Charles Parnell Cast In ‘A Million Little Pieces’; Sony’s ‘Superfly’ Adds Big Bank Black & Kaalan Walker Charles Parnell, who currently stars in the TNT series, The Last Ship, has come aboard the Sam Taylor-Johnson-directed drama, A Million Little Pieces, joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Odessa You..

‘Early Man’ Review: Cavemen & Soccer A Match In Aardman’s Latest Delight For me, if an animated film has Aardman’s name behind it, I’m there. Even if bigger entities like Disney/Pixar, DreamWorks and others are guaranteed box office, Aardman is guaranteed delight. The force behind films includin..

Greenwich Entertainment Hires Cary Jones To Run Theatrical Distribution Biz EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment, which is prepping next month’s release of its latest film Itzhak, has hired Cary Jones to oversee theatrical distribution at the indie company. Jones comes from IFC Films, where he mos..

White House Flops Defending Domestic Violence “Tone Deaf” Donald Trump, Again “I don’t think the President supporting due process for any allegation is not tone deaf,” an uncomfortable White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said today in an arduous briefing before the media that cent..

Sony & Filmmakers Sorry For ‘Peter Rabbit’ Making Fun Of Food Allergies There’s a scene in Sony Animation’s new Peter Rabbit in which the title bunny and his critter buddies try to take down their human rival by weaponizing blackberries — knowing he is allergic to them. Parents and advocacy grou..

CNN Restructures Its Digital Efforts, Planning Cost Cuts And Some Layoffs UPDATED with CNN comment. CNN, despite booming ratings and profits during the Donald Trump administration, is acknowledging the limits of its digital reach, cutting back across its digital portfolio through a mix of layoff..

NBC Takes Total Viewers Lead For 2017-18 Season With Super Bowl & Olympics This is the first time ever that NBC has carried both the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics during the same broadcast season. And, with a boost from the Super Bowl and the first few days of Olympics coverage (through Feb..

Olympics’ 1st Sunday Gets 25.7M Viewers; Down From NBC-Only Sochi 2014 – UPDATE UPDATE, 2:39 PM: NBC are throwing a lot of numbers out there but the bottom line is the first Sunday of the XXIII Winter Olympics did not top the viewership of either Sochi 2014 or Vancouver 2010. Related ..

Alicia Vikander To Star In Morten Tyldum-Directed Thriller ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’; STXintl Handling In Berlin EXCLUSIVE: In what shapes up to be one of the hot titles in the upcoming Berlin sales market, Black Bear Pictures will finance and produce the Morten Tyldum-directed dramatic thrill..