Mattel TV Studios Taps Three Key Creative Execs, Including Bad Robot’s Cory Bennett Lewis as Head of Production

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Nebula is aiming to break into the big-league movie biz with the launch of Nebula Motion Pictures, the new studio arm of the creator-community-focused indie streaming service, and tapping director and cinematographer Valentina Vee as the company’s director of motion pictures. Under her new overall deal, which marks the first pact of this kind for Nebula, Vee will move in-house at Nebula and focus on the formation of the new film studio alongside Nebula Production vice president Trenton Waterson, an alum of Marvel Studios, to build and scale Nebula Pictures.

Bad Bunny and Kendall Jenner made headlines once again after the pair were spotted in a romantic reunion at the Met Gala after-party. The couple was all smiles having a casual conversation and dancing following the exclusive event in New York City.

EXCLUSIVE: Apploff Entertainment, the unscripted production company behind series such as Fox’s Beat Shazam and Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, is promoting two of its employees.

Mubi has acquired worldwide rights for French director Coralie Fargeat’s English-language body horror movie The Substance ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival this month.

Alex Ritman Mubi has kicked off its 2024 Cannes Film Festival early and in style, acquiring worldwide rights to one of the buzziest films set to premiere in competition. The arthouse distributor, production banner and streamer has landed Coralie Fargeat’s body horror “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Denis Quaid, picking up all rights for North America, U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America and Benelux, where it will release theatrically this year. Mubi has also acquired the rights for Turkey and India.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer New transmedia company Iconic Arts launched Tuesday with $3.1 million in financing at a $20 million pre-seed valuation. The entertainment studio boasts support from screenwriter Eric Roth, Grammy winning artist Will.i.am and exec vets of Disney, Sony Pictures Entertainment and JP Morgan.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent New Dubai-based distribution and production studio The Plot Pictures is headed for the Cannes Marche du Film after snapping up Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) rights to a slew of indie titles across different genres. They include “Locust,” a first feature film from Taiwanese American multidisciplinary artist Keff that is playing in Critics Week, and Nick Hamm’s epic “William Tell.” The Plot Pictures CEO Pratixa Shah and head of sales Ozge Conduroglu – who was previously with Starz Play Arabia – are assembling a slate spanning “different genres, regions, and languages,” as Shah put it in statement.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Microsoft‘s Xbox will shut down four studios run by its Bethesda Softworks publisher, including Arkane Austin, Alpha Dog Studios, Tango Gameworks and Roundhouse Games. Xbox Game Studios chief Matt Booty announced the restructuring in a memo to staff Tuesday, writing that the closures were “grounded in prioritizing high-impact titles and further investing in Bethesda’s portfolio of blockbuster games and beloved worlds which you have nurtured over many decades.” “We are making these tough decisions to create capacity to increase investment in other parts of our portfolio and focus on our priority games,” Booty wrote.

Marks and Spencer has issued a recall alert to all shoppers, advising them to return certain chicken products sold in stores.

Three major UK airlines have warned UK holidaymakers with trips planned to Turkey that they can't use mobile boarding passes on certain flights back from the destination.

back together, now? Are we looking at a Carrie and Mr. Big situation? Last anyone heard, the Jenner-Bunny romance was over. Until, that is, they were spotted getting cozy at a after party on May 6.Paparazzi cameras caught the pair at the Après Met 2 Met Gala After Party, squeezed next to each other on a sofa.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Food Network has renewed “24 in 24: Last Chef Standing” for Season 2 ahead of the new primetime competition’s first season finale. Hosted by Esther Choi and Michael Symon, “24 in 24: Last Chef Standing” follows 24 talented and fearless chefs who take on 24 food challenges in 24 consecutive, non-stop hours, per Food Network’s description for the series.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company is shrinking the MCU with a new mission to drop the number of Marvel TV series to two a year and the film output to no more than three movies per year. Iger said this is part of Disney’s overall strategy to reduce output and focus on quality, a strategy “that’s particularly true with Marvel.” On the TV side, Iger says that a portion of the upcoming series set for release are “a vestige of basically a desire in the past to increase volume.” “We’re slowly going to decrease volume and go to probably about two TV series a year instead of what had become four and reduce our film output from maybe four a year to two, or a maximum of three.

's spooky series , the 23-year-old is finally tackling horror on the big screen, starring in the supernatural thriller Tarot.“I've had a deep appreciation for horror since I was younger, but working more in the genre, I've grown to love it even more,” Thompson tells Glamour.She fully immersed herself in the film—so much that the directors assigned each cast member their own for character development purposes. “They were really hands-on with our astrology signs because each of the qualities of our characters came through that, which I love, because all of our signs are talked about in the film,” Thompson says.

Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day returned as Beavis and Butt-Head. At the Los Angeles premiere of "The Fall Guy" Tuesday, Gosling, who stars in the film, strutted the red carpet in a mint green suit. During a second walk down the carpet, he sported different attire and had a new companion by his side.

EXCLUSIVE: VMI Worldwide has acquired worldwide sales rights on Breed of Greed starring Gina Gershon (Showgirls). 

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Carrousel Studios, the newly launched production company of “Lupin” star Omar Sy, “Fast X” director Louis Leterrier and “Gangs of London” producer Thomas Benski, has appointed Cécile Gaget as CEO. A seasoned executive, the Paris-based Gaget previously worked at Wild Bunch as head of film, and also worked at Anton Capital and Gaumont where she spearheaded international sales and co-productions.

Newly-launched Carrousel Studios has appointed French film industry veteran Cécile Gaget as its CEO, with effect from May 1.

Ryanair has warned passengers flying to three major holiday destinations that they must print off their boarding passes. The budget airline said that airports in Turkey and Morocco do not allow digital boarding passes downloaded onto mobile phones.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Get your parasols out, because Netflix and Shondaland are launching a new “Bridgerton” fan event ahead of the show’s Season 3 premiere, and this one will encourage a great deal of strolling in the sun as you browse Regency-inspired merch. Per Netflix and Shondaland, on May 11 “a plaza in New York City will be transformed into the Bridgerton Promenade, a bustling Regency-era market reminiscent of the iconic ‘Bridgerton’ ‘Ton where fans are invited to immerse themselves into the world of ‘Bridgerton’ with interactive experiences, a showcase of the new products, photo opps, live merriment, exciting giveaways and more.” This marks “Bridgerton’s” second venture into live events, alongside the globe-trotting “The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience,” which has been the site of nearly 50 proposals since it began touring.