Charlie Kaufman To Receive WGA West’s Laurel Award
Posted on Wednesday February 08, 2023
Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman will be this year’s recipient of the WGA West’s Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement. The lifetime achievement award, which goes to members who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter,” will be presented March 5 during the 75th annual Writers Guild […]
Netflix Expands Paid Password Sharing To Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain
Posted on Wednesday February 08, 2023
Netflix is rolling out paid password sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain as the company looks to reap revenue from a practice it long encouraged customers to engage in at no charge. A blog post confirmed the rollout and said it would expand in the coming months. The announcement followed some online unrest […]
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Named Best Film Of 2022 By Rotten Tomatoes
Posted on Wednesday February 08, 2023
The highest grossing movie of 2022 at the domestic B.O. in pure calendar days and second highest grossing worldwide, Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick ($718.3M U.S., $1.488 billion) has been named the best movie of last year by Rotten Tomatoes. The news comes in the wake of Top Gun: Maverick scoring six Oscar nominations including Best […]
‘Mean Girls’: Avantika, Christopher Briney & Bebe Wood Board Paramount Film Based On Tony-Nominated Musical Adaptation
Posted on Wednesday February 08, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Avantika (Senior Year), Christopher Briney (The Summer I Turned Pretty) and Bebe Wood (Love, Victor) have landed major roles in Paramount Pictures’ film adaptation of the Tony-nominated Broadway hit, Mean Girls, which is itself based on the classic Paramount comedy of the same name. The actors join an ensemble for the Paramount+-bound feature that […]
Seth MacFarlane Signs With WME
Posted on Wednesday February 08, 2023
Seth MacFarlane and his Fuzzy Door production company have signed with WME for representation. The move marks MacFarlane’s return to the agency following a move to CAA in 2017. MacFarlane became the youngest showrunner in television history at just 24 years old when his animated series Family Guy aired on Fox. He went on to […]
