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"You can hear it too?" "It's calling." Netflix has released an official teaser trailer for the new anime project Bubble, a new feature film from the "Death Note" and "Attack on Titan" filmmaker Tetsuro Araki. How's this for a wild concept: The story is set in Tokyo, after bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world. Cut off from the outside world, Tokyo has become a playground for a group of young people who have lost their families, acting as a battlefield for parkour team battles as they leap from building to building. In a Tokyo where gravity has broken, a boy and a girl are drawn to each other. Araki offers this quote with the teaser: "I hope you enjoy what we’ve created! While it will definitely feature exhilarating action and beautiful background art, I hope that I can also take everyone to even more unexpected places this time.

No stranger to controversy, Sarah Silverman loves to ask the tough questions, but this time she may have gone too far. In her new animated adult comedy, Silverman plays an elf who longs to become the next Santa Claus, begging the question: Could the world ever accept a female Santa? Silverman stars opposite Seth Rogen as the portly Saint Nicholas, and the zippy new trailer offers a glimpse of this dynamic duo in action, as well as plenty of other comedy favorites in quippy voice roles.

Beginning with the logline “out with the old, in with the elf — it’s time for the North Pole boys’ club to get a little more inclusive,” the new HBO Max series launched a trailer today just in time for some provocative holiday discussion ahead of the series’ release next week. Silverman plays a purple elf named Candy Smalls, “the highest-ranking female elf in the North Pole.

The Finnish Film Foundation, which receives its funding through the Ministry of Education and Culture from lottery and pool funds allocated for promoting film art, is facing new budget cuts. Its CEO, Lasse Saarinen, speaks to Variety about his battle to minimize the damage.

The cut of 440,000 euros introduced this year might be followed by an additional 1.94 million euros ($2.28 million), making up approximately 8.8% of the foundation’s subsidy and operating budget. The changes, suggested by the ministry, might come into play in autumn or winter.

“There will be cuts on the ‘cultural’ side. At first, it was supposed to be 18 million euros. Now, I hear it will be 17.5 million. But how they divide it – this can still change. And that’s why we are talking about it,” Saarinen says.

Saarinen, who wrote an open letter to the government, ultimately co-signed by chairman of the board, Anne Brunila, has been vocal about the case.

The 10th edition of the Finnish Film Affair took place as a hybrid event from Helsinki.

Denmark’s The Great Silence was inaugural winner of the best Nordic project award at the 10th edition of the Finnish FIlm Affair (Ffa) which took place as a hybrid event from Helsinki this week,

The Great Silence is the directorial debut of Katrine Brocks and is produced by Pernille Tornøe of Monolit Film. The pair pitched remotely because they are currently shooting the film The drama is about siblings , played by Ninjababy’s Kristine Kujath Thorp and Winter Brothers’ Elliott Crosset Hove, coming...

The Finnish Film Affair industry event awarded the upcoming feature “Bubble” with top honors for its fiction in progress pitch on Thursday, capping a competition in which six projects presented a wide range of stories, settings and styles.

Mainly Finnish productions pitched their films, some seeking international partners, with most hoping for sales, festival and distribution deals.

“Bubble,” the story of a teenage girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother announces she is divorcing her father to be with her lesbian lover, was described by director Aleksi Salmenperä as a heartwarming dramedy focusing on the challenges facing teens in dealing with departures from their comfort zones.

While the protagonist of the story, 16-year-old Eveliina, is, like most teens, liberal in her beliefs, “this liberal thinking doesn’t extend to her parents,” as producer Minna Haapkylä put it.

In scenes that are both tense but also tinged with ironic humor,...

