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American Cinema Editors has elected longtime editor Sabrina Plisco as its new president. She is now just the second woman to hold the position in the organization’s 75-year existence.

“I am incredibly honored to serve this great organization and am deeply committed to serving our members across the globe and upholding the highest standards of our profession,” Plisco said in a reported statement. “I look forward to collaborating with the Board and harnessing our collective expertise to achieve great things for Ace and the editing community as a whole.”

Plisco’s win was shared on Thursday, and was included in the org’s updated listing of its officers and board members. Under Plisco, Kevin Trent will serve as vice president. Lillian Benson will stand as Ace’s secretary and Michael Ornstein will be its treasurer. Plisco’s work in the industry spans over 50 years, with a resume filled with TV series and movies,...

Exclusive: The American Cinema Editors revealed Thursday that veteran editor Sabrina Plisco has been elected president of the motion picture editors society. She becomes just the second woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history.

Plisco, a two-time Emmy nominee whose swath of credits over a five-decade career include Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange and Ms Marvel along with two The Smurfs movies, Devious Maids and Clifford the Big Red Dog, will serve a two-year term.

Former Ace president Kevin Tent has been appointed by the Ace Board to serve as Vice President, filling the role previously held by Plisco.

“I am incredibly honored to serve this great organization and am deeply committed to serving our members across the globe and upholding the highest standards of our profession,” Plisco said. “I look forward to collaborating with the Board and harnessing our collective expertise to achieve great things for Ace...

The fiasco of “Joker: Folie à Deux” is something that Warner Bros. can’t hide from — other distributors question its officially reported $7 million gross for its second weekend, now #4 after initially ridiculously claiming #3. But the success of its “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the actual #3, remains a nice counterbalance.

Tim Burton’s sequel, at $275 million in U.S./Canada gross, came out as a PVOD rental only 32 days after release (unusual these days for a WB hit — “Dune Part 2” and “Godzilla Vs. Kong” had 47 day windows). But even without specific figures, it’s clear that it got a lot of action.

It replaced Disney’s “Deadpool & Wolverine,” the year’s second biggest grosser (more than double “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”) after the Marvel film’s first week out. And it likely wasn’t close — it is #1 at Fandango, which calculates by revenue. With “Deadpool” costing 25 percent more to rent ($24.99 to $19.99), that means it had a clear victory.

Jack Whitehall is set bring his festive cheer to Amazon Prime Video for the first time, with the streamer having announced a Christmas special fronted by the British comedian and actor.

“Jack in Time For Christmas” — produced by Workerbee (a Banijay UK company) and Whitehall’s Jackpot Productions — will launch exclusively on Prime Video worldwide in December, and will also include an eclectic array of special guests, including Michael Bublé, Dave Bautista, Rebel Wilson, Jimmy Fallon, Daisy May Cooper and Tom Davies.

The show, part scripted comedy, part unscripted traveloge, will see Whitehall (whose recent big screen credits include “Jungle Cruise” and “Clifford the Big Red Dog”) find himself stranded in the U.S. with just four days to make it back to the U.K. for Christmas. With time ticking away, he embarks on a journey involving planes, trains, huskies, and bobsleighs. As per the description, “a stockingful of...

The return of a reality TV monster that’s sure to dominate social media conversation; Charlie and Nick’s blossoming romance; a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the NBA courtesy of LeBron James and Anthony Edwards; the latest gem from an action auteur; Tyler Perry’s first Netflix television drama and another helping espionage and drama from Keri Russell are some of the highlights among the new films and series hitting Netflix in October.

Coming in hot on Oct. 2 is the new season of Netflix’s reality dating show Love Is Blind. The seventh go around for the main franchise — the brand has now expanded into several country-specific versions — will see a fresh batch of singles heading into the pods, hoping to find love and marry their match, all within a worryingly compressed timeline. The show, which is still billed as a “social experiment,” has experienced some bad PR in recent seasons,...

There are some very cool options available to viewers who are about to be blocked from Disney+ thanks to new password-sharing rules.

The days of sharing a friend’s Disney+ account are just about over. On Wednesday, Disney unveiled full details regarding its paid sharing program, which will allow Disney+ account holders to pay an extra $7 per month to add someone outside their household to their Basic subscription. It’s likely that many viewers who are now borrowing someone else’s password will lose their access thanks to password-sharing restrictions that are being enforced by Disney these days, and if this describes your situation, we’ll walk you through some good options for leaving Disney+ behind and saving money as well.

On-Demand Replacements for Disney+ Paramount+

Paramount+ is a great way to help replace Disney+ in your streaming lineup. You’ll have to pay for this streamer, but an account...

