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Ilana Glazer is set to host the 2025 Webby Awards, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal exclusively.

The multi-hyphenate will emcee the 29th annual ceremony from Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 12.

The Webby Awards, known for its signature five-word acceptance speeches, celebrates the best of the internet across websites, podcasts, social media, games, apps, creators and ads.

Glazer is currently part of the cast of the George Clooney-led Broadway play, Good Night & Good Luck. Glazer also recently released the stand-up special Human Magic on Hulu. After co-creating Broad City, which began as a web series before its five-season run on Comedy Central, with Abbi Jacobson, Glazer has starred in such TV shows and films as The Afterparty, Babes and False Positive, co-writing the latter two. In 2016 she co-founded the Generator Collective nonprofit, which organizes and creates content around electing progressive candidates.

“Hosting The Webby Awards is...

With Broad City in their rearview, Ilana Glazer is plotting their return to television.

The Emmy winner recently revealed that they’re developing a series with nods to Sex and the City, which they said will focus on the “woman and gay guy friendship.”

“I’m writing a show right now. I’m doing a rewrite actually of this draft right now,” they said on the Dinner’s on Me podcast. “It’s like Sex and the City with two women and two gay guys. ‘Cause the woman and gay guy friendship is a big deal.

“My first best friend is my brother, [who is a] gay guy. All of my best friends growing up are gay boys. I want it to be them,” added Glazer.

After launching the show as a web series from 2009-2011, Broad City caught the eye of executive producer Amy Poehler and landed a five-season run on Comedy Central...

The International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Hubert Bals Fund has picked twelve feature films for its development support scheme, backing each project with €10,000 ($10,500) in production financing. The selection comes after the fund received more than 1,150 submissions, a new record.

Several IFFR alumni filmmakers are among the recipients. Brazilian filmmaker Lillah Hallah, whose Levante won the Youth Jury Award at IFFR 2024, will receive support for Colhões de Ouro, a dark musical comedy. Midhun Murali, who won a Tiger Special Jury Award for Kiss Wagon, secures backing for his new project MTV i.e. Mars to Venus.

Palestinian filmmaker Muayad Alayan, known for The Reports on Sarah and Saleem and A House in Jerusalem, receives funding for Conversation with the Sea. The film follows a Palestinian man ordered to pay his deceased son’s debt.

Christopher Murray’s Piedras gigantes will be one of the first Chilean fiction features shot on...

[This story includes spoilers from Grey’s Anatomy season 21, episode six, “Night Moves.”]

Sophia Bush made her Grey’s Anatomy debut in Thursday night’s episode.

In the latest episode of season 21, the actress plays Dr. Cass Beckman, a trauma surgeon at Seattle Presbyterian Hospital. She runs into Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) and Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) at a fancy restaurant while on a date with her husband, David Beckman, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

When Owen and David are called in to work because there are multiple traumas coming in, Teddy and Cass decide to stay out and eat dinner at the restaurant before deciding to go to the bar next door instead because the restaurant is too stuffy.

Over drinks and burgers, Teddy reveals to Cass that she and Owen are having trouble in their marriage due to their heavy workload. She asks Cass how she and David do it when...

Sophia Bush is getting ready to scrub in.

The One Tree Hill and Chicago P.D. star will join Grey’s Anatomy season 21 in a recurring role as Dr. Cass Beckman, a trauma surgeon who is amiable, fun and a little messy around the edges. She works at Seattle Presbyterian Hospital and is married to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital cardiothoracic surgeon David Beckman. At this point, it’s unclear if Dr. David Beckman will be cast as well.

Bush will make her Grey’s Anatomy debut in episode six of the current season, which will air Nov. 7.

She took to social media to share a video following the announcement. “I just wasn’t done with my scrubs,” she captioned the post.

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“One Tree Hill” and “Chicago P.D.” star Sophia Bush is about to put on some scrubs.

Bush has landed a recurring role on “Grey’s Anatomy,” joining the ABC medical drama’s 21st season as Dr. Cass Beckman, a trauma surgeon described as “amiable, fun and a little messy around the edges.”

She will make her “Grey’s” debut on the sixth episode of the season, which airs Nov. 7 on ABC.

Bush is no stranger to playing a doctor. In 2022, she produced and starred in the CBS medical drama “Good Sam,” playing the role of Dr. Sam Griffith, a cardiac fellow and interim hospital chief. Her credits also include the medical center-set “Chicago Med” and “Nip/Tuck.”

The actor also held roles in “Love, Victor,” “Partners” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and on the film side her credits include “The Narrows,” “Incredibles 2” and “False Positive.”

Aside from joining the ranks at Seattle Presbyterian,...

