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The History Channel has unveiled its latest programming slate, featuring documentaries from top talent including Kevin Costner and Bradley Cooper.

29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best film and TV performances of the past year, were handed out live.For the first time since 1998, the ceremony was not broadcast on TV. Instead, it aired on Netflix's YouTube channel after it was announced that the platform will begin streaming the ceremony live in 2024, as part of a multi-year partnership with SAG-AFTRA. Going into the awards,  and both led with five nominations each, including four individual acting nods and one for ensemble.

EXCLUSIVE: Ashland Hill Media Finance is to co-finance a slate of four films at various stages of production, including Christophe Gans’ horror reboot Return To Silent Hill, based on the hit Konami video game.

Katie Reul editor Emily Blunt, Andrew Garfield and Caleb McLaughlin are among the presenters for the 29th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. Nominees who will double as presenters include Blunt, who is up for female actor in a TV movie or limited series for her role in “The English,” and Jessica Chastain, who received a nod in the same category for her performance in the series “George & Tammy.” Actors Don Cheadle (“White Noise”), Caleb McLaughlin (“Stranger Things”), Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”), Ashley Park (“Emily in Paris) and Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick… Boom!”) will also take the stage.

Yorkshire and London-based production company Tempo Productions today announced that Georgia Bayliff, former Head of Film at finance outfit Silver Reel, will join Tempo’s executive team, where she will co-produce company projects.

Taylor Sheridan‘s upcoming CIA drama series “Lioness” for Paramount+ may be one of his most star-studded projects yet. Deadline reports that Morgan Freeman is the latest to join the cast of the original series joining other A-listers like Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Morgan Freeman has joined the cast of Paramount+’s original series Lioness, headlined and executive produced by Zoe Saldaña and also starring Nicole Kidman, who executive produces, and Laysla De Oliveira.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate’s Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired North American rights to Dead Man’s Hand — a Western starring Stephen Dorff (True Detective), Jack Kilmer (The Nice Guys) and Cole Hauser (Yellowstone), which just recently wrapped production in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Lillard and Josh Hutcherson are set for Blumhouse’s feature take of the popular video game Five Nights at Freddy’s. 

, they're colleagues.On December 15, the Garden State director and Scrubs star shared a trailer for his latest film starring , Morgan Freeman, and Molly Shannon. Written and directed by A Good Person will be released in March and features an almost unrecognizable version of the Midsommer and star. Previously in February 2021, Pugh plays Allison, a woman who “falls apart” after being involved in an accident that killed her would-be sister-in-law.

Paramount Pictures has made two more major tweaks to its release schedule, moving the next film in its Scream franchise up from March 31 to March 10, 2023 while pushing back the starry Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves from March 3 to March 31, 2023. Both titles will open in theaters nationwide.

EXCLUSIVE: After launching in Cannes, financier Ashland Hill Media Finance has come aboard to co-finance Rupert Sanders’ reboot of The Crow, starring Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs and Danny Houston. 

Sir Lenny Henry says working on the big budget 'The Rings of Power' was "spectacular". The 64-year-old actor and comedian plays Harfoot elder Sadoc Burrows in Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' prequel series, and he was blown away by how much money the streaming company threw at the production, with even the limo driver having his own driver allegedly. The British funnyman told Ireland's Woman's Way magazine: "I went backwards and forwards to New Zealand for filming.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Lionsgate has tapped Ruben Fleischer to direct the third installment of action-heist franchise “Now You See Me.” The “Venom,” “Uncharted” and “Zombieland” director will take the helm of the third installment of the story of the thieving illusionists know as the Four Horsemen, while also featuring a new generation of characters. Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president Nathan Kahane announced the new film, which will get a new draft of the screenplay by “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith. The previous draft was by Eric Warren Singer.

Director Ruben Fleischer, best known for directing “Venom” and most recently “Uncharted,” is set to direct the third installment of the action-heist franchise “Now You See Me” for Lionsgate, Nathan Kahane, president, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, announced on Thursday.Seth Grahame-Smith (“Pride and Prejudice” and “Zombies”) has been tapped to work on a new draft of the screenplay, overseen by Fleischer. The previous draft was written by Eric Warren Singer, who previously co-wrote “Top Gun: Maverick” and “American Hustle.”“The Now You See Me” franchise has grossed $687 million worldwide at the box office.

EXCLUSIVE: Venom and Uncharted filmmaker Ruben Fleischer has been tapped to helm the next installment of Now You See Me from Lionsgate.

Manori Ravindran International Editor Morgan Freeman and his producing partner Lori McCreary are set to produce “War Is Coming,” a short film from Nigerian filmmaking collective The Critics Company. Freeman and McCreary are producing through their Revelations Entertainment production banner. “War Is Coming” follows the story of Óla, a brash teenager who discovers he is the reincarnation of a demigod, and spirals into his destiny, unprepared for the events that come as a result of this discovery. The film will debut at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art’s +234 Connect Festival: A Celebration of Nigerian Creativity. It will also be released simultaneously via The Critics Company’s popular YouTube channel.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producer Richard Salvatore has been appointed Head of US Film Production and Distribution at Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment (ILBE) as the Italian company looks to grow its stateside footprint.

Metro Boomin has announced details of his new album, ‘Heroes & Villains’, his first full-length solo record in four years.The St. Louis rapper – real name Leland Tyler Wayne – last released a solo album in 2018 with ‘Not All Heroes Wear Capes’. Since then, he has worked with 21 Savage on the collaborative record ‘Savage Mode II’, which arrived in 2020.Now, Metro Boomin has confirmed his second solo release will land in November.

