Studio 8 has hired Jake Szymanski to direct an action comedy based on journalist Hudson Morgan’s misadventures in search of buried treasure in the Rocky Mountains. 31 more words
via Director Jake Szymanski Boards Buried Treasure Movie for Studio 8 — Variety
Simone Missick, the star of CBS legal drama “All Rise,” received a meat mallet in the mail during quarantine. Missick doesn’t eat meat; it was a prop that her character used in the place of a gavel during the show’s virtual finale, which was shot entirely in the actors’ homes. 7 more words
via How Performing in Remotely-Produced TV Episodes Sharpens New Skills — Variety
When “The Simpsons” premiered in 1989, it was an outlier. Animated shows in primetime were by no means unprecedented — “The Flintstones” broke that barrier in the ’60s — but never before had an animated series aimed at adults resonated so powerfully or had as significant an impact on a network as “The Simpsons” did…
via From ‘The Simpsons’ to ‘Solar Opposites,’ Inside TV’s Adult Animation Boom — Variety
Elizabeth Debicki can keep a secret. Maybe it comes from her stint in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where she made a memorable appearance as a gold-painted alien in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 30 more words
It seems like every few years, the Television Academy reinvents the variety specials Emmy competition — and now, with an explosion in stand-up comedy on streaming platforms, it may have to rethink things once again. 23 more words
This year’s virtual Comic-Con@Home has announced its schedule for Thursday, July 23. The highlights are below. The virtual event replaces the annual San Diego Comic-Con, the largest fan convention in North America, which was to be held July 22–26 at the San Diego Convention Center, until the COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation. In June, Comic-Con…
Five suspects have been arrested for the murder of rapper Pop Smoke in February, the Los Angeles Police Department announced Thursday morning. “LAPD Detectives have arrested three adult males & two juvenile males related to the Feb 19th murder of Bashar Jackson, a New York based rapper known as Pop Smoke,” the LAPD HQ account…
via L.A. Police Arrest Five in Murder of Rapper Pop Smoke — Variety
The coronavirus pandemic has scuttled production of TV shows, live sports programs and in-studio audiences for late-night hosts. Now it’s threatening a new measure that might have aided a TV business worried about losing its audiences to streaming video. 19 more words
via Nielsen Delays New Measure That Might Have Boosted TV Audiences in Fall — Variety
ESPN said it would cancel its flagship morning radio program, “Golic & WIngo,” while bringing Mike Greenberg, half of the team that helped the Disney sports-media giant carve a bigger business in the audio world, back to the medium as part of a reworking of its national lineup. 9 more words
via ESPN Radio Reshuffle: ‘Golic & Wingo’ Out, Mike Greenberg Makes Return — Variety
Movie theaters have been banking on a grand end-of-summer reopening to begin recovering from the closures forced by the coronavirus pandemic. The plan has been to remind consumers about what they missed about the theatrical experience by luring them back to cinemas with the promise of watching Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi adventure “Tenet” or Disney’s action…
via Why Movie Theaters Decided to Sue New Jersey for the Right to Reopen — Variety
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