Womack.

Julia Ford is directing.

McGovern said “I can’t believe the cast and crew that have been assembled for this production. It’s a challenging film, yes, but I can’t...

The BBC on Thursday unveiled an original new drama from screenwriter Jimmy McGovern (Time, Cracker, The Street) which will explore “the impact of grooming and sexual abuse on one family.”

Emmy winner Anna Friel (Marcella, Pushing Daisies), who was BAFTA-nominated for her previous work with McGovern in Broken, leads the cast alongside Bobby Schofield (Time, Anne, Sas Rogue Heroes), BAFTA winner Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland, A Spy Among Friends, Poppy Shakespeare), BAFTA winner David Threlfall (Nightsleeper, Shameless, Housewife 49) and Mark Womack (The Responder, Playing the Field, Moving On).

Further casting will be unveiled “in due course,” the BBC said.

Directed by Julia Ford (Showtrial, The Bay, Safe), the as-yet-untitled 90-minute single drama will be made by LA Productions (Broken, Anthony, Care) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

“Set and filmed in Liverpool, the fictional drama centers around the Mitchell family who are dealing with the devastating aftermath of an act of abuse,...

Welcome to this review of this past Friday’s episode of Friday Night Smackdown, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down on this week’s show!

Match #1: Bayley def. Tiffany Stratton The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

When WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax jumped up on the apron in an attempt to interfere, she accidentally distracted the official away from Tiffany Stratton’s pin attempt on Bayley. Moments later, The Role Model hit the Rose Plant on Miss Money in the Bank for the victory.

My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #2: Apollo Crews def. Giovanni Vinci The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

After weeks of videos heralding his return, Giovanni Vinci took too long preparing for his match against Apollo Crews. When the official had enough and called for the bell, Crews took advantage of his opponent’s back being turned and picked...

Exclusive: The Arsema Thomas and Darrell Britt-Gibson-led romance feature She Taught Love from Andscape— the premiere Black-led content studio of Disney-espn—is set to debut on Hulu and in select theaters on September 27. Ahead of its wide release, the film will preview at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival on Sunday, August 4.

In She Taught Love, ever since getting off a prestigious cable television series, The Street, Frank Cooper (Britt-Gibson) has been coasting through life distracting himself with women, booze and blow, while auditioning to play stereotypical gang members and drug dealers. But the minute he meets Mali Waters (Thomas), a sports agent living for the present, his whole world changes. Despite their worst instincts, Mali and Frank are inescapably drawn to one another. As Mali is forced to face her mortality, the clock begins to tick. The two must learn to rely on each other, choosing...

Blue Harbor Entertainment has acquired the distribution rights to writer and director Zia Mohajerjasbi’s “Know Your Place,” a drama about change and loss in Seattle.

The film features all first-time actors and stars Joseph Smith and Natnael Mebrahtu. It follows Robel Haile (Smith), a 15-year-old Eritrean American boy, who sets out to deliver a huge and heavy suitcase across town destined for a sick family member in his parents’ homeland. He and his best friend Fahmi Tadesse (Natnael Mebrahtu) embark on the errand together, when an unexpected turn changes the small task into an odyssey across Seattle.

Over the festival season, the film won several awards, including Golden Space Needle Audience award for best film and the New American Cinema Grand Jury prize at the Seattle International Film Festival.

“Know Your Place” will open in Los Angeles on Aug. 16 and will roll out regionally throughout the summer, opening in New York in the fall.

In the vast landscape of ever-changing music, becoming a pop icon is a rare and prestigious achievement that many big names have failed to attain. Michael Jackson, who is often hailed as the King of Pop, was a legendary figure who secured this massive feat.

Michael Jackson in his Smooth Criminal music video. Credits: Vevo

The man revolutionized the music industry with his talent, and his sense of rhythm and melody made fans groove to his music. His fame and stardom were unrivaled until another massive name came into the picture: none other than Taylor Swift.

However, the fans of the Delicate singer did not go out of their way to prove her popularity, as they respect Mj. Moreover, an old video has surfaced showcasing how Jackson could not escape his stardom even in the deep jungle of the Amazon Rainforest.

