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The teen drama-comedy series created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble returns for its third season this week.

Enrollment is open at Vermont’s prestigious Essex College! Kimberly, Bela, Whitney, and Leighton are back and ready to take on their sophomore year, including new students, old flames, and the highs and lows of adulthood. Back after a couple of gap years, “The Sex Lives of College Girls” returns for its third season. The Max Original teen drama-comedy series will premiere this Thursday, Nov. 21. Watch with a subscription to Max.

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Exclusive: While looking to break into the Oscars race with his glowingly reviewed sophomore feature A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg has set up his next film, an untitled musical comedy to star Julianne Moore (The Room Next Door) and Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers).

The film follows a shy woman who is unexpectedly cast in a local production of an original musical. Under the spell of the strong-willed and enigmatic director, she loses herself in the role and the high-stakes world of this community theater production. The project reunites Eisenberg with Topic Studios and Fruit Tree, with whom he worked on A Real Pain. Pic will also see him reteam with Moore after tapping her to star opposite Stranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard in his feature directorial debut, the Fruit Tree-backed When You Finish Saving the World.

Eisenberg directs from his own script, also contributing original music to his latest. Fruit Tree,...

Zendaya and Anne Hathaway are joining Christopher Nolan’s next film at Universal, alongside previously announced cast members Tom Holland and Matt Damon.

Nolan is writing and directing the movie, which is set for a theatrical and Imax release on July 17, 2026. Plot details are currently under wraps. Universal had no comment on the casting.

It’s a reunion for Hathaway and Nolan, who previously collaborated on the 2014 space epic “Interstellar” and 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises.” Earlier this year, Hathaway expressed gratitude for Nolan, who cast her in “Interstellar” amidst a wave of online hate following her Oscar win for “Les Misérables.” “A lot of people wouldn’t give me roles because they were so concerned about how toxic my identity had become online,” Hathaway told Vanity Fair. “I had an angel in Christopher Nolan, who did not care about that and gave me one of the most beautiful roles...

Exclusive: Makeready, the production company led by producer Brad Weston and Netflix alum Collin Creighton, has extended by three years its overall deal with Fifth Season. Joining the party is Topic Studios; the Makeready deal is the first in a new multiyear joint venture between Topic and Fifth Season in which they’ll back production companies with financing and development funds to create premium television content.

Makeready has hired former Temple Hill exec Sydney Title to run its television division.

Makeready made its original deal with Fifth Season, and it yielded such films as the Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley starrer Killer Heat, which was Prime Video’s top film worldwide for two weeks. There also was A Thousand and One, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner and debut feature from A.V. Rockwell. Upcoming films include Opus for A24, starring John Malkovich and The Bear’s Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri...

On Monday, October 28th, Prime Video hosted a screening and panel conversation of episode 108 of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” at The West Hollywood Edition Screening Room in Los Angeles. Following the screening, the audience filled with Screen Actors Guild members was treated to a panel conversation moderated by Variety senior entertainment writer, Angelique Jackson, featuring Emmy-nominated actress Maya Erskine (“Jane Smith”).

While discussing her connection to Jane, Erskine stated, “I just identified with someone who feels like such an outsider in life — and never quite fitting in, and looking for her place in society, looking for her identity to be solidified in this world… that is something we can all relate to, that longing for connection, that longing to feel seen by somebody so all of that was interesting for me.”

“I think the biggest challenge for her was being able to have all the emotions that you’re having but then cover it,...

Exclusive: Emmy- and BAFTA-nominated actor Paapa Essiedu has inked with WME for representation in all areas, Deadline has learned.

Essiedu notched a Supporting Actor Emmy nom in Limited or Anthology Series as well as a Lead Actor BAFTA TV nom for his turn as Kwame in Michaela Coel’s HBO series I May Destroy You. He also received a BAFTA Lead Actor TV nom for The Lazarus Project.

Other recent projects include the National Theatre’s The Effect, written by Lucy Prebble and directed by Jamie Lloyd, which is transferring to The Shed in New York this year; Season 6 of the cult anthology series Black Mirror (“Demon 79”); and Working Title/Universal Christmas movie The Genie, directed by Sam Boyd and written by Love Actually‘s Richard Curtis.

Essiedu starred opposite Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun, directed by Nora Fingscheidt and based on Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir. The feature received...

Exclusive: With the shocking Season 1 finale cliffhanger of Mr. & Mrs. Smith still reverberating, the hit Prime Video series is looking for new leads.

