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Exclusive: Justin Lacob has been appointed president of Xtr, the film and television studio he co-founded with Bryn Mooser.

Today’s announcement comes as Mooser shifts his focus to leading Xtr’s parent company, the newly established AI film and animation studio Asteria.

“Lacob is a two-time Emmy-nominated producer, executive, and content strategist with more than 20 years of experience in the media industry,” notes a release. “In addition to his role of Head of Development at Xtr, he is also a co-founder of Xtr and a co-founder of Documentary+, a streaming platform and channel that showcases diverse and impactful stories from around the world, where he will also serve as President.”

In his new role, “Lacob will oversee all aspects of Xtr’s original content development and production, along with sales, strategy, and partnerships, focusing on expanding the studio’s portfolio of documentary features, series, podcasts, and short form and branded content,...

Moon Knight season 2 could potentially feature a showdown with Rama-Tut, the Egyptian pharaoh variant of Kang the Conqueror. The introduction of Jake Lockley sets up a compelling internal and external battle between the different alters of Moon Knight. Moon Knight's history of hunting and killing vampires in the comics suggests that a growing threat of vampires could be established in the MCU, potentially involving Blade and Dracula.

While Moon Knight season 2 has yet to be officially greenlit by Marvel Studios, several villains have potentially been set up across the MCU timeline. In the first season of Moon Knight, Marc Spector (Oscar Isaac) and his alter Steven Grant faced Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke), the avatar of the Egyptian goddess Ammit. Imbued with the power of the Egyptian mood god Khonshu, Moon Knight was able to stop Harrow and Ammit before they could preemptively punish the souls of humanity. However, there...

Los Angeles, May 4 (Ians) Poppy Delevingne will star in ‘The Gun on Second Street’, a new drama from the Emmy-nominated Indian American writer, producer and director Rohit Karn Batra, reports ‘Variety’.

The film is described as “an allegory of the gun crisis in the United States”. Its plot follows two Pittsburgh police partners and best friends who are called to an uneventful domestic violence dispute on Second Street.

This, according to ‘Variety’, quickly escalates to a violent confrontation as Officer Tj Meadows III shoots and kills his partner, Officer Kevin Cooper, with his backup gun.

Years later, no longer a cop and still traumatised, Meadows moves back to Pittsburgh and finds his way to his partner’s widow, Kacie (Delevingne). They slowly fall in love as Kacie confronts the history she’s been avoiding, including telling her 15-year-old son, Ralph, Tj’s back-story.

The film, adds ‘Variety’, is produced by...

Poppy Delevingne will star in “The Gun on Second Street,” a new drama from writer, producer, and director Rohit Karn Batra.

The film is described as “an allegory of the gun crisis in the United States.” Its plot follows two Pittsburgh police partners and best friends who are called to an uneventful domestic violence dispute on Second Street. This quickly escalates to a violent confrontation as Officer Tj Meadows III accidentally shoots and kills his partner, Officer Kevin Cooper, with his backup gun. Years later, no longer a cop and still traumatized, he moves back to Pittsburgh and finds his way to his partner’s widow, Kacie (Delevingne). They slowly fall in love as Kacie confronts the history she’s been avoiding, including telling her 15-year-old son, Ralph, Tj’s back-story.

“I’m thrilled to be collaborating with Poppy on ‘The Gun on Second Street.’ She is effortlessly sophisticated and truly a one-of-a-kind talent,...

Spoiler Alert: This story discusses major plot points, including the ending and the post-credits scenes, for “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” currently playing in theaters.

While improvising in a meticulously crafted Marvel movie — full of CGI, green screens and elaborate costumes — seems nearly impossible, Paul Rudd and Jonathan Majors did just that “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” According to editors Adam Gerstel and Laura Jennings, Rudd, who plays Scott Lang/Ant-Man, and Majors, who plays the MCU’s new Thanos-sized villain Kang the Conquerer, especially exercised their improv muscles during two similar scenes — one which features a multiplied Ant-Man and another, an army of Kangs.

Gerstel says the scene where Lang replicates and faces hoards of his multiple selves was a technical shoot that required the entire sequence to be pre-visualized to understand the story. The concept was to “showcase Paul’s comedic talents and riff off of that,” wondering...

