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The most romantic season of the year is finally here and as the temperature cools down, Netflix has the perfect way to bring the heat. We are talking about its collection of spicy romantic comedy movies featuring salacious scenes and a lot of hilarious comedy. So, here are the best R-rated romantic comedy movies on Netflix you should check out right now.

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Plus One is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer. The 2019 film follows Ben King and Alice Mori, who have been friends since college and now that everybody around them is getting married they make a pact to attend the weddings together instead of being alone. Soon they start falling for each other but their wildly different personalities get in the way. Plus One stars...

Match Me If You Can is a romantic comedy film directed by Marian Yeager. The rom-com film follows the story of a female computer nerd who is fed up with being single but when an online dating service rejects her by calling her “unmatchable”, she speaks out against the company and becomes a spokeswoman for all the frustrated singles out there. Match Me if You Can stars Georgina Reilly, Charlie Bodin, Wilson Bethel, and Brian George. So, if you loved Match Me If You Can here are some similar movies you can watch next.

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Synopsis: To save her small law firm, earnest lawyer Susan (Rachael Leigh Cook) takes a high-paying case from Nick (Damon Wayans Jr.), a charming new client who wants to sue a dating website that guarantees love. But as the case heats up, so do Susan and Nick’s feelings for each other.

Sam Heughan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Love AgainImage: Screen Gems

There are a number of positive things that can be said about Love Again. It is always in focus. Bucking the current trend toward cinematic bloat, it manages to keep its running time below an hour and 45 minutes (albeit just...

Jessica Williams found her footing on “Shrinking” long before the Apple TV+ comedy’s penultimate episode. But there’s a moment of sheer joy and improvisation in Episode 9, “Moving Forward,” that Williams says is her favorite of the entire first season. After her character, Gaby, walks in on a post-coital moment Paul (Harrison Ford) shares with his doctor Julie (Wendie Malick), Gaby’s response is one of shock, admiration, and childlike wonder.

“All of that I feel like is one of the things I’m most proud of this season,” Williams tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “I love the way it was edited and directed, and they caught so many good moments. And I even like when Gaby leaves the scene, and Harrison’s just rolling his eyes at me. There’s just so much there that I really love. I’m so happy that just gets...

Among the sixty screen acting roles Regina Hall has racked up over the last couple decades are appearances in four of the five films in the Scary Movie horror spoof franchise. Now The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Hall is returning to horror comedy territory, signing on to star in writer/director Jim Strouse’s Breitenbush.

Hall will be taking on the role of aspiring district attorney Kate, who, after her husband vanishes on a camping trip during which everyone ingests a powerful hallucinogen and summons an angry prehistoric creature, must return to the site of the ill-fated trip with her friends to face the forces that led to his disappearance.

Hall will also be producing Breitenbush with her producing partner Tom Heller through their company Rh Negative Entertainment banner, as well as Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Entertainment. Yale’s sales division Great Escape will be...

"I think I might have feelings for someone I've never met." Sony Pictures has revealed an official Valentine's Day trailer for a romantic comedy called Love Again, made by the filmmaker Jim Strouse. It's based on a book that was already turned into another German movie called Text for You, which is about the story and a woman who finds love over texts. Which sounds a bit scary more than lovely. A young woman tries to ease the pain of her fiancé's death (who walks out after an argument and never returns unfortunately) by sending romantic texts to his old cell phone number, and forms a connection with the man the number has been reassigned to. "What if love was only a text away?" The movie features new music from Celine Dion, and stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, Russell Tovey, Celia Imrie, Lydia West, Omid Djalili, plus Celine Dion.

(Clockwise from bottom left): The Incredible Jessica James (Netflix), To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (Netflix), Notting Hill (Screenshot), Someone Great (Netflix) Graphic: The A.V. Club Netflix’s ever-expanding library has been good news for lovers of that most delightful of film genres: the romantic comedy. While the...

This post contains minor spoilers for the Apple TV+ series "Shrinking."

