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Plenty of anime series are meant to help the viewer relax, unwind, and have fun with a low-stress story, which often leads to cozy slice-of-life stories or even the concept of iyashikei. Anime like those are certainly fun and popular, but so are their opposites, the high-intensity anime that actually want the viewer to feel stressed in a good way as the tension keeps rising. Anime like those feature high stakes, incredible plot twists, and a great deal of action, drama, or both.

These anime know that consumers of fiction generally want to worry about what's happening in the story and worry for the well-being of the protagonists. Intense, stressful anime like these torture their characters so the audience can root for them as tormented underdogs, hoping against hope that things will turn around in the end. If anime fans need a stressful and intense anime to get them engaged with a cool story,...

Looking for something to stream that won’t break the bank? From award-winning films like Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya” and Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” to thrillers like David Fincher’s “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” Mubi is bringing a new slate of films to the ad-supported platform.

If binging is more your speed, new TV shows added to Tubi in March will include the 1971 classic “All In The Family,” the sitcom “Community” and the “Men in Black” series. And for those looking for frights, the first four “Insidious” films will be available to stream.

Along with the updated library, Tubi is also premiering three original thrillers.

Here are all the new titles coming to Tubi in March:

Tubi Original Thrillers

“My Husband’s Mistress” follows a successful businesswoman as she discovers her husband’s affair and sets out to destroy his career — and life. (3/14)

“Invasive 2: Getaway” follows a woman,...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of March titles. The Tubi March 2025 slate features new Tubi Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive Originals, and nearly 250 live channels.

You can watch the Tubi March 2025 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

The Z-...

One of the major stars of slasher sequels Scream and Scream VI will return to once again face the wrath of Ghostface. It has now been confirmed that Mason Gooding has signed up to star in Scream 7, the official Scream sequel that will revive the franchise in 2026. He's the first one of the "Core Four" to be confirmed to return. The foursome is the new group of stars that have led the franchise since 2022's Scream and which have survived the onslaught of one of modern horror’s most iconic killers. The other stars of this selected group are Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, who are not expected to return, and Jasmin Savoy Brown, who stars as Gooding's on-screen twin sister.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Gooding will be back as Chad Meeks-Martin for the upcoming sequel directed by Kevin Williamson. Chad is Mindy's (Jasmin Savoy Brown) twin, and...

Exclusive: Carla Gugino (The Fall of the House of Usher) has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas.

Gugino was most recently seen in the Max Original drama series The Girls on the Bus, opposite Melissa Benoist, Christina Elmore, Natasha Behnam, Brandon Scott, and Scott Foley.

Last year she starred in Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher, receiving a Critics Choice Award nomination for her role as Verna in the series which is loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story of the same name. She was also featured in the 2024 Focus Features’ genre hit Lisa Frankenstein.

She’ll next be seen in The Friend, opposite Naomi Watts, which just premiered at Telluride and TIFF, and in Ilya Naishuller’s action comedy Heads of State for Amazon MGM, opposite Priyanka Chopra, John Cena, Idris Elba, and Jack Quaid.

Her film credits include Navot Papushado-directed action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake,...

Exclusive: Award-winning filmmakers Lauren Greenfield and Alison Klayman are approaching the starting line on a documentary about women’s distance runners and the “deep-rooted inequities” faced by women athletes.

Greenfield’s Institute Pictures is producing the untitled short film which is expected to premiere in 2025.

“Set against the backdrop of a pivotal moment for women’s sports and the political climate of 2024,” a release notes, “this documentary shines a light on the dual pressures women face in advancing their roles in society while defending their basic human rights.”

A key shoot for the project is coming up – the Every Woman’s Marathon in Savannah, Georgia on November 16, “the only U.S. marathon currently designed for, and by, women,” which has a mission “to empower women athletes of all abilities and body types, the race fosters a supportive and inclusive community. The documentary will aim to capture the captivating stories behind the...

The Young And The Restless spoilers indicate that Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) is clearly on the verge of a mental break that is taking her to the point of insanity.

Sharon’s thoughts are coming to her through Cameron Kirsten (Lindey Ashby) and telling her to kill Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei).

Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) is trying to get to the bottom of this before Sharon goes too far. Does Sharon need Noah Newman’s (Rory Gibson) support as well?

The Young And The Restless Spoilers – Sharon Newman Is Lying To Her Family

The Young And The Restless’ Sharon is telling her family that she is taking her meds as they are prescribed for her. However, Sharon is not getting better.

Either the meds aren’t working, or Sharon isn’t taking them. Is Sharon lying about her medication to get everyone off her back about taking them?

Sharon also...