Michael Jackson’s Music Was Even Enjoyed By Amazonian...

Udayraj Pj’s debut feature film, Katu Pootha Malay, is in Tulu, experiments with voice-over narration and visuals, and intertwines both of them to create a structure where logic and meanings are culturally coded. It is a film that mines deep seams of memory to create a hybrid that intrinsically combines documentary-like aesthetics with prose-like narration. How the characters act each time that they have to confront challenges or how they solve their quandaries are not the narrative necessities that the film is interested in dealing with. Instead, we get more of a slice of the on-goings here and there while following the film’s central character, which is the house itself. At times, the scenes rapidly move from one scene or location to another, trying to give us the most teasing bits and pieces to keep us engrossed in the story. The layered storylines of each of the characters...

Welcome to this review of night two of WWE’s Wrestlemania 40 pay-per-view which came live from Philadelphia. Let’s see what went down on Saturday’s show…

Match #1: World Heavyweight Title – Drew McIntyre def. Seth “Freakin” Rollins The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

The Scottish Warrior finally got to bask in the sun by winning a world title in front of the WWE Universe. With Cm Punk providing guest commentary and Drew McIntyre and World Heavyweight Champion Seth “Freakin” Rollins receiving special entrances, the match had an air of excitement and tension unmatched. McIntyre almost stunned everyone into silence as he clattered The Visionary with a Claymore just seconds into the match, but Rollins kicked out. McIntyre taunted Punk outside the ring, readying to level Rollins with a Future Shock, but Rollins countered it into a Pedigree. Rollins then hit a Stomp, but his knee buckled on both occasions,...

In the '90s, the "ghost with the most" embarked on his Saturday morning adventures. Able to stand out on its own, the Beetlejuice cartoon allowed for whimsically morbid adventures. As Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice prepares to revive the pesky specter, it posits if the world is ready for an animated revival.

As Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice prepares to manifest in theaters, now's the perfect time for an animated revival of "The Ghost with the Most." After the first movie unleashed the pesky specter on audiences, Beetlejuice managed to steal the show and take it to Saturday mornings. With a whimsically morbid sense of humor and memorable characters, the Beetlejuice animated series scared up a special kind of magic that went beyond what zapped out of the titular character's fingertips. As nostalgia again takes hold, and it seems Beetlejuice isn't the only thing returning for an encore, the time is right to reconsider bringing...

Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, who brought Sonya Blade to life in 1995’s Mortal Kombat and proved the object of Billy Madison’s juvenile affection, has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

In a statement, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras’ husband, tennis legend Pete Sampras, wrote, “This past year has been an exceptionally challenging time for my family…Last December, my wife, Bridgette, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Since then, she has had major surgery, pushed through chemotherapy and continues with targeted maintenance therapy…It is hard to watch someone you love go through a challenge like this. However, seeing our boys step up and be such strong supports of Bridgette, myself and each other has been amazing. Watching Bridgette continue to be an incredible mom and wife through it all has been inspiring.”

That Bridgette Wilson-Sampras was diagnosed nearly one year ago shows just how difficult it must be for her and her family to discuss the topic openly.

Pressman Film is a production company that was founded by Ed Pressman, a prolific producer of over 90 films, including the likes of Wall Street, American Psycho, and The Crow. Sadly, Pressman passed away earlier this year at the age of 79. Now his son Sam Pressman is the CEO of Pressman Film, which recently rebooted The Crow – and landed an eight-figure domestic distribution deal for the film with Lionsgate. Moving forward, the company is working with Antoine Fuqua on a project called The Street, which was written by Goodfellas‘ Nicholas Pileggi, and planning an adaptation of the 1975 Edward Abbey novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which will be directed by Catfish‘s Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. They’re also trying to figure out how they can exploit titles in the Pressman Film library… and in a recent article, Deadline mentions that endeavor might involve remakes of the 1980 holiday horror film Christmas Evil...