Jessica Williams helps make "Shrinking" a feel-good hangout show. There's plenty of plot in the Apple series, which is co-created by Brett Goldstein, Bill Lawrence, and Jason Segel, but it's mostly characters hanging out and talking through their days. Williams plays one of the main trio of therapists in the comedy, Gaby, who works alongside Jason Segel and Harrison Ford's characters. When the three of them are together in a scene, it's nice and breezy comedy ... usually with some pain behind it.

The former co-host of the 2 Dope Queens podcast and senior correspondent for "The Daily Show" plays a character trying to enjoy her day and help others do the same. Gaby is, as "The Incredible Jessica James" star put it, the therapist people want in their lives. Recently, the actress told us about her experience on...

The latest in our series of writers highlighting lesser known movies is a recommendation for a witty 2017 comedy about arrested development

Jessica James is a certified mess. A heart-rending breakup has reduced her to Instagram-stalking her ex and rebounding with an emotionally wrecked divorcee who is also groping for closure. A wall of theatre company rejection letters has her doubting her career as a playwright and lashing out at work, where she mentors kid dramaturges. And her younger sister – who, between her husband and Jessica’s own parents back in Ohio, would seem to have it all, is expecting. Barely 25, Jessica is convinced she’s missed her chance to “make it” and the idea that she could spend the rest of her life in this arrested stage of development haunts her as much as the idea of giving up and giving in to first world gender norms. It would...

Priyanka Chopra and Sam Heughan are hitting the big screen with Celine Dion for a new romantic comedy. The movie, called "It's All Coming Back to Me," in reference to Dion's iconic hit, is set to come out on Feb. 10, 2023, just in time for Valentine's Day.

According to Deadline, the movie centers on a woman who tragically loses her fiancé. To cope, she starts texting his old cell phone. But that number now belongs to a new man going through a heartbreak of his own. The pair connect but are afraid to take a chance on new love - until Dion and her love songs give them the courage to go for it. The movie is a remake of the 2016 German movie "SMS für Dich" and is written and directed by James C. Strouse ("The Incredible Jessica James").

The movie marks Dion's acting debut and will use her existing music,...

Jessica Williams has signed on to star opposite Jason Segel and Harrison Ford in the Apple comedy series “Shrinking,” Variety has learned.

In addition, James Ponsoldt has boarded the show to direct multiple episodes and executive produce. That marks a reunion for Ponsoldt and Segel, who previously worked together on the film “The End of the Tour.”

“Shrinking” follows Jimmy (Segel), a grieving therapist who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives, including his own.

Williams will star as Gaby, a therapist working in the practice with Dr. Phil Rhodes (Ford) and Jimmy. She’s all in on anything she’s passionate about, including her friend Jimmy, whom she cares for and respects.

Williams is perhaps best known for her time spent as a correspondent on “The Daily Show.

In our Q&a series Last Call, we get down to the bottom of every last thing with some of our favorite celebs - from the last time they were starstruck to the last song they listened to. This week, William Jackson Harper takes our call.

William Jackson Harper first gained critical acclaim for his role as the dorky but lovable Chidi on NBC's The Good Place, and now he's going full rom-com leading man with his latest film, We Broke Up. The film, which also stars The Boys actress Aya Cash, follows a long-term couple named Lori and Doug who decide to call it quits. The only trouble is that their breakup comes right before Lori's little sister's wedding. In an effort to keep the peace, the two decide to pretend they're still together until the wedding weekend is over. What could go wrong, right?

"Going through the...

Sarah Jones is about to take a look at the world of the sex industry from a different angle. The Tony Award winner is set to make her feature directorial debut with the documentary Sell/Buy/Date which is based on her 2016 Off Broadway stage production of the same name. The docu explores how the sex industry sits at the intersection of race, feminism, power and economics in our current cultural climate. Joining Jones in this project are Rashida Jones, Meryl Streep and Laverne Cox who will serve as executive producers

Sell/Buy/Date tackles themes of inequality of criminal justice, race, sexism and poverty through the lens of the debate around the sex industry. The docu presents the question: “Is sex work exploitative or empowering?” The sex industry is hiding everywhere in plain sight during the pandemic, and impacting Black and brown women in particular. Many people support sex...

