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War of the Worlds is the kind of story that can be reshaped and told in many ways without ever losing its impact — or at least we thought so until 2025. Originally published as a novel by H.G. Wells in 1898, the story famously created a national panic when it was read as a radio series that terrified everyone who listened to it, to the point of some listeners believing that Earth was under an alien attack. In 2005, Steven Spielberg adapted the story into a fast-paced action-thriller with Tom Cruise that raked in over $600 million at the global box office. In 2019, however, it was adapted into a British miniseries that a lot of people missed. But now you will be able to stream it as it enters the Roku Channel catalog.

The three-part drama The War of the Worlds puts a spin on the story by setting it in Edwardian England. It...

Nicola Coughlan's star is rising, and we're here for it. The British actress is gearing up to lead the next chapter of Channel 4’s I Am..., the BAFTA-winning, female-led anthology series. Popular for her roles as Penelope Featherington (now Bridgerton) in Netflix's Bridgerton and Clare Devlin in the sitcom Derry Girls, Coughlan will front I Am Helen, a compilation of stand-alone dramas centered around the stories of different women and their perspectives on life. Fresh off her performance in Big Mood, Coughlan will be joined by Joe Cole, best known for his work in Gangs of London, A Small Light, and Peaky Blinders.

I Am’s fourth season continues the series’ unique approach, where each episode is collaboratively built with its lead actress to reflect personal themes. Dominic Savage, who writes, directs, and co-produces every installment, remains at the helm of the anthology, which has previously featured powerhouse performances from Kate Winslet,...

Production is officially underway on a fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, helmed by Heartstopper director Euros Lyn and adapted by bestselling author Dolly Alderton. The six-part Netflix series boasts a star-studded cast, led by Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin as Elizabeth Bennet and BAFTA winner Jack Lowden as the enigmatic Mr. Darcy. Adding even more prestige to the lineup is Oscar and Emmy winner Olivia Colman, stepping into the role of the spirited Mrs. Bennet.

Who's in the cast?

In addition to Corrin, Lowden, and Colman, Rufus Sewell will star as the beloved Mr. Bennet. The Bennet sisterhood will feature Freya Mavor (Industry) as Jane Bennet alongside Heartstopper alumnae Rhea Norwood, as Lydia and newcomers Hollie Avery and Hopey Parish in their debut roles of Kitty and Mary. Louis Partridge will take on Mr. Darcy’s nemesis, Mr. Wickham, with Jamie Demetriou turning his hand to the pompous Mr.

“I Am,” the BAFTA-winning female-led drama anthology series that has starred the likes of Kate Winslet, Letitia Wright, Lesley Manville and Samantha Morton, has been recommissioned by the U.K.’s Channel 4 for a fourth season.

The two-part “I Am Helen” will this time be led by Nicola Coughlan, who will star opposite Joe Cole.

“I Am” has been created. written, produced and directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Dominic Savage and produced by Emmy-winning Me+You Productions since the first series that debuted in 2019. Savage has always developed the stories in creative collaboration with its leading actors, with the story of “I Am Helen” developed alongside Coughlan.

“It’s an absolute honour to be part of telling the next ‘I Am…’ story alongside Dominic Savage — a singular talent and a storyteller deeply committed to exploring the breadth of the female experience,” said Coughlan. “To follow in the footsteps of the brilliant...

Steve North & Hilary Rosen To Lead UKTV Content Team

Following the exit of the long-serving Richard Watsham, British channel operator UKTV will promote Steve North and Hilary Rosen to lead its creative team. North, currently Chief Programming Officer, will take on a newly-created Chief Content Officer post at the Bookish commissioner, while Rosen will assume the creative lead for originals, with her Director of Commissioning title remaining the same. Watsham will exit his post as Chief Creative Officer in September. North already oversees programming for streaming service U and manages the editorial direction of the BBC Studios-owned business. In his new role, he’ll report to UKTV CEO Marcus Arthur and will assume oversight of the content pipeline, including original commissions and acquisitions, along with the overall content investment strategy. The UKTV acquisitions team will now report into North. Rosen will also report into North, as she takes what...

One of the best things about the Harry Potter franchise is how the fandom remains as alive and bubbling as when the books were first released. Recently, a fan on Reddit pointed out how, of all the twisted dynamics in the series, the treatment of food and punishment in the Dursley household might be one of the most telling and absurd.

Nowhere is this more obvious than in Goblet of Fire, where Dudley is suddenly put on a harsh diet. One morning, Harry describes their breakfast as a single quarter of a grapefruit. Whether Harry’s description is slightly exaggerated or not, the truth is clear: the Dursleys operate in extremes, either gross overindulgence or cold, calculated cruelty, with no room for logic or healthy balance in between.

