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Exclusive: Matt Charman, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, has a new television thriller.

British pay broadcaster Sky has ordered Prisoner with Charman set to write and serve as showrunner. The series will be produced by Charman’s own production company Binocular Productions, which was the company behind Netflix spy series Treason.

The series is a relationship drama that dives into what a serial killer can teach an ordinary person about what it takes to survive in his world. Casting is underway. It is expected to shoot next year.

Charman is best known for his film work, which also includes Amazon original Killer Heat, which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Richard Madden and Oasis, which also starred Madden alongside Anil Kapoor. He also exec produced Operation Finale, written by Matthew Orton, about the hunt for Adolf Eichmann, directed by Chris Weitz. He was also set...

When NCIS: Los Angeles was canceled, LL Cool J joined NCIS: Hawaii, reprising his character Sam Hanna. How did this all transpire? Moreover, would Sam Hanna have been part of Season 4, had the CBS military procedural series not been canceled?

The series showrunners have spoken about the series for the first time since it was canceled. Here are some of the surprising things that they had to share.

NCIS Hawaii Pictured (L-r): Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant and LL Cool J. Photo: Karen Neal/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. NCIS Showrunners Discuss Whether LL Cool J’s Sam Hanna Would Have Stayed On CBS Series

On Friday, TV Line published an interview with the three NCIS: Hawaii co-showrunners, Jan Nash, Christopher Silver, and Matt Bosack. They talked about a cornucopia of things pertaining to the cancelation of the CBS spinoff series. That includes LL Cool J, who...

Brian Dietzen thrilled his NCIS social media followers. That is because he shared some big information on Season 22 of the hit CBS military procedural series. What did he have to share? Moreover, what did fans ask him about leaving the series?

NCIS Pictured (L-r): Gary Cole as Alden Parker, Wilmer Valderrama as Nicholas “Nick” Torres, Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer, Katrina Law as Jessica Knight, and Sean Murray as Timothy McGee. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2024 Paramount Global. All Rights Reserved. Brian Dietzen Shares NCIS Season 22 Social Media Post

On Thursday, Brian Dietzen shared an Instagram post that thrilled fans of The Mothership. It was a photo of his hand holding his Dr. Jimmy Palmer glasses in front of an NCIS badge. He wrote, “These are going on my face now. Hello Jimmy Palmer. Welcome back everyone! #NCIS #Season22”

That is because NCIS Season 22 is now in production. Best of all,...

At the recent TCA Summer 2024, Mark Harmon revealed that he is stepping back in his new role at NCIS: Origins. This is the new CBS spinoff prequel that follows young Leroy Jethro Gibbs as he starts working at the NCIS office.

Harmon, who is an executive producer, along with his son Sean Harmon, will be narrating this new series. But, what does he mean by saying that he is stepping back?

(L-r) Mark Harmon, Executive Producer and Narrator and Shawn Harmon, Executive Producer of the CBS series NCIS: Origins at the TCA Summer Press Tour 2024 on Saturday, July 13, 2024 at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, CA. Photo: Francis Specker/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved Mark Harmon Is Stepping Back In New NCIS: Origins Role

Mark Harmon spent nearly two decades portraying Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS. However, according to Deadline, he is happy to play a...

NCIS Season 22 is coming soon. CBS has announced when The Mothership, as the network calls it, is returning. What is the premiere date?

NCIS Pictured: Gary Cole as FBI Special Agent Alden Parker, Rocky Carroll as NCIS Director Leon Vance, Katrina Law as NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight, and Wilmer Valderrama as Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres. Photo: CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available. CBS Announces NCIS Season 22 Premiere Date

On Saturday, Deadline reported that CBS announced the NCIS Season 22 premiere date. The Og series is returning on Monday, October 14, at 8 p.m., Eastern. Episodes will be available the next day on Paramount+.

It should also be noted that the new prequel spinoff NCIS: Origins will premier on the same day. Also, it is on right after the Og.

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CBS has announced the premiere date for NCIS: Origins. Created by Mark Harmon and his son Sean Harmon, this prequel spinoff series is about the early days of Leroy Jethro Gibbs at the NCIS office.

When is the premiere and what are other details about this new series?

NCIS Pictured: Mark Harmon Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. When Will NCIS: Origins Premiere On CBS?

On Saturday, CBS announced the 2024-2025 season premieres. According to Deadline, the new spinoff prequel NCIS: Origins will premiere on Tuesday, October 14, at 9 p.m., Eastern. This will air right after The Mothership, as the original series is called by the network. This new series is in the same time slot as the canceled Hawaii.

Each episode will be available the next day on Paramount+.

