Focus Features’ Tackles ‘Trading In Starvation’ From Daniel Kunka For Smokehouse, ‘Spotlight’ Producers EXCLUSIVE: It is a very real issue around the world but few realize how bad it is: the political commodity of water and food in third world countries and how a people either are fed or starve ..

‘American Vandal’ Casts Adam Ray; Karl Makinen In ‘Strange Angel’ Adam Ray (Curb Your Enthusiasm) is set for a recurring role on Season 2 of Netflix’s true-crime satire American Vandal, from Funny or Die, 3 Arts Entertainment and CBS TV Studios. Co-created by Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, the d..

Bill Cosby Jury Selection Resumes After Delay Over “Racial Animus” Claims An accusation of “racial animus” from Bill Cosby’s defense team against the prosecution halted the third day of jury selection for the comedian’s sexual assault trial for nearly three hours. Related Bill Cosby..

‘X-Men: First Class,’ ‘Thor’ Writer Ashley Edward Miller Hired On For ‘Red Sonja’ EXCLUSIVE: Millennium Films has tapped Ashley Edward Miller to pen the screenplay for Red Sonja, the feature film based on the comic book heroine from the 1970s. The female-strong project is being financed by Mille..

MLK Assassination: 50 Years Later, Hollywood Remembers His Legacy Half a century ago today, Martin Luther King Jr was shot dead in Memphis while supporting striking black sanitation workers in that southern city. For a nation still severed today along stark racial and economic lines, the death a..

Bad Robot Taps Fox’s Rachel Rusch As SVP Television Bad Robot has brought in Fox’s head of event series Rachel Rusch as SVP Television. She will report to Ben Stephenson, Bad Robot’s Head of Television, and will work across the company’s slate of current series in development and production, inc..

‘The Affair’ Unveils Season 4 Teaser & Poster Art “I have lived this entire story before and it doesn’t end well,” says Ruth Wilson’s character Alison Bailey. Showtime has released a new teaser and poster art for Season 4 of Golden Globe-winning drama series The Affair. Related Show..

Duffer Brothers Respond To ‘Stranger Things’ Plagiarism Charge: “Completely Meritless” An attorney for the Duffer Brothers says a plagiarism lawsuit filed yesterday by filmmaker Charlie Kessler is “completely meritless” and “just an attempt to profit” from the success of Stranger Things. ..

‘Shades Of Blue’ To End After Season 3; NBC Sets Summer Premiere Date For Jennifer Lopez Cop Drama NBC said today that its Jennifer Lopez-Ray Liotta police drama Shades of Blue will turn in its badge after the upcoming third season. The series’ final run will begin at 10 PM Sunday, June 17. ..