Riz Ahmed is returning to television — both in front of and behind the camera. Amazon’s Prime Video has ordered a comedy series created by and starring Ahmed. The Oscar winner will play a struggling actor named Shah Latif, who’s the cusp of landing a breakthrough role when he finds himself thrust into a full-blown existential …
The Daily Show is firming up its plans for coverage of the two major political conventions this summer — including a pair of live shows with Jon Stewart. Comedy Central’s late-night show — which has enjoyed a sizable upswing in ratings since Stewart’s return in February — will go live on the final night of each convention: …
Author Susanna Clarke’s best-selling fantasy novel Piranesi is getting the animated feature treatment. Animation studio Laika has acquired the 2020 book, with the company’s CEO Travis Knight set to helm the project. The novel Piranesi, which won the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction, centers on the titular narrator arriving in a parallel universe made up …
At first glance, Young Hearts seems to resemble Lukas Dhont’s Close — in its rural Belgian town setting and its focus on two early teenage boys navigating the tricky boundaries between friendship and romance. But closer acquaintance reveals Flemish filmmaker Anthony Schatteman’s first feature to be something more in line with Heartstopper or Love, Simon, …
Max has released a new look at its upcoming DC crime drama The Penguin that gives a much more expansive look at the show’s world and characters. Below is the second teaser trailer for the upcoming Max limited series — a spinoff of Matt Reeves’ 2022 hit The Batman starring Colin Farrell as the infamous …
Following the disastrous debut of David Gordon Green’s 2023 The Exorcist: Believer, the first installment in an intended trilogy of sequels, Universal announced a new direction for the franchise, to be helmed by horror specialist Mike Flanagan. Notably, there’s no indication that the next chapter will attempt a remake of The Exorcist. After all, William …
SkyShowtime‘s Spanish content has “resonated globally,” its chief content officer Kai Finke said on Thursday. Speaking at the international market and networking event Conecta Fiction & Entertainment in Toledo, Spain, on Thursday, Finke pinpointed the successes his company has faced in recent years with their projects in Spain. Two of the most recent originals include Bosé and Los Enviados, produced …
Max executives believe it’s not just the volume of subscribers enhancing their business, but the streamer’s “ambitious” storytelling. Mariano Cesar, senior vp of general entertainment content & programming strategy for Latin America and U.S. Hispanics at Max parent Warner Bros. Discovery, dived into the company’s business model during his keynote session at the international market and networking …
British production outfit United Heroes is set to adapt Live, Fight, Survive, British soldier Shaun Pinner’s autobiographical memoir of his harrowing experience in the Ukraine war, as a feature film with the working title The English Warrior. Pinner’s book is a raw, first-hand account of being an English soldier caught in the midst of Russia’s …
Dating back to 2016’s Last Chance U, Greg Whiteley and a team of many of the same collaborators have been honing one of television’s most successful formulas at Netflix. The combination of intimate, character-driven portraits and best-in-class sports photography has followed Last Chance U, with its initial focus on JUCO football, to three different schools …