The Night Agent returned to a familiar spot at the top of the Nielsen streaming rankings with its season three premiere, but it did so with smaller viewing numbers than past seasons. The spy thriller led the week of Feb. 16-22 with 1.83 billion minutes of viewing time, pushing the previous weeks leader, The Lincoln Lawyer, down to second place...

Berlin-based independent producer/distributor DCM has acquired leading Swiss indie distributor Ascot Elite Entertainment, the two companies announced Thursday. In a deal between Swiss-born DCM founders Dario Suter, Christoph Daniel, Marc Schmidheiny and Joel Brandeis, and managing director Stephanie Candinas, and Ascot Elite owners Karin G. Dietrich, Ralph S. Dietrich and Stephan Giger, DCM will take full control of Ascot. Candinas...

John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as loose-lipped CIA agents on a mission to test their trust and loyalty on Easter Island quickly find trouble in paradise in the trailer for Wild Horse Nine, the latest film from director Martin McDonagh. The pairs visit off the coast of Chile comes ahead of a planned 1973 military coup detat in that country,...

Steven J. Kung has signed on to write and executive produce a TV adaptation of Sher Lees YA novel Fake Dates and Mooncakes. Developed by Kung and Gearshift Films, the half-hour romantic dramedy is being billed as a queer coming-of-age story about two teens of Chinese heritage, Dylan Tang and Theo Somers, who unexpectedly fall for each other while navigating...

A limited series about astronaut Sally Ride, with Kristen Stewart in the lead role, has officially been cleared for launch at Prime Video. The Amazon-owned streamer has formally greenlit the drama, called The Challenger, after nearly two years in development. The series, inspired by Meredith E. Bagbys 2023 bookThe New Guys, comes from Kyra Sedgwicks Big Swing Productions, Amblin Television...

Netflix has picked up The Enigma Variations, a limited series starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and based on a novel by Call Me By Your Name author Andr Aciman. The show comes from indie studio Media Res (The Morning Show, Pachinko) and writer and executive producer A.K. Shuman (The Wheel of Time). Its the latest addition to a slate of romantic dramas...

Brand new day, brand new trailer record. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has easily become the biggest trailer of all time in 24 hours, according to Sony. The studio says the trailer reached 718.6 million views since launching on Wednesday, citing the market research firm WaveMetrix. It took just eight hours to top Deadpool Wolverines 365 million views from two years...

HBO is going back into the realm of property-line disputes and squabbles over pets with a second season of Neighbors. The renewal comes a day before the six-episode first seasons finale debuts on Friday, and after a solid performance through its first five episodes. HBO says Neighbors has averaged 2.9 million cross-platform viewers per episode since its Feb. 13 premiere,...

Love (and definitely lust) is in the air at Briar University in the first teaser for Prime Videos hockey romance series Off Campus. Based on the best-selling book series by Elle Kennedy and created for television by Louisa Levy, Off Campus is the latest hockey romance adaptation set to take streaming by storm after Heated Rivalrys unexpected winter success. A...

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After Bridgerton and Can This Love Be Translated?, Netflix is betting the Carley Fortune novel This Summer Will Be Different may be its next popular romance TV series adaptation to be stretched for lingering looks and steamy passion between lovers over many seasons. Netlflix in Canada has given a 10-episode series order to Sphere Media, which earlier worked with the...

Kevin Spacey has settled out of court with three men who sued the actor over sexual assault claims. BBC News reported on Thursday that the upcoming civil trial, due to take place at the High Court in London in October this year, has now been frozen following the settlement. The claims had come from three separate men, who allege theHouse...

Tribeca Films, the distribution label from Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures, has acquired Independent Spirit Award winner Esta Isla, Berlinale winner Fwends and Mabel. Esta Isla, directed by Lorraine Jones Molina and Cristian Carretero, features a personal and poignant portrayal of the Puerto Rican experience, exploring identity, resilience and colonial legacy. The film, which had its world premiere at the...