WarnerMedia’s New Singapore Base

WarnerMedia has unveiled its new regional hub for Asia (excluding China and Japan). Officially opened today by Singapore’s Minister for Communications and Information, the office signals the full integration of WarnerMedia’s business in the region that includes Warner Bros., HBO and Turner brands. It also houses HBO Max, which is expected to launch in its first Asian markets in the near future. The 40,000sq ft office sits across two floors at Solaris in Fusionopolis, the city state’s media and tech business park. Clement Schwebig, Managing Director of WarnerMedia for India, Southeast Asia and Korea, said: “Our new flagship office is truly spectacular. More than just a new workspace, it brings together the most incredible parts of our diverse business – from Harry Potter’s Wizarding World to Looney Tunes, Game of Thrones and Wonder Woman – under one roof for the first time.

Fresh off another win at Finland’s Jussi Awards, this time for his short film “The Bouncer,” Aleksi Salmenperä is already in post-production with his upcoming feature “Bubble,” about to be presented at Helsinki International Film Festival’s industry event Finnish Film Affair in its Fiction in Progress section.

“I was sort of embarrassed by this win,” he jokes. The comedy was shot six years ago and originally intended as a part of an episodic film. At previous Jussi Awards, Salmenperä was named best director for “Distractions” in 2016, and drama “Void” won best director and best film in 2019. “Bubble,” set to premiere in the spring of next year, is bound to surprise some of his fans, however, with Salmenperä calling it “the cosiest film” he has ever made.

“I don’t know what happened! Maybe I am just getting old, but there is so much warmth in this film. I...

The 10th anniversary edition will take place as a hybrid event.

The Finnish Film Affair (Ffa) will celebrate its 10th anniversary edition with a hybrid industry event that will showcase 24 Finnish projects and four from the other Nordics.

Some 50% of the selected projects are directed by women or non-binary people.

Running in Helsinki from September 22-24, the Ffa will present projects in development including Family Time, the first feature of Tia Kouvo to be produced by Aamu Film Company, whose credits include Compartment No. 6. The drama, which has been part of Torino Film Lab, is an exploration of family life,...

One of the most interesting and always fascinating components of the sub-genre of body horror is how the body can become a metaphor for something unspoken and/ or repressed. Many directors, most famously perhaps Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg, have made a career of exploring how a certain feeling, an event or sensation can become a transformative experience, quite literally. Even though we as the audience might fear the change in a person’s body and eve find it abhorring up to the point when we turn our eyes away from the screen, ultimately, the emotions which laid the groundwork for the metamorphosis are easily accessible. In his short feature “Bubble”, which already competed in many festivals such as Palm Spring Short Fest 2021 and Sitges Film Festival 2020, Chinese director Haonan Wang explores the feeling of a couple meeting on an unusual date in a restaurant which leaves a lasting imprint on both of them.

Expansive Paris-based media group Mediawan has picked up international sales rights to the Jerusalem-set ultra-orthodox drama “The Rabbi,” which participates in this year’s Series Mania Forum at its Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.

Abuses of power aren’t unique to any one nationality, gender, sexual orientation or religion. With “The Rabbi,” celebrated filmmaker Eytan Fox proposes a fictionalized drama inspired by a true story which shocked Jerusalem’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community that proves that such abuses can happen almost anywhere.

“The Rabbi” turns on a powerful and well-known university professor from Jerusalem’s ultra-orthodox community who uses his position to influence his male students into physical relationships. Although the students are all in their 20s and the relationships consensual, there is uproar when the truth comes out, both regarding the Rabbi engaging in relationships with his subordinates and the fact that this superstar clergyman is a closeted gay man.

Stylistically and thematically,...

The HBO Max pirate comedy series “Our Flag Means Death” is rounding out its cast with six new additions.

Kristian Nairn, Nathan Foad, Samson Kayo, Rory Kinnear, Con O’Neill and Vico Ortiz will all join the show alongside previously announced series lead Rhys Darby. Taika Waititi will also appear in the series as the infamous pirate Blackbeard in addition to working behind the camera.

“Our Flag Means Death” is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet (Darby), a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his life of privilege to become a pirate. The show was originally ordered at HBO Max in September 2020.

