Jason Ritter on that ‘Matlock’ twist: ‘I couldn’t believe what was happening’

EXCLUSIVE: A24 has taken on the Stephen King bestseller Fairy Tale. The dark fantasy will be mounted as a 10-episode series. Paul Greengrass, who wrote a script and expected to direct the feature, is expected to still be in the middle of things. That script will be expanded by Greengrass and J.H. Wyman, who will be the showrunner and whose credits include Fringe, Almost Human and Debris.

Travis Kelce had “mixed feelings” during his latest high-profile date night with Taylor Swift!

A Florida man is facing charges after leaving his dog to die in the Hurricane Milton floods.

TV presenter Claudia Winkleman, now best known as the presenter of The Traitors, was the surprise host of the London Film Festival’s final industry forum talk this afternoon featuring Apple TV+ exec and BFI Chair Jay Hunt. 

Donald Trump once again attacked the “enemy from within” at a Fox News town hall that aired this morning, as he called domestic political opponents a greater threat than even foreign adversaries.

Fox Entertainment Studios has solidified its scripted and unscripted creative team.

Jeremy Allen White attended the premiere of the documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band to support “The Boss.”

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Kaufman (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Ruby Cruz (Bottoms) and Ines Asserson (Royalteen) are set as series regulars in Season 5 of Apple TV+‘s For All Mankind. They join previously announced new series regulars Mireille Enos and Costa Ronin and returning cast Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña, Toby Kebbell, Tyner Rushing, Daniel Stern and Svetlana Efremova.

There’s really one true one wide release this weekend and it’s Paramount‘s sequel Smile 2 which currently presales point toward a high-teens result. Tracking earlier this week indicated higher in the $20M+ range but that all depends on whether Latino and Hispanic moviegoers send this $28M priced sequel to the 2022 original to another stratosphere.

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Tomlinson (After Midnight) is set to publish Actually, Nevermind, a collection of humorous autobiographical essays through a new deal with Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster Audio will release the audio edition, to be read by Tomlinson.

EXCLUSIVE: Tyler Perry Studios is getting into business with director, writer, producer Courtney Glaude (The Reading), tapping him as Executive Creator of Scripted and Unscripted as part of a new overall deal. Glaude has also set his first project under the pact – the feature film A Love, written and directed by Glaude. The psychological thriller explores the reality of domestic violence rooted in learned behavior from childhood. It will begin production next year.

CAA has promoted Alexa Cook to Global Co-Head of CAA Sports Property Sales and Rob DeAngelis to the newly created position of Chief Revenue Officer of CAA Sports.

EXCLUSIVE: Armory Films has optioned the rights to Charlie Donlea’s The Girl Who Was Taken, with brothers Brandon and Justin Weber attached to pen the screenplay.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Bruce Springsteen has always been a master at mythologizing his own story, and his latest film “Road Diary” is no exception: It’s a tribute to the E Street Band’s 50-year history and their decades of touring, his 60-year friendship with guitarist Steve Van Zandt (who makes a crack about finally officially being named the E Street Band’s musical director after 40 years), the familial bonds between the bandmates, the crew and his longtime manager Jon Landau, and other sentiments that are well familiar to fans and get a thorough and moving presentation in the Thom Zimny-directed film, an artfully executed documentary of the band’s 2023 tour of North America and Europe. Those themes were aired at length at a Q&A sessions following that followed the New York screening of the film at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday night, Springsteen, Van Zandt, Landau and Zimny, but the most revealing moment came when moderator Jon Sykes of iHeartMedia asked him why the film prominently spotlights a quote from a Jim Morrison poem: “O great creator of being Grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives” What Springsteen said about the quote itself was less interesting than the story that came with it, which involves a Doors concert in Asbury Park, New Jersey on August 30, 1968 that was attended by Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa and longtime E Street Band bassist Gary Tallent, but before any of them had met.

Tatiana Siegel In 2020, the release of Christopher Nolan’s $200 million “Tenet” was in jeopardy, facing an indefinite delay as the COVID pandemic raged, leaving theaters shuttered. Over that summer, the director, a champion of the big-screen experience, wanted his espionage thriller to be the first major tentpole to debut in reopened cinemas.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Boys” Season 5 has cast Mason Dye in a guest star role, Variety has learned. Dye will appear in the role of Bombsight. Exact character details are being kept under wraps, but the character was previously mentioned in Season 4 of “The Boys” as a Supe who starred in the early Vought superhero film “The Curse of Fu Manchu” in the 1950’s.

Ethan Shanfeld Anthony Jeselnik is bringing his pitch-black comedy to Netflix once again with the new stand-up special “Bones and All,” which is set to debut on the platform on Nov. 26.

Jack Dunn The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor Angelina Jolie with the Maltin Modern Master Award at its 40th annual edition on February 5, 2025. Established in 1995, the Modern Master Award was created to honor filmmakers who have changed the movie industry through significant contributions and impact. The award was renamed the Maltin Modern Master Award in 2015 to honor long-time SBIFF moderator and film critic Leonard Maltin.

Fans of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle think they've pinpointed the moment they became a 'threat' to the Royal Family in a throwback video.The Sussexes, who stepped back as senior royals in 2020 and now call Montecito, California their home with their two kids, have been carving out their own path with numerous documentaries and Prince Harry's revelatory memoir. However, before their departure and public revelations, they partook in official visits, including a trip to Fiji in 2018 that was incredibly well-received by locals.

Princess Charlotte, despite her tender years and Royal status, seems to have her sights set on a career in nursing.The young princess, daughter of Prince William and Kate Middleton, has shown her caring side during public appearances, often seen attentively looking after her younger brothers. It's been reported that Charlotte has expressed a desire to become a nurse, inspired by her father's discussions about the crucial work of NHS staff. A source from the palace divulged to New Idea: "She's obviously just a little kid but still, Will and Kate swelled with pride.

Prince William is continuing his late mother's efforts to combat homelessness in a first-look clip at his new ITV documentary - however, the heir to the throne admits that he "can't do it on [his] own".The royal, 42, is returning to our screens for Prince William: We Can End Homelessness - a documentary following the first year of his Homewards programme, which aims to end homelessness. The two-part series features interviews with those currently facing homelessness and those who have experienced it in the past as well as Prince William himself.The heir is following in his mum's footsteps, with Princess Diana - who tragically died in 1997 - having been a patron of youth homelessness charity Centrepoint.