Fall is here, which means it’s time to bundle up on your couch and stream the weekend away. Let’s get into it: There’s plenty to enjoy in October on Netflix, from a new Ali Wong special to new seasons of shows like “Love Is Blind” and “Unsolved Mysteries.” The real unsolved mystery is how it feels like there is more “Love Is Blind” dropping every month, but I digress.

October also brings with it the chance to watch Season 1 of “Yellowjackets” (a Showtime hit) for the first time on the Netflix platform, as well as more “Outer Banks” and “The Lincoln Lawyer.” The best bet, however, is the return of Keri Russell.

Top Pick: “The Diplomat” Season 2

Russell returns as U.S. ambassador to the U.K. Kate Wyler in this “The Americans” meets “Homeland” Emmy-nominated hit. Season 1 ended with a massive cliffhanger, so the six-episode Season...

Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Clara Rugaard and Til Schweiger lead the international cast of “Desperate Journey,” a newly-announced thriller set in the burlesque world of 1940s Paris.

The film — which has now wrapped production — comes from Emblem Pictures, and was written by two-time Oscar nominee Michael Radford (best known for directing 1994 global sensation “Il Postino”) and directed by Emmy winner Annabel Jankel (“Tell It to the Bees”).

Produced by Warren Derosa and Zsófia Kende, “Desperate Journey” is based on the true story of Freddie Knoller (played by Tønnesen), a young man forced to flee Vienna as Nazi hysteria takes hold. Knoller’s captivating story has been widely recognized around the world and he was honored by the late Queen Elizabeth.

Rounding out the supporting cast of the film are Sienna Guillory (“Meg 2: The Trench,” “Clifford the Big Red Dog”), Steven Berkoff, Fernando Guallar (“Love Divided”), Hugo Speer (“The Full Monty...

Scholastic is boosting its entertainment biz: The kids media and publishing company announced a $186 million deal to acquire full economic interest in 9 Story Media Group, a leading children’s content producer and distributor.

Through the investment, Scholastic will acquire 100% of the economic interest in and a minority of voting rights in 9 Story Media, the animation studio behind TV shows including “Doc McStuffins” (pictured above), “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” “Octonauts,” “Wild Kratts” and “The Magic School Bus Rides Again.”

The companies said the deal “solidifies” the more than two decades of collaboration between Scholastic Entertainment and 9 Story. The investment has been approved by both companies’ boards of directors and the shareholders of 9 Story. The deal is expected to close in Scholastic’s fiscal 2025 first quarter, which begins on June 1, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

“This highly strategic combination, adding 9 Story’s industry-leading capabilities with Scholastic’s trusted brand and proven ability...

Last year’s R.L. Stine-based Disney+ series “Goosebumps” will return for Season 2, we’ve learned this weekend, but the cast and setting will be switched up this time around.

Variety reports, “The announcement was made during the Disney Branded Television presentation at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. As part of the announcement, it was also revealed that the second season would be eight episodes compared to the 10-episode first season, and that the show is going the anthology route. Thus, Season 2 will feature an entirely new cast and setting based on R.L. Stine’s iconic Scholastic book series.”

“Audiences everywhere fell in love with the series’ chills, thrills, heart and humor, making it one of Disney Branded Television’s most-watched shows of last year,” said Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television. “We can’t wait to dive deeper into the brilliant mind of R.L.

Back at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Celine Song’s debut feature, “Past Lives,” premiered to rave reviews and early speculation about its awards chances. That turned out to be prescient. One year later, “Past Lives” is a 2024 Oscars Best Picture nominee, while Song is a nominee for Best Original Screenplay. So with the 2024 Sundance Film Festival at its end, what better time than now to speculate about what next year’s “Past Lives” will be? Whether anything on 2024’s Sundance roster can scale those heights is up for debate, but plenty of promising titles could compete for acting and screenplay prizes. The documentary lineup was robust this year, which makes sense: Six of the last 10 Best Documentary Feature Film winners got their start at Sundance.

Below is a sample of Sundance highlights that could be award contenders this time next year.

Narrative features

“Between the Temples”: It’s hard to fathom,...

[Editor's Note: This article was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being discussed here wouldn't exist.]

Based on R.L. Stine's beloved book series of the same name (which I encountered many summer afternoons in the local library during the ’90s and early 2000s), a new Goosebumps series is coming to Disney+ and Hulu on Friday, October 13th, and we have a look at the official trailer ahead of its premiere.

"Goosebumps," the chilling new series inspired by R.L. Stine's worldwide bestselling book series, is set to debut across both Disney+ and Hulu on Friday, Oct. 13.

From Disney Branded Television and Sony Pictures Television, the 10-part series will launch with a five-episode drop as part of Disney+’s “Hallowstream” and Hulu’s “Huluween” celebrations, with subsequent new episodes streaming weekly.