EastEnders fans, he's a blast from the past! In 2012, he rolled-up to Walford as Ray Dixon - the ex-partner of loud-mouth Bianca Jackson and the father to her young son Morgan Butcher. READ MORE:  Casualty star with hard hitting storyline who is married to an EastEnders actressHe also gets caught up in a racism row with the police which sparked his mentoring scheme for youngsters who are facing similar encounters which progresses to the birth of boxing club Fighting Fit. Ray dived into a relationship with the legendary Kim Fox and landed himself a job at The Queen Vic and revealed he also has a secret daughter called Sasha.

Wolfgang Petersen, the Oscar-nominated director of "In The Line Of Fire", "Air Force One" and "The Perfect Storm," has died due to pancreatic cancer, his representative confirmed to Fox News Digital. He was 81. The German filmmaker died peacefully on Friday at his Brentwood, California home in the arms of his wife of 50 years, Maria Antoinette.  In 1981, Petersen made his breakthrough with the German-language WWII film "Das Boot", which he wrote and directed.The submarine epic received six Academy Award nominations, with Petersen scoring nods for best director and best adapted screenplay.

Wolfgang Petersen, whose German-language film “Das Boot” launched a successful Hollywood filmmaking career including “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died, a representative told TheWrap. He was 81.Petersen died peacefully Friday from pancreatic cancer with his wife Maria Antoinette by his side.Petersen’s film “Das Boot” or “The Boat” (1981) launched his career in Hollywood after the submarine WWII film received six Academy Award nominations.

German film director Wolfgang Petersen has died at age 81. He died peacefully Friday at his Brentwood residence from pancreatic cancer, in the arms of his wife of 50 years, Maria Antoinette.

Daniel Craig stepped down from playing James Bond after No Time To Die, the race to replace him has been on. While the official announcement will likely come within the next year, a number of massive British stars are in the running in the Bond odds.

Elvis Presley in the commemorative Elvis Week. This event is to coincide with the anniversary of the star's death, which is on August 16, 2022. The King died in 1977 of a cardiac arrest.

Elvis Presley at the moment to commemorate Elvis Week. This event is to coincide with the anniversary of the star's death on August 16, 2022. The King died in 1977 of a cardiac arrest.

Elvis Presley biopic, Elvis, just hit rental streaming services this week, allowing fans to relive the star's life at any point. But before the movie had even hit cinemas, Elvis' ex-wife Priscilla Presley was sick with fear about how the King might be portrayed. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Warehouse demo trailerThe Story of God with Morgan Freeman: Man recalls 500ft fallJane Russell stars in 'The Outlaw''The Towering Inferno' trailer (1974)Kenneth Branagh pays Tribute Alan Rickman'Some Like It Hot' trailer (1959)Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?: Trailer for 1962 filmOppenheimer: Cillian Murphy stars in preview trailer for filmSaoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie clash in Mary Queen of ScotsChadwick Boseman: Black Panther star dies of cancer aged 43John Krasinski Says Sex is 'So Much Better' in Action Hero ShapeThe O'Jays perform 'Love Train' live in 1972Will Ferrell and John C.

Elvis Presley can now relive Baz Luhrmann's interpretation of the iconic singer anytime they want. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Warehouse demo trailerThe Story of God with Morgan Freeman: Man recalls 500ft fallJane Russell stars in 'The Outlaw''The Towering Inferno' trailer (1974)Kenneth Branagh pays Tribute Alan Rickman'Some Like It Hot' trailer (1959)Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?: Trailer for 1962 filmOppenheimer: Cillian Murphy stars in preview trailer for filmSaoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie clash in Mary Queen of ScotsChadwick Boseman: Black Panther star dies of cancer aged 43John Krasinski Says Sex is 'So Much Better' in Action Hero ShapeThe O'Jays perform 'Love Train' live in 1972Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star in comedy Holmes and WatsonCrowds barge through barriers at Wireless FestivalQueen fans sing Happy Birthday to Brian May in CopenhagenVE Day: Katherine Jenkins performs ‘We'll Meet Again'For Priscilla Presley, however, it was something more than that.

Marta Balaga Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival has revealed the lineup for its 75th edition, sticking to its promise of discovering new talent.A slew of debuting filmmakers will showcase their works, from Italy’s Nicola Prosatore with “Piano Piano” to Caterina Mona, focusing in “Semret” on an Eritrean single mother working at a Zurich hospital and dreaming of becoming a midwife.Thomas Hardiman’s U.K.’s proposition “Medusa Deluxe,” a murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition — boarded by New Europe Film Sales — is also bound to generate some excitement.“‘Medusa Deluxe’ is one of the coolest debuts of the year,” the company’s CEO Jan Naszewski enthused to Variety. “I’m sure it will rock the Piazza Grande and give the festival a great spark.”But Locarno will also bring in heavyweights, starting with a screening of the much-anticipated Brad Pitt vehicle “Bullet Train,” directed by “Atomic Blond” helmer David Leitch, and Olivia Newman’s “Where the Crawdads Sing” with Daisy Edgar-Jones and David Strathairn.Anna Gutto’s “Paradise Highway” packs star power as well, starring the likes of Morgan Freeman, “Captain America’s” Frank Grillo and Juliette Binoche, cast as a truck driver forced to smuggle illicit cargo to save her brother from a prison gang.In an interview with Variety earlier this year, the French actor described the role as a “worthwhile challenge.”“I never imagined I’d play a truck driver! I was drawn to incongruity and the prospect of embarking on a new adventure.