When Sunny Leone Was Reportedly Hesitant With Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai’s Catchphrase (Photo Credit –Instagram)
Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai is one of the most popular Indian sitcoms ever. All thanks to a different kind of comedy and content that is slightly inclined toward the mature audience, the show has carved space of its own. All of its actors and their characters have become a household name over the years. Today, we’ll be looking at a throwback related to the show, which has a connection with Sunny Leone.
For those who don’t know, Sunny was part of the storyline in which she signs Aasif Sheikh, aka Vibhuti Mishra, in a film. He was cast opposite Sunny, and as expected, the entire storyline was hilarious. But do you know that the actress was reportedly hesitant to say Shubhangi Atre, aka Angoori’s catchphrase, “Sahi pakde hai”
Yes, Sunny Leone...
Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai is one of the most popular Indian sitcoms ever. All thanks to a different kind of comedy and content that is slightly inclined toward the mature audience, the show has carved space of its own. All of its actors and their characters have become a household name over the years. Today, we’ll be looking at a throwback related to the show, which has a connection with Sunny Leone.
For those who don’t know, Sunny was part of the storyline in which she signs Aasif Sheikh, aka Vibhuti Mishra, in a film. He was cast opposite Sunny, and as expected, the entire storyline was hilarious. But do you know that the actress was reportedly hesitant to say Shubhangi Atre, aka Angoori’s catchphrase, “Sahi pakde hai”
Yes, Sunny Leone...
- 6/1/2024
- by Shalmesh More
- KoiMoi
Ed Sheeran’s childhood dream came true over the weekend. The singer and songwriter joined the Offspring for a surprise appearance at BottleRock Festival in Napa, California, where they were both booked to perform on Sunday, May 26. Standing beside the band he has long-admired would be thrilling enough on its own, but the rock collective sweetened the deal when they had him join for “Million Miles Away,” a particularly significant song for Sheeran.
“The first album I ever bought was the @offspring – Conspiracy of One. I used to pretend to...
“The first album I ever bought was the @offspring – Conspiracy of One. I used to pretend to...
- 5/28/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Fan-favorite “Mad Max: Fury Road” character Furiosa gets her story expanded with the prequel film “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” Anya Taylor-Joy takes the reins from Charlize Theron as the title character but there are many new and familiar faces popping up throughout the movie. Let’s meet them all.
Here’s the official logline: “As the world falls, young Furiosa (Taylor-Joy) is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. She will spend the rest of her life battling to get back home.”
Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa “Furiosa” (Warner Bros.)
Anya Taylor-Joy takes over the role of Furiosa from Charlize Theron in this prequel. In “Furiosa,” the titular character struggles to escape after being kidnapped by a warlord and falling in with Dementus’s biker hoard.
Taylor-Joy’s career has exploded in the last few years.
Here’s the official logline: “As the world falls, young Furiosa (Taylor-Joy) is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. She will spend the rest of her life battling to get back home.”
Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa “Furiosa” (Warner Bros.)
Anya Taylor-Joy takes over the role of Furiosa from Charlize Theron in this prequel. In “Furiosa,” the titular character struggles to escape after being kidnapped by a warlord and falling in with Dementus’s biker hoard.
Taylor-Joy’s career has exploded in the last few years.
- 5/24/2024
- by Jacob Bryant
- The Wrap
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth are ready to “make it epic” when Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga barrels into cinemas on May 24, 2024! As tickets for the full-throttle prequel become available for pre-order, the final Furiosa trailer explodes onto screens with action, drama, and one particular shot that now makes me curious about an element of the film. I’m talking about the shot of the CGI-enhanced War Boy.
My knee-jerk reaction to the CGI-enhanced War Boy is one of apprehension. How large of a role does this character play in the film, and will their cartoonishness offset an otherwise incredible-looking film? I hope not. One of the more thrilling elements of Miller’s Mad Max series is the visual spectacle, and I worry the CGI-enhanced War Boy could be an “arrow to the knee.” I could be entirely off base, and I’m simply being paranoid for no good reason.
My knee-jerk reaction to the CGI-enhanced War Boy is one of apprehension. How large of a role does this character play in the film, and will their cartoonishness offset an otherwise incredible-looking film? I hope not. One of the more thrilling elements of Miller’s Mad Max series is the visual spectacle, and I worry the CGI-enhanced War Boy could be an “arrow to the knee.” I could be entirely off base, and I’m simply being paranoid for no good reason.
- 5/8/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Sundance Now and AMC+ have released the first photos of Travis Fimmel (Vikings) and Jana McKinnon (Bad Behaviour) in the upcoming season of the Sundance Now Original Series Black Snow, currently filming in Queensland, Australia.
The new season of the six-part mystery-drama produced by Goalpost Pictures and set in the Glasshouse Mountains sees Travis Fimmel reprise his role as Detective Cormack.
Fimmel is joined by new cast members, including McKinnon, Megan Smart (Class of ’07), Alana Mansour (Erotic Stories), Dan Spielman, Victoria Haralabidou (Tourist), and Kat Stewart (Offspring).
In this second season, Detective Cormack tackles two separate cases of missing persons. One is professional, as he investigates the disappearance of Zoe Jacobs (McKinnon) from her 21st birthday party in 2003. The other is personal, as Cormack searches desperately for his own younger brother, who went missing when they were children.
“I think Australian film and television has never been stronger. Now, with...
The new season of the six-part mystery-drama produced by Goalpost Pictures and set in the Glasshouse Mountains sees Travis Fimmel reprise his role as Detective Cormack.
Fimmel is joined by new cast members, including McKinnon, Megan Smart (Class of ’07), Alana Mansour (Erotic Stories), Dan Spielman, Victoria Haralabidou (Tourist), and Kat Stewart (Offspring).
In this second season, Detective Cormack tackles two separate cases of missing persons. One is professional, as he investigates the disappearance of Zoe Jacobs (McKinnon) from her 21st birthday party in 2003. The other is personal, as Cormack searches desperately for his own younger brother, who went missing when they were children.
“I think Australian film and television has never been stronger. Now, with...
- 4/10/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Travis Fimmel in ‘Black Snow’ season 2 (Photo Courtesy of Sundance Now)
AMC+ and Sundance Now released the first two photos from the upcoming second season of Black Snow as shooting is underway in Queensland. The photos feature returning series star Travis Fimmel (Vikings) as Detective Cormack and series newcomer Jana McKinnon (Bad Behaviour) as Zoe Jacobs.
Season one premiered in December 2022. Sundance Now hasn’t announced a launch date for the six-episode second season.
“I think Australian film and television has never been stronger. Now, with the addition of streaming networks and their reach, I’m so proud that our local productions and their hard work can be recognised not only here, but around the world,” said Fimmel. “I’m excited to be a part of another season of Black Snow and showing off what Australians have to offer. That, and I’m happy to have free food and a job.
AMC+ and Sundance Now released the first two photos from the upcoming second season of Black Snow as shooting is underway in Queensland. The photos feature returning series star Travis Fimmel (Vikings) as Detective Cormack and series newcomer Jana McKinnon (Bad Behaviour) as Zoe Jacobs.
Season one premiered in December 2022. Sundance Now hasn’t announced a launch date for the six-episode second season.
“I think Australian film and television has never been stronger. Now, with the addition of streaming networks and their reach, I’m so proud that our local productions and their hard work can be recognised not only here, but around the world,” said Fimmel. “I’m excited to be a part of another season of Black Snow and showing off what Australians have to offer. That, and I’m happy to have free food and a job.
- 4/9/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
“Vikings” star Travis Fimmel reprises his role as Detective Cormack in a second season of Australian mystery drama series “Black Snow.” The six-part series is now shooting in Queensland, Australia, and has unveiled first-look images.
“Australian film and television have never been stronger. Now, with the addition of streaming networks and their reach, I’m so proud that our local productions and their hard work can be recognized not only here, but around the world,” said Fimmel in a prepared statement.
