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Paul Bettany to Play Salieri in ‘Amadeus’ Series Opposite Will Sharpe as Mozart
Paul Bettany (A Very British Scandal, WandaVision) will star in Sky original series Amadeus, portraying composer Antonio Salieri opposite Will Sharpe (Giri/Haji, The White Lotus) in the titular role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The series is described as a “playfully reimagined limited event series” from writer Joe Barton (Giri/Haji, The Lazarus Project) and director Julian […]
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Tom Hanks’ Costly Wildlife Docuseries ‘The Americas’ Gets Sneak Preview at MIPTV
Hollywood studios have long made a point of promoting tentpole movies at the Cannes Film Festival, using the Cote d’Azur location to highlight their A-list titles with splashy promotional campaigns. A similar, if less flashy, version of the big Cannes launch took place Tuesday for The Americas, the long-awaited premium wildlife documentary series from BBC […]
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Emmys Predictions Via The Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s First Read of 26 Categories
*A FEW THINGS TO NOTE BEFORE READING* (1) This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects Scott’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. (2) Unlike many other lists, the objective of the forecast is not to […]
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‘Tokyo Vice’: Fan-Favorite Star Unpacks Season 2 Finale Fate and Future
[This story contains spoilers from the season two finale of Tokyo Vice.] Many heroes brought down ruthless yakuza crime lord Shinzo Tozawa (Ayumi Tanida) in the season two finale of Tokyo Vice. But for many faithful fans of the Japan-set and American-produced crime drama on Max, watching Akiro Sato (played by Show Kasamatsu), the young […]
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TV Ratings: NCAA Women’s Final Sets Another Record
For the third time in seven days, the NCAA women’s basketball tournament drew its largest audience ever. Some 18.87 million people watched South Carolina cap an undefeated season by beating Iowa, 87-75, in Sunday’s championship game, according to final same-day Nielsen ratings (that’s an uptick from 18.7 million in preliminary results). The audience is the […]
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‘Hacks’ Star Hannah Einbinder Sets Max Stand-Up Special (Exclusive)
Hacks star Hannah Einbinder is expanding her relationship with Max. The comedian has set her first stand-up comedy special for the streamer behind the hit show. Einbinder, aka Ava Daniels on Hacks, will perform in front of a live audience at the El Rey Theatre in L.A. on April 20 with the streamer set to […]
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Luke Bryan Says Katy Perry’s ‘American Idol’ Exit Wasn’t a “Huge Shock”
In a new interview, Luke Bryan confirmed he had an inkling Katy Perry would be leaving American Idol this year. While appearing on a recent edition of the syndicated radio show Taste of Country Nights, Bryan said, “I had heard whispers that she was thinking about it, it wasn’t like a huge shock.” Referring to […]
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National Hispanic Media Coalition Releases Its First-Ever Media Guide for Storytellers (Exclusive)
As part of its ongoing mission to promote Latinx civil and human rights, the National Hispanic Media Coalition is releasing its first-ever media guide for storytellers in the entertainment industry. “The media guide is an analysis for the entertainment industry to understand our community,” NHMC president and CEO Brenda Victoria Castillo tells The Hollywood Reporter, […]
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Adrian Schiller, Star of ‘The Last Kingdom,’ Dies at 60
Adrian Schiller, the British actor who starred as Lord Aethelhelm in the Netflix drama series The Last Kingdom, has died. He was 60. Schiller died on April 3 of unspecified causes, his agent, Amanda Evans at Scott Marshall Partners in the U.K., confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. “It is with the heaviest and saddest hearts […]
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‘Evil’ Releases Final Season Official Trailer and Premiere Date
Paramount+ has released its final trailer for Evil. The streamer has also announced the fourth season will premiere Thursday, May 23. The streamer has ordered four additional episodes for the season, so creators Robert and Michelle King can give the drama a sense of conclusion. The official description: “In the upcoming season, Kristen (Katja Herbers), David (Mike […]
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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Boss Can Finally Talk About That Ending, “A Joke 26 Years in the Making”
[This story contains major spoilers from the series finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm, “No Lessons Learned.”] Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s ending was long in the making. After 12 seasons and more than 20 years, Larry David’s HBO comedy gem signed off on Sunday night with a classic callback to the Seinfeld series finale, which aired in […]
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International Industry Says Goodbye to MIPTV, Canneseries Promises to Return
The banner outside the Majestic Hotel said it all. “The Last Dance” read the message on the banner from Turkish-based television sales group Global Agency, a farewell gesture to the international TV market MIPTV, a fixture on the industry calendar since its launch in 1965, which will wrap its final edition this Wednesday. The billboard […]
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John Mulaney Sets Six-Night Live Comedy Event at Netflix
John Mulaney is back, and going live. Netflix announced Monday that the comic will be rolling out his latest twist on the traditional comedy special with a multi-night streaming event, which he’s titled John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. The six episodes will unspool live on Netflix over as many nights during the service’s Netflix Is a […]
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Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ Series Nabs $25M in Tax Credits to Relocate to California
Amazon’s Fallout series has picked up a $25 million tax credit offer from the California Film Commission to practically assure a second season and relocate production from New York State to Los Angeles. Set in the future post-apocalyptic Los Angeles and world of Fallout, the series from Amazon MGM Studios is projected by the California Film […]
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‘The Regime’ Creator on Crafting an Ending to Kate Winslet’s Reign
[This story contains major spoilers from The Regime‘s finale.] Will Tracy initially wrote the lead character of The Regime as a man. But then he used a writer’s trick: change one thing in the script and see what comes of it. “It seemed to present a lot of interesting possibilities,” the series creator told The […]
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‘Chernobyl’ Director, ‘Slow Horses’ Writer to Adapt ‘Caledonian Road’ for TV (Exclusive)
Chernobyl director Johan Renck and production partner Michael Parets will adapt Andrew O’Hagan’s new epic British novel Caledonian Road for TV. Recently published by Faber to rave reviews, Caledonian Road is a Dickensian tale of the rise and fall of Campbell Flynn, an art historian and celebrity intellectual, told against the backdrop of modern-day Britain […]
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