Ilana Glazer has set a new comedy special titled “Human Magic” at Hulu.

“Human Magic” was taped at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre in Toronto in May of this year during Glazer’s 48-city tour across the U.S. and Canada. This is their second stand-up special, following “Ilana Glazer: The Planet Is Burning,” which debuted on Amazon Prime Video in 2020 and saw them discuss their “thoughts on homophobes and Nazis, how crappy women’s razors are and what a joke the patriarchy is.”

Glazer is best known for “Broad City,” the Comedy Central series they co-created, co-showran and co-starred in with Abbi Jacobson. After debuting as a webseries, “Broad City” ran on Comedy Central for five seasons. In film, Glazer’s credits include co-writing and starring in Pamela Adlon’s 2024 comedy “Babes” and John Lee’s 2021 horror “False Positive.” They also played roles in “Broad City” executive...

On Tuesday June 11 2024, ESPN broadcasts 30 for 30!

False Positive Season 4 Episode 18 Episode Summary

In this episode of “30 for 30” titled “False Positive,” airing on ESPN, the acclaimed documentary series turns its lens to a notable sports happening that captivated audiences and sparked controversy. As with all “30 for 30” episodes, viewers can expect a deep dive into the intricacies of the story, accompanied by insightful interviews, archival footage, and expert analysis.

“False Positive” explores a specific event or phenomenon within the world of sports, shedding light on its impact and significance. Whether it’s a scandal, a triumph, or a moment of historical importance, each episode of “30 for 30” offers a compelling narrative that goes beyond the surface level of sports coverage. Through meticulous research and storytelling, the series uncovers the human drama behind the games we love.

Tune in to ESPN for “False Positive,” an episode of “30 for 30...

ESPN’s acclaimed documentary series, 30 for 30, presents its latest instalment, False Positive, looking into the life of former track and field superstar Butch Reynolds. The film, directed by Ismail Al-Amin, premieres on 11 June 2024, as part of the summer slate of five new documentaries in the series. False Positive explores the controversial drug […]

ESPN’s 30 for 30: False Positive – The Butch Reynolds Story...

Get ready for another compelling installment of “30 for 30” with Season 4 Episode 18 titled “False Positive,” airing at 7:00 Pm on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, exclusively on ESPN. As part of the acclaimed documentary series, this episode delves into a notable sports happening that is sure to captivate audiences.

In “False Positive,” viewers can expect a deep dive into a gripping sports story that challenges perceptions and sheds light on the complexities of athletic competition. As with all “30 for 30” episodes, this installment promises to offer a thought-provoking exploration of the subject matter, featuring interviews, archival footage, and expert analysis.

With its reputation for delivering riveting storytelling and thought-provoking narratives, “30 for 30” continues to be a must-watch for sports enthusiasts and documentary aficionados alike. Tune in as the series once again brings to life a momentous sports event, offering viewers a unique and insightful perspective on the world of athletics.

ESPN Films’ sports docuseries “30 for 30” will launch five new docus this summer.

The upcoming slate features docs about topics including gamer brand FaZe Clan, former track and field superstar Butch Reynolds, and comedy and sports YouTube creator company Dude Perfect.

The summer lineup will launch on June 4 with Kathleen Jayme and Asia Youngman’s “I’m Just Here for the Riot.” About the infamous 2011 Vancouver riot following a Canucks loss to the Boston Bruins during the Stanley Cup final, the film chronicles the event and its aftermath while also raising deeper questions about fandom, violence, and the shocking power of an angry crowd.

The remaining four docus on the slate are: Ismail Al-Amin’s “False Positive,” Justin Staple’s “No Scope: The Story of FaZe Clan,” Jay Caspian Kang’s “American Son,” and Oliver Anderson and Louis Burgdorf’s “Dude Perfect: A Very Long Shot.”

“Our upcoming ’30 for...

Film studio A24 has been paving the way for modern independent cinema, and one of its best and most efficient genres is horror. The 2010s were a tremendous time for A24 to showcase what it can do for a new generation of horror, as films like The Witch, The Lighthouse, Hereditary, Midsommar, and several others have become modern classics in the genre. Now, in the 2020s, A24 continues to put out risk-taking and deeply unsettling horror films.

With the upcoming release of I Saw the TV Glow - an experimental project set to be released in May 2024 - A24 continues to be a talking point for independent horror. The 2020s continue to open the door for experienced directors and new visionaries to present their skills in the popular genre. These horror films from the 2020s have the A24 name written all over them, from the one-two punch of X and...

Joe Manganiello recently said that he’s always “on the lookout for a good werewolf script” because he feels he has some unfinished business from his days of playing a werewolf on HBO series True Blood – but while we wait to see if and when he’s going to end up making a werewolf movie, Deadline reports that he has signed on to star in and produce a zombie thriller called Mountain Man.