The first season of “Black Snow” was nominated as ‘most outstanding drama series’ at the 2023 Logie Awards and received two nominations at the 2024 Aacta Awards – for best drama series and best lead actor in a drama, for Fimmel. It sold to all major international territories including the U.S., where it screened on AMC Networks’ streamer Sundance Now. “Black Snow” also won the Screen Business Export Award at the recent Australian Screen Producer Awards.
“Australian film and television have never been stronger. Now, with the addition of streaming networks and their reach, I’m so proud that our local productions and their hard work can be recognized not only here, but around the world,” said Fimmel in a prepared statement.
The first season of “Black Snow” was nominated as ‘most outstanding drama series’ at the 2023 Logie Awards and received two nominations at the 2024 Aacta Awards – for best drama series and best lead actor in a drama, for Fimmel. It sold to all major international territories including the U.S., where it screened on AMC Networks’ streamer Sundance Now. “Black Snow” also won the Screen Business Export Award at the recent Australian Screen Producer Awards.
- 4/9/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jana McKinnon (Bad Behaviour) is among new cast joining Travis Fimmel on the second season of Australian mystery-drama series Black Snow.
Production is underway in Queensland, Australia, on the Stan and Sundance Now original series, with first-look images of Fimmel (Vikings) and McKinnon above. Joining them are Megan Smart (Class of ’07), Alana Mansour (Erotic Stories), Dan Spielman (Bad Behaviour, The Newsreader), Victoria Haralabidou (The Tourist) and Kat Stewart (Offspring).
In season two, Detective Cormack (Fimmel) tackles two separate missing persons cases. One is professional, as he investigates the disappearance of Zoe Jacobs (McKinnon), who disappeared from her own 21st birthday party in 2003. The other is personal, as Cormack searches desperately for his own younger brother, who went missing when they were children.
Director Sian Davies (The Gloaming), executive producer Rosemary Blight (The Invisible Man), and series creator Lucas Taylor (Harrow) return for season two, with Helena Brooks (Population 11) joining as a director.
Production is underway in Queensland, Australia, on the Stan and Sundance Now original series, with first-look images of Fimmel (Vikings) and McKinnon above. Joining them are Megan Smart (Class of ’07), Alana Mansour (Erotic Stories), Dan Spielman (Bad Behaviour, The Newsreader), Victoria Haralabidou (The Tourist) and Kat Stewart (Offspring).
In season two, Detective Cormack (Fimmel) tackles two separate missing persons cases. One is professional, as he investigates the disappearance of Zoe Jacobs (McKinnon), who disappeared from her own 21st birthday party in 2003. The other is personal, as Cormack searches desperately for his own younger brother, who went missing when they were children.
Director Sian Davies (The Gloaming), executive producer Rosemary Blight (The Invisible Man), and series creator Lucas Taylor (Harrow) return for season two, with Helena Brooks (Population 11) joining as a director.
- 4/8/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The team behind Binge’s newly-crowned biggest original, Strife, are headed back to the writers’ room.
The drama series — from Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers and Anatomy of a Scandal producer Made Up Stories in partnership with Fifth Season — has quickly usurped Colin From Accounts as Binge’s best-performing original for its first day and first week, according to the Foxtel-owned Australian streamer. The writing team, led by Sarah Scheller (The Letdown), are now reteaming to pen scripts for a second season.
The show stars Asher Keddie (Nine Perfect Strangers, Offspring) as imperfect, modern woman and magazine publisher Evelyn Jones, following her journey from lounge room blogger to becoming a force in women’s media. It launched on Binge on December 6.
In an interview with Deadline last year, Alison Hurbert-Burns, Executive Director for Binge and Foxtel Group Content and Commissioning, described the series as “the story of...
The drama series — from Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers and Anatomy of a Scandal producer Made Up Stories in partnership with Fifth Season — has quickly usurped Colin From Accounts as Binge’s best-performing original for its first day and first week, according to the Foxtel-owned Australian streamer. The writing team, led by Sarah Scheller (The Letdown), are now reteaming to pen scripts for a second season.
The show stars Asher Keddie (Nine Perfect Strangers, Offspring) as imperfect, modern woman and magazine publisher Evelyn Jones, following her journey from lounge room blogger to becoming a force in women’s media. It launched on Binge on December 6.
In an interview with Deadline last year, Alison Hurbert-Burns, Executive Director for Binge and Foxtel Group Content and Commissioning, described the series as “the story of...
- 1/12/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Back in 2012, Bloody Disgusting acquired Lucky McKee’s critically acclaimed The Woman after a firestorm of controversy that began at the Sundance Film Festival with a woman allegedly passing out in shock and this man losing his cool over the startling and uncomfortable content.
“This film outta be confiscated [and] burned. There’s no value in showing this to anyone,” he exclaimed.
Now, the film is coming back to us via Arrow Films and is now streaming on our very own Screambox alongside the film’s prequel, Offspring, both featuring a standout performance by Pollyanna McIntosh.
Evil lurks behind a suburban American family in this darkly disturbing film that at once outraged and thrilled critics across the country. The chiller has been awarded numerous festival prizes including Most Innovative Feature at the Montreal Fantasia Film Festival, Best Feature Film at the Rio Fantastic Festival, Best Actress at FrightFest UK and won...
“This film outta be confiscated [and] burned. There’s no value in showing this to anyone,” he exclaimed.
Now, the film is coming back to us via Arrow Films and is now streaming on our very own Screambox alongside the film’s prequel, Offspring, both featuring a standout performance by Pollyanna McIntosh.
Evil lurks behind a suburban American family in this darkly disturbing film that at once outraged and thrilled critics across the country. The chiller has been awarded numerous festival prizes including Most Innovative Feature at the Montreal Fantasia Film Festival, Best Feature Film at the Rio Fantastic Festival, Best Actress at FrightFest UK and won...
- 8/24/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Alycia Debnam-Carey is delivering her best work in Prime Video's The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.
The 100 and Fear the Walking Dead alum plays the titular character in the adaptation of Holly Ringland's novel.
As you'll recall if you've been watching the show on Fridays as it unspools on the streaming service, Alice is living with her grandmother after becoming an orphan.
Throughout the first four episodes, the series touched upon Alice's violent upbringing, and Friday's new episode, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, sends things in an emotional direction.
Twig (Leah Purcell) is trying to find Alice in the episode while Alice is off trying to piece together her past.
Alice is hiding a significant burden in the form of setting the fire that got her into her current predicament, but she was driven by the abuse at the hands of her father.
Her fateful decision changed her life forever,...
The 100 and Fear the Walking Dead alum plays the titular character in the adaptation of Holly Ringland's novel.
As you'll recall if you've been watching the show on Fridays as it unspools on the streaming service, Alice is living with her grandmother after becoming an orphan.
Throughout the first four episodes, the series touched upon Alice's violent upbringing, and Friday's new episode, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, sends things in an emotional direction.
Twig (Leah Purcell) is trying to find Alice in the episode while Alice is off trying to piece together her past.
Alice is hiding a significant burden in the form of setting the fire that got her into her current predicament, but she was driven by the abuse at the hands of her father.
Her fateful decision changed her life forever,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Three horror classics have just landed on the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming service, which already is celebrating a massive August that kicked off with the Ghostbusters-inspired Ghastly Brothers.
Richard Attenborough’s Magic (1978) starring Anthony Hopkins and a psychotic ventriloquist dummy is the first of three movies added to Screambox, courtesy of Shout! Factory.
“Written by William Goldman, adapted from the novel he also wrote, Magic revolves around a ventriloquist seeking to renew a relationship with his former high school sweetheart,” Meagan Navarro previously wrote about the classic. “The only problem is that his dummy is the jealous type. That ventriloquist, Corky, is played by Anthony Hopkins. Unlike most killer doll horror movies, Magic favors the psychological, and Hopkins brings intensity to this twisted love story.”
She notes that this movie served as an inspiration for Don Mancini’s original Child’s Play screenplay and is currently celebrating its 45th anniversary!
Watch It Now!
Richard Attenborough’s Magic (1978) starring Anthony Hopkins and a psychotic ventriloquist dummy is the first of three movies added to Screambox, courtesy of Shout! Factory.
