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In 2026, everything is moving fast. In 2025, the global film industry was nervously trying to navigate President Trump’s repeated threats to impose 100% tariffs on films made outside the United States, but this conversation feels like old news now that other pressing issues have come to the fore, including the U.S. war with Iran and the yet-to-be-unintended fallout from another major Hollywood conglomerate, the recently announced partnership between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. Over the past two years, several high-profile productions, including Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, have served as examples of the huge advantages…

Jessica Biel is “not happy” that body camera footage of her husband Justin Timberlake’s drunk driving arrest was released. A source told People magazine on Sunday that the “Better Sister” actress was “not happy with the new attention” and pointed out that “there is a reason why they delayed the release of the video.” The source went on to say that the incident was “stressful” because it “obviously doesn’t paint[Timberlake]in the best light.” She “wants to get over it,” the source claimed. Jessica Biel is ‘not happy’ after footage of Justin Timberlake’s DWI arrest is released. Jessica Biel/Instagram Timberlake was…

HBO Max and its talent development arm, WBD Access, announced the return of its Series Mania Institute writers program for a second year. The program, called Script Engine, is “aimed at identifying mid-level screenwriters and helping develop them to produce original, locally-based series,” according to a press release. Following the success of last year’s inaugural program, the second edition aims to “provide a structured development path that aligns with HBO Max’s strategic ambitions for original storytelling across Europe, focusing on authors with proven ties to France, Spain, Italy and Germany.” Three screenwriters from each of the aforementioned European regions will…

Taylor Frankie Paul ignored criticism over her social media activity while her “world literally exploded.” The reality star hit back at social media users who begged her 31-year-old girlfriend to “stop calling” over the weekend. On Saturday, a fan asked, “Why is she commenting back on people and reposting TikToks?…I’d like to say her team should take her phone away, but they don’t. She’s literally reposting TikToks that support her and commenting back on people on Instagram.” Taylor Frankie Paul fiercely defended her social media presence amid her custody battle and battle over series cancellation. disney While applauding a TikTok…

All3Media International has announced a number of international pre-sales for the new spy thriller The Secret Service starring Gemma Arterton. Produced by Potboiler Productions and based on the novel by ITV news anchor Tom Bradby, The Secret Service depicts the world of espionage against the backdrop of rising tensions between Britain and Russia. The series follows senior MI6 officer Kate Henderson (Arterton) as an undercover investigation uncovers evidence that senior British politicians may be working as Russian agents. With his trust shattered and his career on the line, Henderson must navigate the shifting sands of political allegiances, international threats, and…

With crime and thrillers still the main drivers of the television market, France TV Distribution has announced the sale of Curious by Nature, a singular feel-good production led by Three Colors: Blue star Florence Parnell. In the first sale announced, Walter Presents/Global Series Network is no longer available in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. NBCUniversal International Networks & DTC has licensed “Curious by Nature” to Calle 13 in Spain and Ulica 13 in Poland. Basque pubcaster EiTB, Aragon Swisscom Blue and TV3 Group Latvia are also among the buyers. “Curious by Nature” (“Enquête parallèle”), originally broadcast…

Four African screenwriters will pitch their original television projects to industry guests at the 17th Series Mania in Lille, France, on Tuesday. This quartet is the newest participant in the Realness Institute’s AuthenticA series of labs. The Lab is an episodic writing program run in partnership with The StoryBoard Collective and supported by the Canada Media Fund and the Series Mania Forum. Taking to the stage at the AuthenticA Africa Series Pitch on March 24 will be Reem Morsi (Egypt/Canada) pitching his dark comedy “Humanitarians!” Gamel Apalain (Ghana), mystery drama series “The Gospel According to Charlotte Nelson.” Mona Ombogo (Kenya)…

Justin Timberlake became quite the comedian after his DUI arrest in the Hamptons. Footage of the singer’s June 2024 arrest was released on Friday after legal attempts to prevent the arrest were unsuccessful. In a light-hearted moment after the incident, Timberlake, 45, joked about how the document he was asked to sign listed his race as “white.” After being asked to look over documents, he looked up at the officer and asked, “Are you white?” looking confused. When the policeman laughed, he said, “You’re just kidding.” Justin Timberlake joked about his race being listed as “white” on arrest documents in…

World War II thriller The Traitor Within has released exclusive behind-the-scenes images ahead of the Series Mania Buyers Upfront on Monday, March 23rd. Based on the true story of Norway’s most notorious Nazi collaborator and the man ordered to kill him, the film follows two young men who try to join the resistance in Nazi-occupied Norway. Their choices at a crossroads in history lead them down radically different paths. Henry Linnan, an ordinary family man and an unremarkable salesman, becomes the Gestapo’s most valuable Norwegian agent. Codenamed Agent Laura, he infiltrates and destroys resistance organizations from within, using deception, sabotage,…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Valerie Gets a New Chapter,” the Season 3 premiere of “The Comeback,” now streaming on HBO Max. “The Comeback,” as created by Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King, was originally designed to be an ongoing series, a comedy that would go on until HBO or the creators themselves decided it had run its course. Sitcom actress Valerie Cherish (Kudrow) — who was being followed by reality cameras documenting her so-called comeback on a crappy network show called “Room & Bored,” while also capturing every slight and humiliation — would have become just a character…