Orion Pictures’ ‘Hedda’ Adds Imogen Poots & Five Others

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor In a change that reflects AI’s growing influence — and potentially disruptive power — in Hollywood, Netflix added generative AI to the list of potential risk factors on its annual report filed with the SEC. In Netflix’s 10-K report filed Friday, it added this new section to the long section of risk factors (which are required under SEC rules) in the section about video competition: “[N]ew technological developments, including the development and use of generative artificial intelligence, are rapidly evolving.

Angelique Jackson The cast of Universal’s live-action “How to Train Your Dragon” movie is shaping up with the additions of Julian Dennison (A24’s “Y2K,” “Deadpool 2,” “Hunt for the Wilderpeople”), Gabriel Howell (BBC’s “Nightsleeper,” “Bodies”), Bronwyn James (“Wicked,” “Masters of the Air”) and Harry Trevaldwyn (“The Bubble,” “Ten Percent”). Dennison, Howell, James and Trevaldwyn have been respectively cast as Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut in the live-action adaptation of the hit DreamWorks Animation movie. The quartet join Mason Thames and Nico Parker, who are set to star as Hiccup and Astrid; Gerard Butler, who reprises his role from the animated movies as Stoick the Vast; and Nick Frost, who joins the franchise as Gobber the Belch.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ is rounding out cast for the upcoming third season of Mayor of Kingstown, starring Jeremy Renner.

The nominations for the 96th Oscars revealed Tuesday included a diverse mix of Best Picture contenders, from box office blockbusters and festival favorites to sweeping streamer epics and indie darlings.

Priyanka Chopra may have accidentally confirmed the rumors that her brother-in-law Joe Jonas is dating model Stormi Bree.

EXCLUSIVE: Hera Pictures, the indie behind Jodie Comer-starrer The End We Start From and Sky/Starz’ upcoming Mary & George, is developing a TV version of Joanna Quinn’s hit novel The Whalebone Theatre.

The rub and paradox about Netflix is that the company is a streaming business, first and foremost. The company and the move towards streaming at home have made many critical about how streamers have killed or hurt the theatrical experience.

The Criterion Collection is constantly curating and adding the best and brightest of cinema to its collection, but its April 2024 is pretty stellar and adds two classic films that haven’t been in the collection previously that really deserved to be there. The first film added to the collection in April is notable because of Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr.

With its streaming operations facing scrutiny as 2024 gets under way, Paramount Global continues to pursue a diversified approach to distributing its flagship, Paramount+.

Naman Ramachandran Telugu-language Indian superhero film “Hanu Man” has emerged as a hit and is adding screens in North America. The film is set in the fictional village of Anjanadri and follows Hanumanthu, who miraculously awakens Hindu god Lord Hanuman’s power after being involved in an accident near the sea.

Seoul-based sales company Finecut has acquired international sales rights to horror thriller Noise ahead of the upcoming European Film Market. 

The second season of The Traitors will see the return of Kate Chastain and the guest appearance of Dr. Will Kirby.

Below Deck‘s Kate Chastain is returning to The Traitors on Peacock.

Fox is expanding the Season 2 cast for Alert: Missing Persons Unit, from John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx. Alisha-Marie Ahamed (Family Law) is joining as a new series regular and Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal) has been tapped to heavily recur opposite Scott Caan and Dania Ramirez in the procedural drama.

RodeoHouston returns to NRG Stadium for 20 huge nights of rodeos and concerts featuring some of the biggest names in rock, pop, country, Hip-Hop, EDM, Latin and worship music.Headliners topping the bill this year include pop icons Jonas Brothers, rising Latin singer-songwriter Ivan Cornejo, party starters Major Lazer, rock veterans Nickelback and Hip-Hop legend 50 Cent.They’ll be joined by country stalwarts Blake Shelton, Jelly Roll, Hank Williams Jr., Luke Bryan and Zac Brown Band among others.Plus, Houston hometown hero Bun B will headline one night, too.“I wanted people to see that rap and the rodeo could coexist in the room with no one feeling awkward,” Bun B told Houston’s CultureMap. “We’ll look back one day and won’t even remember when there wasn’t rap at the rodeo.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The White Lotus” Season 3 at HBO has added five new cast members, Variety has learned. Miloš Biković (“Serf,” “South Wind”), Christian Friedel (“Zone of Interest,” “Babylon Berlin”), Morgana O’Reilly (“Mean Mums,” “Housebound”), Lek Patravadi (“In Family We Trust,” “Nang Nuan”), and Shalini Peiris (“The Ark,” “The Danny & Mick Show”) have all joined the highly-anticipated new season of the series. They join previously announced new cast members Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, and Tayme Thapthimthong.

Can a child overcome his fears? Netflix’s “Orion And The Dark” explores how the scariest things could actually help someone find happiness. The film revolves around a kid whose fearfulness has stifled his life.

The BBC has given additional credit to the man who discovered the fossilized remains of the pliosaur at the center of a critically acclaimed David Attenborough doc, after facing criticism for “airbrushing” him out.

A 14-year-old boy and five others have been arrested by police after £1.8 MILLION worth of steel plates were stolen from a business in Stockport on Monday (January 8).

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Sony Pictures Entertainment is set to announce its latest advanced visualization facility, Torchlight, at CES this evening. Located at Sony’s Culver City studios, Torchlight is already operational and being used by filmmakers. The facility will allow filmmakers to create digital scenes as part of their pre-visualization process.