“Written by William Goldman, adapted from the novel he also wrote, Magic revolves around a ventriloquist seeking to renew a relationship with his former high school sweetheart,” Meagan Navarro previously wrote about the classic. “The only problem is that his dummy is the jealous type. That ventriloquist, Corky, is played by Anthony Hopkins. Unlike most killer doll horror movies, Magic favors the psychological, and Hopkins brings intensity to this twisted love story.”
She notes that this movie served as an inspiration for Don Mancini’s original Child’s Play screenplay and is currently celebrating its 45th anniversary!
Watch It Now!
- 8/11/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Festival
James Hawes‘ Holocaust drama “One Life” will be the American Express Gala at the 67th BFI London Film Festival.
The film tells the true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to WWII, rescued 669 children from the Nazis. Fifty years later, in 1988, Winton is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England. It’s not until a live television show “That’s Life” surprises him with the surviving children – now adults – seated all around him that he can finally make peace with the loss he had carried for five decades.
The cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham-Carter.
Hawes said: “This film pretty much begins and ends in London and says so much about the people of this city, its heart and its history.
James Hawes‘ Holocaust drama “One Life” will be the American Express Gala at the 67th BFI London Film Festival.
The film tells the true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to WWII, rescued 669 children from the Nazis. Fifty years later, in 1988, Winton is haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England. It’s not until a live television show “That’s Life” surprises him with the surviving children – now adults – seated all around him that he can finally make peace with the loss he had carried for five decades.
The cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham-Carter.
Hawes said: “This film pretty much begins and ends in London and says so much about the people of this city, its heart and its history.
- 8/11/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: With Hollywood scripted grinding to a halt, Apple TV+ is doubling down on natural history series.
The streamer has greenlit a duo of six-part docs titled Born to be Wild and Endangered Planet, Deadline can reveal, both of which carry urgent messages around the need to help save rare species on Earth.
Born to be Wild will follow endangered animals including a Savanna elephant calf, cheetahs and a moon bear cub, as they are brought up by humans with a view to returning to their homelands once they are ready.
Endangered Planet, meanwhile, will use cutting-edge technology to uncover insights into protecting precious species including the Gobi bear, Malayan tiger, Javan rhino, Caucasian leopard, Cross River gorilla and the North Atlantic right whale.
Apple TV+ has been keen on natural history since its inception and both series are being produced by UK indie Offspring Films, which also made Tom Hiddleston...
The streamer has greenlit a duo of six-part docs titled Born to be Wild and Endangered Planet, Deadline can reveal, both of which carry urgent messages around the need to help save rare species on Earth.
Born to be Wild will follow endangered animals including a Savanna elephant calf, cheetahs and a moon bear cub, as they are brought up by humans with a view to returning to their homelands once they are ready.
Endangered Planet, meanwhile, will use cutting-edge technology to uncover insights into protecting precious species including the Gobi bear, Malayan tiger, Javan rhino, Caucasian leopard, Cross River gorilla and the North Atlantic right whale.
Apple TV+ has been keen on natural history since its inception and both series are being produced by UK indie Offspring Films, which also made Tom Hiddleston...
- 7/19/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video has released the teaser trailer for Amazon Original series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, launching exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories on August 4. Three episodes will be released on August 4, with one episode rolling out weekly until the series finale on September 1. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is the latest addition to the Prime membership. Based on Holly Ringland’s best-selling debut novel, the seven-part series tells the emotionally compelling story of Alice Hart. When Alice, aged 9, tragically loses her parents in a mysterious fire, she is taken to live with her grandmother June at Thornfield flower farm, where she learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past. Set against Australia’s breathtaking natural landscape, and with native wildflowers and plants providing a way to express the inexpressible, this enthralling family drama spans decades. As she grows from her complicated past,...
- 6/6/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Prime Video launched a teaser trailer of “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart,” starring and executive produced by Sigourney Weaver, on Monday.
Based on the best-selling debut novel by Holly Ringland, the seven-part television adaptation follows Alice Hart (Alicia Debnam-Carey), who lost her parents at age 9 in an unexpected fire. Alice goes to live with her grandmother June (Weaver) at Thornfield flower farm in Australia, where she unearths several family secrets from her past. The native flora and fauna of the Australian landscape becomes a character in the show. Alice eventually finds her life threatened by a man she loves.
A collage of memories of the fire mixed with mystical garden encounters leads to someone opening a card that reads “You lied!”
“I just promised I’d keep her safe,” Weaver’s June says at the end of the teaser. “Can we do that?”
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Based on the best-selling debut novel by Holly Ringland, the seven-part television adaptation follows Alice Hart (Alicia Debnam-Carey), who lost her parents at age 9 in an unexpected fire. Alice goes to live with her grandmother June (Weaver) at Thornfield flower farm in Australia, where she unearths several family secrets from her past. The native flora and fauna of the Australian landscape becomes a character in the show. Alice eventually finds her life threatened by a man she loves.
A collage of memories of the fire mixed with mystical garden encounters leads to someone opening a card that reads “You lied!”
“I just promised I’d keep her safe,” Weaver’s June says at the end of the teaser. “Can we do that?”
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- 6/5/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Wilds star Shannon Berry has joined the cast of Susanna Fogel’s Canadian feature Winner.
Berry is appearing opposite Emilia Jones, Zach Galifianakis, Kathryn Newton, Danny Ramirez and Connie Britton in the darkly comedic biopic. The casting reunites the emerging Australian actress with The Spy Who Dumped Me director Fogel, who directed her in the pilot of Prime Video drama series The Wilds.
Winner is a biopic of Reality Winner (Jones), a brilliant misfit U.S. Air Force member and Nsa consultant who in 2018 was given the longest prison sentence in American history for the unauthorized release of government information to the media — five years, three months — after leaking an intelligence report about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
We first told you about the film last October, as the film went into principal photography. The feature is set to take on the traditional whistleblower thriller — a coming-of-age story about...
Berry is appearing opposite Emilia Jones, Zach Galifianakis, Kathryn Newton, Danny Ramirez and Connie Britton in the darkly comedic biopic. The casting reunites the emerging Australian actress with The Spy Who Dumped Me director Fogel, who directed her in the pilot of Prime Video drama series The Wilds.
Winner is a biopic of Reality Winner (Jones), a brilliant misfit U.S. Air Force member and Nsa consultant who in 2018 was given the longest prison sentence in American history for the unauthorized release of government information to the media — five years, three months — after leaking an intelligence report about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
We first told you about the film last October, as the film went into principal photography. The feature is set to take on the traditional whistleblower thriller — a coming-of-age story about...
- 5/16/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The CW reveals Canadian sitcom “Run the Burbs” will make its US debut as the network unveils its Summer 2023 programming lineup.
“Run the Burbs” follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs.
Phung (“Kim’s Convenience”), who co-created and executive produces the series with Scott Townend, stars as stay-at-home dad Andrew Pham. Rahkee Morzaria (“What We Do in the Shadows”) plays Andrew’s free-spirited entrepreneur wife Camille, Zoriah Wong (“Nancy Drew”) as their teenage daughter Khia, and Roman Pesino (“Odd Squad”) as their clever young son Leo. The show is a CBC Original Production produced by Pier 21 Films and distributed by Fifth Season.
The network has renewed both newcomers “Family Law” and the comedy “Bump” for second seasons. Starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber,...
“Run the Burbs” follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs.
Phung (“Kim’s Convenience”), who co-created and executive produces the series with Scott Townend, stars as stay-at-home dad Andrew Pham. Rahkee Morzaria (“What We Do in the Shadows”) plays Andrew’s free-spirited entrepreneur wife Camille, Zoriah Wong (“Nancy Drew”) as their teenage daughter Khia, and Roman Pesino (“Odd Squad”) as their clever young son Leo. The show is a CBC Original Production produced by Pier 21 Films and distributed by Fifth Season.
The network has renewed both newcomers “Family Law” and the comedy “Bump” for second seasons. Starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber,...
- 5/10/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
The CW has unveiled its slate of original scripted and unscripted programming set to debut on the network this summer.
