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- How Masterful Narrative Game Makers Telltale Suddenly Lost Everything
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 06:54 PMTelltale Games was so sure of its take on “The Walking Dead” and the conclusion of protagonist Clementine’s tale that they took the unusual step of announcing all of the release dates for the episodic game’s final arc this year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Red Granite Pays Off $60 Million Settlement in Malaysia Corruption Case (EXCLUSIVE)
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 06:45 PMRed Granite Pictures has paid off the balance of its $60 million settlement with the U.S. government, bringing an early end to its involvement in a $4.5 billion Malaysian corruption case.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- TV Review: ‘Valley of the Boom’
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:14 PMThe birth of the technology industry is an interesting story, one fueled by big money, hubris and creators’ unique ability to see a world that might be overlaying the one that exists.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Lifeboat Clique’ Series Adaptation in Development at CW
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:00 PMThe CW is developing a drama series based on Kathy Parks’ book “The Lifeboat Clique,” Variety has learned. When a freak tsunami hits a Malibu house party, a group of teenagers from diverse social circles are swept out to sea.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Netflix’s ‘ReMastered,’ With Investigations on Bob Marley, Johnny Cash and More, Launches Oct. 12
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 04:29 PMNetflix’s original documentary series “ReMastered” investigates high-profile events affecting major figures in music. Helmed by Jeff and Michael Zimbalist (“The Two Escobars,” “Favela Rising,” “Nossa Chape,” “Pelé”), the Zimbalist brothers and directors Kief Davidson, Barbara Kopple, Sara Dosa, Brian Oakes, Stuart Sender, B.J.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Domhnall Gleeson Joins ‘Run’ Pilot at HBO
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 03:35 PMDomhnall Gleeson has been cast in a lead role in the upcoming comedy pilot “Run” at HBO, Variety has confirmed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Martin Gero, Brendan Gall Land Production Commitment for Spy Drama at CBS
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 04:00 PMMartin Gero and Brendan Gall have scored a pilot production commitment for a drama series in the works at CBS, Variety has learned.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - TV Review: FX’s ‘Mr. Inbetween’
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 03:01 PMTV and film have long been fascinated with the inner lives of spies, assassins, and people who otherwise operate underground and out of sight.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Beloved Sports Movie ‘Rudy’ to Receive Live-to-Picture Concert Treatment (EXCLUSIVE)
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 01:39 PMA beloved sports movie will receive the live-to-picture concert treatment when “Rudy” is screened on Nov. 10 at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium with an 80-piece orchestra performing Jerry Goldsmith’s original score.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bob Greenblatt Says Goodbye to NBC: ‘It’s Time for Me to Turn to a New Challenge’
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 01:59 PMDeparting NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt said goodbye Monday to the network that he led for nearly eight years. Shortly after NBC announced Monday that veteran executives Paul Telegdy and George Cheeks would take over as heads of NBC’s entertainment division, Greenblatt sent a memo to staff thanking colleagues.
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- TV News Roundup: Paley Center to Host ‘West Side Story’ Celebration Event
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 06:43 PMIn today’s TV News Roundup, the Paley Center for Media is hosting a “West Side Story” celebration event and Fox is partnering with Turnaround Arts for a new social media campaign. DATES Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights for the rom-com “California No” and is set to release the film Dec.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - TV Review: NBC’s ‘New Amsterdam’
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:42 PM“New Amsterdam,” like the mammoth hospital it’s set in, has a whole lot of enthusiasm and too many areas in which to direct it. Based on Dr.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bill Cosby Prosecutor Seeks 5 to 10 Years in Prison
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:19 PMNORRISTOWN, Pa. — A prosecutor urged the judge in Bill Cosby’s sexual abuse case on Monday to sentence the disgraced entertainer to five to 10 years behind bars, while Cosby’s defense lawyer said incarceration would be an “excessive hardship” for the man once known as America’s Dad.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘PUBG Mobile’ Star Challenge Championship Includes $600,00 Prize Pool
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:00 PMTencent and PUBG Corp. announced details for a lavish upcoming “PUBG Mobile” tournament known as Star Challenge. Star Challenge will pit players who compete in the mobile version of “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” against each other for a whopping $600,000 prize pool.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Swiss Soccer Fans Temporarily Stop Game to Protest Esports
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 04:35 PMSoccer fans in Switzerland delayed a match on Sunday to protest esports in an unusual way, according to the Associated Press. The fans reportedly threw tennis balls and game controllers onto the field, forcing the referee to stop the game between Young Boys and FC Basel for two minutes while everything was cleared away.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Margot Robbie’s ‘Birds of Prey’ to Open in February 2020
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 03:39 PMWith Warner Bros. and DC entertainment getting closer to assembling its team for its Harley Quinn pic “Birds of Prey,” the studio has dated the film for Feb. 7, 2020.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Overwatch’ Hero Torbjörn Getting Major Overhaul
