Music Box Nabs U.S. Rights To Well-Received Berlin Biopic ‘Becoming Astrid’ From TrustNordisk Music Box Films has struck a deal with Scandi sales dynamo TrustNordisk for U.S. rights to Pernille Fischer Christensen’s Berlin biopic Becoming Astrid. The well-received drama charts the early years of..

HBO Hands ‘Kids’-Meets-‘Trainspotting’ Teen Drama ‘Euphoria’ Series Order Based On Israeli Thriller HBO has handed Euphoria, a “Kids-meets-Trainspotting” teen drama based on an Israeli format, a series greenlight. The announcement was made by HBO Programming President Casey Bloys at the INTV con..

‘First Match’ Filmmaker & Cast Champion Strong Representation Of Women In Coming-Of-Age Wrestling Film — SXSW In Netflix’s forthcoming drama First Match, rising star Elvire Emanuelle plays Monique, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood who builds a tough skin through all her ye..

‘This Is Us’ Cast Teases Season 2 Finale & Beyond: Will Mandy Moore & Chrissy Metz Sing A Duet? – SXSW The This Is Us gang rode into town at SXSW to show off the season 2 finale one day ahead of its broadcast tomorrow night. As expected, there were sniffles galore in Austin’s Paramount Theatre t..

‘Friday’s Child’ Filmmaker & Cast Tackle The Issue Of Foster Care Through A Visionary Lens — SXSW Actor Tye Sheridan is doing double duty at SXSW. Many might be pressing start for his role in the festival’s surprise screening of Ready Player One, but his other film, Friday’s Child directed by A...

Matt Damon And Ben Affleck To Add Inclusion Riders On Pearl Street Projects Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have agreed that inclusion riders will be a part of all their future Pearl Street production deals. Related Jimmy Kimmel Is Enveloped In Getting The Oscars Right This Time: Q&A Th..

Gina Rodriguez Hints At ‘Jane The Virgin’ End After Season 5 Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez told an audience at a SXSW panel Sunday that she plans to direct more episodes of the CW’s flagship series next year — in “our final season.” That would be Season 5 for the dramedy series, which is c..

‘The Chi’s Lena Waithe, Common & Cast Talk Chicagoan Authenticity And The Need For Different Black Narratives — SXSW The Chi creator Lena Waithe, executive producer Common and cast members Jason Mitchell and Jacob Latimore took the dais in a featured session at SXSW on Monday to talk about putti..

CNBC’s Larry Kudlow Emerges As Frontrunner To Become Donald Trump’s Chief Economic Advisor: Reports Larry Kudlow, the longtime CNBC personality and an economist in the Reagan administration, has emerged as the frontrunner to become President Donald Trump’s new head of the National Economic Counc..