Webtoon Entertainment has upped Yongsoo Kim to President, putting him at the helm of the Webcomics giant’s global operations. Webtoon and Wattpad share the same parent company in Naver. Webtoon Productions has been working up titles from both platforms for film and TV, per our recent feature on the development and production unit, which is … Read more
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein was among the big winners at the British Film Designers Guild 2026 Production Design Awards. Frankenstein won Best Production Design – Major Motion Picture, Period, edging out Hamnet, which was also up for the award. However, Hamnet’s Production Designer Fiona Crombie and Set Decorator Alice Felton won Best Production Design – … Read more
Amazon MGM Studios has a new leader in Japan. Warner Bros. Discovery Japan’s Buddy Marini has been named Head of Amazon MGM Studios Japan, effective today. He will be based out of Tokyo. He was most recently Managing Director of Warner Bros. Discovery Japan, where he led all business operations — including streaming, original production, … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions is set to debut globally on all digital platforms on March 6. Directed by artist and filmmaker Joseph and shot by Academy Award–nominated cinematographer Bradford Young, the film weaves together news clips, archival footage, scripted scenes, and music to form a unique story about Black life … Read more
Audiences are enamored with mega-producer Ryan Murphy‘s latest retelling of an American cultural phenomena. Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, EP’d by Murphy and created by Connor Hines, has become FX‘s most-watched limited series ever on streaming, raking in more than 25M hours viewed across the first five episodes on Disney+ and Hulu, … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Best Medicine‘s Josh Segarra and comedian and Joy Ride actor Sherry Cola are boarding the untitled romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Stephen Merchant at Amazon MGM Studios. Merchant, as we first told you, is directing, and he also co-penned the screenplay with John Butler. The pic is produced by Lee Eisenberg; … Read more
Jacki Weaver (Clipped) has joined the cast of NBC‘s The Rockford Files pilot, working alongside David Boreanaz and Michaela McManus. The project is a contemporary update on the classic series of the same name. Newly paroled after doing time for a crime he didn’t commit, James Rockford (Boreanaz) returns to his life as a private investigator … Read more
While Veronica Corningstone was dealing with sexism in the 1970s newsroom, Christina Applegate was dealing with her own behind-the-scenes gender parity. The 4x Golden Globe nominee recently recalled her original offer for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) was “a little offensive,” but Will Ferrell and Adam McKay made it right by contributing to … Read more
The HBO Max/Crave phenomenon Heated Rivalry skated off with the Outstanding New TV Series prize at the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards, which were handed out Thursday night in Los Angeles. Netflix’s Stranger Things and Apple TV’s Palm Royale — both of which have wrapped their runs — won the top Drama and Comedy series … Read more
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