Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Undershoots Wall Street Q3 Targets, But Ad Sales & Licensing Fuel Record Revenue

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment reported third-quarter results that undershot Wall Street analysts’ expectations on the top or bottom line. Revenue for the parent of Crackle and other streaming services came in at $29.1 million, which was a record for the company but just shy of the consensus forecast for $29.6 million. Net losses […]

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Leonardo DiCaprio In Final Talks To Star & Produce ‘Jim Jones’ At MGM; Scott Rosenberg Writing

EXCLUSIVE: In a pre-emptive situation, MGM has secured a deal for the feature project Jim Jones with Leonardo DiCaprio in final talks to star as the 1970s religious cult leader who was behind the mass-Jonestown suicide on Nov. 18, 1978 that took over 900 lives. The Oscar winner will produce for his Appian Way company alongside […]

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Bloomberg Green Launches Documentary Contest For Short Films Addressing Climate Change

Bloomberg Green, the multi-platform news brand dedicated to reporting on the business, science and technology of climate change, launched the first annual “Bloomberg Green Docs” documentary competition for short films addressing the urgency of climate change. The announcement was made today during the Bloomberg Green at COP26 event in Glasgow. The 2022 jurors are: Ed […]

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‘The Big Leap’ & ‘Our Kind Of People’ Wrap Short Freshman Runs On Fox With No Back Orders

Fox just released its midseason schedule and it does not include the network’s new fall 2020 scripted series, dramas The Big Leap and Our Kind Of People. Neither of the shows is getting a back order; The Big Leap will end its freshman run of 11 episodes while Our Kind Of People’s first season consists […]

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Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’ Adds ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ And ‘Eighth Grade’ Actor Jake Ryan

EXCLUSIVE: Jake Ryan (Chad, Moonrise Kingdom) recently reunited with Wes Anderson for Asteroid City, which we hear has wrapped production in Spain. The plot of the feature is being kept under wraps for the moment. Ryan joins a cast that also includes Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Sophia Lillis, Adrien Brody, Maya […]

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‘A League Of Their Own’: Amazon Series Adds Six To Cast Including Nat Faxon, Kevin Dunn, Marquise Vilsón, Marinda Anderson

EXCLUSIVE: Nat Faxon, Kevin Dunn, Marquise Vilsón, Marinda Anderson, Don Fanelli and and Nancy Lenehan are set for major recurring roles opposite Abbi Jacobson in Amazon’s A League Of Their Own, a reimagining of Penny Marshall’s 1992 film, from co-creators Jacobson (Broad City) — who also stars — and Will Graham (Mozart in the Jungle) […]

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Fox Midseason Premiere Dates: ‘9-1-1 Lone Star’ Season Bow, ‘Joe Millionaire’ Return, New ‘Monarch’ & ‘Cleaning Lady’ & More

Fox is out with midseason dates for its new series Monarch, The Cleaning Lady and Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer along with the returns of 9-1-1 Lone Star and I Can See Your Voice. They join three shows the network dated last month: new competition series Next Level Chef (Sunday, January 2) and Season 2 of Mayim […]

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Alanis Morissette-Inspired Sitcom In The Works At ABC From Elizabeth Beckwith & Christopher Moynihan

Alanis Morissette, the singer/songwriter behind the multi-million-selling album Jagged Little Pill, is to be the inspiration for a new ABC sitcom. Relatable, which will parody the family life of a 90s rock legend, comes from The Goldbergs supervising producer Elizabeth Beckwith and Marlon co-creator Christopher Moynihan with the Ironic singer Morissette exec producing and penning original […]

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Kelsey Grammer & Edi Patterson Join Scripted Sci-Fi Podcast ‘Black Box’

EXCLUSIVE: Kelsey Grammer and Edi Patterson are to star alongside Joel McHale in scripted sci-fi podcast series Black Box. The Frasier star and The Righteous Gemstones star have signed up to star in the audio series, which comes from Brien Siegele and his production company Reverb. The eight-part series, which is described as in the […]

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Dianne Doan & Conner Paolo To Star In Rom-Com ‘Better Half’; Geoff Pierson & Clark Backo Join ‘The List’

EXCLUSIVE: Dianne Doan (Warrior) and Connor Paolo (Revenge) have been cast as leads in Better Half, a surreal romantic comedy marking the feature directorial debut of Patrick Henry Phelan. Pic’s plot is being kept under wraps, but it’s describe as a stylized feature set in Joshua Tree, CA. Better Half hails from StudioFest, a festival […]

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Los Angeles City Workers Protest Vaccine Mandate Outside City Hall

Hundreds of people, including Los Angeles municipal employees, protested against Covid vaccination mandates outside City Hall today in a demonstration organized by a group that calls itself Firefighters4Freedom. Many people among in crowd were wearing clothes designating their employment with the Los Angeles city and county fire departments, the Los Angeles Department of Water and […]

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AMC Entertainment Sees Q3 Sales Surge, Losses Narrow Amid Theatrical Recovery; CEO Says Chain Welcomed 40M Moviegoers Globally

AMC Entertainment saw revenue jump to $763 million last quarter, beating Wall Street forecasts on a strong movie slate and accelerating theatrical recovery. Adjusted EPS losses of 44 cents a share shrank from a loss of $8.41 a year ago. Analysts had anticipated sales of $708 million with an EPS loss of 53 cents. Aron […]

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‘Extrapolations’: Edward Norton, Indira Varma, Keri Russell, Cherry Jones & Michael Gandolfini Join Apple TV+ Drama

Edward Norton, Indira Varma, Keri Russell, Cherry Jones and Michael Gandolfini are the latest stars to join Apple TV+’s climate change anthology drama series, Extrapolations. They will appear alongside Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller, Kit Harington, Tahar Rahim, Matthew Rhys, Daveed Diggs, Gemma Chan, David Schwimmer and Adarsh Gourav. Forest Whitaker, Marion Cotillard, Tobey Maguire and […]

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Ingo Rademacher Out At ABC’s ‘General Hospital’, Last Airdate Set

Longtime General Hospital actor Ingo Rademacher is no longer part of the cast, Deadline has confirmed. His final appearance on the soap will air Nov. 22. The reason for his departure has not been disclosed, but the actor, who joined the daytime serial in 1996 in the role of Jasper “Jax” Jacks, received social media […]

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What Can People Expect From Saudi Arabia’s First Ever Film Festival? Red Sea Chief Shivani Pandya Talks Growth, Censorship & U.S. Studio Appetite

EXCLUSIVE: Few recent festival launches have garnered as much chatter as the Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia’s first ever film festival. Film festivals are largely seen as liberal spaces, but Saudi Arabia is one of the most culturally conservative and politically repressive countries on earth. So how do these two truths marry up? […]

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