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Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Synopsis: Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves caught up in one.

Bio: Mathew Waters was a five-time Emmy winner for “Game of Thrones” among nine career nominations,...

The upcoming live-action “One Piece” series at Netflix has cast Peter Gadiot in the role of Shanks.

Gadiot joins previously announced cast members: Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D Luffy, Mackenyu as Rorona Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, Taz Skylar as Sanji, Morgan Davies as Koby, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Alvida,

Aidan Scott as Helmeppo, Jeff Ward as Buggy, McKinley Belcher III as Arlong, and Vincent Regan as Garp.

Based on the iconic Japanese manga of the same name, “One Piece” centers on Monkey D. Luffy (Godoy), a young man who embarks on a journey to become king of the pirates and find the celebrated “One Piece” treasure. Shanks, also known as Red-Haired Shanks, is a legendary pirate and the childhood hero of Luffy’s.

Gadiot most recently appeared in the critically-acclaimed Showtime drama series “Yellowjackets” in the role of Adam. He is also known for...

Muse Entertainment Enterprises has tapped film and TV vet Alex Jordan to serve as its new senior VP of production. Jordan, who starts on January 1, will be based in Toronto and focus on producing programming for the international market.

Jordan most recently served as a producer on Paramount Plus’ “Mayor of Kingstown.” He also worked on feature “Between Waves,” which was released this summer. His other credits include working on series such as “Nikita,” “Transporter,” “Rogue” and “Private Eyes.”

“Alex has a track record of producing great shows, and I look forward to having such a respected and talented leader in our Toronto operation,” said Irene Litinsky, Muse Entertainment’s president of production.

Jordan will work closely with Litinsky, as well as with Muse’s development teams in Montreal, Toronto and Los Angeles to produce scripted programming across all genres and formats for the global market.

“I couldn’t be...

Prolific television director David Von Ancken, who also helmed the feature Seraphim Falls, passed away July 26 at his home in Agoura Hills, CA after a two-year battle with aggressive stomach cancer. He was 56.

David Von Ancken, known lovingly as “Dva,” was born in New York on December 5, 1964. His career got off to a hot start with the 2001 short Bullet In the Brain, starring Tom Noonan and Dean Winters, which Von Ancken wrote and directed. It won Universal/Hypnotic Films’ Million Dollar Film Festival as well as numerous other festival awards and opened the doors for Von Ancken to embark on a directing career.

He became a sought-after — and beloved — episodic director who worked on some three dozen series over the past two decades, including Oz, Without a Trace, The Shield, Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, The Mentalist, Person of Interest, The Following, Intelligence, House of Lies, MacGyver, The Crossing and The Purge.

Exclusive: Warren Kole (Shades of Blue) is set as a series regular and Peter Gadiot (Queen of the South), Keeya King (Van Helsing) and Alex Wyndham (Rome) have been tapped for recurring roles in Showtime’s drama series Yellowjackets. Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci and Tawny Cypress star in the drama series from writers Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Entertainment One and studio-based producer Drew Comins. Production has begun in Vancouver, Canada for a 2021 debut on the network.

Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving...

A holiday-themed romantic comedy centered on gay men is coming to Netflix from Michael Mayer, the Tony Award-winning director of the Broadway sensation “Spring Awakening.”

In a genre that has seen increased calls for inclusion, the ensemble project “Single All the Way” boasts beloved actors of pop culture sensations past and a pedigreed filmmaking team.

Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers and Luke MacFarlane will serve as leads, with supporting turns from Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Robertson, Jennifer Coolidge and Kathy Najimy.

Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter (Urie) convinces his best friend Nick (Chambers) to join him for the holidays and pretend that they’re now in a relationship. But when Peter’s mother sets him up on a blind date with her handsome trainer James (MacFarlane), the plan goes awry.

Mayer, whose credits also include NBC’s “Smash,” will direct from a script by...

Matthew A. Cherry will make his directorial feature debut on “Tut,” a new take on the Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamun, that has begun in development at Sony Pictures Animation, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

“Tut” (tentatively titled) is an Afro-futuristic take on the boy king and is based on an original idea from Cherry and Monica A. Young. It will be a fantastical journey through ancient Egypt and aims to celebrate the culture that introduced the world to countless modern conventions and technologies.

