Game of Thrones animated drama is in the 'early stages of development' at HBO Max

Christopher Vourlias Social media, sexual politics and the struggle of a rebellious young woman to find herself are at the heart of Kurdwin Ayub’s fiction feature debut, “Sonne,” which has its world premiere Feb. 12 in the Berlin Film Festival’s Encounters strand.Set in Vienna, the story begins as three teenage girls in hijabs lip-synch and perform a provocative dance routine to a pop song. A video quickly goes viral, turning the trio into overnight sensations, especially among Kurdish Muslims.But for Yesmin (Melina Benli), the only one of the three with Kurdish roots, the sudden popularity pushes her away from both her friends and her culture.

Adele made a surprise stop after her latest talk show appearance!

Zack Sharf Josh Brolin has a bone to pick with the Academy after it nominated “Dune” for 10 Oscars but shut out filmmaker Denis Villeneuve from the director category. “Dune” landed in the best picture race and earned nominations in every individual crafts category, which made Villeneuve’s omission one of the biggest nomination snubs of the year.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDiscovery investors will be asked to approve the $43 billion deal to combine with WarnerMedia, which AT&T is spinning off, at a March 11 virtual meeting.Discovery announced the date in a letter to shareholders, which it disclosed in an SEC filing Thursday. On that same day, AT&T has scheduled a virtual investor conference where the company said it will provide “additional insight and expectations for financial and operational performance of AT&T’s Communications segment” following the close of the WarnerMedia transaction.The pact cleared a major hurdle this week after U.S.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaOlivia Mascheroni has joined Verve Ventures. She will be part of a growing independent sales and financing team that is led by Amy Beecroft and Ross Putman.Mascheroni most recently served as director of Ddvelopment at Madre Venturers, a venture capital firm, and served as executive of new media at The Blacklist prior to that. She has also held positions at both Blumhouse and CAA, where she worked in both the Television and Motion Picture Literary Departments.

The Rings of Power is an epic drama series is coming to Amazon Prime Video, set as a prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and . The show is Amazon Studio's first go at a Game of Thrones-style big budget fantasy series.

THIS Morning star Alison Hammond today led tributes to a legend of the show who has quit. The 47-year-old host said she was "devastated" in an emotional speech alongside her Friday co-host Dermot O'Leary.

COLEEN Rooney looked fresh-faced as she hit the gym in Cheshire ahead of the release of husband Wayne's highly-anticipated Amazon documentary. The 35-year-old wore a baggy jumper, black gilet and matching leggings on her way home from the fitness session.

STACEY Solomon has revealed she’s landed a new job – but it means being away from Joe and the kids. The 32-year-old is heading off with baby Rose, leaving Joe in charge of Leighton, Zach, Rex and the dogs at Pickle Cottage.

LOVE Island star Shaughna Phillips showed off her new look as she went to the cinema last night. The 27-year-old recently had her lip fillers dissolved, explaining she wanted to "practice what she preaches" after encouraging her fans to "separate their happiness from their body image".

Julia Roberts had a special 31st-birthday message for her niece Emma Roberts on Thursday.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

Ashley Graham just gave fans a glimpse of her newborn twins!

Wells Fargo continues to make disconcerting claims about Wendy Williams’ health.

Backstreet Boys icon Nick Carter has released a new solo single and… it’s a country song!

Hallmark Channel's popular drama returns for season 9 next month, and only ET exclusively premieres the new teaser for the anticipated episodes.The upcoming season, led by Erin Krakow, finds Hope Valley in a state of growth, with the foundry’s progress and the evolution of key relationships. The mayoral race has the town buzzing with a few members of the town running against one another.

Good Morning Britain presenter Ben Shephard aimed a swipe at Kate Garraway for her incredibly brightly coloured outfit, which she wore on the programme today.Sharing a picture of them both in the studio with his 792,500 Twitter followers, Ben made a rather cheeky joke about Kate’s wardrobe choice.Today, Good Morning Britain featured a discussion about Dame Cressida Dick’s resignation as Metropolitan Police chief, as well as a segment from money expert Martin Lewis calling for the government's £200 energy rebate to be scrapped.However, an unlikely star of the show turned out to be Kate’s dress, which proved to be very divisive with viewers. Her co-star Ben, 47, tweeted out: “Morning all - @kategarraway was at an awards do last night and this morning has won the award for ‘Best Supporting Collar!’ “Either that or she’s lost a fight with a Battenberg! “(Cheers Ray on Twitter for that)” he added with a laughing emoji.Kate’s dress featured an admittedly unique design, decorated with red, yellow and orange flowers in front of a black background on the main body. While this part of the outfit didn’t particularly prove to split opinion, it was the bright yellow and red collar and sleeves that appeared to attract the most attention. A Battenberg is a light sponge cake covered in marzipan with different sections held together with jam. When cut in cross section, it displays a distinctive two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured in pink and yellow - this pattern is not dissimilar to the one visible on Kate’s dress.Some viewers joined in on Ben’s joke, with CharlotteUKCity keeping up the dessert theme.“Suddenly had a craving for rhubarb and custard sweets,” she commented.“Kate’s cuffs and collar are guaranteed to wake the

Penguin Bloom” after she falls from a Thailand hotel balcony, shatters her spine and is paralyzed from the waist down. Sam and her three young boys discover the sweet little bird, hurt and malnourished, under a bench and nurse it back to health. The kids call the black-and-white magpie Penguin, and his recovery parallels Sam’s own struggle to get her life back.Running time: 95 minutes.

straight-to-series order in October 2019. It is being eyed for a 2022 premiere and stars Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith and Emma D'Arcy.Just last week, news broke that HBO was developing another prequel, based on Martin's fantasy novellas. HBO passed on its other prequel, which had shot a pilot led by Naomi Watts. For more on , watch below.To stay up to date on breaking TV news, sign up for ET's daily newsletter.

Game of Thrones spin-off show is in the works after a Naomi Watts-fronted prequel failed to be greenlit to a series.Tales of Dunk and Egg is a prequel to the events of A Song Of Ice And Fire – the books the fantasy drama series was adapted from – and would be based on the three fantasy novellas by the saga’s author George R. R. Martin.The one-hour show would follow the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall and a young Aegon V.

reports. The show would follow the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk) and a young Aegon V Targaryen (Egg) 90 years before the events of .Martin's three novellas were released in 1998 (), 2003 () and 2010 (). If moves forward, it would be the second prequel at HBO. received a series order in October 2019, just after the networkpassed on its other prequel, which had shot a pilot starring Naomi Watts. Based on George R.R.