AI firm Asteria has introduced what the company describes as a new-model operating system for film and television production. Dubbed Continuum Suite, the offering is from Asteria’s recently formed research and technology division. Asteria, co-founded by filmmaker and entrepreneur Bryn Mooser and actor and director Natasha Lyonne, has become known as a backer of “clean” … Read more
The International Documentary Association has added four members to its board, bringing the total of distinguished figures serving in that capacity to 17. The new members announced Wednesday include Jonathan Gray, attorney and producer; Susan Margolin, producer and a pioneer of digital distribution; Jennifer Tiexiera, filmmaker and co-founder of Lady & Bird, and Katie Townsend, … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Azita Ghanizada (Suits LA, The United States of Al), William Fichtner (Armageddon, Mom) and Kathleen Wilhoite (Murdaugh Murders, Road House) are set to recur in the upcoming MGM+ series Bosch: Start of Watch, a prequel that expands the Bosch Universe into the past. Based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling book series, Bosch: Start of Watch … Read more
Prime Video Nicole Kidman’s cooking up a case that’s full of twists, turns, and grisly bloodshed. Prime Video’s “Scarpetta” (all eight episodes are now available to stream) is based on the popular novels by Patricia Cornwell. Kidman stars as the titular Kay Scarpetta, a Virginia-based medical examiner whose forensic expertise, she … Read more
Jason Kempin/Getty Images There are plenty of TV shows that were canceled too soon, usually because of low ratings, poor reviews, or network cost cutting. However, the late Ed Asner of “Lou Grant” fame believed that CBS pulled the plug on his newspaper drama after five seasons … Read more
Maarten de Boer “Matlock” is swearing in Gina Rodriguez for a “Jane the Virgin” reunion. Rodriguez, who starred as the title character in The CW’s “Jane the Virgin,” will guest-star in the Season 2 finale of “Matlock,” TVLine has learned. That reunites her with “Jane” showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman, who serves as … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: When Kneecap actress Jessica Reynolds was chosen to play the iconic role of Emma Harte in the Channel 4 reboot of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s seminal rags-to-riches tale A Woman of Substance — about a young woman’s rise from servitude at the turn of the 20th century to become the world’s wealthiest woman in the 1970s — she … Read more
Media layoffs across the entertainment industry are hitting hard after last year’s avalanche of job cuts. The unfortunate trend can still be felt following the COVID-19 pandemic, dual Hollywood strikes and — the latest event to hit Los Angeles hard: a series of wildfires that broke out in January 2025. As the entertainment industry still … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Josh Finan, Louis Garrel, Matthew Goode, Rose Leslie, Martha Plimpton, Irene Jacob, Hugh Dancy, Ian Hart, James McArdle, Rosie Sheehy, Louisa Harland, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ , Dominic West and Miranda Richardson are joining Sydney Sweeney in The Custom of the Country for Studiocanal and Charles Finch’s Rabbit’s Foot Films. The film is a feature adaptation of the Edith … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Sony is undergoing some major changes to its unscripted business. Eli Holzman, President of Sony Pictures Television, Nonfiction, and Co-President Aaron Saidman, who founded the Intellectual Property Corporation and ran Industrial Media before it was acquired by the studio for more than $300 million in 2022, are exiting the business. Deadline understands that the … Read more