EXCLUSIVE: Longtime NCIS: Los Angeles star Daniela Ruah is lining up her movie directing debut with novel adaptation Nowhere Boy. The YA novel charts the story of a teenage refugee escaping conflict whose father dies on their journey to Europe. As an orphan alone in Brussels, his dream of…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Netflix has acquired the action thriller spec Kill Switch from Harrison Query, with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star. Described by sources as falling somewhere between Collateral and Sicario, the film’s logline is being kept under wraps. 6th & Idaho’s Matt…

United Talent Agency has inked M3GAN franchise filmmaker Gerard Johnstone for representation in all areas.The New Zealand writer and director shot to fame as the director of the 2022 blockbuster M3GAN from Atomic Monster and Blumhouse which opened to $30.4M at the domestic box office and grossed over…

EXCLUSIVE: Tracie Laymon, the filmmaker behind recent SXSW prize-winner Bob Trevino Likes It, has been enlisted to write and direct a live-action Tony the Tattooed Man feature for Mattel Studios. First introduced in 1992, Tony the Tattooed Man was an illustratable muscle-bound action figure…

In March 2014, Disney/ABC TV Group President Anne Sweeney left Disney as the company was nearing a decision on who would replace Bob Iger as CEO. While she was not among the finalists for the job, at the time, Sweeney was the closest a woman had ever gotten to the CEO job at Disney. Twelve…

Disney's incoming chief executive Josh D'Amaro will start at an annual base salary of $2.5 million, payable weekly, with an annual target incentive bonus of 250% of the base salary at the end of each fiscal year. According to filings with the SEC on Tuesday, D’Amaro will receive a long-term…

Netflix has been doubling down on India, and today unveiled new projects with Hansal Mehta, Anil Kapoor, Sunny Deol and Saif Ali Khan among others. As part of the streamer’s continued round of local slate announcements, Netflix’s VP of Content, India, Monika Shergill said “a decade of streaming…

You can sing this with a cry in your voice: The Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild said Tuesday that Song Sung Blue Oscar nominee Kate Hudson will receive its 2026 Motion Picture Showperson of the Year Award. The Running Point star and Almost Famous alum will be feted…

EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has revealed a first look at Japanese actor and model Kentaro Sakaguchi as the star of Ryota Nakano’s upcoming drama I Don't Know You, as it gears up to launch sales on the film at the European Film Market this month. Sakaguchi is one of Japan's buzziest actors of the…

Jason Statham has shown his box office clout in the Middle East and North Africa once again with action picture Shelter. The movie's MENA distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment said Shelter took the number one slot across the region as it launched in cinemas there last week, to deliver a…

UPDATE, 6 AM: A longer trailer for the Zendaya- and Robert Pattinson-starring The Drama has arrived, giving more context to what may have unsettled the pair leading up to their characters' wedding. Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Pattinson) are preparing for the big day by taking dance lessons…

The group that will be bringing us the 98th Annual Academy Awards is set and loaded for action. Oscar broadcast executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan today announced members of their production team for…