Christian Bale wouldn't mind taking on the role of Batman, again. The actor told Screenrant that he would slip on the Batsuit again but on one condition: Christopher Nolan returns as director. Bale starred in Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy from 2005 to 2012 and played the superhero in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and T…

Nick Zano (DC's Legends of Tomorrow) and Shelley Hennig (Teen Wolf) are set as the leads of Obliterated, Netflix’s hourlong action comedy series from Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald as well as Sony Pictures Television. Written by Hurwitz, Schlossberg and Heald, the eight-episode Oblite…

UPDATE, with cause of death Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, keyboard player and founding member of the British band Depeche Mode, died after suffering an aortic dissection while at home on May 26, the band said in a statement on Instagram today. The cause of death was disclosed by the band at the request of Fletcher’s family…

Jeff Bridges is staying off the grid after FX renewed The Old Man for a second season. The drama series, which also stars John Lithgow and Amy Brenneman, will be back for a sophomore run after a strong linear and digital debut. The Old Man, which is based on Thomas Perry's bestselling book, launched on June 16 with…

EXCLUSIVE: Ana Brenda Contreras (Dynasty) has signed with AFA Prime Talent Media, a division of Kenan Thompson’s Artist for Artist company, which launched earlier this year. In her English language debut, Contreras starred as Crystal Jennings in Season 2 of the CW series Dynasty, a reboot of the 1980s series of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Vault AI, an emerging, tech-oriented market research firm, has made a set of key exec hires. Heading the new roster is NRG veteran Ethan Titelman, who is joining the company as president of client solutions. Luke Schoknecht, who ran the Australia-based brand agency Raine & Makin before beginning a…

Robert Halmi’s Great Point Studios has acquired Hudson Scenic, a Tony-nominated builder of set designs, custom fabrication and automation services for theater, film, TV and theme parks with credits ranging from Hamilton, Hadestown, Aladdin and The Lion King to the Times Square Ball. The shop is just a mile down the…

After a two-year hiatus, Humanitas has revealed the nominations for its 2022 Humanitas Prizes in nine categories Winners will receive their trophies during a September 9 in-person ceremony at the Beverly Hilton. Launched in 1974, the Humanitas Prizes honor film and television writers whose work explores the human…

UPDATE, with Sweetin comment and video Jodie Sweetin said on E!'s Daily Pop today that while she understands "people are shocked” to see “Stephanie Tanner” — her character on Full House — subjected to she describes as “a very minor incident of police brutality,” she hopes the public focus will remain on the larger…

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Goldberg has joined the bicoastal production company Nickel City Pictures as Vice President of Film and Television. In the new role, he will report to President Mark Fasano and oversee development of the company’s slate, which is focused on commercial film and television content across all genres…

EXCLUSIVE: Alessandro Nivola is set to co-star alongside André  Holland in Apple TV+’s The Big Cigar, a six-episode limited series that will chronicle the story of Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton's escape to Cuba. The series will be showrun and executive produced by NAACP Image Award winner Janine Sherman Barrois…

EXCLUSIVE: David Mamet will direct 2 Days/1963, a drama scripted by Nicholas Celozzi that purports to tell how his great uncle, the notorious Chicago mobster Sam Giancana, arranged the assassination of President John F Kennedy as revenge for trying to bring down organized crime after the mob helped put JFK in the…