Netflix’s ‘Ivy and Bean’ Family Film Series Sets Cast, Director (EXCLUSIVE)

John Wick series has landed a more expensive budget than the first two films. Totalling $60m (£43.

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Haley Bosselman editorThe Geena Davis-led Bentonville Film Festival announced the 2021 selections for its narrative, documentary, short and episodic film competition.“We are proud to offer audiences an inspirational line up celebrating diversity and inclusion on screen and behind the camera, to demonstrate the power of intersectional equity in entertainment media.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorEugenio Derbez will star in Netflix’s “Lotería,” a family adventure film inspired by the iconic Lotería Don Clemente card game.The movie will be directed by Emmy nominee James Bobin (“Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” “Alice Through the Looking Glass” and “The Muppets”) with a script by Roberto Orci (“Transformers,” “Star Trek,” “Mission Impossible III” and “Cowboys  & Aliens”) and J.R.

Megan Fox is setting the record straight after being accused of being a supporter of former President Donald Trump.  The actress appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" earlier this week where she told guest-host Arsenio Hall all about what she and boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly have been up to lately, including a trip to Costa Rica to try out ayahuasca.  The host asked Fox about her recent attendance alongside other A-listers at the UFC 246 bout between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier.The high-profile

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentParticipant is teaming up with leading French sales agent MK2 Films and Endeavor Content to represent worldwide distribution rights on “Costa Brava, Lebanon,” the anticipated feature debut of Lebanese filmmaker Mounia Akl.“Costa Brava, Lebanon” will be headlined by Lebanese star and filmmaker Nadine Labaki (“Capernaum”), alongside Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri (“The Band’s Visit”).

Who needs an actual babysitter? Netflix has ordered three seasons and four specials of “Cocomelon” spinoff “Cocomelon Lane,” which “will deliver brand-new adventures from JJ and his best friends as they experience life’s big moments as little kids,” according to the streaming giant.“Cocomelon Lane” will be the first-ever narrative series featuring the “Cocomelon” characters in an actual story arc.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCompared with the U.S. or European countries, South Korea’s infection and death toll from COVID-19 was small.

Naman Ramachandran The U.K.’s Broken Flames Prods. has entered into a partnership with producer Lucas A.

Robert Irwin is following in his father, Steven Irwin's, footsteps. ET's Rachel Smith spoke with Irwin ahead of his special, where he opened up about his dad's legacy and how his family felt about him swimming with sharks.«I feel very, very lucky that I get to have such an amazing family around me, kind of help keep this legacy going that my dad started,» Irwin told ET.

th birthday party, it’s hard not to think of the climactic prom scene in Brian DePalma’s “Carrie” – not in the sense of buckets of blood or anything like that, but in the way both films suggest that repressing female desires via religion or anything else can end very, very badly.

Faye Dunaway will appear alongside Kevin Spacey in his controversial new project, “The Man Who Drew God.”Directed by Italian actor Franco Nero, who also stars, the feature will be Spacey’s first role since 2017, when dozens of accusations of sexual harassment and assault saw the “House of Cards” actor effectively ostracized from Hollywood.Nero’s wife, the actor Vanessa Redgrave, was originally believed to be appearing in the film, and received social media backlash regarding her starring role

The first part of the Fear Street film trilogy is streaming now on Netflix and it’s currently the number one film on the streaming service.

Netflix has debuted the trailer for the upcoming animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation!

Will Thorne Staff WriterLe Pacte has nabbed the distribution rights to two features ahead of the Cannes Film Festival. The Paris-based outfit will be in charge of worldwide sales for a thriller from “Les Misérables” writer Giordano Gerdelini, and a family drama from “Diane Has the Right Shape” director Fabien Gorgeart.Gerdelini’s “On the Edge” (original title “Entre la vie et la mort”) was shot last year and is in post-production.

Austin Abrams, Alisha Boe, Talia Ryder, Paris Berelc, Jonathan Daviss, Maia Reficco and Ava Capri  have joined the Netflix dark comedy Strangers. They join Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Rish Shah and Sophie Turner in the pic which will be directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. Robinson also co-wrote the script along with Celeste Ballard.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentWarner TV, the French pay-TV channel and on-demand service launched by WarnerMedia, is teaming with Mediawan Group’s MakingProd for its first French original TV series, “Visitors,” a fantasy comedy by Simon Astier (“Zero Corp,” “Mortel”).The eight-part half-hour series was created, written and is being directed by Astier, whose fanboy profile and graphic universe seem to be the perfect match for Warner TV’s identity.

Braunwyn Windham-Burke is no longer a Real Housewife. Bravo confirmed earlier this week that the mom of 7 would not return for season 16 of, firing her from the series after two seasons as a full-time orange holder.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterZiwe is set to develop the comedy series “The Nigerian Princess” at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.The project follows Zoe, a wise-beyond-her-years 20-something who, debilitated by student debt, partners with a known grifter in a desperate bid to achieve the American Dream.