James Franco Starring In Middle Eastern Crime Drama Series Penned By ‘Shades Of Blue’ Creator Adi Hasak – Mipcom Cannes

EXCLUSIVE:James Francois starring in a Middle Eastern TV crimedramapenned byShades of BluecreatorAdi Hasak. Check out a teaser below. Joining Al Farhan are Reham Alkassar, Yasmina El Abd, Cynthia Khalifeh, Nicolas Mouawad and Earl Cave. James Franco Asacha Media Group andMBCare also attached. So this is a family-first show, a crime show. Youve never seen it in television and I know they can do it, he added. Yaqoub Al Farhan James Franco Although he has attracted controversy in recent years, Franco lendsKarantinaa dose of star power....

October 16, 2023 · 1 min · 168 words · Jenny Jones

Joanna Merlin Dies: Original ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ Tzeitel, Longtime Judge On ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Was 92

As a casting director, Merlin was involved in numerous landmark Broadway productions written by Stephen Sondheim. She was, for many years, Harold Princes go-to casting director. Watch on Deadline A cause of death was not immediately available. Joanna Merlin as dance teacher Miss Berg in ‘Fame’ (1980)Getty Images After her performance inFiddler, Merlin segued, at least on Broadway, away from performance and to casting. She also cast Andrew Lloyd WebbersEvitaand the Betty Comden-Adolph Green-Cy Coleman musicalOn the Twentieth Century....

October 16, 2023 · 1 min · 156 words · John Miller

Lara Parker Dies: ‘Dark Shadows’ Scene-Stealing, Spell-Casting Witch Angelique Was 84

Her death was announced by producer Jim Pierson of Dan Curtis Productions, on behalf of Parkers family. Frids storyline changed the show from a moody, Gothic Jane Eyre-key in serial into a flat-out horror show. As with most of his gut instincts, Curtis was right. Lara Parker as Angelique, ‘Dark Shadows’ 1969Getty Images Parker became an instant sensation, at the time rivaled only by Barnabas among the shows youthful fandom....

October 16, 2023 · 1 min · 126 words · Alyssa Friedman

Matthew Vaughn Says He Quit ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ After Scheme To Deceive Halle Berry Into Signing For Return With A Fake Storm Script

Matthew Vaughnis opening up about one of the reasons he had for quitting directingX-Men: The Last Stand. One of the main reasons I quit X-Men 3, and this is a true story. Hollywood is really political and odd, he said duringNYCC(viaScreenRant). Director Matthew Vaughn and Halle Berry as Storm in ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’Craig Barritt / Getty Images / 20th Century Fox Film Corp. / Everett Collection I went to an executives office and I saw an X3 script....

October 16, 2023 · 2 min · 227 words · John Allen

No Bad Blood, Just Mad Love: ‘Taylor Swift: Eras Tour’ Floating To Second Best Opening For October With $92M+ Per AMC – Box Office Update

Per Screen Average is $24,073. Typically on a blockbuster movie the chain commands 22% to 25% of the weekend. Sunday came in at an estimated$23.3M, -28% from Saturdays estimate of $32.3M. That means Friday was $37.7M, not the bloated reported $39M. AMC will be issuing their numbers later this morning. Sundays hold off of Saturday for Swift isnt that far fromJokers -24% Sunday vs. Saturday. AMC Some pegEras Tours holds throughout the weekend to the fact that it was presold....

October 16, 2023 · 4 min · 695 words · Jennifer Watson

Riz Ahmed Calls For An End To The “Indiscriminate Bombing Of Gaza’s Civilians” & “Forced Displacement”: “These Are Morally Indefensible War Crimes”

These are morally indefensible war crimes, the actor claims. New York-based Human Rights Watch has cited both Hamas and the Israeli government as culpable of potential war crimes. Israel has said that it is acting within the confines of international law. Riz AhmedGetty Images But in my heart, I know there is only one the side of our humanity. What happened in Israel last week was horrific and wrong. The pain and fear so many are feeling is deep and real....

October 16, 2023 · 1 min · 179 words · Jeremy Johnson

Roadmap Writers Reopens Free Support Staff Initiative To Aid Emerging Scribes In Search For Reps & Work Post-Strike

The idea, per the initiatives co-founder Joey Tuccio, is to allow up-and-comers working in television to focus on their job and/or job hunt, while Roadmap works to help elevate their careers, hopefully making the transition out of a historic work stoppage just a little bit easier. Related Stories Writers Guild Of America West Staff Union Wins Voluntarily Recognition, Moves To Negotiate First Contract CBS Claims Victory With 17th Consecutive Season As Most-Watched Broadcaster; ‘Tracker’ Leads The Way Again In Season 2, ‘Matlock’ In Second Place Writers looking to apply for the program neednt currently be working within a writers room all thats required to be eligible is experience working in a support staff role within the past 18 months....

