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HBO’s acclaimed crime drama Task is building out its Season 2 cast. Jharrel Jerome and Bethlehem Million are among the new additions, joining previously announced cast members Mark Ruffalo, Mahershala Ali, Julianne Nicholson, Harry Melling, Adam Nagaitis, Aminah Nieves and Edgar Ramírez. Silvia Dionicio also returns to reprise her role as Emily Brandis, Tom Brandis’ […]
History has been made. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has become the highest-grossing domestic opening weekend of all time, surpassing the record previously held by Avengers: Endgame since 2019. Final Monday actuals landed at $360 million from 4,487 North American theaters, edging past Endgame‘s $357.1 million to claim the all-time title. Globally, the film opened to […]
“Don’t underestimate Latif.” Mahershala Ali is stepping into a very different kind of action role. Amazon MGM Studios and Orion Pictures have released the official trailer for Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, the upcoming action drama from writer-director Bassam Tariq, and Ali looks ready to remind audiences exactly what he can do when given […]
The Writers Guild of America East has withdrawn its sponsorship and participation from the 30th edition of the Urbanworld Film Festival, ending a 12-year partnership over the New York festival’s decision to incorporate AI-generated films into its official programming. The move has created a new flashpoint in Hollywood’s increasingly contentious debate over artificial intelligence and […]
Audible has unveiled the full cast for its ambitious global adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic horror classic Dracula, producing the audiobook simultaneously in seven languages with all-star local casts for each version. Jonathan Bailey leads the English-language production as Count Dracula, joined by Ella Purnell as Mina, Aimee Lou Wood as Lucy, Louis Partridge […]
Samira Wiley, Galen J. Williams and Nicco Annan are among the cast of The Let Go, a music-driven indie drama that has wrapped production in Colorado. Written and directed by Kristen Wolf in her feature directorial debut, the film also stars Mileiah Vega, Sophia Bush, Midori Francis, Brandon Flynn and Tovah Feldshuh. The film follows […]
“I think there’s important conversations being had online about the kind of stories that we’re prioritizing and the kind of shows platforms wanna make.” Those were the words of Wonder Man co-creator and showrunner Andrew Guest, who took to TikTok on Saturday to address fans following the shock cancellation of the Marvel Disney+ series, and […]
Create the Writers Room has landed its films on one of streaming’s biggest free platforms. The creative incubator founded by filmmaker Rickey Castleberry has expanded its ongoing partnership with the Roku Channel, with select films from its Five Film Fridays screening series now available to the platform’s 100 million subscribers. Founded in 2018, Create the […]
The wait is almost over. Apple TV has released the first teaser for Neuromancer, the highly anticipated cyberpunk sci-fi series based on William Gibson’s groundbreaking 1984 novel, with the 10-episode series set to premiere January 22. Co-created by JD Dillard and Graham Roland, the series follows Case, played by Callum Turner, a damaged top-rung super-hacker […]
Apple TV is in early development on an ongoing series based on Colson Whitehead’s bestselling Harlem trilogy, Variety has learned. The studio has acquired the rights to all three novels, with Aric Avelino and Graham Yost adapting the books for television. The trilogy is set in New York and spans the 1950s through the 1980s, […]