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Bruce Springsteen, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith and Carlos Santana are among the music luminaries mourning the death of mogul Clive Davis, who died Monday at the age of 94. Springsteen, who Davis signed to Columbia when the Boss was just 22, with Davis later urging him to be a more dynamic live performer, said the…

[This story contains spoilers for The Death of Robin Hood.] In 2021, Jodie Comer, like so many of us, was completely taken with Michael Sarnoski’s Pig. The actor and filmmaker happened to share the same talent agency, so they agreed to have a general meeting over Zoom in order to express mutual admiration for one…

Netflix is once again looking to YouTube to expand its progamming roster. The streamer has picked up Hot Ones: Extra Heat, an extension of the popular YouTube talk show in which host Sean Evans asks a celebrity guest a series of deeply researched questions while they both eat increasingly spicy chicken wings. Extra Heat will…

The Death of Robin Hood writer-director Michael Sarnoski never set out to make your father’s Robin Hood. Long known as the heroic outlaw who robs from the rich to give to the poor, Sarnoski’s revisionist take wasn’t purposefully trying to knock Robin Hood down a peg or cater to either political party’s preferred interpretation of…

Showing the ever-growing importance of animation, Netflix has reshuffled two portfolios involving a pair of senior executives. Hannah Minghella, who was previously head of feature animation and live-action family film will now focus sole on animation. The longtime exec has been named head of Netflix Animation Studios and will oversee a massive slate, three animation…

Lily James has signed on to star in Seasons, a horror thriller that Drew Hancock, the filmmaker behind Companion, is directing for Amazon MGM Studios. Some big horror names are involved with the feature on the producing side. Marking their third collaboration, 21 Laps and Blumhouse Atomic Monster, who most recently produced A24’sBackrooms, are producing…

Amazon’s Wondery has struck a deal with Boardroom, the sports media brand co-founded by NBA player Kevin Durant and his agent and business partner Rich Kleiman. Under the terms of the deal, Wondery will have exclusive distribution and ad-sales rights to Boardroom’s podcasts, which include Cover Story and Boardroom Talks, which feature the rotating hosts…

Vice Studios has chosen Pen15 co-creator Sam Zvibleman to adapt Anika Jade Levy’s debut novel Flat Earth,The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Zvibleman and Levy will co-write, with Zvibleman directing the pilot. “Sam was at the top of my wish list. His work is distinguished by a sensitive male gaze and a sincere curiosity about the…