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Following a pair of box office hits “Black Box” and “A Perfect Man,” hot French filmmaker Yann Gozlan is now directing Cécile de France (“The Young Pope”), Lars Mikkelsen (“House of Cards”) and French music icon Mylène Farmer in “The Residence,” a tense psychological thriller revolving around AI.

Gaumont is co-producing and handling international sales on the high-concept movie whose first still is being unveiled by Variety. Gaumont’s EVP of international sales and distribution Alexis Cassanet and his team will be teasing the buzzy French project to buyers at the AFM.

Set in a near future, “The Residence” follows Clarissa (De France), a novelist with writer’s block who joins a prestigious, state-of-the-art artist residency where she’s been assigned an AI assistant named Dalloway (Farmer). The latter quickly becomes more than a simple assistant and turns into a true confidante for Clarissa. Feeling unsettled by Dalloway’s increasingly intrusive presence,...

Studiocanal have released a fantastic new 4K restoration of Orca, The Killer Whale, as part of the Cult Classics Collection. Terror is just below the surface in this ferocious action adventure of mythical proportions from legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis, starring screen legends Richard Harris (Oscar-nominated for This Sporting Life) and Charlotte Rampling (Oscar nominated for 45 Years). As well as a collectable 4K Uhd SteelBook, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital.

From Academy Award nominated director Michael Anderson (Around The World In Eighty Days) and screenwriter Luciano Vincenzoni comes a gripping and terrifying tale of man versus beast. Described by Scream Magazine as ‘Jaws with heart’, Orca, The Killer Whale features a marvellous lead performance from Harris as a sea captain targeted by a vengeful killer whale, and also stars Will Sampson, famous for his performance as in Chief Bromden One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Bo Derek (“10”), and Robert Carradine...

The deal reveals growing synergies between the Egyptian and Saudi screen industries.

Saudi Arabian company Arabia Pictures Group has unveiled its involvement in a raft of high-profile Egyptian features, during a presentation at Cairo International Film Festival.

The Egyptian projects include Hani Khalifa’s drama Cairo Mecca.

Local star Mona Zaki plays a woman on a mission to participate in the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the holy site of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, to atone for past bad deeds.

It is lead produced by Cairo-based Film Clinic with Egypt’s Lagoonie Film Production and The Producers.

The company...

France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the leading global get-together for all things animation, has unveiled the lineup for this year’s Work in Progress section, among the most highly anticipated events of the world’s animation calendar. When a physical event is possible, lines begin to form early in the morning as fans of the high-profile projects hope to get into the limited seating available at the Salle Pierre Lamy.

A barometer for future standout awards and/or box office success, recent high-profile projects featured at Annecy’s Work in Progress include Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Oscar-winner “Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse” and Oscar nominees in Netflix’s “Klaus” and “Over the Moon,” Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers,” Claude Barras’ “My Life as a Zucchini,” Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar’s “Ernest & Celestine,” Michael Dudok de Wit’s “The Red Turtle” and Dean DeBlois’ “How to Train Your Dragon 2.

Uruguay’s already expanding industry still has plenty of room to grow and looks primed to do so with its new financing pilot program about to be extended until 2025 and a host of companies who cut their teeth in international co-production.

Below, Variety highlights twelve Uruguayan companies with outstanding resumes in both domestic and international production likely to usher in a new era of film and TV prominence.

Cimarrón –

Cimarrón is a pan Latin-American alliance between established producers Hernán Musaluppi, Diego Robino and Santiago López. From their offices in Montevideo, Buenos Aires and São Paulo, the company has backed six films since 2017, including Argentine Academy Award and San Sebastian Horizons-winner “The Snatch Thief” and Miguel Cohan’s Netflix Original feature “Blood Will Tell.” Currently Cimarrón has two films in post-production, Martín Boulocq’s “El visitante” and Rafa Russo’s “El año de la furia.”

Coral Cine –

Coral Cine focuses on...

Welcome to the Blumhouse is a new movie anthology series and a joint effort between the titular horror production company and Amazon Studios, to be made available to stream on Amazon Prime. A trailer combining the dread of each showing has now been released to give us some idea of what’s in store for us and quite frankly, it looks great.

