Drama series Locke & Key is set to return to Netflix for a third season this summer. Netflix describes Locke & Key as a "coming-of-age mystery about love, loss, and the unshakable bonds that define family.”
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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRupert Everett and Malcom McDowell have joined the cast of Amazon heist series “Everybody Loves Diamonds,” being produced as an original in Italy, where the streamer on Tuesday also revealed a slew of unscripted local shows now on its Italian slate.Amazon’s previously announced high-end show follows a group of thieves led by Sicilian mastermind Leonardo Notarbartolo — being played by Italy’s Kim Rossi Stewart — who in 2003 managed to circumvent the advanced security system of the Antwerp Diamond Center and steal precious stones worth more than $100 million. Everett and McDowell play secondary roles that will add international heft to the high-end skein produced by Fremantle-owned Wildside that will drop globally in 2023.
Journalists were given a sneak peek of “Diamonds” on Tuesday during a Prime Video presentation in Rome where Nicole Morganti, head of Amazon’s originals for Italy, said that Amazon’s investments in Italian content are now “split evenly between unscripted and scripted” as she unveiled a slate of new content that is almost entirely unscripted.New shows in Amazon’s Italian pipeline comprise a “LOL Xmas Special” prompted by the massive success of the local version of the streamer’s comedy show “LOL: Last One Laughing”; season two of its Italian food travelogue “Dinner Club”; improvisational comedy show “Prova Prova Sa Sa”; a movie titled “Sono Lillo” with fan-favorite comic Lillo Petrolo who broke out in LOL; a doc featuring Italian pop star “Mahmoud”; and another doc titled “Kobe – An Italian Story” on late great NBA star Kobe Bryant who grew up in Italy while his father, Joe Bryant, played for several teams in the country. The “Kobe” doc, produced by Italy’s
.Drama series Locke & Key is set to return to Netflix for a third season this summer. Netflix describes Locke & Key as a "coming-of-age mystery about love, loss, and the unshakable bonds that define family.”
Peter Jackson is opening up about his involvement in the new Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series at Prime Video.
Speaking on CinemaBlend’s ReelBlend podcast yesterday, Quentin Tarantino held forth on the experience of seeing Top Gun: Maverick.
John Steiner, a British actor who appeared in Caligula and several other films in the 1960s and 1970s, has died. He was 81 and passed Sunday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs after a two-vehicle automobile accident in La Quinta, the Riverside County Sheriff’s department told the Desert Sun newspaper.
Netflix’s adds Nicole Young and Bre Tiesi to the cast for Seasons 6 and 7.
Father John Misty has launched his 2022 tour!
Netflix has cancelled teenage vampire series First Kill after one season.According to Variety, the streamer made the decision based on the show’s viewing figures compared to the cost of production.The news comes almost two months after Netflix released all eight episodes of the first season in early June.Based on a short story from horror writer V. E.
More supes are joining The Boys. Amazon is rounding out cast for the upcoming fourth season of Emmy-nominated superhero series The Boys, from Sony Pictures TV and Amazon Studios. Valorie Curry (The Lost Symbol) and Susan Heyward (Orange Is The New Black) join as new series regulars for the upcoming season, and Cameron Crovetti, who recurred as Ryan, son of Homelander (Antony Starr) in Seasons 2 and 3, has been promoted to series regular for Season 4. Crovetti has appeared in eight episodes over both seasons.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterCyndi Lauper has signed on for a recurring guest role in the upcoming Amazon series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” Variety has learned exclusively.Lauper will appear in the show opposite previously announced lead Justina Machado as well as cast members Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, K. Todd Freeman, Marc Maron, Jean Yoon, Judy Reyes, and Jeffery Self.
Amazon Prime Video has announced its first slate of Southeast Asian local-language originals, including a trio of situational comedy improv shows, Comedy Island, across Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, and projects from local talents including Joko Anwar, Kamila Andini and Banjong Pisanthanakun.
With a decision expected tomorrow on whether Los Angeles County will re-impose an indoor mask-wearing mandate due to the rise in cases from the more infectious BA.5 variant, the city of El Segundo today added its name to the list of local cities that will decline to enforce such a rule if it is implemented by the county.
A saga worthy of a country song. Shania Twain and her ex-husband, Robert John “Mutt” Lange, were once one of the music industry’s biggest power couples — and their split later became one of its biggest scandals.
Hank Williams Jr.’s late wife, Mary Jane Thomas, died on March 22 due to a "collapsed lung that was punctured during elective surgery" performed the day before in Florida. She was 58.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power made its big debut at San Diego Comic-Con and Deadline spoke to the cast about what fans can expect when the series premieres via Amazon on September 2.
Anya Taylor-Joy and Malcom McRae have secretly tied the knot. Page Six reported that the couple had an intimate courthouse wedding in the United States before heading overseas to Australia to film "Furiosa," which is the prequel to "Mad Max: Fury Road." The "Queen’s Gambit" star and McRae first sparked engagement rumors when she was spotted with an engagement ring while deplaning a private jet in Sydney, Australia in June.
Amazon Prime Video’s latest Italian content showcase in a scorching hot Rome has lifted the lid on a 15-strong slate of drama series, movies, docs and entertainment shows, while revealing the commentary line up for its UEFA Champions League coverage.
There’s going to be some serious California financial meat on the bones of Star War series Skeleton Crew.