In early 2019, Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung had come to terms with the fact his filmmaking career might be over. He’d already recognized the writing on the wall a year earlier and decided to pen a semi-autobiographical script known as Minari, but everything would soon change in February 2019. That’s when Plan B agreed …
The people over at FX have got a lot to be psyched about today. In a TV awards cycle increasingly dominated by the HBO-Netflix horse race — which, for HBO, technically includes steamer Max — it was the other premium cable network and its Hulu offerings that came out tops among individual programs during Wednesdays Primetime …
Baby Reindeer actress Nava Mau has made history with her brand new Emmy nomination. Mau was nominated for best supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie on Wednesday, becoming the first Latina trans nominee in this category. She is nominated alongside co-star Jessica Gunning as well as Dakota Fanning (Ripley), Lily Gladstone …
As we enter the new post-Succession era, a fearsome potential ruler has emerged to seize power at the 2024 Emmys. FX Productions’ lavish Japanese period series Shōgun — a show, incidentally, all about the complicated succession process after the death of an esteemed leader — dominated the drama category announcements Wednesday morning with 25 nominations. …
The late Treat Williams received a posthumous nomination for best supporting actor at the 2024 Emmys for his role in Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. Williams died after a motorcycle accident on June 12, 2023. He was 71 years old. His Emmy nomination for a limited or anthology series comes after the final curtain call …
Richard Gadd‘s smash Netflix hit Baby Reindeer has landed 11 Emmy nominations. Among the nearly dozen nods is a best lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie for Gadd, as well as best supporting actress nominations in the equivalent category for Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau. Tom Goodman-Hill earns a best supporting …
Universal Pictures hopes to whip up a Category 5 story at the box office this weekend as Twisters hits the big screen nearly three decades after the original Twister blew away audiences with nearly $500 million in global ticket sales, not adjusted for inflation. The studio has never tried to bill Twisters as a direct …
Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown and Chris Sullivan are revisiting a key scene from their late co-star Ron Cephas Jones that holds a new meaning now that Jones is gone. On This Was Us, the podcast she co-hosts with her This Is Us co-stars where the three dive back into the world of the Pearsons …
Leading Japanese pay-TV broadcasting company Wowow is planting a flag in the production services business, hoping to both encourage and profit from a surge of industry interest in Japan-set live-action content. The company revealed Wednesday the launch of Tokyo Bridge, a new subsidiary that will provide a full suite of services to international film and …
In most promos for Peacock‘s new 10-part drama Those About to Die, Anthony Hopkins gazes out like a gnarled marble bust brought partially to life. Even the commercials that acknowledge that the series is perhaps a bit more of an ensemble piece feature the multiple Oscar winner in a badly photoshopped human pyramid, the recognizable …