Growing up as the only son of Ed Pressman, the prolific Hollywood independent producer behind more than 90 major productions including Wall Street, American Psycho and The Crow, it’s fair to say that the film business has always been in Sam Pressman’s blood.

“As a little kid, I got to be on set a lot and feel that beautiful sense of live shoots,” says Pressman, now CEO of Pressman Film, which was established by his late father in 1969. “Movies are deep inside of me, but I didn’t always believe that I would go into film. I really loved it more as an art. I remember taking a silent film class in my freshman year of college where we watched the really tough silent documentary Man With a Movie Camera and we studied it as a cultural phenomenon – it was fascinating.”

But his father’s love of the independent...

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Batman Begins changed Christopher Nolan's career, leading to him becoming the 21st century's most reliable action director with clever and epic blockbusters. Nolan almost made The Keys to the Street instead of Batman, but dropped out due to its thematic similarity to his previous movies. Directing The Keys to the Street would have established Nolan as a truly provocative director with a dark and hard-r movie, potentially changing the course of his career.

Batman Begins completely changed the course of Christopher Nolan's career, but the movie he almost made instead would have kept him from being the blockbuster action director he's known as today. The 2005 Batman movie was Nolan's first major Hollywood movie, and while the film didn't break box office records, making just $373 million worldwide (via Box Office Mojo), it was overwhelmingly positively received and led to the billion-dollar-grossing The Dark Knight.

Exclusive: Screen greats Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel have been set to lead cast in action thriller Damaged, about a Chicago detective who goes to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.

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Supporting cast includes Kate Dickie (The Witch), Gianni Capaldi (A Day to Die) and John Hannah (The Mummy) with direction from Terry McDonagh, whose credits include episodes of Killing Eve,...

Actress Jennifer Connelly is set to star opposite Joel Edgerton in the series adaptation of the Blake Crouch novel ‘Dark Matter’. The nine-episode series was ordered at Apple in March. It will follow Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life.

Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived.

In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.

Connelly will star as Daniela, Jason’s wife.

This marks one of few television roles Connelly has held throughout her career. She currently stars in the TNT series ‘Snowpiercer’, which is set to end with its upcoming fourth season.

Jennifer Connelly will join Joel Edgerton in Dark Matter, Apple’s series adaptation of the Blake Crouch novel.

The nine-episode sci-fi series stars Joel Edgerton as Jason Desson, “a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.” Jennifer Connelly will star alongside Joel Edgerton in Dark Matter as Daniela, Jason’s wife. Blake Crouch will serve as the showrunner and writer of Dark Matter and will also executive produce alongside Joel Edgerton. Jakob Verbruggen (Invasion) will direct the first three episodes of the series.

Jennifer Connelly is set to star opposite Joel Edgerton in the Apple series adaptation of the Blake Crouch novel “Dark Matter,” Variety has learned.

The nine-episode series was ordered at Apple in March. It will follow Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of mind-bending realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.

Connelly will star as Daniela, Jason’s wife.

This marks one of few television roles Connelly has held throughout her career. She currently stars in the TNT series “Snowpiercer,” which is set to...

Biyi Bandele, the Nigerian playwright, novelist and writer-director known for his adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Half of a Yellow Sun,” died Sunday in Lagos, Nigeria. His daughter Temi Bandele announced the news of his passing on Facebook. He was 54.

No cause of death was revealed.

“Biyi was a prodigiously talented writer and film-maker, as well as a loyal friend and beloved father,” she wrote on Bandele’s official page. “He was a storyteller to his bones, with an unblinking perspective, singular voice and wisdom which spoke boldly through all of his art, in poetry, novels, plays and on screen. He told stories which made a profound impact and inspired many all over the world. His legacy will live on through his work.”

The post continued, “He was taken from us much too soon. He had already said so much so beautifully, and had so much more to say.

Latest feature from Nigerian writer-director due to premiere at TIFF.

Nigerian film director and novelist Biyi Bandele has died aged 54 in Lagos, Nigeria.

His family confirmed that he died on Sunday (August 7) but did not reveal a cause of death.