Celine Dion, Sam Heughan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas have been cast in Sony’s Screen Gems romantic drama, tentatively titled “Text for You.”

The film is an English remake of the German-language film “SMS Fur Dich,” based on Sofie Cramer’s novel. The story centers on a woman who, after tragically losing her fiancé, starts to send romantic texts to his old cell. It turns out the number has been reassigned to a man across town suffering from a similar heartbreak. The two meet and feel an undeniable connection, but can’t seem to leave the past behind. Dion’s music gives them the courage to take a chance on love again.

Jim Strouse is directing from his own script, and Lauryn Kahnis is undertaking the most recent re-write. Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Esther Hornstein are producing.

Dion is a Sony Music artist with record sales of over 200 million worldwide.

Exclusive: Sam Heughan (Outlander) and Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico) are set to star in the Screen Gems romantic drama, tentatively titled Text For You, with music icon and five-time Grammy Award winner Celine Dion also joining the cast. Grace Is Gone helmer Jim Strouse is directing the pic from a screenplay he wrote with Lauryn Kahn undertaking the most recent re-write.

The film is inspired by the 2016 German-language box office hit SMS Fur Dich, which is based on Sofie Cramer’s popular novel. It’s about a woman who, to ease the pain after tragically losing her fiancé, starts to send romantic texts to his old cell. It turns out, the phone number has been reassigned to a man across town suffering from similar heartbreak. The two meet and feel an undeniable connection, but can’t seem to leave the past behind. In this English language remake, the music and...

Sarah Jones, Sneaky Pete alum Giovanni Ribisi and Alexia Landeau, who will expand her role as co-writer, round out the series0regular cast of Netflix’s dramedy series On the Verge, from series creator Julie Delpy.

They join previously announced Elisabeth Shue and Delpy, who co-writes and stars. The L.A.-set ensemble half-hour series is a co-production between Netflix and Canal Plus.

On the Verge follows four female friends in their late 40s — played by Delpy, Shue, Jones and Landeau — who chose to use midlife not as a time of mourning their youth but as an opportunity for personal reinvention, with the hope of finally living lives that embody their beliefs and values. No details on Ribisi’s role.

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Delpy and Shue executive produce along with Michael Gentile and Lauraine Heftler of The Film TV,...

Exclusive: Tony Award-winning playwright, actor and producer Sarah Jones has signed with UTA for worldwide representation in all areas.

Jones, who won a Special Tony Award in 2006 for her one-woman Broadway show Bridge & Tunnel (co-produced by Meryl Streep), currently is developing her most recent stage production, 2016’s acclaimed Sell/Buy/Date, into a documentary. She’ll be making her directorial debut with the film.

Sell/Buy/Date, a New York Times critics’ pick in its Off Broadway debut, was inspired by the real-life experiences of people affected by the sex industry, and explores the intersection of race, feminism, power, and economics. Streep, Rashida Jones and Laverne Cox will serve as executive producers on the documentary project. Jones is also producing alongside Julie Parker Benello and David Goldblum.

Jones recently launched Foment Productions, an entertainment company focused on social justice. The Sell/Buy/Date documentary will be the company’s first production.

Four of TV’s top production designers will reveal the secrets behind their success when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2020 Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to be published soon: one-on-one with our senior editor Joyce Eng and a group chat with Joyce and all of the designers together.

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Misty Buckley represents Disney/ABC for “The Little Mermaid Live”

Buckley is primarily known for her design work on live programs and special events, including “Not the Robbie Williams Christmas Show,” “The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show,” “The Brit Awards” and “Ariana Grande at the BBC.”

Howard Cummings represents HBO for “Westworld”

Cummings is a two-time Emmy winner for “The Knick” and “Behind the Candelabra” among his four nominations. He...

Screen Gems, the genre label under Sony Pictures, has set Jim Strouse (The Incredible Jessica James) to direct feature Text For You, a remake of the successful 2016 German-language rom-com SMS Fur Dich, we understand.

