Netflix and Leonardo DiCaprio are partnering on documentary and docu-series projects as part of a multi-year, first-look deal for non-fiction projects premiering exclusively on the streaming service…
Fox has cast “Survivor's Remorse” star Jessie Usher in “Independence Day 2″ as the lead. He’s the first cast member attached to the sequel. Usher will portray the son of Will Smith’s Steven Hiller…
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo have signed a three-year first-look features deal with Sony Pictures, beginning in April. The siblings will next direct…
A24 has released the first U.S. trailer for artificial intelligence thriller “Ex Machina,” starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac. Gleeson, who will be seen in "Star Wars: The…
Women and minority writers have seen minimal progress in television, the Writers Guild of America West has reported. The guild’s television staff brief found that female writers accounted for 29% of…
Syfy’s “Sharknado 3″ has been hit with a strike as members of the production crew have walked off the job in order to unionize. Picketing began Tuesday morning outside the Burbank-based offices of…
GLAAD has chosen Kerry Washington as the recipient of its Vanguard Award for her work in promoting equality. The honor will be presented at the 26th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton on…
In a move to bolster its awards season status, Netflix has bought worldwide rights to Cary Fukunaga’s African war drama “Beasts of No Nation,” starring Idris Elba, for its global streaming service…
Warner Bros. has attached Jennifer Lawrence to star in director Steven Spielberg’s “It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War,” sources confirm. The studio won an auction Monday for the…
“300: Rise of an Empire” star Sullivan Stapleton will star in EuropaCorp’s action-thriller “The Lake,” set to start shooting in April. Variety reported in September that “Into the Storm" director…
