EXCLUSIVE: Former AMPAS President and The People vs. Larry Flynt producer Janet Yang is among the team behind new environmental doc Shinta, about a young Dayak girl and Indigenous activist Emanuela Shinta on a journey through Borneo’s rainforest. The film is developed, written and produced by Michela Scolari (Paolo Rossi: The Heart Of A Champion) and…
Netflix is plunging deeper into the Harlan Coben business with a new series based on his Myron Bolitar novels. The 12-novel thriller series will make its screen adaptation debut with help from David E. Kelley (creator of “Big Little Lies,” “Ally McBeal” and more), who will write and executive produce the series with Coben. Netflix…
Expect the unexpected as Big Brother is set to return on Thursday, July 9, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. Julie Chen Moonves will also return as host of the reality competition, with the season kicking off with a special 90-minute episode. Not only that, but the Sunday episode on July 12 will also be…
Neon has taken U.S. rights to Jeff Nichols’ next movie King Snake. FilmNation Entertainment financed the film and is handling worldwide sales. The film, starring Margaret Qualley (The Substance), Michael Shannon (Take Shelter), and Drew Starkey (Queer), will be produced by Nichols and his Tri-State Pictures partners Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Sarah Green, in association with Range…
When the news broke Wednesday that Ted Turner, the renowned media and sports mogul, had died at the age of 87, leading voices in the media and entertainment world showered praise upon his legacy. “He believed deeply in the power of ideas, in doing things differently and in building platforms that could inform, inspire and…
As Quinta Brunson builds her own TV production company, she knows what she doesn’t want to make: “Slop.” In this age of AI, “slop” has become a term to describe the kind of mindless fare that has started to clog social media and other platforms — projects created without much soul or originality at the…