Basil Iwanyk (John Wick) will produce and Erica Lee (A Private War) will executive produce. Production date and cast has yet to be set.

The story follows a young woman who tries to ease the pain over the death of her fiancé by sending him romantic texts. Unbeknownst to her, a single guy across town starts to receive the messages (the number has been reassigned). At first, he thinks it’s spam but then is so moved by the words that he endeavors to find out who is writing them. Eventually, he tracks her down and the two fall in love. But will she understand when he finally reveals how he fell for her in the first place?...

Jim Strouse, the filmmaker behind Netflix movie The Incredible Jessica James, has signed on to direct Text for You, a romantic drama from Screen Gems.

Basil Iwanyk (A Private War, John Wick) will produce while Erica Lee exec produces.

Per Screen Gems, Text centers on a young woman who, after her fiancé dies in an accident, starts to send romantic texts to her lost love’s phone. “Unbeknownst to her, a single guy across town starts to receive the messages (the number has been reassigned). At first, he thinks it’s spam but then is so moved by the words that he ...

Jim Strouse, the filmmaker behind Netflix movie The Incredible Jessica James, has signed on to direct Text for You, a romantic drama from Screen Gems.

Basil Iwanyk (A Private War, John Wick) will produce while Erica Lee exec produces.

Per Screen Gems, Text centers on a young woman who, after her fiancé dies in an accident, starts to send romantic texts to her lost love’s phone. “Unbeknownst to her, a single guy across town starts to receive the messages (the number has been reassigned). At first, he thinks it’s spam but then is so moved by the words that he ...

A few more actors have joined Jordan Peele’s highly anticipated revival of The Twilight Zone. According to Deadline, Taissa Farmiga (The Nun), Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), Luke Kirby (The Deuce) and Ike Barinholtz (The Oath) are set to star in one of the episodes of the series that will also feature Percy Hynes-White.

They join previously announced host and narrator Jordan Peele, as well as Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead) and Greg Kinnear (As Good as it Gets), who are both set to appear in an episode titled “The Traveler.”

John Cho (Star Trek), Allison Tolman (Fargo) and Jacob Tremblay (Room, Wonder), will star in an episode called “The Wunderkind.” And Sanaa Lathan, Adam Scott, Kumail Nanjiani, DeWanda Wise and Jessica Williams are all starring in other episodes of The Twilight Zone.

The other episodes we know of so far that will be included in the series are “Nightmare At 30,000 Feet,...

Jordan Peele is working hard, building up the ensemble cast for his new reboot series The Twilight Zone. The latest actors to get cast are DeWanda Wise (from Spike Lee’s Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It) and Jessica Williams.

In the episode they’ll be working on, they join the previously cast Lucinda Dryzek, Jefferson White, and Jonathan Whitesell. The series also includes John Cho, Greg Kinnear, Sanaa Lathan, Kumail Nanjiani, Adam Scott, Alison Tolman, Jacob Tremblay, and Steven Yeun. Peele will also narrate and host the series.

I am so hopeful for this series. The talent is there, and Peele is a brilliant writer and director. Get Out was one of my favorite movies of the last few years, and I can’t wait to see more creepy storytelling in the form of one of the greatest television series outlines of all time.

May this reboot take...

What is dead may never die, and so it is that “Four Weddings and a Funeral” will see new life courtesy of Hulu. The streaming giant has announced the cast of its new take on Mike Newell’s classic romantic comedy, with Jessica Williams, Nikesh Patel (“Indian Summers”), Rebecca Rittenhouse (“Into the Dark: The Body”), and John Reynolds (“Search Party”) starring in the new limited series. Mindy Kaling is handling the screenplay alongside Matt Warburton, continuing a relationship with Hulu that began when it saved “The Mindy Project” from cancelation.

Here’s the synopsis: “Jess (Jessica Williams), the young communications director for a New York senatorial campaign, receives a wedding invitation from her college schoolmate now living in London. She leaves her professional and personal life behind, in favor of traveling to England and reconnecting with old friends and ends up in the midst of their personal crises. Relationships are forged and broken,...