Plunging viewers into a world of mystery and suspense, the new “Goosebumps” series follows a group of five high schoolers as they embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three...

Justin Long has had an excellent variety of roles throughout his career.

He's been in horrors, comedies, and everything in between.

The actor plays Nathan Bratt on the Disney+/Hulu reboot of Goosebumps.

In the first trailer, Nathan finds himself possessed by a spirit that may or may not be tied to the overarching mystery of the new series.

We love a good mystery!

"Plunging viewers into a world of mystery and suspense, the new Goosebumps series follows a group of five high schoolers as they embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle — while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents' past," the logline teases.

In addition to Long Goosebumps also stars Rachael Harris (Lucifer), alongside Zack Morris (EastEnders), Isa Briones (Star Trek: Picard), Miles McKenna (Guilty Party), Ana Yi Puig (Gossip Girl), and Will Price...

The brand new “Goosebumps” television series from Disney+ and Hulu will premiere on October 13, and now the show’s full official trailer has arrived this afternoon.

The two-minute trailer features callbacks to several classic Goosebumps tales, including “Welcome to Dead House,” “Say Cheese and Die!” and “The Cuckoo Clock of Doom,” and it also features an appearance from the iconic Slappy doll. Like the two live action movies we got in recent years, however, it looks like the series will not be directly adapting any of the books.

Watch the “Goosebumps” official trailer below!

Disney previews in the official press details, “The new series draws on elements from five of the most popular middle grade books including Say Cheese and Die!, The Haunted Mask, The Cuckoo Clock of Doom, Go Eat Worms! and Night of the Living Dummy.”

From Disney Branded Television and Sony Pictures Television, the 10-part series will...

“Scarier than you remember” is the official tagline for the brand new “Goosebumps” series from Disney+, and it’s featured on the official poster art that was unveiled this morning.

“Goosebumps” will premiere on Disney+ on October 13, 2023!

Check out your first look at the show’s version of Slappy on the official poster below.

Disney previews in the official press details, “The new series draws on elements from five of the most popular middle grade books including Say Cheese and Die!, The Haunted Mask, The Cuckoo Clock of Doom, Go Eat Worms! and Night of the Living Dummy.”

From Disney Branded Television and Sony Pictures Television, the 10-part series will launch with a five-episode drop as part of Disney+’s “Hallowstream” and Hulu’s “Huluween” celebrations, with subsequent new episodes streaming weekly. The series’ first two episodes will also air on Freeform on Oct. 13th, as part of its “31 Nights of Halloween” programming.

R.L. Stine’s iconic Goosebumps horror stories are headed back to the small screen in a new series from Disney+, and the official image gallery has opened up this morning.

“Goosebumps” will premiere on Disney+ on October 13, 2023!

Disney previews in the official press details, “The new series draws on elements from five of the most popular middle grade books including Say Cheese and Die!, The Haunted Mask, The Cuckoo Clock of Doom, Go Eat Worms! and Night of the Living Dummy.”

We expect a full trailer soon. In the meantime, browse the image gallery below.

From Disney Branded Television and Sony Pictures Television, the 10-part series will launch with a five-episode drop as part of Disney+’s “Hallowstream” and Hulu’s “Huluween” celebrations, with subsequent new episodes streaming weekly. The series’ first two episodes will also air on Freeform on Oct. 13th, as part of its “31 Nights of Halloween” programming.

Curzon is re-releasing Lars von Trier’s ‘The Idiots’.

Warner Bros’ superhero sci-fi Blue Beetle and Universal’s canine comedy Strays head the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, in a post-Barbenheimer test of how the market can handle two wide studio releases.

Opening in 556 cinemas, Blue Beetle is the third feature from Puerto Rican filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto. In the film, after an alien scarab chooses a teenager to be its symbiotic host, the youngster becomes the eponymous superhero with an unpredictable suit of armour.

Xolo Mariduena leads the cast, which also includes Bruna Marquezine, Damian Alcazar, George Lopez and Adriana Barraza.

Lionsgate and Hasbro said on Thursday that they reached a deal for the media company to buy eOne, the toy giant’s film production company, for $500 million.

The deal includes $375 million in cash. The rest will involve Lionsgate assuming production financing loans for ongoing projects.

As part of the pact, Lionsgate also will acquire film development rights to Hasbro’s “Monopoly,” based on the enduring board game. Kevin Hart was cast to star in the film in 2019.

Wall Street was positive on the deal. Lionsgate shares edged up less than 1% in premarket trading, despite buyers typically seeing shares dip when a deal is announced. The stock closed at $7.98 Monday, up about 25% since the start of the year.

Hasbro shares rose about 2% in premarket trading after closing Wednesday at $64.37.