Bandele’s latest feature Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman is set to premiere at Toronto as a special presentation in September. It comes nearly a decade after his directorial debut, Half Of A Yellow Sun, premiered at Toronto in 2013, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton.

Further credits include Fifty, which played the London Film Festival in 2015, and he directed...

Britbox’s flagship drama “Time” is in with a fighting chance at the Emmys this year, potentially giving the upstart streamer its first high-profile success with Emmy voters.

The three-part limited series was created and written by Jimmy McGovern (“Cracker”) and directed by Lewis Arnold (“Broadchurch”), starring Sean Bean (“Game of Thrones”) and Stephen Graham. The series follows family man Mark Cobden (Bean), who is sentenced to four years in prison after accidentally killing a man. Consumed by guilt for his crime, Mark is confronted with navigating his terrifying new life as an inmate, and soon meets Eric McNally (Graham), an upstanding prison officer, who lives to protect the inmates against the odds in an understaffed and volatile modern British penal system. Both Mark and Eric soon come up against one of the most dangerous inmates in the prison, forcing them to make life-or-death choices between principle and survival. After...

Guess who’s back reviewing WWE Raw? Nerdly that’s who! Yes, we’re getting back into regularly reviewing the WWE’s flagship show going forward. Hopefully watching and enjoying and not hate-watching though! Let’s get into the review…

Match #1: Riddle & The Street Profits def. The Usos & Sami Zayn The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

After The Usos defeated Rk-Bro to became the new Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions on SmackDown with the help of Roman Reigns, The Head of the Table and his cousins delivered a nefarious post-match attack on their defeated opponents after the bell. As a result, Riddle returned to Raw out for retribution on The Bloodline for taking an already injured Randy Orton out of action. Before he joined forces with The Street Profits in a Six-Man Tag Team Match against Jimmy & Jey and Sami Zayn, The Original Bro ignited an all-out brawl outside the ring.

As with the first scheme, the BFI will co-fund.

UK distributor Verve Pictures has confirmed the second iteration of its first features distribution scheme, with plans to back six debuts over the next 18 months.

The BFI has provided an award of £165,000 from its Audience Fund, up from £135,000 given in the first round, which will go towards the P&a budget and some overhead costs associated with releasing the titles.

The first round launched in 2018 and supported films including Aki Omoshaybi’s Real and Zed Nelson’s documentary The Street.

“We spoke to the BFI and talked about the fact that...

Since they were given their heads, the big auteurs of modern TV have been its screenwriters. So “No Return” can be taken various ways. It’s an ITV series from Red Production Company, which has attracted huge heat producing Russell T. Davies’ “It’s a Sin” and “Years and Years.”

It’s sold by Studiocanal, Europe’s biggest film-tv production-distribution powerhouse which owns Red Production Company and is behind the “Paddington” franchise, multiple Liam Neeson hit thrillers and upcoming Western, “Django.”

In production since July, it’s billed as compelling event drama, starring BAFTA award winning actress Sheridan Smith (“Mrs Biggs”).

But it’s also the latest from Danny Brocklehurst, now one of the U.K.’s preeminent screenwriters.

Few have his range or pedigree. After learning his craft from two of the greatest TV voices of working class Britain, Paul Abbott (“Shameless”) and Jimmy McGovern, he wrote half of Harlan Coben...

A revival of MTV’s ’90s dating show classic is coming to Quibi with multihyphenate Hustlers star Keke Palmer and comedian and Sunnyside standout Joel Kim Booster as hosts. The series is set to launch on the short-form mobile video platform in Spring 2020.

Earlier this year, MTV Studios revealed that they were bringing the classic dating show as well as Punk’d to Quibi. The original Singled Out ran from 1995 to 1998 with Chris Hardwick and Jenny McCarthy as hosts. Each episode featured a group of 50 singles competing for a date with one contestant. The new iteration will hook up a new generation of singles, of all genders and sexual preferences, seeking love in 20 bite-sized episodes. Reflective of today’s dating landscape, where everyone is connected, the series will bring online dating to life with a twist — the main dater is linked to the pool of diverse singles through social media.

