Filmmakers Have Been Calling Sony Pictures A Lot More After WB/HBO Max Deal, According to CEO

EXCLUSIVE: As it approaches the launch of its free, ad-supported streaming service, Chicken Soup for the Soul has set content deals with Kin and Reel One Entertainment and lined up a slate of originals.

After teasing fans with quick glimpses over the past several months, Focus Features today revealed the full official trailer for Downton Abbey: A New Era. The follow-up to 2019’s feature adaptation of the beloved TV series appears to have two major plot strands, one involving a mystery and the other a movie; there’s also a wedding afoot. Check out the trailer above.

He knows the way to a Kardashian’s heart! Khloé Kardashian received Valentine’s Day flowers from several family members, including Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend, Pete Davidson.

Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen admitted she was "pained" as she took to social media to post a sweet snap alongside her daughters.It was a welcome relief after the tragic news that affected the farm recently.The Channel 5 shepherdess had headed out into the stable for a regular day’s work out on her rural farm, helped out by two of her kids as they braced themselves against the raging Storm Dudley.Amanda looked stunning as ever in a camouflage fleece snood and black waterproof jacket, opting for a dark smokey eye look and pale pink lipgloss despite the hard day’s work.With her daughters bundled up in wool hats and winter coats, Amanda headed out to see to her flock of sheep, before snuggling up in the stable with the horses to make sure they were well fed for the day.Captioning her rural photoset, Amanda wrote: “Never fully dressed without a smile!"*Albeit a pained one as we are all sopping wet."She tagged the post with #Rain and #Winter.And it looked like her fellow farming pal and Countryfile star Matt Baker was on hand to offer reassurance, as he commented: "Soaking here too! Enjoy the fire."Later, Amanda wrote to her fans alongside a snap of her kids feeding the horses: "Play in a manger."Overheard conversation ‘Will the hay manger tip over?’. ‘No, it’s very stable!’"It comes shortly after Amanda shared a sweet update on the cows at her farm, after telling followers the tragic news that one of the new calves was stillborn.Another calf has now been fostered with the mother cow - and, according to Amanda’s pictures, seems to be doing extremely well with its new family.She explained: "Lily & Stormy! It’s nearly a week since the calf was fostered onto the cow that had the stillborn calf.

GBBO ex of "extramarital affairs''. The GBBO judge confessed to cheating on his former wife with TV chef Marcela Valladoid in 2013.Alex left Paul with the pair briefly reconciling before separating again in 2017, with their divorce being finalised in July 2019.The GBBO star's former wife has taken to Instagram to accuse her former husband of more infidelity in a Valentine's Day dedicated post.While including a picture of herself posing in her kitchen with a hot drink, she left a message talking about her own Valentines Day.A post shared by Alex Hollywood (@alex_hollywood1)In view of her 19,900 followers she penned: "It’s that time of year again."Social media has gone mad with recipes for heart shaped patisserie, red roses (which I loathe - I prefer dusky pink)."Valentines Menu ideas for 2 or love affirming insta snaps of togetherness and anyone unfortunate enough to be single is advised to bravely embrace their solitary status, soaking in bubble baths with candles, music and mood lighting and not sink under the scented bubbles into apathy and despair." (sic)Alex then spoke about how "anxious" many women are about their single status, due to society's standards of the "only acceptable place for a woman is by the side of a significant other".She continued: "But what if, like me, you’re a single woman by choice, who’s fallen in love - with herself?"It’s taken me a while to get here and it hasn’t been easy, but I love the woman I am now."Women often lose themselves in relationships, we don’t naturally put ourselves first and I know only too well that not every marriage/partnership is a recipe for happiness & success."My own marriage was too over seasoned with extra marital affairs for my taste and so I opted out and chose

The post featured a snap of the couple together with McCain writing, “Happy Valentines Day @bdomenech – I love you and am grateful every day for the life we have together.”A user then replied to the conservative talk show host and tweeted, “Does every thought and sentiment need to be on Twitter?”To which Behar, 79, responded in a now-deleted tweet, saying: “Apparently.”A short while later, McCain posted screenshots of the thread and wrote, “Imagine spending your Valentine’s Day trolling your ex-colleague’s tweet about her husband.”Fox News weather reporter Janice Dean joked to McCain that Behar “can’t quit you.” However, the Daily Mail columnist failed to see the humor and replied back to Dean, “It’s pathetic and it creeps me out.”Imagine spending your Valentines Day trolling your ex colleagues tweet about her husband. pic.twitter.com/XjK0wcW5nyMcCain wrote in another since-deleted tweet that leaving “The View” is “like having ex’s who won’t stop drunk texting you.”The mother of one left the ABC talk show last July and revealed at the time that she wanted to leave so she could set up a house in Washington D.C.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStephane Celerier, a veteran French film executive whose former banner Mars Films co-produced “La Famille Belier,” is joining forces with PGS Entertainment to create a new production company.Celerier is launching Gemma Pictures with Philippe and Guillaume Souter, the founders of PGS Entertainment, a thriving family-owned business specialized in financing and licensing worldwide youth entertainment.The new Paris-based company will look to produce French and English-language films, TV series and TV movies and is already developing a slate of 10 projects with well-known French and international talent. A resourceful and deep-pocketed company, PGS Entertainment will fully finance the development of Gemma Pictures’ roster over the next three years and will handle the back office, while giving Celerier the full reins of the company.