Hasbro has been shopping eOne, which co-produces films and television based on Hasbro IP as part of a production deal with Paramount,...

Devo lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh, who created the music for Paul Reubens’ series Pee-wee’s Playhouse and the 2016 movie Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, has paid tribute to the late actor and reflected upon how collaborating with Reubens “changed the trajectory” of his career in an interview with Yahoo Music.

“He always had a good personality and a good heart,” Mothersbaugh said about his longtime friend. “It’s just shocking and sad that he’s gone.” The Devo co-founder had no idea that Reubens had been privately battling cancer, adding, “We’d even been talking about working on an animated version of Pee-wee’s Playhouse.”

Mothersbaugh and Reubens met at the comedy improv theater the Groundlings when Mothersbaugh was dating founding member Laraine Newman (who was also part of the original Saturday Night Live cast). It was there that Mothersbaugh witnessed Reubens creating his Pee-wee Herman character. They kept in touch and first collaborated...

Devo lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh, who created the music for Paul Reubens’ series Pee-wee’s Playhouse and the 2016 movie Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, has paid tribute to the late actor and reflected upon how collaborating with Reubens “changed the trajectory” of his career in an interview with Yahoo Music.

“He always had a good personality and a good heart,” Mothersbaugh said about his longtime friend. “It’s just shocking and sad that he’s gone.” The Devo co-founder had no idea that Reubens had been privately battling cancer, adding, “We’d even been talking about working on an animated version of Pee-wee’s Playhouse.”

Mothersbaugh and Reubens met at the comedy improv theater the Groundlings when Mothersbaugh was dating founding member Laraine Newman (who was also part of the original Saturday Night Live cast). It was there that Mothersbaugh witnessed Reubens creating his Pee-wee Herman character. They kept in touch and first collaborated...

Apple TV+ today released the trailer for “Eva the Owlet,” premiering globally on Friday, March 31. The new animated kids and family series is based on the New York Times bestselling Scholastic book series “Owl Diaries” by award-winning author Rebecca Elliott. “Eva the Owlet” stars Eva, a creative, cheeky owlet who lives next door to her best friend Lucy in the woodland world of Treetopington. With big ideas and an even bigger personality, Eva goes on high-flying adventures, expressing herself in her diary along the way! Since first being published, “Owl Diaries” now has eight foreign language translations and 11 million copies in print. Produced by award-winning Scholastic Entertainment with production services and 4K animation by 9 Story Media Group’s Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated studio Brown Bag Films in Dublin and Bali, “Eva the Owlet” also features original songs by critically acclaimed musician and singer-songwriter Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums.

Earl Boen, a veteran character and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Peter Silberman in “The Terminator” movies, died Thursday in Hawaii. He was 81.

The actor was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in the fall of 2022, according to a friend of Boen’s and his family.

Boen starred in “The Terminator,” “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” and “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” as Dr. Silberman, a criminal psychologist who was brought in to interrogate Michael Biehn’s Kyle Reese in the first film. He also appeared in archive footage in 2019’s “Terminator: Dark Fate.”

Born on Aug. 8, 1941, Boen worked on a slew of television series, movies and video games throughout his career. In addition to the “Terminator” franchise, his film credits include “9 to 5,” “Living in Peril,” “The Prince,” “Sioux City,” “Marked for Death,” “My Stepmother Is an Alien,” “Alien Nation,” “Touch and Go,” “The Main Event,...

Exclusive: Audible has today launched Jack Whitehall’s Safe Space, a new 10-part original comedy series hosted by the comedian featuring a host of A-list guests, including Judd Apatow and Jameela Jamil.

Throughout the series, Whitehall sits down with his guests to dig into some of their most cringe-inducing tales.

The synopsis reads: From the school days we’d rather forget (Emily Atack), to worst first impressions (Russell Howard) and cringeworthy celebrity encounters (Jameela Jamil), no shameful stone is left unturned, as Jack is joined by some of the funniest names in the industry who come bearing all about the moments in their lives that have led to sleepless nights. Elsewhere, Jack gets to the bottom of a real day’s work with comedian and former handyman Tom Davies, discusses embarrassing relationship experiences away from the screen with Judd Apatow, and discovers...

Toymaker Hasbro is already trying to sell off eOne — or at least, the part of eOne that is “not directly supporting the Company’s Branded Entertainment strategy.” Hasbro, Inc. purchased Entertainment One for 3.8 billion in cash in December 2019.

Hasbro says that even with a sale of these particular TV and film pieces, it will “maintain the capability to develop and produce animation, digital shorts, scripted TV and theatrical films for audiences related to core Hasbro IP.”