Cherry and Young will also executive produce the film.

“Matthew is one of today’s most exceptional creative voices. We had the privilege of collaborating with him on his first animated short, which has since evolved into his first animated series – and we’re so proud to team up again on his first animated feature, Tut. Matthew has a bold and modern take on this story rarely told,...

Sony Pictures Animation has plucked the first feature film from Academy Award winner Matthew A. Cherry.

After winning the Oscar for his acclaimed short “Hair Love,” Cherry is at work on the tentatively-titled “Tut,” an afro-futuristic, coming-of-age story of the boy king Tutankhamun.

Based on an original idea from Cherry and Monica A. Young, the film will take audiences on a journey through ancient Egypt and celebrate a culture that introduced the world to countless modern conventions and technologies.

Cherry said he was “beyond excited to explore the magical world of ancient Egypt through the eyes of its youngest ruler, King Tut. I’ve always wanted to dive deeper into the legend of the boy king and we can’t think of better partners to embark upon this journey with than Kristine Belson, Karen Toliver and the great people at Sony Pictures Animation.”

Spa president Kristine Belson called Cherry “one...

The limited series “Perpetual Grace Ltd” aired over the summer from June to August, so it might have fallen under the radar as the Emmys for the previous TV season were still being decided, but with the Golden Globes and SAG Awards approaching it might be time for awards voters to say “Grace,” especially with a showcase performance by Ben Kingsley at the heart of it.

Created by Steven Conrad and Bruce Terris (Amazon‘s “Patriot“), the series follows a young grifter (Jimmi Simpson) who tries to prey on Pastor Byron Brown (Kingsley), but the pastor is more dangerous than he bargained for. It’s a villainous role that has been compared to Kingsley’s turn in “Sexy Beast” (2001), which earned him one of his four Oscar nominations and one of his eight Golden Globe noms. He plays Pastor Brown “with a slight tinge of menace from the very beginning” that is “quickly” unleashed.

Veteran scripted executive Lauren Ruggiero is expanding her role at Paramount Network with a promotion to Svp Scripted Original Series. Ruggiero will continue to report to Keith Cox, President, Development and Production, Paramount Network and TV Land, and be based in Viacom’s Hollywood offices.

In her elevated position, Ruggiero will lead the scripted development team and will oversee all scripted programming for Paramount Network, from development through production.

I hear there was a greater need for someone to take on more of an overseeer role at the network with all the current and upcoming scripted series at the network. In addition, to its top scripted drama series Yellowstone, upcoming projects include Coyote, from Michelle MacLaren and starring Michael Chiklis; Paradise Lost (working title), from Rodes Fishburne, Arika Lisanne Mittman and John Lee Hancock; 68 Whiskey, from Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment; Sexy Beast, a series adaptation of...

If the last few decades of entertainment history has taught us two things, it’s that you shouldn’t mess with a character played by Ben Kingsley and you really shouldn’t mess with a character played by Jacki Weaver. The core of “Perpetual Grace, Ltd” is watching one would-be grifter discover these empirical truths for himself.

Jimmi Simpson plays James, a wandering con man who stumbles on a pair of potential prey he couldn’t have accounted for: Ma (Weaver) and Pa (Kingsley). As the husband and wife leaders of a church, the two have been perpetuating an extensive scheme of their own by slowly pilfering money from their parishioners for years.

The series, set for an early June release date, comes from Steven Conrad and Bruce Terris, who previously worked together on the Amazon Prime Video series “Patriot.” After writing and directing all of that show’s Season...

Starz is ready for the apocalypse. Today, the network released the premiere date and key art for their new TV show, Now Apocalypse.

From Gregg Araki, the surreal comedy "stars Avan Jogia as Ulysses, who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal and bewildering city of Los Angeles." The cast also includes Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff, and Roxane Mesquida.

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Rare small-screen role for Kingsley after Tut, Mrs Harris, episode of The Sporanos.

Us premium cable network Epix has ordered Our Lady, Ltd, a 10-episode drama series from MGM Television to star Ben Kingsley.

Described as “modern noir,” the series will feature Kingsley as a pastor who turns out to be more dangerous than he seems when he is preyed upon by a young grifter.

