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EXCLUSIVE: Nick and Jon Hamm’s Free Turn Entertainment has hired Robbie Ashcroft as Managing Partner. Ashcroft will join London and Los Angeles-based Free Turn’s management team. He’s joining from The Story Lab and will work on its audio slate and new TV and film slate partnerships among other tasks. Ashcroft was most recently International Development Partner at The Story Lab, where he established a new development and production fund for “original audio projects with multiplatform potential” in partnership with Global Media and Entertainment. This led to the greenlight of podcasts such as John Sweeney’s Hunting Ghislaine . While at The Story Lab, which is the content arm of Japanese ad giant Dentsu, Ashcroft also managed a strategic partnership between the parent company and Yahoo to created mixed reality TV formats from an XR smartstage in Holborn, London. Interstellar used that partnership for its show All Star Dance Off on ITV2 in 2021. “Robbie is a rare … [Read more...] about Nick Hamm’s Free Turn Entertainment Hires The Story Lab Exec Robbie Ashcroft

E! is celebrating love with three new rom-coms premiering on the cable network in the coming weeks: Why Can’t My Life Be a Rom-Com?, Royal Rendezvous and Married by Mistake. Watch a preview of the movies in the video posted above. Premiering on Sunday, February 19 at 9 p.m., Why Can’t My Life Be a Rom-Com? stars Em Haine, Cecilia Deacon, Wern Lee, Markian Tarasiuk, Aren Buchholz and Roraigh Falkner. The logline reads as follows: “Eliza is smart and independent, but after years of bad boyfriends she finds herself newly single, jobless and questioning all of her decisions. Throwing caution to the wind, Eliza follows best friend Sofia to the Hamptons and decides to change her approach to romance. They’re going to follow the rules of dating from a 50-year-old self-help book. The book seemingly works and Eliza finds herself in the center of a love triangle between Rich, a perfect doctor, and Doug, the towel boy at a Hampton’s hotel. Torn between two very different but equally viable … [Read more...] about E! Sets Premiere Dates For 3 Rom-Com Movies: ‘Why Can’t My Life Be A Rom-Com,’ ‘Royal Rendezvous’ & ‘Married By Mistake’

EXCLUSIVE : Production is getting underway on Evolution , a drama directed by BAFTA winner Nick Hamm ( Driven ) from a screenplay by David Hudgins ( Friday Night Lights ). The film stars Marcia Gay Harden , Charlie Rowe, Josephine Langford, Zoe Colleti, Hannah Alligood, Jim Belushi and Diane Ladd. Inspired by a true story, a young man with a bright future suffers a near fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend. An accident on the lake leaves Nate a quadriplegic, with little hope for his future. His resilient mother Claire puts her art career on hold and even risking her marriage to protect her son’s future. She discovers that the only thing that can make a profound difference in her son’s progress is providing him with an unlikely animal friend that helps the youth realize his life is still very much worth living. Film is shooting in Los Angeles and North Carolina. Piers Tempest is producing. Marie-Christine … [Read more...] about Heartwarming Drama ‘Evolution’ Gets Underway With Marcia Gay Harden, Jim Belushi

Two very different stop-motion animated films lead the way as nominations for the 50th anniversary Annie Awards were revealed today. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio from Netflix and A24’s Marcel the Shell with Shoes On drew up nine and eight noms, respectively, with Disney/Pixar’s Turning Red next with seven. See the full list of nominees in all 32 categories below. It’s another big year for Netflix as its Pinocchio, The Sea Beast and Wendell & Wild will face off for the Best Feature prize against Turning Red DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish . Disney’s 2022 box office misses — Pixar’s Lightyear and Disney Animation Studios’ Strange World — managed only two nominations apiece. Meanwhile, Marcel the Shell will step up in the Annies’ Indie Feature race against Charlotte; Inu-Oh; Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be; and My Father’s Dragon . Netflix’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines led the 2022 Annies with eight wins … [Read more...] about Annie Awards Nominations: ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ & ‘Marcel The Shell’ Lead Field

GLAAD , the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced the nominees for the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards . Current RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Salina EsTitties and Sasha Colby announced nominees in select GLAAD Media Awards categories in a ‘ GLAAD Drag Story Time’ video that just debuted on GLAAD’s YouTube. In the video, Sasha Colby commented on recent attacks on drag performers across the country: “Performers like us are being threatened with anti-LGBTQ bills, nasty protests, and even violence. You know what’s scary? People with guns, not queens with books!” In 2022, GLAAD found over 140 incidents of anti-LGBTQ protests and threats targeting drag events, including events run by the organization Drag Story Hour. The 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees were published, released, or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2022. The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies, which fund GLAAD’s work to accelerate … [Read more...] about GLAAD Announces Nominees For The 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards

EXCLUSIVE: Some were expecting Netflix to curb their acquisitions here in Park City, but, as we told you earlier this morning, never count them out of the Sundance marketplace . Before its premiere in the midnight section tonight, the Reed Hastings-Ted Sarandos-run streamer has scooped up a majority of global rights on the Australian horror movie, Run Rabbit Run , starring 2x Emmy nominated Succession actress Sarah Snook. XYZ Films , which co-funded the film, brokered the deal with Netflix on behalf of the filmmakers. A release for the Carver Films production is planned for this year. Directed by Daina Reid off a script by Hannah Kent ( The Good People, Devotion ), Run Rabbit Run follows fertility doctor Sarah (Snook). She firmly believes in life and death. However, after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter, she must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past. Run Rabbit Run also stars Lily LaTorre, Damon Herriman ( … [Read more...] about Netflix Hops On ‘Run Rabbit Run’, Acquires XYZ Films Sundance Midnight Title Starring Sarah Snook

Comedy Central has set Wednesday, February 8, for the Season 26 premiere of South Park . Watch a teaser above. Co-created by Trey Park and Matt Stone, the Emmy- and Peabody-winning animated series also will roll out its new season on Comedy Central internationally throughout 2023. New episodes will be available to stream in HD on SouthPark.cc.com, CC.com and the Comedy Central App post-premiere. Last summer, Comedy Central celebrated the silver anniversary of cable’s longest-running scripted series with South Park: The 25th Anniversary Concert . Filmed at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, the concert, starring Park and Stone, Primus and Ween with a special appearance by members of the band, Rush, premiered on August 13, 2022, twenty five years to the day the series premiered on Comedy Central. It is currently available on Paramount+. Parker and Stone’s massive deal with MTV Entertainment Studios ( originally at ViacomCBS ) includes extending South Park on Comedy … [Read more...] about ‘South Park’ Gets Season 26 Premiere Date On Comedy Central

EXCLUSIVE : A pair of YA drama series are coming to an end at Peacock . The NBCU streamer has cancelled One Of Us Is Lying and Vampire Academy . One Of Us Is Lying ran for two seasons, while Vampire Academy, which comes from Julie Plec, has ended after one. Deadline understands that execs at Peacock were happy with both shows creatively but they just didn’t find the requisite audience to justify further seasons. One Of Us Is Lying , which is based on Karen M. McManus’ novel, launched in October 2021 and was the first Peacock pilot to go to series. It was renewed for a second season earlier this year that aired in October 2022. Vampire Academy was handed a straight-to-series order in May 2021 and premiered in September 2022. Both shows come from Universal Studio Group. One Of Us Is Lying , from UCP, follows what happens when five high schoolers walk into detention and only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something … [Read more...] about ‘One Of Us Is Lying’ & ‘Vampire Academy’ Canceled At Peacock

TMZSports.com Luke Rockhold has two hands and he wants to use them to punch Jake Paul . Hard. TMZ Sports ran into the 38-year-old (retired, for now, at least) former UFC champion at LAX on Friday ... and asked him about the Problem Child's foray into MMA. "Stop trying to fight little dudes. F***ing [155] pounders. You're a middleweight. If you want to fight a middleweight, I got hands. We can do anything we want. I really don't care. I'd beat that guy in my sleep." As we previously reported, 26-year-old Paul recently signed a multi-fight, multi-year deal with PFL ... and wasted no time by calling out Nate Diaz for a boxing and MMA fight. Diaz hasn't yet accepted the challenge ... and if he doesn't, Rockhold is more than ready to step in. "I got some freedom to do some things and as you can see, I like throwing hands these days," Luke said, adding, "fight people your own f***ing weight. Straight up. And champions, a real champion, a … [Read more...] about Luke Rockhold Challenges Jake Paul, I’ll Beat You In My Sleep

EXCLUSIVE: After helping get this years Sundance Film Festival off the ground with the festival’s opening night movie, Sometimes I Think About Dying, director Rachel Lambert has signed with Range Media Partners. Lambert along with the films star, Daisy Ridley have earned raves following the premiere and the project is now being eyed by several buyers who attended opening night. The pic is also competing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. “I’m excited to have the dynamism and innovative spirit of an organization like Range at my side as I move forward as a storyteller,” said Lambert. The film follows Fran (Ridley) who spends her days in the solitude of a cubicle and daydreams to pass the time. As she’s ghosting through life in her bubble of isolation she then meets Robert at her job who goes against everything she stands for. Deadline’s Valerie Complex called, “refreshing, innovative and humorous.” “We’re beyond thrilled about partnering up with such a singular filmmaker … [Read more...] about ‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’ Director Rachel Lambert Signs With Range Media Partners