According to sources, Amazon MGM Studios is seeking an actor and actress in their 20s to play John and Jane, respectively, in Season 2. The roles are described as leads, requiring one-year deals. It is unclear whether formal offers have been made yet but A-list names, including Billie Eilish, have entered the rumor mill.

Created by Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane, Season 1 of Mr. and Mrs. Smith followed two strangers who are paired as a married couple as they both begin new careers as spies, taking on new aliases, John and Jane Smith.

The Season 1 finale, which Sloane described to Deadline as a “nod to a’ 70s cinema cliffhanger,...

The Green Knight director David Lowery’s animated short film An Almost Christmas Story is in November. Here’s a trailer to remind us.

Definitions of ‘almost Christmas’ may vary from household to household, but for Disney+ it looks like mid November is the sweet spot. The platform will be releasing David Lowery’s animated short, An Almost Christmas Story, and coming from a filmmaker that often surprises and delights, we’re hoping for a delightful short that can join the ranks of the annual Christmas canon.

According to Collider, the film ‘will introduce young Moon (Cary Christopher), an owl who’s instructed to never leave a tree in the woods in order to survive. But destiny has different plans for the small bird. The tree that was meant to protect Moon becomes a Christmas tree in the middle of New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza. But that doesn’t...

It wouldn’t be the Christmas season without an Alfonso Cuarón-backed holiday short film directed by a prominent director arriving on Disney+. Following Alice Rohrwacher’s Oscar-nominated short Le pupille a few years ago, David Lowery has now helmed An Almost Christmas Story, a 21-minute short he co-wrote with Cuarón and Jack Thorne. Ahead of streaming on Disney+ beginning November 16, the first trailer has arrived for the animated film featuring the voices of John C. Reilly, Alex Ross Perry, Natasha Lyonne, Mamoudou Athie, Jim Gaffigan, and more.

Here’s the synopsis: “Moon, a curious young owl who unexpectedly finds himself stuck in a Christmas tree destined for Rockefeller Plaza. In his attempts to escape the bustling city, Moon befriends a lost little girl named Luna. Together, they embark on a heartwarming adventure, discovering the magic of the holiday season and forming an unlikely bond as they journey back home to their parents.

The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards took place in Los Angeles on September 15, with father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy leading the event as hosts. The night celebrated the best in television, with standout shows like ‘Shōgun’, ‘The Bear’, ‘Only Murders in the Building’, and ‘Baby Reindeer’ dominating multiple categories. From thrilling dramas to captivating comedies, the ceremony honored a diverse range of storytelling. Here's a breakdown of the major category nominations and winners. Drama Best Drama Series Winner: ‘Shogun’ FX Nominees: ‘The Crown’ Netflix ‘Fallout’ Prime Video ‘The Gilded Age’ HBO | Max ‘The Morning Show’ Apple TV+ ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Prime Video ‘Slow Horses’ Apple TV+ ‘3 Body Problem’ Netflix Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here...

The new series “Penelope,” premiering Tuesday on Netflix, opens with a 16-year-old girl dancing at an outdoor silent disco. Feeling out of place, she tries to push past the awkwardness of dancing in a room with her summer camp peers. But Penelope’s attentions always drift to the surrounding wilderness.

It’s a quieter start than the typical show premiering on the streaming home of the black comedy-thriller “Baby Reindeer,” but its impact lingers. And creators Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn hope their thought-provoking teen drama can show the industry that middle-budget television still has a place in an IP-ridden ecosystem — even if creators have to first fund the projects on their own.

“This is the project that I felt most passionately needed to be made and that could be, maybe, my legacy,” Duplass told TheWrap. “So while it was way more expensive than anything I’ve self-financed, and [it was] f...

The 2024 Emmys nominations were just announced. Let’s take a look back at all of the best of television in the past year and every Emmy nomination for the major categories. ‘Shogun’ leads with 25 nominations, followed by ‘The Bear’ with 23 and ‘Only Murders in the Building’ with 21. Drama Best Drama Series ‘Shōgun’ FX ‘The Crown’ Netflix ‘Fallout’ Prime Video ‘The Gilded Age’ HBO | Max ‘The Morning Show’ Apple TV+ ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Prime Video ‘Slow Horses’ Apple TV+ ‘3 Body Problem’ Netflix Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy.

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror is back for season 7 and the cast – Paul Giamatti! Rashida Jones! – has been confirmed.

As we’re not far off time of year where we rewatch our festive favourites, special mention has to go to White Christmas., the Black Mirror episode which must surely be a contender for the most upsetting Christmas special in history, featuring as it does the concept of blocking people in real life and a final scene with a concept too horrifying to imagine.