Canadian family comedy Run The Burbs, from Kim’s Convenience breakout star Andrew Phung and dramedy Moonshine, about dysfunctional siblings battling for control of their family business are among titles on the network’s scripted slate for summer debut. Legal drama Family Law, starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber, and comedy series Bump also return for second seasons.
New summer unscripted programs include the four-part docuseries Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982, chronicling a classic moviegoing year in pop culture, and extreme cooking competition Recipe for Disaster. Additionally, Down To Earth With Zac Efron will make its broadcast television debut, along with new seasons of returning alternative series Great Chocolate Showdown and Mysteries Decoded. Airdates and times for all these series will be announced at a later date.
All join prevously announced summer series,...
Canadian family comedy Run The Burbs, from Kim’s Convenience breakout star Andrew Phung and dramedy Moonshine, about dysfunctional siblings battling for control of their family business are among titles on the network’s scripted slate for summer debut. Legal drama Family Law, starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber, and comedy series Bump also return for second seasons.
New summer unscripted programs include the four-part docuseries Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982, chronicling a classic moviegoing year in pop culture, and extreme cooking competition Recipe for Disaster. Additionally, Down To Earth With Zac Efron will make its broadcast television debut, along with new seasons of returning alternative series Great Chocolate Showdown and Mysteries Decoded. Airdates and times for all these series will be announced at a later date.
All join prevously announced summer series,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Streaming
Netflix has renewed International Emmy-winning hit Indian series “Delhi Crime” for a third season. The streamer’s India operation has also renewed “Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives,” “Kota Factory,” “Mismatched” and “She” for third seasons.
Netflix India has also commissioned a documentary on the life of hip hop artist and rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh who will deep-dive into the reasons behind his sudden disappearance at the peak of his career. The documentary will be directed by Mozez Singh (Disney+ Hotstar series “Human”) and produced by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain‘s Sikhya Entertainment, 2023 Oscar winners for “The Elephant Whisperers.”
“Yo Yo Honey Singh took over the Indian music industry by storm. His music resonated with the youth. Singh was a star even before he garnered limelight in the press. His tumultuous journey with fame intrigued a whole nation, and us at Sikhya,” Monga said.
Investment
Content studio The Story Collective...
Netflix has renewed International Emmy-winning hit Indian series “Delhi Crime” for a third season. The streamer’s India operation has also renewed “Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives,” “Kota Factory,” “Mismatched” and “She” for third seasons.
Netflix India has also commissioned a documentary on the life of hip hop artist and rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh who will deep-dive into the reasons behind his sudden disappearance at the peak of his career. The documentary will be directed by Mozez Singh (Disney+ Hotstar series “Human”) and produced by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain‘s Sikhya Entertainment, 2023 Oscar winners for “The Elephant Whisperers.”
“Yo Yo Honey Singh took over the Indian music industry by storm. His music resonated with the youth. Singh was a star even before he garnered limelight in the press. His tumultuous journey with fame intrigued a whole nation, and us at Sikhya,” Monga said.
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Content studio The Story Collective...
- 3/15/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Who doesn't love a good crossover? Besides the fact that they settle nerds' constant debates of "who would win in a fight between ___ and ___?," there's something so exciting about seeing the main characters of two or more different franchises coming together for the first time ever. Another reason why crossovers have so much appeal with audiences is that there are often legal reasons why characters from one series can't mingle with those of another, making the times when they do meet on the big (or small) screen all the more special.
Crossovers got a massive boost in popularity due to the wildly successful Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, crossovers haven't only been relegated to the superhero realm; for decades, there have been numerous other examples of fictional worlds colliding across numerous genres. In fact, well before Nick Fury appeared at the end of "Iron Man" to tell Tony Stark about the Avengers Initiative,...
Crossovers got a massive boost in popularity due to the wildly successful Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, crossovers haven't only been relegated to the superhero realm; for decades, there have been numerous other examples of fictional worlds colliding across numerous genres. In fact, well before Nick Fury appeared at the end of "Iron Man" to tell Tony Stark about the Avengers Initiative,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Joe Garza
- Slash Film
The nights are getting colder – so it’s the perfect time to tear through the films about to be removed from Netflix.
Each month, a large number of titles are taken down from the service without fanfare.
This explains why things might suddenly disappear from your watch list.
S , to avoid surprise, here is a list of everything being removed in October (including one of the service’s very first original series).
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix – find everything that’s beind added to the streaming service this month here.
Movies
1 October
About Last Night (2014)
Agyaat
The Amazing Spider-Man
Anatomy
Anjaan
Arthur Christmas
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
A Beautiful Mind
Body of Lies
Carlito’s Way
Cast Away
Company of Heroes
Contagion
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Delhi 6
Dennis the Menace
Dev D
The Diesel
Due Date...
Each month, a large number of titles are taken down from the service without fanfare.
This explains why things might suddenly disappear from your watch list.
S , to avoid surprise, here is a list of everything being removed in October (including one of the service’s very first original series).
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix – find everything that’s beind added to the streaming service this month here.
Movies
1 October
About Last Night (2014)
Agyaat
The Amazing Spider-Man
Anatomy
Anjaan
Arthur Christmas
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
A Beautiful Mind
Body of Lies
Carlito’s Way
Cast Away
Company of Heroes
Contagion
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Delhi 6
Dennis the Menace
Dev D
The Diesel
Due Date...
- 10/4/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
Australia’s Nine Network has ordered a local version of Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars and a two-part drama event series based on the late cricket maverick Shane Warne. Both shows were presented at Nine’s Upfront today.
Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars is the latest adaptation of celeb chef and present Ramsay’s cooking competition format, which All3Media International sells globally, after the original Fox show and the UK remake on the BBC. Endemol Shine Australia and Studio Ramsay are making the show, in which Ramsay and business mogul Janine Allis will mentor and guide competing two teams, with each contestant vying for their food business idea to be invested in and taken forward.
In the U.S. Fox ordered a second season of the format back in May, while the BBC’s Future Food Stars aired between late March and May. The Aussie version debuts next year.
Warnie,...
Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars is the latest adaptation of celeb chef and present Ramsay’s cooking competition format, which All3Media International sells globally, after the original Fox show and the UK remake on the BBC. Endemol Shine Australia and Studio Ramsay are making the show, in which Ramsay and business mogul Janine Allis will mentor and guide competing two teams, with each contestant vying for their food business idea to be invested in and taken forward.
In the U.S. Fox ordered a second season of the format back in May, while the BBC’s Future Food Stars aired between late March and May. The Aussie version debuts next year.
Warnie,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Lucky Mckee is most known for being brave enough to adapt Jack Ketchum's splatterpunk novels including The Woman, Offspring and The Girl Next Door.
Hiss new horror thriller, Old Man, will arrive in theaters, On Demand, and Digital on October 14th, 2022. Yesterday the official poster and trailer were released by distributor Rlje Films. Catch up with the trailer down below.
Synopsis:
When a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods, he could never have imagined the nightmare that awaits.
Written by Joel Veach, Old Man stars Stephen Lang, Marc Senter, with Liana Wright-Mark, and Patch Darragh.
Old Man had i...
Hiss new horror thriller, Old Man, will arrive in theaters, On Demand, and Digital on October 14th, 2022. Yesterday the official poster and trailer were released by distributor Rlje Films. Catch up with the trailer down below.
Synopsis:
When a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods, he could never have imagined the nightmare that awaits.
Written by Joel Veach, Old Man stars Stephen Lang, Marc Senter, with Liana Wright-Mark, and Patch Darragh.
Old Man had i...
- 9/9/2022
- QuietEarth.us
As summer must eventually come to an end, so must these titles’ time on Netflix.
With Halloween right around the corner, the streaming service will remove all eight seasons of “The Vampire Diaries,” as well as several thriller and horror films including “Nightcrawler,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Seven” and “Insidious” so be sure to watch these spooky season classics before the end of the month.
The streaming service will no longer be the home for cherished TV series, including “Quantico,” “Saved by the Bell,” “Gotham” and “Dark Matter.” Netflix will also scrap classic titles, like “Catch Me If You Can,” “Mean Girls,” “Taxi Driver,” “Dirty Harry” and “Dumb and Dumber.”