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Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly may be starring in the upcoming Paramount+ series NCIS: Tony & Ziva. However, they have a second project that should entertain fans. They are also hosting a podcast called Off Duty: An NCIS Rewatch.

What are all the details of this new podcast. What should fans of the CBS military procedural series expect? Also, when and where can they listen to this? Here are all the details.

NCIS Pictured left to right: Cote de Pablo, Michael Weatherly,Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS 2012 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. What Is Off Duty: An NCIS Rewatch Podcast?

On Tuesday, TV Line announced that Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly will be hosting a new podcast called Off Duty: An NCIS Rewatch. This is a weekly podcast series on Spotify where Cote and Michael interview stars from the series and deep dive into what happened when they filmed it.

Gareth Evans initially completed production of Havoc in 2021 – but now it’s heading off for reshoots, and a delay to 2025.

Despite wrapping production all the way back in 2021, we didn’t hear anything about Gareth Evans Havoc for a very, very long time. So long in fact, that we were beginning to wonder if the film had been quietly shelved.

It wouldn’t be the first time that Netflix had abandoned a film in post-production, look back at the recently-announced scrapping of the Halle Berry film The Mothership as Exhibit A, if you need evidence that the Silicon Valley company can be pretty ruthless if it feels a project isn’t cutting the mustard.

However, things took a turn for the positive last month when it emerged that Havoc was still alive and well, with its debut being set on Netflix set for later this year.

That was last month though,...

Jennifer Lopez stars in Netflix’s new sci-fi action thriller which finds her teaming up with an artificially intelligent robot. Watch the first Atlas trailer here:

The continuing rise of AI is a ripe subject for filmmakers. The latest director to tackle the subject is Brad Peyton in his new film Atlas which is heading to Netflix next month.

Here’s the first Atlas trailer.

As you probably just saw, the film stars Jennifer Lopez as the titular character, a data analyst thrust into a dangerous mission.

Here’s the full synopsis for good measure:

Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.

We won’t lie,...

On Tuesday, CBS announced more on the future of the show that is known as “the mothership,” NCIS. This military procedural drama is now on Season 21. Moreover, the network will be airing the 1,000th episode of the franchise on Monday.

Therefore, will there be more episodes in the future? Here is the network’s decision.

Pictured (L-r): Rocky Carroll as NCIS Director Leon Vance, Katrina Law as NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight, Gary Cole as FBI Special Agent Alden Parker, and Sean Murray as Special Agent Timothy McGee. Photo: Robert Voets/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. CBS Makes An Announcement About NCIS

On Tuesday, CBS announced that NCIS has been renewed for Season 22. According to TV Line, they renewed TV’s “second-most watched entertainment program.” They are averaging 9.71 million total viewers, which matches Season 19 numbers.

The number one program on television? That is also on CBS and is Tracker,...

The Raid director Gareth Evans’ latest film, Havoc, finished shooting in 2021 – three years on, it’ll stream on Netflix in late 2024, a report says.

An ominous silence has hung over Havoc, the latest film from The Raid director Gareth Evans, which led to some speculation that Netflix might have quietly scrapped it. Filming on the thriller wrapped in 2021, and little has been heard from the production since – Havoc was also conspicuously missing from Netflix’s roster of films scheduled for release in 2024, which emerged in February.

Netflix has form when it comes to abandoning films in post-production – see the sorry tale of The Mothership, the Halle Berry sci-fi adventure we’ll never see – hence why there have been some concerns over Havoc's ongoing safety.

A new report, however, suggests that Havoc is still alive and well, with its debut on Netflix set for later this year. According to World of Reel's source,...

A splashy Netflix UK scripted slate features a historical series about the Guinness brewery from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and the latest ‘one-shot’ offering from Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne and Philip Barantini.

The prolific Knight is penning House of Guinness [working title] from long-time producing collaborator Kudos.

The show will tell the story of one of Europe’s most famous and enduring dynasties – The Guinness Family. Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, it will focus on the consequences of the death of Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his cunning will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the growing juggernaut that is one of the most beloved alcoholic drinks today.

Netflix UK content boss Anne Mensah said...

Exclusive: Netflix has picked up UK rights to Kaur, a short film that debuted last year on British streamers Itvx and BritBox.

The film is set to drop on Netflix in the second window on May 3 following the deal for film, which is from Parvinder Shergill and Juggy Sohal. Shergill stars opposite Stephen Uppal (Hollyoaks).

Kaur bills itself as “the first film in history” to follow the story of a British Sikh woman (Shergill), who decides to wear a turban for the first time against her father’s wishes. Her mother (Nina Wadia), is supportive of the decision, but struggles with the tensions it causes.

