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Emmy Award Winners 2021

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ 73rd annual Emmy Awards was held Sunday September 19

Emmy Award Nominees 2021

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ 73rd annual Emmy Awards will be presented Sept.19, with Cedric the Entertainer set to host.

‘The Last Voyage Of The Demeter’ Gets Cast and Commence Production

The latest addition of Dracula stories The Last Voyage of The Demeter has started production and found the cast for the film.

Stranger Things (2016-): Season 4 New Cast Announcements

A new ensemble of characters has been revealed for the new season of Netflix Stranger Things.

Amazon Studios Renews ‘Wheel Of Time’ For A Second Season

Amazon’s Upcoming Hit-series based on Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time gets renewed ahead of the launch of the first season.

Succession S03 Gets Brody And Skarsgård

HBO’s popular TV show Succession has cast both Adrien Brody and Alexander Skarsgård in the upcoming series.

The winners of 2020’s films have been revealed. Here’s the list. The Academy Award Ceremony took place April 25th in LA on ABC. The biggest winners were Yuh-Jung Youn for Grandma Soon-ja in Minari and Anthony Hopkins in The Father.

The Oscars 2021 – Nominees

The nominees of 2020’s films has been released. Here’s the list. The Academy Award Ceremony takes place April 25th in LA.

Spielberg To Adapt King’s ”Talisman” Together With Duffer Brothers For Netflix

Stephen King’s and Peter Staub’s Fantasy-novel The Talisman will now be adapted to Netflix.

The Mutants – Feature Film In The Works For MCU

The Mutants is expecting to join the MCU shortly together with an already crowded release-schedule for the streaming service.

20th Century Studios Gets The Rights For Mystery-Novel ‘We Begin At The End’

Disney’s 20th Century Studios has got the rights for the Chris Whitaker’s We Begin at the End.

Golden Globes Winners 2021

Last night, the winners for 2020’s Golden Globe were revealed. In the lead was Netflix with 44 nominations in total, followed by HBO and Amazon Studios .The award show aired on february 28th, 2021.Here is the full list of winners.

Star+ Content Added To DisneyPlus

On February 23rd, DisneyPlus is expanding its streaming-service for its adult audiences.

Oscars-Winner Christopher Plummer Is Dead

Several media reporting the death of Christopher Plummer, an Oscar-winning Canadian actor.

A ‘The Great Gatsby’ Series In Development

The Great Gatsby is set to return as a television adaption in development, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald classic novel.

Mamma Mia Movies: Behind the Movie Magic Exhibition – The Interview

Mackans Film met Ing-Marie Halling, Curator / Creative Director and Caroline Fagerlind, Project Manager, at the pre-viewing of ABBA – the museum new Exhibition: Mamma Mia: Behind the Movie Magic.

Live-Action Chip ’N Dale To Debut on Disney+

The Disney classic Chip n’ Dale are aimed to debut on DisneyPlus. The chipmunks-duo from Chip ’n’ Dale: Rescues Rangers from the nineties is getting a facelift with a live-action adaption.

Gladiator 2 is moving forward – Ridley Scott to return as director

The critical success about Maximus in Gladiator (2000) starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix, gets a sequel.

Avatar Sequel Have Finished Filming

Avatar was a smash-hit success when it was released back in 2009 and has only been dethroned by Avenger: Endgame (2019) and now director James Cameron says that the second film has wrapped filming and almost done with the third film.

M. Night Shyamalan’s New Film Revealed

Night Shyamalan’s new secret film has given a first look with a teaser-poster to behold.

Interview with Peter Dalle, Johan Ulveson & Claes Månsson from Lyrro (2018)

We sat down with some of Swedens most legendary actors with the director and writer for Lyrro. It premiered October 19 and the world premiere occurred on October 15. The day after the big premiere, we interviewed Peter Dalle – writer and director, Johan

Interview with Jasmin Mozaffari – Director of Firecrackers (2018)

Jasmin Mozaffari from Canada, was recently on Stockholm Film Festival for a film. She has directed Firecrackers, which screened and won for best film at the 2018’s festival. This is a interview with her.

Column: How Films Deals With Racism And Injustice

Film and storytelling is the best thing around to visualize the world around it. How injustice has been served for a long time in a country becoming the world’s largest democracy.

‘An American Pickle’ Set To Debut On HBO MAX

Seth Rogen’s An American Pickle has found a home at HBO Max.