Nairn will appear as Wee John Feeney. Foad (“Bloods”) will play Lucius. Kayo will plauy Oluwande. Kinnear will pull double duty as Captain Nigel Badminton and Chauncey Badminton. O’Neill will play Izzy. Ortiz will play Bonifacia.

Nairn is repped by APA and Coalition. Foad is repped by CAA and Curtis Brown.

Steven Soderbergh is a fantastically eclectic filmmaker (you never know where he’s going to go next), but if you look back over his roughly 30 dramatic features it’s telling to consider how many of them are some variety of tricky old-school thriller or film noir powered by suspenseful screw-tightening. I’m talking about the “Ocean’s” trilogy, the ebullient Elmore Leonard adaptation “Out of Sight,” the redneck heist thriller “Logan Lucky,” the deconstructed gangster mystery “The Limey,” the brooding noir “The Underneath,” the small-town grunge noir “Bubble,” the sex-industry noir “The Girlfriend Experience,” and the true-life-bumbler noir “The Informant!” Soderbergh has a prankish side, but the truth is he would have been right at home in the ’40s or ’50 churning out moody black-and-white thrillers like Robert Siodmak or Joseph H. Lewis.

His latest, “No Sudden Move,” makes that connection all the more explicit. Opening on a gorgeous vintage version of the Warner Bros. logo,...

Aryeh Bourkoff, founder and CEO of independent investment bank LionTree said audio is looking more attractive than video these days as consumers are a bit tapped out on TV.

People have 11 hours a day to spend on leisure time, he insisted during a Q&a at the Tribeca Festival Friday, and if that’s mostly video it’s a problem. “We have gone overboard on video streaming, which is why the rise of audio has happened. We think audio is more valuable these days than video,” he told moderator Stephanie Ruhle during TribecaX, a session that looks at business and entertainment.

The MSNBC anchor — and audience members on a rooftop in downtown Manhattan — were incredulous at the 11-hours stat, but took his point — podcasting has really exploded. “The ear is mightier than the eye” right now, he said.

Bankers are in business to do deals and LionTree is involved in many.

ABC is doling out all kinds of TV news today, as other networks follow suit.

This is the kind of day TV Fanatic dream about!

And, this time around, there is very good news.

ABC is finalizing its 2021-22 broadcast plans, and new president Craig Erwich, handed out a handful of renewals.

Although Kyra Sedgwick's Call Your Mother has been canceled, three more comedies have a much brighter future.

The Goldbergs will return for Season 9, The Conners will return for Season 4, and Home Economics gets a sophomore season.

Black-ish was also renewed with a final season announcement.

And TV Fanatics, here comes the best news.

A Million Little Things and The Rookie are back for more!

A Million Little Things is really getting a lot of time to count every single one of them after a fourth season renewal.

And the Nathan Fillion police drama scores a third season,...

NBC is the first broadcast network to unveil its 2021-22 game plan and, um, funny story: For the first time (ever?) there is not a single sitcom on the network’s fall schedule. The prime culprit? The resurgent Law & Order franchise! Read on for more…

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NBC is turning over its Thursday lineup, once the hallowed home of Must-See comedies, to Law & Order. Forthcoming spinoff Law & Order: For...

ABC is the broadcast network with the most outstanding current scripted series whose fate remains undecided.

A number of them are not bubble series and are assured a renewal, including flagship comedies The Conners, which recently re-signed its cast for next season, and The Goldbergs, which are ABC’s highest-rated scripted series behind the just renewed Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19. There has been chatter that two long-running ABC half-hour series, The Goldbergs and black-ish, might be renewed for their final seasons, but I hear that would not necessarily be the case, at least not for both series.

Also considered a sure bet for renewal is The Rookie, starring Nathan Fillion, one of ABC’s most-watched series and a fan favorite with a devoted following, which finished neck-and-neck with NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist at the top of USA Today‘s recent Save Our Shows poll.