Mountain Man is based on a series of novels written by Keith C. Blackmore. There are currently three books in that series, so if the movie is well-received there is some franchise potential here.

John Lee, whose previous credits include False Positive and Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, is set to direct the film from a screenplay by Matt Deller. Mountain Man will tell the story of Gus, a lonely post-apocalyptic survivor facing isolation and the...

While pregnancy is touted as one of the most beautiful aspects of life, the journey toward the reward of a bouncing baby is not always smooth. Although considered one of the most "natural" things in the world, the act of pregnancy has symptoms that are strange, physically and emotionally draining, and even life-or-death. There's a user on TikTok referred to as "The Girl with the List" who keeps a list of currently over 300 ways pregnancy and childbirth can ravage your body and mind: making you sick, stretching your skin, feeling like sharp pains in your back, swelling your ankles, losing your hair, weakening your nails, and on and on.

There's something very unsettling about a whole other person growing and moving inside you, absorbing your nutrients, changing who you are inside and out, and then being expelled from your body — sometimes in a violent manner. It's no wonder the horror...

Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau Screenshot: Neon/YouTube If you’ve been missing Broad City, the Babes trailer will be a breath of fresh air. Ilana Glazer once again plays the raunchy, freewheeling, pop culture referencing Bff everyone wishes they had, this time opposite Michelle Buteau. But the twist is...

Ilana Glazer and Michelle ButeauScreenshot: Neon/YouTube

If you’ve been missing Broad City, the Babes trailer will be a breath of fresh air. Ilana Glazer once again plays the raunchy, freewheeling, pop culture referencing Bff everyone wishes they had, this time opposite Michelle Buteau. But the twist is these...

This SXSW round-up is a bit like our living (and growing) scrapbook from this year’s big event. We’ll continue to update the article as more video interviews and entries become available.

The SXSW festival has changed and changed again in its 35-plus years. Originally begun as “just” a music festival, the event has become an intersection that’s ever expanding. Bringing in the best of film, television, gaming, and even the cutting edge of technology, it is sometimes hard to quantify what isn’t SXSW these days. Even the Film Festival is now the Film & TV Festival. Still, Den of Geek tried to cover it all, so here’s a look at all the exciting projects we got an early glimpse at in our studio.

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What if Ilana from “Broad City” was pregnant?

If you want to find out, watch the trailer for “Babes,” which Neon released on Thursday.

In the comedy film, which Ilana Glazer wrote with Josh Rabinowitz, the “Broad City” alum plays Eden, a proudly single, thirtysomething New Yorker who gets pregnant from a one-night stand and decides to keep the baby. She relies on her best friend Dawn (Michelle Buteau), a married mother of two, for help. It’s going to be a very challenging process, and not even Dawn is sure Eden will be able to pull it off. The humor seems like a more grown-up version of the chaotic whimsy Glazer brought to “Broad City,” her beloved Comedy Central sitcom.

“Babes” is directed by “Better Things” creator Pamela Adlon in her feature directorial debut. The cast also includes Hasan Minhaj, John Carroll Lynch, Stephan James, Oliver Platt, the Lucas brothers,...

Ornithologists will no doubt roll their eyes and scoff, “Who doesn’t know that?” But it was news to me that cuckoos, aside from inspiring those infernal kitsch clocks you want to smash once an hour, are also what’s known as brood parasites. That means they’re either too busy or too lazy or too evil to raise their own young, so they drop their eggs in the nests of other birds and let them do the parenting instead. Respect. German writer-director Tilman Singer folds that fascinating nugget of bird arcana into a reproductive horror scenario that’s more strange than coherent in his second feature, naturally titled Cuckoo.

There’s more than the seed of an entertainingly trippy freakout here, applying the peculiar breeding habits of the cuckoo to the demented plan of a self-described preservationist, bent on somehow or other building an assembly line of enhanced propagation using young “nestlings.

One of the biggest challenges of the Sundance Film Festival is trying to fit it all in and be everywhere all at once in Park City. On Sunday morning at The Park, a group of festival insiders stayed in one place for about two hours to take in a keynote from Everything Everywhere All at Once’s Oscar-winning producer Jonathan Wang and witness two producers being singled out with awards and $10,000 grants.

It all went down as part of a producers award collaboration between the Sundance Institute and Amazon MGM Studios. The prizes — one for fiction, one for nonfiction — were awarded to producers Brad Becker-Parton of Stress Positions and Toni Kamau of The Battle for Laikipia, two films that premiered in this year’s lineup.

