Ian McKellen Says Obi-Wan Kenobi Actor Alec Guinness Told Him to Stay Quiet on Gay Rights Because ‘It’s Unseemly for an Actor to Dabble in Political Affairs’

Peacock has announced fall premiere dates for Season 2 of The Office follow-up mockumentary The Paper, Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake and crime drama series The Good Daughter. The Paper Season 2 will launch in September. From Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, The Paper is set in the same universe as NBC’s Emmy-winning series The […]

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s an interesting one. Two-time Oscar nominee Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), coming off acclaimed drama Train Dreams, is to play legendary author Agatha Christie alongside César winner Vincent Cassel (La Haine) in noir mystery-thriller Eleven Missing Days, which Fortitude International will introduce to buyers at this week’s Cannes market. The movie is […]

Independent Film Company and Sapan Studio have acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to “Mouse,” the latest feature from Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, the filmmaking duo behind “Ghostlight” and “Saint Frances.” The coming-of-age drama had its world premiere out of this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, where it scored glowing reviews with Variety’s Peter Debruge […]

Jimmy Kimmel, in a tip of the cap to Stephen Colbert, will air a repeat of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on May 21 — the date of Colbert’s final late-night show on CBS, ending his 11-season run on the network. Kimmel’s timeslot for next Thursday, May 21, will have a rerun after new episodes air earlier […]