Dudley’s Diet Shows Just How Unhinged the Dursleys Really Are Fiona Shaw and Richard Griffiths as the Dursleys | Credits: Warner Bros.

The Dursleys,...

The Harry Potter reboot is finally handing out its Hogwarts letters, and the Dursleys just cut. While fans are still split on whether this fresh take is even necessary, one casting choice is turning heads for all the right reasons. The new Petunia Dursley isn’t just another cold aunt with a stiff upper lip, she’s got a serious TV track record that promises a whole new flavor of spite.

With the Dursleys officially back on Privet Drive and a powerhouse actress stepping into Petunia’s heels, it’s safe to say the wizarding world’s most bitter Muggle just got a major upgrade.

Harry Potter reboot finds its Dursleys, and they mean business Bel Powley in a still from The Morning Show | Credits: Apple TV

The Harry Potter TV reboot just found its favorite miserable muggles. Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby are officially stepping into the shoes (and...

HBO’s “Harry Potter” TV series continues to round out its cast, adding nine more names to the upcoming adaptation on Monday.

Katherine Parkinson has been cast as Molly Weasley, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley, Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley and Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge.

In the books, the Dursleys take Harry in when he’s dropped on their doorstep after the murder of his parents. They aren’t exactly loving — in fact, their treatment of him is more like emotional abuse — but they keep him safe in the muggle world.

Fans will recognize Powley from series like “A Small Light,” “The Morning Show” and, most recently, “Masters of the Air.” She also played Kelsey in Pete Davidson’s “The King of Staten Island.

HBO has officially cast Master of the Air and Black Mirror stars to play Petunia and Vernon Dursley in the upcoming Harry Potter TV show. Petunia, previously played by Fiona Shaw, is Harry's maternal aunt and the older sister of Lily Potter. She and her husband, Vernon, played by the late Richard Griffiths in the Harry Potter movies, reluctantly took Harry in as a baby and kept his status as a wizard a dark secret. These characters should have especially prominent roles in the first season of the Harry Potter remake, making their casting all the more critical.

According to Variety, Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby have been officially cast to play Petunia and Vernon Dursley in HBO's Harry Potter. Powley is credited in TV shows like Masters of the Air (2024) and The Morning Show (2021), in addition to her film credits in The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), White Boy Rick...

Harry Potter's uncle and aunt have been cast. HBO's upcoming series adaptation of J.K. Rowling's fan-favorite book series has found its elder Dursleys, and their casting should excite longtime fans of the franchise.

Per Variety, Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby have been added to the ensemble cast of Harry Potter as Petunia and Vernon Dursley, the maternal aunt and uncle of Harry, respectively. An actor for their son, Dudley, has not yet been cast. At ages 33 and 42, Powley and Rigby are far closer in age to the Dursleys in Rowling's novels than their respective movie actor counterparts, Fiona Shaw and Richard Griffiths, who were 43 and 54 at the time the first movie was released. HBO has repeatedly described the upcoming show as a "faithful adaptation" of the source material, and this casting proves that the new Harry Potter will be paying more attention to how young or old certain characters were in the novels.

The “Harry Potter” TV series at HBO has found its Petunia and Vernon Dursley.

Variety has learned exclusively that Bel Powley and Daniel Rigby will star as the elder Dursleys in the upcoming small screen adaptation of the J.K. Rowling book series. Yet to be cast is their son, Dudley.

Fans of the books will recall that Petunia was the sister of Harry’s mother, Lily. The Dursleys grudgingly take Harry in after his parents’ death, forcing him to live in a cupboard under the stairs and essentially treating him like a servant rather than their nephew. Petunia and Vernon were played by Fiona Shaw and Richard Griffiths in the “Harry Potter” film franchise.

As previously announced, Dominic McLaughlin will play Harry, Arabella Stanton is Hermione, and Alastair Stout is Ron. Other cast members include: John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape,...

Apple TV+ has ordered a series based on Lars Kepler’s Joona Linna novels with Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz, and Stephen Graham attached to star. The untitled series has been given a 10-episode order. Production will begin this summer in Pittsburgh.

The official description of the series states:

“The project tells the story of Jonah Lynn (Schreiber), an ex-soldier turned homicide detective who, tired of working the tough streets of Philadelphia, moves to a small town in Western Pennsylvania for a quiet life. But, as the town and his family come under attack from the diabolically cunning serial killer Jurek Walter (Graham), Jonah must protect all that he holds dear. When the desperate search for Jurek’s last missing victim forces Jonah to send his adopted daughter FBI Agent Saga Bauer (Beetz) up against Jurek, how far will Jonah go?”