Beginning as a drama on Channel 4 in 2010 before moving to Netflix from series 3 in 2016, so far six series worth of twisted tales have come from the unrelentingly dark imagination of Charlie Brooker. From AI to memory chips, futuristic societies to an interactive special, Brooker’s pen has thus far always been prescient, predicting many developments in technology that have actually come true.

The seventh season is now in production for Netflix.

Paul Giamatti is leaning into TV after his Oscar nomination.

The “Holdovers” actor has been announced to appear in “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” and now will star in the highly-anticipated “Black Mirror” Season 7. And Giamatti isn’t the only beloved actor joining the Netflix anthology sci-fi series: “Sunny” star Rashida Jones, “The Penguin” actress Cristin Milioti, “Murder at the End of the World” actor Emma Corrin, and iconic mega-producer/actress Issa Rae are all appearing in the upcoming installment of the popular series.

The ensemble cast also includes “Black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross, “The Franchise” actor Billy Magnussen, “Nora from Queens” creator Awkwafina, and “Girls” alum Chris O’Dowd.

Milanka Brooks, Peter Capaldi, Patsy Ferran, Lewis Gribben, Osy Ikhile, Siena Kelly, Rosy McEwen, Paul G. Raymond, Jimmi Simpson, and Harriet Walter round out the cast.

“Black Mirror” Season 7 hails from creator Charlie Brooker. The series is billed as a “dark, satirical anthology.

A seventh season of the anthology series Black Mirror will be making its way to the Netflix streaming service sometime in 2025 – and today, Netflix revealed the names of 19 Black Mirror season 7 cast members! Here’s the line-up: Awkwafina (Jackpot), Milanka Brooks (Mum and I Don’t Talk Anymore), Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who), Emma Corrin (Deadpool and Wolverine), Patsy Ferran (Firebrand), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Lewis Gribben (Blade Runner 2099), Osy Ikhile (Citadel), Rashida Jones (Sunny), Siena Kelly (Domino Day), Billy Magnussen (Road House), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean), Cristin Milioti (The Penguin), Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), Issa Rae (Barbie), Paul G. Raymond (Horrible Histories), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld), and Harriet Walter (Succession). Information on the specific episodes they’ll be in and the characters they’ll be playing is being kept under wraps.

Black Mirror season 7 will consist of six episodes, one of which will be a sequel to...

When Billy Crudup took to the Emmy stage to accept his second Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series win for the role of Cory Ellison in Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, his first thought was for his wife — and fellow nominee — Naomi Watts.

“I’m happy to be here with my piece of eye candy there, my wife,” he said after an initial thank you. He also noted, in a seemingly political aside, that “she happens to be an immigrant,” and went on to champion her for her “searing performance this year for which she’s nominated,” referring to her lead role of Babe Paley in anthology series Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.

In The Morning Show, Crudup’s role of network president Cory, for which he has been nominated three times, has involved everything from singing showtunes in Season 1, to unrequited love, Machiavellian meltdowns, and heartbreaking vulnerability...

Seven years after coming up short on their respective first and second Best TV Movie/Limited Series Directing Emmy bids against Jean-Marc Vallée (“Big Little Lies”), Steven Zaillian and Noah Hawley are involved in a rematch as helmers of the non-continuing programs “Ripley” and “Fargo.” Despite the quality of their new work and their strong Emmys resumes, they are widely expected to once again be bested by a complete first-timer: Weronika Tofilska (“Baby Reindeer”).

Tofilska is joined in this directing lineup’s category newcomer majority by Issa López (“True Detective”), Millicent Shelton (“Lessons in Chemistry”), and Gus Van Sant (“Feud”). Counting Zaillian and Hawley, Shelton is the only one in the bunch who has ever earned TV academy recognition for directing a non-limited series, as her very first bid came for “30 Rock” in 2009.

In order to determine whether this is truly Tofilska’s race to lose, let’s take...

At this point in his career, “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker has a perfect Emmys record, having succeeded on all three producing and two writing nominations he has received for the Netflix series. Soon, however, he could be blocked from going six-for-six by general first-timer Richard Gadd, who is predicted to trounce him in the 2024 race for Best TV Movie/Limited Series Writing.

Along with Ron Nyswaner (“Fellow Travelers”) and Issa López (“True Detective”), Gadd is one of three category newcomers involved in this writing contest. Aside from sole past winner Brooker, the remaining veterans are Noah Hawley (“Fargo”) and Steven Zaillian (“Ripley”), both of whom the “Black Mirror” writer defeated in 2017.