Becker-Parton’s other credits include Tina Satter’s Reality, starring Sydney Sweeney, and Mariama Diallo’s Master, starring Regina Hall, a Sundance selection released by...

A24 has a reputation as one of the coolest indie movie “brands” today.

Through dozens of films, they have established themselves as arbiters of extremely good taste, maintaining relationships with their favorite filmmakers while taking big swings on new talent. They have also shown themselves to be crack marketers of their own product (how many boutique film studios inspire young fans to sweat sweatshirts emblazoned with their logo?)

This brand awareness is quite powerful. Younger filmgoers know an A24 movie when they see them; and they go see movies because the studio is behind them. This knowingness, a contract between the studio and the audience, extends to A24’s horror output, which is even more easily identifiable. “It’s an A24 horror movie,” you’ll say. And whoever you’re talking to will know exactly what you mean. Maybe it’s a little folksy, maybe it’s a little techy,...

Despite being a box office bomb, The Misfits is finding success on Netflix, appearing on the Top 10 Movies list in the US. The movie's anti-Qatar themes and Emirati funding drew controversy in 2021, but it still managed to secure a spot on the chart. The Pierce Brosnan movie is currently No. 6 on the chart, between The Devil on Trial and Reptile.

The Misfits is charting on Netflix despite being a box office bomb. The 2021 movie, which stars Pierce Brosnan, Nick Cannon, Tim Roth, and Jamie Chung, follows a group of criminals who team up to steal gold bars that are hidden beneath a prison. In addition to drawing controversy because the Emirati co-produced movie featured anti-Qatar themes, the movie was a box office bomb, only earning $1.6 million despite its $15 million budget.

Netflix has announced their list of the Top 10 Movies in the U.S. for the week of October 16 through October...

Despite all of American Horror Story’s witches, vampires, murder Santas, and serial killers, the anthology series has always suffered from an identity crisis and focus issues. American Horror Story’s 12th season comes in after what was arguably the series’ strongest season in over a decade that would have made for a powerful, poignant way to conclude the anthology horror series. Instead, American Horror Story: Delicate ventures into risky, overdone territory with this pregnancy body horror drama.

What’s significant about AHS: Delicate is that it features some major firsts for the series. For one, American Horror Story: Delicate is the first season where series creator Ryan Murphy isn’t showrunner. Instead, Hailey Feiffer–a playwright–takes over these duties and writes the entire season. This is also the first time that American Horror Story explicitly adapts source material instead of throwing a bunch of genre tropes...

A24 is having a moment right now. For starters, the indie studio and 21st century tastemaker is actually able to produce movies during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes due to its separation from the major Hollywood studios. So bring on that movie where Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega are responsible for killing a unicorn! More impressive though, A24 just picked up its second Best Picture Oscar in six years, and for a movie that walked away with a staggering seven Oscar wins overall in March.

Not bad for a company that’s barely a decade old, and which is still generally regarded in the zeitgeist for putting out strange, and yet often entrancing work. That, indeed, could be used to describe most of their horror output, which has had a bigger hand in shaping the genre in the 2010s than any other studio or production company not named Blumhouse. Whether...

Pierce Brosnan – while most may immediately recognize him for his role in the James Bond film franchise, the Irish actor has had a prolific history in film, playing just about any role you can think of. Even decades after his on-screen debut, he's still putting on a good show for the audience, appearing in films like DC's Black Adam and, more recently, Netflix's latest action-comedy flick, The Out-Laws. But while it's easy to write The Out-Laws off as yet another Happy Madison film, let's not get too hasty.

The Out-Laws may be the first of more streaming films starring this storied actor, where the freedoms streaming allows and the tastes it caters to drastically differ from mass-market theatrical productions. In many ways, streaming offers a means to "cut loose" from an actor's established body of work, in a similar vein to how independent films serve the same function.

But...

Folklore horror cinema has been one of the most popular horror sub-genres for almost as long as horror has been around. From classics like Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) and The Wicker Man (1973) to more modern releases like Robert Eggers' The Witch (2015) and Ari Aster's Midsommar (2019), the sub-genre is still going strong, and still beloved among the horror community. Recently, pregnancy horror has started to blow up. Of course, the heavy hitter Rosemary's Baby got this sub-genre started way back in 1968, but several films over the last few years have added some quality additions to the pack, like False Positive, Prevenge, and Huesera: The Bone Woman.

South Korean filmmaker Kang Park has blended the two with the new film Seire, which Park also wrote, and stars Seo Hyun-woo (Decision to Leave), Sun-young Ryu (Our Love Story), and Eun-woo Shim (Wanted).

The film follows a couple that are respecting the Korean tradition of Seire,...