The project was first reported to be in development in...

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Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week we’re talking to Rosie Fellner, who recently produced The Uninvited, a dark comedy starring Walton Goggins, Elizabeth Reaser, Pedro Pascal, Rufus Sewell and Lois Smith. The British producer talks about her career as a multihyphenate and why she’s passionate about supporting first-time filmmakers through her new shingle Rosebud Pictures.

Rosie Fellner loves a puzzle. “I love putting things together – I’m a doer and like the puzzle of putting financing together for projects I’m passionate about,” the UK native tells Deadline.

So, for Fellner, who began her career as an actor on cult British comedy TV series The Fast Show before taking roles in Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip, The Face of an Angel and, more recently,...

The Gentlemen star Daniel Ings has joined Catherine Zeta-Jones in Prime Video, Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures’ Kill Jackie, which has rounded out cast.

Ings will play buttoned-up lawyer Sam in the thriller series, which is an adaptation of Aidan Truhen‘s “gonzo thriller” The Price You Pay.

Ings is joined by Sidse Babett Knudsen (Prime Target, Borgen), Óscar Jaenada (Rambo V, Cantinflas), Hattie Hook (Of An Age, Ten Pound Poms), Darci Shaw (A Thousand Blows, This City is Ours), Raff Law (Masters of The Air, Triton), Enzo Cilenti (Black Mirror, The Crown), Christine Adams (Hijack, Malice), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Britannia, Napoleon), Karlis Arnolds Avots (Soviet Jeans, Lovable), Set Sjöstrand (The Wheel of Time, Valhalla), Tadashi Ito (Society of the Snow, The Platform 2),Sebastian Armesto (Gangs of London, A Small Light), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh, The Great), Gavin Spokes (House of The Dragon, Slow Horses), Jonathan Cake (And Just Like That,...

In its upcoming episode, Fire Country is going to set up its highly anticipated spin-off series Sheriff Country. This week, Bode (Max Thieriot) teams up with his aunt, Mickey Fox (Morena Baccarin), to start an investigation that hits a little too close to home. In our exclusive sneak peek that Collider can share below, we see the return of Baccarin to the cast and get a little taste of her father's distinctive personality. The episode, titled "Dirty Money," debuts this Friday, April 4.

In our exclusive look at the upcoming episode, Mickey and Sharon (Diane Farr) are told to get in the back of a van, and Mickey gets pretty stressed because it's clear it's not a joke. However, the point of it all is even more stressful for Mickey — she is going to meet up with her estranged father, Wes (W. Earl Brown), who is surprised when he finally sees her.

Lakeshore Records will release the Happy Face—Original Series Soundtrack digitally on Friday, March 28, 2025. The soundtrack for the new Paramount+ series features original music by Emmi-nominated composer Ariel Marx (A Small Light). Marx’s spare yet atmospheric score subtly augments the psychological tension of the dramatic series based on the popular memoir and podcast.

Happy Face is inspired by the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore, which was documented in the Happy Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore, as well as in Moore’s autobiography Shattered Silence, which she wrote with M. Bridget Cook. At 15, Moore discovered her father was the prolific serial killer known as Happy Face. Since then, she changed her name and distanced herself from a traumatic past.

In the new series:

Jumping off from Moore’s true-life story, the Paramount+ Original Series follows Melissa (Ashleigh Ashford) and her incarcerated father, known as the Happy Face...

Exclusive: Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, co-creators and executive producers of CBS’ popular drama Fire Country and its upcoming spinoff series Sheriff Country, have signed a first-look producing deal with the studio behind the franchise, CBS Studios.

Under the pact, the duo will develop and produce series through their company Midwest Livestock, Inc. They will continue to work with their longtime associate Kate Wagener, who has been promoted from manager to VP Development.

Rater and Phelan have separate writing-producing deals for their services on Fire Country and Sheriff Country, both of which they co-created and executive produce with Fire Country star Max Thieriot, whose real-life experiences inspired the mothership series. Fire Country was recently renewed for a fourth season; Sheriff Country, which originated as a Fire Country planted spinoff, is set to launch in 2025-26.

Previously, Rater and Phelan had two back-to-back overall deals at CBS Studios, creating and executive...

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II & Steven Caple Jr. – Photo credit: Seye Isikalu

Netflix announced in early 2023 that it would adapt the first two books by author A.J. Quinell into an exciting new thriller series called Man on Fire. Fear Street’s Kyle Killen will write and produce the eight-episode series, with Steven Caple Jr. confirmed to direct. Here’s everything we know so far, including the news of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II headlining the cast.

Kyle Killen wrote and produced the 8-episode series based on the novels by A.J. Quinell. Killen previously worked on the Fear Street trilogy for Netflix and the television adaptation of the video game Halo.