In order to determine whether Gadd truly has this race sewn up, let’s take a closer look at each nominee. Be sure to make your predictions in this and 24 other Primetime Emmy categories by September 15.

“Baby Reindeer...

What “Shōgun” accomplished Sunday at the Creative Arts Awards was unprecedented, grabbing 14 prizes (including 13 craft honors) and sweeping every category except the main title theme and original score by Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, and Nick Chuba.

FX’s Japanese historical drama eclipsed the 13 wins by “Game of Thrones” and is all but certain to take Best Drama Series and more while setting a new Emmy record at the Primetime ceremony September 15.

“Shōgun” took casting, cinematography, period costumes, editing, period/fantasy production design, period/fantasy hairstyling, main title design, non-prosthetic period/fantasy/sci-fi makeup, prosthetic makeup, sound editing, sound mixing, special visual effects, and stunt performance.

In addition, “Shōgun” cast member Nestor Carbonell snagged guest actor honors while, separately, “Shōgun”: The Making of “Shōgun” took short-form nonfiction or reality series.

In re-imagining James Clavell’s celebrated novel about 16th-century feudal Japan, creators Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks found the right...

The second night of the Creative Arts Emmys commenced Sunday night. The FX series Shōgun would prove to be the awards darling of the night by taking home an incredible number of awards for categories that include Guest Actor, Costumes, Makeup, Hairstyling, Stunts, Production Design, Visual Effects and more. The historical drama snagged a total of 14 Emmys over the course of both nights and leads in wins.

Another popular FX series, The Bear, would have its own run of wins as the intense cooking show took home statues for casting, picture editing, sound mixing and guest stars Jon Bernthal, as well as Jamie Lee Curtis, who also served as the opening emcee for the ceremony, which was held at the Peacock Theater. The Bear has not been able to catch up to Shōgun, but the show has, so far, collected seven wins, which is just one more than the leader for Night 1, Saturday Night Live.

Congratulations to our User Jimini for a terrific of 70.07% when predicting the 2024 Creative Arts Emmy winners over two ceremonies Saturday and Sunday night. Our top scorer is actually tied with Yel_Yint and jgaul87 but has the better point score of 10,841 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

Over 1,050 people worldwide predicted these 76th annual Emmy champs with our top scorer getting 22 out of 31 categories correct. That included all four guest acting winners of Jamie Lee Curtis (“The Bear”), Jon Bernthal (“The Bear”), Michaela Coel (“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”) and Nestor Carbonell (“Shogun”).

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Defying the odds at Sunday’s Creative Arts Emmys, Michaela Coel (“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”) ended up winning the Best Drama Guest Actress race for the Prime Video spy thriller. Many awards pundits thought that Claire Foy (“The Crown”) might prevail, especially considering she had already won this same guest actress category in 2021 as well as the lead actress race in 2018. For this 2024 contest, the two nominees faced off against Marcia Gay Harden (“The Morning Show”), Sarah Paulson (“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”) and Parker Posey (“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”).

Coel submitted the episode “Infidelity” in which she plays Bev, a secret spy who tries to infiltrate the marriage between John (Donald Glover) and Jane (Maya Erskine). This marks Coel’s second career Emmy victory after previously prevailing for writing her HBO limited series “I May Destroy You” (2021).

In all, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” received 16 Emmy nominations and won two at...

The second night of the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys has crowned its winners.

The annual two-day event, which takes place the weekend before the Primetime Emmys, saw 99 TV awards handed out to mostly below-the-line categories, as well as recognition for guest actor and actress roles. Awards announced on Sunday included honors for comedy, drama and limited series, after Saturday was largely devoted to variety, nonfiction and reality. Big winners on Saturday included Jim Henson Idea Man, Saturday Night Live, Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden, Welcome to Wrexham and The 96th Oscars.

Shogun was the far-and-away winner at Sunday’s ceremony, collecting 14 of the evening’s 49 awards, including guest actor in a drama for Nestor Carbonell. The Bear cleaned up in the comedy categories, landing seven honors, with two for guest actor and actress in a comedy for Jon Bernthal and Jamie Lee Curtis; Michaela Coel rounded out...

Néstor Carbonell and Michaela Coel were named best guest actor and guest actress on Night 2 of the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday night. Carbonell was awarded for his role as Rodrigues on FX’s Shogun and Coel for portraying Bev on Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Best guest actress in a comedy Emmy nominee Jamie Lee Curtis presented the award to Carbonell, whose fellow nominees included Paul Dano (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Prime Video), Tracy Letts (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, HBO/Max), Jonathan Pryce (Slow Horses, Apple TV+) and John Turturro (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Prime Video). Carbonell began his acceptance speech by thanking his wife.