While HBO execs aren't tied to the ratings like regular commercial channels, they have to air programs that will keep viewers subscribed. Which of their shows will be cancelled or renewed? We'll have to wait and see.

Scripted HBO shows listed: Animals, Avenue 5, The Baby, Ballers, Betty, Big Little Lies, Boardwalk Empire, The Brink, Camping, The Comeback, Crashing, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Deuce, Divorce, Eastbound & Down, Euphoria, Game of Thrones, Gentleman Jack, Getting On, Girls, The Gilded Age, Hello Ladies, Here and Now, High Maintenance, His Dark Materials, House of the Dragon, I May Destroy You, I Know This Much Is True, The Idol, In Treatment, Industry, Insecure, Irma Vep, Jonah from Tonga, The Last of Us, The Leftovers, Looking, Lovecraft Country, Mare of Easttown, Mosaic, Mrs. Fletcher, The Nevers, The New Pope, The Newsroom, The Night Of, The Outsider, Perry Mason,...

Tim Robbins played Lt. Sam "Merlin" Wells in Top Gun, stepping in to replace Goose after the latter's death. Robbins makes his role memorable and believable as a pilot, supporting Maverick without stealing the spotlight. Robbins likely didn't return for Top Gun: Maverick due to a principle of avoiding sequels, despite the film's success.

Some people may not remember, but Tim Robbins was in Top Gun, though surprisingly, he didn't return for Top Gun: Maverick. It's hard to describe just how influential Top Gun is in the action drama genre, but if the number of movies like Top Gun that came out after Tony Scott's film is any indication, the movie continues to influence Hollywood decades later. Over 30 years after the original, Top Gun: Maverick came out to worldwide acclaim and a massive box office, proving that the Top Gun brand was as powerful and sensational as ever.

Top Gun...

Exclusive: Multiple Emmy-nominated showrunner Steve Yockey has signed with CAA for representation.

Yockey is the developer and showrunner of Netflix’s upcoming Dead Boys Detectives, based on the DC Comics characters created by Neil Gaiman. Yockey wrote the first episode and serves as showrunner alongside co-showrunner Beth Schwartz.

Previously, Yockey developed off the book of the same name and served as showrunner on Max’s comedy series The Flight Attendant, starring Kaley Cuoco, which ran for two seasons. The series received nine Emmy Award nominations in its first season, including two for Yockey, Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for writing the pilot episode, in addition to a Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, and WGA and PGA Award nominations for New Series.

Both The Flight Attendant and Dead Boy Detectives are produced by Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, where Yockey is in an overall deal.

The crime thriller topped the box office in China.

Hong Kong’s One Cool Pictures is bringing Chinese crime thriller Dust To Dust to the Asian Contents & Film Market, returning to the Busan market as an exhibitor for the first time since the Covid pandemic.

The company has picked up international sales rights to feature excluding mainland China, where it topped the box office for 18 days and has grossed more than $60.5m (RMB473m), following its release on September 9.

The film received its world premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June, where it won a best actor award...

One of Britain's most engaging thrillers is coming to Paramount+. The Gold revolves around three tons of gold bullion -- worth millions -- stolen in 1983. The Brink's-Mat robbery would go on to become infamous in the United Kingdom, so it's fitting that the TV retelling features a jaw-dropping cast headed up by Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville and Preacher's Dominic Cooper.

The mastermind behind the adaptation is award-winning screenwriter and author Neil Forsyth (Guilt), who knows a thing or two about true crime: he's written multiple books on the subject, including a book specifically about Brink's-Mat. He spoke to Cbr about why he enjoys the genre, working with some of UK television's biggest names, and what sets The Gold apart from the glut of other true crime stories.

Related: William Friedkin's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial to Premiere Internationally on Paramount+

Cbr: Your very first book in 2007, Other People's Money,...

This post contains spoilers for "The Witcher" season 3 part 2.

Of all the supporting characters who fill out the sprawling cast of "The Witcher," Tissaia de Vries (MyAnna Buring) might be the most underrated. Yennefer's mother figure also served as Aretuza's headmistress, a strong and sometimes exacting influence on generations of girls who grew up into powerful, world-changing women. That legacy wasn't enough to keep her going after she failed to save her students from the violent aftermath of a coup attempt or stop her lover Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu) from going after Ciri (Freya Allan). In the season 3 finale of Netflix's adaptation of "The Witcher" book series, Tissaia commits suicide, breaking the heart of her former students -- especially Yen.

Tissaia's death comes just after Buring's most heart-wrenching performance to date, in which Yennefer finds her mentor obsessing over the movements of the opposing armies after accidentally instigating the attack...