Column: How Cinema Has Changed; Why No One Gives A Fuck About True Art Anymore

Entertainment is a forever changing industry, we all know that. 100 years ago, the silent era was rising, and now we’re are so dependable and so suggestive that the correct form of storytelling doesn’t apply to an appreciation anymore.

An Update On DisneyPlus, Releasing This Fall

Finally, some news regarding Disney’s own streaming platform has surfaced online. The price, content and the releasedate.

Borde J.R.R Tolkiens liv filmatiseras?

Vi närmar oss sakta men säkert slutet på Hobbit trilogin: Femohärarslaget som kommer i december 2014.

James Wan Produces The Salem’s Lot Remake

James Wan, the man responsible for the Conjuring-universe and Aquaman, which both made big hits at the box office, seems to be obvious favourite at Warner Bros and New Line Cinema.

Critics’ Choice Award 2020 – Nominations

The variety of this season’s award show is immensely broad and covers different genres and stories. Netflix has now over 61 nominations, HBO 33 nominations, Amazon 14 nominations and NBC 12 nominations.

Critic’s Choice Award 2020 – Winners

Here’s the list of winners for Critic’s Choice Award 2020. The winners announced on January 12, 2020.

New Year Column – Year 2018

2018 provided some surprises, blockbusters and indie-films that we will always enjoy from now on. But it feels more like a middle-year where you wait for the good movies and series. Not that many happened so fluent this year. More so, most series was either cancelled or finished this year.

Carrie Now Adapted As Limited Series

Stephen King is obviously on a roll, now that Carries is expected to return to the small screen after the 2013 movie adaptation, starring Chloe Moretz Grace.

Virgin River Returns For A Second Season; Premiere In 2020

The Netflix-series starring Alexandra Breckenridge, a 10-episode season has been ordered.

SAG Awards Nominations 2020

Here’s the FULL list of nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, SAG Awards. The 2020 SAG Awards will be held Sunday, Jan. 19, simulcast on TBS and TNT.

Golden Globe Nominations 2020

Here’s the full list of all the nominations for Golden Globes, revealed at December 9 2019. The Golden Globe airs January 5th 2020 on NBC.

HBO Adapting ‘The Lakers Project’ As TV-Series

Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries, is set to produced a one-hour limited-series. A drama based on Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.

Marvel Studios, Among Others On CCXP19, Confirmed To Attend

Kevin Feige, president and chief creative officer of Marvel Studios. As Marvel Studios has confirmed earlier today.

Warner Bros. Remakes ‘The Fugitive’; Albert Hughes To Direct

The classical thriller with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones returns as Albert Hughes direct the remake at Warner Bros, where Ford was the murder suspect and Jones the police officer.

Bill Murray To Star In Peter Farrelly’s “The Now”

The iconic Ghostbusters actor is set to star in Farrelly’s upcoming comedy series for the Quibi platform.

Sam Worthington And David Hyde Pierce Joins ‘The Georgetown Project’

Sam Worthington, from Avatar, and David Hyde Pierce of Frasier-fame joins Oscar winner Russell Crowe in lead roles for the upcoming supernatural thriller.

Star Trek 4 In Development; Noah Hawley To Write And Direct

Paramount Pictures has hired Noah Hawley as writer and director for the fourth movie of the rebooted film-series,that started in 2009.

Tony Stark Returns; Robert Downey Jr. To Voice Him

Robert Downey Jr. is reported to be done to play the role of Tony Star aka Iron Man after the events in Avengers: Endgame. As Disney’s and Marvel’s series What If is on the rising, he is cast to return to the familiar role.

What Disney brings on for its own streaming platform launch in late 2019

With HBO, Amazon Studios, Hulu and Netflix like so many others streaming platforms on the online market, Disney is also now ready to bring on the game for their audience as Disney CEO Bob Iger confirms the new exclusive streaming service.

MCU Phase 4 Announced At D23 In August

As many knows, Marvel won’t tell anything major about the next installments of MCU, as Spider-Man: Far From Home, is the next big feature to release before then. On the D23 Expo, August 24th, we might know a little more then.

Kevin Feige Talks About Spider-Man’s Future In The MCU

Kevin Feige has said in an interview that the next movie for Spider-Man will be different than the previous one, mostly considering the middle post-credit scene.

Kit Harrington Joins The MCU

The HBO-Alumn Kit Harrington is about to JOIN the MCU

Reed Directs Ant-Man 3

Peyton Reed, director for the first two movies, returns for the third movie.

