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WarnerMedia has named Dutch TV executive Annelies Sitvast its new head of unscripted programming for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. The move comes as Warner rolls out its streaming service HBO Max across its territorial footprint in the region.

EXCLUSIVE: Dove Cameron, star of CW’s upcoming live-action Powerpuff series, and Hamilton‘s Jordan Fisher, will star in the HBO Max movie Field Notes on Love based on the Jennifer E. Smith 2019 YA romance Ember novel.

HBO Max is rounding out cast for its comedy pilot OK Boomer. Will Sasso (United We Fall, Mom) and Tim Chiou (I Was a Simple Man, Seal Team) are set as series regulars, along with Zoe Manarel (New Amsterdam, An American Girl: Summer Camp) and Carter Chee in the multi-camera comedy pilot from creator Todd Linden (Happy Endings, Alexa & Katie), the late Jamie Tarses’ Fanfare and Sony Pictures TV. They join previously announced series regulars Patti Lupone, Erinn Hayes and Devere Rogers.

Despite a fair number of teasers already released, the new trailer for “The Underground Railroad,” from director Barry Jenkins, is the best look yet at the overall plot of his upcoming Amazon Prime series. The show is based on the acclaimed novel from Colson Whitehead and tells the story of a woman, Cora Randall, who is desperate to find freedom in the antebellum South and attempts to escape a Georgia plantation on a mission to find the rumored Underground Railroad.

 is coming to life onscreen thanks to. The Oscar-winning director is turning the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel into a 10-part limited Amazon Prime series starring newcomers and as well as, and.

Also Read: Arclight and Pacific Theaters Close Permanently“After shutting our doors more than a year ago, today we must share the difficult and sad news that Pacific will not be reopening its ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres locations,” Pacific Theaters, parent company of Arclight and Pacific Theatres, said in a statement.

Refresh for updates…On Monday, a number of prominent Hollywood figures took to social media to mourn the closure of Arclight Cinemas.

And that’s a wrap!

The “Friends” reunion is finally almost here.

Twenty years after winning a DGA award for The West Wing in the Dramatic Series category, guild president Thomas Schlamme found himself winning again tonight for the Aaron Sorkin series in theVariety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials slot.

A few months ago WarnerMedia shook Hollywood by announcing every movie would screen in both theaters and HBO Max simultaneously in 2021, and now they seem to want to keep some version of that model going forward. READ MORE: ‘Godzilla Vs.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max is heading to summer camp. The streaming service has put in development a half-hour comedy series set at a summer camp from Peabody Award-winning writer Lauren Herstik (American Vandal, Pearson) and Adam Goodman’s Invisible Narratives.

Taylor Sheridan is one of the most respected filmmakers working in Hollywood today. His unique brand of storytelling, typically focused on violence amongst everyday people in rural areas, has struck a chord with a ton of film fans, after seeing his writing in projects such as “Hell or High Water,” “Wind River,” and “Yellowstone.” Now, he is set to return with a new feature, “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” which is arriving on HBO Max next month.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Godzilla vs. Kong” proved that buzzy new movies can sell tickets, even if they’re already available to watch at home.After months of new releases bringing in lackluster box office ticket sales, “Godzilla vs.

If you just watch the promotional materials being released by WarnerMedia, you would be right to assume Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” will be one of the many WB films released simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters in 2021. Much like “Wonder Woman 1984,” “Godzilla vs.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAfter a delayed start due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hotly anticipated “Friends” reunion is finally set to film next week — the week of April 5 — a source tells Variety.Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry will reunite on a Warner Bros.

The Friends reunion special, one of the most high-profile casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to finally start shooting.

2017 novel by Alissa Nutting and currently streaming its first three episodes (with new episodes out Thursdays).She plays Hazel, whose marriage to a billionaire tech mogul isn’t quite what it seems. While her life with Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen) seems luxurious, neither of them ever leave his lavish compound.

Barry Jenkins is one of the most exciting voices in American film working today. That’s pretty undeniable.