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MTV’s former head of programming David Janollari is returning to producing with a three-year first-look deal with NBC Entertainment that includes setting up a new shingle at Universal TV. Pact will focus on scripted content. Janollari shepherded MTV’s scripted skeins “Teen Wolf” and “Awkward” to the net, and while prez of the WB Network, launched... Read more »

Cinedigm has acquired all North American distribution rights to “Visitors,” the non-spoken narrative film from director Godfrey Reggio, composer Philip Glass and filmmaker Jon Kane. Steven Soderbergh is presenting the black-and-white film, which will be shown in 4K projection. “Visitors” explores humanity’s trance-like relationship with technology and its effects beyond the human species. It’s the... Read more »

Watch the first clip from the Cannes stunner All is Lost starring Robert Redford as a man lost at sea in the Indian Ocean with his boat damaged and taking on water.

Despite how popular his feature films are, they only make up a small part of Spike Jonze’s career as a writer and director. He’s perhaps best-known for his work as a music video director for artists like Fatboy Slim, R.E.M., Bjork and The Chemical Brothers, and was famously responsible for the bizarre but irrepressibly cool video for “Weapon of Choice”, in which Christopher Walken dances stylishly through an empty hotel. After directing a handful of short films, however, Jonze is now returning to feature film once more. His latest project, which he both wrote and directed, is a near-future science fiction romance film called Her, which stars Joaquin Phoenix and a collection of some of the most interesting actresses currently in Hollywood – Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Samantha Morton – in a tale of ...Click to continue reading Spike Jonze’s Boy-Meets-Computer Romance ‘Her’ Gets a Release Date

The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year's festival: Ryan Gosling. The 32-year-old Canadian actor was unable to attend the premiere Wednesday of director Nicolas Winding Refn's film "Only God Forgives." Gosling stars in the Bangkok noir about a boxing club owner pressured by his mother to his avenge his brother's murder.http://www.hitfix.com

Watch the first trailer for Don Jon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's feature directorial debut co-starring Julianne Moore and Scarlett Johansson.

Well, someone out there in TV land obviously loves horror as much as we do as the 2013 Critics' Choice Awards nominees have been announced, and a lot of our favorites are included. Excerpts from the Press Release: The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) announced nominations for the 3rd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards, which will be held the evening of Monday, June 10, 2013, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. For the first time the award show will be webcast live on UStream. HBO led the networks in most nominations with 21, followed closely by FX, which collected 19. Topping the list of nominated series are "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS) and "American Horror Story: Asylum" (FX) with six nominations each. (For the full list visit the Critics' Choice website.) Submissions are still being accepted for The Most Exciting New Series category, which will be announced on Monday, June 3. Nominated programs and performances aired between June 1, 2012, and May 31, 2013. Bob Bain will executive produce the Critics’ Choice Television Awards for Bob Bain Productions. “This year’s nominations reflect the expanding definition of television, with nominated programs and performances representing new platforms as well as broadcast and cable,” said BTJA President Joey Berlin. “As evidenced by nominations for the third annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards, television continues to be a rich and diverse source of high quality entertainment.” Here are the horror highlights: BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES • Andrew Lincoln ("The Walking Dead") – AMC BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES • Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel") – A&E • Tatiana Maslany ("Orphan Black") – BBC America BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES • Jennifer Carpenter ("Dexter") – Showtime BEST MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES • "American Horror Story: Asylum" – FX BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES • Toby Jones (The Girl) – HBO BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES • Jessica Lange ("American Horror Story: Asylum") – FX BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES • James Cromwell ("American Horror Story: Asylum") – FX • Zachary Quinto ("American Horror Story: Asylum") – FX BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES • Sienna Miller (The Girl) – HBO • Sarah Paulson ("American Horror Story: Asylum") – FX • Lily Rabe ("American Horror Story: Asylum") – FX • Imelda Staunton (The Girl) – HBO VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Make your choices in the comments section below!

The Fast & Furious franchise has been on the road for quite awhile (pun!). The franchise began in Los Angeles, before subsequent sequels moved the adventures of Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) and their gang to the roads of Miami, Tokyo, Mexico (after stops in LA and DR), Brazil and Europe, respectively. Along the way, the franchise has evolved from street racer sub-culture expose (with dashes of crime-drama action) to a full-on crime-drama action franchise (with dashes of street racer sub-culture). This transition remains a divisive issue for the fanbase, with some fans of the earlier films loudly condemning a perceived “loss of roots” in more recent films. Well, fans on both sides of the Fast & Furious division can maybe appreciate this latest bit of news: Vin Diesel is claiming that Fast & Furious ...Click to continue reading Vin Diesel Says ‘Fast & Furious 7′ Will Be Set in L.A.

Watch a new clip from Before Midnight and find out when it will be opening in a theater near you.

CBS has added a sixth new comedy to its 2013-14 season slate, giving a series order to Sony Pictures TV’s  adaptation of the 2011 Cameron Diaz starrer “Bad Teacher.” DEVELOPMENT SCORECARD: Track Broadcast and Cable Series Orders (click here) The single-camera comedy stars Ari Graynor as an unapologetic former trophy wife who masquerades as a... Read more »