A full-length feature film version is in development, Shergill told Deadline, with her Pinder Productions and Sohal’s Flip The Script Network attached, the same production set-up as the short. Shergill, who along with filmmaking is an NHS doctor, will again play the lead role,...

Exclusive: At the 2021 Edinburgh TV Festival, the BBC and Netflix unveiled what the pair described as a landmark five-year disability partnership that would unearth a new generation of shows helmed by disabled talent.

But more than half of the partnership’s five-year time period has now elapsed and not one show has been revealed.

In recent months, sources from the UK drama and disabled TV communities have begun questioning the partnership, getting in touch with Deadline unprompted to query why a tie-up that was unveiled with such fanfare has so far failed to bear fruit.

“It’s slightly bizarre,” said one professional connected with disability programs. “I’ve heard nothing from anyone to be honest. No one can get a definitive answer.”

The partnership came in the wake of a blistering Edinburgh TV Festival MacTaggart broadside from Help writer Jack Thorne, who slammed the UK TV industry for “totally and utterly” failing disabled people.

Cancelled Netflix sci-fi thriller The Mothership was “full of mystery and threat” and had “the makings of a classic,” its storyboard artist tells us.

In January, news broke that Netflix had made the decision to scrap The Mothership – a sci-fi thriller starring Halle Berry that had been shot and was initially scheduled for release in 2023.

To date, the only official comment we’ve heard from Netflix came from interim content boss Bela Bajaria, who at a press event in February said there were “lots of issues during production, and so everybody just felt like it was the right thing to… do something else together eventually.”

The decision to abandon a relatively high-profile movie with some Oscar-winning talent attached is unusual – Bajara herself admitted that the situation was “rare” – though not unheard of. Over the past year, Warner Bros has infamously scrapped the likes of Batgirl, Scoob! 2 and Coyote Vs Acme.

Exclusive: The Mothership writer-director Matt Charman has landed his first Netflix project since the Halle Berry movie was axed by the streamer, Deadline understands.

We are told that Charman is writing a UK-set TV series thriller set in the upper echelons of the British political sphere titled The Choice, with filming set to start in London imminently and the show due to be unveiled tomorrow at a Netflix event in the English capital.

The Choice is the first Netflix role for BAFTA-winning British star Suranne Jones, who will also be an executive producer.

During a 25-year-long career, Jones has appeared in hits including Doctor Foster, Vigil and Gentleman Jack, all of which sold to the U.S. Other credits include Channel 4’s I Am Victoria and Sky’s Save Me, while she is also working on a drama based on the life of five-time female world boxing champion Jane Couch.

Halle Berry Goes Down With The Mothership

It didn’t set off nearly the online uproar as did Warner Bros.’ decision to dynamite its $70 million Coyote vs. Acme action-animation hybrid, but another high-profile movie was recently, much more quietly, dumped. Netflix has grounded The Mothership, a Halle Berry sci-fi thriller directed by Oscar-nominated Bridge of Spies co-writer Matt Charman. The $40 million project started filming during the pandemic in 2021 and ran into one snafu after another — scheduling conflicts, reshoots, strikes and, most recently, continuity issues brought on by growth spurts among some of the children in its cast. During a Jan. 31 news conference, Netflix content chief Bela Bajaria cited “lots of production issues and story issues” for shelving the movie and insisted that “everybody just felt like it was the right thing to just not do it.” A source tells THR, however, that there may have been another reason Mothership got axed: Its biggest champion,...

Warner Bros is to scrap Coyote Vs Acme after all, a report says, with the studio having turned down offers from Netflix and Amazon.

For a while there, things looked positive for Coyote Vs Acme, the Looney Tunes comedy that Warner Bros was on the cusp of scrapping in November 2023. After a vocal backlash, it looked as though the studio had changed its mind, and was thinking about selling the film to another studio instead. According to a report published by The Wrap, however, the film may never be released after all.

Despite receiving offers from other firms – including Paramount, Netflix and Amazon – Warner Bros is reportedly still intent on deleting the film and claiming it as a tax write-off, seemingly because it couldn’t get the $75- to $80m asking price it was after. The Wrap (via Comicbook.com) even claims that studio boss David Zaslav still hasn’t bothered...

The Mothership, a Halle Berry sci-fi film, was scrapped due to “lots of production issues” according to Netflix boss Bela Bajaria.

Update: Just a little more detail on the scrapping of the Netflix sci-fi flick, The Mothership. Yesterday, The Wrap published a report with some quotes from Netflix content boss Bela Bajaria about the matter, but that report was suddenly taken down.