The first of the films, released on October 6th, is titled Black Box, in which a man is in a car accident that causes the death of his wife, leaving him to raise their daughter alone. It also results in the loss of his memory, and as he undergoes an experimental treatment to restore it, the darkness of the past revealed begins to feel like it belongs to someone else.

Also available on October 6th is The Lie, which sees a teenage girl confess to her parents that...

Amazon Prime Video dropped the trailer of “Welcome to the Blumhouse”, for four feature films releasing from the program of eight unsettling, horror genre movies produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios.

Sharing the spine-tingling suspense that’s a Blumhouse signature, each film presents a distinctive vision and unique perspective on common themes centered around family and love as redemptive or destructive forces.

Also Read: 5 burning questions that we have ahead of Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys S2

This slate marks the first ever program of Amazon Original movies on Prime Video that are thematically connected. The films showcase exciting up-and-coming talent, alongside established actors in exceptional and shocking new roles.

“Welcome to the Blumhouse” is just in time to make the Halloween season spookier, that kicks off with the October 6 release of “The Lie” and “Black Box.” and on October 13 with “Nocturne” and “Evil Eye...

"'I run my mind, it does not run me.' Say it with me..." Amazon has released the first teaser trailer for the first four films in a brand new horror anthology series titled Welcome to the Blumhouse. The series will launch eight full-length genre films from talented up-and-coming filmmakers, produced by Jason Blum of Blumhouse, and released streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The first four films will be available to watch this October: Black Box directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr., Evil Eye co-directed by Elan Dassani & Rajeev Dassani, The Lie directed by Veena Sud, and Nocturne directed by Zu Quirke are the first four of eight films in the "Welcome to the Blumhouse" series - each one teased in this trailer which has tons of freaky footage of all kinds. The various casts include: Mireille Enos, Peter Sarsgaard, and Joey King in The Lie; Mamoudou Athie, Phylicia Rashad, and...

Producers just dropped a teaser for Amazon Prime Video’s Welcome To The Blumhouse, a program of eight unsettling, genre movies produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios. The Lie, Black Box, Nocturne, and Evil Eye are the first four films to premiere worldwide in October. Black Box and The Lie will be exclusively released on Prime Video October 6th, followed by Evil Eye and Nocturne on […]...

Last month, Amazon Prime Video officially announced "Welcome to the Blumhouse," which will feature eight new genre films. It all kicks off with the first four films being released right in time for Halloween and we have a look at the brand new trailer:

Previously: "Amazon Prime Video announced today “Welcome to the Blumhouse”, a program of eight unsettling, genre movies produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios. Sharing the spine-tingling suspense that’s a Blumhouse signature, each film presents a distinctive vision and unique perspective on common themes centered around family and love as redemptive or destructive forces. This slate marks the first ever program of Amazon Original movies on Prime Video that are thematically connected. The films showcase exciting up-and-coming talent, alongside established actors in exceptional and shocking new roles. “Welcome to the Blumhouse” will launch in October, timed for the Halloween season, on Prime...

Linda Perry’s career-establishing hit, the classic 4 Non Blondes song “What’s Up,” has been reimagined by Canadian musician FJØRA for the “Welcome to Blumhouse” trailer. “Welcome to Blumhouse” is a program of eight new Blumhouse-produced movies bowing on Prime Video Oct. 6, centering around family and love as redemptive or destructive forces.

The official trailer teases the first four films in the series “Evil Eye and “Nocturne”- Oct. 13 ) against FJØRA’s haunting vocals and dark reworking of the 1992 song.

Speaking with Variety, FJØRA and Perry discussed their collaboration and why the veteran singer-songwriter-producer thought FJØRA was the perfect artist to reimagine the song.

When Amazon and Blumhouse came to you asking to reimagine “What’s Up?,” what were some of the early conversations you had surrounding it?

Linda Perry: You have to completely abandon the song, and a lot of people are afraid to do that with a song like “What’s Up?...

Four Non Blondes’ 1993 smash “What’s Up?” isn’t exactly the kind of song that leaps to mind when you think “horror movie trailer.” But in the new teaser for the first slate of thrillers in Blumhouse Production’s Welcome to Blumhouse series, the familiar strains of Linda Perry’s iconic chorus simmer beneath an array of unsettling, gruesome and chilling scenes.