The upcoming Hulu series inspired by the 1994 film “Four Weddings and a Funeral” has found its main cast.

Jessica Williams, Nikesh Patel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and John Reynolds have all joined the limited romantic comedy series.

In the series, Jess (Williams), the young communications director for a New York senatorial campaign, receives a wedding invitation from her college schoolmate now living in London. She leaves her professional and personal life behind, in favor of traveling to England and reconnecting with old friends and ends up in the midst of their personal crises. Relationships are forged and broken, political scandals exposed, London social life lampooned, love affairs ignited and doused, and of course there are four weddings–and a funeral.

Patel has been cast as Kash, Rittenhouse has been cast as Ainsley, and Reynolds has been cast as Duffy.

Williams broke out during her time on “The Daily Show,” and has since...

MGM’s new indie arm Orion Classics acquired the North American and Latin American rights to “Maine,” a drama featuring “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” star Thomas Mann.

“Maine” made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival back in April, where it was nominated for Best Narrative Feature. It’s directed, written by and stars Matthew Brown (“In the Treetops”), alongside Mann and Laia Costa of “Life Itself.”

Orion Classics will release the film in theaters on Dec. 13 and on VOD and Digital HD on Dec. 14.

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The plot involves a married Spanish woman named Bluebird (Costa) who attempts to hike the entire Appalachian Trail solo to find clarity; but her solitude is interrupted by a young American hiker (Mann). Even though the pair develops an emotional...

HBO has ordered a second series of 2 Dope Queen specials featuring Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson based on their hit comedy Wnyc podcast. The four new hour-long specials are slated to premiere in 2019.

The duo’s first series of specials debuted to critical acclaim last February. Tig Notaro directed the four shows, which featured special guests Uzo Aduba, Tituss Burgess, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jon Stewart.

Launched in 2016, 2 Dope Queens is a weekly standup and storytelling podcast that features Williams and Robinson, along with their friends and favorite comedians, talking about sex, romance, race, hair journeys and living in New York.

Williams will next be seen as Professor Eulalie “Lally” Hicks in J.K. Rowling’s upcoming Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. She recently wrapped production on Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart opposite Jason Sudeikis and Lisa Kudrow and Patrick Brice’s Corporate Animals opposite Demi Moore and Ed Helms.

Gotham alum Zabryna Guevara and Dorian Missick (Animal Kingdom) are set for key roles in CBS All Access’ straight-to-series psychological thriller Tell Me a Story, from Kevin Williamson and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.

Written by Williamson, Tell Me a Story, which co-stars Billy Magnussen and Kim Catrall, is based on a Spanish format. It takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Set in modern day New York City, the first season of this serialized drama interweaves “The Three Little Pigs,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “Hansel and Gretel” into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge and murder.

Guevara will play Detective Renee Garcia, a measured detective who operates by the book. While tough and unrelenting, she is not without empathy. She’s the type of detective who trusts her instincts but knows hard evidence...

The romantic comedy is back, or at least in the very early throes of coming back, thanks to films like “Book Club,” the upcoming Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder reunion “Destination Wedding,” and a slew of Netflix originals churning out at a rapid pace. In fact, it may be that Netflix is the one saving the genre, or at least reminding viewers just how much fun it can be to watch two nice people fall in love against a backdrop of misadventures and high jinks. This week sees the release of the streamer’s latest original, “Set It Up,” which joins a healthy selection of rom-coms currently available for instant streaming.

From classics like “The African Queen” to festival breakouts like “The Incredible Jessica James” and unexpected gems like “I Give It a Year,” Netflix is filled with prime examples of all the loving, funny offerings the genre still has to offer.

Patrick Brice directing from screenplay by Four Lions writer.

Sharon Stone, Jessica Williams (The Incredible Jessica James) and Ed Helms (The Hangover) will star in comedy Corporate Animals, which Protagonist Pictures is launching to buyers in Cannes.

