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Lionsgate has acquired and greenlit Portrait of God, a horror feature from writer-director Dylan Clark based on his viral 2022 short film, with Chase Infiniti set to star. The project also marks the first-ever producing collaboration between Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele, two of the most influential names in modern horror. Clark’s original short follows […]
Eddie Murphy is set to star in The Chairman, a drama series in development at Peacock from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. If greenlit, the project would mark Murphy’s first-ever role as the lead of a live-action scripted television series. Murphy launched his career as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to […]
Production has begun on Season 3 of Landman in Fort Worth, Texas, and Mustafa Speaks is among four cast members upped to series regular status for the new season. Speaks plays Theodore “Boss” Ramone, a seasoned roughneck on Tommy Norris’s oil crew, and joins fellow newly promoted regulars Colm Feore, Bobbi Salvor Menuez, and Francesca […]
Dexter Morgan has a midlife crisis on his hands, and that’s before accounting for the two new serial killers closing in on him. Paramount+ released the official trailer for Dexter: Resurrection Season 2, returning October 30. The new season introduces Brian Cox as The New York Ripper Don Frampt, a serial killer who terrorized the […]
Amazon has renewed Neagley for a second season, roughly two weeks after the Frances Neagley-led drama dropped its full first season. The show has reached 40 million viewers in its first 13 days, making it the platform’s fourth most-watched original series debut, with 52% of that audience coming from international markets, led by the UK, […]
Natasha Rothwell and Tone Bell have joined the cast of The Streak, a sports comedy marking Lion Forge Entertainment’s first entry into live-action film. Ed Helms leads the project, which has wrapped production and also stars Nina Dobrev, Peter Billingsley, and comedian Joe DeRosa. The film is based on the true story of Coach Oliver […]
Michael Che is returning to Netflix with his third stand-up special, Shot in Minnesota, premiering October 13. Che directed the hour himself, taped at First Avenue in Minneapolis, and executive produces alongside Matthew Vaughan for Rotten Science. A newly released clip has Che taking aim at longtime Saturday Night Live co-anchor Colin Jost and Jost’s […]
Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Kara Young will lead Mix and Master, a new play by Dominique Morisseau, when it opens on Broadway at the Todd Haimes Theatre. Directed by Kamilah Forbes, the production is part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2026/27 season, with previews beginning January 5, 2027, and opening night set for January 27. Tickets are […]
Neon has released the official trailer for Clarissa, the Cannes breakout drama from twin-brother directing duo Arie and Chuko Esiri, ahead of its December 11 theatrical release. A bold reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway, the film moves the story from 1920s London to present-day Lagos, following society woman Clarissa as she prepares […]
Universal Pictures has added two new names to the cast of Miami Vice ’85, its big-screen reimagining of the classic TV series. Edi Gathegi, fresh off his scene-stealing turn as Mr. Terrific in last year’s Superman, and comedian Andrew Schulz are both joining a call sheet that already includes Michael B. Jordan, Austin Butler, Alden […]