Steve Conrad, creator and director of Amazon series Patriot, and Bruce Terris, a writer and producer on Patriot, will serve as executive producers and showrunners, with Conrad also directing six episodes.

Escape Artists partners Todd Black,...

Epix has given a formal 10-episode series order to Our Lady, Ltd, a modern noir drama starring Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, from Patriot creator Steve Conrad and Epix’s sister studio MGM Television. Production is slated to begin this fall in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with an eye toward a 2019 premiere.

Written by Conrad and Patriot co-producer Bruce Terris, Our Lady, Ltd (fka Our Lady of Perpetual Grace), follows James, a young grifter, as he attempts to prey upon Pastor Byron Brown (Kingsley), who turns out to be far more dangerous than he suspects.

Conrad and Terris serve as executive producers and showrunners, with Conrad directing six episodes. Also executive producing are Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch. The series will be produced by MGM Television and internationally distributed by MGM.

Our Lady, Ltd had been in the works for months and actively casting for awhile, with...

Sir Ben Kingsley is set to star in a drama series that has been given the greenlight at Epix, Variety has learned.

The series–currently titled “Our Lady, Ltd”–is described as a modern noir drama that follows James, a young grifter, as he attempts to prey upon Pastor Byron Brown (Kingsley), who turns out to be far more dangerous than he suspects. Epix has ordered a 10-episode first season, with shooting set to begin this fall in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a 2019 launch.

The series is expected to commence principal photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico this fall with an eye towards a 2019 premiere on Epix. Steve Conrad and Bruce Terris serve as executive producers and showrunners, with Conrad also directing six episodes. Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch will also executive produce. The series will be produced by MGM Television and internationally distributed by MGM.

Billy Eichner is reuniting with his former Street gang for a new animated series at FX.

The artist formerly known as Billy on the Street is developing Time Travelin’ Jerk, our sister site Deadline reports. The potential series is described as Back to the Future meets Groundhog Day, and would chronicle the story of Ashley, a millennial who gets stuck time traveling — and hates every minute of it. Eichner would voice male lead Parker, an “awkwardly sweet” accountant who joins Ashley on her time-hopping adventures.

Eichner is credited as a co-creator on the project, which he will executive-produce alongside former...

Trouble is once again brewing on Temptation Island: The controversial reality series — which aired on Fox from 2001-2003 — is eyeing a TV comeback, with USA Network in advanced negotiations to air the revival, our sister site Deadline reports.

In the original Fox version, couples agreed to live with singles of the opposite sex in order to test their relationships. The four male contestants shacked up with a dozen female models, while their female counterparts were placed in a separate section of the island along with 12 attractive men.

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Exclusive: Avan Jogia has been cast as the lead in Now Apocalypse, Starz’s half-hour comedy series from Kaboom’s Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.

Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy series that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame. Now Apocalypse explores identity, sexuality and artistry, while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.

Jogia’s Ulysses, a recent transplant to Los Angeles, is struggling to find his place in the world. Something of a thrill seeker, Ulysses admits that he’s always had an attraction to and fear of the unknown and is plagued by recurring nightmares, which he believes are a portent for a vast, sinister conspiracy.

Araki and Soderbergh executive produce...

Paramount Network’s first two big event series, “Waco” and “Yellowstone,” take place in the center of the country — and that’s not by accident. The newly rebranded channel, which flipped from its longtime identity as Spike today, may now sport the name of a big Hollywood studio. But its roots still lie in Nashville.

That’s what helped fuel a desire to make Paramount a premium basic cable network that perhaps appeals as much to the middle of the country as the coasts, which network president Kevin Kay said he hoped might set it apart from established competitors like FX and AMC. “Waco,” which premieres Jan. 24, stars Michael Shannon, Taylor Kitsch, John Leguizamo, Rory Culkin, Melissa Benoist, and Camryn Manheim, and tells the story of the real-life 1993 standoff between cult leader David Koresh and the FBI and Atf.

“Yellowstone,” meanwhile, stars Kevin Costner as the nation’s largest ranch owner.

This Queen‘s reign will continue: USA Network has renewed drug-cartel thriller Queen of the South for a third season, TVLine has learned.