Patrick Brice (Creep) is directing from a screenplay by Sam Bain (Four Lions). Set to shoot this summer on location in New Mexico, the film will follow the egotistical CEO of a firm that makes edible cutlery (Stone). During a team-building weekend caving in Mexico, disaster strikes, trapping them underground.

Keith Calder and Jess Calder of Snoot Entertainment (Anomalisa) will produce alongside Mike Falbo...

Sharon Stone will star as the egotistical CEO of an edible cutlery company in Patrick Brice’s comedy Corporate Animals. The Basic Instinct star joins The Hangover’s Ed Helms and The Incredible Jessica James’ Jessica Williams in the dark comedy.

The film, which shoots on location in New Mexico this summer, is about a corporate retreat that goes dangerously wrong. Stone plays Lucy, the boss of Incredible Edibles, where during a corporate team-building caving weekend, they get trapped underground and the mismatched and disgruntled group must pull together in order to survive, amidst sexual tension, startling business revelations and casual cannibalism.

Creep director Brice directs from a screenplay by Four Lions’ Sam Bain. Keith Calder and Jess Calder of Snoot Entertainment (Blair Witch) will be producing along with Mike Falbo and Ed Helms of Pacific Electric (The Clapper).

Protagonist Pictures has boarded to take on international sales, with UTA...

Romance isn’t dead — in fact, it may be more readily available than ever before. Of course, we’re talking about movie romances, which round out the slates of so many current streaming platforms, from Netflix to Amazon Prime and FilmStruck. From romantic comedies to classic dramas and every twist on the genre imaginable, love is still supreme in the cinematic sense, and this Valentine’s Day holds a bevy of options for lovey-dovey movie watching.

We’ve picked thirteen (very different, all assuredly quite romantic) indie romances available to stream right now. In short, we’ve got your Valentine’s Day plans (and your post-Valentine’s Day plans, too) right here. Check them out.

“Beyond the Lights”

Chemistry is the name of the game in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s freight-train fast music industry romance, which pairs up rising starlet Gugu Mbatha-Raw (pure charm) alongside pre-“Birth of a Nation” Nate Parker.

Comedians work well in pairs: Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Nichols and May. But it’s high time for a new dynamic duo, and they call themselves “2 Dope Queens.” Out of a smash hit podcast and monthly live show in Brooklyn, stand-up comedians Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson fashioned their very own four-part HBO series, which will air every Friday in February. If HBO needs to use Black History Month as a reason to program these fierce talents, we’re not complaining. But after a few hours with these two, you might find yourself wishing every month was Black History Month.

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Both accomplished performers in their own right, the rise of Robinson and Williams is one of the more heartening comedy stories of the last few years. Their success is a testament to that certain extra something that...

The 2018 Sundance Film Festival has passed, and a quiet year for deals and buzz led some to speculate films focused on people of color and women were the reason for fewer acquisitions. “Who are these movies for?” griped an influential distributor to Variety. On Twitter, “Blindspotting” producer Keith Calder perfectly summed up the fallacy in that question: “White male privilege is thinking a movie that doesn’t appeal to you is a movie that doesn’t appeal to anyone. If you are a film executive attending Sundance… at least have the class and self-respect to not anonymously trash those movies in the press.” (“Blindspotting” eventually sold to Lionsgate at the end of the festival.)

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The anonymous buyer’s comments — and Calder’s subsequent rebuke — highlight underlying growing pains for a festival angling for more diverse programming,...

Some new casting information has surfaced for David Yates' Fantastic Beasts sequel. The announcement comes from Pottermore and it reveals some new characters being introduced to the film and we learn a little bit about some of them and their ties to the books.

One of the main characters revealed is Nicolas Flamel and he will be played by Brontis Jodorowsky (El Topo, Endless Poetry). The character was originally mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Flamel is known in the wizarding world as an alchemist who discovered the Elixir of Life and he's based on the real-life alchemist of the same name. The report goes on to offer details on the other characters that have been cast:

So far, only a few names have been revealed, but some surnames will be familiar to Harry Potter fans. Joining the cast will be Wolf Roth as a character...

