Jamie Bell, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller as well as Cosmo Jarvis and Woody Norman have joined the rousing forces of The Uprising, Paul Greengrasss period drama being made by Focus Features. Andrew Garfield is leading the feature that is now in production, portraying the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. As the war...

Foxs midseason series Best Medicine is based on the beloved British show Doc Martin. The shows latest casting will make the connection even more concrete. Martin Clunes, who played the title character on Doc Martin, has signed on for a guest role in Best Medicine though not as the British doctor he played for 10 seasons spanning almost 20 years....

YouTube has arrived on the Croisette. For the first time in the companys 20-year history, the content behemoth owned by Google has come to MIPCOM and used its first keynote session to laud the platforms partnership with BBC Studios. Pedro Pina, vice-president, head of YouTube EMEA and Jasmine Dawson, senior vice-president of digital at BBC Studios took to the Palais...

Keira Knightley was asked about signing onto an upcoming Harry Potter project during a recent publicity stop. The actress was promoting her new Netflix thriller The Woman in Cabin 10 when she was questioned about playing a role in the lavish new audiobook productions of the Harry Potter novels, Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions. The production has cast more...

M. Night Shyamalan is directing a live-action scripted Magic 8 Ball series written by Brad Falchuk, the Sixth Sense director and Mattel, the toy maker that manufactures the Magic 8 Ball, announced on Monday. Shyamalan and Falchuk will showrun the series together, with Falchuk as writer. The pair aim to reimagine the classic Magic 8 Ball as the centerpiece of...

Woody Allen paid tribute to his former muse, romantic partner and lifelong friend Diane Keaton, who died on Saturday at the age of 79, in a heartfelt essay published in The Free Press. Its grammatically incorrect to say most unique, but all rules of grammar, and I guess anything else, are suspended when talking about Diane Keaton, writes Allen about...

Bridgerton will be welcoming viewers back to the Ton with a two-part release this winter. Season four of the Shonda Rhimes-created hit period drama will return on Netflix with Part 1 on Jan. 29, followed by Part 2 on Feb. 26. Each part consists of four episodes. The brief teaser released with the news (below) asks, Do we rise to...

This years overarching theme for MIPCOMs Women In Global Entertainment Power Lunch? Resilience. Some of televisions most senior industry execs flocked to Cannes Hotel Majestic on Monday as MIPCOM formally kicks off another year, with the creator economy and YouTube, in particular firmly in the spotlight. AE is a sponsor of the annual Power Lunch and The Hollywood Reporter, which...

Nawi: Dear Future Me, the Kenyan-German coming-of-age drama about child marriage just won its 20th film festival award this weekend and now has a release date for the U.S. and Canada. THR can also present its trailer for North America, released on Monday. The film explores the impact of child marriage, which is common in various parts of the world,...

Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc assistant director Masato Nakazono, president of MAPPA and the films supervising producer Manabu Otsuka, and CGI producer Yusuke Tannawa appeared at New York Comic Con on Sunday, where they discussed delivering one of Chainsaw Mans more popular arcs. According to Nakazono, for the team which was led by director Tatsuya Yoshihara it was important...

Turmoil and disruption in the traditional television business, from the new dominance of YouTube and streaming platforms to the rise of AI, will dominate conversations at the international TV confab MIPCOM Cannes. Indie production giant Banijay on Monday unveiled it was acquiring the Dutch-based creator outfit Werktitel, with the company taking a majority stake in the group, which works with...

Orlando Blooms boxing feature is set to enter the ring with its streaming debut. Director Sean Elliss movie The Cut is set for its post-theatrical launch via Paramount+ on Nov. 1, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. Republic Pictures gave the film a limited theatrical release last month following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2024. The...

The NBA is taking NBA TV into its own hands. The league on Monday rolled out a slate of live games and basketball programming that will power its reimagined NBA streaming app, as well as its cable channel NBA TV. The news is significant because the league has not had operational control of NBA TV or its streaming business since...