Tubi is offering lots of originals for July, including the thriller “Five Star Murder” on July 28. A concierge and a guest investigate a hotel murder while a storm traps nasty hidden-treasure hunters inside.

Also coming to the streamer, a podcaster investigates his sister’s death in “Deep Web: Murdershow” on July 8. The murder leads him to a site where the highest bidder determines how a victim is killed.

“The Mummy” franchise is available July 1. In the first installment, an adventurer in 1926 Egypt travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian and her older brother. Excited by their discoveries, they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest who was mummified alive. Now, the all-powerful Imhotep must be destroyed before his wrath destroys everything in his path. Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz co-star in the action-packed thriller.

Finally, the cult classic “Big Trouble in Little China” stars Kurt Russell...

The BBC heist miniseries The Gold is based on the true story of the Brink's-Mat robbery that occurred in November 1983. The explosive new miniseries follows the real-life shocking and infamous robbery that became one of the biggest in British history. The notorious robbers stole a total of $33.2 million Usd worth of gold bars, diamonds, and cash from a Brink's-Mat warehouse, which is the modern-day equivalent of $133.6 million Usd. Brink's-Mat was a former corporate partnership between the U.S.-based security company Brink's and the London-based company Mat Transport.

The Gold originally aired on BBC One in February 2023 and will debut on Paramount+ on Sunday, June 25th. While the series has not been heralded as one of the best BBC dramas ever made, it was met with generally positive reviews that inspired distribution interest from Paramount. The series features six hour-long episodes with an ensemble cast that includes...

Master Gardener has a small, but well-known cast. The film, written and directed by Paul Schrader, had its premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. It’s finally being released in theaters, and it brings with it the talents of the cast, led by Joel Edgerton in the titular role.

Master Gardener follows the title character as he works to be redeemed for his past crimes, mentors a young woman, and keeps his head down as he appreciates the land that he cultivates on a daily basis. Ahead of the film’s release, it received mostly positive reviews from critics. Schrader gathered a good cast to star in the movie, a mixture of famous actors and others who are lesser-known. With Edgerton in the lead role, he’s surrounded by a capable supporting cast that brings Schrader’s story to life.

Joel Edgerton as Narvel Roth

Narvel Roth is the head horticulturist at Gracewood Gardens,...

Record of Ragnarok in an animation series written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu. It is based on the manga by Shinya Umemura, Ajichika and Takumi Fukui.

This is an anime series with all the features to please the fans of this style, in the best “fighter series” style, this time, between humans and divine beings that is wagered in a combat called “Ragnarok” where the existence of Humanity is at stake.

Classic art that clearly is reminiscdent of some of the landmarks of the genre, a series created with the aim of pleasing the more classic fans of these stories rather than breaking away from the genre. It does not want to create a revolution in anime, it seeks the more classic aspects to offer the spectator a festival, served with humor that had its audience in the successful first season and which hopes to repeat in this second season which surely offers great new features.

Richard Setlowe, a longtime entertainment journalist who transitioned from his Variety staff job to become a network exec and later a prolific novelist, died Aug. 25 at Kaiser Permanente in Panorama City, Calif. after long-term health issues. He was 89.

Setlowe worked as a writer and editor at the San Francisco Examiner and contributed to Time, Life and TV Guide. He also wrote for Variety on film, music and drama, from 1962 through 1998. He was Variety‘s Bay Area correspondent for several years and became a full-time staffer in September 1969, including a stint as lead film reviewer.

He left journalism to become VP of creative affairs at ABC Pictures in March 1971.

Setlowe was born in New York on April 21, 1933, and raised there and in Tennessee. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., where he was a running back on the football team. He transferred to USC on a Navy scholarship and...

Exclusive: Rex Linn has joined the Season 3 cast of ABC’s Big Sky: Deadly Trails reuniting him on the small screen with girlfriend Reba McEntire.

Linn will portray Buck Barnes, husband of McEntire’s character Sunny Barnes. The pair owns Sunny Day Excursions which specializes in glamping. An exclusive first-look photo of the couple from the series can be found above.

“We’re having a blast,” McEntire told Deadline while promoting their upcoming Lifetime movie, The Hammer. “We’re still in the middle of shooting. We were on set last night [Aug. 11] and there was a full moon. I think we broke around 12:54 am mountain time. “It was a long night but so beautiful. We are really loving it.”

“Wait until you see her in this!” Linn teased proudly before McEntire confirmed she will portray a villain for the first time. Sunny is described as...

Exclusive: Ming-Na Wen (The Book of Boba Fett) and Esai Morales (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One) have signed on to star alongside Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool) in the long-gestating sci-fi thriller Persephone, from director Jeffrey Morris (Oceanus: Act One).

