Sam Raimi is in negotiations to direct Lionsgate’s adaptation of “The Kingkiller Chronicles,” based on Pat Rothfuss’ classic novels. In 2016, Lionsgate tapped “…
Kaya Scodelario will play Carole Ann Boone, the ex-wife of serial killer Ted Bundy, in the thriller “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.” Zac Efron is starring as Bund…
Moroccan-French writer-director Nabil Ayouch, one of the most prominent film voices in the Arab World, is set to direct "Positive School," a hybrid, realistically-shot hip hop musical which …
Redbox went on offense against Disney on Friday, filing a federal suit accusing the world’s leading movie studio of engaging in anti-competitive behavior. Disney sued Redbox back in De…
It's not every day that you get nominated for a Grammy. Even more rare is finding yourself competing against your hero in the same category. But songwriter Shelly Peiken is living that dr…
 E-sports are coming to ESPN2 and other Disney properties as part of a new deal brokered between Electronic Arts, the National Football League and ESPN. Electronic Arts will partner with …
MoviePass has withdrawn its subscription service from several high-traffic AMC theaters without revealing the reason why. The service, which costs $9.95 per month, was no longer available on…
For 42 years now, "The Clive Party" " officially Clive Davis and The Recording Academy Present “The Pre-Grammy Gala” " has been the hottest ticket in the music industry, a night-…
One of the producers of “Rock of Ages” on Broadway is hoping to get the 80s-rock musical up and running in a new L.A. venue that will host additional music and comedy programming…
Adam Hicks, the former star of Disney’s “Zeke and Luther,” was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of a string of armed robberies. According to the Burbank Police Department…
It starts with a silence and a glassy-eyed stare. At the end of a housewarming party in north London, the last two left standing look at one another. Hostess Laura — fortyish, svelte &…
“Tootsie” is on its way to Broadway, setting a pre-Broadway run in Chicago this fall, with producers hoping to open the show in New York in the spring of 2019. Santino Fontana, t…
The magic of Broadway and the horror of Stephen King are coming to “Riverdale.” The CW has announced that an upcoming episode of “Riverdale” will center around a prod…
Paul Candland has retired as CEO of Walt Disney Japan and president of Walt Disney Company Asia. Candland, who stepped down at the end of last month, had served Disney Japan for more than 20…
Laura Linney will make her London theater debut in June in "My Name Is Lucy Barton," the stage play adapted from the Elizabeth Strout novel of the same name. Theater veteran Richard Eyre wil…
Gordon Edelstein, the Connecticut theater leader who was accused of sexual harassment and misconduct during his tenure at the Long Wharf Theater, has been terminated from his position as the…
Months after leaving multiplexes, "Get Out" and “Dunkirk” are returning to movie theaters in the wake of scoring best picture Oscar nominations. “Get Out,” which open…
John Lithgow may have won two Tony Awards, six Emmys, and a couple of Golden Globes, but even he doubts his own skills sometimes. Take, for instance, every time he’s in a musical. R…
The Walt Disney Company will give more than 125,000 employees one-time $1,000 cash bonuses, amounting to a $125 million allocation by the entertainment giant. Chairman and CEO Bob Iger made …
Bradford Dillman, the original Edmund in "Long Day's Journey into Night" and star of "Compulsion," died on Jan. 16 in Santa Barbara after complications from pneumonia. He was 87. Dillman beg…
The Jackal Group, Michael Gorfaine and Sam Schwartz will produce a Broadway-aimed stage musical adaptation of the Oscar-nominated film “The Rose,” with songs by Grammy-winning co…
One pop star can be a good thing for the Broadway box office. But two pop stars? That can be a great thing. Current case in point: “Waitress.” Sara Bareilles, the singer-songwrit…
Netflix, in announcing its fourth-quarter 2017 earnings with record subscriber additions, said it had taken a $39 million write-down related to content “we’ve decided not to m…
Gordon Edelstein, the artistic director of the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., has been accused of sexual harassment and misconduct, with the theater placing him on administrative le…
ROME –Â Plans are underway for "Universal Judgment: Michelangelo and the Secrets of the Sistine Chapel" – a surround-sound live show that boasts a theme composed by Sting, the …