NBC Bubble Show...

Fox already has made decisions on all of its animated comedies, canceling Bless the Harts and renewing the other shows — veterans The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers as well as freshman The Great North.

The network has not made any renewal decision on the live-action side besides setting end date for veteran sitcom Last Man Standing. Pending are pickups for Fox’s two top-rated scripted series, 9-1-1 and spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star. Also certain to get renewed is freshman comedy series Call Me Kat, starring Mayim Bialik.

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While technically a bubble show, The Resident continues to be a solid performer, drawing Fox’s largest scripted series audience behind the 9-1-1 franchise and is fully expected to be renewed for a fifth season, I hear. Negotiations for the medical drama and the 9-1-1 shows...

In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ NCIS drew 9.3 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating, rebounding from last week’s series lows and leading Tuesday in both measures.

Leading out of that, FBI (7.9 mil/0.7, read recap) was steady while Most Wanted (5.5 mil/0.5) dipped.

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Elsewhere:

The CW | The Flash (760K/0.2, read recap) dipped, hitting and matching series lows.

The Flaming Lips performed “Will You Return/When You Come Down,” with an assist from artist/musician/Willie Nelson’s son, J. Micah Nelson, on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday, April 26th.

As Jimmy Kimmel noted, the performance was taped at the first venue the Flaming Lips ever played, the Blue Note in the band’s hometown of Oklahoma City. Set up in front of hanging plastic shields (perhaps partly for Covid-19 safety reasons, although they did add a shimmering looking-glass feel to the visuals), the Flaming Lips moved effortlessly through the swooning psychedelic cut,...

The first year of the Covid-19 pandemic was both a universal and incredibly personal experience. While not everyone’s life in the first year of the pandemic looked the same, there have been some common joys, struggles, and tragedies. And there have been stories that have helped get us through the first year of pandemic. The global Covid-19 pandemic is not over, but it has hopefully reached a turning point. Multiple vaccines protecting against the worst of the virus have been developed and have begun to be (unevenly) distributed around the world, with Israel, the U.K., Chile, and the U.S. currently with the greatest percentages of their populations having received at least one dose. As we hopefully move into a less deadly phase of the pandemic, we’re taking a moment to look back at the TV series, games, movies, and other pop culture moments that brought comfort,...

Finland’s Aurora Studios has launched a private equity fund aimed at film and TV content, kicking off with “Bubble,” a movie directed by Aleksi Salmenperä (“Giant”).

“Bubble” will star Minna Haapkylä, Tommi Korpela, Anna-Maija Tuokko and Stella Leppikorpi. Haapkylä is also producing the movie at Rabbit Films.

The 5.5 million euros ($6.4 million) private equity scheme, called the Finnish Impact Film Fund, was created by Aurora Studios, which is owned by the publishing group Otava, along with Ari Tolppanen’s financing vehicle Capman, and the investment banker Ari Lahti, founder of Ice Capital.

“Aurora Studios was established to facilitate the work of producers and creators, and to further the completion of domestic, high-quality audiovisual content, so the Finnish Impact Film Fund is an integral part of this strategy,” said Tolppanen.

“With it we can act as even better partners and allies to producers and creators, as well as help talented teams...

Private equity fund will invest in Finnish films and TV series.

Finland’s Aurora Studios is launching a private equity fund worth $6.4m (€5.5m) to invest in Finnish films and TV series, kicking off with Aleksi Salmenperä’s drama comedy Bubble.

The Finnish Impact Film Fund is backed by private equity professional and CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen, investment banker and Icecapital founder Ari Lahti and Otava, which is Finland’s largest book publisher.

Salmenperä’s Bubble is in post-production after shooting in the Finnish town of Karkkila in February, and Aurora plans to distribute the film at the end of...

Sharon Osbourne is permanently stepping away from CBS’ The Talk as a result of the network’s recent investigation into her contentious on-air racism debate with fellow co-host Sheryl Underwood.

