More from Bryn Sandberg
‘Daily Show’ Showrunner Reflects on 23 Years Spent Skewering (and Making) the News
Jen Flanz, who joined the Comedy Central series as an assistant in 1998 before going on to win seven Emmys as a producer, knows her audience’s media consumption has changed — she just hopes not completely: "Maybe you’re still reading a newspaper on the subway?"
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‘The Boys’ Showrunner Reflects on Pressures of Adapting Fan-Favorite Property
Eric Kripke also explains why the superhero genre is the perfect vehicle for a satire for our perilous times.
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‘Hacks’ Co-Creator Reflects on Series’ Long Journey to Screen
Jen Statsky says the HBO Max comedy series came together the moment Jean Smart was on board: "We can make the show we want to make because she’s capable of anything."
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The New Hollywood A-List, From Anya Taylor-Joy to Rege-Jean Page
While they are only just becoming household names outside of Hollywood, these five actors are already at the top of every casting director’s wish list.
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Netflix to Require COVID-19 Vaccinations on All U.S. Productions
The move, which applies to Zone A on film and TV sets, comes as the Delta variant spreads.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Adding $330M to Film and TV Industry
He signed the bill at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood on Wednesday.
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Hollywood Can Mandate Vaccinations on Sets, Say Studios and Guilds in Short-Term Deal
The industry's top guilds and studios are also easing up on safety protocols for fully vaccinated cast and crew.
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Julio Torres to Write, Direct and Star in A24 Film (Exclusive)
Tilda Swinton is attached to star in the project, which will be produced by Emma Stone and Dave McCary.
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Jessica Walter Earns Posthumous Emmy Nomination For ‘Archer’
The actress, who passed away in March, is up for a voice-over award at the September ceremony.
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California on Track to Increase Film and TV Tax Credits By $330M
The proposed legislation would reserve $150 million of that amount for new soundstage construction.
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Next Big Thing: Whitney Peak on How ‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot Reflects “Today’s Society”
Despite a false start in the biz thanks to a scam artist, the actress is about to star as Zoya in HBO Max's reboot, for which she had creative input: “It’s just been about making it more relatable and shifting words and phrases and things."
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New Production Studio to Launch on South Side of Chicago
Regal Mile Studios, a 6-acre media campus with soundstages for filming, hopes to open next fall.
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