“I want to thank Shannon,” said Carbonell. “My wife is here. Shannon is an actress who worked for 25 years in this industry in film, and television and theater. And when our second son was born, she stepped away...

“Shōgun” dominated the second and final night of the 76th Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, taking home the most awards with 14 and putting itself in prime position for the main ceremony on Sept. 15. The celebration began early for the FX drama when it collected the evening’s first award, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for Nestor Carbonell’s performance in the episode “Anjin.”

It proved to be a busy night for “Shōgun.” The period drama picked up accolades for its below-the-line achievements in casting, costumes, makeup, hairstyling, stunts, production design, editing, visual effects, sound editing, sound mixing, main title design and cinematography. “Shōgun” nearly pulled off a perfect run at the Creative Arts Emmys, winning 14 out of the 16 categories it was nominated in. It also won more Creative Arts Emmys than “Game of Thrones,” the most nominated show in Emmy history; the HBO fantasy drama took home 10 in...

FX’s “Shōgun” dominated the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, taking home 14 trophies during the second half of the two-part ceremony held at the Peacock Theatre in downtown L.A.

FX’s costume drama entered the weekend leading in overall nominations with a tally of 25 Emmy nominations this year.

Overall, FX dominated the weekend with 27 wins, followed by Netflix with 18 wins. HBO and Max together collected a total of eight Emmy awards. Hulu, Disney+, Apple TV+ and NBC won seven Emmys apiece.

FX’s haul was paced by “Shōgun,” a big-bet effort that is set in feudal Japan. The series claimed the win in virtually every Creative Arts category in which it was nominated. This included guest actor in a drama for Nestor Carbonell as well as nods for casting, cinematography, costumes, hairstyling, makeup (non prosthetic), prosthetic makeup, main title design, picture editing, production design, sound editing, sound mixing, stunt performance and visual effects.

In 2021, “The Crown” performer Claire Foy made Emmys history as the first winner of lead and guest acting trophies for a single role. With that monumental achievement on her resume, she naturally appears unstoppable as she seeks the 2024 Best Drama Guest Actress prize for her work on the farewell season of the same series.

Foy would follow Patricia Clarkson (“Six Feet Under”) and Margo Martindale (“The Americans”) as the third woman to win two guest Emmys for one drama program and would be the only two-time guest victor overall with a regular win for the same show. Those hoping to give her a run for her money are veteran contender Marcia Gay Harden (“The Morning Show”) and category newcomers Michaela Coel, Sarah Paulson, and Parker Posey, all three of whom represent “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.”

In order to determine whether Foy’s path to victory could possibly be blocked, let...

The 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards took place this weekend, with ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday evening. Scroll down for the results in all 99 categories.

On September 7, 50 awards were given out for the best achievements in nonfiction, reality, and variety fare. Another 49 awards were handed out on September 8 for comedy, drama, limited series and telefilms. The final Emmys will be doled out on September 15 during the primetime ceremony on ABC.

See Creative Arts Emmys 2024: Watch our Saturday live coverage revealing reality, variety, documentary, nonfiction winners as they happen

Sunday, September 8 Acting

Comedy Guest Actor

X – Jon Bernthal, “The Bear” (“Fishes”)

Matthew Broderick, “Only Murders in the Building” (“Co Bro”)

Ryan Gosling, “Saturday Night Live” (“Host: Ryan Gosling”)

Christoper Lloyd, “Hacks” (“The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular”)

Bob Odenkirk, “The Bear” (“Fishes”)

Will Poulter, “The Bear” (“Fishes”)

Comedy Guest Actress

Olivia Colman, “The Bear” (“Forks”)

X – Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear” (“Fishes”)

Kaitlin Olson,...

The Primetime Emmys air on Sunday night, September 15, on ABC, but that’s not where most of the awards will actually be handed out. The vast majority will go out at the Creative Arts Awards over two nights this weekend on September 7 and September 8 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. So who will win? Gold Derby users have placed their bets in 31 categories here in our predictions center. Those predictions have been combined to generate our official racetrack odds. Scroll down to see those odds, with our projected winners highlighted in gold.

There will be 50 awards presented on Saturday’s show focusing on animation, reality, variety, and nonfiction programming. Another 49 trophies go out during the Sunday festivities focused primarily on craft achievements in dramas, comedies, TV movies and limited series. The final 25 awards will be bestowed on September 15 during the telecast hosted by father-and-son Emmy winners Eugene Levy and Dan Levy.

