Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson to Star In, Executive Produce Heist Thriller 'Free Agents' for Lionsgate (Exclusive)

Black-ish star Marsai Martin is leading a scripted podcast remake of YA novel Free to Fall – the first project for fledgling podcast company Scripty.

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to Night Raiders, a dystopian sci-fi feature executive produced by Oscar winner Taika Waititi.

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The Wonder, based on the book of the same name by Emma Donoghue.As shared by The Hollywood Reporter, Pugh will play the lead role of Lib Wright, an English nurse who, in 1859, travels to a small Irish village where she witnesses an 11-year-old girl live for months without food.As the girl, named Anna O’Donnell, begins to attract attention from the media and tourists, she and Wright, as Donoghue describes on her website, “transform each other’s lives”, telling the story of “a psychological

Another soon-to-be bestseller is getting the Reese Witherspoon TV treatment, and this time around she has also roped in Julia Roberts no less. The Oscar winner has become known for her A-list collaborations in series such as Big Little Lies and Little Fires Everywhere.

Kristen Stewart is taking on an exciting new role.

EXCLUSIVE: Jurnee Smollett, hot off a SAG ensemble nomination and a Best Actress TV Drama series Critics Choice nom for the HBO series Lovecraft Country, is boarding the Netflix movie Lou as star and executive producer.

Angelique Jackson Tom Papa has taken his talents to UTA.The veteran stand-up comedian, writer and radio/podcast host has signed with the agency for worldwide representation in all areas.In February 2020, Papa released his latest Netflix stand-up comedy special, “Tom Papa: You’re Doing Great!” which was filmed in front of a live audience at the Victoria Theater at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.

confirmed the news to the Hollywood Reporter, saying Hellman had died in hospital after a fall at his home. Hellman was born Monte Himmelman in 1929, and after studying theatre at Stanford University set up a theatre company in Los Angeles.

Naman Ramachandran Tennis legend Martina Navratilova will executive produce a feature documentary on all-time greats from another era — Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills.“The Goddess and The American Girl” tells the story of French tennis champion Suzanne Lenglen and American sensation Helen Wills against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Wings of Fire” books by Tui T. Sutherland are being adapted into an animated series at Netflix with Ava DuVernay set to executive produce.The “Wings of Fire” books have sold more than 14 million copies around the world to date.

EXCLUSIVE: Renegade Entertainment, the production company co-founded by Courtney Lauren Penn and Thomas Jane, has optioned Chuck Hustmyre’s feature screenplay Relentless and will develop and produce the project as a starring vehicle for Jane.

Participant has boarded Lionsgate and Mandeville Films’ White Bird: A Wonder Story, the companion film to 2017’s hit $306M-plus grossing YA feature Wonder, as EP and co-financier.

Michael Corn, the top producer on ABC News’ Good Morning America, has departed the show in what was described as an abrupt exit.

Moritz Polter, the executive producer behind Sky’s German series Das Boot and Netflix’s Freud, is setting up a production label with ITV Studios in Germany.

The “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions is coming up next month, and a legendary contestant has been tapped to be this year’s guest host.

Bloomberg Media is turning to some notable public figures to lead the new primetime lineup for Quicktake, the company's streaming news service. NBA All-Star Chris Paul, The Business of Fashion founder and CEO Imran Amed and NYU professor, author and podcaster Scott Galloway will each host programs for Quicktake starting later this year.