Ana Garcia To Host Syndicated ‘True Crime News’ Series From Warner Bros. TV For Fox Stations

Having dropped out of the “Wolfman” movie he was adapting for Ryan Gosling (who also bailed on the project, filmmaker Derek Cianfrance has found his next gig, and it’s arguably just as good. The “Blue Valentine” director will helm the true-crime movie “Roofman,” and he’s got an excellent star to boot in “Magic Mike” star Channing Tatum.

“True Detective: Night Country” is halfway through its episodes already, with many critics considering the latest season a return to form for the anthology series. But don’t tell creator Nic Pizzolatto that, because he isn’t a fan of what new showrunner Issa López is doing this season.

What’s next for “Tim Burton” after “Beetlejuice 2,” now titled “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” hits theaters on September 6? Deadline reports that the director will team up with Warner Bros. again for a remake of “Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman.” Yes, you read that correctly: Burton will remake the 1985 sci-fi cult film, perhaps best known for its iconic poster. Continue reading Tim Burton To Direct ‘Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman’ Remake For Warner Bros.

As Sofía Vergara 's Netflix series Griselda wraps up, fans are left eager to uncover the true story behind the notorious Colombian drug dealer. While the series is labelled as a "fictionalised dramatisation," it loosely traces the life of Griselda Blanco, who earned herself the title "Godmother of Cocaine." Netflix's portrayal captures Griselda's ascent in the '70s and '80s drug scene, chronicling her life in Miami with four sons.

Sundance Film Festival premiere. It’s an interesting home for the documentary, because Reeve experienced his greatest commercial success playing the Man of Steel in the first four Superman movies, which Warner Bros. produced.

Paul Burrell, Princess Diana's former butler, claims that the late princess has been sending him messages from beyond the grave. He says that Diana, who tragically died in a car crash in Paris in 1997, often visits him in his dreams and even in the Cheshire mansion he shares with his husband, Graham Cooper.The revelations came after the couple invited the ghost hunters from Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted on Discovery Plus to their home after experiencing strange occurrences like mysterious tobacco smoke smells and shadowy figures, but Paul was not prepared for what happened next.

There’s so many great films and shows dropping on TV and streaming platforms these days that it can be tricky to find which providers offer the top content with the best deals. That’s why we’ve scoured the January sales and spotted some awesome deals from Virgin Media that come with loads of blockbuster films and shows.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Channing Dungey first joined Warner Bros. TV Group as chairman in late 2020 — right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, which made for an interesting first year on the job. Then came the Warner Media-Discovery merger in 2022, and the restructuring that came with it.

CBS Media Ventures’ syndicated game show The Flip Side, hosted by Jaleel White, is set to launch this fall on CBS Stations. It is the first official syndicated greenlight for next season. Debmar-Mercury had previously announced a Ken Jeong talk show targeting next fall.

Before the MCU‘s “The Avengers” took over the silver screen, a different “The Avengers” held sway over TVs in the UK. And Studiocanal hopes they might replicate the sensation of the original series with a reboot.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Premieres of new and returning TV shows fell sharply last year while the number of movies getting a theatrical wide release went way up. The volume of TV programs in the true crime genre went through the roof and non-English language films are becoming a bedrock of streaming platforms. Those are among the notable content trends documented in the 2023 Year-End Film and TV Report released today by Luminate, the entertainment data and insights firm.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group has preemptively acquired rights to The Women, a new book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah, which is up for publication by St. Martin’s Press in February.

Netflix has just added a new true crime documentary that is being referred to as the “real life Gone Girl“.A synopsis for the new three-part series, which became available to stream today (January 17) on Netflix, reads: After a home invasion and abduction, a young couple’s recounting of the events is too far fetched for the police to believe. Why did the victims seem so calm? Was it all a hoax?“From the filmmakers behind The Tinder Swindler, this three-part docuseries unravels the consequences of our cultural rush to judgment, and the damage done when law enforcement decides the truth can’t possibly be true.”The story centres arounds an event in 2015 when an intruder broke into the home of Denise Huskins and her partner Aaron Quinn.

The Jennifer Hudson Show has been renewed for a third season by the Fox Television Stations and Hearst Television.

Peacock has given a series order to Laid, a comedy from Universal Television written and executive produced by Nahnatchka Khanand Sally Bradford McKenna.

Netflix might have a huge new series on their hands!

Undeniable, a new documentary label from Fremantle, has partnered with Big Pond Films and Concordia Studio on true crime doc Whatever It Takes, which tells the true story of Ina and David Steiner, two journalists targeted in one of the most extraordinary and bizarre scandals in Silicon Valley. Helmed by Jenny Carchman, the Emmy nominee behind Showtime’s The Fourth Estate, the film is slated to premiere in the Documentary Spotlight section of SXSW later this year.

Karen Mizoguchi Don Simpson reigned over Hollywood after joining forces with his producing partner Jerry Bruckheimer in the 1980s. Around town, the studio executive-turned-producer’s addiction to sex workers and drugs was no secret — and for decades, he wielded his power in the industry to continue his nefarious and erratic ways.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has Paul Thomas Anderson set to direct Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio & Sean Penn and Oscar host Regina Hall in an untitled film that will begin production January 21 in California. Anderson wrote the script, and he will produce the film with Sara Murphy.

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video‘s UK arm has pre-bought a suite of true crime docs about some of Britain’s most notorious crimes. The deals with London-based distributor Abacus Media Rights also include acquisitions of two completed series.