Andrew Haigh’s drama All of Us Strangers has landed nine London Critics’ Circle Awards nominations, ahead of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which has scored seven.
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Selome Hailu No Hard Feelings” landed on Netflix on Oct. 22, four months after its theatrical debut, and immediately took hold of the Nielsen Streaming Top 10. The Jennifer Lawrence movie was the most-streamed title during the week of Oct.
23-29 with a healthy 1.1 billion minutes watched. The second-most-streamed title of the week was “Suits.” The long-concluded USA Network drama had a historic run on the Nielsen Streaming Top 10 after its Netflix debut in June, racking up 15 first place finishes, 12 of which were consecutive as “Virgin River” topped the chart for a one-week stint before “Suits” returned. After three more wins, Netflix’s “Fall of the House of Usher” took first place for two weeks in a row, though “Suits” still managed to clock in at over 1 billion minutes watched.
But during the Oct. 23-29 viewing window, its 19th week streaming on Netflix, the procedural finally fell below that mark — barely, with 997 million minutes watched. “Fall of the House of Usher” dropped to third place this week with 944 million minutes watched, down from 1.5 billion minutes watched the week before.
With 854 million minutes watched, “Grey’s Anatomy” took fourth place, continuing a recent string of solid streaming viewership for the ABC series. It was followed by the ever-successful children’s series “Bluey,” which was watched for 771 million minutes during this window. After last week debuting at No.
9, Netflix’s “Bodies” rose to sixth place in its first full week of availability, when it was watched for 768 million minutes. “Gilmore Girls” continued its fall resurgence on the chart, showing in seventh place with 751 million minutes. Ninth place also went to an acquired title: “NCIS” with 709 million minutes watched.
Andrew Haigh’s drama All of Us Strangers has landed nine London Critics’ Circle Awards nominations, ahead of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which has scored seven.
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Christopher Nolan’s epic biographical thriller Oppenheimer. Based on American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Nolan wrote the script about the titular complicated and brilliant physicist tasked with leading the Manhattan Project, the secret effort to create the atom bomb, and the moral and political struggles that followed.
Royal Blood are giving fans a Christmas surprise by releasing popular B-side ‘Supermodel Avalanches’ on streaming.The band has been playing the song live while on tour in the US and Australia in recent weeks and a studio recording now available on streaming services. It will also appear on a deluxe edition of their recent album ‘Back To The Water Below’, which was originally released in September.The Brighton duo announced the news to coincide with the track becoming Daniel P Carter’s Track Of The Week on Radio 1, telling fans: “Merry Riffmas.”Big thanks to @DanielPCarter for making this one tune of the week, check out the Rock Show on @BBCR1 from 11pmDropping ‘Supermodel Avalanches’ tonight on all streaming platforms.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Max’s “Warrior,” a breakthrough series boasting one of the few Asian ensembles on television, has been canceled after three seasons. The series’ repeats will live on, however, via a off-net deal with Netflix, which has acquired the series’ run in a non-exclusive deal and could now potentially expose it to a new audience.
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts is out with the nominations for its 13th annual AACTA International Awards, and some familiar awards-season faces lead the pack.
Addie Morfoot Contributor In “Downwind,” a documentary executive produced by Matthew Modine, directors Mark Shapiro and Douglas Brian Miller chronicle the lethal effects that nuclear testing on American soil has had on U.S. citizens. The Oscar hopeful reveals that from 1951 to 1992, Mercury, Nevada, was the site for the testing of 928 large scale nuclear weapons.
Chicken Run is getting a sequel.Directed by Sam Fell, Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget sees Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) and Rocky (Zachary Levi) on a mission to secure their freedom after escaping Tweedy’s farm.The film has largely replaced the voice cast from the 2000 original, with Thandiwe Newton and Zachary Levi taking over from Julia Sawalha and Mel Gibson in the lead roles. The returning cast members include Jane Horrocks as Babs, Imelda Staunton as Bunty, Lynn Ferguson as Mac and Miranda Richardson as Mrs Tweedy.Nick Park and Peter Lord, who directed the original Chicken Run, serve as executive producers on the sequel alongside Carla Shelley.The film will be available to stream on Friday December 15 from 8am GMT in the UK.