Chernin Entertainment, which works with Netflix under an extensive overall deal, is producing the series. Peter Chernin will serve as an executive producer alongside Jenno Topping, Bill McGoldrick, and Juan Alfonso. New Regency Productions owns the rights to IP and is represented by executive producers Arnon Milchan,...

Starz’s much-anticipated Outlander prequel, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, will premiere this summer. The network dropped a 50-second teaser one day ahead of the season seven finale of Outlander.

Outlander: Blood of My Blood will “explore the lives and relationship of Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), and Jamie’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy). The series will center on these two parallel love stories set in two different time periods, with Jamie’s parents in the early 18th century Scottish Highlands and Claire’s parents in WWI England,” reads Starz’s synopsis. “From the battlefields of World War I to the rugged Highlands of 18th-century Scotland, two fated love stories must defy the forces that seek to tear them apart, intersecting in surprising and unforeseen ways.”

Outlander‘s Matthew B. Roberts serves as showrunner and executive producer.

As awards season heats up, From Ground Zero, Palestine’s Oscar entry that’s on the shortlist for Best International Feature, debuts this weekend at about 70 AMC locations in top 20 markets and select arthouses including the Quad in New York and Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles.

The documentary from Watermelon Pictures is a series of 22 video diaries by Palestinian filmmakers commissioned and assembled by Gaza native Rashid Masharawi that show what it’s like on the ground in Gaza trying to survive and keep families safe, fed and sheltered amid Israeli bombardments. Mostly shying away from politics, From Ground Zero is a view of life in hellish conditions that also finds hope in small moments of normalcy. Masharawi, who currently lives in France, set up a fund early in the Israel-Hamas war to support filmmaking in Gaza.

Watermelon and parent MPI Media took a risk opening soon after Oscar shortlists were unveiled,...

The story of the courageous leader of the Pride Lands, Mufasa, has finally arrived and it’s roared up a star-studded cast.

Written by Jeff Nathanson (“Young Woman and the Seas”) and directed by Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”) comes the origin story of Mufasa and his brother Taka, who fans eventually know better as Scar. The film is centered on the two lions, who befriend one another as cubs from very different backgrounds. In an effort to evade a deadly foe, the two work together in a cross-country adventure through which they meet young lioness Sarabi, wise mandrill Rafiki and bossy hornbill Zazu.

Donald Glover and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reprise their roles as Simba and Nala, but there’s several newbies who have joined “The Lion King” pride. Take a look at the cast below.

Aaron Pierre as Mufasa (Getty Images/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Aaron Pierre as Mufasa

Aaron Pierre stars as Mufasa,...

Since its launch, Disney+ has become one of the biggest streaming platforms out there. Disney+ launched on November 12, 2019, wherein it was rolled out globally over the course of two years. The launch of this platform would give viewers exclusive access to their favorite Disney classics as well as Pixar films like the Toy Story series and more. Because of Disney's absorption of both Marvel and Fox, the launch of the platform also meant that slowly but surely, streaming subscribers would find that their favorite MCU films were migrating over to Disney+.

That said, Disney+ has not been without its controversies. This includes criticism about their content itself, with this year's Star Wars series The Acolyte being a particularly egregious example of the fan base being disappointed with the direction that Disney was taking a franchise. Disney+ has also stirred the pot by removing certain titles from its platform. Just this fall alone,...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series highlighting the scripts behind this year’s awards-season movies continues with A Real Pain, Searchlight’s buzzy Sundance dramedy marking the sophomore feature directing effort of actor-filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg.

The The Social Network star also penned the script about a pair of cousins who reunite for a tour of Poland to honor their grandmother, but see older tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family’s history.

The movie also stars Kieran Culkin in his first post-Succession film role. He plays Benji opposite Eisenberg’s David (Eisenberg); together their goal is to end up at the house their grandmother left behind after the Nazis swept through and rounded up the Jews. Fun fact: the house they discover was one that was already in Eisenberg’s family. It belonged to his great aunt.

Searchlight snapped up the pic up for $10 million in the first major...

Man on Fire star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II suffered an injury while filming Netflix's thriller remake. It was announced in June that the Emmy-winning Abdul-Mateen II, known for his roles in HBO's Watchmen, the Michael Bay film Ambulance, and Nia DaCosta's Candyman, would star and executive produce a television adaptation of the Man on Fire and The Perfect Kill novels by author A.J. Quinnell. The novels had been previously made into a 2004 movie starring Denzel Washington.