Since then, The Hollywood Reporter has put up its own report, which offers a bit more context. Bajaria made the comments at the streaming giant’s press event, Next on Netflix, in which it also unveiled its slate of upcoming films and shows. Squid Game season two, Beverly Hills Cop, that sort of thing.

In a brief snippet dedicated to The Mothership, THR quotes Bajaria as saying the film was scrapped due to “lots of production issues and story issues.”

“Everybody on both sides, the talent and us,...

A Netflix executive is explaining the reasons why Halle Berry‘s movie The Mothership was canceled.

If you missed it, it was revealed a week ago that the sci-fi film had been scrapped, over two years after filming wrapped.

Now, we are getting more insight into why the pic won’t be seeing the light of day.

Keep reading to find out more…

Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria revealed that the movie was still in post-production, but the changes that were needed, would have required reshoots, and that was not possible as the kids in the film are now too grown up.

“It is very rare,” Bela shared of axing the movie, via Deadline. “If you think about how many things we make, it’s a rare thing.”

She noted that there were “Lots of production issues” and “everybody on both sides, the talent and us all, just...

Netflix has unveiled some of the first footage for Season 3 of Bridgerton, as well as a quick look at Season 2 of Hwang Dong-hyuk’s survival drama series Squid Game.

Penelope’s (Nicola Coughlan) love life is a main focus of the upcoming third season of Bridgerton. In the teaser trailer above we see Penelope in a scene with Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton), where her adoration for her best friend’s brother is pretty clear.

“Your eyes,” says Penelope in the trailer. “A most remarkable shade of blue. And yet somehow, they shine even brighter when you are kind. I might say something like that if you were a suitor.”

Per the official Season 3 logline: Penelope Featherington (Coughlan) has finally given up on her long-held crush on Colin Bridgerton (Newton) after hearing his disparaging words about her last season. She has, however, decided it’s time to take a husband, preferably...

The streamer’s interim film head has spoken about the ‘rare’ move to scrap The Mothership, a sci-fi thriller in post-production

Netflix’s decision to scrap a nearly completed movie starring Halle Berry has been described as “a rare thing” during a preview event this week.

Post-production on The Mothership, a sci-fi thriller that finished filming in 2021, was scrapped last week with rumours of “significant reshoots” being too expensive and problems over using child actors who have since aged.

Netflix just unveiled the line-up of films they’ll be releasing in 2024, and missing from that list is the Halle Berry sci-fi movie The Mothership – which, as we reported last week, Netflix has decided not to release at all. At the time, their decision to scrap the movie was reminiscent of Warner Bros. scrapping the films Coyote vs. Acme, Batgirl, and Scoob! Holiday Haunt (as well as a couple other Scooby-Doo projects). But, while at a media event yesterday, Bela Bajaria, who is currently serving as chief of Netflix’s film division, said the producers of The Mothership agreed with Netflix that the movie shouldn’t be released. This is different from what goes on at Warner Bros., where filmmakers are shocked and upset to hear their work is being tossed in the trash.

If we had the chance to watch The Mothership, we would have found that the story...

Last week, Netflix did what is unfortunately becoming common practice around Hollywood: They killed a nearly completed movie, Halle Berry’s sci-fi title The Mothership.

Essentially, the Matthew Charman-directed movie was in postproduction, and for all the changes that were required, it would have been impossible to do reshoots on the title completed in 2021 due to the child actors who are now grown up.

No bruised eyes: Reportedly, MRC and the pic’s producers Automatik were fully onboard with the decision, with Netflix pointing out that they’re still in business with Berry on an upcoming Mark Wahlberg action title The Union (August 16), not to mention the streamer has a film deal with the Best Actress Oscar winner.

While it’s been a motif for the David Zaslav-run Warner Bros Discovery to kill movies at Netflix, Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria says,...

Netflix has unveiled the slate of TV series set to release new seasons in 2024, and some of the streamer’s biggest series are not on the list, delayed by the writers and actors strikes.

Stranger Things‘ fifth and final season, which just started production earlier this month, will not debut until 2025, making for a three-year gap between both Seasons 3 and 4 (due to the pandemic) and Seasons 4 and 5.

Given the extensive VFX work involved in the series, which was originally slated to start filming Season 5 in May, the delay is not surprising.

Ditto for the series that dethroned Stranger Things as Netflix’s most popular series, Wednesday, which is not scheduled to begin production on Season 2 until late April in a new location, Ireland, and breakout new 2023 drama One Piece, which also is yet to start filming on its second season.

The list of series that won’t air original episodes...