The version of “What’s Up?” featured in the trailer isn’t the original, but a haunting new one by Toronto-based singer-songwriter Fjøra. Blumhouse and Amazon had reached...

“Unsettle” in for a quartet of disturbing Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios films that will be hitting the Amazon Prime Video streaming service in October. The two studios are gearing up to release four horror films on the platform next month and the new teaser for the upcoming films promises that they will provide all manner of chills.

The roughly 70-second teaser offers a glimpse at four of the eight “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series of films that will eventually make their way to Amazon’s streaming service. The four films are titled “Black Box,” “Evil Eye,” “The Lie,” and “Nocturne,” and though the scenes in the new trailer rapidly shift from film to film, the teaser suggests that each upcoming film could offer as many chills as the best of Blumhouse Television’s horror releases.

“Black Box” and “The Lie” will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on October 6, while...

Blumhouse has unveiled a trailer packed with a look at four new films. Welcome to Blumhouse, a program of eight genre films from Blumhouse Television and AmazonStudios, begins rolling out Oct. 6 with The Lie from and Black Box, followed by Evil Eye and Nocturne debuting on Oct. 13. Four more films not featured in the trailer will debut in 2021.

The Lie, from filmmaker Veena Sud, follows two desperate parents’ attempt to cover up the horrific crime, when their teenaged daughter confesses to impulsively killing her best friend. It stars Mireille Enos, Peter Sarsgaard and Joey King.

Filmmaker Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.’s Black Box follows ...

Blumhouse has unveiled a trailer packed with a look at four new films. Welcome to Blumhouse, a program of eight genre films from Blumhouse Television and AmazonStudios, begins rolling out Oct. 6 with The Lie from and Black Box, followed by Evil Eye and Nocturne debuting on Oct. 13. Four more films not featured in the trailer will debut in 2021.

The Lie, from filmmaker Veena Sud, follows two desperate parents’ attempt to cover up the horrific crime, when their teenaged daughter confesses to impulsively killing her best friend. It stars Mireille Enos, Peter Sarsgaard and Joey King.

Filmmaker Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.’s Black Box follows ...

Culver City, CA – Amazon Prime Video announced: “Welcome to the Blumhouse”, a program of eight unsettling, genre movies produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios. Sharing the spine-tingling suspense that’s a Blumhouse signature, each film presents a distinctive vision and unique perspective on common themes centered around family and love as redemptive or destructive forces. This slate marks the first ever program of Amazon Original movies on Prime Video that are thematically connected. The films showcase exciting up-and-coming talent, alongside established actors in exceptional and shocking new roles. “Welcome to the Blumhouse” will launch in October, timed for the Halloween season, on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Amazon Prime Video will launch the initial slate of four films as double features starting with The Lie directed by acclaimed writer/director Veena Sud and Black Box directed by up-and-coming writer/director Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.

Exclusive: Rome and Generation Kill executive producer Anne Thomopoulos is reuniting with her former HBO boss Chris Albrecht at Legendary Global.

Thomopoulos has joined the joint venture between Legendary and Albrecht as a partner, and comes from CAA’s Global Television department. She has been tasked with focusing on identifying and acquiring international content that Legendary Global can develop, produce and finance for local and global platforms.

Thomopoulos and Albrecht are reuniting after a successful run together at HBO, where Albrecht served as chairman and CEO and Thomopoulos created and oversaw the network’s dramatic series department. Kicking off with Oz, she first established HBO’s miniseries division with projects including From the Earth to the Moon, Band of Brothers and The Corner, before going on to exec produce Rome and Generation Kill.

She subsequently served as exec producer on Camelot for Starz, where she had a first-look producing deal.

Former TNT/TBS and Gemstone Studios exec Kathryn Busby has been named executive vice president of TriStar Television, a division of Sony Pictures Television.

“Whether at Spt’s networks or our boutique production label, Kathryn has had a strong track record of developing original series in an innovative way. Kathryn’s creativity and passion for the artist are infectious, and we are thrilled for her to bring her unique vision to TriStar,” said Sony Pictures TV Studios co-presidents Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter, to whom Busby will report.

Busby was most recently the senior vice president of development at Sony Pictures Television’s Gemstone Studios, a boutique production unit. There, she led development and production of Amazon’s Stana Katic-starrer “Absentia,” which is going into a third season and has been picked up by Axn in Spain, Portugal, Central Europe, Latin America and other territories. Before that, Busby served...

