Netflix and Sugar23 Sign Multi-Year Film DealOctober 11, 2018Sugar23 Founder and CEO Michael Sugar and Head of Production Ashley Zalta will make Netflix their creative home for his new company Sugar23 for feature films under a multi-year deal, where Netflix gets a first look at any feature film that Sugar23 want to produce
FBI Receives Full Season Order from CBSOctober 11, 2018CBS has given a full-season order to new drama series FBI, which premiered Tuesday, Sept. 25. FBI is CBS' most-watched new series with over 13.6 million viewers, as well as the #2 new show of the season. FBI stars Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Ebonée Noel, Jeremy Sisto and Sela Ward.
NBC Sports to Present RACING ROOTS: FEATURING BUBBA WALLACEOctober 11, 2018NBC Sports will present Racing Roots: Featuring Bubba Wallace, a 30-minute special chronicling the rookie driver's journey to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, this Saturday, October 13 at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Racing Roots will air immediately following NBC's NASCAR Cup Series qualifying coverage from Talladega Superspeedway.
Tastemade to Debut BASIC VERSUS BALLER: TRAVEL AT ANY COSTOctober 11, 2018“BASIC VERSUS BALLER: TRAVEL AT ANY COST” is the first long form original show from Tastemade that will be launching exclusively on TastemadeTV, the company's new 24-hour linear channel on YouTubeTV. The show follows the Vagabrothers around the globe in 10 episodes, with episode 1 shot in Hong Kong, China, premiering on October 26, 2018. Following the premiere, it will air weekly on Thursdays through early January 2019 and will be supported by over 100 social assets to be distributed on Tastemade's global social channels.
Asian World Film Festival Sets Awards Submitted Films and Names Vivian Wu Jury PresidentOctober 12, 2018The 4th Annual Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) has named internationally renowned actress, producer VIVIAN WU as the head of the festival's official jury. Wu's credits include the Oscarwinning The Last Emperor, Heaven and Earth, The Soong Sisters and the iconic The Joy Luck Club. In addition, the AWFF announced 14 Oscar Foreign Language Film submissions and seven Golden Globe Foreign Language Film contenders will be screened as part of the festival's schedule at the Arclight Cinemas in Downtown Culver City (9500 Culver Blvd) from Oct. 24 – Nov 1, 2018.
The Trews Join the 2018 CP Holiday Train LineupOctober 11, 2018The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train will soon set out once again to entertain hundreds of thousands of people, celebrating 20 years of collecting food and raising funds for food banks across North America. The Trews will hop on board the 2nd leg of the trip with Willy Porter in Chicago to complete the trip through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota before arriving at their final destination in Weyburn, Sask. on Dec. 16.
Producer Marc Platt Sets Police Drama at FoxOctober 11, 2018Fox has given a script commitment with penalty to Saturday Night Special, a drama about police officers in Washington, D.C, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series comes from writer Robert Specland, who executive produces with Marc Platt and Adam Siegel.
Jaboukie Young-White Joins THE DAILY SHOW as Newest CorrespondentOctober 11, 2018The Daily Show with Trevor Noah adds Jaboukie Young-White as the latest correspondent to join “The World's Fakest News Team” which includes Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta, Desi Lydic, Dulcé Sloan and Roy Wood Jr. Young-White was tapped by Executive Producer, Writer and Host, Trevor Noah and will make his debut on the show tonight, at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT with an in-studio desk piece.
56th Annual ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon is Set for This FebruaryOctober 11, 2018The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) 56th Annual ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon will take place Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The awards, which traditionally occurs the week leading up to the Academy Awards®, will be presented in the following categories: Motion Picture Showman of the Year, Television Showman of the Year, Lifetime Achievement, Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Award for a Television Campaign and for a Movie Campaign, Les Mason Award for Career Achievement in Publicity, and the Bob Yeager Award for Community Service.
FRANKIE DRAKE MYSTERIES Acquired by Ovation in U.S.October 11, 2018Critically acclaimed detective drama Frankie Drake Mysteries continues to enthrall viewers worldwide as Ovation, America's only arts network, signs U.S. broadcast rights to two seasons (21 x 60'). Ovation joins a host of international broadcasters that have signed the brand new second season - which debuts at MIPCOM 2018 as part of leading global distributor Kew Media Distribution's new drama slate.
Sanaa Lathan Enters THE TWILIGHT ZONEOctober 11, 2018Sanaa Lathan joins the first season of the new CBS All Access original series THE TWILIGHT ZONE and will star in the episode 'Rewind.' Lathan is the latest addition to THE TWILIGHT ZONE cast alongside previously announced host and narrator Jordan Peele.
VIDEO: Idina Menzel Releases the Music Video for 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' from IDINA:LIVEOctober 11, 2018Tony Award-winning actress, singer and performer Idina Menzel's music video for her studio version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is out now. Watch/share the video HERE. The song comes from her upcoming album idina: live which is slated for release October 12. Along with "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Menzel recently released her live versions of Rent's "Seasons of Love," and "Don't Rain on My Parade" which premiered at Playbill and TheaterMania respectively.
Final Four Shows of Ozzy Osbourne's Tour CancelledOctober 11, 2018Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter OZZY OSBOURNE has now cancelled the remaining four shows on his North American 'NO MORE TOURS 2.' Following additional evaluation from his doctors, OSBOURNE will likely require another surgery in the coming days to treat multiple infections in his right hand.
Emma Roberts to Star in Ice Skating Drama, SPINNING OUT, for NetflixOctober 11, 2018Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of Spinning Out, a new edgy drama series from creator Samantha Stratton. Emma Roberts stars as Kat Baker, an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who's about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.
Marcia Gay Harden to Star in LOVE YOU TO DEATH on LifetimeOctober 11, 2018Lifetime has greenlit Love You to Death starring Emmy nominee and Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden (Code Black) in the twisted story of a controlling mother and her seemingly sick daughter that ends in a murder no one could have predicted. This is a re-teaming for Sony Pictures Television and Lifetime with director Alex Kalymnios, who directed Lifetime's highly rated Cleveland Abduction in 2015.
Hulu Partners with Imagine for New Series, WU-TANG: AN AMERICAN SAGAOctober 11, 2018Hulu has given a straight-to-series order to Wu-Tang: An American Saga. The upcoming drama series created and written by Alex Tse (SuperFly) and Wu-Tang Clan front man The RZA, has received a 10-episode order from Hulu and will be executive produced by Imagine's Brian Grazer (Empire, Genius) and Francie Calfo (Empire, Genius), Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA and Method Man, and Tse. Imagine Television creative executive James Seidman will oversee the project for Imagine.