It’s already been a busy 2024 for Netflix. Out is long time film chief Scott Stuber; in are live sports (sort of), a huge Sundance splash, and 18 Oscar nominations, the most of any individual studio. What does the next 11 months have in store? Answer: a hell of a lot.

Netflix on February 1 released a teaser video for its biggest properties arriving in 2024, including more than 50 new movies and 90 new and returning series. The highlight is “Squid Game 2,” the follow-up season to the South Korean dystopian smash hit that became Netflix’s biggest show of all time.

At the end of Netflix’s mega-tease, we see Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and his new bright-red hair walking through an airport when a mysterious voice on his phone tells him, “You’re going to regret the choice you made.”

“I’m going to find you, no matter what it takes,” he says in return.

Ahead of next week’s semiannual Television Critics Association press tour, Netflix staged its own press event Wednesday — dubbed Next on Netflix — at its Tudum Theater in Hollywood. Content chief Bela Bajaria and her top lieutenants, vp nonfiction Brandon Riegg and vp Latin America Paco Ramos, previewed a slate of new and returning TV series as well as a number of high-profile films for press.

The late-afternoon event, which was restricted to a who’s who of media, was effectively a TCA session that featured a sizzle reel (watch it, below) and a first look at a number of titles including upcoming seasons of Squid Game and Bridgerton, as well as rookies 3 Body Problem, The Gentleman and even Ryan Murphy’s upcoming second season of Monster. Following the hourlong blitz, Bajaria, Riegg and Ramos fielded questions ranging from its freshly inked deal with WWE and the recently removed Vince McMahon (“He’s gone,...

Netflix unwrapped the first footage for Jerry Seinfeld’s comedy movie Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, in addition to release dates and first-look images for a number of titles in its 2024 film slate, at a media event Wednesday night.

During the Next on Netflix presentation held at the streaming service’s headquarters in Los Angeles, attendees were treated to previously unseen looks at a number of forthcoming film and TV projects. Chief content officer Bela Bajaria was among the executives highlighting notable releases.

This included footage for Seinfeld’s feature directorial debut, Unfrosted, which Netflix announced will debut May 3. Starring Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan, the movie focuses on cereal rivals Kellogg’s and Post battling to change the breakfast game in the 1960s. (The footage can be seen below in the “Next on Netflix” preview video.)

Other news included the announcement that director Julian Farino’s spy film The Union,...

Could The Mothership have been 2024’s Ex Machina? We’ll never know, as the alien farm drama joins Batgirl in the dustbin of write-offs

Why would you scrap a movie that is all but finished before anyone except studio suits have had a chance to see it? The answer, for Hollywood bigwigs, is a tax write-off. In the last 18 months, Warner Bros has deleted a live-action Looney Tunes riff, Coyote vs Acme; the animated adventure Scoob! Holiday Haunt; and, most infamously, the $90m DC Extended Universe flick Batgirl. Now Netflix seems to be getting in on the act with news this week that the Halle Berry-led sci-fi tale The Mothership is also being axed before critics have had the chance to view it. Has it also fallen victim to the twisted machinations of nefarious accountants?

It’s probably fair to say that a cheesy-sounding Scooby Doo episode and a...

Back in 2021, a Netflix production called The Mothership was filmed with Halle Berry in the lead role and Bridge of Spies writer Matthew Charman at the helm, making his feature directorial debut. Unfortunately, there have been “multiple delays in post-production” for unspecified reasons… and now Variety has confirmed that Netflix has made the decision to scrap the film instead of completing post-production.

Most people thought it was a questionable move when Warner Bros. decided to scrap the films Coyote vs. Acme, Batgirl, and Scoob! Holiday Haunt for the purpose of tax write-offs, but apparently Netflix thought it was a good idea, since they’ve decided to do the same thing with this project.

If we had the chance to watch The Mothership, we would have found that the story of the sci-fi movie took place one year after the husband of Berry’s character mysteriously vanishes from their rural farm.

Even in the glut of Netflix content, some projects prove too troublesome for the streamer to release. Variety reports that after myriad post-production delays, Netflix won’t complete or release “The Mothership,” a sci-fi movie starring Halle Berry. The film wrapped filming back in 2021, but Netflix won’t finish work on the movie, shelving it permanently.

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“The Mothership” would have been the directorial debut for Brish screenwriter/playwright Matt Charman, best known stateside for co-penning Steven Spielberg‘s 2015 feature “Bridge Of Spies” with the Coen Brothers.

Continue reading ‘The Mothership’: Netflix Scraps Sci-Fi Film With Halle Berry After Post-Production Woes at The Playlist.