Sony television executive Kathryn Busby has been named Evp of TriStar Television. She will lead the TV label, reporting to Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter, co-presidents of Sony Pictures Television Studios.

Busby fills a void left by the October departure of TriStar head Hannah Minghella to become head of film of film of J.J. ABrams’ Bad Robot. For the last nine months of her 14-year Sony tenure, Minghella had a dual role as President of TriStar Pictures and TriStar Television, adding TriStar TV duties in January 2019.

At the time of her exit, TriStar Evp Nicole Brown was named as her replacement at the Sony label, supervising TriStar’s film operations, while Parnell and Clodfelter took over running TriStar TV until a replacement was found.

Most recently, Busby was Svp of Development at Spt’s boutique production unit for lower-cost TV series Gemstone Studios, headed by Marie Jacobson. At the unit,...

Storied singer Martha Wash recently unveiled a delightfully seething screed against greed, “Never Enough Money,” set to appear on her upcoming album, Love and Conflict, out January 6th.

The recently released “Never Enough Money” is a stomping, rough-around-the-edges blues rocker anchored by a righteous vocal performance from Wash, who skewers reckless and unchecked thirst for wealth and attention. “You think you’re trending now,” she sings, “And everybody’s going ‘Wow!’/ If all you want is more/ Then I’ll show you the door/ You tweet and troll us all...

ABC has given a put pilot commitment, Homicide Special, a crime drama from The Resident co-creator/executive producer Amy Holden Jones and the series’ co-executive producer Andrew Chapman. The project hails from 20th Century Fox TV, the studio behind The Resident.

Written by Holden Jones and Chapman, Homicide Special is set inside the Homicide Special division of the Philadelphia Pd. It follows two young and recently promoted female detectives and a beat cop as they take on an entrenched and corrupt system at an inner city precinct.

Holden Jones and Chapman executive produce alongside The Resident exec producer Oly Obst of 3 Arts for 20th TV, a division of Disney TV Studios.

Chapman has emerged as one of the key writer-producers on The Resident, now in its third season on Fox. He and Holden Jones co-wrote together the Season 2 finale and the Season 2 fall finale.

Mystic Pizza writer Holden Jiones previously...

The cast also includes Lou de Laâge, André Dussollier and Olivier Rabourdin. The film is being produced by 2425 Films and Wy Productions, and sold by StudioCanal. Since 9 September, in the Paris region, Yann Gozlan has been filming Black Box (French title: La Boîte noire), his fourth feature after Caged (2010), A Perfect Man (667 000 tickets sold in France in 2015) and Burn Out (2018). The film reunites the director with Pierre Niney, who was already the lead in A Perfect Man.The film also stars Lou de Laâge (designated Shooting Star 2016 by the European Film Promotion, nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2014 and in 2015 for Jappeloup and...

Saaho movie review is here. The action thriller film is written and directed by Sujeeth and is made at a whooping budget of 350 crores ? the most expensive movie in India. Made under the banner of Uv creations and T - Series, Saaho stars Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor marking their debut in Bollywood and south respectively. Shot simultaneously in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, Saaho is released today ? August 30, 2019 In Malayalam as well. Is it worth the hype?. Let?s find out in the movie review of Saaho

Immediate reaction when the end credit rolls

There was a solid reason behind ?Why did Katappa kill Baahubali?? and there is a solid mystery behind How on earth, did Sujeeth managed to blow 350 crores on this epic disaster. Sheer waste of time, money and energy. Kattapa ne nahi, Saaho ne Baahubali ko maara hai?

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Quite a few but this one takes the cake.

Captain Marvel, the spectacular, 1990s-era Super Hero adventure, which electrified and inspired audiences worldwide and surpassed $1 billion in ticket sales, has been available on Digital in HD and 4K Ultra HD and Movies Anywhere since May 28, and lands on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD June 11.

Check out this bonus clip:

Arriving home with extensive line-up of extras detailing the development of this highly anticipated addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (McU), “Captain Marvel” includes Featurettes that highlight the transformative journey of Brie Larson (Captain Marvel) and her character’s impact on audiences around the globe; the influence of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) on significant events within the McU; the perfect pairing of directors Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck; the ongoing conflict between the Skrulls and the Kree; and the raw talent behind the fetching feline named Goose. Viewers also gain access to six deleted scenes, director commentary, a gag reel loaded with funnies,...