Filmed over four years, The Street documents the ‘hyper-gentrification’ of Hoxton Street in east London, where locals depend on soup kitchens, £2m penthouses are for sale and you can wash down pie-and-mash with a craft beer

The pie-and-mash shop proprietor gazes out of his window at the craft beer store across the road. Outside the art gallery opening, a soup kitchen serves meals to locals in need. Billboards advertise new luxury apartments with concierge and gym while an old man beds down for the night under the footbridge. The baker closes after 150 years, while a media startup suggests sitting in a bathtub full of coloured balls to improve creativity.

The Street is a new documentary that captures the textbook contrasts of the shabby old East End and the new influx of hipsters, property speculators and entrepreneurs in the area. Filmed over four years in a single location – Hoxton Street in Hackney,...

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]

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The nominations for the 2019 British Independent Film Awards have been revealed, and it was a huge morning for Armando Iannucci’s Charles Dickens adaptation “The Personal History of David Copperfield” and Tom Harper’s musical drama “Wild Rose.” “Copperfield” led all movies with 11 nominations, including Best British Indie Film, Best Actor for Dev Patel, and Best Screenplay for Iannucci and co-writer Simon Blackwell. Fox Searchlight has U.S. distribution rights to the movie and has announced a 2020 theatrical release.

“Wild Rose,” which earned a second-best 10 nominations, will also compete for Best British Indie Film against “Bait,” “For Sama,” and “The Souvenir.” “Wild Rose” breakout Jessie Buckley landed a Best Actress nomination opposite Renee Zellweger for “Judy,” which Buckley just so happens to have a supporting role in.

While Zellweger landed in the Best Actress field (which she is widely expected to do all awards season thanks to her acclaimed leading...

Armando Iannucci’s take on the Charles Dickens classic “David Copperfield” is a strong front-runner in the British Independent Film Awards, scoring 11 nominations.

Dev Patel is up for best actor for his starring role in “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” and his co-stars, Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie, compete in their respective supporting categories.

“Wild Rose,” featuring Jessie Buckley as a rising singer, is also a major contender, with 10 nominations. Horror thriller “In Fabric” follows with nine, and Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir” with eight. Dance music feature “Beats,” biopic “Judy,” and documentaries “For Sama” and “Diego Maradona” landed five nods apiece.

British actors Naomi Ackie and Joe Cole unveiled the 2019 nominations in London on Wednesday.

Renee Zellweger gets a best actress nom for her turn as late-career Judy Garland. She will vie with Buckley, Holliday Grainger, Sally Hawkins and Vicky Knight for the award.

For the best actor prize,...

Locarno, Switzerland — Originally announced as a movie re-teaming, post “Southpaw,” Antoine Fuqua and Jake Gyllenhaal’s “The Man Who Made It Snow” is now set up at Epix as a limited TV series, Fuqua said Saturday at Locarno Festival, where he will present Denzel Washington-starrer “The Equalizer 2” at the 8,000 seat Piazza Grande, one of the biggest open-air cinemas in Europe.

Inspired by the true story of Max Mermelstein, a Jewish hotel engineer who becomes embroiled unwittingly and then unwillingly in the building billion-dollar U.S. drug trade of Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel, “The Man Who Made It Snow” was originally written by Michael Kingston and Brett Tabor. A new screenwriter is now being brought in to transform the movie into a drama series. Gyllenhaal may or may not be involved, according to his schedule, said Fuqua.

“What I love about it is that Max was a nerd,...

The genre has never felt more competitive - but it should not be a case of who shouts loudest, says the writer of Netflix’s Safe.

Bafta-nominated and International Emmy-winning screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst has been writing for television for two decades, including some of the biggest contemporary dramas of recent years.

As well as working with Paul Abbott on Shameless and Jimmy McGovern on The Street and Accused his solo work with Red Production company has included BBC hits Ordinary Lies, Come Home, Exile, The Driver and In The Dark, and Netflix thriller Safe.

Ahead of his appearance at the...