Also Read:
Here’s What’s New on Netflix in September 2022
Here’s the complete list of what’s leaving Netflix this month:
Sept. 1
Quantico: Seasons 1-3
Sept. 2
Freaks
Sept. 3
The Vampire Diaries: Seasons 1-8
Sept. 9
Nightcrawler
Sept.
With Halloween right around the corner, the streaming service will remove all eight seasons of “The Vampire Diaries,” as well as several thriller and horror films including “Nightcrawler,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Seven” and “Insidious” so be sure to watch these spooky season classics before the end of the month.
The streaming service will no longer be the home for cherished TV series, including “Quantico,” “Saved by the Bell,” “Gotham” and “Dark Matter.” Netflix will also scrap classic titles, like “Catch Me If You Can,” “Mean Girls,” “Taxi Driver,” “Dirty Harry” and “Dumb and Dumber.”
Also Read:
Here’s What’s New on Netflix in September 2022
Here’s the complete list of what’s leaving Netflix this month:
Sept. 1
Quantico: Seasons 1-3
Sept. 2
Freaks
Sept. 3
The Vampire Diaries: Seasons 1-8
Sept. 9
Nightcrawler
Sept.
- 8/31/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Kindling Pictures, the new production company headed by award-winning Australian producer Imogen Banks has begun production on its maiden show “Safe Home.”
The four-part thriller, which is made for Australian public broadcaster Special Broadcasting Services (Sbs), stars Aisha Dee (“Sissy” and TV’s “The Bold Type”) in the tale of a twenty-something professional who leaves her job at a prominent law firm to help a struggling family violence legal center stop looming funding cuts. As interconnecting stories unfold, relationships are tested and the pressure mounts to save the center. With so much at stake, the woman must navigate a path that isn’t always clear – and things aren’t always as they appear.
Directed by award-winning director Stevie Cruz-Martin and created by acclaimed playwright Anna Barnes, “Safe Home” was inspired by Barnes’ time working at a family legal center in Melbourne. The series is written by Barnes, Michelle Law and...
The four-part thriller, which is made for Australian public broadcaster Special Broadcasting Services (Sbs), stars Aisha Dee (“Sissy” and TV’s “The Bold Type”) in the tale of a twenty-something professional who leaves her job at a prominent law firm to help a struggling family violence legal center stop looming funding cuts. As interconnecting stories unfold, relationships are tested and the pressure mounts to save the center. With so much at stake, the woman must navigate a path that isn’t always clear – and things aren’t always as they appear.
Directed by award-winning director Stevie Cruz-Martin and created by acclaimed playwright Anna Barnes, “Safe Home” was inspired by Barnes’ time working at a family legal center in Melbourne. The series is written by Barnes, Michelle Law and...
- 7/18/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand Tuesday unveiled a slate of nine new Australian original films and series. These represent the company’s biggest wave of local content commissions and acquisitions for Disney+ and will launch on the platform in 2022-23.
The slate includes three scripted drama series: “The Clearing,” “The Artful Dodger,” “Last Days of the Space Age”; four documentary series, “Matildas: The World at Our Feet,” “Shipwreck Hunters Australia,” “Chasing Waves,” “Fearless: The Inside Story of the Aflw”; and two lifestyle and factual general entertainment series “Donna Hay Christmas” and competition format series “What’s Your Toy Story?”
“It was important to us to have that scale to share so we could demonstrate to the marketplace that we are truly serious in this space,” Kylie Watson-Wheeler, senior VP and MD of The Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand told Variety.
She confirmed that...
The slate includes three scripted drama series: “The Clearing,” “The Artful Dodger,” “Last Days of the Space Age”; four documentary series, “Matildas: The World at Our Feet,” “Shipwreck Hunters Australia,” “Chasing Waves,” “Fearless: The Inside Story of the Aflw”; and two lifestyle and factual general entertainment series “Donna Hay Christmas” and competition format series “What’s Your Toy Story?”
“It was important to us to have that scale to share so we could demonstrate to the marketplace that we are truly serious in this space,” Kylie Watson-Wheeler, senior VP and MD of The Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand told Variety.
She confirmed that...
- 5/17/2022
- by Katherine Tulich
- Variety Film + TV
Telugu superstar Ram Charan, who had tasted the astounding success of ‘Rrr’ along with Jr Ntr, had to face a debacle with ‘Acharya’. Now the actor is busy shooting for his next big-budget movie. The ‘Rangasthalam’ actor tweeted about his most recent read, Sandeep M. Bhatnagar’s ‘Offspring’ which he recommends for everyone. Ram Charan’s tweet […]...
- 5/11/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Exclusive: Sean Keenan (The Power of the Dog), Shannon Berry (The Wilds) and Tyroe Muhafidin (Amazon’s Lord of the Rings)—a trio of up-and-coming actors out of Australia—have signed with Brave Artists Management’s Karli Doumanis for representation.
Keenan is an Aacta Award nominee who recently appeared in Jane Campion’s acclaimed Netflix pic The Power of the Dog and Justin Kurzel’s award winner Nitram. The actor will next be seen in the ABC series Barons, along with a show based on the 2002 Bali bombings, which is currently in production. He has also featured on the film side in such titles as Nim’s Island, The True History of the Kelly Gang, Strangerland, Australia Day, Hard Target 2, Is This the Real World and Drift. Keenan made his screen debut at the age of fourteen as the title character in the Australian children’s series Lockie Leonard, based on Tim Winton’s novels,...
Keenan is an Aacta Award nominee who recently appeared in Jane Campion’s acclaimed Netflix pic The Power of the Dog and Justin Kurzel’s award winner Nitram. The actor will next be seen in the ABC series Barons, along with a show based on the 2002 Bali bombings, which is currently in production. He has also featured on the film side in such titles as Nim’s Island, The True History of the Kelly Gang, Strangerland, Australia Day, Hard Target 2, Is This the Real World and Drift. Keenan made his screen debut at the age of fourteen as the title character in the Australian children’s series Lockie Leonard, based on Tim Winton’s novels,...
- 1/5/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
In 2001, the world was introduced to the iPod and Australia had its first taste of digital television.
It’s fair to say the year left its mark in more ways than one, but for Cameron McCulloch, not everything went to plan.
At the time, the then film student was on the verge of completing his feature debut, Scam, starring Kestie Morassi, only for a large portion of the footage to be destroyed in a housefire at a crew member’s place.
Twenty years on and the film is set to have its world premiere at next month’s Monster Fest after being resurrected by cast member and editor Nathan Hill during the 2020 lockdown.
McCulloch, who wrote and then filmed the project on a MiniDV in 12 days for $5,000, said he was “in awe” that it was finally seeing the light of day.
“During lockdown last year, Nathan was prepping another feature...
It’s fair to say the year left its mark in more ways than one, but for Cameron McCulloch, not everything went to plan.
At the time, the then film student was on the verge of completing his feature debut, Scam, starring Kestie Morassi, only for a large portion of the footage to be destroyed in a housefire at a crew member’s place.
Twenty years on and the film is set to have its world premiere at next month’s Monster Fest after being resurrected by cast member and editor Nathan Hill during the 2020 lockdown.
McCulloch, who wrote and then filmed the project on a MiniDV in 12 days for $5,000, said he was “in awe” that it was finally seeing the light of day.
“During lockdown last year, Nathan was prepping another feature...
- 11/1/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Lucy Barrett has been cast as the new “Charmed One” in The CW’s hit reboot of “Charmed,” starring Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery, Rupert Evans and Jordan Donica.
New showrunners Jeffery Lieber, Nicki Renna and Joey Falco have revealed that Barrett’s character is “An artist, with a wild, unpredictable love for life and a one-of-a-kind view of the world that serves her well in her art, which is her life’s passion. She’s fun, irreverent, impulsive, strong-willed, and will bring brand-new energy to the Power of Three.” However, the three execs noted in a statement that they will not be unveiling her name, backstory, powers or connection to Diaz and Jeffery’s characters, just yet.
Per the logline, in Season 4 of “Charmed,” Mel and Maggie find their lives transformed by the death of their beloved sister, Macy. But when their grief threatens to undo the Power of Three forever,...