Morris’ first feature follows refugees from a dying earth, who are traveling aboard an enormous space vessel called Odyssey. Their destination is Proxima b—a planet orbiting the nearest star. When a crew is dispatched to repair a shield designed to protect their colony from deadly solar flares, a computer malfunction causes them to crash-land on the alien planet. The crew then discover that they may not be the only life on this hostile world. A mystery unfolds that may not only derail their mission, but also prevent the colonists from ever setting foot on the planet.

Morris penned the script, also co-authoring a companion novel with New York Times bestselling...

Fashion, of course, is rarely just fashion — it tells a story about whoever’s wearing it. And in the ’90s and 2000s, the preppy youthquake mall-fashion outlet Abercrombie & Fitch told a very big story. It was a story of where America — or, at least, a powerful slice of the millennial demo — was at. As recounted in the lively, snarky, horrifying, and irresistible documentary “White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch” (which drops April 19 on Netflix),

As a company, Abercrombie & Fitch had been around since 1892. It originally catered to elite sportsmen (Teddy Roosevelt and Ernest Hemingway were loyal customers), but after falling on hard times and kicking around as an antiquated brand, the company was reinvented in the early ’90s by the CEO Mike Jeffries, who fused the upscale Wasp fetishism of designers like Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger with the chiseled-beefcake-in-underwear monochromatic sexiness of the Calvin Klein...

In the white and WASPy corner of Connecticut where I went to high school during the early 2000s, the whole Abercrombie & Fitch aesthetic wasn’t aspirational so much as it was a baseline for acceptance. If you could wear those clothes without seeming like a poser — if you could rock the retailer’s vaguely colonialist, lacrosse and legacy admissions style of preppy sexuality without looking like a sad parody of the milk-fed Aryan super-teens who stood outside its stores — then you were entitled to a seat at the cafeteria table among the other future kings and queens of the universe.

This exclusionary phenomenon wasn’t subtle, or the kind of thing that kids would only realize with a blush of embarrassment 20 years later. On the contrary, it was Abercrombie’s brand, and it was powerful enough to make a soft-bodied Jewish theater dweeb like me buy some wildly overpriced...

"We go after the cool kids." Netflix has revealed an official trailer for a documentary titled White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch, the latest work from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Alison Klayman. As the title indicates, this film is about that "super hot" clothing brand called Abercrombie & Fitch. There have been tons of these "rise & fall" films and series recently, trying to understand what happened with so many companies. "All the cool kids were wearing it." This documentary explores A&f's pop culture reign in the late '90s and early 2000s and how it thrived on exclusion. It is interesting to look back and understand what exactly they were doing that was so bad, when at the time it all just seemed so "cool" and not many people questioned it. But let's be honest - they always sucked. "There's ...

Now completed, “The Silence of Smoke” has been added to the FilMart sales lineup of Hong Kong studio Media Asia. The family drama film is directed by Takita Yojiro, who won the best foreign-language film Oscar in 2008/9 with “Departures.”

The film was first teased by Media Asia at an event at the market in 2019 with the film’s lead actors Han Geng, Zhang Guoli and actress Xu Qing in attendance.

The story is a heart-wrenching tale of a young cake-maker’s growth and discovery following his father’s death.

Although the man is the heir to eight generations of bakers, his cakes lack standout quality. When his father refuses to divulge the family secret, he instead moves into mass catering for movie crews. The father dies before he is able to pass on the secret ingredient and the man only comes to understand his father, his methods and motivation when...

The Flight Attendant creator Steve Yockey is expanding his relationship with Warner Bros., signing an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with WB Television Group. Under the pact, his first with the studio, Yockey will develop, create, and produce original programming to be produced by Warner Bros. Television for all platforms, including HBO Max, external streaming services, cable, and the five broadcast networks.

Yockey created, executive produces and serves as showrunner of Wbtv’s hit one-hour comedy The Flight Attendant, from star Kaley Cuoco’s Yes, Norman Productions and Berlanti Productions, which recently completed production on its second season for HBO Max. The series received nine Emmy nominations in its first season, with Yockey receiving noms for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. He was also nominated for a WGA award for New Series, along with a PGA award nom. The Flight Attendant was also nominated for best...

Pablo Schreiber (Orange Is the New Black) is set as a lead opposite Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey in Hulu’s original limited event series Candy, based on the true story of Candy Montgomery (Biel), who killed her friend Betty Gore (Lynskey) with an ax.

In 1980 Texas, Montgomery seemingly had it all — a loving husband with a good job, a daughter and a son, a nice house in the brand new suburbs — so why did she kill her friend from church?

