Disney+ adds GroupWatch party feature in social-viewing move

Last month, ABC announced it was picking up “Rebel”, a new series inspired by activist Erin Brockovich and starring Katey Sagal.

Donald Trump on Thursday night at the same time Joe Biden's town hall is airing on ABC.Deadline reports that a group of actors, producers, writers, and directors wrote an open letter to the network asking for Trump's town hall to be moved before or after Biden's. The lengthy list of stars who signed the letter include the cast of NBC'sThis Is Us, Mariska Hargitay, Aaron Sorkin, J.J.

Ted Johnson President Donald Trump will give his first on-camera interview since testing positive for the coronavirus, with a scheduled appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight that includes a medical evaluation by Dr. Marc Siegel.Trump will appear remotely from the White House, where he has been since Monday recovering from COVID-19.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorTubi, the ad-supported streaming service owned by Fox Corp., has branched out from its on-demand roots to implement a new offering called “News on Tubi.”The news hub features live offerings from Fox’s owned stations in New York, LA and 15 other markets, as well as national services like NBC News Now, CBC, Cheddar, Boomberg TV and the CBC.

Mafia: Definitive Edition has received its first substantial pass, adding more content and a variety of gameplay tweaks.Having been released last month (September), the new update marks the first post-launch path for Mafia: Definitive Edition and will be free for all players. The biggest inclusion is Noir Mode, which allows the whole game to be played through in the style of a vintage black-and-white mob movie.

Murray Schisgal, the comedy writer who received two Tony nominations for his work on the 1960s Broadway hit Luv and an Oscar nomination for his contribution to the screenplay for Tootsie, has died. He was 93.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticMurray Schisgal, whose writing brought a 1964 Tony Award nomination for the Broadway play Luv and a 1982 Oscar nomination for the hit Dustin Hoffman comedy Tootsie, died Oct. 1 at a nursing home in Port Chester, New York.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorScener, the co-watching platform that enables social viewing of a range of streaming services, has raised $2.1 million in seed funding.The fundraising was led by Seattle-based SeaChange, a back-end streaming technology provider. Other participants included Glaser Investments, Jason Calacanis’ Syndicate, Launch, RiffTrax and angel investors including RiffTrax CEO David G.

On Thursday, it was announced the 31-year-old songstress has joined forces with retailer BIG W to promote literacy to young children through rap music.

NEW YORK -- Broadway director Schele Williams is working on a book for young people about the history of enslavement.Abrams Children’s Books announced Wednesday that Williams' “Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History” will come out in October 2021.

Naya Rivera’s sister, Nickayla Rivera, was spotted helping the late Glee star’s ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey, move two months after her death.The 25-year-old model and the Ray Donovan star, 37, have been spending time together following the loss of Naya, who died in a drowning accident in July.Nickayla and Dorsey, who shares 5-year-old son Josey with the late actress, were photographed on September 6, loading the actor’s belongings into a black SUV outside his North Hills area home in Los Angeles to

Disney+ has already made a huge splash in the streaming industry since its release less than a year ago. Now, with more than 60 million subscribers, the platform is hoping to trailblaze in a new way, with the GroupWatch feature.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorDisney is rolling out GroupWatch, a feature that enables up to seven Disney+ subscribers to simultaneously view and react to a movie or series.It is the most ambitious push into social viewing by any streaming service yet, expanding on efforts by Hulu and Amazon Prime Video as well as apps like Netflix Party and Scener, which added Disney+ to its roster over the summer.

Dave McNary Film ReporterHBO Max and Warner Bros. Pictures are back in production on Steven Soderbergh’s period crime drama “No Sudden Move,” with David Harbour, Noah Jupe and Brendan Fraser joining previously announced stars Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro.The cast also includes Amy Seimetz, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin, Bill Duke, Frankie Shaw and Julia Fox.

We’ve known about Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming film “No Sudden Move” (formerly known as “Kill Switch”) for a while now. Back in November, we first reported on the project with Don Cheadle, Josh Brolin, and Sebastian Stan all in talks to star in the film.

Also Read: Steven Soderbergh to Lead Directors Guild Committee on Restarting Production With Social DistancingEd Solomon wrote the film that is set in Detroit in 1955 and is a heist thriller about a group of small time criminals who are tasked with stealing a simple document, only to discover that its ultimate purpose is far more complicated once their plans go horribly wrong.Casey Silver is producing “No Sudden Move,” and the movie is being made under Soderbergh’s overall deal with HBO Max.“The

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Also Read: AMC Promotes Carrie Gillogly and Emma Miller to Co-Heads of Scripted Series“AMC+ is a collection of unique, premium content brands, centered around a legacy of groundbreaking and quality storytelling that connects with audiences, and it represents a tremendous growth opportunity for AMC Networks,” Penella said in a statement.