New showrunners Jeffery Lieber, Nicki Renna and Joey Falco have revealed that Barrett’s character is “An artist, with a wild, unpredictable love for life and a one-of-a-kind view of the world that serves her well in her art, which is her life’s passion. She’s fun, irreverent, impulsive, strong-willed, and will bring brand-new energy to the Power of Three.” However, the three execs noted in a statement that they will not be unveiling her name, backstory, powers or connection to Diaz and Jeffery’s characters, just yet.
Per the logline, in Season 4 of “Charmed,” Mel and Maggie find their lives transformed by the death of their beloved sister, Macy. But when their grief threatens to undo the Power of Three forever,...
- 9/8/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Australian drama “Rfds: Royal Flying Doctor Service” has been sold to a range of global broadcasters including PBS in the U.S. and Channel 4 in the U.K.
It has also been acquired by Sweden’s TV4, Belgium’s Sbs, Talpa in the Netherlands and New Zealand’s Tvnz. In the U.K. it will be broadcast on Channel 4’s More 4.
“Rfds: Royal Flying Doctor Service,” which charts the fictional lives of the pilots, doctors, nurses and support staff working within the Royal Flying Doctor Service, premieres on Australia’s Channel 7 and 7Plus next Wednesday.
The real Rfds, who participated in the series, is tasked with rescuing people from some of Australia’s most inhospitable terrains. Endemol Shine spent over a year researching the service, interviewing pilots, doctors and patients and even filmed some of the series on a real Rfds base.
Co-created by Imogen Banks, Mark Fennessy and Ian Meadows,...
It has also been acquired by Sweden’s TV4, Belgium’s Sbs, Talpa in the Netherlands and New Zealand’s Tvnz. In the U.K. it will be broadcast on Channel 4’s More 4.
“Rfds: Royal Flying Doctor Service,” which charts the fictional lives of the pilots, doctors, nurses and support staff working within the Royal Flying Doctor Service, premieres on Australia’s Channel 7 and 7Plus next Wednesday.
The real Rfds, who participated in the series, is tasked with rescuing people from some of Australia’s most inhospitable terrains. Endemol Shine spent over a year researching the service, interviewing pilots, doctors and patients and even filmed some of the series on a real Rfds base.
Co-created by Imogen Banks, Mark Fennessy and Ian Meadows,...
- 8/3/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Michelle Monaghan has been cast to play identical twins in Netflix’s upcoming limited series “Echoes,” a psychological thriller from executive producers and co-showrunners Brian Yorkey (“13 Reasons Why”) and Quinton Peeples (“Runaways”).
Per the logline, “Echoes” is a mystery thriller about two identical twins, Leni and Gina, who share a dangerous secret: Since they were children, they have secretly swapped lives, culminating in a double life as adults. They share two homes, two husbands and a child, but everything in their perfectly choreographed world is thrown into disarray when one of the sisters goes missing. Though identical, each sister is unique. Leni is the sister that is content to stay home, marry her childhood sweetheart, raise her daughter and help run the beautiful horse farm where everyone lives together rooted in their long shared history. Meanwhile, Gina is the rebellious sister who turned her back on all that and...
Per the logline, “Echoes” is a mystery thriller about two identical twins, Leni and Gina, who share a dangerous secret: Since they were children, they have secretly swapped lives, culminating in a double life as adults. They share two homes, two husbands and a child, but everything in their perfectly choreographed world is thrown into disarray when one of the sisters goes missing. Though identical, each sister is unique. Leni is the sister that is content to stay home, marry her childhood sweetheart, raise her daughter and help run the beautiful horse farm where everyone lives together rooted in their long shared history. Meanwhile, Gina is the rebellious sister who turned her back on all that and...
- 7/22/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Woodstock ’99 was supposed to be sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Instead, what we got was three days of mob violence, sewage spills, and Jamiroquai. If you weren’t there, congratulate yourself on at least one shrewd life decision. (If only the decision not to be born yet.) If you went, prepare for some nasty flashbacks in the new HBO doc on the infamous festival, Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage. (It premieres on July 23rd.) In terms of a handy metaphor for the death of the Nineties dream, you can...
- 7/22/2021
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman do not have as much on-camera time as they did during their time as the focal points of Prince’s group, the Revolution. But, in the 35 years since the disbanding of the Revolution, Melvoin and Coleman have stealthily worked three-quarters of their way to an Egot.
They snagged their Academy Award with “Purple Rain” and multiple Grammys in the mid-‘80s with Prince. Their work on “Nurse Jackie” garnered them the Emmy for outstanding original main title theme music in 2010. This year, with their multi-dimensional score for Freeform’s teen psychological thriller, “Cruel Summer,” they could be headed to the Emmy podium once again.
“Cruel Summer” follows the lives of two main characters, Kate (Olivia Holt) and Jeanette on the same days over the course of three consecutive summers in 1993, 1994 and 1995. Kate, beautiful and popular on the outside but troubled and isolated on the inside,...
They snagged their Academy Award with “Purple Rain” and multiple Grammys in the mid-‘80s with Prince. Their work on “Nurse Jackie” garnered them the Emmy for outstanding original main title theme music in 2010. This year, with their multi-dimensional score for Freeform’s teen psychological thriller, “Cruel Summer,” they could be headed to the Emmy podium once again.
“Cruel Summer” follows the lives of two main characters, Kate (Olivia Holt) and Jeanette on the same days over the course of three consecutive summers in 1993, 1994 and 1995. Kate, beautiful and popular on the outside but troubled and isolated on the inside,...
- 6/15/2021
- by Lily Moayeri
- Variety Film + TV
San Francisco, June 13 (Ians) Following two years of VR announcements and reveals, Upload VR has returned to E3 with its third annual showcase of the most inventive and intriguing games coming to VR.
According to The Verge, as the medium continues to mature year after year, it continues to be a platform for developers to innovate.
While not all of the games shown were brand new announcements, here are five games from the showcase that one can look forward to immersing themselves in soon.
First announced for Psvr earlier this year, 'Song in the Smoke' is a VR survival game and a departure for developer 17-Bit, better known for cartoony indie games like 'Skulls of the Shogun' and 'Galak-z'.
In a new developer diary, studio CEO Jake Kazdal explains how VR made him want to create not just a game but a fully living and breathing world. It's...
According to The Verge, as the medium continues to mature year after year, it continues to be a platform for developers to innovate.
While not all of the games shown were brand new announcements, here are five games from the showcase that one can look forward to immersing themselves in soon.
First announced for Psvr earlier this year, 'Song in the Smoke' is a VR survival game and a departure for developer 17-Bit, better known for cartoony indie games like 'Skulls of the Shogun' and 'Galak-z'.
In a new developer diary, studio CEO Jake Kazdal explains how VR made him want to create not just a game but a fully living and breathing world. It's...
- 6/13/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Amazon Prime’s The Wilds is returning for more dystopic slumber-party drama.
Announced on Instagram Saturday by the show’s cast (who can be seen celebrating in the video below), the story follows a group of teen girls from different backgrounds who must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. “The castaways both clash and bond as they learn more about each other, the secrets they keep and the traumas they’ve all endured,” according to the official synopsis. Oh, and one more rather ominous twist: “The girls did not end up on this island by accident.
Announced on Instagram Saturday by the show’s cast (who can be seen celebrating in the video below), the story follows a group of teen girls from different backgrounds who must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. “The castaways both clash and bond as they learn more about each other, the secrets they keep and the traumas they’ve all endured,” according to the official synopsis. Oh, and one more rather ominous twist: “The girls did not end up on this island by accident.
- 12/19/2020
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
The voting public has proclaimed 2011’s Red Dog as their favourite Aussie film of the decade via the Aacta Audience Awards.
Red Dog, directed by Kriv Stenders and produced by Nelson Woss and Julie Ryan, won the Aacta Award for Best Film in 2012, and grossed $21.5 million at the box office.
Network10/Endemol Shine Australia’s Offspring, created by Debra Oswald, Imogen Banks and John Edwards, was deemed Australia’s favourite TV drama of the decade. The show’s star Asher Keddie was also awarded favourite TV actor.