Schreiber will play Alan Gore, a Silicon Prairie engineer, husband, and father, whose wife Betty is killed in their own home.

Robin Veith wrote the pilot script and will executive produce. Nick Antosca will serve as executive producer under his banner Eat the Cat along with Alex Hedlund. Biel and Michelle Purple serve as executive producers for Iron Ocean. Michael Uppendahl will direct the pilot and executive produce. Jim Atkinson...

It tells the story of Alanis Morissette’s rise, and of how she took over (and changed) the pop music landscape, in 1995, with the release of “Jagged Little Pill.” The album went on to sell 33 million copies; it remains the second biggest-selling album of the ’90s, and the 12th biggest album of all time. But even before those stats piled up, you could feel the revolutionary fervor of it.

Early in the documentary, there’s a nicely edited sequence of Morissette running out onto the stage at the start of a number of the concerts she did on that tour (which lasted for 18 months). That sounds like a standard way to kick off a music doc, but I was stunned by the shudder of electricity that went through me as I saw her take the stage. The crowds are screaming, and Alanis, in her long straight hair and T-shirts and loose-fitting dark pants,...

Tim Robbins has signed onto the series adaptation of Hugh Howey’s “Wool” at Apple, Variety has learned.

Robbins will star alongside previously announced cast member Rebecca Ferguson. “Wool” is a set in a ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.

Robbins will play Bernard, the head of It for the Silo. “Wool” represents one of several regular television roles that Robbins has had in the past few years. Most recently, he appeared in Season 2 of the Stephen King Hulu series “Castle Rock.” He also recently starred in the HBO shows “Here and Now” and “The Brink.”

Robbins is best known for his feature work, having won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for “Mystic River” in 2004. He was previously nominated...

Oscar-winner Tim Robbins has been tapped to star opposite Rebecca Ferguson in Apple’s upcoming drama Wool, based on Hugh Howey’s trilogy of dystopian novels. The series hails from writer Graham Yost, director Morten Tyldum and is produced by AMC Studios.

Wool is a set in a ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.

Robbins will star as Bernard, the head of It for the Silo. He joins Ferguson’s Juliette, who is an an independent and hardworking engineer.

Wool is executive produced by Ferguson, Yost and Tyldum, alongside author Hugh Howey. Remi Aubuchon, Nina Jack and Ingrid Escajeda will also serve as executive producers on the drama.

Robbins won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role Academy Award and the...

Exclusive: The Walking Dead: World Beyond star Annet Mahendru has joined the Mark Wahlberg-Mel Gibson faith-based movie Stu, we hear. She recently wrapped season 2 on the AMC series. She’s also starring in Manifest West, a gritty drama from directors Louie Gibson and Joe Dietsch. Stu is directed and written by Rosalind Ross with Wahlberg producing alongside his partner and manager Stephen Levinson along with Jordan Foss. Miky Lee and Colleen Camp are EPs. Storyline is underwraps. Mahendru, who is repped by Paradigm, Bohemia Group and Nelson Davis, has starred in Amazon’s The Romanoffs, FX’s Tyrant, 2 Broke Girls, The Blacklist, Entourage and the indie move Escape From Tomorrow.

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Eric Ladin (The Right Stuff) is set to play Eric Chastain in Sony’s upcoming film Where the Crawdads Sing. He joins Garrett Dillahunt, David Strathairn, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, Michael Hyatt, Sterling Macer, Jr., Jayson Warner Smith...

While HBO execs aren't tied to the ratings like regular commercial channels, they have to air programs that will keep viewers subscribed. Which of their shows will be cancelled or renewed? We'll have to wait and see.

Scripted HBO shows listed: Animals, Avenue 5, Ballers, Big Little Lies, Boardwalk Empire, The Brink, Camping, The Comeback, Crashing, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Deuce, Divorce, Eastbound & Down, Euphoria, Game of Thrones, Gentleman Jack, Getting On, Girls, Hello Ladies, Here and Now, High Maintenance, His Dark Materials, I May Destroy You, I Know This Much Is True, In Treatment, Industry, Insecure, Jonah from Tonga, The Leftovers, Looking, Lovecraft Country, Mare of Easttown, Mosaic, Mrs. Fletcher, The Nevers, The New Pope, The Newsroom, The Night Of, The Outsider, Perry Mason, The Righteous Gemstones, Room 104, Run, Sally4Ever, Sharp Objects, Silicon Valley, Succession, The Third Day, Togetherness, Tracey Ullman's Show, True Blood, True...

IFC Films’ Arianna Bocco, Neon’s Elissa Federoff and Magnolia Pictures’ Dori Begley were speaking at the Restart Conference.