Road House director Doug Liman is not happy that the studio is refusing to give his film a theatrical release… and he’s making that point very, very clear.

Call us eternally optimistic, but we’ve got hopes that the upcoming Road House remake is going to be a fun time.

Jake Gyllenhaal is taking over the role played by the late, great Patrick Swayze and while he’ll undoubtedly bring a different energy to the role, there’s no doubting that Gyllenhaal comes up with the goods. It has the curiosity factor working in its favour too: the acting debut of UFC icon and headlines magnet Conor McGregor is another draw, as is the involvement of director Doug Liman, given that you never really know what you’re going to get when you sit down to watch one of his movies.

Except that this time, Amazon really does know what it’s getting,...

Netflix has shelved Halle Berry sci-fi The Mothership, Screen understands.

Production on the film wrapped in 2021 however the streamer elected not to continue after multiple delays in post-production.

The film centres on a mother who uncovers an alien object under her farmhouse which may solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearance a year prior. MRC was producing the film and Matthew Charman was the director.

The Mothership joins a line of Hollywood films which have been axed despite wrapping production. Warner Bros did this with its DC feature Batgirl, as well as animation Scoob! Holiday Haunt, and Coyote vs. Acme.

Halle Berry‘s movie The Mothership is sadly not going to see the light of day!

It was just revealed that the sci-fi adventure movie has been scrapped by Netflix, over a year after it finished filming.

Halle was set to star as Sara Morse in the film, and she was serving as an executive producer.

Keep reading to find out more…

Filming on the movie started in July 2021 and wrapped later that year. Now, Variety reports that post-production delays have contributed to the cancelation of the movie.

The movie was to “take place one year after the husband of Berry’s character mysteriously vanishes from their rural farm. Now a single mother, Sara Morse and her children discover an extraterrestrial object underneath their home. It (hopefully) leads them to discover the truth about the patriarch’s disappearance.”

Molly Parker and Omari Hardwick also starred. Halle was even seen on...

The streamer has decided not to go forward with The Mothership, a film that finished production in 2021 but was facing delays

Halle Berry-led sci-fi thriller The Mothership will not be released after Netflix decided to stop post-production.

The Mothership, which completed filming in 2021, was originally set to be released in 2022 and a brief clip was teased by the streamer in a trailer for the year’s big releases. But the film was the victim of multiple delays and has now been scrapped entirely, according to Variety.

In a surprising development, Netflix will no longer be releasing Halle Berry’s sci-fi movie The Mothership, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Berry and the Mothership team already completed much of the filming on the project, but it was in need of extensive reshoots to get it over the finish line. Netflix opted not to move forward with those reshoots and shelved the film instead. The InSneider newsletter first reported the news.

The sci-fi film starred Berry as a woman who discovers an extraterrestrial object under her home one year after the disappearance of her husband. Matthew Charman (Bridge of Spies) wrote and directed The Mothership as his feature directorial debut. The ensemble cast included Molly Parker, John Ortiz and Omari Hardwick.

That move recalls Warner Bros. Discovery’s 2022 decision to ax Batgirl, the DC film that already completed shooting and was expected to arrive on HBO Max. The company...

Originally announced back in 2021, Halle Berry had been set to star in an original sci-fi movie for Netflix titled The Mothership, and in fact, the movie finished filming that same year.

So where is it? When can we expect to see it? Well, a new report has come out this week – first from The Insneider, and now from Variety – indicating that Netflix has made the decision to scrap The Mothership completely. In other words, it’s never going to see the light of day.

Variety explains in their report this afternoon, “The movie finished filming in 2021, but it couldn’t be completed after multiple delays in post-production, Variety has confirmed.”

It’s the latest in a concerning trend in Hollywood where major studios and streamers are essentially wiping films off the face of the Earth, in part for tax write-offs. Long story short, if a finished or nearly finished movie...

Netflix has scrapped the release of “The Mothership,” a science-fiction film starring Halle Berry.

The movie finished filming in 2021, but it couldn’t be completed after multiple delays in post-production, Variety has confirmed.

“The Mothership” is the latest Hollywood movie to disappear even though filming had wrapped. Since 2022, Warner Bros. has axed three movies — John Cena’s “Coyote vs. Acme,” the $90 million budgeted DC adventure “Batgirl” and the animated “Scoob! Holiday Haunt” — for the purpose of tax write-offs.

“Bridge of Spies” writer Matthew Charman directed “The Mothership,” which takes place one year after the husband of Berry’s character mysteriously vanishes from their rural farm. Now a single mother, Sara Morse and her children discover an extraterrestrial object underneath their home. It (hopefully) leads them to discover the truth about the patriarch’s disappearance. Molly Parker and Omari Hardwick round out the cast.