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “Always Be My Maybe.”]

“Always Be My Maybe” comes full circle for its ending with celebrity chef Sasha Tran (Ali Wong) opening a restaurant that’s a departure from the “elevated Asian cuisine” she’s known for and returning to her culinary roots. Her New York eatery is a homey place called Judy’s Way in honor of her boyfriend Marcus’ (Randall Park) late mother, who had taught her to cook Korean food, especially kimchi jigae, a comforting and hearty stew.

“This is what I want to do: the kind of food that makes people feel at home, the way your mom always made me feel,” Sasha tells Marcus.

It’s one of many heartfelt and earnest moments in a romantic comedy filled with emotional scenes, ranging from an ugly breakup to a sweet but mortifying public declaration of love. Although Park and Wong are known for their comedic sensibilities,...

Exclusive: French distribution and production force StudioCanal is launching sales in Cannes on $20M-budgeted, English-language animated film Around The World, and flight-themed thriller Black Box, starring Pierre Niney (Yves Saint Laurent) and Marine Vacth (Young And Beautiful).

Despicable Me outfit Mac Guff is handling the animation on the former, an update of the Jules Verne classic Around The World in Eighty Days, this time featuring a marmoset and a con man frog who set off to achieve a record-breaking journey. The Cottonwood Media-produced project, which is one of the biggest new animated projects at this year’s Cannes market, already has positive feedback from buyers, I understand.

Script comes from Ice Age: The Meltdown scribe Gerry Swallow. Samuel Tourneux, Oscar-nominated for his 2008 short Even Pigeons Go to Heaven, is making his feature debut on the project, which is in pre-production.

StudioCanal head of sales Anne Chérel told us of the project,...

New York City — At yesterday’s espnW Summit NYC, Marvel Studios hosted a Captain Marvel panel and revealed an all-new trailer and in-home release dates for its first female-led franchise film, centered on Carol Danvers a.k.a. Captain Marvel. The spectacular, 1990s-era Super Hero adventure, which electrified and inspired audiences worldwide and surpassed $1 billion in ticket sales, is available on Digital in HD and 4K Ultra HD and Movies Anywhere May 28, and lands on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD June 11.

Arriving home with extensive line-up of extras detailing the development of this highly anticipated addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (McU), Captain Marvel includes Featurettes that highlight the transformative journey of Brie Larson (Captain Marvel) and her character’s impact on audiences around the globe; the influence of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) on significant events within the McU; the perfect pairing of directors Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck...

The Resident co-creator Amy Holden Jones is expanding her relationship with 20th Century Fox TV, signing a new overall deal with the studio behind the medical drama series.

“Amy delivered one of the most compelling procedurals on television in The Resident, and she is not done by any stretch, said Jonnie Davis, President of Creative Affairs, 20th Century Fox TV . She’s brimming with ideas, and we’re excited to have her continued services on our series as well as her development. She’s an important voice.”

Holden Jones will continue her work on The Resident, which was recently renewed for a third season. The Resident, from Holden Jones and Todd Harthan, ranks among the season’s Top 20 broadcast dramas among Young Adults and Teens and is Fox’s second most watched drama series behind 9-1-1.

This is the eighth major overall deal announced by 20th TV since the Disney acquisition went through,...

“The Resident” co-creator Amy Holden Jones has signed a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, just five days before the medical drama’s season 2 finale.

Overall deals have been coming thick and fast at the TV studio since it was acquired by Disney a little over a month ago, with more apparently in the pipeline. Holden Jones’ deal is the eighth such agreement announced in the last few weeks. The other creatives who have recently signed with Twentieth Television are Liz Meriwether, Drew Goddard, Jason Winer, Octavia Spencer, Nora Smith, Jake Kasdan & Melvin Mar, and Marlene King.

“Peter Rice, Dana, Jonnie, Howard and everyone at the studio have provided me with invaluable support, combined with that rarest prize, creative freedom. I’m deeply grateful to them and to the entire team at 20th, and incredibly excited to start this new journey together,” said Holden Jones.

