The CW has opted not to renew affiliations with E.W. Scripps-owned stations in seven markets.
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EXCLUSIVE: Monarch Media, 11x Primetime Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Point Grey Pictures, Lylas Pictures and Giant Ant Films are teaming to bring Sarah Leavitt’s graphic novel Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother and Me, to the big screen as a feature-length animated film.
Along with Louis-Dreyfus, the cast includes Abbi Jacobson, Bryan Cranston, Samira Wiley, Beanie Feldstein, Seth Rogen, Wanda Sykes, Bowen Yang, Pamela Adlon and Sarah Silverman.
In Tangles, when Alzheimer’s disease begins to strip away her mother’s vibrant personality, a headstrong young woman is forced to return to her oddball family in the conservative small town she recently fled in order to care for her. She quickly realizes she must accept the cruel and warped reality of the disease – and the imperfect beauty of her family – in order to become the daughter they need.
Leavitt adapted her novel for film along with Trev Renney and Leah Nelson.
Giant Ant Co-Founder Leah Nelson is directing. Producers include Vicky Patel, Steve Barnett and Alan Powell through Monarch Media, Alex McAtee, James Weaver and Madeline Blair through Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures, Leah Nelson and Ross Murray through Giant Ant Films and Lauren Miller Rogen, Jen Ray and Sophie Hoegh through LYLAS Pictures, and Louis-Dreyfus.
Patel, Rogen and Miller Rogen are longtime Alzheimer’s activists, having been affected by the disease in very personal ways. Patel’s late father was diagnosed with the disease in 2003, inspiring her to become one of the nation’s leading fundraisers for brain science research. She was honored with the Alzheimer’s Foundation’s Jerome H. Stone Philanthropy Award, one of the organization’s highest honors.
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The CW has opted not to renew affiliations with E.W. Scripps-owned stations in seven markets.
EXCLUSIVE: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is partnering, through his Seth MacFarlane Foundation, with Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation to fund the first-ever, curated restoration of historically significant animated shorts from the 1920s to 1940s.
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Congrats again to Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse!
It's been over 20 years since Katie Price hit headlines for her alleged feud with Victoria Beckham, and it appears she hasn't let go of that grudge just yet. Speaking on her podcast, The Katie Price Show, this week, the former Glamour Model recalled an incident where she claimed that Spice Girl Victoria, 49, targeted her by singing 'Who Let The Dogs Out' in a dig towards Katie.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Alamo Drafthouse, the Texas-based theater chain that’s popular for its in-theater dining and fan-forward approach to moviegoing, is exploring a sale. Several Hollywood studios were approached to assess their interest in buying the company, according to two sources. It’s unclear if the talks are ongoing or how close the company is to a potential acquisition.
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) has announced the 49th Annual Gracie Awards winners.
Divers have recovered the bodies of two of six workers who plunged into the water after a bridge collapsed in Baltimore. The others are presumed dead and officials said search efforts had been exhausted.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver’s Point Grey Pictures has entered into a first-look deal with Lionsgate Television. News of the deal comes just after it was announced production has begun on the Apple TV+ series “The Studio.” The show, which is set at a legacy Hollywood movie studio, is produced by Point Grey and Lionsgate TV with Rogen set to star as well as write, direct, and executive produce alongside Goldberg. Kathryn Hahn, Catherine O’Hara, and Bryan Cranston are also among the show’s cast.
Korn — 30 years into their celebrated career — just announced they’re hitting the road this fall for a head-banging, fist-pounding nationwide tour with heavy special guests Gojira and Spiritbox.Along the way, Jonathan Davis and co. are slated to stop into Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on Friday, Sept.
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A major emergency rescue operation is underway after a bridge in the USA collapsed.
New roles in the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic have been announced!
Yellow buses will now be seen buzzing through Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Bury and north Manchester following the launch of the Bee Network’s second phase.