Executives from three top US indie distributors have emphasised the benefits of growing their pre-buy and production activity as a way of competing with deep-pocketed streamers and coordinating international releases.

Speaking at Screen’s Restart Conference on May 19, IFC Films president Arianna Bocco said: “All of the streaming platforms combined are such hoovers with regard to scooping up talent and projects, so there’s less and less available on the open market on the independent side with all of these distributors competing to buy finished films.

Exclusive: Nia Long is joining Storm Reid in the next installment of the box office hit film Searching, for Sony’s Stage 6 Films. Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin are rounding out the cast.

Searching 2 will not be a direct sequel, but rather a next installment in the Searching franchise. The plot is still under wraps, but it will feature a new set of characters where the story plays out on the screens of the characters’ devices. It is starting production in the spring.

Will Merrick & Nick Johnson will make their directing debut on the film. The pic is being produced by Natalie Qasabian, Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian of Search Party, as well as by Bazelevs’ Adam Sidman and Timur Bekmambetov. Jo Henriquez is executive producing and Congyu E is co-producing.

Merrick and Johnson wrote the screenplay, which is based...

A North American rights deal for mainland Chinese fantasy action film ‘God of War II, was one of several film sales deals struck by Hong Kong’s Media Asia at the recent European Film Market and the ongoing FilMart.

Directed by Cai Cong, and starring Charles Lin, Liu Yuxi and David Wu, the film was completed in 2020. The buyer was WellGo USA, a regular distributor of Chinese and other Asian movies.

Media Asia also hatched a package of deals for films including “Septet,” “Fagara” and “The Calling of a Bus Driver” with Japanese distributor Musahino. It licensef “Septet” and “Tales From the Occult” to Singapore-based Clover Films for both Singapore and Malaysia.

“Septet: The Story of Hong Kong” is an anthology of seven short films by seven of the city’s most revered directors – Tsui Hark, Ann Hui, Sammo Hung, Patrick Tam, Yuen Woo-ping, Ringo Lam, and Johnnie To, who...

Exclusive: Oscar winner Tim Robbins has been tapped as a lead opposite Leslie Mann in The Power, Amazon’s 10-episode thriller drama series based on Naomi Alderman’s feminist sci-fi book, from Sister, Alderman and director Reed Morano.

The world of The Power is our world, but for one twist of nature. Suddenly, and without warning, all teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people at will. It’s hereditary, it’s inbuilt, and it can’t be taken away from them. The Power follows a cast of remarkable characters from London to Seattle, Nigeria to Moldova, as the Power evolves from a tingle in teenagers’ collarbones to a complete reversal of the power balance of the world.

Robbins will play Daniel Dandon, the self-righteous and self-important Republican governor of Washington state and constant thorn in the side of Margot Cleary-Lopez (Mann), the Democratic mayor of Seattle.

Half a decade ago, the ascendance of the alt-right was about as plausible as the election of Donald Trump, and we all know how that worked out. Like the 2016 election, director Daniel Lombroso’s provocative alt-right portrait “White Noise” isn’t all that surprising, but that doesn’t lessen the terror within. In capturing the racist trifecta of alt-right pundits Mike Cernovich, Laura Southern, and Richard Spencer, the documentary shows how they became emboldened by celebrity stature, and comes so close to letting them run the show it risks trumpeting their cause. Fortunately, it doesn’t take the most discerning bullshit detector to realize that “White Noise” has been engineered to expose a fundamental danger to whatever moral fabric America has left.

However, for the lucky few who somehow avoided any of this movie’s subjects and their small armies of white nationalist devotees, “White Noise” provides a handy primer...

TV show cancellations are devastating enough on their own. But when a series has already been renewed, then gets unceremoniously axed? That’s eat-ice-cream-straight-outta-the-gallon levels of heartbreak.

Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus pandemic, one of the TV industry’s (many) new normals is a wave of reversed renewals: Several series that were already picked up for additional seasons have since been cancelled, given how the pandemic has affected their production schedules and budgets, among other factors.

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While he might be best known as “Murr” from Impractical Jokers, James S. Murray is also an acclaimed author who recently teamed up with fellow writer Darren Wearmouth for the Awakened horror sci-fi trilogy.

Following the June release of the final novel in the Awakened series, Murray and Wearmouth have teamed up to write a new thriller, Don't Move, and ahead of its October 20th release from Blackstone Publishing, we've been provided with an exclusive excerpt to share with Daily Dead readers!

To learn more about Don't Move, visit:

https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/dont-move-james-s-murray-darren-wearmouth

To read the first chapter of Don't Move (in which a carnival ride transforms into a horrifying death trap), click the cover below or the following link: Don't Move excerpt.