With Deadpool & Wolverine now released, the MCU is gearing up for the upcoming Agatha All Along. This series will continue the story from WandaVision, forming part of a trilogy that includes the MCU’s Vision project. In Agatha All Along, Agatha Harkness escapes her imprisonment and seeks to reclaim her powers by traversing the Witches’ Road.

Based on what we’ve seen so far, Joe Locke’s character, Billy Kaplan, will play a crucial role in this storyline. He is expected to be significant in the MCU, both as a key figure in Agatha’s quest and due to his potential connection to the Scarlet Witch.

Joe Locke’s role is significant not only for the storyline but also for LGBTQ+ representation in the MCU, as Kaplan will join the ranks of other queer characters. Locke stands out as one of the few openly Lgbtqia+ actors playing a queer role in the MCU,...

Now that the release of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is behind us, MCU is continuing full steam ahead with the upcoming release of ‘Agatha All Along.’ The show is set to be continuation of ‘WandaVision,’ a part of the trilogy along with MCU’s ‘Vision’ project, and will see Agatha Harkness escaping her imprisonment and reclaiming her powers by walking the Witches’ Road.

Judging by everything we’ve seen so far Joe Locke’s character, Billy Kaplan will be instrumental in this task. He is set to be an important character in the MCU, partially due to being the driver behind Agatha’s quest and partially due to his potential connection to the Scarlet Witch.

However, Joe Locke’s character is important for one more reason, in terms of LGBTQ+ representation in the MCU, as Kaplan is bound to join the ranks of other Queer characters.

Locke is one of the...

Brat summer now dominating the big screen.

IndieWire can confirm that Charli xcx has joined Gregg Araki’s upcoming thriller “I Want Your Sex.” The feature stars Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman in an exploration of “desire, domination, and fantasy,” and will be Charli’s second live-action role.

Black Bear announced the casting and billed “I Want Your Sex” as the latest “provocative film” from auteur Araki. Karley Sciortino and Araki co-wrote the script, with production set to begin in October 2024 in Los Angeles.

The official synopsis reads: “How far is too far? When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex,...

David Lowery is no stranger to taking big swings with his films. Even when he’s done more four-quadrant features, such as “Pete’s Dragon” and “Peter Pan & Wendy,” Lowery has taken risks. But it sounds as if his next film, “Mother Mary,” might be his biggest swing to date.

Speaking on the Last Video Store podcast, before jumping into the format of the pod, David Lowery was asked about “Mother Mary.” And according to the filmmaker, it’s a “weird, weird movie” and he’s not actually sure how it’s all going to turn out.

Continue reading ‘Mother Mary’: David Lowery Says His Forthcoming Musical With Anne Hathaway & Michaela Coel Is “A Weird, Weird Movie” at The Playlist.

David Lowery, he filmmaker behind such ambient tone pieces as The Green Knight and A Ghost Story, doesn’t seem to know what the upcoming Mother Mary is… apart from being a “weird, weird film”.

As well as making franchise staples such as Pete’s Dragon and Peter Pan and Wendy, David Lowery loves to make arthouse films that are as much about texture and tone as they are anything else. A Ghost Story and The Green Knight spring to mind, weirdly compelling cinematic meditations on what it is to be human, perhaps.

We say ‘perhaps’ because we don’t really know and when it comes to Lowery’s latest offering in his trademark style, it seems that he doesn’t really know either. Speaking to an audience at the Melbourne International Film Festival (via IndieWire) the filmmaker talked about his eighth film, apparently in a state of bafflement about what the project is,...

Over the weekend, director David Lowery teased the audience at the Melbourne International Film Festival with details about his much-anticipated film “Mother Mary.” The film, whose fourteen-month, multi-location production wrapped in Germany in July, explores the relationship between Anne Hathaway as a fictional pop star and Michaela Coel, the Emmy and BAFTA-winning star of “I Will Destroy You,” who plays a fashion designer engaged to design a dress for the star. Also starring are F.K.A. Twigs, Hunter Schafer, and Alba Baptista, with original music from Jack Antonoff and Charli Xcx.

Days after production closed, Hathaway described making “Mother Mary” as “one of the most extraordinary, transformative experiences I have ever had.” When asked about the feature, his eighth, Lowery sighed deeply and hesitantly described it as “a weird, weird film.”

“I wrote the first 20 pages when I was shooting ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’ and it’s been percolating ever since,...