Her previous TV...

The theme of this year’s MipTV conference is pushing boundaries, something that keynote speaker and television executive producer Ilene Chaiken has been known for throughout her career, working toward inclusion both before and behind the camera.

Chaiken is the creator of “The L Word,” the groundbreaking drama that followed the lives of lesbian women living in California that ran on Showtime from 2004-’09. But she also executive produced and served as showrunner on the first four seasons of “Empire,” Lee Daniels’ musical family drama about an affluent African-American family in the music business, and served as executive producer on ABC’s “Black Box,” about a neuroscientist living with bipolar disorder, as well as Hulu’s dystopian drama “The Handmaid’s Tale,” centering on a regime where women have no rights.

“I have themes that mean a great deal to me, that start with ‘The L Word,’ and those themes...

U.S. writer, showrunner and producer Ilene Chaiken, best known for “The L Word,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Empire,” will be among the recipients of the Médailles d’Honneur, a career achievement award bestowed by Cannes-based TV conference and market MipTV.

The honor, handed to TV executives who have “through their talent, leadership and passion made a significant contribution to the world of television and the development of the international TV community,” will also go to Stéphane Courbit, chairman of France’s Banijay Group, Mosunmola “Mo” Abudu, CEO of Nigeria’s EbonyLife Media, and Jane Millichip, managing director of the U.K.’s Sky Vision.

The four will receive their awards at a cocktail and awards ceremony taking place at Cannes’ InterContinental Carlton Hotel on April 8.

Best known for creating the Showtime series “The L Word,” Chaiken received an Emmy for Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” She was...

Exclusive: Rocker Melissa Etheridge will provide the musical ingredients for a stage adaptation of Mystic Pizza, the 1988 MGM rom-com that launched Julia Roberts and gave an early look at a very young, lobster-eating Matt Damon. The new production, announced today by Lively McCabe Entertainment, will be directed by Gordon Greenberg, who is co-writing the book with Sas Goldberg based on the story and characters by original screenwriter Amy Holden Jones.

“MGM’s Mystic Pizza is a seminal film for an entire generation of young people looking to distinguish themselves in a rapidly changing world,” said Greenberg. “Adapting Amy Holden Jones’ original screenplay for the stage with rock icon Melissa Etheridge, a beacon of strength and raw musical energy, and the brilliantly hilarious Sas Goldberg, is a dream collaboration on a story that is as relevant today as it was when we all first experienced it.”

Production plans and additional creative team will be announced shortly.

Natalie Portman is remembering her good friend and Israeli author Amos Oz.

Oz died of cancer on Friday at the age of 79, according to NPR. The literary giant inspired Portman, 37, with his 2002 autobiographical novel A Tale of Love and Darkness, which she made into a film in 2015.

The Oscar-winner shared her condolences on Instagram Friday writing, “My heart is broken.”

“Today we lost a soul, a mind, a heart, Amos Oz, who brought so much beauty, so much love, and a vision of peace to our lives,” Portman wrote in the caption. “Please hold him in your hearts and read his gorgeous books.

Amos Oz, lauded Israeli author whose works included critically praised memoir A Tale and Love and Darkness which was made into the 2015 feature film, and an outspoken advocate for peace with the Palestinians, died of cancer Friday. His daughter, Fania Oz-Salzberger, confirmed her father’s death on Twitter. He was 79. “To those who loved him, thank you,” Oz-Salzberger wrote, adding he had died “after a speedy deterioration, in his sleep.”

Among his most acclaimed works are his 2002 memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness, which was adapted for the screen and directed by Natalie Portman, who also starred in the film. “It was a tale of love and light, and now, a great darkness,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said in a statement eulogizing Oz. “Rest in peace, dear Amos. You gave us great pleasure.”

Oz’s novel Panther in the Basement also was the basis for the 2007 film The Little Traitor,...

Jason Taylor has joined Futurism Studios as the new president of production, where he’ll spearhead the Brooklyn studio’s expansion into scripted content.

Taylor will work to build a television and theatrical film slate that takes advantage of Futurism’s online audience and its interest in coverage of technology and scientific discoveries. Initially, he’ll focus on the science fiction genre.

Based in Los Angeles to give Futurism a West Coast presence, Taylor also travel to the studio’s current headquarters in Brooklyn, New York.