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Based on the popular telenovela La Reina del Sur, Queen stars Alice Braga (I Am Legend) as Teresa Mendoza, a Mexican woman who flees to America after her drug-dealer boyfriend is murdered and plots to take down the powerful cartel she holds responsible. The supporting cast includes Verónica Falcón as drug-world matriarch Camila, Peter Gadiot (Tut, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland) as her right-hand man James and...

Syfy has acquired from Nomadic Pictures Ghost Wars, a paranormal thriller created by Simon Barry (Continuum) and starring Vincent D’Onofrio (Law & Order: Ci) and Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy).

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The cast also includes Avan Jogia (Tut), Kristin Lehman (The Killing) and Meat Loaf (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), our sister site Deadline reports.

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Set in a remote Alaskan town that has been overrun by paranormal forces, “Ghost Wars is not just a contemporary homage to classic psychological horror,...

As reported by Deadline, Spike’s longtime head of programming, EVP Original Series Sharon Levy, is leaving the network. She just announced her departure in a memo to the company, with Spike president Kevin Kay praising her contributions in a separate email to the staff. (You can read both under the post). Levy’s exit comes as Spike is embarking on a transformation into a general entertainment cable network branded The Paramount Network. TV Land’s Keith Cox is expected to be named President of Development and Production for The Paramount Network and TV Land.

During her 12-year tenure at Spike, Levy oversaw the development and launch of such reality hits as the Ink Master franchise, Lip Sync Battle, Bar Rescue and Catch A Contractor. She also oversaw Spike’s foray into scripted programming with miniseries Tut and its upcoming scripted offerings, Stephen King series The Mist and Weinstein Co.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland alum Peter Gadiot has landed the role of the nefarious Mr. Mxyzptlk on Supergirl, a rep for The CW confirms for TVLine.

In DC Comics lore, Mr. Mxyzptlk is an impish, reality-bending trickster from the 5th Dimension who is best known for tormenting Superman and who can be “sent home” only by tricking him into saying/spelling his own name backwards. There is no word yet on how the character will figure into Kara’s world, or if he’ll be sporting that fetch hat.

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First Generation Films has commenced production in Toronto on the drama starring Eve Hewson and Avan Jogia.

Rebecca Addelman wrote the screenplay and makes her directorial debut on the story about young newlyweds who question their marriage.

Production is scheduled to move to Los Angeles at the end of November on Paper Year, which also stars Andie MacDowell and Hamish Linklater. Pacific Northwest Pictures will handle Canadian theatrical distribution.

First Generation Films founder Christina Piovesan produces alongside Jennifer Shin, while Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico, Emily Alden, Penny Mancuso and Anne Hong serve as executive producers.

Addelman currently writes on Judd Apatow’s Netflix series Love and wrote the TV remake of The First Wives Club.

Ireland’s Hewson has starred in Bridge Of Spies, Enough Said and This Must Be The Place as well as the upcoming Robin Hood: Origins.

Canadian actor Jogia starred opposite Ben Kingsley in Tut for Spike TV and his feature credits...

The Mlb has finally let a woman onto the pitching mound - on television, that is. In Pitch, Fox's upcoming new baseball drama, actress Kylie Bunbury plays Ginny Baker, the fictional first female player to make it to the sport's major leagues. Before Bunbury, 27, suits up and hits the diamond on Thursday night, here's everything you need to know about the actress behind the small screen's fastest screwball.1. She's totally new to baseball.No, she's not The Natural. Bunbury had never played baseball before taking the part of Ginny, she told People over the summer. While Bunbury said that she is athletic,...

The Mlb has finally let a woman onto the pitching mound – on television, that is.

In Pitch, Fox's upcoming new baseball drama, actress Kylie Bunbury plays Ginny Baker, the fictional first female player to make it to the sport's major leagues.

Before Bunbury, 27, suits up and hits the diamond on Thursday night, here's everything you need to know about the actress behind the small screen's fastest screwball.

1. She's totally new to baseball.

No, she's not The Natural. Bunbury had never played baseball before taking the part of Ginny, she told People over the summer. While Bunbury said that she is athletic,...