October 16, 2023 · 3 min · 435 words · Jay Harris

Sam Neill Reveals Blood Cancer Remission Is Likely Temporary

Sam Neill, theJurassic Parkstar and the grown-up Damian in theOmenfranchise, has revealed that the treatment that sent him into a year-long remission from the rare blood cancer angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma will eventually stop working. Im prepared for that, Neill told theAustralian Storytv program, adding that he is not remotely afraid but finds the whole matter annoying. Neill also said that despite his health challenges, which include treatments that feel like going 10 rounds with a boxer, retirement, the actor says, is completely out of the question....

October 16, 2023 · 2 min · 299 words · Stephanie Colon

‘Fast & Furious’ Star Sung Kang Gears Up For ‘The Ride Life’ Doc Series — Mipcom Cannes

EXCLUSIVE:Sung Kangis swapping theFast & Furiousfranchise for a doc series on car cultures around the world. The series is filming across locations and will be ready for delivery mid-2024. Ive been thinking about this series for over a decade now, he said. Tomasz Stanco Everyone wants to invite me in crack open a beer. Ive met some amazing human beings through that. These are people who inspire me on many levels....

October 16, 2023 · 1 min · 159 words · Jennifer Taylor

‘Run The Burbs’: Production For Canadian Comedy’s Third Season At CBC Underway

EXCLUSIVE:Canadian comedyRun the Burbsis in production for its third run. It follows a loving Vietnamese and Indian family, the Phams, in the suburbs and their oddball neighbors. Phung stars in the ensemble comedy alongside the likes of Rakhee Morzaria, Zoriah Wong and Roman Pesino. Run The BurbsCBC The new season will run to 13 episodes and launch in winter 2024 on CBC and streamer CBC Gem. Its an absolute joy seeing the Phams grow from season to season....

October 16, 2023 · 1 min · 173 words · David Wilkins MD

‘Taylor Swift: Eras Tour’: Swifties Drop Everything Now For Concert Pic’s Global Opening, Shelling Out $123M+ – International Box Office Update

in a way where perhaps they werent with a major studio release. At the latter level, its the second best opening for October Stateside. Anything north ofJokers $96.2M stateside debut is an October domestic opening record. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movieAMC That didnt mean in its first weekend. We promise that youll never find another distribution pattern like that. AMC saysEras Tourplayed in 94 offshore territories at 4,527 venues....

October 16, 2023 · 2 min · 300 words · Scott Morrow

“I’m Finally Making Something That My Kids Would Actually Watch”: Nicolas Winding Refn Talks Adapting Enid Blyton’s ‘The Famous Five’ For TV – Mipcom Cannes Special

And Im finally making something that my kids would actually watch. The Famous Fivefeels like one of the very few things that you literally hand down the generations. Forging a TV version has been at the back of Winding Refns mind throughout a two-decades-long career. Matthew Read, left, and Nicolas Winding Refn.Sarah Stenfeldt for Deadline Deadline understands that more deals are in the offing. That fantastique has been present in some form in many of Winding Refns works throughout the years....

October 16, 2023 · 2 min · 285 words · Roger Barber

Disney’s ‘Monsters at Work’: Aubrey Plaza, Nathan Fillion & Jennifer Coolidge Among Season 2 Guest Cast – NYCC

Monsters at Workexecutive producerKevin Detersrevealed the second season guest cast today at New YorkComic-Con, along with a sneak peek screening ahead of its debut in 2024. Season two guest stars reprising their roles from theMonsters Inc.franchise include Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus) as Claire Wheeler, Nathan Fillion (ABCsThe Rookie) as Johnny Worthington III, and Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live) as Chet Alexander. Related Stories Writers Guild Of America West Staff Union Wins Voluntarily Recognition, Moves To Negotiate First Contract ‘Thunderbolts*’ Looks To Create Lightning And Fire Up Summer Box Office With $175M Global Opening - Preview The series stars Billy Crystal (Mike Wazowski), John Goodman (James P Sullivan aka Sulley), Ben Feldman (Tylor Tuskmon), Mindy Kaling (Val Little), Henry Winkler (Fritz), Lucas Neff (Duncan) and Alanna Ubach (Cutter)....

October 15, 2023 · 2 min · 275 words · Jacqueline Hernandez