All Content Released On Disney+ At Launch And After

On November 12, one of the largest studios launches their streaming service. At first exclusively for the U.S and the Netherlands. Over the next two year, Disney aims for global access.

Ryan Reynolds: Deadpool joins MCU, phase 5?

Many rumors started once Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios Presiden, mentioned mutants when asked about Deadpool involvement in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Galactus And Tyrant In The MCU?

Marvel Studios shared some news about Phase 4 at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con and has in fact phase 5 already planned out.

A Female-lead MCU Movie On The Way?

A female-lead ensemble from has approached and pitched a female-lead movie to the Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. And the rumor is that there’s something serious on the way.

Kevin Feige Weighs In About The Future of Cancelled Netflix-Series from Marvel

To make room and prepare for the upcoming streaming service DisneyPlus, Marvel has recently in the past year cancelled all Netflix/Marvel Series including; Daredevil, Iron Fist, The Punisher, Luke Cage and now Jessica Jones.

Marvel’s Phase 4 – Announced at SDCC

As expected, the Panel for Marvel Studios at the San Diego Comic-Con has set on to be a big reveal for the upcoming phase. Disney+ content will also be available in phase 4.

Marvel Studios Loses Spider-Man After Dispute With Sony Pictures

Something not many has expected that would be revealed today was that Marvel Studios broke their collaboration with Sony Pictures over Spider-Man.

Betty Ross Expected To Return In She-Hulk

Liv Tyler’s Betty Ross, is rumored to return in Marvel Studios Disney Plus-Series She-Hulk.

The Cluster Of Streaming-Services; Is It Really Worth It?

Streaming Services has been a Cluster of the digitalization that we’re about to embrace. It a constant movement, but to what cost?

Disney Is Now Prioritizing Fox Franchises After Losing Money

There’s probably not a news flash that since the bought out that Disney has gone overhead to prioritize Fox biggest movie-franchises.

What D23 Expo Showcased In TV-Series And Feature Films

D23 2019 was a big year for those who rely a lot on the content that Disney offer. As their demand has increasingly grown for the past year it was only a matter of time that they would release their own streaming service called DisneyPlus. During the next three day, they offered a lot of insight through the planned releases and mostly it was for the platform and Marvel Studios.

Jeffrey Wright Is Commissioner Gordon

The Batman director Matt Reeves confirms that actor Jeffrey Wright will play Commissioner Gordon in the upcoming Robert Pattinson led film.

Matt Reeves And Warner Bros. Is Looking For Robert Pattinson, To Taking On The Batcape

“The Batman” director Matt Reeves wants actor Robert Pattinson as Batman.

Zoë Kravitz Is Officially Catwoman

Actress Zoë Kravitz, from “X-Men: First Class” and “Big Little Lies” fame, will play Catwoman in the new Batman film.

The Batman Finds The Riddler

Paul Dano has been in talks to play the Riddler for the upcoming DC The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves.

‘King Leopold’s Ghost’ Aimed To Be Directed By Affleck

Ben Affleck is expected to direct the based on a true story – drama of plunder in Congo in late 1800s.

From Chernobyl To Pirates Of The Caribbean; A New Reboot In Development

Hollywood, or Disney in this case, has a problem to keep their fingers out of the reboot-jar. This time, it’s a reboot of Captain Jack Sparrow series.

LOTR – Series Renewed Before Production Of First Season Starts

Amazon Studios is confirmed to have renewed a second season of their big-budget series, based on a new story taken place in J.R.R. Tolkien’s world.

Chris Aronson; Hired As President Over Film Distribution At Paramount Pictures

The Ex-boss for 20th Century Fox on domestic distribution becomes president over distribution on December 2nd at Paramount Pictures.

Amblin Gets The Distributionrights For Cheshire Crossing

The studio picks up the graphic novel by Andy Weir, who is the author of The Martian.

The Mask To Return With Jim Carrey?

In 1994’s The Mask gave us a prominent character based on a comic-book, compared today is not as tasteful as the audience wishing for.

Nicolas Cage Will Play Himself

Lionsgate is in talks to buy Nicholas Cage’s film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

Sin City Adapted As A TV-Series; Frank Miller To Produce

Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, the creator and director of the double up of Sin City-Movies, has now got a deal for Legendary to adapt the work as TV-Series.

Writer Nigel Williams Is Working On A Richard The 1st Period-drama

Writer Nigel Williams from ‘Catherine The Great’ movie is working on a Richard 1 period drama

‘The Witcher’ Second Season Confirmed Before Series Debut

Just weeks before the series premiere for Netflix’s upcoming fantasy series, they announce that a second season is already in the works.