Hollywood, the Dream Factory, is the apt setting for the latest cinematic update on William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Fran Kranz, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe, and Rachael Leigh Cook are among the cast in the new Midsummer adaptation. HitFix has an exclusive early look at the film. The new vision of one of the Bard’s greatest comedies is set in present-day Hollywood, a place where glamorous stars, commanding moguls, starving artists, and vaulting pretenders all vie to get ahead. The Athenians are Hollywood glitterati, the mechanicals (Bottom and his troupe of wannabe actors) are film students, and the fairies of the forest are hippies in Topanga Canyon, nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains just east of Malibu. Staging or filming a Shakespeare project four centuries after the incomparable playwright lived and after countless artists have already mounted productions of his plays poses several challenges. (Yes, really four centuries,...

Following their recent full-season order of The Mist TV series, Spike has now revealed who will direct the first of the ten one-hour episodes based on Stephen King’s novella:

Press Release: New York, NY, May 5, 2016 – Adam Bernstein, an award-winning and critically-acclaimed television and film director, will serve as Director and Executive Producer for the premiere episode of Spike’s new scripted series, “The Mist.” From TWC-Dimension Television (TV) based on the classic Stephen King novella, “The Mist” goes into production this summer and airs in 2017. The announcement was jointly made today by Sharon Levy, Executive Vice President, Original Series, Spike TV and Bob Weinstein, Co-Chairman The Weinstein Company.

Bernstein’s extensive resume includes many of the most decorated series on television over the last 15 years including directing the pilots for “Fargo,” “30 Rock,” and “Scrubs.” “His impressive credits also include “Better Call Saul,” “Breaking Bad,” “Californication,” “Shameless,” “Bored to Death,...

John Boyega is headed to a new far-flung galaxy, this one populated by animated rabbits.

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The Star Wars: The Force Awakens stormtrooper has signed on to lead an A-list voice ensemble in the forthcoming animated miniseries Watership Down, Deadline reports.

Boyega will be joined by James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Ben Kingsley (Tut) and Gemma Arterton (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) in this BBC One co-production based on Richard Adams’ 1972 action novel. The four-part adaptation follows a small group of rabbits who...

After previously moving ahead with a pilot order for The Mist TV series, Spike must be happy with what they’ve seen, as they just announced that the full series has been given the green light:

“Press Release: New York, NY, April 14, 2016 – Spike has greenlit a new original scripted series, “The Mist” from TWC-Dimension Television (TV) based on the classic Stephen King novella. The network has ordered 10 one-hour episodes and will into go production this summer and debut in 2017. The announcement was made today by Sharon Levy, Executive Vice President, Original Series, Spike TV.

“The Mist” tells a harrowing story about a seemingly innocuous mist that seeps into a small town and creates immense havoc.

In February, Spike ordered a production pilot for “The Mist.” Upon hearing the series pitch and reading the script, the network has decided to go straight to series.

“From the brilliant mind of Stephen King...

A month and a half after Spike gave a pilot order to drama The Mist, based on the Stephen King novella, the project, from TWC-Dimension Television, has received a straight-to-series pickup.

The Mist, which marked Spike’s first pilot order since the network returned to the scripted space, is now looking to become the network’s first original scripted series in a decade with production slated to begin in summer 2016 for a 2017 debut.

According to the network, the decision to go straight to series was made after hearing the series pitch and reading the script for The Mist. The series order comes about three weeks after Spike put straight-to-series drama Red Mars on hold following the exit of the showrunner. Red Mars, in turn, was picked up a couple of weeks after straight-to-series drama Harvest — Spike’s first scripted series order in a decade — was scrapped while in pre-production.

The Mist...

Fox has set Kylie Bunbury to star in a pilot titled "Pitch" - an hour-long drama from Dan Fogelman ("Grandfathered;" "Crazy, Stupid, Love") and Rick Singer ("Younger"), which centers on a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues. The pilot order is a part of Fogelman’s four-year development deal with 20th Century Fox TV to write, produce, and supervise various series. In addition to CBS’s "Under the Dome," Bunbury has also appeared in the former Freeform show "Twisted" as well as the miniseries "Tut" on Spike. Fogelman and Singer will write and executive produce along with Tony Bill...

Spike has ordered a production pilot from Dimension Television based on the classic Stephen King novella, The Mist. The Spike original scripted series tells a harrowing story about a seemingly innocuous mist that seeps into a small town and creates immense havoc. This will be the first production pilot for a Spike scripted dramatic series since the network's shift towards general entertainment.

