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Prime Video is not proceeding with a second season of drama series Riches. Series creator/executive producer Abby Ajayi on Friday shared the news of the show’s end on Instagram. “This time last year we launched,” she wrote, referring to the Riches Dec. 2, 2022 premiere on Prime Video. “Much love to this incredible ensemble of
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EXCLUSIVE: Lawmen: Bass Reeves locked down a new record for Paramount+. The anthology series, which is produced by Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, is now the steamer’s most-watched series premiere globally this year. The first two episodes amassed a collective 7.5M viewers across the world in the first 7 days across Paramount+ and broadcast sampling run
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Heartstopper EP Patrick Walters has launched a label within See-Saw Films and landed its debut commission, Sky Atlantic’s Sweetpea. Walters’ fanboy label will make high-end drama and “celebrate unique, underdog perspectives,” according to Power of the Dog producer See-Saw. Fanboy’s TV output will be executive produced by Walters alongside Helen Gregory, Iain Canning and Emile
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The American Society of Cinematographers has announced the honorees for its 38th Annual Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Gala on March 3, 2024. They are: Don Burgess, ASC; Steven Fierberg, ASC and Amy Vincent, ASC. Burgess, Robert Zemeckis’ longtime collaborator, will be recognized with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. While his latest work is
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Disney+ is getting strong response to the trailer for its upcoming series Percy Jackson and The Olympians. Within 10 days of the trailer’s Nov. 16 release, it has garnered 126.5M impressions, 84.3M video views, and 1.8M engagements across Percy Jackson Series, Disney+, and talent accounts (11/16-11/26). Percy Jackson, from 20th Television and Disney Branded Television,
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EXCLUSIVE: Whale with Steve Backshall, the latest high-end natural history series out of the UK is racking up international sales, as the Sky Nature show’s executive producer Wendy Darke talked up the importance of distribution and tax credits in getting such programs made. The ABC in Australia and France’s Ushuaia are the latest to board
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Scott Pilgrim Takes Off creators Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski are opening up about the possibilities of a second season for their animated series. Although the Netflix show has received favorable reviews, O’Malley and Grabinski are not currently planning a sequel and have made this a one-and-done show — for now. “It’s self-contained for
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EXCLUSIVE: The Crown has been criticized by the Queen’s former press secretary for lacking sensitivity in its portrayal of the events surrounding Princess Diana‘s death. Dickie Arbiter, who worked for Queen Elizabeth II during the period depicted in Season 6, accused The Crown’s creator Peter Morgan of “dramatic license gone bonkers.” Arbiter was particularly critical
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The cast of Asacha Media’s Spanish-Serbian thriller series Scar (Cicatriz) has taken shape. Cameras are rolling today in Spain on the European co-production. Milena Radulovic, Juanlu González, Luis Fernández will lead the scripted series, with Stefan Kapicic, Mladen Sovilj, Goran Susljik and Julen Serrano also attached. Radulovic is known for Serbian-British drama series Besa and Russian
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UPDATE: New York City Mayor Eric Adams says law enforcement officials have determined no “nexus” between New York City and the incident at the Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge border crossing, and that the city will make “no additional enhancements” to security measures for tomorrow’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade beyond what was already planned. Adams made
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Disney crossed a key threshold in fiscal 2023, taking in more revenue from streaming than from linear TV. The media giant is continuing to trim spending on film and TV content, including sports, with total spending declining to $27.2 billion from $29.9 billion in fiscal 2022. That tally encompasses original titles for the film studio,
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On the sixth anniversary of the tragic death of British camera operator Mark Milsome and two years after Halyna Hutchins died, a survey has found nearly three-quarters of UK below-the-line crew feel their safety has been compromised at work. The survey, which was conducted by Bectu and the Mark Milsome Foundation, queried film and TV
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Michael Sheen and Ruth Wilson are leading the cast of A Very Royal Scandal, Prime Video‘s upcoming limited series about Prince Andrew’s disastrous interview with Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis, in which he explained his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.  The series is currently in production in the UK. According to the description, the three-part limited series, written
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Before Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs, there was another Battle of the Sexes. At least, that’s what happened in Saturday Night Live‘s revisionist history. In the vein of Netflix’s Untold series, the November 18 sketch tells the story of another tennis matchup between female player Charna Lee Diamond and male opponent Ronnie Dunster (played
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After burning through countless stories involving his family and personal (mis)adventures with his Netflix specials Secret Time and Hey Big Boy, comedian Bert Kreischer squeezed “the last bit of juice out of the orange” with his latest, the Golden Globes contender Razzle Dazzle. The Florida native feels, looking back, that this special is most certainly
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