Berry will continue to work with Netflix...

Netflix is being accused of “Batgirling” Halle Berry’s sci-fi The Mothership after reports that the streamer has scrapped the film.

Halle Berry was due to star in The Mothership, a sci-fi thriller backed by Netflix. The film, directed by Matt Charman, was due to be released in 2023 but didn’t see the light of day – and now it looks as though it never will.

According to Jeff Sneider’s newsletter, Netflix has scrapped the release altogether in favour of a tax write-off.

Does that sound familiar? Warner Bros. Discovery recently came under fire for shelving the already completed Batgirl, while Coyote Vs. Acme is currently trying to find a studio to release the film.

Sneider cited trouble with a lengthy post-production schedule and “significant reshoots” as part of the reason Netflix have decided to abandon ship.

Molly Parker, Omari Hardwick, Sydney Lemmon, John Ortiz, and Paul Guilfoyle were also due to star alongside Berry.

Molly Parker has been tapped as the lead of Fox’s new medical drama series Doc. The adaptation of the popular Italian series Doc — Nelle tue mani hails from writer, executive producer and showrunner Barbie Kligman, executive producers Hank Steinberg and 3 Arts’ Erwin Stoff, Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment Studios.

Parker’s casting in Doc follows her recent guest starring role in an episode of Fox/Sony TV’s breakout freshman anthology series Accused.

Doc centers on the hard-charging, brilliant Dr. Amy Elias (Parker), Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can...

Ed and Dex are back and ready for new adventures in the first official teaser for Good Burger 2.

"Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can we take your order?" we hear in the first footage of the sequel to the 1997 original.

The movie will follow Dexter Reed (Kenan Thompson) and the original cashier, Ed (Kel Mitchell), as they reunite in the present day at the fast-food restaurant Good Burger with a hilarious new group of employees.

In addition to Thompson and Mitchell, the returning cast includes Josh Server as Fizz, Lori Beth Denberg as Connie Muldoon, and Carmen Electra as Roxanne.

Lil Rel Howery joins the cast as Cecil McNevin, a lawyer for the corporation MegaCorp.

Jillian Bell is set to play Katt Boswell, the CEO of MegaCorp.

Kamaia Fairburn is Mia, a cool and confident teen who works at Good Burger to help her mother when she can.

Paramount+ and Nickelodeon Studios announced additional casting for Good Burger 2, an all-new original movie sequel to the iconic ‘90s feature film based on the sketch from the comedy series All That. The movie follows Dexter Reed (Kenan Thompson) and original cashier Ed (Kel Mitchell), as they reunite in the present day at fast-food restaurant Good Burger with a hilarious new group of employees. The film will premiere later this year exclusively on Paramount+.

The additional cast members announced today are:

Lil Rel Howery as Cecil McNevin, a lawyer for the corporation MegaCorp.

Jillian Bell as Katt Boswell, the CEO of MegaCorp.

Kamaia Fairburn as Mia, a cool and confident teen who works at Good Burger to help her mother when she can.

Alex R. Hibbert as Ed2, a mini-me version of his dad, Ed, and Good Burger’s newest trainee.

Fabrizio Guido as Mr. Jensen, a 16-year-old employee who...

Paramount+ cooked up some excellent news earlier this year when it confirmed that the long-gestating Good Burger sequel had scored a formal pickup.

At the time, it was revealed Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell would be reprising their beloved roles.

But who will be joining them?

Paramount+ unveiled the entire cast Thursday morning, and there are some exciting names for sure.

Also returning is Josh Server as Fizz, Lori Beth Denberg as Connie Muldoon, and Carmen Electra as Roxanne.

The rest of the cast will be made up of new faces to the franchise.

Lil Rel Howery is joining the cast as Cecil McNevin, a lawyer for the corporation MegaCorp.

Jillian Bell is set to play Katt Boswell, the CEO of MegaCorp.

Kamaia Fairburn is Mia, a cool and confident teen who works at Good Burger to help her mother when she can.

Alex R. Hibbert is on board as...

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Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry are teaming up for a new film, which will see both legendary stars face off as spies. Warner Bros. confirmed to Popsugar that they have landed the new project, titled "Maude v Maude." Deadline was the first to report news of the exciting movie.

Full details of "Maude v Maude" are under wraps for now, but an insider told Deadline that it will be a global action thriller - a sort of "Bond vs. Bourne." Roseanne Liang will direct from a script by Scott Mosier. Berry and Jolie are also attached as producers on the flick.

