Netflix paid a director $55 million for a show that never got made. Most of it was spent on Rolls Royce cars, two very expensive mattresses and staying at the Four Seasons hotel. This news comes in the wake of price rises where Netflix has hit $24.99 a month for its top end tier, which is a 66% jump in...

Andrew Ahn and James Schamus stepped into the spotlight to discuss their reimagining of Ang Lees Oscar-nominated 1993 classic The Wedding Banquet and their careers at a The Makers event held on Wednesday as part of BFI Flare, the London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. Director/co-writer Ahn was also asked about the backlash against queer rights in various parts of the world....

A special 45th anniversary screening of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back will kick off the 16th TCM Classic Film Festial, in Hollywood, on Thursday, April 24, Turner Classic Movies announced on Wednesday, and the visionary architect of the Star Wars cinematic universe, George Lucas, will be in attendance. The Empire Strikes Back is like The Godfather Part II. Yes,...

Logo text After nearly two decades and more than 400 episodes starring on Greys Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo exited the ABC medical drama as a series regular in 2023. She didnt quite say goodbye, as her beloved onscreen doctor, Meredith Grey, has stayed on as the shows narrator and in a recurring onscreen role. But the change was a needed one...

Jonah Hill is set to direct and star in the comedy feature Cut Off for Warner Bros. The film has landed a $10 million California tax credit and is expected to begin production later this year. Cut Off, which has not yet solidified its cast, centers on a pair of fraternal twins whose wealthy parents stop supporting them financially. Hill...

Director Ryan Andrej Lough (Mediterranea, IO) and his team, including producer Adam McKay, are looking to challenge audiences to rethink consumerism and hyper-capitalism with their new documentary YouNeedThis, which gets its world premiere on Sunday at CPH:DOX, theCopenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, which runs through March 30. Can we break the grip of the system before it is too late?...

Earth gets an unlikely intergalactic representative in the first full trailer for the new Pixar movie Elio. Disney released the trailer Wednesday ahead of the films theatrical release on June 20. The voice cast includes Yonas Kibreab, Jameela Jamil, Brad Garrett, Zoe Saldaa, Remy Edgerly and Shirley Henderson. Elio centers on the titular 11-year-old (Kibreab), who is mistaken for the...

Dave Franco and Alison Brie are dealing with something much darker than just relationship drama in the newly released trailer for Together. The footage, set to a peaceful piano melody, depicts something quite less tranquil than its respective music as the bodyhorrorromance sees the couple being put to the test by a mysterious, unnatural force, leading to the ultimate nightmare....

Avengers: Doomsday is still weeks away from filming in London, but Marvel is already all-in on Doctor Doom in the pages of its comics. The company is in the midst of its One World Under Doom storyline, in which Doctor Doom has taken over the Earth, and The Hollywood Reporter has the first look at the next chapter for the...

Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex) will star as former royal aide Jane Andrews alongside Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) as Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, in the upcoming four-part drama The Lady. Written by Debbie OMalley, and produced by The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures for ITV and BritBox International, the pair will also act with Ed Speelers...

When Shonda Rhimes set up her production company 20 years ago this month, just as Greys Anatomy was launching on ABC, it never occurred to her that its name might one day carry weight. I just thought it was funny: Disneyland, Shondaland, she says of the outfit thats since produced 12 series, including hits How to Get Away With Murder,...

Coyote vs. Acme, the film that ignited social media when Warner Bros. canceled it for a tax write-off, may see the light of day after all. Indie outfit Ketchup Entertainment is eying the rights to the film, which stars Will Forte and John Cena opposite an animated Wile E. Coyote. Ketchup and Warners have been discussing a deal for some...

There are some good reasons for actors to play multiple roles in a film. If theyre playing twins, for example. Or clones. Or if the film is so outlandish that it feels appropriate, like Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove. But having Robert De Niro play real-life gangsters Frank Costello and Vito Genovese at once simply feels like a casting stunt....