Exclusive: Justin Theroux is latest new addition to the ensemble of Warner Bros’ Beetlejuice sequel that has Tim Burton directing and Michael Keaton set to reprise his iconic character. Winona Ryder is also set to reprise her role from the original 1988 supernatural comedy, with Jenna Ortega set to play Ryder’s daughter in the new pic.

Not much is known about the sequel except that the titular ghost will return to cause more antics. Details about who Theroux is playing are also under wraps. Warner Bros just dated the pic for September 6, 2024, with production set to start Wednesday in the UK.

Burton is also producing along with Tommy Harper, Plan B, Marc Toberoff and David Geffen, with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar penning the most recent draft.

The cult 1988 movie made $75 million and further propelled Keaton’s star power; he and Burton would work together again in 1989’s Batman.

Theroux...

Pamela Adlon has found her next project after the completion of her hit FX show “Better Things” and will make her feature directorial on a comedy co-written by and co-starring “Broad City’s” Ilana Glazer.

Glazer will co-star in this untitled pregnancy comedy along with Michelle Buteau in a story about an aggressively single woman who after becoming pregnant from a one-night stand leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.

Glazer also wrote the script with Josh Rabinowitz. And Glazer will also produce the film through her Starrpix banner, as will Ashley Fox for FilmNation Entertainment, Susie Fox and Rabinowitz.

Filming is scheduled to begin in July in New York City.

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Pamela Adlon has zeroed in on her first post-Better Things project.

The Emmy-winning talent will make her feature directorial debut on an untitled pregnancy comedy for FilmNation Entertainment and Range Media Partners from a script by Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz.

Broad City breakout Glazer will star in the film playing Eden, an aggressively single woman who, after getting pregnant from a one-night stand, leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond. Actress, writer and stand-up star Michelle Buteau will play the best friend, Dawn.

Filming is set to begin in July in New York City. Glazer is producing through her Starrpix banner alongside Rabinowitz, Range Media Partners co-founder Susie Fox, and FilmNation’s president of production Ashley Fox. FilmNation, Range and CAA Media Finance are handling U.S. sales of the project with FilmNation also overseeing international.

Ilana Glazer is in talks to star in and executive produce a comedy series currently in the works at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.

The series is titled “The Suck” and hails from writer and executive producer Ally Israelson. The show asks the question “What if the last year on earth was the best year of your life?” It follows Lydia (Glazer) to London, in search of an other-worldly end. it is further described as the upside of apocalypse, because when the things that have always mattered cease to matter, how fun would that be?

Along with Israelson and Glazer, the series is executive produced by Fulwell 73’s Leo Pearlman, Jeff Grosvenor and Saskia Schuster, as well as Range Media Partner’s Susie Fox.

Glazer is best known for co-creating and co-starring in the hit Comedy Central series “Broad City.” The show aired for five seasons and was critically acclaimed throughout its run.

Exclusive: WME has signed Ilana Glazer, who is best known for co-creating, showrunning, directing and starring in the hit comedy series Broad City, for representation.

The acclaimed Comedy Central show that Glazer co-created with Abbi Jacobson ran for five seasons. Based on a web series of the same name, produced between 2009 and 2011, it followed Ilana (Glazer) and Abbi (Jacobson), two Jewish American women in their twenties, on their adventures in New York City.

Glazer is also a comedian who has been busy in film, television, politics and on the road following the release of her 2019 special, The Planet is Burning. She can currently be seen in the recently released Apple TV+ comedy series, The Afterparty, created by Chris Miller and executive produced by Anthony King, which has her starring alongside Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoe Chao, Ike Barinholtz, Ben Schwartz, Dave Franco, John Early, Jamie Demetriou and more.

Glazer’s most recent feature,...

Cory Finley’s feature adaptation of National Book Award winner Landscape With Invisible Hand has added Clifton Collins Jr., Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark), Josh Hamilton (Eighth Grade) and Brooklynn MacKinzie (Truth Be Told).

Production begins this week on Finley’s third movie following the critically acclaimed Thoroughbreds and Bad Education.

The new stars join Asante Blackk, Tiffany Haddish, and Kylie Rogers in the big screen take of M.T. Anderson’s novel, which is a heightened comedy set in a deeply stratified, alien future.

Plan B’s Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are producing with Annapurna’s Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle.

Collins Jr. currently stars in Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley and the upcoming After Yang from director Kogonada. He won the Sundance Special Jury acting award in the U.S. Dramatic section for Jockey last year, a part that’s also landed...

Clifton Collins Jr., Michael Gandolfini, Josh Hamilton and Brooklynn MacKinzie have joined the cast of Cory Finley’s “Landscape With Invisible Hand.”