Taylor joins Futurism Studios from Bryan Singer’s Bad Hat Harry Productions, where he was president of production. He worked as co-producer on many of Singer’s films, including X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse. He has also produced several independent projects; most notably the award-winning British thriller UWantMe2KillHim? and the Netflix horror/mystery The Taking of Deborah Logan.

Actress-comedian Ali Wong is set to star opposite Tiffany Haddish in Tuca & Bertie, Netflix’s upcoming 10-episode animated comedy series produced by Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company.

Created by Lisa Hanawalt (BoJack Horseman), the animated comedy is about the friendship between two 30-year-old bird women who live in the same apartment building: Tuca (Haddish), a cocky, care-free toucan, and Bertie (Wong), an anxious, daydreaming songbird.

Haddish, Wong and Hanawalt executive produce Tuca & Bertie alongside Raphael Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman), Noel Bright, and Steven A. Cohen. Animation is being done at Shadowmachine.

Wong’s casting in Tuca & Bertie comes on the heels of Netflix setting a second stand-up special headlined by her, Hard Knock Wife, which will be released on Mother’s Day. Wong’s first Netflix comedy special, Baby Cobra, premiered on Mother’s Day 2016. Additionally, this summer Wong is shooting a romantic...

UK based film producers Gemma Bradley and Angel Delgado have launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign this week to raise £3,000 for post production of their sci fi film Black Box which will be their second feature film made in Manchester, through their production company Newfound Planet Films. The campaign includes several levels of rewards that can be claimed by campaign supporters, each increased reward level featuring new and exclusive items! The rewards range from a digital download of the film, backer-exclusive behind the scenes updates, posters and DVDs, to props from the escape pod film set,or visiting the set to meet the Producer and Director. In-film credits such as Associate producer and Executive producer are also up for grabs. The campaign will run until 3rd...

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Last Men in Aleppo writer-director Feras Fayyad has signed with Los Angeles-based Black Box Management, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. The film, about three White Helmet rescue volunteers in the Syrian civil war, is one of five nominees competing for best documentary feature at the Academy Awards on Sunday. Fayyad is the first Syrian to be nominated for an Oscar.

"When we first saw Last Men in Aleppo, we immediately knew Feras was someone we had to work with," Black Box founders Mike Dill and Lowell Shapiro said in a joint statement. "It is rare to work...

At the end of the Feb. 14 episode of “Celebrity Big Brother,” the third Head of Household, beauty queen Ariadna Gutierrez decided on the two nominees for eviction on Friday’s live vote overseen by host Julie Chen. She went with Shannon Elizabeth, who had been the first HoH, and singer James Maslow, who had been up for elimination in the first vote. He had outmaneuvered Ufc mixed martial artist Chuck Liddell. However, in the past 24 hours, the live feeds have revealed a big change in the game. We now know who won the Round 3 Power of Veto competition and what effect, if any, this had on the nominations for eviction. Spoilers ahead.

Elizabeth, Guiterrez and Maslow were three of the players in the Black Box challenge. They were joined by three of other remaining nine houseguests: “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Brandi Granville, TV personality Ross Mathews, who was the second HoH,...

Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)

This week’s question: What is the worst show you’ve ever reviewed? Why was it so bad? Did you waver over the grade or rating you gave it?

Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint), The Hollywood Reporter

I’ve compared “Mixology” to contracting TV herpes, “Fuller House” to exhuming a bloating, gaseous corpse and called “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” the perfect xenophobic TV show for Trump’s America. Still, there’s little doubt that no show has ever made me so irate for its mere misguided existence than a little show called “H8r” on The CW. If you don’t remember “H8r” the premise was this: Mario Lopez drives his F-list celebrity...

BAFTA-nominated actress Jodie Comer (The White Princess, Thirteen) has been cast opposite Grey’s Anatomy alum Sandra Oh in the BBC America original series Killing Eve.

RelatedGrey’s Anatomy’s Sandra Oh to Star in BBC America Thriller Killing Eve

The drama, based on novellas by Luke Jennings, centers on Villanelle (played by Comer), a talented assassin, and Eve (Oh), the quick-witted security operative tasked with hunting her down.

Comer’s previous television credits also include BBC One’s Doctor Foster and E4’s My Mad Fat Diary.