Osbourne “has decided to leave The Talk,” CBS said in a statement on Friday. After an internal review conducted during the show’s unplanned hiatus, the network has decided that Osbourne’s behavior “toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values for a respectful workplace.”

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In the latest TV show ratings, Fox’s yet-to-be-renewed Call Me Kat closed out Season 1 with 2.02 million total viewers (its third-smallest audience) and a 0.5 demo rating, dipping a tenth week-to-week.

Bookending the freshman sitcom, Hell’s Kitchen (2.7 mil/0.8) was steady, while Last Man Standing (2.3 mil/0.4) was down.

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Elsewhere:

NBC | Superstore‘s double-episode series finale averaged a hair over 2.5 million viewers (its second-largest audience of the season) while matching last week’s 0.5 demo rating.

Settle in, A Million Little Things‘ Jamie: It looks like you’re going to be here for a while.

Thursday’s episode of the ensemble drama saw Chris Geere‘s character decide to stick around Boston until after Maggie completes her rescheduled cancer scans. Then, the roomies-with-benefits reasoned, they’ll return to Oxford together.

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And that’s great and all, but choosing to stay in the commonwealth of Massachusetts longer than...

Ok, guess Grey’s Anatomy “casualty” Giacomo Gianniotti wasn’t kidding when he told TVLine that there are lots of ways that DeLuca could still appear on the ABC drama. The late doctor returned in Thursday’s episode, in twisty visions in poor, shattered Teddy’s head. But was their “reunion” — could anything be — enough to soothe her mind and mend her heart? Read on and find out.

‘You Said You Could Save Her’ | As “In My Life” began, Teddy remained borderline catatonic at her and Owen’s place even as he chattered away in hopes of getting a — any — response.

Unfold yet another beach chair, because Grey’s Anatomy’s in-limbo Meredith is receiving another very special visitor.

At the close of the ABC drama’s Teddy-centric March 25 outing, a promo for next week’s episode, which is titled “Breathe,” revealed that Chyler Leigh’s Lexie Grey will be visiting next, from The Great Beyond.

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Leigh made her...

It was a not-so-heavenly reveal four seasons in the making!

During the first half of Superstore‘s two-part series finale, Amy and the employees stumbled upon a duffel bag full of feet — the latest instance of severed limbs turning up at Store 1217. As longtime fans will recall, the recurring gag began in Season 3, when a foot was discovered upon Cloud 9’s grand reopening. Everyone thought it belonged to Brett, who was presumed dead following the St. Louis twister that nearly flattened the Ozark Highlands store, but he was very much alive. Since then, the sales associates have occasionally alluded...

Warning: The following contains spoilers from Superstore‘s March 25 series finale.

Amy and Jonah fans got just the ending they were hoping for during Thursday’s Superstore — and then there was more.

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In the NBC comedy’s series finale, Amy found out that Jonah had recently broken up with Hannah. Soon after, she confronted her ex. First,...

Few tropes encompass the 1980s better than buddy pairings. And NBC’s Young Rock (Tuesdays at 8/7c), which focuses on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s formative years, humorously celebrates the theme by exploring the antics of teenage Dwayne (Bradley Constant) and his best friend Gabe (PEN15‘s Taj Cross) in 1987.

Of course the pals attend high school together, but they also tell each other everything, work at the same pizza shop, obsess over girls and often get in trouble together. In this week’s installment, Dwayne and Gabe planned a double date with their new boos — that is, until Dwayne...

Sesame Street will commemorate five decades of educational children’s programming with a documentary special that will introduce a new Black family of muppets to the neighborhood, ABC announced Thursday.