The film marks the first time the pair have worked together, though the Oscar winners are no strangers to the spy and action genres. Berry starred alongside Pierce Brosnan in 2002's James Bond film "Die Another Day," appeared in the third John Wick film,...

Deadline reports that Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry are set to join forces for Maude v Maude, an action thriller which sparked a multi-studio bidding war over the weekend.

Warner Bros. came out the victor in the battle of Maude v Maude. Roseanne Liang (Shadow in the Cloud) will direct the movie from a script by Scott Mosier (The Grinch). Not much is known about the project, but an insider described it as a “Bond vs Bourne” type of action thriller. I can get onboard with that. While both Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry have their share of action movies under their belts, this will be the first time that the two actors have worked together.

Related Maria: Angelina Jolie to star as opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s upcoming biopic

Of course, Angelina Jolie played Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life,...

Exclusive: Gersh has signed in-demand Canadian actress Molly Parker for representation.

An Emmy and Independent Spirit Award nominee, Parker is perhaps best known for her turn as House Whip Jackie Sharp in Netflix’s political drama House of Cards — a pivotal series in the history of the streamer, which ran for six seasons. She also recently starred in Netflix’s Lost in Space and shared the screen with Billy Bob Thornton in the first season of the Prime Video legal drama Goliath, having prior that starred in HBO’s Emmy-winning Western series, Deadwood, and Errol Morris’ Netflix docudrama Wormwood opposite Peter Sarsgaard.

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Exclusive: Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us), Gabrielle Graham (Twenties), John Ortiz (Promised Land) and Tamsin Topolski (Slow Horses) have been cast opposite Colman Domingo in Netflix’s The Madness limited series. The conspiracy thriller hails from Chernin Entertainment via its first-look deal with Netflix, creator and co-showrunner Stephen Belber (O.G., The Laramie Project) and co-showrunner VJ Boyd (Justified, S.W.A.T.)

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In The Madness, media pundit Muncie Daniels (Domingo) must fight for his innocence and his life after he stumbles upon a murder deep in the Poconos woods. As the walls close in, Muncie strives to reconnect with his estranged family – and his lost ideals – in order to survive.

Blake will play Elena Daniels, the mother of Muncie’s 15-year-old son.

Graham portrays Kallie, the adult daughter of Muncie.

Ortiz plays Franco Quinones, a longtime FBI field agent with strong convictions and a relentless approach to his work.

As the lead in the new Apple TV+ drama Dear Edward, Colin O’Brien plays a boy existing in the aftermath of tragedy. It’s a complex role, especially for one so young, and O’Brien shines. He landed the part after starring in a Stephen King project last year. Now, at only 14, the Dear Edward actor has two big projects coming up, including Wonka.

‘Friday Night Lights’ creator Jason Katims brings the book ‘Dear Edward’ to the screen

Based on the best-selling book by Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward sees O’Brien portraying the title character, a 12-year-old who’s the lone survivor of a plane crash. The series follows Edward as he moves in with his aunt (Taylor Shilling) and begins to process his grief. It also follows the crash victims’ loved ones — Dee Dee (played by Friday Night Lights star Connie Britton), Adriana (Anna Uzele), Linda (Amy Forsyth), and...

Exclusive: UTA has inked actor-producer-writer Omari Hardwick in all areas.

In film, he most recently starred in Netflix’s Army of the Dead, which debuted as No. 1 on the streamer. He also recently wrapped Fantasy Football, which will premiere on Paramount+ later this year.

Hardwick also completed two highly anticipated Netflix features, including The Mothership opposite Halle Berry, as well as The Mother alongside Jennifer Lopez. Previous feature credits include Spell, American Skin, Nobody’s Fool, Sgt., Will Gardner, Sorry to Bother You and A Boy. A Girl. A Dream, among many others.

On the small screen, Hardwick most recently starred in Netflix’s limited series Pieces of Her opposite Toni Collette. Previously, he starred for six seasons as James “Ghost” St. Patrick as the lead in the critically acclaimed Starz! series, Power, which earned him three consecutive NAACP Image Awards wins for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. His other...

A movie based on the Stephen King story Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is set to be released through the Netflix streaming service on October 5th, and with that date drawing very near now a trailer for the film has finally arrived online. You can watch it in the embed above.

The story Mr. Harrigan’s Phone was included in King’s book If It Bleeds, which you can buy at This Link. Written and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Little Things), the film will center on

Craig, a young boy living in a small town, who befriends an older, reclusive billionaire Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away, the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone, and finds himself able to communicate with his friend from the grave through the iPhone that was buried with him.

Jaeden Martell...