"From the authors of the bestselling Awakened trilogy.

Megan Forrester has barely survived the unthinkable. Six months ago, she witnessed a horrific accident that killed her husband and son,...

Exclusive: Paramount Network has opted not to pick up a second season of comedic drama 68 Whiskey, an adaptation of the Israeli TV series Charlie Golf One.

The show, from Imagine Television Studios and CBS TV Studios, was well received with a 88% fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating. It also got off to a strong TV ratings start, with the January 15 premiere drawing 2 million viewers in Live+3 Nielsen numbers to mark the most-watched cable drama series premiere in the metric since November 2018. Following the promising premiere the ratings slipped, however, and overall the series ranked outside of the Top 100 in total viewers, adults 18-49 and 25-54 year-to-date (Live+3).

68 Whiskey‘s cancellation leaves powerhouse Yellowstone as Paramount Network’s only current original scripted series. The net’s dramedy Emily In Paris recently relocated to Netflix. Paramount Network earlier this year gave a series order to drama Coyote starring Michael Chiklis.

Based on the blockbuster success of Yellowstone,...

Paramount Network has canceled its dramedy 68 Whiskey after a single season.

The M*A*S*H-esque show follows military medics at a base in Afghanistan. It debuted to decent ratings in January but faded some as the season wore on. Its 10-episode run wrapped in March; the series streams on CBS All Access.

Based on the Israeli series Charlie Golf One, the show was adapted by Roberto Benabib (Weeds, HBO’s The Brink). Benabib executive produces with Imagine Television’s Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Samie Kim Falvey, Charlie Golf One creator Zion Rubin, Efrat Shmaya Dror (United Studios of Israel), Danna Stern (yes Studios), Francie Calfo ...

Paramount Network has canceled its dramedy 68 Whiskey after a single season.

The M*A*S*H-esque show follows military medics at a base in Afghanistan. It debuted to decent ratings in January but faded some as the season wore on. Its 10-episode run wrapped in March; the series streams on CBS All Access.

Based on the Israeli series Charlie Golf One, the show was adapted by Roberto Benabib (Weeds, HBO’s The Brink). Benabib executive produces with Imagine Television’s Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Samie Kim Falvey, Charlie Golf One creator Zion Rubin, Efrat Shmaya Dror (United Studios of Israel), Danna Stern (yes Studios), Francie Calfo ...

The recently-delayed duo of Mission: Impossible movie sequels may still be on schedule, but it now appears that the films will do so without the version of an unnamed villain that had been cast, due to the apparent exit of Nicholas Hoult. However, the vacancy was short-lived, and Hoult’s replacement as the mystery antagonist is now confirmed to be Esai Morales.

The exit of Hoult, as reported by Deadline, was the result of the aforementioned release date delays of sequels Mission: Impossible 7 and 8, a coronavirus measure that created a conflict with another commitment for the actor, although, with the two sequels being the only unproduced projects on his (known) docket, it is unclear what that commitment may have been. Regardless, the timing proved fortuitous for the veteran actor, Morales, who was recently seen in the final appearance of his recurring role on ABC’s just-ended Shondaland series,...

Magnolia is nearing a low seven-figure deal to acquire the Aclu doc “The Fight” out of the Sundance Film Festival, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.

The documentary, directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman and Eli Despres, premiered last Friday at the festival. Steinberg, Kriegman, Depres, Maya Seidler, Peggy Drexler and Kerry Washington produced. Sean McGing co-produced.

Matthew Perniciaro, Michael Sherman, Florence Sloan, Harry Sloan, Pilar Savone and Maria Zuckerman executive produced. Topic Studios produced the film and brought it to Sundance.

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“The Fight” follows lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union, fighting to protect people’s civil liberties shortly after Donald Trump’s inaugurations. The Aclu launched a wave of lawsuits against the Trump administration.

CAA Media Finance and Submarine represented the film at the festival. This is Magnolia’s first deal out of the festival — last year,...

Kidding executive producers Dave Holstein and Roberto Benabib are expanding their relationship with Showtime, signing a first-look deal with the premium cable network. The pact will cover all projects they create and develop across platforms. Holstein currently serves as showrunner and executive producer of Showtime’s Kidding, and Benabib also executive produces.

“Dave and Roberto have boundless imaginations, and the marvelous ability to translate those visions into entertaining series that stir up deep feelings for TV viewers,” said Jana Winograde, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks, in announcing the deal. “They never fail to surprise, and we couldn’t be more pleased to have first dibs on the next wonderful worlds and characters that they create.”