Christian Torpe serves as the Executive Producer for Spike's The Mist. Torpe created the successful show Rita in Denmark, now finishing its fourth season, and has developed programming for both Showtime and AMC. Here's what Sharon Levy, Executive Vice President, Original Series, Spike, had to say in her statement.

"We are thrilled to join forces with the incredibly creative Christian Torpe and Dimension Films to develop Stephen King's enthralling novella to a compelling series unlike anything else on television."

Megan Spanjian, VP of Scripted TV, was instrumental...

“Something in the mist!” Last fall, it was revealed that Dimension Television was developing a TV show based on Stephen King’s novella The Mist, and now Spike has officially ordered a TV series pilot episode of the adaptation:

Press Release: New York, NY, February 25, 2016 – Spike has ordered a production pilot from Dimension Television based on the classic Stephen King novella, “The Mist.”

The Spike original scripted series tells a harrowing story about a seemingly innocuous mist that seeps into a small town and creates immense havoc. This will be the first production pilot for a Spike scripted dramatic series since the network’s shift towards general entertainment.

Christian Torpe serves as the Executive Producer for Spike’s “The Mist.” Torpe created the successful show Rita in Denmark, now finishing its fourth season, and has developed programming for both Showtime and AMC.

“We are thrilled to join forces with the...

Mark-Paul Gosselaar is ready to take a swing for Fox. The Saved by the Bell and Franklin and Bash alum has been cast as the male lead in the network's female baseball drama pilot Pitch, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The project hails from prolific producer Dan Fogelman (Grandfathered) and centers on Ginny, a young female pitcher who defies the odds when she becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues. Kylie Bunbury (Under the Dome, Tut) stars. Gosselaar is set to portray Mike Lawson, a handsome, charming, self-assured future Hall of Fame catcher. A ladies'

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It's time for the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, where film and TV actors celebrate other film and TV actors, and the big screen winners cross their fingers that this means they'll be getting Oscars, too. Lookin' at you, Leo!

Here is the full list of SAG Awards winners from the Saturday, January 30 show (8 to 10 p.m. on TNT and TBS), along with the nominees they beat for the trophies:

Winners: Movies

• Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Winner: Spotlight

Beasts Of No Nation

The Big Short

Straight Outta Compton

Trumbo

• Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio / Hugh Glass – "The Revenant"

Bryan Cranston / Dalton Trumbo – "Trumbo"

Johnny Depp / James "Whitey" Bulger – "Black Mass"

Michael Fassbender / Steve Jobs – "Steve Jobs"

Eddie Redmayne / Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe – "The Danish Girl" )

Here's a vine of Leo running to Kate Winslet after he won.

It's been a big night for Idris Elba. The actor took home the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries for his role in Luther on Saturday night. The award was presented by Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay, who adorably remembered his first nomination for this year's Room. "Two wins in one night, that's incredible" said Elba, 43, in his acceptance speech, referencing his earlier win for best actor in Beasts of No Nation. "I want to shout out my beautiful children. When dad goes away, I think about you so much.

Winners for the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Saturday night at the Shine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, in a ceremony that was simulcast on TNT/TBS.

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How to Get Away With Murder‘s Viola Davis marked broadcast TV’s lone winner, while streamers Netflix and Amazon combined for four total wins. Orange Is the New Black grabbed two prizes, for comedy ensemble and actress Uzo Aduba.

Fun (?) fact: Excluding the TV-movie categories, William H. Macy was the...

From “Key & Peele” to “Transparent,” here are the series and actors who scored nominations this year! Watch the live broadcast of the ceremony on TNT and TBS Jan. 30! Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or MiniseriesIDRIS Elba, “Luther”Watching Elba in “Luther,” you can’t help but feel the guy is redefining confidence itself. He brings unparalleled swagger to the titular hardboiled detective, but the same magnetic sure-footedness to those moments that demand vulnerability, obsessive behavior, and true grief. In its gritty final outing, the show allowed the actor to ramp up all the glowering and smoldering that makes his performance downright iconic. Ben Kingsley, “Tut”As the scheming advisor to history’s favorite pharaoh, Kingsley shows enough villainous restraint to keep the Spike miniseries in nominators’ minds—and no small wonder when you watch him gleefully scheme, plot, and betray over the course of three episodes.

