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HBO Cancels Team Downey’s Perry Mason Series!

The verdict is in: Perry Mason is being sentenced to oblivion by HBO. According to news reports in Deadline and other publications, the series starring Matthew Rhys as the iconic prosecutor won’t be renewed for a third season. HBO issued the following statement announcing the cancellation: “We are tremendously grateful for the remarkable work of…

Bryan Singer to Self-Finance Documentary to Discuss Sexual Assault Allegations

Bryan Singer, the once acclaimed director of such blockbuster films as X-Men and Superman Returns, is working on staging a come-back in Hollywood. The writer-helmer is self-financing a new documentary that will address the multiple claims of sexual assault that have been brought against him throughout his career, Variety is reporting. Singer, who has fought…

SAG-AFTRA Votes Overwhelmingly To Authorize Walkout in Support of Writers

Six weeks after the Writers Guild of America went on strike, the membership of SAG-AFTRA has voted overwhelmingly to authorize a walkout in support of their colleagues. SAG-AFTRA, commonly known as the Screen Actors’ Guild, represents 160,000 performers across all media. If SAG-AFTRA members join the picket line, it would put even more pressure on…

Knopf Acquires North American Rights to Marriage Story Filmmaker Noah Baumbach’s First Book

@Photo by David Feeney-Mosier – © 2015 – Fox Searchlight Pictures Oscar-nominated Marriage Story writer-director Noah Baumbach is penning his first book, whose North American rights have been acquired by Knopf. The publishing house’s acquisition of the book, which is a memoir that’s currently untitled, was a highly competitive auction, according to Deadline. Jordan Pavlin, who…

Disney Axes Key Employees Including Lightyear Director and Toy Story 2 Producer

Was it an ogre named Iger who cast a bad spell on the Magic Kingdom? Or is the Disney head prudently trying to cut costs in the interests of the bottom line? According to news reports from Reuters, The Walt Disney Company under Bob Iger’s leadership has slashed 7,000 staff positions in the past few…

AMC Reveals “The First Slam Dunk” North American Release Date

The film, “The First Slam Dunk” has gained significant profits around the globe since hitting theaters in Japan. While the basketball anime was arriving in North America this summer, AMC Theaters has apparently shared the release date for the movie that has been taking the world by storm, the film is set to arrive in…

Tom Holland Says ‘Spider-Man 4’ Meetings Were Happening, but Now ‘On Pause’ Due To WGA Strikes

@Photo by Jay Maidment – © 2019 CTMG, Inc.  The web-spinners at the Marvel franchise are temporarily leaving the fourth Spider-Man movie dangling in mid-air, thanks to the writers strike. Tom Holland described the pause to a Variety interviewer in New York on Thursday, where the actor was premiering The Crowded Room, his new show…

François Nemeta to Direct ‘Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself’ Documentary

A documentary feature about the French writer-director Michel Gondry is in the works, according to an exclusive story in Variety. To be directed by François Nemeta, Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself will be an 80-minute film about the acclaimed director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It also will focus on Gondry’s latest film,…

Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Cannes Prizewinning Film ‘Monster’ to be Distributed in U.S. by Well Go USA

Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired the U.S. rights to Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu‘s thriller, Monster, Variety is reporting. The distributor plans to release the movie in American theaters late this year or early next year. The deal comes after the feature had its world premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival last month….

Kim Cattrall Will Reprise Her Iconic Role as Samantha Jones in the Season 2 Finale of “And Just Like That”

The fabulous four would be back again, the story is gonna be thrilling to “Sex and the City” fans that Kim Cattrall will reprise her iconic role as Samantha Jones in the Season 2 finale of “And Just Like That,” Max’s revival of HBO’s “Sex and the City.” So far the audience has been so…

CNN’s Lisa Ling Will Move to CBS News

Former CNN journalist and producer Lisa Ling has been hired by CBS, says Neeraj Khemlani, the president and co-head of CBS News and Stations. Ling is best known as the host and producer of CNN’s series This is Life With Lisa Ling, until she was let go as a cost-cutting measure. She had also hosted…