3 Judd Apatow Projects Apparently Couldn’t Get Greenlit, Including A Cancel Comedy Starring Zach Galifianakis [Report]

Ellise Shafer Richard Linklater is opening up about the hurdles to producing his latest movie, “Hit Man,” saying that studios initially “really didn’t want to make the film.” In a new interview with the BBC, the celebrated director of “Dazed and Confused” and the “Before” trilogy said that he and Glen Powell — who stars in the film and co-wrote the script — worked on the film “very independently.” “Glen and I wrote it speculatively and we didn’t get paid anything, we just tried to get the film made,” he told the BBC. “We really felt we were onto something, we felt we had written a film noir, a crime film that’s also a screwball comedy about a couple that you’re rooting to be together, but I think they wanted it to be just one thing.” Based on a true story, “Hit Man” stars Powell as Ron, a part-time police staffer who ends up going undercover as a hitman to arrest those that hire him.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Can a song about a funeral be a valid candidate for the annual Song of the Summer sweepstakes? Maybe the subject matter should make it an automatic disqualifier, for what we think of when we imagine the picks for that title. And yet if there’s anything that can be said that applies across the board in the career of Zach Bryan, it’s that standard rules don’t apply.

Addie Morfoot Contributor In “Flipside,” documentary filmmaker Chris Wilcha grapples with personal regrets and middle age through the lens of the documentary projects he started but never finished. The 96-minute doc, which premiered last year at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, looks at those abandoned ideas including one about television writer David Milch and his connection to jazz photographer Herman Leonard; a passion project on the New Jersey record store where Wilcha worked as a teenager and a look at radio host Ira Glass’ attempts to make a musical.

Tracker was the top TV show of the 2024-2024 network television season, and we’re bringing you everything we know about the future of the fan favorite CBS series!

Following the success of the first celebrity version last year, the likely list of contestants for a new series of Celebrity Race Across The World has been unveiled - and it is set to be a journey with a host of exciting personalities limbering up for an epic trek.The BBC show will see celebrities, each with their chosen companion, heading off on a thrilling voyage, leaving their first class tickets at home and having to rely on boats, trains, taxis and buses to get to each checkpoint destination. Rumours suggest that we'll be seeing model Kelly Brook and her husband, Jeremy Parisi embarking on the journey.

Bridget Jones 4, aka Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, is in production and we now know which stars from the first three films will be returning!

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Zach Bryan is delivering “Pink Skies” now, but a red-letter day for fans is coming, with his “The Great American Bar Scene” album being described as imminent. Bryan has released albums with little or no advance warning before, like the live album he put out on Christmas Day, a year and a half ago. He’s making it sound as if this one might have a spontaneous release date as well, even as he revealed the album’s title on Friday morning while he was unveiling “Pink Skies,” the album’s bittersweet first single.

Canadian pubcaster CBC rolled out its 40-strong title 2024-25 slate today, with shows from the stars of Baroness Von Sketch and Idris Elba included in the notables.

EXCLUSIVE: Dumb Money scribes and EPs Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum are opening thier own new production company, Business Affairs (BA) which will be overseen by Emily Rappaport, the director/screenwriter of the upcoming Lena Dunham and Maude Apatow movie, Female Friendship, and a book-to-film scout vet.

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Only Murders In The Building is due to return soon – here’s when it’ll come to Disney+.Last weekend, Hulu revealed its first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated upcoming fourth season of Only Murders In The Building. This time, the gang of Mabel Mora (played by Selena Gomez), former Broadway director Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) and washed-up TV actor Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin) are heading to Hollywood as they’re being offered the chance to turn their adventures into a Hollywood film – before yet another murder case requires their attention.Watch the teaser trailer below.The trailer also promises that season four will be the show’s most star-studded yet, featuring the return of Meryl Streep, as well as new cast members Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Zach Galifianakis, Melissa McCarthy, Molly Shannon, Kumail Najiani, Jane Lynch and more.All three previous seasons of Only Murders In The Building are now available for streaming on Disney+, while season four will premiere on August 27.The trio of Martin, Short and Gomez are united by the murders that take place in their luxurious Manhattan apartment building, the Arconia, and start a podcast investigating the suspicious deaths.

Season three of Bridgerton has dropped and we've fallen in love with the period-era drama all over again. Not that we ever really fell out of love. The latest instalment in the hit Netflix show follows Penelope Featherington ( Nicola Coughlan ) and Colin Bridgerton ( Luke Newton ) as they step into the friends to lovers storyline.

Olivier Assayas is back on the Croisette of the Cannes Film Festival, albeit at the Cannes Market. And the French auteur’s next project is easily one of the buzziest packages at the festival so far.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Zach Galifianakis and Tom Sturridge team up in Olivier Assayas’ political thriller “The Wizard of the Kremlin”, based on Giuliano da Empoli’s bestseller by the same name. Produced by Olivier Delbosc’s banner Curiosa Films and Gaumont – who last partnered on Cannes prizewinning “The Taste of Things” — “The Wizard of the Kremlin” is one of the hottest packages launching at the Cannes Film Market where Alexis Cassanet, Gaumont’s EVP international sales and distribution, is kicking off pre-sales.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired U.S. rights from AGC Studios to The Order, a dramatic thriller directed by Australia’s Justin Kurzel (Macbeth), on which we were first to report. Starring Jude Law (Firebrand), Nicholas Hoult (X-Men franchise), Tye Sheridan (The Card Counter), Jurnee Smollett (Birds of Prey) and more, the film will will have an exclusive release in theaters nationwide later this year.

EXCLUSIVE: Writer/director/producer Judd Apatow has left UTA, ending one of the most tenured relationships with a major filmmaker and a major agency.

Just days after Strictly Come Dancing won the BAFTA for Best Entertainment programme, the BBC have teased that there will be a special spin-off show as part of Strictly’s 20th anniversary celebrations.To mark the show’s birthday, and to celebrate the fact that it is the BBC’s most successful entertainment series, the special Strictly will look back on some of the best and most memorable moments from the series over the years. Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC, said: “Throughout its 20-year history, the show has launched careers, sparked trends, and touched the hearts of millions with its dazzling performances, emotional journeys, and unforgettable moments and we will be showcasing it all in this very special programme.” While more details of the anniversary special are currently under wraps, Suzy Lamb, Managing Director, BBC Studios Entertainment, added: “From glittering Ballroom numbers to high-energy Latin routines, the show continues to push the boundaries of dance and entertainment and we want viewers to join us in raising a toast to 20 years of sparkle and shine in the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom.” The show is likely to feature the many stand out moments from two decades of dance that began in 2004, when news presenter Natasha Kaplinsky took the first glitterball home with dance partner Brendan Cole.

Only Murders In the Building‘s “starriest season yet” is coming to Hulu. The comedy mystery series’ leads Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez took to the stage at the Disney upfront presentation for some hijinks and to introduce Season 4, which will premiere Aug. 27.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Only Murders in the Building” dropped the first teaser for Season 4 on Tuesday and set its premiere date on Hulu. The reveal was made during Disney’s upfront presentation to advertisers in New York. The new season of the popular comedy series will bow on August 27.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has opted not to continue with a second season of Constellation, its sci-fi psychological thriller series starring Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks. The news comes a month and a half after Constellation‘s eight-episode first season wrapped its quiet run on the streamer March 27.