‘Goliath’ Is Set For A Fourth And Final Season

Amazon Studios has renewed the series for a final season.

Sarah Michelle Gellar Cast In Fox Thriller

Sarah Michelle Gellar, who starred in Buffy the Vampire slayer, is cast a new thriller series. A limited one over at Fox, produced by Ellen DeGeneres.

”Friends” In Development On HBO Max As A Reunion Special

The six main cast members from the hit sit-com-series Friends is expected to return in a reunion special on WarnerMedia’s own HBO Max next year.

“The Peripheral” Goes To Amazon As TV-Series

Amazon Studios have acquired Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s series The Peripheral.

Chris Pratt’s ‘The Tomorrow War’ Gets 2020 Release Date

The upcoming sci-fi action film starring Chris Pratt gets a release date.

D’Arcy Carden May Star In New Amazon Series

D’Arcy Carden from The Good Place is in talks to join the series adaptation of A League of Their Own by Amazon.

Starz Are Working On ‘Weeds’ Sequel Series

The network Starz is now working with Lionsgate Television on a follow-up to the dark comedy series.

Saban Films Got Distribution-rights For Daniel Radcliffe Movie

The company just got the North American rights for the action comedy film Guns Akimbo starring Daniel Radcliffe.

Ballerina: Spin-off Set In John Wick Universe

Lionsgate is producing a female-led John Wick spin-off and wants Len Wiseman to direct.

Will Smith Are Developing A “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” Spin-Off

Will Smith has become one of the best and most successful actors known today; who announces a spin-off to his break-out series.

Isaac Joins The Card Counter

Oscar Isaac, who has been starring in the sequel trilogy of Star Wars as Poe Dameron. With the 40-year saga coming to end, he is cast in Paul Schrader’snewest The Card Counter.

‘Halo’ Series Adds Three More To The Cast

The upcoming videogame based series adds actors Olive Gray, Danny Sapani, and Charlie Murphy to the cast.

‘Everest’ Director Baltasar Kormákur Scales Valcono For Netflix

Director Baltasar Kormákur along with Trapped showrunner Sigurjón Kjartansson is set to film a Netflix supernatural drama series at an Icelandic Vulcano.

Idina Menzel May Be Cinderella’s Evil Stepmother

Frozen (2013) star Idina Menzel is in talks to be Cinderella’s evil stepmother in the upcoming 2021 Cinderella film.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Lands ‘Matrix 4’ Role

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II from Aquaman (2018) fame has now got a lead role in Lana Wachowski’s Matrix 4.

New Line Cinema Produces An Untitled Feature; Erotic Thriller In Focus

New Line Cinema has bought a script for an untitled movie with a mind-bending with an Asian American in the lead.

Rachel Weisz Set to Play Elizabeth Taylor

See-Saw Films is making an Elizabeth Taylor biopic called A Special Relationship starring Rachel Weisz as the famous actress turned activist.

Apple Orders A Christmas Carol Musical; With Will Ferrell And Ryan Reynolds’

Apple seems to not stop to get the original content and now they have got a musical in order, starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds.

Eli Roth’s “History Of Horror” Renewed For Season 2

Horror-director Eli Roth’s History of Horror has been renewed for a return on AMC Network.

Griffin Matthews Joins ”The Flight Attendant” On HBO Max

Griffin Matthews, best known from Dear White People, has been cast as a regular in HBO Max upcoming drama-thriller series titled “The Flight Attendant”.

Netflix Sets A New Deal With ”The Crown”- Creator

”The Crown” – creator Peter Morgan has brought Netflix a succés with the biographic drama-series.

Albert Hughes Hired As Director In “North Hollywood” Movie

North Hollywood, the feature film about the real-life deadly shootout on Victory Boulevard in 1997, has hired Albert Hughes as the director.

Matthew Vaughn – Potential Director For Fantastic Four Reboot

Director Matthew Vaughn whose currently working on the Kingsman film series is in the hopes to direct a new Fantastic Four reboot after the Disney/Fox merge.

CBS Adapts Mini-Series From Former FBI-Director’s Novel

CBS has ordered a mini-series with Brendan Gleeson starring Trump and Jeff Daniels as James Comey in the new Mini-Series based on Comey’s novel A Higher Loyalty; Truth, Lies, and Leadership.