Deadline confirms that Abdul-Mateen II suffered a minor hand injury on December 5th while filming Man on Fire in Mexico City. The injury forced production to pause. However, filming is expected to resume on Monday and Abdul-Mateen II is scheduled to return to work before production wraps for the holidays on December 20. According to the reporting, the filming schedule has been readjusted to work around the actor's absence.

What The Injury To Abdul-Mateen...

Sky has greenlit a new five-part series titled Inheritance from writer-actor Karla Crome and BAFTA-nominee Gugu Mbatha-Raw has been cast as one of the leads.

The limited “event series,” as Sky has described it, begins filming in the UK and Jamaica this month.

Jonny Lee Miller (Covenant), Sheldon Shepherd (Better Must Come), and Bel Powley (A Small Light) will also star with Storm Saulter directing. The series is produced by Snowed-In Productions in association with Sky Studios.

The series follows Claudia (Mbatha-Raw), an ambitious young bi-racial lawyer, who embarks on a journey to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim filed by an unknown local resident, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd), against Oliver Connaught (Lee-Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat. Her quest takes an unexpected turn when the contested estate reveals the ominous house that has haunted her nightmares: the Connaught family’s Jamaican plantation, Hope Hill. As Claudia and Oliver investigate,...

Majesty, a new ITV period drama, aims to portray Queen Elizabeth I’s early life through a daring and modern lens. The project, created by former Grey’s Anatomy showrunners Joan Rater, Tony Phelan, and William Harper, will follow Elizabeth’s formative years at King Henry VIII’s court, combining historical intrigue with speculative narrative.

The series, directed by James Strong (Mr Bates vs the Post Office), will center on conspiracy theories surrounding Elizabeth’s early years. While Elizabeth I is frequently portrayed as a formidable ruler who reigned for nearly 50 years, Majesty takes a different perspective, delving into her early difficulties and secrets. The show’s makers describe it as “an emotional, funny, and contemporary-feeling alternate history about how three outsiders try to stay alive while hiding a secret that, if discovered, would rock England to its foundations.”

This unique perspective comes as Tudor-era dramas regain appeal. The BBC has...

Exclusive: A trio of former Grey’s Anatomy showrunners are teaming on an ITV period drama that will reimagine the life of a young Elizabeth I in the court of the notorious King Henry VIII.

As the BBC’s high-profile Tudor series Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light amasses solid ratings, Joan Rater, Tony Phelan and William Harper are teaming on Majesty, which is being directed by Mr Bates vs the Post Office helmer James Strong. The show comes from Strong’s nascent Studiocanal-backed indie Strong Film & Television and is being sold by Studiocanal.

Majesty will depict the life of a young Elizabeth I and her place in the court of King Henry VIII. Yet far from being an historical account of Elizabeth’s early years, it will reimagine her life based upon conspiracy theories which surrounded her when she was young. Elizabeth I became Queen a decade after Henry VIII’s death,...

Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Searchlight Pictures presents A Real Pain, directed and written by Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg. The film stars Eisenberg alongside Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin, with a cast rounded out by BAFTA winner and Emmy® nominee Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Golden Globe® nominee Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (“A Small Light”), and Daniel Oreskes. Producers are Dave McCary, Ali Herting, p.g.a.,, Emma Stone, Eisenberg, Jennifer Semler (Theater Camp), and Ewa Puszczyńska.

A Real Pain opens exclusively in St. Louis movie theaters on November 15, 2024.

https://www.searchlightpictures.com/a-real-pain

The St. Louis screening is at 7pm on Wednesday, November 6th at Marcus Des Peres Cine.

While most people will have heard the story of Anne Frank, they may not know the other side of her incredible and sad diary, that of Miep and Jan Gies, who were responsible for hiding the Frank family, a tale depicted in National Geographic's A Small Light. Premiering on May 1, 2023, A Small Light recounts the true story of a Dutch couple in the 1930s and 1940s, Miep Gies (Bel Powley) and Jan Gies (Joe Cole), who helped the Jewish Frank family hide from the occupying Nazis from 1942 to 1944.

There have been several movies and TV shows about Anne Frank but almost none about the people who hid her. A Small Light gives an account of the lead-up to the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands, the Franks' time in hiding, and the aftermath when the Nazis uncovered their hiding place. The eight-episode miniseries has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and earned...

Back in 1980, author Philip Nicholson, writing as A. J. Quinnell, introduced the world to a man named Creasy, an American-born former French Foreign Legion soldier, in the pages of his novel Man on Fire. While Creasy would return for four more novels – The Perfect Kill (1992), The Blue Ring (1993), Black Horn (1994), and Message From Hell (1996) – it’s Man on Fire that has received the most attention over the year, being turned into a film that starred Scott Glenn in 1987 and one that starred Denzel Washington in 2004. Now, Man on Fire is serving as the basis of a Netflix TV series that’s set to star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman) as Creasey – and The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Alice Braga (Queen of the South), Scoot McNairy (Speak No Evil), and Paul Ben-Victor (Nobody Wants This) have signed on to play recurring roles on the show.