The Art Directors Guild has unveiled the nominees of its 20th anual Excellence in Production Design Awards and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is one of the contenders in the Contemporary Feature Film category. But it may be hard for the force to beat the magical "Cinderella!"

And as a big Madonna fan, yup I'm a Rebel Heart, it's heartwarming to see the icon as one of the nominees in the Short Format category for her "Ghosttown" music video! The only music video nominated!

Winners will be announced on January 31. Here's the full list of nominees of the Art Directors Guild Awards:

Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2015

Period Film

Bridge Of Spies

Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen

Crimson Peak

Production Designer: Thomas E. Sanders

The Danish Girl

Production Designer: Eve Stewart

The Revenant

Production Designer: Jack Fisk

Trumbo

Production Designer: Mark Ricker

Fantasy Film

Cinderella

Production Designer:...

Nominees for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances in film and television of 2015, as well as the nominees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

SAG-aftra Executive Vice President Gabrielle Carteris introduced Anna Faris (Mom, The House Bunny) and Anthony Mackie (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Hurt Locker), who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors® live on TNT, TBS, truTV, sagawards.tntdrama.com and truTV.com. Prior to that, SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Committee Member Jason George announced the stunt ensemble nominees during a live webcast on sagawards.tntdrama.com. A replay of both announcements is available for viewing on sagawards.tntdrama.com.

The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-aftra with Screen Actors Guild Awards,...

With so much talent in the pool, the SAG-aftra union definitely had a hard time picking the nominees for the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Slated to go live from Los Angeles on January 30th, 2016, the much-anticipated event will honr Carol Burnett with the SAG Life Achievement Award.

Meanwhile, Bryan Cranston, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender and Eddie Redmayne will all compete for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role title and their female counterparts include Cate Blanchett, Brie Larson, Helen Mirren, Saoirse Ronana and Sarah Silverman.

And the 2016 SAG Awards hopefuls are-

Movies

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Johnny Depp, Black Mass

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Brie Larson, Room

Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold

Saoirse Ronan,...

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A morning full of eye-opening surprises, the nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced.

The standout nods were the inclusion of Straight Outta Compton, Beasts Of No Nation, Sarah Silverman, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Idris Elba and two for Dame Helen Mirren.

Not among the perceived hopefuls called were Sylvester Stallone, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, The Martian and The Hateful Eight.

Two nominating panels – one for television and one for film – each composed of 2,200 randomly selected union members from across the United States, chose this year’s nominees.

Some of the Sags choices were head-scratchers to be sure, but we’re thinking that the Oscar picks may be very different when The Academy announces their nominations next month live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. Pt at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The 22nd Screen...

The 2016 SAG award nominations were announced this morning. A few notable names were left off the list (no Jennifer Lawrence) while other categories had pretty much what everyone expected (Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series). Critical favorite "Spotlight" got a few nominations, but missed out on the best actor categories. And "Creed" is nowhere to be seen, despite buzz for stars Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone. In happier news, Idris Elba, Helen Mirren, and Mark Rylance got nominations in multiple solo categories, because the SAG awards just love British people. Elba is nominated for "Beast of No Nation" and "Luther," Mirren for "Woman in Gold" and "Trumbo," and Rylance for "Bridge of Spies" and "Wolf Hall." Mirren and Elba also got a nomination each as part of ensemble casts. So, without further ado, here are your nominees: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading...

Idris Elba and Helen Mirren lead actor nominations with three nods each.Scroll down for full list of film and TV nominations

Hollywood blacklist drama Trumbo has led the nominations for the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards with three nods for lead actor Bryan Cranston, supporting actress Helen Mirren and the ensemble cast. The Martian and The Hateful Eight were shut out.

Set in 1947, the film centres on Dalton Trumbo (Cranston), who was Hollywood’s top screenwriter, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs.

Cranston will go up against Johnny Depp for Black Mass, Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant, Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs and Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl.

Films that secured two nominations included Beasts Of No Nation, The Big Short, Carol, The Danish Girl, Room, Spotlight - whose outstanding cast nod will only strengthen its status as best picture Oscar frontrunner — and Steve Jobs.

British actors...