Magnet Releasing Acquires Thriller ‘Held’, Releases Trailer

Veteran Fox 11 reporter Hal Eisner said he was “grateful to be alive,” and posted a message of thanks Saturday from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he’s recovering from a vehicle crash.

After COVID, Jake Gyllenhaal is finally taking on a new project! According to Deadline, the 40-year-old actor will star in the new movie Combat Control. The film will reportedly highlight the true story of Air Force CCT John Chapman, who died in battle on March 4, 2002 in Afghanistan.

A photographer and reporter from local Fox station KTTV were among five people injured on Friday afternoon when an SUV crashed into a glass storefront on Hollywood Blvd. FOX LA assistant news director Pete Wilgoren confirmed the crew's involvement on social media.

“Mandy,” “Midsommar,” and Quentin Tarantino‘s Oscar-winning “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” have seemingly helped to usher in a new wave of films about cults and subsequent revenge to the modern mainstream, and director Nick Cassavetes is jumping aboard the train too. Deadline has word that Cassavetes (“John Q“) will be writing and directing a feature film for Union Capitol Patriot Management and XYZ Films, titled “God Is A Bullet,” with production set to begin on May 24 in Mexico City.

NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt realized the world was about to change while celebrating his 61st birthday. It was March 8, 2020, and Holt was with his wife, children and grandkids.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAlmost inevitably, Hollywood will help shape the cultural memory of the COVID-19 pandemic.But how?Several quarantine films have already come out, but they haven’t quite hit the mark.

There are some news stories that are just so unbelievable that they suddenly become a hot ticket in Hollywood. We saw this recently with the GameStop stock debacle, with studios already trying to figure out how to turn it into films and TV series.

On the evening of March 12, 2020, Grey’s Anatomy executive producers Krista Vernoff, Debbie Allen and James Williams sent out note to the series’ cast and crew, informing them that “Out of an abundance of caution, production is postponed effective immediately.

Thursday March 11 will mark one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. To mark the grim anniversary, NBC News has set a primetime special, to be anchoredfrom the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.by NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, and Today co-anchor SavannahGuthrie.

If, a year ago, there had been a guarantee that by March 2021 there would be three COVID19 vaccines being administered to millions daily, Hollywood would have been overjoyed. When cinemas started closing stateside and film and TV studios told workers to stay home, few allowed themselves to think of this moment, much less plan for it.

Cardi B has hit out at TV network bosses at E! for examining her rise to stardom in an upcoming E! True Hollywood Story episode.The singer’s life story is set to be featured on the returning series next week, but Cardi has insisted that she did not approve of the way in which her life will be presented to US viewers.“I love E!.

The genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, Magnet Releasing, has picked up the North American rights to Sundance action-comedy First Date. The feature, which premiered in the fest's NEXT section, centers on a shy teen (Tyson Brown) who is conned into buying a shady ‘65 Chrysler ahead of his eagerly anticipated first date with his longtime crush,Kelsey (Shelby Duclos), which is interrupted by a relentless series of mishaps and crimes.

Also Read: Sundance Horror Film 'Censor' Acquired by Magnolia Pictures for Summer Release“First Date” also stars Jesse Janzen, Nicole Berry, Samuel Ademola, Ryan Quinn Adams, Angela Barber, Dave Reimer, Jake Howard, Samantha Laurenti, Scott Noble, Leah Finity, Josh Fesler, and Brandon Kraus.USA Today included the film on its list of best movies at Sundance, writing, “If Quentin Tarantino made an indie teen comedy, it’d probably resemble this super fun film.”“We are extremely thrilled to be

Zendaya is opening up about her career in Hollywood.

As Disney prepares to release “Raya and the Last Dragon” in theaters and as a premium on-demand title this Friday, CEO Bob Chapek says that he thinks the experimentation his studio and others in Hollywood are doing with releasing movies during the pandemic will permanently change the movie business.“The consumer is probably more impatient than they’ve ever been before,” Chapek said during a Q&A at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference, “particularly since now