Holstein created, executive produces and has written multiple episodes of Kidding, starring Jim Carrey in his Golden Globe nominated performance as the iconic children’s television host, Jeff Pickles. Holstein’s previous writing and producing...

“Kidding” creator Dave Holstein and fellow executive producer Roberto Benabib have signed a first-look deal with Showtime.

The deal will cover all projects they create and develop across multiple platforms. The duo are also forming a production shingle together called R&d Analytics, which will focus on developing “voice-driven television projects in all four quadrants.”

Holstein currently serves as showrunner and executive producer for “Kidding,” which stars Jim Carrey as the iconic children’s television host, Jeff Pickles. News of the deal was announced by Showtime president Jana Winograde.

“Dave and Roberto have boundless imaginations, and the marvelous ability to translate those visions into entertaining series that stir up deep feelings for TV viewers,” said Winograde. “They never fail to surprise, and we couldn’t be more pleased to have first dibs on the next wonderful worlds and characters that they create.”

The deal deepens Holstein’s relationship with Showtime,...

Chicago – In the midst of these divisive times, there is always Fox News to further contribute to that divisiveness. The legacy of that news channel may ultimately be for the settlement of their sexual harassment lawsuits. Director Jay Roach (“Game Change”) explores the particulars of the situation in his new film “Bombshell.”

’Bombshell,’ directed by Jay Roach

Photo credit: Lionsgate

The targets of the harassment are the notable women of Fox News, including Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) and Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman), along with a newcomer, Kayla Pospisil. Their main harasser is Fox News architect Roger Ailes (John Lithgow), and the incidents go on for years before Carlson takes legal action. This is searing and true story, and speaks to the culture of Fox News in general. Theron, Kidman and Robbie are remarkable in their portrayals, coming from their roots in the entertainment industry, and the changes that occurred so...

The last time Alison Klayman found herself in Portugal, she was facing significantly different circumstances. It was late-December of 2018, and the documentarian was taking a quick break from an unrelenting editing schedule when she learned that her Steve Bannon portrait “The Brink” would premiere in Sundance. Only that made official the filmmaker’s unenviable task to quickly finalize the edit for a film that itself had only wrapped shooting following the midterm elections one month prior.

“When I flew to Lisbon last year, we still hadn’t finalized the title,” she says. “[Working with that two month editing window] robbed us of the luxury of time. Every second had to be used efficiently.”

Ten months later, the director could breath easy. The film made its Sundance deadline, earned strong reviews once there, and continues to be a draw on the festival circuit. Recently, Klayman took the film to Doclisboa, where Variety sat down with her, and to Idfa,...

Joseph Baxter Nov 25, 2019

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Paramount Network series, 68 Whiskey, will manifest as a military dramedy.

68 Whiskey is ready to make its mark as the next blue-chip television offering on the rebranded-from-Spike-tv and still-burgeoning Paramount Network, set as the first original series to accompany its hit drama, Yellowstone.

The series, an Americanized adaptation of Israeli television offering Charlie Golf One, is a modern military dramedy that arrives under the auspices of executive producers in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. Of course, 68 Whiskey will immediately evoke the memory of M*A*S*H., since, like that classic series, it centers on the daily travails (and hijinks) of military combat medics – in this case stationed in Afghanistan. Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios are producing the series.

68 Whiskey Trailer

The first trailer for Paramount Network’s 68 Whiskey is here, putting a mirthful spin on military life in Afghanistan,...

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Among the most interesting documentaries in consideration for next year's Best Documentary Feature Academy Award are Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am on the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who died this year; Matt Tyrnauer’s Where’s My Roy Cohn? on the infamous lawyer; Frédéric Tcheng’s Halston on the iconic designer; Alison Klayman’s The Brink on Steve Bannon; Aviva Kempner’s The Spy Behind Home Plate on baseball player Moe Berg; Andrey Paounov’s Walking On Water on Christo; Ron Mann's Carmine Street Guitars on Rick Kelly’s shop in New York, and Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, which had a Special Event screening last week at Doc NYC.

Where’s My Roy Cohn? director Matt Tyrnauer Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Documentary features that...

Two years ago, the Academy documentary branch had to grapple with a record 170 documentary feature submissions for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. This year, it’s not so bad: only 159 were entered. The short list of 15 will be announced, along with eight others, on December 16.

All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume, with more to come. Each voter is assigned a list of about 22-23 films to screen, so they all get covered. But it’s a burden to see them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list.

Give the advantage to box-office hits that were made available earlier in the year such as Neon’s “The Biggest Little Farm” and “Apollo 11,” as well as high-profile titles from HBO (“Diego Maradona” and “The Apollo”), Netflix,...