Not long after leaving The Daily Show, Jessica Williams landed a plum role in the Netflix film, The Incredible Jessica James, where she charmed the hell out of viewers. But she’s getting ready to make the move back to cable—Deadline reports Williams has scored the series lead in some as-yet-untitled Showtime comedy.…

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She’ll reunite with The Incredible Jessica James’s Jim Strouse on the comedy.

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Showtime has landed a comedy series project from former The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams and indie filmmaker Jim Strouse, the duo behind The Incredible Jessica James, with Williams set to star. Williams and Strouse will write and executive produce the comedy, which tells the story of an African American aspiring science fiction writer (Williams) who comes of age in Brooklyn. Strause will direct. Showtime is the studio. I…...

Dan Friedkin and Micah Green’s startup 30West has poached one of the top attorneys working in the indie film finance space. Sarah Hong is joining 30West as the company’s senior vp of business and legal affairs. For the past five years, Hong has worked at Sloss Eckhouse in New York, negotiating acquisition, development and distribution deals covering film, TV and digital media.

Hong recently advised on such films as the George Clooney-directed Suburbicon-- which makes its North American debut at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday -- as well as Broken Lizard's Super Troopers 2, Sundance darling The Incredible Jessica James, the Beachside Films-produced Strangers...

“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” will add some fresh blood to its roster of correspondents, stand-up comedian Dulcé Sloan will join “The Best F#@king News Team.” Sloan was tapped by Noah, also the show’s Executive Producer, and will make her first appearance with an in studio desk piece. A fresh and unique voice in the world of stand-up comedy, Sloan has appeared on Comedy Central’s “@midnight with Chris Hardwicke,” TBS’ “Conan,” truTV’s “Comedy Knockout,” and made multiple appearances as a correspondent on E! News Daily.

As former correspondents like Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, and Jessica Williams continue to dominate late-night and rise in prominence, a correspondent slot on “The Daily Show” can be as significant to a young comedian’s career as joining the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” Noah’s “Daily Show” tenure has already helped former correspondent Jordan Klepper launch his own half hour on the network,...

HBO is bringing 2 Dope Queens to television. The comedic podcast, helmed by comedian-actresses Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, will be adapted into four hour-long specials, Entertainment Weekly reports.

The podcast, which features live taped stand-up performances from guest comedians and humorous, confessional conversations between guest stars and the hosts, debuted last year on public radio station Wnyc. The subjects broached are wide-ranging and topical, from stories about sex and race, to riffing on whatever personal experiences the hosts and their guests care to share.

"Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson prove...

“2 Dope Queens,” one of the headline shows for Wync Studios, is planting its flag in new territory.

HBO announced on Thursday that they are partnering with podcast hosts Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson on a series of four “2 Dope Queens” specials, set to air next year on the network.

Williams and Robinson have co-hosted the podcast since early 2016, covering topics from relationships to race to their home city of New York. They’ve also welcomed guests from Carrie Brownstein to Jon Hamm to Michael B. Jordan.

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Best known for her stint as a correspondent on “The Daily Show,” Williams recently starred in the Netflix film “The Incredible Jessica James.” Robinson, the host of her own podcast “Sooo Many White Guys,” also played a supporting role in the debut season of the Jill Soloway series “I Love Dick.”

No word yet on where these specials will be taped,...

A career-best performance from the Legion star anchors a razor sharp black comedy that offers up a spin on Single White Female for the social media age

Movies about stalking typically hinge on a familiar set of escalating gestures that tend to include long waits in a lurking car, flicking through stolen mail and a lot of on-the-ground shadowing. Stalkers had it tough: they got rained on, barked at and risked criminal charges at every turn. But in 2017, following someone means something far different. We follow strangers on a daily basis on various digital platforms, an insight into their likes, dislikes and physical whereabouts readily available for anyone to see.