We previously heard that Bobby Cannavale,...

Disney’s long-expected move to fold ABC Signature into 20th Television brings to an end the media conglom’s in-house TV studio, which started off as Touchstone Television a decade before Disney bought ABC, subsequently being renamed ABC Studios and more recently ABC Signature.

Launched in 1985, Touchstone TV’s first major hit was Golden Girls, which ran on NBC for seven seasons. Other successful series from that era include Blossom, also for NBC, and Home Improvement, Ellen and Boy Meets World for ABC.

In the first years after ABC became part of Disney, Touchstone Television continued to sell to all networks — which is how 20th Television operated for its entire run at Fox — with shows such as Felicity and Popular for the WB and The PJs for Fox/WB.

The studio gradually shifted its attention to its own network, supplying it with series such as Once And Again, My Wife And Kids,...

Titles like ‘A Small Light’ and ‘Togo’ have been removed from Disney+ even as the streamer prepares to hike its subscription rates.

Disney+ is apparently feeling pretty confident about its ability to shrug off the ire of customers, these days. The service has enacted a new round of title removals, pulling more than 20 shows and movies from its catalog in its latest efforts to streamline. The removals themselves aren’t all that rare, but the response from Disney when asked about the pulled titles reveals a company that has no qualms about facing backlash from customers, despite the public relations year it’s had.

Key Details: Titles removed from Disney+ include “Hailey’s On It,” “Love & WWE: Bianca & Montez,” and more. Disney defended the decision to remove the titles, saying they represented less than 2% of its catalog. Disney+ plans are increasing in price starting Oct. 17. Sign Up Now $7.99+ / month disneyplus.

Disney has been deleting more of its self-made shows and films from the Disney+ streaming service, attracting more ‘content impairment charges’.

It’s been about 18 months since we first had to learn what the term ‘content impairment charge’ meant, as Disney spent around $2bn to delete films and TV shows from its Disney+ streaming service. These weren’t shows and movies it bought it. Rather, it was productions it made itself, but by deleting them, it could save money on ongoing residuals and such like.

Yep, it’s cheaper not to show you things long term, even if you paid for them in the first place.

Anyway, as you’ve probably gleamed from the headline to this particular piece, here we go again. We’re indebted to the WhatsOnDisneyPlus site for alerting us to another collection of productions that are being removed from Disney’s services.

Just to ice this particular cake,...

Searchlight Pictures has released a new trailer for the Sundance Film Festival award-winning ‘A Real Pain’ starring Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin.

The story follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Written and directed by Eisenberg, the film also stars Will Sharpe (The White Lots), Golden Globe® nominee Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light), and Daniel Oreskes.

Also in trailers – “I’m learning from her…” New trailer lands for Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’

The film will be in UK and Irish cinemas from 10th January 2025.

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Searchlight Pictures has released the official trailer for A Real Pain, which has been rated R for language throughout and some drug use.

Opening in theaters on November 1, 2024, the heartfelt comedy was written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, who drew the film from his own personal history.

A Real Pain, which premiered to standing ovations at the Sundance Film Festival, follows mismatched cousins David and Benji, who reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

“We are blown away by Jesse’s vision and craft in telling this hilarious and profound film,” said Searchlight Presidents Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum when the film was acquired. “He tells a deeply personal story and makes it universal. We can’t wait to bring it to audiences around the world.”

Jesse...

Roman Roy may have pre-grieved, but not Benji Kaplan.

On Wednesday, Searchlight Pictures dropped the full trailer for Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain.” Written and directed by and starring the Oscar nominee, the dramedy follows mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) as they tour Poland to honor their late grandmother. The pair try to navigate each other, their family history, long-simmering tensions, and their grief. As you can imagine, it does not go smoothly.

“I’ve just been in a real funk, I guess, since she died. Just haven’t, um…” Benji tells their tour group in the clip, trailing off.

The cast includes Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Jennifer Grey (“Dirty Dancing”), Kurt Egyiawan (“Beasts of No Nation”), Liza Sadovy (“A Small Light”), and Daniel Oreskes (“Only Murders in the Building”). Eisenberg also serves as a producer, alongside Jennifer Semler, Ewa Puszczynska, and Fruit Tree trio Dave McCary,...

