HBO is ready to return to the world of Dune. The company just announced that spinoff Dune: Prophecy has started production on a second season. Unlike the six-episode first season, HBO is giving the series more episodes for its sophomore run: Eight episodes instead of six. The bump is notable as, if anything, the trend in the streaming era is...

The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship Special Edition of 20/20 takes a look at the sitcoms impact and influence on pop culture from the 80s to today. The TV special includes interviews with series creator Susan Harris, as well as producers and directors. It also pays tribute to the stars of the TV show, Bea Arthur, Betty...

Hollywood actress Gal Gadot has been awarded Israels prestigious 2026 Genesis Prize to recognize her steadfast defense of Israel at great personal and professional risk. The $1 million award is granted each year to someone for their professional achievements, contributions to humanity and commitment to Jewish values.Gadot said she will donate the $1 million prize to Israeli non-governmental organizations working...

Heading into day one of the American Film Market, Los Angeles-based sales outfit Palisades Park Pictures has closed multiple territory deals on the high-profile adaptation of Enid Blytons beloved childrens novel The Magic Faraway Tree, starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy. The deals include Leonine acquiring rights for Germany, Austria and Switzerland; VVS Films handling Australia and New Zealand; and...

Idris Elba is returning for a new Luther feature from Netflix that continues the gritty adventures of the detective hero created by Neil Cross and first aired as a BBC series. Ruth Wilson, who co-starred in the series but did not appear in the previous standalone movie, 2023s Luther: The Fallen Sun, is coming back for this new outing (rectifying...

The Oscar-nominated Phil Johnston is penning a screenplay for a feature based on Mattels View-Master 3D image toy. Johnston, a screenwriter, producer and director, will write thelive-action feature film for Mattel Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Escape Artists. View-Master was one of my favorite toys when I was a kid (still is), because it gave me a chance to explore...

Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, who created the award-winning mockumentary American Vandal, are going into the DC Universe. The duo will write, executive produce and showrun the Superman movie TV spinoff to star Skyler Gisondo, the actor who played Daily Planet photographer and unlikely ladies man Jimmy Olsen. Gisondo and the character became a true breakout from James Gunns summer...

Has the Armie Hammer comeback begun? Citizen Vigilante, a new indie action thriller, starring Hammer, has closed its first international sales deal. The project, directed by German indie king Uwe Boll (Rampage, Postal) was snatched up ahead of the American Film Market by new distributor Free Wind for German-speaking Europe. Kinostar, which is selling the film at AFM, said several...

Jennifer Dodge has been named the president of Paramount Animation, following the exit of former president Ramsey Naito. Dodge will report to Paramount Pictures co-chairs Dana Goldberg andJosh Greenstein and oversee all operations of the animation group. Dodge is an alum of Nickelodeon, and most recently served as the president of Spin Master Entertainment and Consumer Products, working on the...

You can get dizzy tracking the comings and goings in the third installment of the highly successful Now You See Me franchise. Apparently taking their cue from the Avengers films, the makers of this edition, arriving nearly nine years after the last one, features such a plethora of characters old and new, subplots piled upon subplots, and expected and unexpected...

On Nov. 11, 1994, Buena Vista unveiled the Tim Allen holiday starrer The Santa Clause in theaters, where it would go on to gross $144 million globally, launch two theatrical sequels and then a Disney+ spinoff series. The Hollywood Reporters original review is below: Ironically, the most John Hughes-ish holiday movie is Hughes chief Christmas competitor, Buena Vistas The Santa...

Sinners star Michael B. Jordan will be honored with the Icon Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, it was announced on Tuesday. The Film Awards will take place on Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, while the festival will run Jan. 2 to Jan. 13. In Sinners, Jordan plays twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who return...

At a Netflix For Your Consideration event on Sunday, Monster: The Ed Gein Story star Charlie Hunnam, co-creator Ian Brennan and the shows creative team took a deep dive into their recently released season, which followed the notorious 1950s serial killer. Season three comes after previous iterations centered on Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez Brothers, as Ian Brennan who created...