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When you're Lakeith Stanfield and you happen to play a guy like Darius, the pothead-philosopher of FX's Atlanta – and not just play him, but turn a hit show's comic-relief role into the sort of weirdly relatable oddball that becomes an instant fan-favorite – it's natural that complete strangers would want to get you high. At the club, in a mall, walking down the street – doesn't matter. "The funny thing is, they assume I smoke," the 25-year-old actor says of the show's fans. "And you know, I don't. But yeah, I get a lot of offers.

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The Incredible Jessica James is a marvel to watch -- at a sharp 85 minutes, it breezes by as if on a cloud. It premiered on Netflix last week, and tells the story of its leading character named, you guessed it! Jessica James (Jessica Williams). Living flat broke in "deep, deep" Bushwick, she is harping over the recent break-up of her and her ex (Lakeith Stanfield), all the while struggling to get one of her plays produced on Broadway. 

When given the chance to go on a blind date with an app creator (Chris O'Dowd), Jessica soon finds herself questioning herself, her potential as a writer, and what it means to be a 20-something living in contemporary New York City. If that plot sounds generic, well, it is. But what makes the film truly soar is its star, Jessica Williams. ...

Robert Yaniz Jr. guests on Cinemaholics this week to help review Atomic Blonde and The Defenders season 1. Not only that, but the gang also does some mini reviews, taking the time to talk about Detroit, Ozark, To the Bone and The Incredible Jessica James.

Last but not least, we introduce a new segment to the show called Would You Even Watch This? In this short bit, host Jon Negroni describes a new, obscure trailer to Maveryke Hines in an effort to convince him it’s worth watching.

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Review of Atomic Blonde Review of The Defenders Review of Ozark The Vault trailer

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Netflix’s Sundance hit is powered by the knockout charm of its star, Jessica Williams, while Jake Gyllenhaal heads up a philosophical Alien knockoff

For a brand promoted as the ultimate in couch-cuddling leisure, Netflix’s original films, however thoughtful and rewarding, don’t tend to be wholly entertainment-oriented or go that well with a bucket of homemade popcorn. Up on the streaming service since Friday, The Incredible Jessica James is a breezy exception: a sweet, spry, Sundance-stamped romantic comedy that rewrites no rules of the genre but gets its blithe freshness from the sparky, self-effacing star quality of one Jessica Williams.

A 27-year-old comedian and Daily Show correspondent given ample room to breathe, riff and roar by director Jim Strouse’s script, Williams bounds into the proceedings with unfiltered comic peculiarity as a New York playwright poring over the fragments of her dating life. We’re in the gangly...

Former “Daily Show” correspondent Jessica Williams is promoting her new Netflix movie “The Incredible Jessica James”, and says she thinks there has never been a better time for actors of colour in Hollywood. In an interview with Associated Press, Williams, 26, cites such Netflix series as “Orange is the New Black” and “Master of None” […]...

"You really have to drive your own train and you have to keep it running." Yes indeed. Meet Jim Strouse. Also known as James C. Strouse. Jim is a filmmaker originally from Indiana, who now lives in New York City. If you don't recognize his name, hopefully you will recognize his films - Grace Is Gone (in 2007), The Winning Season (in 2009), People Places Things (in 2015), and now this year he has brought us The Incredible Jessica James. Jessica James stars the talented Jessica Williams as Jessica James in an optimistic, engaging story of a struggling playwright in New York. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, like every film Jim has made, and is being released by Netflix - it's available to watch now. I caught up with Jim at the Sundance Film Festival this year for a chat, and I'm happy to finally present our interview in full.

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When long-time “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart announced his intention to leave his popular Comedy Central program in February 2015, Jessica Williams received plenty of buzz as a potential replacement that could lead the show into the next era of smart, amusing reporting. Williams, however, had different ideas.

Just weeks earlier, the budding actress and comedian had been bouncing around the Sundance Film Festival, happily hawking her first big movie role in James Strouse’s “People Places Things.” That happiness was definitely earned, because Williams’ work in the film — as a super-smart art student who plays matchmaker for her recently divorced teacher (Jemaine Clement) and her single mother (Regina Hall) — proved that her comedic chops could translate to an entirely new medium.

Williams, already a star on the rise, suddenly had a brand new career to pursue,...