Put simply, Hasbro wants to sell the parts of eOne that produces “The Woman King,” “Yellowjackets,” “The Rookie,” and “Naked & Afraid,” but keep the Transformers and Peppa Pig stuff. As a matter of fact, Hasbro plans to “significantly increase” its investment in its key brands, which also include Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, My Little Pony, Power Rangers, Play-Doh, Monopoly, and Clue. This sale could fund exactly that initiative. It could also...

First up, the good news. This weekend had the best total box office in eight weekends, led by Halloween Ends, which had the best opening in 12 weekends. The weekend was 31 above last weekend and 39 above the average of the past seven weekends. After a disastrous two and a half month stretch, the box office is finally lifting back up, and next weekend it should vault above 100 million for the first time since July, led by the release of Black Adam.

As for the bad news, Halloween Ends’ 41.3 million opening was well below expectations, and it ranks as the lowest of the new trilogy. The iconic horror franchise was revived by director David Gordon Green who brought back Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in the 2018 reboot Halloween. The film was a smash, opening to 76.2 million (still the third best ever for a horror film) and ultimately grossing 159 million domestically and 255 million worldwide,...

It was another lousy weekend with a total box office of just 57 million, the 11th in a row under 100 million and the seventh in a row under 65 million. There hasn’t been a stretch this bad since before the summer of 2021, but thankfully reinforcements are on the way. The next two weekends will see the releases of Halloween Ends and Black Adam, which will bring us to an era where these truly dire weekend grosses are exceptions rather than the norm.

As bad as the overall box office climate has been, there have still been glittery high points that show us that audiences are eager to show up if the content is there. The best example of that in the past two weeks is Smile, which opened to a solid 22.6 million last weekend and followed it up with a phenomenal 17.6 million, winning the weekend again as it dropped just 22. This...

Another weekend brings another serious dilemma for moviegoers: should Friday night be spent singing along with a talking crocodile or solving a mystery with three Hollywood superstars? Based on the box office numbers, the answer is ... neither! Why solve a crime or sing along when you can scream in terror thanks to Paramount's latest horror flick, "Smile."

In its second weekend at the box office, "Smile" is still going very strong. It's hard to believe that Parker Finn's directorial debut was once set to arrive exclusively to Paramount+, and execs have plenty to smile about after making the wise choice to premiere it in theaters instead. Per Variety, the film is now expected to beat out two other wide releases after earning 5.4 million on Friday from 3,659 theaters. This puts it ahead of both "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" and "Amsterdam," which earned 3.5 million and 2.6 million, respectively.

Based on the numbers,...

There’s one key question gripping the world this weekend: will the box office be smiling, or will it be Lyling?

Sony’s “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” had hopes to challenge for the top slot at the box office this weekend, though it seems that the family comedy won’t be able to outpace the second weekend of Paramount’s smash horror film “Smile.” Meanwhile, 20th Century Studios’ “Amsterdam” is bombing in its debut, aiming to finish in third.

“Lyle, Lyle” landed a 3.47 million opening day, screening in 4,350 locations. While that’s not exactly the most impressive opening day on paper, the majority of ticket sales for the musical will come with family audiences attending screenings on Saturday, Sunday and the Monday holiday of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which will keep a good fraction of kids out of school.

Sony is projecting a weekend gross between 12 million and 13.5 million for the musical,...

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Since a Top 50 cannot begin to scratch the surface in this drawn-out era of Peak TV — yes, it’s still Peak TV — THR wants to acknowledge six writer-producers who’ve made uniquely interesting moves in 2022.

Max Borenstein

Though he has more than a few creator credits on his résumé, Borenstein really courted the zeitgeist, controversy and even a little A-list ire with Lakers dynasty drama Winning Time on HBO.

Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Anna Fricke

The CW’s future may be in limbo, but its present is defined by two women building multiseries franchises (Okoro Carroll’s All American and Fricke’s Walker) as others get axed.

Chris Estrada

The stand-up who previously only dabbled in TV made his exceptional debut as a creator-star in August with This Fool, Hulu’s half-hour comedy about family dynamics set in a gang rehabilitation center.

Will Graham...

After a generally miserable September at the box office, October bursts in with the promise of at least two franchise films, although things will kick off mildly with two very different movies — one based on a children’s book and the other an original.

Sony’s “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” is the first new PG-rated family movie in over two months. It’s hard to imagine that families who have been desperate to get the kids out of the house won’t take advantage of a new movie that is appropriate for them. Based on the 1965 children’s book by Bernard Waber, the live action hybrid movie is directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck (“Blades of Glory”) and stars Javier Bardem, Constance Wu, Winslow Fegley, Brett Gelman and Scoot McNairy. More importantly, it features the singing voice of pop star Shawn Mendes as Lyle the Crocodile, performing songs that include...