Antoine Fuqua certainly seems to be keeping himself busy as he's added yet another project to his upcoming slate. Deadline reports that the director has made a deal to take the helm of The Street, which Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas) is currently writing. Unfortunately, not much is known about The Street at this time, only that it will be a "thriller set against the backdrops of New... Read More...

Exclusive: Antoine Fuqua has made a deal to direct The Street, which Goodfellas scribe Nicholas Pileggi is writing for Tooley Entertainment, eOne and Pressman Films. Pic is a thriller set against the backdrops of New York and Shanghai.

Tooley Entertainment CEO Tucker Tooley is producing with Edward R. Pressman and Fuqua through his Fuqua Films banner. Tooley Entertainment and eOne will co-develop, co-produce and co-finance the film. Fuqua Films will co-develop and co-produce as well. Lara Thompson will oversee the project for eOne.

Deal comes as Fuqua preps for Sony’s July 20 release of The Equalizer 2, the first sequel for the filmmaker and his star Denzel Washington. He’s exec producer on Fox’s The Resident, which recently got a second season renewal, and he’s directing — and exec producing with Lebron James — an untitled HBO Entertainment multi-part documentary film about the life and career of Muhammad Ali. He...

Dawn Steinberg, a 15-year Sony Pictures Television veteran and longtime head of domestic casting, has been promoted to Evp, Worldwide Talent & Casting, adding international productions to her current responsibilities. The announcement was made this morning by Spt chairman Mike Hopkins.

Steinberg most recently served as Evp U.S. talent and casting, Spt, working closely with casting directors/producers and overseeing casting of all current Spt series, movies and miniseries, as well as Spt’s projects in development for network, cable and digital. In addition to shepherding talent and casting on Spt’s U.S. productions, Steinberg will now also oversee casting for series and limited series produced by all of Spt’s international production companies, including Left Bank Pictures, Playmaker Media, Teleset and Blueprint Pictures. She will continue to report to Jeff Frost, Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter on U.S. productions, and will also report to Wayne Garvie for international.

Netflix has released the first trailer for an upcoming new crime thriller called Safe. The series stars Michael C. Hall and he plays a widowed surgeon named Tom Delaney, whose daughter goes missing. The story follows his journey as he goes out looking for her and in the process "begins unearthing dark secrets about the people closest to him in a wealthy gated community."

The series was created by best-selling novelist Harlan Coben (the “Myron Bolitar” novel series) with a screenplay by Danny Brocklehurst. The series also stars Amanda Abbington, Audrey Fleurot, Hannah Arterton, Emmett J. Scanlan, Marc Warren, Nigel Lindsay and Laila Rouass.

I like Michael C. Hall and I've enjoyed the shows that he's made so I'll definitely be checking this new series out. Check out the trailer and let us know if you'll be giving it a shot!

Safe arrives on Netflix on May 10!

Lionsgate Television has signed a multiyear deal with Eric and Kim Tannenbaum, the veteran producers whose credits include Two and a Half Men, The Odd Couple reboot and most recently TBS’ The Last O.G. The pair via their production banner Tannenbaum Company had been based at CBS TV Studios for the past eight years.

Under the new deal, they will create scripted programming for the studio.

“We’re delighted to partner with Eric and Kim, two of the most gifted and prolific television producers in the industry,” Lionsgate Television Group chairman Kevin Beggs said in announcing the news. “They have shepherded a roster of iconic series and we look forward to working together.”

The Tannebaum Co, whose credits also include Freeform’s Young & Hungry and TV Land’s Impastor, saw their newest series The Last O.G. — starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish and executive produced by Jordan Peele — draw 1.8 million total viewers,...

Marigo Kehoe leaves to pursue transatlantic opportunities.

Left Bank Pictures co-founder Marigo Kehoe has stepped down after 11 years with The Crown producer.

The executive, who served as managing director, is leaving the Sony Pictures Television-owned business to pursue other interests in the Us and UK.

Kehoe formed the indie in 2007 with chief executive Andy Harries.

The pair previously worked at Granada, where Kehoe was head of production for drama, comedy, factual drama and film, with credits including Life Begins, Longford, The Street, The Deal and Dirty Filthy Love.