It’s time to check in with the Crawleys again as “Downton Abbey: A New Era” comes to theaters. This sequel to 2019’s hit film is set to give the family — along with the characters who populate their staff — a surprising change of scenery.

Chelsea star Ricardo Quaresma showed exactly what he thinks of time-wasters after carrying an opponent he suspected of faking an injury off the pitch as Vitoria de Guimaraes took on Belenenses. Quaresma, who also played for Barcelona earlier on in his career, now plays for Portuguese side Guimaraes and couldn't contain his frustration as his side trailed Belenenses on Sunday.

Over the weekend, WarnerMedia took a major step in its plan to make HBO Max a legit contender to Netflix by releasing one of its biggest films of the year, “Wonder Woman 1984,” on the streaming service. Not only did this set a precedent of releasing a potentially billion-dollar blockbuster on HBO Max at the same time as theaters, but it also showed that WarnerMedia was willing to release some of its superhero properties directly on a streaming service instead of worrying about a traditional release.

In summer 2019, Sony Pictures made the PlayStation Productions, announcement–a new creative division that would develop new film and television projects based on their video games. It’s been over a year since we’ve heard much, but a new update has arrived from Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra.

Sony is reportedly working on multiple TV and film based projects based on its PlayStation games.According to Media Post, Tony Vinciquerra, chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Pictures, spoke in an interview with CNBC that the company is working on bringing “three movies and seven TV shows from its PlayStation video-game content”.Vinciquerra spoke about how the company will be involved more with Sony Corp.’s and other entertainment products, including properties originated from the PlayStation System.“We have no specific plan yet,” Vinciquerra reportedly confirmed. “But we have a program within the company called One Sony… You’ll be seeing a lot more integration of Sony companies together.”The news comes after Warner Bros.

When the news that HBO Max was going to be the day-and-date home for all of Warner Bros.’ major 2021 releases, including the highly-anticipated “Dune,” the industry was shaken. And it didn’t take long at all for Legendary, the co-financiers and co-producers of “Dune,” to come forward with a legal challenge.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe news this week that HBO Max — finally — was coming to Roku devices was welcomed by millions of customers eager to stream the WarnerMedia service on their TVs and catch “Wonder Woman 1984” when it premieres on Christmas Day.But there’s a wrinkle for some Roku users who want to get HBO Max.Under its agreement with WarnerMedia, Roku is no longer selling the legacy standalone HBO channel through its Roku Channel store. That’s the same provision Amazon and Apple agreed to when they inked their HBO Max distribution deals — something WarnerMedia wanted in order to keep viewers in its own app experience for HBO Max and collect first-party data.

Steven Soderbergh has been a filmmaker that has consistently pushed the boundaries of whatever medium he’s working in. On the small screen, he’s pushed the limits of TV and on streaming platforms with projects like “Wireless” and “Mosaic.” In film, he’s tested new ways of filming things (with smaller cameras and even smartphones), as well as marketing films (taking on the role of de facto marketer for “Logan Lucky,” for example.

With the recent announcement of the actors joining the forthcoming “Game of Thrones” prequel series, “House of the Dragon,” we are inching closer to the return of Westeros on HBO. And though there has already been one false-start, with HBO turning down another untitled prequel series that shot a pilot with Naomi Watts, it appears that the premium network isn’t done developing more ‘Thrones’ series.

HBO Max has announced that the dating reality series 12 Dates of Christmas, which was created by the team behind Love Is Blind, will be coming back for a second season!

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWonder Woman and HBO Max are giving Roku a power-up on Wall Street.On Thursday, shares of Roku were up over 7% in early trading coming the day after the company announced a pact with AT&T’s WarnerMedia to add HBO Max to its streaming devices following months of haggling.Roku’s stock was up over $350 per share into new all-time highs. The surge has added more than $3 billion to Roku’s market cap, which currently tops $44 billion.With HBO Max now on Roku (as of Thursday, Dec.

Chappelle’s Show will be removed by HBO Max by the end of 2020, honouring a request by Dave Chappelle.The news was confirmed by HBO and HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys, in conversation with Variety.“We had a conversation with Dave,” Bloys began.

‘It stopped being a party a long time ago,” is the new tagline for season four of HBO Max‘s “Search Party” and ain’t that the truth. Originally on TBS, “Search Party” was seemingly a fun, amusing, hip, funny show about millennials and millennial angst.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCasey Bloys is exploring a whole new range of programming options as he takes the creative reins at HBO Max.Bloys has been at the helm of HBO programming for a few years now, but was promoted to chief content officer of HBO and HBO Max back in August. In a keynote conversation on day one of Variety‘s Virtual FYC Fest, Bloys said that overseeing the streamer means looking at genres the premium cabler has not traditionally aired.“HBO got to about 35 million subscribers, and that was about the cap,” Bloys told Variety‘s executive editor of TV, Daniel Holloway.