Apparently this happened last night … Red Dog was Your Favourite Australian Film Of The Decade on the Aacta Popular Vote Awards. Thanks peeps ! @RoadshowFilms @Screen_QLD @Screenwest @Aacta pic.twitter.com/Ar7X5gNCbw
— Kriv Stenders (@krivstenders) December 3, 2020
Hugh Jackman was named favourite global star, and Celeste Barber favourite comedy performer.
Masterchef’s Poh Ling Yeow was named favourite TV contestant, while Mick Fanning...
Red Dog, directed by Kriv Stenders and produced by Nelson Woss and Julie Ryan, won the Aacta Award for Best Film in 2012, and grossed $21.5 million at the box office.
Network10/Endemol Shine Australia’s Offspring, created by Debra Oswald, Imogen Banks and John Edwards, was deemed Australia’s favourite TV drama of the decade. The show’s star Asher Keddie was also awarded favourite TV actor.
Apparently this happened last night … Red Dog was Your Favourite Australian Film Of The Decade on the Aacta Popular Vote Awards. Thanks peeps ! @RoadshowFilms @Screen_QLD @Screenwest @Aacta pic.twitter.com/Ar7X5gNCbw
— Kriv Stenders (@krivstenders) December 3, 2020
Hugh Jackman was named favourite global star, and Celeste Barber favourite comedy performer.
Masterchef’s Poh Ling Yeow was named favourite TV contestant, while Mick Fanning...
- 12/4/2020
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
In today’s Global Bulletin, Entertainment One picks up the rights to Australian drama “The Newsreader,” Banijay reorganizes in Iberia, “Downton Abbey” lands on BritBox, Sony Pictures Television hires Jo Porter and Warner Bros. International will distribute Hungry Bear Media’s new game show.
Series
Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired international distribution rights to “The Newsreader,” a new drama series coming to ABC TV in Australia, produced by Werner Film Productions.
Set in the 1980s, the series unspools in a high energy newsroom, turning on the relationship between a young TV reporter and the show’s star female anchor. The cast features several high-profile actors including Anna Torv (“Mindhunter”), Sam Reid (“Lambs of God”), Robert Taylor (“Longmire”), Stephen Peacocke (“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”), Chai Hansen (“The New Legends of Monkey”) and Marg Downey (“Fast Forward”).
“The Newsreader” is backed by major investments from Screen Australia and the ABC and financed with support from Film Victoria.
Series
Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired international distribution rights to “The Newsreader,” a new drama series coming to ABC TV in Australia, produced by Werner Film Productions.
Set in the 1980s, the series unspools in a high energy newsroom, turning on the relationship between a young TV reporter and the show’s star female anchor. The cast features several high-profile actors including Anna Torv (“Mindhunter”), Sam Reid (“Lambs of God”), Robert Taylor (“Longmire”), Stephen Peacocke (“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”), Chai Hansen (“The New Legends of Monkey”) and Marg Downey (“Fast Forward”).
“The Newsreader” is backed by major investments from Screen Australia and the ABC and financed with support from Film Victoria.
- 11/25/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
It’ll be “part survival drama, part dystopic slumber party,” when The Wilds premieres on Amazon Prime in December.
The streaming service released on Wednesday both a full trailer (above) and a key art poster (below) for Season 1 of the YA drama, which premieres Friday, Dec. 11 — and which will also stream its first episode for free on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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The streaming service released on Wednesday both a full trailer (above) and a key art poster (below) for Season 1 of the YA drama, which premieres Friday, Dec. 11 — and which will also stream its first episode for free on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
More from TVLineLily Rabe's Scrapped TNT Thriller Finds New Home at Amazon PrimeNicole Kidman to Star in Amazon Series Things I Know To Be TrueBorat Sequel, Featuring Compromising Rudy Giuliani Scene, Drops Early on Amazon Ahead of Presidential Debate...
- 11/18/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Sigrid Thornton and Kate Jenkinson will star in ‘Amazing Grace.’
The pandemic-induced advertising downturn and temporary suspension of the local content quotas have not impacted the Nine Network’s prime-time commissioning and acquisitions for 2021.
That’s according to Nine’s program director Hamish Turner, who spoke to If today after the network’s virtual Upfront.
The network revealed Kate Jenkinson and Sigrid Thornton will star in Amazing Grace (previously The Midwife), Playmaker Media’s drama set in the unconventional birth centre attached to a major city hospital.
Apart from that and the previously announced fifth season of Easy Tiger’s Doctor Doctor, there are no local dramas on the schedule.
However Turner is delighted with Beyond Lonehand’s Halifax: Retribution, which has been winning its Tuesday night slot since launching a month ago and will assess the data at series’ end before deciding on a renewal.
He flagged there will...
The pandemic-induced advertising downturn and temporary suspension of the local content quotas have not impacted the Nine Network’s prime-time commissioning and acquisitions for 2021.
That’s according to Nine’s program director Hamish Turner, who spoke to If today after the network’s virtual Upfront.
The network revealed Kate Jenkinson and Sigrid Thornton will star in Amazing Grace (previously The Midwife), Playmaker Media’s drama set in the unconventional birth centre attached to a major city hospital.
Apart from that and the previously announced fifth season of Easy Tiger’s Doctor Doctor, there are no local dramas on the schedule.
However Turner is delighted with Beyond Lonehand’s Halifax: Retribution, which has been winning its Tuesday night slot since launching a month ago and will assess the data at series’ end before deciding on a renewal.
He flagged there will...
- 9/16/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Arguably director Lucky McKee’s most radically troubling film is his 2011 hotbed of subversive themes, The Woman, which generated much distress upon its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Now the second chapter of a loosely calibrated trilogy based on and inspired by cult author Jack Ketcham (which began with 2009’s Offspring directed by Andrew van den Houten and ended with 2019’s Darlin’ from director Pollyanna McIntosh), McKee’s mounting (which was adapted from a text he wrote alongside Ketcham) is a violent, disturbing skewering of the heteropatriarchy and the subjugation of women defining the inherent misogyny of intergenerational subjugation.…...
- 8/25/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
In his latest interview/podcast, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Lucky McKee about writing and directing The Woman, collaborating with novelist Jack Ketchum (Rip) and the power of collaboration to making a movie. The Woman (2011) stars Pollyanna Mackintosh, Sean Bridgers, Angela Bettis and Lauren Ashley Carter.
The Woman is the last surviving member of a deadly clan of feral cannibals that has roamed the American wilderness for decades. When successful country lawyer Chris Cleek stumbles upon her whilst hunting in the woods, he decides to capture and “civilize” her with the help of his seemingly perfect all-American family, including his wife Belle and daughter Peggy. The Cleeks will soon learn, however, that hell hath no fury like The Woman scorned…
Brand new 4K restorations of The Woman and Offspring, supervised and approved by Lucky McKee and Andrew van den Houten are out now on Blu-ray, limited edition two...
The Woman is the last surviving member of a deadly clan of feral cannibals that has roamed the American wilderness for decades. When successful country lawyer Chris Cleek stumbles upon her whilst hunting in the woods, he decides to capture and “civilize” her with the help of his seemingly perfect all-American family, including his wife Belle and daughter Peggy. The Cleeks will soon learn, however, that hell hath no fury like The Woman scorned…
Brand new 4K restorations of The Woman and Offspring, supervised and approved by Lucky McKee and Andrew van den Houten are out now on Blu-ray, limited edition two...
- 8/7/2020
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Caren Pistorius in ‘Unhinged.’
Caren Pistorius was working part-time in a fabrics shop in Sydney last year when her Rgm agent suggested she audition for the lead female role opposite Russell Crowe in a US road rage thriller.
The South African-born, New Zealand-raised actress did a self-tape but felt it was too rushed and didn’t expect it to lead anywhere.
The following day her agent told her the producers wanted her to fly to New Orleans the next day to audition with Crowe.
“I turned up in that room after almost no sleep, feeling delirious,” she tells If on the line from New Zealand, where she is spending lockdown with her family. The next morning director Derrick Borte rang to tell her she’d won the role in Unhinged.