While most of the prediction thought and energy when forecasting the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards goes to the big-ticket honors for comedy, drama and limited series, there are no fewer than 99 additional categories for which statuettes will be handed out at the Creative Arts Emmys on September 7 and 8 at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live. And because they had already talked themselves hoarse debating the merits of the categories included in The Big Emmy Show on September 15, Gold Derby senior editors Denton Davidson, Marcus James Dixon and Daniel Montgomery and news and features editor Ray Richmond decided it was time to lock horns in a slugfest examining some of the too-often-less-discussed nominees gunning for gold in the creative arts portion of the three-day Emmy extravaganza. Watch the quartet’s lively discussion above.

First up was a wrangle over the four guest acting categories, each of which find the Gold...

Move over, Robert Downey Jr., there's a newly resurrected Marvel star in town. Well—it's not as exciting as an Rdj return, but it's still notable: according to The Hollywood Reporter, James Spader will reprise the role of Ultron in the upcoming Vision series for Disney+. This one's a bit of an easier get,...

A seventh season of the anthology series Black Mirror will be making its way to the Netflix streaming service sometime in 2025 – and while episodes of the show have branched out into different genres as it has gone along, during an interview with Deadline, series creator Charlie Brooker said that the episodes of Black Mirror season 7 will be like the “Og Black Mirror.”

Brooker said, “We’re doing some things we’ve not done before. People can expect quite a lot of emotion and, hopefully, a good mix of chills. We did a couple of horror stories in Season 6, which we label as Red Mirror. But this time around, the episodes are all, in a way, like Og Black Mirror. I wrote one script, and the general consensus was that it was one of the bleakest, heaviest gut punches yet. There’s also techy episodes and ones that are making people cry.

James Graham, the creator of Sherwood, Dear England and Brexit: The Uncivil War, has urged the creation of “new universes” and greater risk taking in place of TV’s gatekeepers “falling back on tried and tested IP.”

Delivering this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival MacTaggart lecture, the prolific British scribe argued passionately for greater working class representation in the TV industry, along with criticizing commissioners’ ongoing temptation to opt for “source material, adaptations and expanded universes.”

Graham used the annual Edinburgh platform to plead for “new universes, which means – taking risks.”

He added: “New stories have to be at the heart of commissioning – scripted, non-scripted, factual, fictional … even in the most difficult climate, where the temptation, and we’re witnessing it, is to fall back on tried and tested IP.”

The industry should see “risk” as a long-term “vital” investment in the future health of the sector, Graham said, coming...

The BBC has announced First Day On Earth, a new ten-part drama from I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel

Michaela Coel came to prominence in 2017 when she wrote and starred in the quirky E4 sitcom Chewing Gum. Her next project was the searing BBC drama I May Destroy You, which chronicled a woman’s experience of sexual assault. The show won a plethora of awards, including the BAFTA for Best Actress, and Coel became the first black woman to win the Emmy for Putstanding Writing in a Limited Series.

The BBC has now announced Coel’s new drama, First Day On Earth, a co-production with HBO.

The synopsis reads as follows:

British novelist Henri (Michaela Coel) is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she’s offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa – her parents’ homeland, where her estranged father lives...

Out of the 16 Emmy nominations Prime Video’s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” earned for its first season, five were for high-profile guest stars Michaela Coel, Sarah Paulson, Parker Posey, Paul Dano and John Turturro.

The quintet, who make up half of this year’s drama guest acting nominees, were “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” co-creator and showrunner Francesca Sloane’s first choices for their respective characters.

“That’s why it’s unbelievable that all these people said ‘Yes,'” she said. “One of the things we were excited about doing was taking these [actors] who played roles in a way that you would expect them to and then turn it on its head a little bit or even just to the left versus to the right.”

The five nominated actors are currently getting the Emmy spotlight for their memorable (and sometimes outlandish) “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” performances, but they weren’t the...

HBO and the BBC have announced a joint production of a new ten part drama series, ‘First Day on Earth’, starring Michaela Coel. The multi-award-winning actor and writer is known for her work on ‘Chewing Gum’ and HBO’s ‘I May Destroy You’. ‘First Day on Earth’ centres on British novelist Henri, portrayed by Coel, who […]

HBO and BBC Collaborate on New Michaela Coel Drama Series ‘First Day on Earth’...

Michaela Coel is teaming up with HBO and BBC for a new drama series!

The 36-year-old Emmy-winning star has created the new series First Day On Earth, which she also be starring in, writing, and executive producing.

