Less Walk, More Rock: NBCU Bundling Cable Upfronts Presentations
Advertisers looking to buy time on NBCUniversal's cable properties won't have to trek to half a dozen or more different presentations this year: For the first time, the company is merging all its...
View ArticleMichael Jackson's ‘Son’ DNA Test Logo Ripped From ‘Terminator’ Movie (Updated)
FilmOn founder Alki David announced during a Beverly Hills press conference on Thursday that DNA testing has proven singer B Howard to be Michael Jackson's son, with “99.99999 percent” probability....
View ArticlePicturehouse Acquires Adam Wingard's ‘The Guest’ Starring Dan Stevens
Picturehouse has acquired all U.S. rights to Adam Wingard's “The Guest,” which premiered at Sundance and will be released in the fall. The movie also screens at SXSW on Saturday night at midnight. The...
View ArticleCinemaCon: Ivan Reitman Earns Lifetime Achievement Award
Ivan Reitman will receive a lifetime achievement award at CinemaCon, studios’ annual grip-and-grin with theater owners. Also read: ‘Draft Day’ Trailer Stars Kevin Costner as GM of NFL's Cleveland...
View ArticleFreddy Krueger Actor Robert Englund Brings Nightmares to Life in First...
Fans of FEARnet web series “Fear Clinic” pitched in over $68,000 last year on Indiegogo to help make the feature film version a reality, and the producers rewarded them on Friday by releasing the first...
View ArticleLacey Chabert to Star in Holiday Movie ‘Christmas Tree Farm’ (Exclusive)
Lacey Chabert is getting a very early start to the holiday season. The “Party of Five” and “Mean Girls” alum has signed on to star in the holiday movie “Christmas Tree Farm,” which will premiere in...
View Article‘Orphan Black’ Episodes Available Only on Amazon Under Exclusive Streaming Deal
BBC Worldwide North America and Amazon have inked an exclusive streaming deal for the first season and future seasons of “Orphan Black.” The first season episodes are available now — only on Amazon's...
View ArticleTwentieth Century Fox TV Taps 3 New VPs
Twentieth Century Fox Television has promoted executives Jennifer Carreras to Vice President, Comedy Development and Mandy Summers to VP of Current Programming. Additionally, former “Glamour” editor...
View Article‘Mad Men’ Tweets New Promo Art to Its Biggest Fans: TV Critics
Reporters and critics covering AMC's “Mad Men” have no excuse for missing the new artwork for the show — because AMC tweeted it right at us. To promote the series’ final season, the network cast a wide...
View ArticleTina Brown Reacts to Newsweek Bitcoin Story: ‘I'm Glad I'm Not The Editor!’
Tina Brown is glad to be gone from Newsweek right now. The magazine's former editor responded Friday to the controversy swirling around the Bitcoin cover story that claimed to reveal the founder of the...
View Article‘Parenthood,’‘Northern Exposure’ Vet John Corbett Joins Denis Leary's FX Pilot
John Corbett is ready to rock — and also roll — with Denis Leary. Corbett (“Northern Exposure,” “Parenthood”) has signed on for Leary's FX comedy pilot “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll,” which Leary...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel to Face Off With Texas Gov. Rick Perry During SXSW Week
Watch out, Rick Perry — Jimmy Kimmel is heading to your home turf, and he wants a word with you. Texas governor Perry will be among the guests when Kimmel brings his show to Austin next week in...
View ArticleEric Bana Investigates the Supernatural in First Trailer for ‘Deliver Us From...
Screen Gems has released the first trailer for Scott Derrickson's horror thriller “Deliver Us From Evil,” which stars Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez, Olivia Munn and Joel McHale. Screen Gems has high hopes...
View ArticleJames Franco, Chris O'Dowd Compare ‘Of Mice and Men’ Opening to Sleeping...
James Franco, Leighton Meester and Chris O'Dowd make their Broadway debuts next month in “Of Mice and Men,” and the three film and television actors are still adjusting to the amount of rehearsal time...
View Article‘Brothers & Sisters’ Alum Dave Annable Cast in Steven Spielberg's ‘Red Band...
Fox has cast Dave Annable (“Brothers & Sisters”) as a series regular in the upcoming Fox drama “Red Band Society.” Annable will play Dr. William McAndrew, a compassionate and dedicated pediatric...
View Article‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Reunion: Lisa Vanderpump Is the Punching...
It's open season on Lisa Vanderpump when the women of Bravo's “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” reconvene for the upcoming three-part reunion specials beginning Monday, March 17 at 9/8c. Viewers have...
View ArticleMark Duplass’ New Web Series ‘Wedlock’ Seeks to Redefine Indie TV (Exclusive...
Mark Duplass is now trying to shake up the world of television in the same way he helped change the game for cinema. A prolific writer/director/actor/producer, Duplass is bringing two projects to SXSW...
View Article‘Desperate Housewives’ Felicity Huffman Joins ABC Pilot From '12 Years a...
Felicity Huffman may return to ABC. The “Desperate Housewives” actress has been cast on drama pilot “American Crime,” a representative for Huffman told TheWrap. From “12 Years a Slave” writer John...
View ArticleHollywood Torrent: YouTube Could Finally Have a Rival – In Comcast (Video)
Word is going around that Comcast is working on a giant-killer: A service to challenge YouTube, which for years has grown and thrived without a natural rival. Comcast's service would be global, but...
View ArticleOsy Ikhile Joins Nicholas Hoult, Jim Piddock in Dark Comedy ‘Kill Your Friends’
Fresh off working with Ron Howard on “In the Heart of the Sea,” British actor Osy Ikhile has landed a supporting role alongside Nicholas Hoult in Owen Harris’ dark comedy “Kill Your Friends,” TheWrap...
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