Caren plays a single mother named Rachel in the Solstice Studios production which opened in Australia yesterday via Studiocanal and...
Caren Pistorius was working part-time in a fabrics shop in Sydney last year when her Rgm agent suggested she audition for the lead female role opposite Russell Crowe in a US road rage thriller.
The South African-born, New Zealand-raised actress did a self-tape but felt it was too rushed and didn’t expect it to lead anywhere.
The following day her agent told her the producers wanted her to fly to New Orleans the next day to audition with Crowe.
“I turned up in that room after almost no sleep, feeling delirious,” she tells If on the line from New Zealand, where she is spending lockdown with her family. The next morning director Derrick Borte rang to tell her she’d won the role in Unhinged.
Caren plays a single mother named Rachel in the Solstice Studios production which opened in Australia yesterday via Studiocanal and...
- 7/30/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Babyteeth’. (Photo: Lisa Tomasetti)
Alex White and Jan Chapman went to see Rita Kalnejais’ hit play Babyteeth at Sydney’s Belvoir St Theatre on the same night back in 2012. By interval, the two had made a beeline to each other: they knew it had to be adapted for screen.
At that stage, White had already been working for Chapman for several years. For some time, The Piano producer had been trying to help her find her first feature – White having produced successful shorts such as Trespass and Florence Has Left the Building.
“Jan was going ‘This is it, this is it’,” White tells If.
Both were drawn to the play’s “raw, visceral, irreverent and heartbreaking” tone and dialogue. The play was set on a revolve, with distinctive scenes and sound design, allowing White to clearly sense how it would feel on screen.
“It was just a very vivid experience...
Alex White and Jan Chapman went to see Rita Kalnejais’ hit play Babyteeth at Sydney’s Belvoir St Theatre on the same night back in 2012. By interval, the two had made a beeline to each other: they knew it had to be adapted for screen.
At that stage, White had already been working for Chapman for several years. For some time, The Piano producer had been trying to help her find her first feature – White having produced successful shorts such as Trespass and Florence Has Left the Building.
“Jan was going ‘This is it, this is it’,” White tells If.
Both were drawn to the play’s “raw, visceral, irreverent and heartbreaking” tone and dialogue. The play was set on a revolve, with distinctive scenes and sound design, allowing White to clearly sense how it would feel on screen.
“It was just a very vivid experience...
- 7/24/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Arrow Video announced a killer August lineup for their video channel, including Children of the Corn, the uncut version of Tenebrae, and much more:
London, UK - Arrow Video is excited to announce the August slate of titles on their subscription-based Arrow Video Channel, including the action-packed black-and-white nautical nightmare Lake Michigan Monster, the uncut version of Argento's Tenebrae and Stephen King's Children of the Corn.
Lake Michigan Monster has been acclaimed at film festivals around the globe, taking home the Gold Audience Award for Best International Film at Fantasia, Best Visual Effects - Feature at FilmQuest, Best Ensemble Cast at GenreBlast and Best Wisconsin Film at the Beloit International Film Festival. Writer, director and star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews has crafted an inventive and irreverent homage to the classic monster films of yore with the bizarre Captain Seafield, joined by a colourful crew of misfits on a mission...
London, UK - Arrow Video is excited to announce the August slate of titles on their subscription-based Arrow Video Channel, including the action-packed black-and-white nautical nightmare Lake Michigan Monster, the uncut version of Argento's Tenebrae and Stephen King's Children of the Corn.
Lake Michigan Monster has been acclaimed at film festivals around the globe, taking home the Gold Audience Award for Best International Film at Fantasia, Best Visual Effects - Feature at FilmQuest, Best Ensemble Cast at GenreBlast and Best Wisconsin Film at the Beloit International Film Festival. Writer, director and star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews has crafted an inventive and irreverent homage to the classic monster films of yore with the bizarre Captain Seafield, joined by a colourful crew of misfits on a mission...
- 7/23/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
‘Five Bedrooms’ cast celebrate the wrap.
ViacomCBS is calling for the scrapping of the drama quota, pointing to the steep decline in commercial free-to-air viewing of Australian dramas in the past 10 years, which is worse than the overall drop in Fta levels.
The owner of Network 10, 10 All Access and pay channels including MTV and Nickelodeon, the company says overall primetime commercial viewing from 2010 to 2019 fell by 28 per cent while drama audiences plummeted by 53 per cent in that period.
Local dramas drew an average primetime audience of 530,000 last year, down from 1.139 million in 2010, James Boyce, Network 10’s head of government and regulatory affairs, tells If.
Taking a longer-term view, in its submission to the government’s ‘Supporting Australian Stories on Our Screens’ options paper review, ViacomCBS said audiences for adult drama on commercial Fta TV have fallen by 61 per cent over the past 20 years as platform competition and content options have mushroomed.
ViacomCBS is calling for the scrapping of the drama quota, pointing to the steep decline in commercial free-to-air viewing of Australian dramas in the past 10 years, which is worse than the overall drop in Fta levels.
The owner of Network 10, 10 All Access and pay channels including MTV and Nickelodeon, the company says overall primetime commercial viewing from 2010 to 2019 fell by 28 per cent while drama audiences plummeted by 53 per cent in that period.
Local dramas drew an average primetime audience of 530,000 last year, down from 1.139 million in 2010, James Boyce, Network 10’s head of government and regulatory affairs, tells If.
Taking a longer-term view, in its submission to the government’s ‘Supporting Australian Stories on Our Screens’ options paper review, ViacomCBS said audiences for adult drama on commercial Fta TV have fallen by 61 per cent over the past 20 years as platform competition and content options have mushroomed.
- 7/17/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Yvonne Strahovski escapes one kind of hell only to land in another, in Netflix’s trailer for the Australian limited series Stateless.
Inspired by a true story and premiering Stateside on Netflix on Wednesday, July 8, the six-part series promises “a powerful and timely tale” of four strangers whose lives collide at an immigration detention center in the middle of the Australian desert.
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There’s...
Inspired by a true story and premiering Stateside on Netflix on Wednesday, July 8, the six-part series promises “a powerful and timely tale” of four strangers whose lives collide at an immigration detention center in the middle of the Australian desert.
More from TVLineBig Mouth: Jenny Slate to Stop Voicing Missy, Will Be Replaced by Black ActorPenn Badgley: In Wake of Predatory Allegations Against Chris D'Elia, You Reached Out to His Teen Co-Star#blackAF Renewed for Season 2
There’s...
- 6/24/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Australian actress Asher Keddie ("Stateless") covers the July 2020 issue of "Marie Claire" magazine:
Primarily a television actress Keddie started her career in the Australian TV series "Five Mile Creek" followed by the series "Offspring"...
...and a cameo as 'Dr. Carol Frost' in the feature "X-Men-Origins: Wolverine".
Keddie currently appears in the Australian TV series "Stateless" as 'Clare Kowitz'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Stateless"... ...
Primarily a television actress Keddie started her career in the Australian TV series "Five Mile Creek" followed by the series "Offspring"...
...and a cameo as 'Dr. Carol Frost' in the feature "X-Men-Origins: Wolverine".
Keddie currently appears in the Australian TV series "Stateless" as 'Clare Kowitz'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Stateless"... ...
- 6/19/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Fifteen-year-old Milla has a baby tooth still lodged among her molars, and terminal cancer. She’s “a medical aberration,” as she calls herself, living with her parents in an unidentified corner of Australian suburbia. Babyteeth, Shannon Murphy’s arresting feature debut, chronicles the last stretch of her life. But instead of slipping into the gaudiest cliches and bucket-list tropes of so many cancer dramas that came before it, it fumbles after an adolescent grappling with her looming death while on the brink of feeling more alive than she’s ever felt. This is not the story of a dying teen fighting to make her last wishes come true: it’s the portrait of a girl struggling to remain anchored to life, and experience the intangible and mysterious force of her first love. An award-winning director of theatre, opera and TV, Murphy teamed up with Rita Kalnejais, who here adapts her 2012 play by the same name.
- 6/19/2020
- MUBI
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