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Joe Otterson TV ReporterSam Esmail’s “Metropolis” series has been greenlit at Apple, Variety has learned.The drama series is inspired by the 1927 Fritz Lang sci-fi film of the same name. Hailed as one of the greatest and most influential films of the silent film era, the story takes place in the futuristic city of Metropolis.While the city’s wealthy elite enjoy a lavish life of comfort and ease in penthouses and pleasure gardens, scores of workers labor at dangerous machinery in the bowels of the city to keep everything running. Freder Fredersen, the son of the most powerful man in Metropolis, has an awakening after meeting a young worker named Maria and witnessing a number of workers die in an industrial accident.

Michael Keaton nearly missed out on winning an important honor at Sunday's 2022 SAG Awards!The actor won the award for Outstanding Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for his role in, the Hulu miniseries about the American opioid epidemic. Presenter Salma Hayek joked that she had «stage fright» as Keaton raced to the stage to accept his award. «Sorry, quick trip to the men's room,» he joked.

Orlando Bloom, 45, has a new set of wheels! The actor was photographed picking up his incredible custom Lucid Air sedan, which is estimated to cost a whopping $169,000, at a Beverly Hills location on Feb. 25 and couldn’t help but smile from ear to ear during the epic moment. The black electric vehicle shined like a brand new vehicle should and was surrounded by people that Orlando mingled with before getting inside and driving away.

Video: London company complete successful flight test of vehicle they say will replace cars (The Independent)100,000 dead fish discovered off coast of FranceLidl and Waitrose named as most sustainable supermarkets in UK in new ranking by Which?Winter storm sets into the US south leaving hundreds of thousands without powerAirlines cancel 3,500 flights as winter storm slams USFootage appears to show smoke and flames rising 'from oil tanker explosion' off coast of NigeriaFootage purports to show 2 million barrel oil tanker exploding off coast of NigeriaLandslides kill at least 18 in Ecuador capitalNewsreaders reaction to earthquakeOil spill caused on Peruvian coast by Tonga eruption covers beaches in thick layers of black greaseWinter snowstorms hit the Northeastern USHaiti earthquake: 14 days after 4South Africa: Clinic for penguins opens in Cape TownWhiteout Conditions as lake effect snow hits central New YorkDon't Look Up trailerThe Green Planet | Official Trailer | New Attenborough SeriesTory MP Chris Skidmore warns cutting green energy levies would be disastrousAccording to the manufacturer, the various Air models can accelerate from 0 to 60mph as quickly as 2. 5 seconds, and they can reach a top speed of 168mph.

Oscars, Golden Globes, GRAMMYs, BAFTA Awards and more. Sunday, Jan. 9  The Beverly Hilton Hotel Check out the complete list.After a year of controversy over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's membership and nominations process, the Golden Globes looked a bit different this year. The HFPA announced just days ahead of the scheduled ceremony that the Globes — traditionally, the kickoff moment of awards season — will be held with no audience and no red carpet.

a-ha The Movie, a documentary about the Norwegian synth-pop band, will be released in UK cinemas on May 27.The film follows a-ha over a period of four years, featuring unreleased footage and interviews with members Pål Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen and Morten Harket.Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, a-ha The Movie will be shown at Dublin International Film Festival on March 3 and Glasgow Film Festival on March 4-5.The film will then be released across the UK and Ireland in May to coincide with the band’s upcoming UK tour, where they’ll play in Liverpool, Birmingham, London and Bournemouth from May 24-28.A synopsis for the film reads: “The documentary follows the band over a period of four extraordinary years, sharing the full story of how three young men followed their impossible dream of making it big. When ‘Take On Me’ reached Number One on Billboard in the US in 1985, buoyed by Steve Barron’s iconic sketch-animation music video, that dream came true.“Almost 35 years after their breakthrough, a-ha still creates magic on stage with their timeless music.

Frank Pesce, a colorful character actor whose dozens of credits range from Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun and Midnight Run to Miami Vice, Matlock and Kojak, has died. He was 75.

EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Julian Higgins’ feature directorial debut God’s Country, starring BAFTA and Emmy winner Thandiwe Newton (Westworld, Crash), on the heels of its debut at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. It will release the film won in a bidding war in theaters this fall.

EXCLUSIVE: Abbey Lee (The Neon Demon, Lovecraft Country) and Christopher Abbott (Black Bear, Catch-22) are attached to lead Fear is the Rider, a chase thriller from BAFTA-nominated director John Michael McDonagh (The Guard, Calvary, The Forgiven) that The Exchange is introducing to international buyers at the 2022 virtual EFM.

EXCLUSIVE:  Lionsgate has taken North American and UK rights to Emerson Moore’s feature film directorial debut Escape the Field, Deadline can tell you first.

After years as an outsider in the fashion world, Kim Kardashian has cemented her place as a style icon, undergoing numerous transformations and style eras. Now in her early forties, the star has revealed that she's excited to get started on devising her next era – but admitted in a brand new interview with Vogue that she's unsure and "scared" about deciding what direction to take now she's split from Kanye West.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorJerusalem-based sales agent Go2Films has taken both worldwide rights (excluding North America) and Israeli distribution rights to “Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen” by Oscar-nominated director Daniel Raim and narrated by Jeff Goldblum. Kino Lorber and Zeitgeist Films will handle North American distribution on the film, which follows the making of Norman Jewison’s “Fiddler on the Roof.”The film was meant to have its international premiere in the Official Selection of Palm Springs Film Festival, which was cancelled due to COVID-19.

EXCLUSIVE: Erik Feig’s Picturestart and Patrick Wachsberger’s Picture Perfect Federation have set Luce and Cloverfield Paradox filmmaker Julius Onah to direct their college admissions thriller Bad Genius, which is gearing up for a summer shoot.

‘Joika’ First Look

this — this insipid, hackneyed, laughable joke of a motion picture — is actually really cool. And the weirdest part of all is, they’re kind of right.