Filmax Brings Breakout Basque Noir Thriller Series ‘Mouths of Sand’ to L.A. Virtual Screenings (EXCLUSIVE)

FX has been attempting to put together a new limited series adaptation of the James Clavell novel “Shōgun” for a couple of years now but kept running into bad luck and obstacles, between various development hiccups and last year’s pandemic, which led to further delays on the series that takes place in feudal Japan. READ MORE: FX CEO Warns Of Too Many Scripted Series And “Too Much Narrative” As He Announces New Drama ‘Shōgun’ However, things are finally being pushed into gear.

EXCLUSIVE: Arlo Mertz (Mank) is set as a series regular and Christina Vidal Mitchell (United We Fall) and Jared Shaw (SEAL Team) have been tapped for recurring roles on Amazon’s conspiracy-thriller series The Terminal List, based on Jack Carr’s bestselling novel. They join stars Chris Pratt, Riley Keough, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch and Jeanne Tripplehorn in the series, which Pratt executive produces along with Antoine Fuqua, who directs, and writer David DiGilio.

EXCLUSIVE: Mayans M.C. star JD Pardo is joining Chris Pratt in Amazon’s conspiracy-thriller series The Terminal List, based on Jack Carr’s bestselling novel, in a key recurring role.

Jaden Smith and Madison Pettis have been in the spotlight since they were youngsters, and their friendship has lasted for years! The duo was spotted out on Tuesday night, June 1, enjoying some time together at The Nice Guy in West Hollywood. The young stars, who are both 22 years old, looked super stylish as they were photographed close to one another.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon’s conspiracy thriller series The Terminal List welcomes a trio of actors to its cast with the addition of LaMonica Garrett, Alexis Louder and Tom Amandes in recurring roles.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe creepy fascination for shamanism that continues to exist in modern-day Thailand and Korea will be on full display this summer in “The Medium.” The film is now confirmed for a July commercial release and may be in line for a midnight screening berth in a major festival.Korean distributor Showbox is gearing up for the film’s outing in cinemas with the release of a first trailer.

Leslie Grace's star is shining bright! The 26-year-old is already an international singer, but come June 11, audiences will know her as the breakout star in Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon M. Chu's musical, «This is my first anything on screen as an actress, which is an anomaly of firsts,» Grace tells ET's Nischelle Turner in an intimate sit-down.

K.J. Yossman “Ragdoll,” the new AMC-Alibi thriller starring Lucy Hale (“Pretty Little Liars”), has started production in London, Variety has learned.Hale plays DC Lake Edmunds, a new recruit at the London Metropolitan Police, who is tasked with investigating a murderer known as the “Ragdoll Killer”.

EXCLUSIVE: Dean Devlin’s (Independence Day) Electric Entertainment has sold new series Leverage: Redemption to Bell Media in Canada and Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland in Germany.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMichiel Huisman has been cast in one of the lead roles of the upcoming Apple action-thriller series “Echo 3,” Variety has learned.Huisman joins recently announced cast member Luke Evans. Set in South America, “Echo 3″ follows Amber Chesborough, a brilliant young scientist, who is the emotional center of a small American family.

Elisabeth Moss, Michelle MacLaren and Daina Reid are set to take turns directing Apple’s upcoming thriller series Shining Girls.

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day) and Kelsey Asbille (Yellowstone) are set to star in New Regency TV series thriller Gaslight, which is being adapted from the QCode podcast of the same name by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (Dreamland).

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentThe L.A. Virtual Screenings ran May 11-20.

Glastonbury Festival‘s ‘Live At Worthy Farm’ livestreamed event has dropped.In the trailer we see short snippets of Wolf Alice, HAIM, Kano, Jorja Smith, IDLES and Michael Kiwanuka rehearsing their sets, which will be broadcast live at different times from 7pm BST onwards to ticketholders this Saturday (May 22).

With the incredibly disturbing “Possessor,” filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg has already cemented his status as the go-to person if you want to make a dark, fucked up, semi-futuristic thriller. Really, there’s just no one else that can do it with the same level of strange.

Naman Ramachandran “A-ha The Movie,” a documentary feature on the iconic Norwegian pop band, is set to have its world premiere at Tribeca on June 12.The band’s hit “Take On Me,” accompanied by a pioneering sketch-animation video by Steve Barron, is still one of the most played songs of the last millennium. The documentary follows the band over a period of four years, sharing the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of making it big.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeOn a late April evening this year, dozens of cars sat parked in front of a large, inflatable screen outside the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for a pop-up drive-in experience.

Jamie Lang Argentine film-TV publication Prensario International and Conecta Fiction joined forces to host a European drama focused panel at this year’s L.A.

Here’s your first look at 50 Shades Of Grey star Jamie Dornan in The Tourist, the mystery thriller limited series from Fleabag production company Two Brothers Pictures.

One of the most anticipated series of 2021, Channel 5’s upcoming drama, “Anne Boleyn,” is still without an official release date. However, that isn’t stopping the network from releasing the first trailer for the period piece.