The two-hour special, titled Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days, will air on the Alphabet network Monday, April 26, at 8/7c. It will include heaps of appearances by celebrities, including: W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America), Whoopi Goldberg (The View), Olivia Munn (The Newsroom), Christopher Jackson (Bull), John Legend (The Voice), Chrissy Teigen (Chrissy’s Court), Lucy Liu (Elementary) and chief medical adviser to the president Dr. Anthony Fauci, plus music’s Gloria Estefan,...

This week on Seal Team, we learned why NCIS hauled Jason out of the Bulkhead in handcuffs. Did depositions from those around him help his case? And what advice did Mandy Ellis have to offer?

In an episode directed by Mandy herself aka former cast member Jessica Paré, Jason in short order learned that he was being charged with unlawfully killing an unarmed citizen during the team’s most recent op, in Jordan. His failure to ensure that the target was armed before the use of lethal force put him in violation of Ucmj Article 119, making for a manslaughter charge.

In retrospect, we should’ve guessed this week’s un-Masked Singer. After all, the guy has 400 — no, that’s not a typo — acting credits to his name.

So we’re slightly ashamed that we didn’t realize that Danny Trejo — whom you may know from TV shows as varied as The Flash, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series and Sons of Anarchy — was underneath Raccoon’s furry head.

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Rob Delaney, Samson Kayo and Vir Das have joined the sprawling cast of The Bubble, the pandemic-inspired comedy that Judd Apatow is making for Netflix.

Also joining the feature, now currently shooting in England, are Galen Hopper, Guz Khan, Nick Kocher, Ross Lee, Harry Trevaldwyn and Danielle Vitalis. They join the already cast Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, Pedro Pascal and Peter Serafinowicz.

Bubble is a meta-comedy about a group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempting to complete a studio franchise film.

Apatow, who co-wrote the ...

Rob Delaney, along with Samson Kayo and Vir Das, have joined the sprawling cast of The Bubble, the pandemic-inspired comedy that Judd Apatow is making for Netflix.

Also joining the feature, now currently shooting in England, are Galen Hopper, Guz Khan, Nick Kocher, Ross Lee, Harry Trevaldwyn and Danielle Vitalis. They join the already cast Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, Pedro Pascal and Peter Serafinowicz .

Bubble is meta-comedy about a group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempting to complete a studio franchise film.

Apatow, who co-wrote ...

Seven feature-length fiction films, three documentaries and two shorts have received close to €4.2 million in production aid. March has already got off to a good start in Finland, with 12 new titles being granted Finnish Film Foundation backing as part of the 50/50 production support scheme – aimed at productions with high audience appeal. Jussi-winning director Aleksi Salmenperä, now developing Bubble with Minna Haapkylä, of Rabbit Films, was granted €800,000, while Markku Pölönen will focus on Hamsters, following the successful run of his previous historical drama, Land of Hope. Popular franchises also keep going strong, with Lapland Odyssey 4 given €700,000 and Mika Kaurismäki taking over the third part of the successful Grump series, about a cranky yet ultimately rather loveable older man. Produced by Jukka Helle,...

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm breakout Maria Bakalova, Guardian of the Galaxy’s Karen Gillan and The Mandalorian headliner Pedro Pascal are among the bold-faced names that are starring in Judd Apatow’s latest comedy, The Bubble.

Also in Bubble are Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann and Peter Serafinowicz.

The feature project, which gets underway next week, is a meta-comedy will be about a group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempting to complete a studio franchise film.

Sources tell THR the project takes inspiration from the real-life making of Jurassic World: Dominion, the sixth installment in the Jurassic franchise,...

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm breakout Maria Bakalova, Guardian of the Galaxy’s Karen Gillan, and The Mandalorian headliner Pedro Pascal are among the bold-faced names that are starring in Judd Apatow’s latest comedy, The Bubble.

Also in Bubble are Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, and Peter Serafinowicz.

The feature project, which gets underway next week, is a meta-comedy will be about a group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempting to complete a studio franchise film.

Sources tell THR the project takes inspiration from the real-life making of Jurassic World: Dominion, the sixth installment in the Jurassic franchise ...

