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Paramount Media Networks to Shutter MTV News in Cost-Cutting Move

After thirty-six years of providing news and commentary oriented toward younger audiences, MTV News is being pink-slipped as part of a cost-saving move by Paramount Global. Chris McCarthy, who heads Paramount Media Networks, MTV and Showtime, told his staff last week that he company continues to “feel pressure from broader economic headwinds like many of…

‘Moana’ Actress Auli’i Cravalho Won’t Reprise Titular Role in Live-Action Remake

Actress Auli’i Cravalho has decided not to reprise her starring role in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of its acclaimed computer-animated film, Moana. The performer, who made her acting debut as the voice of the titular character in the original 2016 movie, posted a video to Instagram yesterday to share the news. “When I was cast…

Coppola and Costner Reflect on Their Dream Projects: ‘Megalopolis’ and ‘Horizon’

Directors Francis Ford Coppola and Kevin Costner are both immersed in “dream” projects they’ve been harboring since the 1980s: Coppola with his Megalopolis and Costner with his Horizon. The two films reportedly have budgets that exceed 0 million each. online pharmacy buy neurontin with best prices today in the USA  The directors recently gave a…

Sony Picks Up Domestic and Key International Distribution Rights to ‘Paddington in Peru’

Sony Pictures has picked up the U.S., Canada and key international distribution rights for the upcoming sequel, Paddington in Peru, Deadline is reporting. The anticipated live-action/animated comedy will serve as the second follow-up in the movie series, which began with 2014’s Paddington and continued with 2017’s Paddington 2. Sony has long been interested in acquiring…

Brianna Hildebrand and Shioli Kutsuna to Reprise Roles in Deadpool 3

“Deadpool” younger cast members have closed deals to come back for Shawn Levy’s third Installment, Brianna Hildebrand and Shioli Kutsuna are both returned.  Hildebrand reprises her role from the first two films as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, the mutant cohort of Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth, with the ability to generate nuclear explosions. Kutsuna plays Negasonic…

SAG-AFTRA’s National Board Votes Unanimously to Ask Members For Strike Authorization Ahead of Studio Talk

SAG-AFTRA‘s national board has unanimously voted to recommend that its members authorize a strike before its upcoming negotiations for a new film and television contract, Deadline is reporting. The union’s leadership body unanimously agreed on the measure, which doesn’t automatically trigger a strike. However, if SAG-AFTRA’s members vote in favor of the authorization, that would…

Schwarzenegger Blames Jason Reitman for ‘Triplets’ Termination

It now appears that there will be no Triplets sequel to Ivan Reitman’s 1988 comedy, Twins, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger played opposite Danny DeVito.  A Triplets film had been talked about for the past quarter century, with Eddie Murphy slated to appear as the twins’ long-lost brother. Then Tracy Morgan was tapped to play the…

Elle Fanning Cast Alongside Timothée Chalamet In Searchlight Pictures’ Bob Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’

@Photo by Steve Dietl/ HULU – © 2022 Hulu Elle Fanning has been cast to star alongside Timothée Chalamet in Searchlight Pictures’ long in-development Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, Deadline is reporting. The Great actress and Call Me by Your Name actor will also be joined by Monica Barbaro in the biographical movie. A Complete…

Writers Guild Will Not Picket Tony Awards Telecast, in Solidarity With Broadway Unions

Despite the Writers Guild strike, the show must go on—at least this year’s Tony Awards gala. In solidarity with Broadway unions, the striking writers have pledged not to picket or at next month’s Tony telecast. While the union turned down a request by the Tony organizers to grant an interim waiver for the ceremony, the Guild…

Vice Media Group Files for Bankruptcy Protection

After several years of financial woes and personnel changes, Vice Media Group filed for bankruptcy on Monday. The decision was made to facilitate the sale of the company to a group of lenders. According to plans, the lenders would provide some $225 million to acquire the firm’s assets and liabilities via a credit bid. The…

Al Pacino, Viggo Mortensen, John Travolta, Shia LaBeouf, Rebecca Pidgeon and Courtney Love Cast In David Mamet’s JFK Thriller ‘Assassination’

@David Mamet Al Pacino, Viggo Mortensen, John Travolta, Shia LaBeouf, NBR Award winner Rebecca Pidgeon (Heist) and Golden Globe nominated actress-singer Courtney Love (The People vs. Larry Flynt) have been cast in the thriller Assassination, Deadline is reporting. The film, will be directed by Pulitzer Prize-winner and Oscar nominated Wag the Dog scribe, David Mamet,…