Here’s the show’s synopsis: “British novelist Henri (Coel) is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she’s offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa – her parents’ homeland, where her estranged father lives – she can’t resist the chance to reconnect with him and the country of her heritage. But when she arrives neither the job nor her father turn out the way she expected, and soon Henri has to deal with danger and hypocrisy, form new friendships, lose her illusions, and create a new sense of identity – one that might leave her stronger, but could also break her.”

Keep reading to find out more…...

HBO and the BBC are set to co-produce the ten-episode drama series First Day on Earth, starring and written by multi-award winner Michaela Coel. Coel will serve as executive producer alongside Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited in association with A24.

In the series, British novelist Henri (Michaela Coel) is stuck. Work has dried up, and her relationship is going nowhere. So when she’s offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa—her parents’ homeland, where her estranged father lives—she can’t resist the chance to reconnect with him and the country of her heritage.

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But when she arrives, neither the job nor her father turns out the way she expected, and soon Henri has to deal with danger and hypocrisy, form new friendships, lose her illusions, and create a new sense of identity – one that might leave her stronger,...

It’s been several years since Michaela Coel released the HBO series, “I May Destroy You.” And in the time since, we’ve seen rumblings of possible follow-up series coming from Coel. However, nothing materialized until now, with the upcoming “First Day on Earth.”

According to HBO and BBC, Michaela Coel is returning to TV with a new series titled “First Day on Earth.” The series tells the story of a down-on-her-luck novelist who finds herself taking a job in Ghana, where she might be able to reconnect with her estranged father.

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Michaela Coel’s next major TV series will be crash-landing stateside: the actress is set to create and star in First Day on Earth for HBO and BBC, TVLine has learned.

In the 10-part series, Coel will star as a British novelist named Henri. Reads the official description: “Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So, when she’s offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa — her parents’ homeland where her estranged father lives — she can’t resist the chance to reconnect with him and the country of her heritage. But when she arrives, neither...

Michaela Coel is returning to HBO (by way of the BBC) with her new drama series “First Day on Earth.” She’ll again star in and write the series, and will executive produce alongside “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited (Val), in association with A24.

A24 is the newcomer here; Coel, HBO, the BBC, and Val did “I May Destroy You” together.

“First Day on Earth” is a 10-episode series following British novelist Henri (Coel). She’s stuck — work has dried up and her relationship is going nowhere, per the logline. Henri is offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa, her parents’ homeland and where her estranged father lives. She jumps at the chance to reconnect — both with him and the country itself.

It doesn’t quite go as planned.

The synopsis continues: “When she arrives neither the job nor...

I May Destroy You creator, director and star Michaela Coel is reteaming with HBO and the BBC for her next series.

The two outlets will co-produce First Day on Earth, which Coel created and will star in as a British writer named Henri who takes a job on a movie filming in Ghana, her parents’ homeland. Various Artists Limited, which counts Succession creator Jesse Armstrong among its principals (and which produced I May Destroy You) and A24 are also behind the new series.

“I am delighted to be working with Val, HBO and the BBC again, and to partner with A24; thanks to all of their combined taste, care and expertise, I feel our show is in great hands,” Coel said in a statement. “First Day on Earth is another very personal story for me which I hope will engage viewers from all over the world, and I can’t...

Michaela Coel is expanding her relationship with HBO. The “I May Destroy You” creator’s latest project is moving forward with HBO and BBC co-producing the upcoming “First Day on Earth.”

The 10-episode drama will star Coel, who will also write the series and serve as its executive producer alongside Jesse Armstrong (“Succession”), as well as Phil Clarke and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited, in association with A24. Jo McClellan will also EP for the BBC, while Piers Wenger will EP for A24. Filming is scheduled to begin next year.

The series follows a British novelist named Henri (Coel) who feels stuck in her life. When she’s offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa, she says yes, hoping to connect to her parents’ homeland, reconnect with her estranged father and rediscover herself. But when she arrives in this new land, neither her job nor her...

Michaela Coel is set to star in, write, and executive produce a new drama series that is being co-produced by HBO and the BBC.

Titled “First Day on Earth,” the series also boasts “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong among its executive producers. Phil Clarke and Roberto Troni also executive produce for Armstrong’s Various Artists Limited, as does Jo McClellan for the BBC and Piers Wenger for A24. Filming on the series will begin in 2025.

“I am delighted to be working with Val, HBO and the BBC again, and to partner with A24; thanks to all of their combined taste, care and expertise, I feel our show is in great hands,” Coel said. “‘First Day on Earth’ is another very personal story for me which I hope will engage viewers from all over the world, and I can’t wait for audiences to go on Henri’s journey with her.”

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