Kehoe’s film credits include Pierrepoint and The Queen.

Left Bank...

Exclusive: Marigo Kehoe, Co-Founder of The Crown producer Left Bank has left the company as it is on the verge of re-upping its deal with Sony Pictures Television. Kehoe established the drama firm in 2007 with Andy Harries, who she worked with Granada overseeing shows such as The Street and The Deal as well as the return of Cracker and Prime Suspect. She was Managing Director of Left Bank, which also produces series such as Cinemax and Sky's Strike Back and Starz' Outlande…...

Exclusive: Kaleidoscope launches movie about Polish fighter pilots during the Battle of Britain.

Game Of Thrones star Iwan Rheon has joined Milo Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge), Stefanie Martini (Crooked House), Marcin Dorocinski (Anthropoid) and Krystoff Hadek (Under The Skin) in World War Two war drama Hurricane.

Kaleidoscope will launch world sales (excluding Poland) in Toronto on the movie, which is due to begin shoot in the UK next month.

Kino Swiat has pre-bought Polish rights and is expected to mount a significant release.

David Blair, whose credits include movies Away and The Messenger and Bafta-winning TV drama The Street, will direct the feature about the Polish pilots who fought alongside the Raf during The Battle of Britain.

Produced by Prospect 3, whose credits include Dead Man’s Cards, I Against I and One Night In Istanbul, delivery is slated for Q2, 2018.

Rheon, best know for his long-running role as the sadistic Ramsay Bolton in HBO’s Game Of Thrones, will...

When you look back on your childhood through a rainbow haze of nostalgia and Kool-Aid binges, everything looks pretty darn spectacular. Life was simpler, Saturday morning cartoons were your heaviest commitment, Twizzlers were a lot cheaper, and every movie was super awesome.

How awesome were they, though, when you finally recover from your Kool-Aid hangover? Look, it's tough to rag on kids' movies -- no one wants to be the person to call out adorable anthropomorphic animals. It's not a good look. But we're here to do the hard jobs: To save our children from suffering through some horrible sequels. To save you from watching the same terrible movie 12 times per week with tiny, obsessive humans. To cut through the crap once and for all.

'Son of the Mask' (2005)

Let's get this one out of the way. Jim Carrey is "The Mask." "The Mask" is Jim Carrey. The...

When you look back on your childhood through a rainbow haze of nostalgia and Kool-Aid binges, everything looks pretty darn spectacular. Life was simpler, Saturday morning cartoons were your heaviest commitment, Twizzlers were a lot cheaper, and every movie was super awesome.

How awesome were they, though, when you finally recover from your Kool-Aid hangover? Look, it's tough to rag on kids' movies -- no one wants to be the person to call out adorable anthropomorphic animals. It's not a good look. But we're here to do the hard jobs: To save our children from suffering through some horrible sequels. To save you from watching the same terrible movie 12 times per week with tiny, obsessive humans. To cut through the crap once and for all.

'Son of the Mask' (2005)

Let's get this one out of the way. Jim Carrey is "The Mask." "The Mask" is Jim Carrey. The...

BAFTA has rounded out its Screenwriters' Lecture Series which takes place this fall. This is a great program that brings prolific and award-winning writers to London to chat about their craft, and the industry in general. Last year, Paul Greengrass and Steven Knight were among the talent. This year, British writers Nick Hornby (An Education, Wild) and Jimmy McGovern (Accused, The Street); Australian Andrew Bovell (Lantana, A Most Wanted Man); and Americans Nancy Meyers (Pr…...

BAFTA has rounded out its Screenwriters' Lecture Series which takes place this fall. This is a great program that brings prolific and award-winning writers to London to chat about their craft, and the industry in general. Last year, Paul Greengrass and Steven Knight were among the talent. This year, British writers Nick Hornby (An Education, Wild) and Jimmy McGovern (Accused, The Street); Australian Andrew Bovell (Lantana, A Most Wanted Man); and Americans Nancy Meyers (Pr…...