A beloved children's literature classic is getting another adaptation, less than a decade since Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures gave the title the feature treatment with Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell, and Ed Oxenbould. As announced by The Hollywood Reporter, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" is getting a new Hispanic or Latin-American adaptation of Judith Viorst's best-selling book, with Eva Longoria and George Lopez already cast in the starring adult roles. The new film comes from "Gentefied" co-creator and showrunner Marvin Lemus, who will direct the film for Disney+. Joining Lemus is "Father of the Bride" and "Clifford the Big Red Dog" scribe Matt Lopez, who will provide the script. Shawn Levy's 21 Laps and The Jim Henson Company are producing the film.

In the new adaptation, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" will follow a Mexican-American family who fears...

Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson has been confirmed as the host for the 74th Emmy Awards next month.

The ceremony will be telecast on NBC live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on 12 September, It will also be streamed live on Peacock for the first time.

Thompson, 44, reacted to the news in a statement on Thursday (9 August), calling the opportunity “ridiculously exciting”.

“Being a part of this incredible evening where we honor the best of the television community is ridiculously exciting.” he said, adding, “And to do it on NBC – my longtime network family – makes it even more special.”

Thompson has been associated with the popular late-night sketch show for nearly two decades and will return for his 20th season this fall – making him the longest-running SNL cast member in the NBC show’s history.

Thompson has received six Emmy nominations, including a lead acting nomination for his sitcom Kenan,...

Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson has been confirmed as the host for the 74th Emmy Awards next month.

The ceremony will be telecast on NBC live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on 12 September, It will also be streamed live on Peacock for the first time.

Thompson, 44, reacted to the news in a statement on Thursday (9 August), calling the opportunity “ridiculously exciting”.

“Being a part of this incredible evening where we honor the best of the television community is ridiculously exciting.” he said, adding, “And to do it on NBC – my longtime network family – makes it even more special.”

Thompson has been associated with the popular late-night sketch show for nearly two decades and will return for his 20th season this fall – making him the longest-running SNL cast member in the NBC show’s history.

Thompson has received six Emmy nominations, including a lead acting nomination for his sitcom Kenan,...

The complicated world of Hollywood is always a-changing, but if there's anything in this world that we can count on, it's talking animals befriending lonely children. In the vein of "Clifford The Big Red Dog," "Paddington" and maybe even "Detective Pikachu," comes "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile." Based on the best-selling book series by Bernard Waber, the film tells the story of a friendly crocodile who loves baths, singing, and his local community. Oh, and Lyle is voiced by pop-singing sensation Shawn Mendes.

Obviously, you have some questions: will there be an in-universe explanation for why Lyle the crocodile can sing? How many of Shawn Mendes' actual songs will be in the movie? Will it ever get less weird to hear the pop star's voice come out of a CGI crocodile? I can answer absolutely none of these questions but here's what we do know — "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" involves lots of hijinks...

“Saturday Night Live” is now sans a few more stars.

After longtime cast members Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, and Kyle Mooney parted ways with the sketch comedy series earlier this year, “SNL” has now confirmed that Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, and Aristotle Athari will not be returning for the upcoming season.

Moffat, who frequently plays Eric Trump on the series, joined the cast for Season 42 as a featured player from 2016 through 2018. He was brought on as a full-time cast member in 2018. He has since starred in “Holidate” and “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” with upcoming films “Susie Searches,” “Christmas with the Campbells,” “Jodie,” and series “Bad Monkey” in the works.

Villaseñor also became part of the “SNL” cast in Season 42, similarly starting as a featured player and along with Moffat, becoming a full time repertory player in 2018. Villaseñor started as a contestant on “America’s Got Talent” before booking “SNL.

NBC and the Television Academy announced jointly today that Kenan Thompson will host the 74th Emmy(R) Awards. The three-hour, coast-to-coast live telecast from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 12 and begins at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt on NBC and will stream live for the first time on Peacock. “Being a part of this incredible evening where we honor the best of the television community is ridiculously exciting, and to do it on NBC – my longtime network family – makes it even more special,” Thompson said. “Like all TV fans, I can’t wait to see the stars from my favorite shows.” Jen Neal, Executive Vice President of Live Events for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said, “Kenan is well-regarded as one of funniest, likeable and accomplished performers of the last two decades and his tenure on ‘Saturday Night Live’ speaks for itself.

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Kenan Thompson is set to host the 2022 Emmy Awards, it was announced today.

The Saturday Night Live star will emcee the ceremony airing on NBC and streaming live on Peacock on Monday, Sept. 12.

“Being a part of this incredible evening where we honor the best of the television community is ridiculously exciting, and to do it on NBC — my longtime network family — makes it even more special,” Thompson said in a statement. “Like all TV fans, I can’t wait to see the stars from my favorite shows.”

