Fox Entertainment Buys MarVista in Bid To Ramp Up for Streaming Wars

tweeted on Thursday.Schwarzenegger’s donation was highlighted in a Fox LA news report Thursday night. You can watch portions of that segment below:"This is the greatest Christmas gift!” @Schwarzenegger donates 25 tiny homes to homeless vets at the VA in West LA.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWalk Like a Duck Entertainment has acquired the life rights to the story of John Fairfax, an adventurer who crossed both the Atlantic and the Pacific in a rowboat.The company plans to make a film about Fairfax and believes his extraordinary exploits have the making of gripping cinema.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSouth Korean entertainment-tech firm Kakao Entertainment has acquired Wuxiaworld, a Hong Kong-based online platform for English-language, Asian fantasy fiction.The acquisition was handled through Radish Media, a New York-based Kakao subsidiary that pitches itself as a mobile fiction platform for serialized storytelling. Deal terms were not disclosed.Wuxiaworld boasts millions of page views per day from users in over 100 countries.

Megan Fox stripped down to some racy black lingerie in the new trailer for Big Gold Brick, causing another sizzling stir. The 35-year-old actress, who’s had somewhat of a renaissance in the past couple years, is starring in the dark comedy as Jacqueline, the unsatisfied “second wife” of the 65-year-old Floyd, played by Andy Garcia.

Fox Corp.’s distribution unit Fox First Run has renewed four original syndicated shows, including the Jay Leno-hosted reboot of You Bet Your Life.

EXCLUSIVE: Eva De Dominici has been tapped for a heavily recurring role opposite Adan Canto on The Cleaning Lady, Fox’s adaptation of the Argentinean drama starring Elodie Yung, from The 100 writer Miranda Kwok, Stargirl EP Melissa Carter, who is showrunner, Shay Mitchell’s Amore & Vita Productions, Warner Bros. Television and Fox Entertainment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBrooke Bowman has been promoted to executive vice president of drama development and programming at Fox Entertainment.She succeeds Charlie Andrews in the role, with Andrews exiting the company. The parting with Andrews is said to be on good terms, with his contract simply coming to an end.Bowman was previously senior vice president in the Fox drama department.

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Andrews has stepped down as EVP, Drama Programming and Development at Fox Entertainment after fours years as head of the broadcast network’s drama department. He is succeeded by Brooke Bowman, most recently SVP, Drama Programming and Development, who has been promoted to EVP, Drama Programming and Development.

Fox has high hopes for its multi-tiered cooking competition Next Level Chef and this includes a global rollout of the format.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Entertainment has acquired MarVista Entertainment, the prolific independent studio which produces and distributes original movies for traditional and streaming networks worldwide. No one would comment but sources pegged the value of the deal at over $100 million.

Fox News. The longtime Fox News Sunday anchor announced his decision to leave the network during Sunday's program, calling his 18 years with Fox «a great ride.»«After 18 years — this is my final Fox News Sunday,”Wallace said. »It is the last time — and I say this with real sadness — we will meet like this."«It's been a great ride,» he continued.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorChris Wallace is leaving Fox News Channel, he announced on his program Sunday morning, a move that abruptly sunders the cable-news outlet’s connection with one of its most recognized and independent journalists.Wallace delivered the news himself, in the last minutes of his “Fox News Sunday,” which he has anchored for nearly two decades on the Fox Corporation-owned outlet.  “I want to try something new, to go beyond politics to all the things I’m interested in.

Lovestruck from the first moment they met! Before Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox connected, he was eager to meet — and work with — the Tennessee native.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorLauren Townsend, a veteran of corporate media publicity, has been named a new senior vice president of communications at Fox Corp.The announcement of her new title was made by Brian Nick, the company’s chief communications officer. She will join Fox on January 3, 2022.Townsend had been doing consulting work for Disney’s Hulu, but is probably best known for stints as a senior-level communications executive for Lionsgate’s Starz and Sony Pictures Television.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorOn Thursday evening, Fox News hopes to bring new light to the holiday season after a large Christmas tree placed outside the company’s New York headquarters was set ablaze Wednesday morning.“Fox & Friends” weekday hosts Steve Doocy and Ainsley Earhardt will be joined by meteorologist Janice Dean, weekend “Fox & Friends” hosts Pete Hegseth and Rachel Campos-Duffy and early morning hosts Todd Piro and Carley Shimkus as Fox News lights a new tree during the first

David Zaslav is sad.His day started off with a sobering phone call with Suzy Welch, author, host and widow of longtime General Electric CEO Jack Welch. The morning headlines from the once largest company in the world and citadel of corporate America came as a jolt to Zaslav, who previously worked for then-GE-owned NBC for 18 years.After years of struggling, GE announced on Nov.

Mark and Dorothy Canton’s Atmosphere Entertainment has acquired the rights to Upper Cut: Highlights of My Hollywood Life, an internationally bestselling memoir by Carrie White, which it is developing for film.

Ever since Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox ended their marriage in early 2020, they’ve been co-parenting their three sons while exploring new romantic relationships. The Beverly Hills 90210 actor, 48, is currently dating Dancing with the Stars pro Sharna Burgess, 36, while Megan, 35, has been in a steamy relationship with rapper Machine Gun Kelly, 31.