‘One Last Last Heist’: Sony TV Acquires Rights To Darrin Rose’s Short Film For Series Development

Ali plays Alia Kapur, an Indian-American college student who returns to her upscale family in New Jersey and soon upends her family’s orderly life with her newfound independence, especially after she discovers secrets about her parents during a family dinner with the son of the local Indian grocery store owners. Manisha Koirala, Adil Hussain, Rish Shah, Deepti Gupta, and Ved Sapru also star.

Cartoonito, WarnerMedia Kids & Family’s new preschool programming block, launched Monday on HBO Max and Cartoon Network and used the occasion to reveal that it has set casts for a pair of animated projects — a Batwheels series that will feature Ethan Hawke as the voice of Batman and its Mo Willems one-hour rock opera Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience. It also greenlighted the first preschool animated series starring Tom and Jerry.

IATSE and management’s AMPTP failed to reach agreement on a new film and TV contract at last night’s bargaining deadline for a new deal, but negotiations are continuing.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentColcoa, the Los Angeles-based French film festival, will be launching a competitive documentary section at its upcoming 25th edition. The documentary lineup will tackle contemporary and historical topics such as climate change, immigration, transgender inclusion, holocaust revelations and centenary celebration.

EXCLUSIVE: Koreatown Ghost Story, a short film written and directed by Teddy Tenenbaum and Minsun Park, has been sold to Paramount Players with Tenenbaum and Park closing a deal to write and direct the full-length feature film. Neal Moritz and Original’s Toby Jaffe will produce, along with Jim Wedaa. Margaret Cho is attached to reprise her role from the short and will executive produce.

There are two things the Real Housewives franchise reliably delivers on – binge-worthy drama and documenting the lavish lifestyles of the show’s stars.

One of our most anticipated releases of the year is Colourblind, the new album from English experimental soul artist Tirzah. In her recent FADER cover story, she described taking a raw, in-the-moment attitude to the songwriting.

Edgar Wright fans rejoice: after waiting nearly a year for the director’s new film, “Last Night In Soho” finally had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival just recently. It’s Wright’s first straight-up horror film of his career and his latest feature since 2017’s “Baby Driver.” Given the director’s penchant for genre deep-dives, this makes “Soho” one of the most anticipated films of 2021.

Sony has announced that it has acquired Firesprite, with the UK developer becoming the fourteenth to come under the PlayStation Studios umbrella.In a blog post, head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst said that he “couldn’t be more delighted to welcome Firesprite to the PlayStation Studios family,” and that “quite a few members of Firesprite come from SIE’s Studio Liverpool and we’re thrilled to welcome them back.”Despite not yet being a household name, Firesprite has a strong legacy.

Wall Street Journal has reported that the “Jeopardy!” champ was all set to take over Alex Trebek’s spot after the longtime host passed away in November 2020 — until people went digging into his Twitter history.Jennings, 47, has since apologized for the posts — describing them as “unartful and insensitive” in an open apology — including a tasteless joke that read: “nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair.”The WSJ further reported that Jennings had apparently scored low on the audience’s

Netflix has revealed that filming is underway on its first major Russian drama series, Anna K.

Night Of The Cooters, potentially delaying the completion of his next A Song Of Ice And Fire novel – from the series that was adapted into Game Of Thrones – even further.Vincent D’Onofrio is set to direct and star as the voice of a sheriff in the town of Pachuco, Texas, which becomes the site of a Martian invasion.“Night Of The Cooters is a short story, and our version is going to be a short film,” Martin explained (per Deadline).

George R.R. Martin has set his next project for screen, the short film Night of Cooters, based on Howard Waldrop 1987 sci-fi novel. Vicent D’Onofrio will direct and is set to star as Sheriff Lindley. Trioscope Studios will animate the film.

Molly Shannon knows how to turn on the waterworks at will.

Netflix’s VP of original content in Spain, distinctly remembers the encounter that led to his company licensing what would become its most watched non-English-language series, Spanish drama “Money Heist” (“La Casa de Papel”).The executive’s first in-person meeting with series creator Álex Pina was a dizzying, fateful whirlwind.

Molly Shannon and Jimmy Fallon had a cry-off during the actress’s “Tonight Show” appearance Wednesday.

Kristen Bell is dipping her toe in the underground world of illegal couponing. The actress stars in the upcoming comedy caper , and opened up to ET about the fun project.«I play Connie Kaminski, a former Olympic race walker [who] felt like she was on top of the world and now she is living as essentially a housewife and is kind of looking for a way to feel valued,» Bell shared.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJeff Daniels is ready to welcome audiences back to Broadway.The producing team behind “Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird,” a box office juggernaut that already ranks as the most successful American play in Broadway history, unveiled a new video on Thursday intended to celebrate the return of the Great White Way after a year of pandemic-related closures.

When it comes to movie stars’ paycheques, one name looms larger than all others: Craig, Daniel Craig.