NBCUniversal Television and Streaming executive vice president of live events, Jen Neal, added, “Kenan is well-regarded as one of funniest, likeable and accomplished performers of the last two decades and his tenure on Saturday Night Live speaks for itself. We know he’ll bring an excitement and professionalism to the Emmy Awards that a show of this stature deserves.

It came down to the wire — the Emmys are next month, after all — but NBC and the Television Academy have finally found a host for this year’s ceremony: “Saturday Night Live” star Kenan Thompson.

Thompson, the longest-running cast member in “SNL” history, was named after a lengthy search by NBC, the Academy and Emmys producers Done+Dusted and Reggie Hudlin to find an A-list name that might shake things up. It turns out, the A-lister was in their own backyard. The telecast will air live Sept. 12 on NBC, and stream on Peacock as well.

“Being a part of this incredible evening where we honor the best of the television community is ridiculously exciting, and to do it on NBC – my longtime network family – makes it even more special,” Thompson said in a statement. “Like all TV fans, I can’t wait to see the stars from my favorite shows.

The conservator for “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” actress Edie McClurg was granted a restraining order against an alleged abuser on Tuesday, according to documents obtained by TheWrap.

The conservatorship was set up in 2019 and is run by “Life in Pieces” actress Angelique Cabral, whose mother is McClurg’s cousin.

The documents state that Cabral is “highly concerned” about a man named Michael Ramos, who has been living with the 78-year-old character actress and previously attempted to marry her. According to the documents, he sexually assaulted one of McClurg’s caregivers, and that woman fears he might also be assaulting McClurg.

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According to the filing, Ramos “finagled” his way into McClurg’s home and attempted to take her out of state to marry her, even though he knew she “lacked capacity” to consent to a marriage.

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Ellen Rapoport is setting up shop at Lionsgate Television.

The creator of HBO Max’s well-reviewed comedy Minx has signed an overall deal with the studio behind the series. Under the pact, Rapoport will create new scripted projects for the studio while also continuing to serve as showrunner on the previously renewed Minx.

“Throughout the making of Minx I kept waiting for someone to save me from my more outrageous instincts. Obviously, that never happened. So, it seems like I’ve found my people. Thrilled to be joining the Lionsgate family even if I have to cross the 405 to get to their offices!” Rapoport said in statement announcing the news Wednesday.

Rapoport created Minx and exec produces the series alongside Lionsgate TV-based Paul Feig. The 1970s-era comedy about the first erotic magazine for women stars Ophelia Lovibond, Jake Johnson and Lennon Parham. The...

Ellen Rapoport has signed an overall deal with Lionsgate Television.

Rapoport most recently created the HBO Max comedy series “Minx,” on which he is also the showrunner and executive producer. Under the terms of the deal, Rapoport will create scripted content exclusively for Lionsgate TV across all platforms.

“Throughout the making of ‘Minx’ I kept waiting for someone to save me from my more outrageous instincts,” Rapoport said. “Obviously that never happened. So, it seems like I’ve found my people. Thrilled to be joining the Lionsgate family even if I have to cross the 405 to get to their offices!”

“Minx” launched on HBO Max in March. The show stars Ophelia Lovibond as a feminist magazine writer in 1970s Los Angeles who reluctantly joins forces with a porn magazine publisher (Jake Johnson) to create the first erotic magazine for women. The series also stars Jessica Lowe, Oscar Montoya, Lennon Parham,...

“Minx” creator Ellen Rapoport has signed an overall deal with Lionsgate to produce scripted content.

“Throughout the making of ‘Minx’ I kept waiting for someone to save me from my more outrageous instincts. Obviously that never happened,” Rapoport said in a statement. “So, it seems like I’ve found my people. Thrilled to be joining the Lionsgate family even if I have to cross the 405 to get to their offices!”

Rapoport is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the HBO comedy series “Minx,” which dives into the fictional world of a 20-something feminist woman in the late 1970s who teams up with a low-rent magazine publisher to launch an erotic women’s mag that features nude male centerfolds.

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The series is produced by Lionsgate Television and has been renewed for a second season.

Shari Hanson has been elevated to executive VP of physical production and visual effects for Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Animation.

Under her new title, she will continue to work on Paramount’s live-action films and will expand her portfolio to include titles produced at Nick Animation. Hanson’s promotion comes as Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Studios work to streamline their strategy for production. Hanson joined the company in 2015.

Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Studios president of worldwide physical production Lee Rosenthal announced the promotion and called Hanson “an exemplary executive, and invaluable member of our team.”