The quartet join previously announced stars Asante Blackk, Tiffany Haddish and Kylie Rogers in the film adaptation from MGM, Plan B Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures.

Based on National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson’s novel of the same name, “Landscape With Invisible Hand” is described as a “heightened comedy set in a deeply stratified, alien future.”

Production on the film begins this week, marking writer-director Finley’s third movie following the critically-acclaimed “Thoroughbreds” and “Bad Education.” Plan B’s Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are producing the project with Annapurna’s Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle.

Collins Jr. can currently be seen in Guillermo Del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” and will next appear in Kogonada’s “After Yang.” In 2021, the actor earned rave reviews for his leading performance in “Jockey,...

False Positive Review Video — False Positive (2021) Video Movie Review, a movie directed by John Lee, written by John Lee and Ilana Glazer, and starring Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, Gretchen Mol, Sabina Gadecki, Pierce Brosnan, Josh Hamilton, Nils Lawton, Sullivan Jones, James Cusati-Moyer, Lucy [...]

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Jason Wald has joined Neon as VP Acquisitions and Production, reporting to Jeff Deutchman, EVP Acquisitions and Production.

Wald will assist the team in curating the studio’s slate as it continues to ramp up production.

Wald previously served as Director of Acquisitions at Searchlight Pictures, identifying and acquiring features for the label’s theatrical slate and Hulu Originals lineup. He had moved across from Hulu, where he served as Senior Content Acquisition Manager, spending more four years as part of the company’s inaugural film team.

At Hulu, Wald oversaw the company’s Independent Film licensing partnerships and strategy and helped with the launch of Hulu Original Films, where he was involved in picking up such movies as Palm Springs, Boss Level, Bad Hair, False Positive, Big Time Adolescence, Little Monsters, the upcoming reboot of Hellraiser and the Oscar-nominated The United States vs. Billie Holiday, as well as Hulu...

Jason Wald has joined indie film studio Neon as vice president of acquisitions and production.

Wald joins the Oscar-winning shop from Searchlight Pictures. He will report to Jeff Deutchman, executive vice president of acquisitions and production. The company, behind hits like “Parasite” and “I, Tonya,” is seeking to ramp up original production in addition to curating its ongoing slate.

At Searchlight, Wald served as director of acquisitions. There he identified films for theatrical release and for streaming, via Searchlight’s output arrangement with Hulu. Prior to that, he was a member of the inaugural film team at Hulu Originals in the role of senior content acquisitions manager.

He was involved with fielding titles like “Palm Springs,” “Boss Level,” “Bad Hair,” “False Positive,” “Big Time Adolescence,” “Little Monsters” and the awards player “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” In his early years, Wald worked at the indie engine Radius-twc, where Neon...

Writer/director/actor Jim Cummings joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss a few of his favorite movies.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Thunder Road short film (2016)

Thunder Road (2018)

The Wolf Of Snow Hollow (2020)

The Beta Test (2021)

Jack Reacher (2012)

The ’Burbs (1989) – Ti West’s trailer commentary, Burbs-Mania from Tfh

Big (1988)

War Of The Worlds (2005) – Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review

Psycho (1960) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings

Children Of Men (2006)

Y Tu Mama Tambien (2002)

Russian Ark (2002) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary

The Beach (2000)

Titanic (1997)

28 Days Later (2003)

Victoria (2015) – Eduardo Rodriguez’s trailer commentary

Krisha (2015)

Dogtooth (2009)

Inside Out (2015)

Toy Story (1995)

Finding Nemo (2003)

Wall-e (2008)

Up (2009)

Rosemary’s Baby (1968) – Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary, Oren Peli’s trailer commentary

False Positive (2021)

Repulsion (1965) – Michael Lehman’s trailer commentary

Seduced And Abandoned (1964)

Divorce Italian Style (1961)

La Dolce Vita (1960) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary

My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002)

Speed Racer...

As mergers and acquisitions have shaken up Hollywood, all eyes have been on A24 — recently rumored to be floating a sale for up to $3 billion. Would the nine-year-old indie tastemaker behind Oscar-winners like “Moonlight” and hit series like “Euphoria” cash in on the fervor that’s led to rich deals for Hello Sunshine and MGM? The answer, at least for now, is no.

IndieWire has confirmed that A24 has hired its very first CFO in J.B. Lockhart, who has served for the last four years as the CFO of the NBA. His charge is clear: lead the company’s continued global expansion. And with previous experience in venture capital and at Disney working to identify merger and acquisition targets, industry sources say it’s possible A24 hopes that the Lockhart-led growth is in preparation for a possible sale or public offering down the road — or even to acquire other companies itself.

Dylan O’Brien has joined the cast of the upcoming feature satire “Not Okay.”