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg are the buddy comedy duo that we never knew we needed in a fresh trailer for A Real Pain. The film is Eisenbergs latest directorial project, in which he also stars opposite Culkin as a pair of cousins who go on a bonding trip to Poland to honor and learn more about the life of their late grandmother. With a stacked cast that also includes performances from Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Kurt Egyiawan (House of the Dragon), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light), and Daniel Oreskes (Law & Order), the movie promises to put audiences on a roller coaster of emotions.

In an exciting development for cinema enthusiasts, Matt Smith, widely recognized for his role in the TV shows Doctor Who and House of the Dragon, and Liev Schreiber, star of Ray Donovan and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, have been confirmed as the latest additions to the cast of Caught Stealing, a crime thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky for Sony Pictures.

This highly anticipated film promises to deliver intense drama and action, with the roles of Smith and Schreiber being kept under wraps, fueling speculation about their characters in the forthcoming movie. Oscar nominee Austin Butler, who has been riding a wave of success since his portrayal of Elvis Presley, leads the ensemble cast. Joining him are Zo Kravitz, known for her work in Blink Twice, and Academy Award winner Regina King, adding more star power to an already impressive lineup. Caught Stealing is set in the criminal underworld of 1990s New York City,...

Exclusive: Matt Smith (House of the Dragon) and Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) are the newest additions to the cast of Caught Stealing, Darren Aronofsky’s new crime thriller for Sony Pictures.

Details as to the roles they’re playing are under wraps. Oscar nominee Austin Butler leads the ensemble, with Blink Twice helmer Zoë Kravitz and Academy Award winner Regina King also on board for roles, as we were first to report.

Based on the books by Charlie Huston, who adapted the screenplay, Caught Stealing follows Hank Thompson (Butler), a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ’90s NYC. Aronofsky’s Protozoa is aboard to produce.

Currently, Smith can be seen starring as Prince Daemon Targaryen in HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, which returned for its second season in June and...

Back in 1980, author Philip Nicholson, writing as A. J. Quinnell, introduced the world to a man named Creasy, an American-born former French Foreign Legion soldier, in the pages of his novel Man on Fire. While Creasy would return for four more novels – The Perfect Kill (1992), The Blue Ring (1993), Black Horn (1994), and Message From Hell (1996) – it’s Man on Fire that has received the most attention over the year, being turned into a film that starred Scott Glenn in 1987 and one that starred Denzel Washington in 2004. Now, Man on Fire is serving as the basis of a Netflix TV series that’s set to star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman) as Creasey – and Variety reports that a guest star on the show will be Bobby Cannavale, who recently starred in the hit Netflix series The Watcher.

Cannavale is taking on the role of Paul Rayburn, an “ex-Special Forces soldier who possesses a unique ability to read people.

The Man on Fire Netflix reboot series is starting to round out its cast, which now includes Bobby Cannavale coming in to guest star. It means no less than two MCU actors will be featured, as Cannavale appeared in the Ant-Man films while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is starring in the upcoming Wonder Man series.

Per Variety, Cannavale will join Yahya Abdul-Mateen II for Netflix's Man on Fire, a series based on A.J. Quinnell's novel of the same name, which has already received two feature film adaptations. Cannavale will reportedly play Paul Rayburn, who is described as an "ex-Special Forces soldier who possesses a unique ability to read people. He is charming, nurturing, and protective of those he cares for. Despite his warm, fatherly nature, his years of service in the field have given him an acute awareness of violence and human behavior. Quick-witted and incredibly intellectual, he is likely to have all the answers,...

Humanitas has announced nominations for the 2024 Humanitas Prize in nine juried categories, including TV, film and documentary fields. Noms in the comedy field include “Hacks,” “The Simpsons,” “Girls5eva” and “Act Your Age,” while drama entrants include “The Crown,” “The Morning Show,” “Station 19” and “Black Cake.”

“For fifty years, The Humanitas Prizes have recognized writers who explore the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way, with stories that entertain and uplift audiences,” said Humanitas executive director Michelle Franke. “The Humanitas Prizes champion work that enhances the lives of viewers, even if these projects are not always rewarded by the marketplace.”

Humanitas has tapped actors/writers June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer as host of this year’s Humanitas Prizes event, which will take place on Thursday, September 12 (three days before the Emmy Awards) at Avalon Hollywood. The 2024 New Voices Fellowship, David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award and Carol Mendelsohn...

If there is one thing you can count on from CBS, it's that they know when they have a golden goose on their hands, and it isn't long before they start dishing out those priceless eggs.

As a network that loves a good spinoff, it was only a matter of time before Fire Country, which saw success as wild as the fires it fights in the series, received its own interconnected show to branch out its stories and characters further.

However, unlike its parent show, Sheriff Country will focus on fighting criminal activity rather than renegade wildfires that the chiseled Max Theriot has to put on a shirt to put out.

