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The adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid‘s latest bestseller, Atmosphere, has landed with Black Bear for distribution. The company has taken the worldwide rights to the feature film that is being written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the filmmakers behind Half Nelson and Captain Marvel, and the studio Laika. In addition to releasing the film theatrically in the US, Black Bear will co-finance Atmosphere with Laika and serve as the international sales agent. Atmosphere is a sweeping romance between two pioneering female astronauts breaking into NASA in the early days of the shuttle program in the late ’70s…
John Malkovich, the revered stage and screen actor, has been tapped to receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Performer of the Year Award in recognition of his massively acclaimed and Oscar-buzzed turn as a twisted FBI agent in Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, SBIFF announced on Thursday. Malkvoich, 72, will be feted with an evening of clips and conversation on Friday, Feb. 12, at Santa Barbara’s historic Arlington Theater, prior to being presented with his award. SBIFF executive director Roger Durling said of the two-time Oscar nominee in a statement, “A legendary actor gives this year in Wild…
Keira Knightley is still betraying state secrets to a shadowy organization as Helen Webb, but now she’s the wife of the U.K.’s prime minister as she and best friend Sam (Ben Whishaw) battle new enemies in the second-season trailer for Netflix spy thriller Black Doves, which dropped Thursday. As her enigmatic leader (Sarah Lancashire’s Mrs. Reed) at Black Doves gets caught up in a ruthless plot to oust her, Helen and Sam are left by series creator Joe Barton to battle another vast conspiracy that could cost them everything, including those they love. “I would like to know who the…
The phenomenon of series being un-renewed is an established one at this point. Somewhat newer, and on the other end of the spectrum, lie shows that are un-limited. Case in point: The Beast in Me, which was conceived, executed and won Emmys as a limited series. Now, though, Netflix has ordered a second season of the show, with Claire Danes set to reprise her role and showrunner Howard Gordon also returning. Gordon (Homeland, 24) has also signed an overall deal with Netflix, under which he’ll develop new series through his Teakwood Lane Productions. “We always told ourselves we’d only do…
“What are the odds that we’re in base reality?” Elon Musk asks rhetorically. “Like, we are in a simulation.”So opens the new trailer for Musk, Alex Gibney’s trippy-but-deadly-serious documentary about the world’s richest and potentially most powerful man. Musk believes, or says he believes, that everything around us may be essentially a video game, so Gibney responds in kind, turning his unwilling subject into a digital avatar and then having him mouth words he actually said.You don’t see that avatar in the trailer, but you see plenty else: Musk peddling phantom visions of Mars, Musk’s Tesla allegedly responsible for the…
United Talent Agency has signed one of the biggest content plays to come out of the NFL. The agency has signed Foolish Club Studios, the entertainment and production studio launched by the Kansas City Chiefs last year. UTA will work with Foolish Club (the name is a tribute to team and American Football League founder Lamar Hunt, with the original owners embracing the “foolish” effort to try and take on the NFL) to help it grow its global content footprint across film, TV and media rights. Foolish Club’s projects have included Hallmark Media’s Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story as…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. At first glance, Kim Kardashian‘s new project may seem out of left field. But in reality, her latest subjects — elite sports momagers — hit awfully close to home. The eight-episode first season of Team Moms: Baseball premieres in full on Sept. 24 on Paramount+, and while the service no longer offers a free trial of its own, Paramount+ Premium is currently complimentary for three months with DirecTV’s Signature packages — Entertainment, Choice or Ultimate — which…
Transformers fans have embraced the opportunity to give Optimus Prime a proper tribute. Marking the 40th anniversary of animated feature The Transformers: The Movie initially launching in August 1986, Hasbro and Fathom Entertainment teamed up for the theatrical rerelease, billed as a one-week opportunity that began Sept. 17, known as Transformers Day. The response for The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary has surpassed initial projections, as the remastered 4K animated film hit No. 7 on the weekend domestic chart with $3.1 million from 1,454 North American locations. It has crossed $5 million globally as of Tuesday. The playful marketing strategy…
The New York Times has been sued by Florida’s attorney general, who’s representing shareholders in a lawsuit accusing the company’s board of directors of failing to exercise proper oversight of editorial standards. The petition, filed on Wednesday in New York state court, alleges that the Times‘ credibility has been undermined by anti-Israel bias in the publication’s coverage of the war in Gaza. It demands access to internal documents in an attempt to uncover the absence of journalistic standards that have been “weaponized within the company to serve the personal agendas of unchecked editors.” “When you’re a news agency, your credibility…
Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are gearing up to reunite on the small screen, Law & Order style. The Emmy winner teased Meloni’s return to Special Victims Unit with two Instagram posts; Tuesday night, she initially shared a photo of herself on-set with an unidentified bald man, whose back was turned towards her. “WHO DAT,” she wrote, although all savvy Law & Order fans knew it was Meloni. Her second Instagram post was a selfie with the Organized Crime actor, seemingly confirming that he’d popped up in the 600th episode of Law & Order: SVU. “Happy 600..” she wrote in…