‘Rebel,’ ‘American Housewife,’ ‘For Life,’ ‘Mixed-ish’ Canceled at ABC

New ABC Entertainment president Craig Erwich has opted to cancel veteran comedy American Housewife , Black-ish’s sophomore spinoff Mixed-ish, freshman drama Rebel and second-year drama For Life. On the pilot side, after handing out series orders to The Wonder Years, Queens, Abbott Elementary and Maggie, ABC has passed on Sam Esmail drama Acts of Crime […]

‘The Conners,’ ‘The Goldbergs,’ ‘The Rookie’ Among Five ABC Renewals

Still remaining on the bubble are comedy veteran American Housewife, Black-ish spinoff Mixed-ish and rookie Rebel as well as sophomore drama For Life. There are no surprises with the half-hour renewals after The Conners stars recently inked new deals to return for another season and with The Goldbergs remaining one of ABC’s top-rated comedies. The five […]

‘Free Guy’ and ‘Shang-Chi’ to Get Exclusive Theatrical Releases

CEO Bob Chapek confirmed the news during an earnings call Thursday. Earlier on Thursday, Dwayne Johnson announced his Disney film, Jungle Cruise, will be released on the big screen and on Disney+ Premier for an additional $30 on July 30. Thursday’s announcement indicated that the company continues to value the financial benefits of an exclusive […]

Amy Adams in Netflix’s ‘The Woman in the Window’: Film Review

The thriller, a neo-Gothic diversion with a strong central performance, has nothing to do with the coronavirus, but in the long and twisted year and a half since its original release date, the homebound protagonist has become that much more understandable to audiences. Based on a super-popular 2018 novel and conceived as an awards contender […]

‘Falcon and Winter Soldier’ Rises to No. 1 in Nielsen Streaming Rankings

They’re also among just a handful of titles from streamers other than Netflix to grab the top spot; Amazon’s Coming 2 America and HBO Max’s Wonder Woman 1984 are the others. Amazon’s Them continued its strong showing in its second week, growing by nearly 53 percent to 670 million minutes. NCIS topped the acquired series […]

Here’s What’s Coming to Bravo, USA, Syfy and E! Through 2022

Syfy and USA Network, where Rovner and Berwick take over for Chris McCumber, will share scripted originals including the previously announced live-action scripted Chucky series. Added Rovner, who joined NBCU last year following a long tenure at Warner Bros. In addition to growing Peacock, Rovner and Berwick are tasked with keeping the lights on across […]

Sundance Film Festival Sets In-Person, Online Hybrid for 2022

After cutting four days off the 2021 fest due to the pandemic and limiting the number of films that screened, the fest is returning to its full 11-day run. This year’s Sundance saw record-breaking deals for acquisitions for both non-fiction and narrative titles, with Searchlight and Hulu taking the Questlove-directed doc Summer of Soul in […]

‘The Game’ Revival Officially Moving Forward at Paramount+

Series creator Mara Brock Akil will also return to exec produce the half-hour series alongside showrunner and writer Devon Greggory , Salim Akil and fellow original exec producers Kelsey Grammer and Tom Russo. The series, which originally starred Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Brittany Daniel, Chanchez, Coby Bell, Pooch Hall, Robinson, Brandy Norwood, Lauren London and Jay Ellis, […]

Gal Gadot Gets Backlash for Comments on Israel-Palestine Violence

I pray for the victims and their families, I pray for this unimaginable hostility to end, I pray for our leaders to find the solution so we could live side by side in peace. Gadot’s pro-peace, respect-both-sides sentiment might sound fairly benign, but some took issue with the actress using the friendly term “neighbors” amid […]

Universal Pictures Apologizes for Using Male Actor to Dub Laverne Cox for Italian Version of ‘Promising Young Woman’

A promotional clip of the film posted by Universal Pictures Italy on May 6 featured Cox’s character, Gail, talking to lead Cassie, played by Carey Mulligan, in a distinctively masculine voice. Universal has postponed the local release of Emerald Fennell’s revenge thriller, which was set to hit Italian cinemas on May 13, while it re-synchronizes […]

‘Annie Live’ Musical Set for Holiday Bow on NBC

“As we look to drive big live audiences for NBC, we could think of no better way than to bring back the network’s holiday musical tradition,” said Susan Rovner, chairman entertainment content at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. While he was running NBC Entertainment, Greenblatt started a run of live musicals on the network with the […]