For more than two decades, Gareth Jones had spent late January and early February in snowy Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival. But on Thursday night, Jones didn’t have to get on a plane to attend the annual film festival. Instead, he drove to the Sidewalk Film Fest and Cinema in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, as the local theater began its run as a Sundance Satellite Screen location, one of the outdoor, drive-in and arthouse theaters used as the fest has shifted to a virtual model amid the ongoing pandemic.

“The film community here is very supportive. It’s a small town and a big city,” Jones tells Variety. “And I decided, ‘Hey, I’m going to attend the in-person screenings are here at Sidewalk,’ because they do an amazing job with keeping things safe. I’ve attended some other screenings there [after theaters in Alabama reopened], so I’ve seen firsthand how...

Finally, something to celebrate! From Kelly Ripa to Tamron Hall to the Today show, TV hosts have delighted fans with expertly crafted, creative and often nostalgic costumes over the years, and thankfully, this year was no exception. On Friday, Oct. 30, Kelly and Live! With Kelly and Ryan co-host Ryan Seacrest debuted on their show looks inspired by Tiger King's Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin, channeled characters from Schitt's Creek and The Mandalorian and even put a literal spin on the NBA Bubble. The Today show co-hosts Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush Hager, Sheinelle Jones, Dylan Dreyer, Al Roker and Craig Melvin proved...

Megan Thee Stallion did not squander her opportunities as the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live,” using the spot to make a direct statement about violence toward Black women.

During her performance of “Savage,” her hit single of last spring, the words “Protect Black Women” appeared on the screen behind her, along with quotes from Malcom X and activist Tamika Mallory calling out Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron over his handling of Breonna Taylor’s death at the hands of Louisville police.

As Megan and her dancers stood at attention in the middle of the song, Mallory’s voice rang out, with the quote “Daniel Cameron is no different than the sell-out negroes who sold our people into slavery” projected behind them. In the case, presented by Cameron’s office, no charges were levied against any of the involved officers that directly related to Taylor’s death.

Megan Thee Stallion...

Hours after Damian Lillard propelled the Portland Trail Blazers into the playoffs, his rap persona Dame D.O.L.L.A. celebrated the victory with a surprise EP recorded inside the NBA “bubble” near Disney World.

Live From the Bubble contains two tracks — new songs “I’m Him” and “They Know” — that Dame crafted in his hotel room-turned recording studio during the NBA’s mandatory quarantine. “No Punches,” a cut from his 2017 album Confirmed, rounds out the surprise EP.

“I saw people saying that there would be complaints of him recording music,...

Damian Lillard aka Dame D.O.L.L.A reps his “Home Team” — his family, friends and his late loved ones — in the Portland Trail Blazers star’s latest song.

Arriving just days after Lillard turned 30, the rapper “celebrates the strength and resilience of black families in America” with a visual that focuses on his own network.

“Home Team” features never-before-seen photos from Lillard’s life, from his hometown of Oakland to his adopted hometown of Portland. “My connection to Portland is deeper than basketball. We from Oakland, but we’ve made Portland our home,...

Seth Rogen’s production company, Point Grey Pictures, is partnering with Nickelodeon for a CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.

Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver are producing, with Jeff Rowe (“Gravity Falls”) directing. Brendan O’Brien is writing the screenplay. Paramount will globally distribute the film.

The Tmnt, named after Italian Renaissance artists, were created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in 1984 and originated in comic books published by Mirage Studios. Since then, there have been six movies that have made over $1.15 billion at the box office, with the last two films (live-action) having been released in 2014 and 2016.

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In 2012, Nickelodeon released the CG-animated series “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and then released the 2D-animated series “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in 2019.

The new film will mark Nickelodeon Animation Studio’s first CG theatrical production.