Star of “The Maze Runner” and “Love and Monsters,” O’Brien joins previously-announced leading lady Zoey Deutch in the project from writer-director Quinn Shephard. Brad Weston and Negin Salmasi’s Makeready are producing the film, which will premiere exclusively on Disney’s Dtc platforms.

With shooting already underway in New York City, “Not Okay” follows a misguided young woman desperate for friends and fame, who fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.

Rounding out the ensemble cast is Mia Isaac (Amazon’s upcoming “Don’t Make Me Go” opposite John Cho), Embeth Davidtz (“Old”) and Nadia Alexander. Actors Tia Dionne Hodge...

Pierce Brosnan will team up with Workaholics star Adam Devine for Netflix's upcoming action-comedy movie The Out-Laws. Devine is also on board to produce with Happy Madison. Tyler Spindel (The Wrong Missy) is directing using a screenplay penned by Evan Turner and Ben Zazove. Isaac Horne is executive producing the project.

Per Deadline, The Out-Laws follows "Owen Browning (Devine), a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker. When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws."

Details on Brosnan's role aren't clear, but given the details of the plot, it seems possible he'll be playing Devine's father-in-law. The veteran actor is of course best known for his turn as James Bond in a series of movies starting with 1995's GoldenEye. His more recent credits include The Misfits,...

A24 recently explored a possible sale, with the indie film studio floating an asking price of between $2.5 billion to $3 billion.

Sources familiar with the situation tell Variety that the Oscar-winning shop behind “Moonlight” and “Uncut Gems” has engaged with numerous potential suitors for more than 18 months. It’s unclear if those discussions continue to be ongoing. Sources close to A24 said the company is focused on expansion and is not prioritizing a sale.

Initially, the $2.5 billion-plus price tag drew some skepticism, but the media landscape has changed dramatically in just the past 12 months.

Amazon has set a deal to acquire MGM for $8.6 billion, a price that also seemed sky-high to industry insiders. Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine content banner has quietly begun seeking a sale or a partner in a deal that would value the company as high as $1 billion transaction. In this heady environment, the A24 auction could be...

Exclusive: Pierce Brosnan is set to co-star opposite Adam Devine in the Netflix action-comedy The Out-Law with Tyler Spindel on board to direct. Devine will also produce with Happy Madision. Evan Turner and Ben Zazove penned the script. Isaac Horne will exec produce.

The story follows Owen Browning (Adam Devine) is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker. When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.

Brosnan, the former 007, has had a busy 2021 with a slate that includes The Misfits, Hulu’s False Positive and the upcoming Cinderella pic starring Camila Cabello. He recently finished the DC films pic Black Adam opposite Dwayne Johnson.

Spindel, who cut his teeth working with Happy Madison over the years most recently directed Happy Madison’s The Wrong Missy starring David Spade.

The first season of HBO Max’s genre-defying series “Made for Love” premiered on April 1, kicking off the eight-episode dystopian comedy about the increasing intrusiveness of technology on the most intimate aspects of our personal lives. Based on the novel of the same name by Alissa Nutting, “Made for Love” chronicles the fallout of a tech mogul Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen) secretly implanting a chip in his wife Hazel’s (Cristin Milioti) brain. Scroll down to watch our four exclusive interviews with top Emmy contenders from the series.

Milioti and Magnussen lead “Made for Love” as the ill-fated married couple. The pair have collaborated together on numerous projects over the past 10 years, including the “Black Mirror” episode “USS Callister,” which was nominated for seven Emmy Awards, winning four including Best TV Movie. Milioti and Magnussen are both Tony nominees – Milioti for her leading role in musical “Once,” and Magnussen for...

Lionsgate’s English-language remake of Francis Veber’s French feature hit The Valet has been acquired by Disney’s direct-to-consumer platforms for a summer 2022 release as a Hulu Original in the U.S. and a Disney+ Star Original abroad.

Directed by Richard Wong and starring Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving, The Valet follows Olivia (Weaving), a movie star who enlists Antonio (Derbez) – a parking valet – to pose as her lover to cover for a relationship with a married man (Max Greenfield). As a valet, the hard-working Antonio usually flies under the radar but his ruse with Olivia thrusts him into the spotlight and brings him to see himself more clearly than ever before.

Betsy Brandt, Marisol Nichols, Noemi Gonzalez, Carmen Salinas, Ravi Patel, Tiana Okoye, Diany Rodriguez, Armando Hernández, Carlos Santos, Amaury Nolasco, John Pirucello and Alex Fernandez also star. Additionally, in a previously unannounced supporting role, Reggaeton superstar Lunay...

