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AMC and UK’s Alibi have rounded out the the three leads of crime drama series Ragdoll, with Henry Lloyd-Hughes (The Irregulars, Killing Eve) and Thalissa Teixeira (Too Close, Trigonometry) joining previously announced Lucy Hale. The series, which begins production today in London, hails from Sid Gentle Films, the British production company behind Killing Eve. Toby MacDonald (Old Boys, The Duchess) and Niall MacCormick (The Victim, The Song of Lunch) will direct.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHenry Lloyd-Hughes and Thalissa Teixeira will star alongside Lucy Hale in the AMC-Alibi series “Ragdoll,” Variety has learned.The six-episode show, which was ordered to series back in February, is set to begin production on April 19 in London.

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Video games. Some people love them, and others couldn’t care less.

Last year, Ben Wheatley snuck out of lockdown and decided to make a horror film, “In the Earth.” Now, months later, he’s ready to share his new indie feature with the world.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Music Group and Spotify have entered into a new partnership that will see the two companies develop a series of original podcasts built around WMG’s extensive and diverse artists’ and songwriters’ catalogs.“The most impactful podcasts share with music the key component of storytelling and personal experience.

Kate Aurthur editorRob Delaney, of “Catrastrophe” and Twitter fame, will co-star with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in Showtime’s forthcoming drama series “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”The project is based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel, as well as Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film in which David Bowie played Dr. Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien from another planet who lands in New Mexico.

Antonio Ferme editorThe 5-year-old son of Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) came home one day to tell his father a story about an older child that kept calling him “Chinese boy” over and over again.

Recently, “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” was released on HBO Max and seemingly put an end to the Snyderverse chapter of the DCEU. (Okay, sure #RestoreTheSnyderverse is being seen all over social media, but the higher-ups at WB have been pretty clear about wanting to move on.) So, with all of that in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to focus on the future of DC superhero films.

Renfrew. Tam Love is our worthy £100 winner this week for his cracking picture of light trails in front of Renfrew Town Hall.

Makeup and special effects artist Cleve Hall, whose work included Ghoulises, Twisted Nightmare and Book of Fire, has died. Hall’s publicist, Mike Arnold confirmed the artist’s death to Deadline. He died Wednesday from a heart attack at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He was 61.

“Funny Face” is a superhero film only Tim Sutton could make. The film follows the story of a young guy named Saul, who is upset with his life and the direction he thinks New York City is headed.

On Thursday, CAA kicked off the month of April with the CAA Amplify Town Hall to address the surge of violence against Asians and Asian Americans. These acts of violence and harassment have been on the forefront in the past week with the Atlanta shootings and the most most recent attack in New York City where a man brutally attacked 65-year-old Vilma Kari while saying racist remarks.

Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries and Three Uncanny Four Productions, in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment, today launched Death at the Wing, a new podcast series that focuses on the tragic intersection of basketball, politics, and socio-economics in the 1980s that led to an extraordinary number of untimely deaths of rising basketball prospects.

CAA has assembled a packed lineup of Asian American influencers and leaders to discuss the wave of anti-Asian violence and hate that continues to sweep the country. The 90-minute CAA Amplify Town Hall will take place online April 1 at 10 a.m.

Unless you’re a fan of her stand-up or you’ve already seen “Shiva Baby,” you’re likely not super familiar with the work of Rachel Sennott. The young actress-comedian has been sitting on a breakout performance in her festival darling debut, “Shiva Baby,” for over a year now, and finally, the world is going to be introduced to her unique brand of comedy…and terror.

In March of 2020, at the top of the pandemic, when former reality show host Donald Trump referred to the coronavirus as the “China Virus” and “Kung Flu”, violence and harassment against Asians and Asian Americans started to surge.