The axe has fallen at ABC. On the cancellation chopping block? A number of fan-favorite comedies that just wrapped up their second seasons. E! News has learned ABC has canceled Single Parents, Bless This Mess and Schooled in advance of the 2020-2021 TV season. Emergence starring Allison Tolman has also been canceled. The network has two shows on the bubble, For Life and The Baker and the Beauty, which it will decide on at a later date. The cancellation news comes as ABC announced its line-up of new and returning shows for the upcoming season. A schedule was not announced. The network handed out new seasons to American Housewife, The Bachelor, black-ish, The Conners, Dancing With the Stars, The Goldbergs, A...

Seth Rogen starred as a sausage in the animated adult comedy hit “Sausage Party.” Now, he’s gearing up to play Santa Clause in a mature animated series for HBO Max, with Sarah Silverman co-starring as the North Pole’s top female elf.

HBO Max announced that it greenlit “Santa Inc.” from Lionsgate, with Rogen and Silverman set as the leading voice performers. The eight-episode, half-hour series will be written by showrunner Alexandra Rushfield (“Shrill”) and will be produced by Rogen’s Point Grey Pictures as part of their multi-platform partnership with Lionsgate. Rushfield, Silverman, Amy Zvi, and Rosa Tran will also serve as executive producers on the series.

Here’s the synopsis, per HBO Max:

“Santa Inc.” is the story of Candy Smalls (Silverman), the highest-ranking female elf in the North Pole. When the successor to Santa Claus (Rogen) is poached by Amazon on Christmas Eve, Candy goes for...

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s work on 2016’s hit “Sausage Party” resulted in one of Hollywood’s highest-grossing adult-targeted animated films. Now, the duo is teaming up to adapt the “Bubble” podcast into an age-appropriate animated movie with Sony Pictures Animation.

Variety reported that Sony Pictures Animation is developing the project, based on the 2018 podcast, with Point Grey and Matt Tolmach (“Jumanji: The Next Level”) producing.

Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, James Weaver, and David Manpearl are attached as executive producers, while podcast production company Maximum Fun and Jordan Morris, who created the “Bubble” podcast, are attached as co-executive producers. Morris will also write the script, according to Variety. Hunter, Shaffir, Tolmach, and Point Grey previously worked together on Hulu’s “Future Man” comedy series.

Sources close to production confirmed Variety’s report with IndieWire.

Rogen and Goldberg’s upcoming adaptation will mark their second venture into animated adult projects.

In the United States, animation still has the reputation of being largely for children. But an entire medium of artistic expression shouldn’t be relegated to one demographic, and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are trying to help make that clear to audiences. The duo, who co-wrote and produced 2016’s outrageous animated feature Sausage Party, is […]

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Sausage Party producers and Point Grey principals Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have reteamed with Sony and producer Matt Tolmach (who worked with them on Hulu’s Future Man series) to develop an adult animated film based on the 2018 podcast, Bubble, which was created by Jordan Morris.

Morris will adapt the screenplay. The 10-episode scripted comedy series hails from Maximum Fun. It centered around an unlikely group of monster killers, brought together by an Uber-like app called Huntr, that struggle to make ends meet and find love in a nightmarish version of the gig economy.

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The podcast featured Alison Becker, Keith Powell, Cristela Alonzo,...

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are working on another animated film aimed at adult audiences in the vein of their movie “Sausage Party” by developing an adaptation of the podcast series “Bubble” for Sony Pictures Animation, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

Rogen and Goldberg’s Point Grey Productions will produce the film along with “Jumanji: The Next Level” producer Matt Tolmach. Jordan Morris, the creator of the 2018 podcast “Bubble” hosted at Maximum Fun, will write the screenplay.

The podcast “Bubble” is a sci-fi comedy satire set in Fairhaven, a utopian city enclosed inside a bubble on an alien planet, and follows a group of hipsters who use an app not unlike Uber in order to pick up side jobs hunting monsters that swarm the planet.

The project will be a feature-length film and will be intended for mature audiences.

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