In the past two weeks, director Jon M. Chu has watched Wicked: For Good an estimated 12 times to check on how it appeared in different formats. But on Oct. 27, Chu saw the film with an audience for the first time at a screening for the Broadway and touring stage casts of Wicked, with Ariana Grande in attendance. It...

Starz has canceled its drama series BMF, ending the show after four seasons. News of the cancellation comes about 2 1/2 months after BMFs fourth and now final season concluded in mid-August. The show, from Curtis 50 Cent Jacksons G-Unit Film and Television and Lionsgate TV, chronicled the rise of Demetrius Big Meech Flenory and Terry Flenory, brothers who became...

In the cutthroat world of art auctions, where a single painting can reap millions in commissions for powerhouse institutions like Christies or Sothebys, theres little room for error and perhaps even less room for ethics. Its all the more surprising, then, that French writer-director Pascal Bonitzers new feature, Auction (Le tableau volau), is a true art world story in which...

Takehiro Hiras late career success streak continued on Tuesday night in Tokyo, as the in-demand Japanese actor was awarded The Hollywood Reporters Trailblazer Award at a swanky gala event held at the sky-high Roppongi Hills Club. The American Film Night event, a collaboration between THR and the Motion Picture Association, took place during the Tokyo International Film Festival on a...

As she puts her Bahai faith center stage in Cast Aside The Clouds, dont expect director Mary Darling to be preachy about the Prophet known as Bahaullah, and his unique take on world unity and peace. Darling, who co-wrote the Tehran-set romantic thriller along with fellow Bahai and husband Clark Donnelly, deliberately explores themes of faith, morality and forgiveness through...

Betsy Brandt is joining the coven of Anne Rices Mayfair Witches. The AMC Networks series has tapped the Breaking Bad alum as a series regular for season three. Brandts role only has a name: Katherine. The third season of the series starring Alexandra Daddario begins production this week in Vancouver, Canada. Per AMC, season three will dive deeper into the...

Fresh from taking home the Busan International Film Festivals inaugural best film award for Gloaming in Luomo in October, Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu brings its sister piece, Mothertongue, across the water to premiere in the Tokyo International Film Festivals main competition. The two productions were shot one after another at locations a few hours apart, share lead actors, themes, and...

David Ellison was in an upbeat mood. Paramounts new owner was on a private jet with his top executive team including president Jeff Shell and Paramount Pictures co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein and had just sat down with the man who is the centerpiece of Paramounts TV content strategy: Taylor Sheridan. The studio brass had flown to Texas to...

After Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim exited Saturday Night Live ahead of the shows 51st season, the pair has reunited to reminisce on their friendship and time on the NBC sketch comedy series. Gardner recently stopped by Nwodims Thanks Dad podcast, where the former SNL castmembers recalled how they bonded instantly after Nwodim joined the show in 2018, a year...

Crime drama leboda (Deadly Ties),streaming service SkyShowtimes first locally commissioned Polish original series, which has turned out to be an audience hit, will return for another season under the working title Pionek, the joint venture of Comcast and Paramount Skydance said on Thursday. It will be based on the second novel in the critically acclaimed series of novels by Magorzata...

ITV hit dramaTrigger Point, starringVicky McClure(Line of Duty,Alex Rider) as Explosives Officer, or Expo, Lana Washington, along with Jason Flemyng(Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) as her antagonist, is back on U.K. screens forseason 3. And so are Nabil Elouahabi (Blue Lights, Unforgotten) as Hassan Hass Rahim and Eric Shango (On the Edge) as Danny. The two teammates of Lanas...

Ive never been in a cast that was predominantly just boys and it sort of brought up everything that you would expect, British actor Max Parker jokingly explains of his time filming Netflixs gay Marine dramedy Boots. Everyones so competitive, everyones pranking each other, everyones having the best time, the 33-year-old actor tells The Hollywood Reporter on a Zoom from...

South Park is skipping its slated new episode on Wednesday night this week and is set to return on Friday night at 10 p.m. ET with a Halloween episode after another two-week (and two-day)break, Comedy Central announced Thursday evening. A blurb for the second episode of the long-running hit Comedy Central animated series 28th season suggests that in the shows...