pop star posted on social media. “Very happy to be able to tell you that the extended version of the film including ‘Wildest Dreams,’ ‘The Archer’ and ‘Long Live’ will be available to rent on demand in the US, Canada & additional countries to be announced soon starting on … you guessed it, December 13.” The songs that Swift named — “Wildest Dreams,” “The Archer” and “Long Live” had originally been cut from the theatrical release of the concert film, which recently earned a Golden Globe nomination for box office achievement — having raked in over $250 million at the global box office. The tour itself is reportedly the first to cross the billion-dollar mark.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour will be available to watch at home from December.Directed by Sam Wrench, the concert film documents Swift’s latest tour which runs through her biggest hits and rarities across all ten of her studio albums.After it was released in cinemas in October, the film has become the highest-grossing concert movie ever, earning $249million at the worldwide box office. It also landed a nomination at the 2024 Golden Globes for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.In the US, Canada, UK and Ireland, the film will be available to rent digitally from December 13 (to coincide with Swift’s birthday).Other confirmed territories include Australia and New Zealand from December 14, and Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Mexico and Brazil from December 21.As listed on Swift’s website, the film will be available from Apple TV+, Vudu, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Xfinity, YouTube and Sky.The extended version on streaming services will include songs which were cut from the cinematic release, including ‘Wildest Dreams’, ‘The Archer’ and ‘Long Live’.In a four-star review of the film, NME wrote: “It’s a staggering feat.
True Detective‘s Anna Lambe and seven-year-old Inuk actress Keira Cooper will lead the untitled Netflix, CBC and APTN comedy series. Additionally Anya Adams (Yellowjackets) has signed on as producing director of the Canadian show.
The nominations for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards were revealed Monday morning, helping to kick awards season into high gear.
Reina Hardesty (The Secret Art of Human Flight) has joined the cast of Prime Video‘s Butterfly opposite Daniel Dae Kim.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The “Barbenheimer” craze continues with Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” being named among AFI Awards 2023 top 10 best films of the year. Netflix led studios with two movies making the list — Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro” and Todd Haynes’ black comedy “May December.” With an eclectic mix of critically acclaimed and consumer friendly titles, the list of top movies also includes films by newcomers (Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” and Celine Song’s “Past Lives”), veterans (Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers”) and stylish visionaries (Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” and Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K.
Mark you calendars – you will soon be able to watch Barbie from your own home very soon!
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Peacock is closing out 2023 with some good news: The Comcast-owned streaming service has reached 30 million paid subscribers. Additionally, according to Comcast CEO Mike Cavanagh, the platform saw $2.8 billion in losses this year (coming in under the $3 billion projected by the company back in January), and Cavanagh expects that figure to be the peak losses for Peacock as we head into 2024.
Christopher Nolan is to receive a BFI Fellowship, the highest honor bestowed by the UK’s lead organization for film.
Ellise Shafer During the streaming boom, Sony was one of the few big entertainment companies that held back from creating its own platform. And now that the market has cooled down, Ravi Ahuja, chairman of Sony Pictures’ Global Television Studios, sees this as a massive advantage. During a keynote at Content London on Wednesday, Ahuja said that what drew him to Sony in the first place was because while working at Disney and Fox, he “saw firsthand the complexity of operating in that kind of environment.” “Here, it’s not only a very large, independent studio, with the benefit of a lot of resources … but with a very focused mission: make great shows, find the right home,” Ahuja said.
Victor J. Kemper, the former president of the American Society of Cinematographers whose career spanned four decades and included films as diverse as Dog Day Afternoon and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, has died according to the ASC. He was 96.
For the first time since June, Suits did not manage to surpass 1B minutes viewed during the week of October 23 to 29.
Thania Garcia A slate of hot new releases, surprise hits and holiday favorites featuring everyone from Dolly Parton to Drake have shaken things up on the latest Billboard charts. On the Hot 100, Jack Harlow scores his third No. 1 single with “Lovin on Me,” which samples the 1995 R&B track “Whatever.” “Lovin on Me” takes the spot from last week’s chart-topper, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer,” just one week after the viral smash debut at No.