MGM’s Orion Pictures Rebrands as Label for Underrepresented Voices, Names Alana Mayo President

Soccer Aid newbie joining the line up for the 2020 game. The actor will join the England squad when they face the World XI in the big charity match at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterBook your blowout at Christophe and pop your luxury tents — Sony Pictures has ordered a sequel to the 1989 comedy “Troop Beverly Hills.”The film, about a pampered Los Angeles housewife (Shelley Long) who roughs it as Wilderness Girls scout to bond with her daughter, is getting an update from director Oran Zegman, Variety has learned.The Los Angeles-based Israeli director will mark her feature debut with the untitled sequel, set to release under Sony’s TriStar

Will Thorne Staff WriterUMC, AMC Networks’ streaming service dedicated to Black film and TV, has found its latest project.The service has given the greenlight to “Millennials,” a multi-cam comedy from “In the Heat of the Night” Rugg Williams and his son Oren Williams.“Millennials” will explore the lives of four 20-something roommates – a business student, a YouTuber, a college dropout, and a personal trainer – as they navigate the chaos of being young, finding success, and finding themselves in

Maya Henry is known for her high-profile modeling gigs and relationship with One Direction alum Liam Payne. But the Texan native, who was born in 2000, made headlines at the end of Aug.

North Lanarkshire. Alan Brown had been fishing at Banton Loch in Kilsyth with friends on Saturday, August 22.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Dennis Quaid recently saved a cat, named Dennis Quaid, from an animal shelter in Lynchburg, Virginia.The actor, who starred in Amazon’s Goliath and has upcoming feature Reagan, is to turn the story into a non-scripted TV project after teaming with ITV America’s Leftfield Pictures, producer of History’s Alone and Forged In Fire.Saving Dennis Quaid will follow the actor, who also recently starred in feature films A Dog’s Purpose and A Dog’s Journey, and his

Amanda Stanton teased her new man Oren Agman’s picture-taking abilities.“Teaching @orenagman how to be an Instagram boyfriend…did he pass?” she captioned a photo of herself with palm trees in the background on Saturday, August 22.Over on her Instagram Story, Stanton, 30, and the attorney enjoyed dinner with a view. “Ooh he’s romantic,” she wrote over a video of Agman.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThe issue of whether Donald Trump is mentally unfit to be president — or, put more bluntly, whether he suffers from a serious mental disorder — isn’t one to be taken lightly, yet it sometimes seems destined to be tinged with comedy.

MGM’s Orion Pictures label is getting a shake up. Alana Mayo, who was previously the producing partner of Michael B.

Peter White Television EditorThat was quick… earlier this morning it was revealed that USA Network’s Temptation Island was set to go into production in Maui in the coming weeks.However, the Maui County Film Office has just announced that production on the reality series has been “postponed” to a “later date”. “Will keep you posted as we attempt to flatten the curve of the Coronavirus on our island and in our state.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorVeteran industry executive and producer Alana Mayo has joined MGM as the President of the newly relaunched Orion Pictures.The division will concentrate exclusively on underrepresented voices and authentic storytelling in film with a focus on developing, producing and acquiring feature films that amplify underserved voices, both in front of and behind the camera.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMGM is re-launching its Orion Pictures as a mean to amplify underserved voices and has hired veteran executive Alana Mayo as president of the label.The studio announced Thursday that Orion will concentrate exclusively on underrepresented voices and authentic storytelling in film with a focus on developing, producing and acquiring feature films that amplify underserved voices, both in front of and behind the camera.Current Orion president John Hegeman will be stepping

Peter White Television EditorLove is to be tested in Maui once again as Temptation Island is set to start shooting its third season for USA Network.Cameras are set to start rolling later this month on the reality show, which is produced by Banijay Studios North America.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Joker and The Matrix co-producer Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned and is looking to fast-track The Prize, a spec feature written by Buried and Greenland scribe Chris Sparling with Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales co-helmer Espen Sandberg aboard to direct.The conspiracy thriller follows an American private investigator who travels to Stockholm after the suspicious death of an old friend, a ranking member of the Nobel Prize

French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis will head up the jury of this year's socially-distanced Deauville American Film Festival. The event, which runs in the French seaside town Sept.

Magnolia Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights, excluding Canada, to Lance Oppenheim’s documentary feature debut “Some Kind of Heaven.”The film, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, was produced by Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa and Los Angeles Media Fund, which also financed the film.“Some Kind of Heaven” profiles The Villages, the nation’s largest retirement community, located in Central Florida.

Maya Rudolph was stunned by the news that Senator Kamala Harris, who she famously portrays on Saturday Night Live, is Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s pick for vice president.Rudolph is nominated for the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy for her performance as the congresswoman on the iconic sketch show, and she reacted to the news during the recording of a panel discussion with Entertainment Weekly and other Emmy nominees, including Angela Bassett and Wanda

Maya Rudolph was stunned by the news that Senator Kamala Harris, who she famously portrays on Saturday Night Live, is Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden‘s pick for vice president.Rudolph is nominated for the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy for her performance as the congresswoman on the iconic sketch show, and she reacted to the news during the recording of a panel discussion with Entertainment Weekly and other Emmy nominees, including Angela Bassett and Wanda Sykes.“O