“As we all know, Shari is a great physical production executive and trusted partner to our producers, as witnessed on ‘The Lost City,’ ‘Clifford the Big Red Dog,’ ‘Gemini Man’ and ‘Crawl,'” Rosenthal said in a memo to staff. “With this newly created hybrid role, we have an amazing opportunity to bridge our VFX and production work in unique,...

“Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” fits in with that whole “Clifford the Big Red Dog” genre of kids’ stories where it’s so ridiculous that you have to leave your common sense at the door. It’s a story about a family that sorta, kinda becomes the caretakers of a talking crocodile who also is a world-class singer. And then, they go on some sort of madcap adventure through the streets of New York City, singing and dancing the whole time.

Continue reading ‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’ Teaser: Javier Bardem & Shawn Mendes Star In New Musical About A Singing Croc at The Playlist.

Five top TV showrunners will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, May 31, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.

RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Synopsis: Follows a group of teachers brought together in one of the worst public schools in the country, simply because they love teaching.

Bio: The career of Patrick Schumacker has included “Cougar Town,” “iZombie,” “Powerless” and “Harley Quinn.

Exclusive: Yasha Jackson (The Flight Attendant) is set as a lead opposite Michaela McManus in ABC’s national parks drama pilot from Rashad Raisani and A+E Studios.

Written and executive produced by Raisani, the as-yet untitled drama is a “soapy” procedural set in the world of national parks. It revolves around the tangled, messy lives of the agents who work for the Isb — an elite law-enforcement unit responsible for solving all serious crimes that occur in our country’s 81,000 square miles of protected land.

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Jackson will play Tiffany, a brassy, funny Park Service Agent, a helicopter pilot and Audrey’s (McManus) close friend. Proud to be queer, Tiffany always says exactly what she means and she enjoys taking self-important bureaucrats down a peg or two. She and Audrey’s other best friend, Lisa, are fascinated to see how the...

South Korea, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria will also get the service this year.

US subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service Paramount+ is to launch in the UK on June 22.

It will also land in South Korea in June, with launches in Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria slated for the second half of the year. It will launch in India in partnership with Viacom 18 in 2023.

The UK service will cost £6.99 per month or £69.90 per year, and be made available online, on mobile and via a range of connected TVs.

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Paramount Global on Tuesday reported first-quarter results missed Wall Street expectations on sluggish broadcast advertising and theatrical declines, despite a sharp increase in streaming subscribers for Paramount+.

The entertainment giant that runs CBS, Viacom and the Paramount film studios reported revenue dipped 1 to 7.33 million during the quarter, compared with 7.41 million last year. The company said much of the decline was because last year’s first quarter included broadcasting the Super Bowl, a television event that fetches massive ad sales.

But further, Paramount also reported revenue declines across all three of its major business lines –broadcast advertising, filmed entertainment and distribution. This pushed profit lower to 433 million compared to 911 million last year. On an adjusted basis, the company delivered earnings per share of 60 cents, narrowly beating Wall Street projections 51 cents.

Paramount Chief Executive Bob Bakish highlighted the company’s ability to grow streaming subscribers, which has become a key metric for...

The month of May is setting up to have a solid slate of programming on Prime Video and Amazon Freevee as the streamers unveil their lineups. From returning favorites like The Wilds, new titles such as Night Sky and the spinoff Bosch: Legacy to a highly-anticipated reboot of The Kids in the Hall and plenty of familiar movie titles, there’s something for everyone. Below, we’re unveiling the full month’s slate of what’s coming to Prime Video and Amazon Freevee in May 2022. Scroll for the list, below. Available for Streaming on Prime Video: May 1 Blue’s Clues: Season 1 A Quiet Place Part II Rumble Clifford the Big Red Dog Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins Wrath of Man Independence Day Tombstone Open Range Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story The Guardian Office Space Enemy of the State Pearl Harbor Fat Albert Lucky Number Slevin The Angriest Man in Brooklyn...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Museum of Modern Art

Peter Bogdanovich’s very funny, never-before-seen Squirrels to the Nuts has an exclusive run (about which more here), while a retrospective of Larry Fessenden’s genre house Glass Eye Pix is underway.

Metrograph

A Robert Siodmak retrospective has started, as has “Pop Plays Itself,” a collection of musicians onscreen, while Resnais, Demy, and Marker lead Left Bank Cinema; Metrograph A to Z continues with Powell-Pressburger and Ray; Perfect Blue and Son of the White Mare are in “Late Nights“; Charles Grodin is paid tribute with screenings of Midnight Run and Clifford.

Anthology Film Archives

A series on imageless films—featuring Hollis Frampton, Guy Debord, and Derek Jarman—is underway while some of Buster Keaton’s greatest works screen in “Essential Cinema.”

Film Forum

Joseph Losey’s great Mr. Klein has been restored, as has Bronco Bullfrog...