There is not much information about the series at the moment, but that won't stop us at TV Fanatic from sharing everything we know so far about Sheriff Country Season 1!

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The Chi’s Kandi Burruss has found Reasonable Doubt with a recurring role on Season 2 of the Hulu drama, it was announced on Thursday. Additionally, the streamer unveiled a first look at the actress alongside star Emayatzy Corinealdi and new series regular Morris Chestnut.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta vet will play Eboni Phillips, who is the mother of Jt’s child, Natasha. “She was wild in a former life but has since cleaned herself up,” per the official description.

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British actress Billie Boullet, who played Anne Frank in the recent Nat Geo limited series “A Small Light,” has signed on to star in Netflix’s upcoming “Man on Fire,” along with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.

Boullet will play Poe Rayburn, described as having “the lanky lines of someone growing at a rapid and confusing pace and the attitude that comes with it. She is unhappy about moving to Brazil because of her parent’s decision, spending her days with her wealthy international classmates until a tragic incident changes her perspective on family and life. As the only witness to a terrifying event, Poe quickly learns that her only ally is John Creasy.”

As previously announced, Abdul-Mateen will play John Creasy.

Kyle Killen is the writer, executive producer and showrunner on “Man on Fire,” which is based on A.J. Quinnell’s first two novels about former French Foreign Legion solider John Creasy,...

Who would make for the more uncomfortable travel partner, Roman Roy or Mark Zuckerberg?

That’s a question you’ll ponder while watching the new trailer for “A Real Pain,” a road trip dramedy starring Emmy-winning “Succession” star Kieran Culkin and Oscar-nominated “The Social Network” star Jesse Eisenberg. Eisenberg is also the writer and director.

Eisenberg and Culkin play David and Benji, respectively. They’re cousins who are very different from each other and take a trip across Poland to honor their beloved late grandmother, who survived the Holocaust and escaped the country. Long-standing tensions between them resurface as they get deeper into their family history.

In addition to Eisenberg and Culkin, the cast includes Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Jennifer Grey (“Dirty Dancing”), Kurt Egyiawan (“House of the Dragon”), Liza Sadovy (“A Small Light”), Daniel Oreskes (“Only Murders in the Building”), and Ellora Torchia (“Midsommar”). Producers include Eisenberg, Emma Stone,...

The Machinist director Brad Anderson’s sci-fi monster movie World-Breaker has just finished filming, and stars Luke Evans and Milla Jovovich.

Everything was so topsy-turvy during those 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes that when World-Breaker was announced last October, the production had a cast in place but wasn’t allowed to reveal who was starring. Months later, it’s been announced that Luke Evans and Milla Jovovich are the leads in the sci-fi monster film from director Brad Anderson.

Filming recently ended in Northern Ireland, and The Hollywood Reporter has the story that Signature Entertainment will distribute the film in the UK and Ireland. The news emerges as the Cannes Film Festival begins in earnest; production company The Exchange is hoping to find buyers for World-Breaker’s international and US rights at the festival’s busy market.

Anderson, whose career is filled with small-to-medium budget genre films, has directed the film from a...

U.K. production, sales and distribution outfit Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to action sci-fi movie World-Breaker starring Luke Evans (The Hobbit), Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil), and Billie Boullet (A Small Light) from The Exchange. The news comes as the film wraps production in Northern Ireland and the Cannes Film Festival and market kicked off.

The feature, produced by Bradley Gallo (Wild Mountain Thyme), Michael A. Helfant (The Call), Martin Brennan (One Way), Jib Polhemus (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), and Tracy Mercer (Madam Secretary), is directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist) from a script written by Joshua Rollins (Infinite Storm). It follows a father and daughter who must escape a burning city and fight for survival while the human race faces a war with “vicious creatures from another dimension.”

Evans plays the father, Jovovich the mother, and Boullett the daughter.

The deal was negotiated between...

The Television Academy has announced its recipients for the 17th Television Academy Honors, which recognizes seven television programs and their producers “who have leveraged the extraordinary power of storytelling to propel social change,” according to the Academy.

The honorees are four non-scripted series and three scripted series: 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed, The 1619 Project, A Small Light, Beef, Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court, Heartstopper and Lakota Nation vs. United States.

“This year’s honorees have leveraged the medium’s power to drive meaningful conversation and create social impact,” says Television Academy chair Cris Abrego. “We honor their commitment to authentic, evocative storytelling that tackles important social issues that affect the global audience.”

Scott Freeman, Governor of the Reality Programming Peer Group, chaired this year’s Television Academy Honors selection committee with Bobbi Banks, governor of the Sound Editors Peer Group, serving as vice chair.

Added Banks: “The...