Proximity Media, the production company founded by Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian, has opened applications for its Spring 2027 internship program across its Film & TV and Nonfiction departments (CLICK HERE TO APPLY). The paid, in-person program runs from January 11 through May 7, 2027, out of the company’s Burbank offices, with applications […]

Lucien Laviscount has joined Daisy Ridley in the upcoming action-thriller The Good Samaritan. Directed by Pierre Morel from an original screenplay by Matthew Ian Cirulnick, production for the project is set to begin this fall. The story follows Dr. Rosalind Carver (Ridley), a successful entrepreneur, and her husband Matt (Laviscount) after they rescue a wounded […]

The multi-title partnership spans three eras of SEGA’s catalog, live-action comedy, kids’ animation, and a period action-drama, marking Netflix’s latest expansion into video game adaptations. Netflix and SEGA have struck a new multi-title deal, kicking things off with a feature film adaptation of Crazy Taxi and confirming two additional projects in development: an animated Sonic […]

Queen Latifah revealed at Variety’s Power of Women summit on September 23 that an open casting call is coming for her long-in-development biopic, and that capturing her four-decade career may require more than one actress. “Someone has to capture all the different sides of me, and that’s going to be a challenge,” she said. “They’re […]

Queen Latifah opened up about her biopic that is in development at Variety’s Power of Women summit on September 23, addressing how casting will work and why finding the right performer, or performers, is proving to be its own challenge. Asked whether she’d run a worldwide casting search or already had someone in mind, Latifah […]

Garth Ennis keeps finding new ways into Hollywood. Years after The Boys became one of the platform’s biggest hits, Amazon MGM is now developing a film based on his horror noir comic Freddie the Fix, with One of Them Days director Lawrence Lamont set to direct. The premise alone makes the pitch: a fixer for […]

A new trailer is out for A Richer Christmas, MegaMind Media’s upcoming holiday family drama from director Damián Romay. The film stars Tobias Truvillion, Teresa Celeste, and Karlie Redd as part of an affluent family whose comfortable life unravels when they lose everything just before the holidays hit. What follows is less about the loss […]

Hoorae Media, Issa Rae’s production company, has announced its newest vertical series, The Compatibility Experiment, premiering October 14 exclusively on TikTok and PineDrama. The short-form series plays like a scripted spin on reality dating shows. The format takes an established couple, introduces each partner to a potentially more compatible alternative, and puts their relationship to […]

Barbershop, the comedy series continuing the beloved film franchise, will premiere all eight episodes on Prime Video on February 10, 2027, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The streamer shared the date alongside new first look images from the series. The show follows Travis “Trav” Walker, played by Jermaine Fowler, as he returns […]

October brings a genuinely stacked lineup CBS and NBC roll out nearly their entire procedural universe in a single frantic week (three NCIS shows in one night, an all-Chicago Wednesday, a full Law & Order block), while streamers counter with prestige returns like The Diplomat, Lupin, and The Terminal List. On the movie side, the […]