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 03:00 PMFans of the multiplayer hero shooter “Overwatch” know the character Torbjörn needs a little TLC — and so does developer Blizzard Entertainment. The Swedish engineer is getting a fairly extensive rework, and people can check out the changes now on the game’s public test realm.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’: Why Michael Moore’s Trump Doc Bombed
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 02:44 PMMichael Moore’s trump card failed him this weekend. “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Moore’s satirical takedown of President Trump and the current political landscape in America, picked up an abysmal $3.1 million when it opened 1,719 venues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’ Launch Trailer Showcases Zombies, Blackout Footage
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 01:58 PMThe “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4” launch trailer is out ahead of the shooter’s October debut, and it features a wide selection of gritty game footage. The new video offers brief glimpses at the upcoming Blackout battle royale mode, multiplayer, and fan-favorite Zombies.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - TV Review: ABC’s ‘Single Parents’
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 02:02 PMIn superficial terms, not much unites the shaggy group at the center of “Single Parents.” Angie (Leighton Meester) is a stressed out paralegal; Douglas (Brad Garrett) is a surly country club Republican; Poppy (Kimrie Lewis) is a frank sommelier; Miggy (Jake Choi) is a 20-year-old probable DJ. But by the time Will (Taran Killam) and his daughter […]
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- ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Jesse Williams to Direct Film About Emmett Till’s Mother
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 06:27 PM“Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams will make his feature directorial debut with “Till,” a film about Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, an African American teenager who was lynched in 1955 after being accused of flirting with a white woman.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Carlos (‘Caca’) Diegues Preps Next Film, ‘The Dame’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:51 PMBrazil’s Carlos (Cacá) Diegues, whose poem-inspired drama “The Great Mystical Circus” vies for a foreign-language Oscar next year, is in pre-production on “The Dame” starring Betty Faria (“Bye Bye Brazil”) and his daughter Flora Diegues, who stars in “…Mystical Circus.” Diegues and Faria are both in Miami for the 22nd Brazilian Film Festival of Miami (BRAFF) […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kris Jenner Picks Up Ultra-Modern Desert Mansion
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 05:16 PMWord on the Coachella Valley celebrity real estate street is that Kardashian/Jenner family matriarch Kris Jenner shelled out $12 million for an ultra-modern mansion overlooking the lush and unnaturally verdant sixth fairway inside the manned gates of the prestigious Madison Club, a swanky golf development in La Quinta, Calif., that describes itself in marketing materials […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Star Power, Image Concerns Drive Apple’s Original Content Strategy
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 04:29 PMApple has yet to release a single frame from any of the original scripted shows it has ordered during the past year, but the soon-to-be streaming giant is already making a big impact.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mel Gibson to Write and Direct ‘Wild Bunch’ Remake at Warner Bros.
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 04:30 PMMel Gibson is coming on to write and direct a remake of the classic Sam Peckinpah western “The Wild Bunch” at Warner Bros. Gibson will co-write with Bryan Bagby and also exec produce the pic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘The Bachelor: Vietnam’ Contestants Ditch Bachelor for Each Other
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 03:52 PMThe bachelor wasn’t the only person to find love on the Vietnamese version of the popular reality show. During a shocking rose ceremony, two “Bachelor: Vietnam” contestants, Minh Thu and Truc Nhu, decided to leave the show for each other, rather than continue competing for a relationship with bachelor Nguyen Quoc Trung.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ Ecosystem Will Feature Over 200 Species of Animals
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 04:00 PMThe world of “Red Dead Redemption 2” will have more than 200 species of animals to interact with, Rockstar Games revealed Monday in a new feature on the official game website.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Zoe Kravitz to Star in ‘High Fidelity’ TV Series at Disney Streaming Service
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 02:30 PMZoe Kravitz has been cast in the lead role in the series adaptation of “High Fidelity” at Disney’s upcoming streaming service, Variety has learned. The series, which has received a 10-episode order, is inspired by Nick Hornby’s novel and the Touchstone film of the same name.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Prosecutors Want Bill Cosby Declared a ‘Sexually Violent Predator’ as Sentencing Starts
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 01:42 PMNORRISTOWN, Pa. — Prosecutors in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case spent Monday morning trying to show that the disgraced entertainer should be declared a “sexually violent predator” — a designation that would subject him to a lifetime of registering as a sex offender.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jeremy Piven Hosts Benefit for Domestic Violence Survivors, Caitlyn Jenner Honored
Monday - 09/24/2018 - 02:10 PMIt’s been about nine months since Jeremy Piven was accused of sexual misconduct by several women — claims he has vehemently denied — but he’s slowly been stepping back into the spotlight.
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