Ilana Glazer admits she’s been really worried about what people would think of her new movie, “False Positive.” While a dark comedy at times, the Hulu movie is quite different compared to the colorful comedy of “Broad City,” the sitcom she co-created with co-star Abbi Jacobson.

Co-written by Glazer and the film’s director John Lee, “False Positive” is a horror thriller of sorts about a couple (Glazer and Justin Theroux) who entrust a mysterious doctor (Pierce Brosnan) to help them conceive. “I’ve been really nervous to be honest,” Glazer says. “It’s like how are people going to react? It’s like a healthy practice for me to make something that is not aimed at pleasing. That’s a very big deal for me spiritually. … But I think we accurately captured what we were trying to do, which is to make the audience feel like, ‘Am I feeling this correctly?...

Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan has stated who he would like to see take up the mantle of 007 after Daniel Craig. With the release of No Time to Die in theaters this fall, Craig will wrap up his run as the iconic character. With that, it's only a matter of time before someone else has to step up and fill those shows. Now, the Goldeneye star has revealed that he would like to either see Idris Elbra or Tom Hardy in the role for the next iteration of the franchise.

Pierce Brosnan is currently promoting his new movie False Positive. He is also set to appear in Black Adam alongside The Rock as Doctor Fate. During a recent interview, he was asked who his pick would be to take over for Daniel Craig. Before answering, the actor said "sometimes it becomes wearisome" being asked who he thinks should be the next Bond.

Idris Elba and Tom Hardy have long been fan favorites to take over the role of James Bond following Daniel Craig’s departure from the iconic spy series, and now both actors have gotten an endorsement from 007 actor Pierce Brosnan. While on the press tour for his new Hulu horror movie “False Positive,” Brosnan told People magazine that Elba would be a “magnificent” choice. Elba maintained in April that Bond buzz involving his name is simply rumor and he’s content with his “Luther” franchise instead.

“Idris Elba comes to mind,” Brosnan said. “Idris is such a powerful presence and such a great former voice tensity. He would be magnificent. There’s Tom Hardy out there as well. Tom can really chew the furniture up, just be a ball boy — both men can.”

Brosnan added, “And I think now that Daniel has left such an indelible footprint, they can go in many different ways.

Warning: Some spoilers ahead.

Hulu’s newest horror film, “False Positive,” is a departure from Ilana Glazer’s typical comedic roles and one which she is welcoming with open arms. As she sees it, it is an opportunity to dive into a much darker script that she hopes will help her process on screen some emotional turmoil she has struggled with off screen.

“False Positive” tells the story of a woman named Lucy (Glazer) and her husband Adrian (Justin Theroux) who try for over two years to get pregnant and finally find success with an acclaimed IVF doctor named John Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). The pregnancy takes, and Lucy gets pregnant with triplets — only to find out her pregnancy is “high risk.” She has to make an insanely difficult decision: undergo a fetal reduction and either keep two boys or the one girl.

Unbeknownst to Lucy, Adrian and Dr. Hindle are conspiring against her.

“False Positive,” which hit Hulu on Friday, sees Ilana Glazer terrorized by a sinister pregnancy and an even more sinister fertility doctor (Pierce Brosnan). The “Rosemary’s Baby” vibes have us reminiscing on not just that classic film but on all of the villainous children of horror history.

Let’s countdown film’s best cases for birth control, Aka the creepiest kids of cinema.

A24 10. Charlie, “Hereditary” (2018)

While young Charlie is ultimately a victim in Ari Aster’s instant-classic debut feature, “Hereditary,” she sure does make an eerie impression. Actress Milly Shapiro, in her first film role, imbues the troubled teen trope with a sense of otherworldly dread, rendering the character’s thousand-yard stares and periodic tongue-clicking genuinely creepy instead of comical. Although she is absent for the film’s off-the-walls final act, Charlie’s untimely demise remains one of the most shocking movie moments of recent memory.

Warner Bros 9. Rhoda,...

Billed as a pregnancy horror movie, False Positive will have you reeling in discomfort as you watch Pierce Brosnan holding a speculum. The first half of the Hulu thriller movie is a bit of a slow burn as we follow Lucy (Ilana Glazer), a woman who becomes pregnant after visiting Dr. John Hindle (Brosnan), a renowned fertility specialist who taught her husband Adrian (Justin Theroux). Her joy over her pregnancy quickly fades as she starts suspecting that her doctor and husband have somehow been manipulating her. If you find yourself scratching your head over that wild ending, you're not alone. Ahead, we break down that strange third act to clear up the confusing twists.

Let's go over some context before we fully dive into the ending. Things first take a turn when Lucy learns that she's pregnant with a set of male twins and a female singleton. Dr. Hindle brings up selective reduction,...