Amazon Prime Video has unveiled the first trailer for the dark comedy series “The Sticky.” According to the official logline, the show “follows Ruth Landry (Margo Martindale), a tough, middle-aged maple syrup farmer who turns to crime when the bureaucratic authorities threaten to take away everything she loves. She teams up with the hot-tempered Bostonian […]

The Forge has acquired North American rights to Guan Hu’s Cannes award winner “Black Dog,” and worldwide distribution rights to Alison Tavel’s “Resynator,” which won best documentary feature at South by Southwest. The Forge also recently acquired North American rights for French horror-comedy “The Balconettes,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and plays the […]

Veteran visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin, who won Oscars for his work on Christopher Nolan films “Interstellar” and “Inception,” has joined VFX and technology company beloFX as creative director. Earlier, he spent 25 years at VFX giant DNEG, the company he co-founded in 1998. In joining beloFX, he’s reuniting with fellow DNEG co-founders Matt Holben […]

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival has unveiled its audience and jury award honorees for its 2024 edition, which ran from Oct. 17-24 at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations. Taking home the best film and best ensemble awards from the Dark Matter Jury was “Dead Talents Society” from writer-director John Hsu. The comedy horror, […]

Lindsay Lohan is putting the “secret” in “secret santa” in the trailer for her new Netflix Christmas movie. “Our Little Secret” sees Lohan and Ian Harding (“Pretty Little Liars”) play two resentful exes who are forced to spend Christmas under the same roof after discovering that their current partners are siblings. Things are only complicated […]

“Modern Family” star and “Love Island USA” host Sarah Hyland spoke Thursday night in Los Angeles at the annual gala for Variety Power of Women presented by Lifetime. In her speech, the four-time SAG Award winner was honored at the event with the inaugural Variety Courage Award presented by Purina, for her work to increase […]

Mika Abdalla has been tapped for a recurring role in Max’s upcoming medical drama “The Pitt.” Although details surrounding her character remain under wraps, her arc will span the show’s entire 15-episode season. Abdalla joins previously announced cast members Noah Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, […]

In his new Netflix special, Hasan Minhaj touched on the fact-checked jokes scandal that led to him losing his job as the new host of the “The Daily Show.” Minhaj’s acknowledgement comes moments after he delivers a punchline about a “white BMW 3 Series,” Minhaj fact-checks himself, saying, “I don’t own a white BMW 3 […]

Cherokee Film Institute has set up a partnership program with Amazon that will provide full-ride scholarships to the school’s inaugural class of 25 students. The pact between the global ecommerce giant and the newly established film institute was unveiled Tuesday at a news conference that featured Cherokee Nation and Amazon officials. Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt […]

Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to William Hart’s Flint, Mich. lead poisoning documentary “Lead and Copper.” The film will be available on digital platforms Nov. 19. The official logline reads: “A state and city lie to Flint, Michigan’s population about the safety of their water, leading thousands of people to be […]

Hulu has unveiled the trailer for its new limited series “Interior Chinatown” from executive producers Charles Yu and Taika Waititi. Based on Yu’s novel of the same name, all 10 episodes will be available to stream Nov. 10. According to the official synopsis, “the show follows the story of Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang), a […]

Mimi Hines, the Canadian comedian and stage actress who succeeded Barbra Streisand in the Broadway production of “Funny Girl,” has died. She was 91. Hines died of natural causes on Oct. 21 in her home in Los Vegas, according to her long-time attorney, Mark Sendroff. Hines got her Hollywood break performing on “The Tonight Show” […]

Through a survey of 3,000 Americans, Blumhouse has released a study revealing the viewing habits of horror fans as well as their favorite films and subgenres. Of those surveyed, 44% identified as die-hard horror fans, consuming the genre all year round, while only 6% wait until Halloween to throw on their favorite scary movie. 45% […]

First Lady Jill Biden and the History Channel have updated the decades-old White House tour in an effort to help students learn about the presidential mansion’s living history. “I’ve been a classroom teacher for 40 years, and I know learning has to be interactive and engaging. It has to evoke the senses, and you have […]

For “Anora” star Mikey Madison, who plays a New York sex worker entangled with the son of a Russian Oligarch in Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner, “besides winning the Palme” back in May, the “highlight” since wrapping was hosting a screening for real-life sex workers and strippers. “That was something I wanted to do for […]

Director Parker Finn beat the odds with the first “Smile” film. Shot for $17 million, the 2022 horror turned into a box office behemoth grossing over $200 million worldwide. So while shooting “Smile 2,” Finn took the same approach, pushing his budget and schedule to the limits in a process he described as fitting “a […]

The U.K. premiere of Damien Leone’s holiday slasher “Terrifier 3” was something straight out of a horror movie. Eleven audience members walked out of the theater, nine during the opening scene, and one on-looker lost their lunch watching the latest escapades of series mascot Art the Clown, played by David Howard Thornton. While a screening […]

Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut “Woman of the Hour” premieres on Netflix Oct. 18, telling the true story of how American serial killer Rodney Alcala won “The Dating Game” in 1978. Alcala, born in San Antonio, Texas on Aug. 23, 1943, was a serial killer and sexual predator who committed most of his crimes in California […]

The Coca-Cola Company has named Netflix’s chief content officer Bela Bajaria the latest member of its board of directors. Her role is effective immediately and brings Coca-Cola’s board membership to 12. At Netflix, Bajaria oversees all film and television for the streamer in all languages and manages the spending of its $17 billion annual content […]