Killing Eve is slated to debut in 2018.

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Revenge‘s Emily VanCamp is trading in a red Sharpie for a scalpel, signing on to star in Fox’s medical drama pilot The Resident, TVLine has learned.

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The potential series — written and Ep’d by Amy Holden Jones (ABC’s Black Box), and Code Black duo Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi — centers on Devon Pravesh (Halt and Catch Fire‘s Manish Dayal), an idealistic young doctor who begins his first day under the supervision of a tough, brilliant senior resident, Conrad Hawkins (The Good Wife...

Matt Czuchry is trading in suits for scrubs.

The ex-Good Wife legal eagle has nabbed the co-lead in Fox’s medical-themed drama pilot The Resident , TVLine has learned.

RelatedPilot Season ’17: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them

The potential series — written and Ep’d by Amy Holden Jones (ABC’s Black Box), and Code Black duo Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi — centers on Devon Pravesh (played by Halt and Catch Fire‘s Manish Dayal), an idealistic young doctor who begins his first day under the supervision of a tough, brilliant senior resident, Conrad Hawkins...

Arrow is plotting a mother of a reunion for its 100th episode.

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The milestone hour will welcome back Susanna Thompson, who played Moira Queen in the first two seasons of the CW series, Entertainment Weekly reports.

It’s anyone’s guess how Moira will reappear — when last we saw her, she was being killed by Deathstroke — but given Arrow‘s affinity for flashbacks, it’s probably safe to assume we’ll be seeing a past version of Oliver and Thea’s mother. Or given that the episode...

Antoine Fuqua has teamed up with Showtime for a dark medical drama titled “The City,” based on an idea that originated with Fuqua, who will executive produced along with writer-producer-director Amy Holden Jones (“The Black Box” and much more). Jones, Hayley Schore… Continue Reading →...

Showtime has put in development The City, a dark medical drama project executive produced by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and Amy Holden Jones (Mystic Pizza). The idea for The City originated with Fuqua, who then brought the project to Jones. The Black Box creator in turn brought in Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi, who had worked on her ABC medical drama series in a research/consulting capacity, to co-write the script with her. The City centers on an idealistic young…...

The broadcast networks have nearly 20 shows debuting this fall, including Kiefer Sutherland’s term as Potus, Michael Weatherly’s NCIS follow-up and the story of Mlb’s first female player. To help you prep for it all, TVLine is offering First Impressions of the not-for-review pilots.

First up on our list….

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The Show | ABC’s Notorious (Thursdays at 9/8c, premiere date Tba)

The Competition | Chicago Med (NBC), Thursday Night Football (CBS), Supernatural (The CW) and Pitch (Fox, new)

The Cast | Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs), Daniel Sunjata (Graceland), J. August Richards...

Ryan Phillippe is the target of secrets and lies in the trailer for the upcoming USA Network drama Shooter.

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Based on the Stephen Hunter novel (Point of Impact) and the 2007 Mark Wahlberg film, Shooter (premiering sometime this year) stars Phillippe as Bob Lee Swagger, a highly decorated ex-Marine sniper who is coaxed back into action after he learns about a plot to kill the president. From the looks of things, he may have wanted to better scrutinize the assignment. Omar Epps (House) co-stars, while Wahlberg is among the executive producers.

ABC’s 2016-17 TV season will mark the return to TV for both onetime Covert Affairs agent Piper Perabo and three-time Emmy nominee Jenna Elfman.

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The network on Thursday gave a series order to the drama Notorious, inspired by the true-life stories of famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and cable news producer Wendy Walker, who serve as executive producers. Promising a provocative look at the unique, sexy, and dangerous interplay of criminal law and the media, the series stars Perabo as Julia George and Daniel Sunjata (Graceland) as Jake Gregorian.

The forecast in Connecticut is suddenly a lot less cloudy.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Kaitlin Olson has been cast as the lead in Fox’s comedy pilot The Mick — on which she’ll also serve as co-executive producer, teaming up once again with Sunny Ep Nick Frenkel and writers John and Dave Chernin, plus Oly Obst (Black Box).

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The latter quartet will executive-produce the potential series, along with director Randall Einhorn (The Muppets, Wilfred).

Olson will play Mackenzie “Mickey” Murphy, described by...