Jo Joyner has admitted that she was "surprised" by co-star Jason Manford's performance in BBC One's Ordinary Lies.

The series, from BAFTA-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst, follows the employees of a motor showroom and explores how lies can cause lives to unravel.

"Each episode is its own little entity," Joyner told press including Digital Spy. "I love that premise, like Clocking Off and The Street, where you meet all these people and each week, you dip in and learn a little bit about each of them.

"Genuinely when I read the first two episodes of this for the audition, I loved it and I wanted to see it immediately - I couldn't wait to watch it. I'd be watching this even if I wasn't in it!"

Joyner plays Beth, the head of sales still reeling from the disappearance of her husband.

"Beth's story really comes alive in episode six,...

BBC One will air Common, a feature-length film by Cracker creator Jimmy McGovern, on Sunday the 6th of July...

Trailer

It may not have a sci-fi, fantasy or cult bone in its body, but it's tremendous original UK drama and as such, we didn't think you'd mind us sneaking Jimmy McGovern's Common onto the site.

Due to air on BBC One on Sunday the 6th of July, the ninety-minute film tells the story of a teenager dragged into a murder investigation that threatens to upturn his entire life. The cast, as McGovern's casts tend to be, has no weak links, from Game Of Thrones' Michelle Fairley and Robert Pugh to Susan Lynch, Daniel Mays, Jodhi May and relative newcomer Nico Mirallegro.

Here's the first trailer for the feature-length drama from the creator of Cracker, The Street and the terrific Accused.

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British acting legend Bob Hoskins has died of pneumonia at the age of 71. Hoskins' agent confirmed to the BBC that he died on Tuesday in hospital, surrounded by family.

With over a hundred credits to his name across film and television, Hoskins announced his retirement from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. His final films were British comedy "Outside Bet" and big-budget fantasy feature "Snow White and the Huntsmen".

Hoskins will be remembered far more though for his memorable turns in films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "The Long Good Friday," "Mona Lisa," "The Honorary Consul," "Brazil," "Hook," "Nixon," "The Cotton Club," "Twenty Four Seven," "Super Mario Bros.," "Last Orders," "Mermaids," "Mrs. Henderson Presents," "Unleashed," "Hollywoodland," "Doomsday," "Enemy at the Gates," "The Wall" and TV productions like "Pennies from Heaven," "On the Move," "The Lost World" and "The Street".

Hoskins had a dry sense of humor, famously...

I'm hugely saddened to report that Oscar-nominated British actor Bob Hoskins -- the quintessential Cockney gent of latter-day cinema -- has passed away. Aged 71, he died in hospital following a bout of pneumonia. His wife, Linda, and four children issued a statement clarifying that the Londoner "died peacefully at hospital last night surrounded by family," and thanked well-wishers for their "messages of love and support." Hoskins' health had been declining for some time: he retired  from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. His last screen role was in "Snow White and the Huntsman." After supporting roles in such films as "Zulu Dawn" and a BAFTA-nominated turn in Dennis Potter's TV landmark "Pennies From Heaven," Hoskins' film breakthrough came in his late thirties with the role of conflicted East End crime boss Harold Shand in the 1980 gangster classic "The Long Good Friday," which earned him another BAFTA nod.

Young YouTube star John Luc and veteran English actor Timothy Spall are playing the odd couple at the centre of Sucker, director Ben Chessell.s. feature which is shooting in Melbourne.

Luc plays Lawrence, an 18-year-old Chinese Australian who cheats in his high school final year exams and fails to get into medicine. Banished to stay with his uncle for the summer, Lawrence meets Spall.s the Professor, a colourful, ageing conman.

Lawrence begins a road trip with the Professor and his daughter Sarah (Lily Sullivan) as the Professor teaches Lawrence the art of swindling and cheating, while from Sarah he learns a hard lesson in unrequited love.

As Lawrence and the Professor plan their biggest scam, the teenager and Sarah plan a swindle of their own. and Lawrence is forced to make a choice between love, life and lies. Kat Stewart is cast as Sarah.s mother and Jacek Koman...