EXCLUSIVE: When Sumerian’s content chief Rob Williams saw Josephine at the Sundance Film Festival he knew it was special. He quickly got on the phone to company founder Ash Avildsen and told him he needed to see it right away. Avildsen trusted his recently instated lieutenant. He got in his car and drove the best … Read more
Elle Fanning is about to cash in on an unusual side hustle. Apple TV on Monday released the full trailer for “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” an eight-episode adaptation of Rufi Thorpe’s popular novel, premiering with three episodes on Wednesday, April 15. (Subsequent episodes will follow weekly through the finale, which will begin streaming on May … Read more
Jason Merritt/Getty Images “Dawson’s Creek” is regarded as one of the best teen dramas of all time, but its spin-off, “Young Americans,” has yet to receive similar plaudits. The Steven Antin-created series is one of television history’s great one-season wonders, as it was canceled by The WB … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Aamir Khan feel-good comedy-drama Sitaare Zameen Par has landed at Sony LIV nearly a year after its theatrical debut. The India-focused streamer, which operates in more than 40 territories, will debut R. S. Prasanna’s uplifting basketball-themed pic as the first Hindi theatrical film to premiere on the service. The film had landed in theaters … Read more
The world premiere of Hulu’s The Testaments is the curtain-raiser to this year’s Series Mania. “The whole team is coming, so that’s very exciting, we will have (creator) Bruce Miller and Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday and Ann Dowd,” Laurence Herszberg, General Director of Series Mania, tells Deadline. Landing the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel and … Read more
We’re on the other side of peak TV and in an era of mega-media consolidation, but in the new world of scripted television there is a greater need than ever to partner, co-produce and co-fund. That is one reason Francesco Capurro, Director of the industry-focused Series Mania Forum, expects an uptick in attendance this year. … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: They’ve disrupted a high-profile charity baseball game, public appearances by politicians and fossil fuel company executives, and even a Broadway show – a production of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. “They” are Climate Defiance, a group of young activists led by founder Michael Greenberg who use controversial tactics to demand urgent action on … Read more
Bravo Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Monday: “Top Chef” heads to the … Read more
Fox News has apologized for airing old footage of Donald Trump during this weekend’s coverage of the President’s attendance at the dignified transfer ceremony for U.S. soldiers killed in the current conflict in the Middle East. The President’s appearance at the ceremony had been widely criticized because he failed to remove a hat he was … Read more
Former Fremantle and Storyville docs supremo Mandy Chang has joined the UK’s Documentary Film Council (DFC) as its first-ever CEO. Chang will lead the DFC at a “critical moment for the industry,” it said, having been in operation now for nearly three years. Chang is a highly-regarded docs producer whose credits include Two Strangers: Trying … Read more