Prime Video is taking a big step into true crime. The Amazon-owned streamer has ordered a documentary series about the 2022 University of Idaho murders and the investigation, arrest and upcoming trial of Bryan Kohberger in connection with the case. The series, from Skydance Television and Story Syndicate, is based on an upcoming nonfiction book …
Sean Penn‘s Superpower is free. The Oscar winner’s two-hour documentary on Ukraine has entered a one-year contract to stream free of charge beginning today — in the United States and its territories including Bermuda — on the Paramount+ YouTube channel. The Paramount+ original doc Superpower chronicles Ukraine’s fight for freedom from invading Russian military forces …
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken majority control of Eleventh Hour Films, the U.K.-based TV production company it first invested in back in 2018. The deal, announced Monday, sees Eleventh Hour join SPT’s stable of majority-owned British drama outfits, alongside Left Bank Pictures (The Crown), Bad Wolf (His Dark Materials) and Eleven (Sex Education). Helion …
This story was created in partnership with A24. “Welcome, everyone, to Maxine Minx’s Hollywood Bus Tour!” chirped Lisa, our blonde and bubbly tour guide as she welcomed us onboard. I settled into my window seat, enjoying the breeze and distance from Hollywood Blvd from the refuge of the open air bus. “Today we’re not just diving …
Axel Foley returning to Beverly Hills, an animated feature from former Studio Ghibli talent, a jaw-dropping doc about love-struck “rooftoppers” and final seasons from three big shows — a Spanish teen drama, a viking saga and Daniel LaRusso’s last hurrah — are some of the highlights on Netflix in July. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, …
The next film from French director Mia Hansen-Love (Things to Come, One Fine Morning) will be a period drama on the life of ground-breaking English writer and activist Mary Wollstonecraft. Hansen-Love is writing and directing If Love Should Die on the visionary 18th-century writer, considered one of the founder philosophers of feminism. Filming is planned …
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has announced the winners of this year’s AAFCA TV Honors, which recognizes achievements in TV and streaming. Black Twitter: A People’s History won the best documentary prize, while best ensemble went to Masters of the Air and best limited series/special was awarded to Genius: MLK/X. The Bear‘s Ayo …
French police have taken directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon into questioning on accusations of sexual assault made against them by actress and activist Judith Godrèche. Godrèche filed official complaints against Jacquot and Doillon in February, accusing both men of sexual assault in alleged incidents decades ago, when she was a teenager. She accused Jacquot …
Sherri Papini is set to tell Investigation Discovery her side of the story about a 2016 kidnapping hoax that touched off a media firestorm and landed her in prison. Production is underway for the latest true-crime series unveiled by ID, which doesn’t yet have a title and is scheduled to debut sometime in 2025. The multi-parter …
The world premiere of Steve McQueen‘s Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and Harris Dickinson, will open 2024’s BFI London Film Festival (LFF) this October. The Apple original film — directed, produced and written by Oscar-winner McQueen (12 Years a Slave) — follows the journey of nine-year-old George, played by newcomer Elliot Heffernan, in London through the …