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In a big deal that closed in the days leading into this week’s Cannes market, Apple Original Films has landed worldwide rights to Tenzing, the new package we told you about last week starring Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe. The question we asked today was whether the U.S. buyers would come to play…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has opted not to continue with a second season of Constellation, its sci-fi psychological thriller series starring Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks. The news comes a month and a half after Constellation‘s eight-episode first season wrapped its quiet run on the streamer March 27…

UPDATE, 3:08 PM: Apple CEO Tim Cook’s X post on the much condemned “Crush” ad for the new iPad Pro has been viewed around 53 million times and the in-house produced promo is still on the tech giant’s YouTube page, but Apple is now saying sorry. “Our goal is to always celebrate the myriad of ways…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Original Films’ Camp Fire drama The Lost Bus has rounded out its cast with the addition of Ashlie Atkinson (BlaKkKlansman) and Spencer Watson (Them). Details as to their roles are under wraps. But they join an ensemble that also features Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera and Yul…

A first-look at the upcoming Apple limited series Lady in the Lake has been released (above) and viewers won’t have to wait too long to see the drama. The seven-part series will premiere globally on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, July 19 followed by new episodes every Friday through…

EXCLUSIVE: Yul Vazquez (Severance) has been tapped to star opposite Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera in Apple Original Films’ Camp Fire drama The Lost Bus from writer Brad Ingelsby and director Paul Greengrass, joining in an undisclosed role. Based on Lizzie Johnson’s novel Paradise: One Town…

UPDATED with entertainment comments: Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a shoutout to upcoming Wolfs set for theatrical release this fall, Sony distributing. Comedy series Palm Royale with Kristen Wiig and Laura Dern, and Colin Farrell-starring detective skein Sugar also got a plug. Apple's entertainment business…

In a competitive situation, Apple has acquired the rights to Taffy Brodesser-Akner's upcoming novel Long Island Compromise to develop as a series. Just like she did with the FX adaptation of her debut novel, Fleishman Is In Trouble, Brodesser-Akner will write Long Island Compromise, which she will…

EXCLUSIVE: Eunice Bae (Fallout, Special Ops: Lioness) has landed the final series-regular role in the Jon Hamm-led series Your Friends & Neighbors. Details regarding her character are under wraps. The new Apple Original drama series is created by Jonathan Tropper. Bae joins previously announced stars…

Acapulco dropped its official trailer for Season 3 (above) which reveals younger Máximo (Enrique Arrizon), who in 1985 is working hard to continue his climb up the ladder of success. While in the present day, older Máximo (Eugenio Derbez) finds himself returning to a Las Colinas he no longer…

Apple is turning the story of the Hollywood con queen into a documentary series. The streamer is launching Hollywood Con Queen, which tells the story of a scam that targeted the likes of Kathleen Kennedy, Sherry Lansing, Amy Pascal, Wendi Deng Murdoch and Stacey Snider, on May 8. The series…

Cinema owners, studios and indie distributors gathering in Las Vegas this week for exhibition's biggest confab seek visibility into a theatrical landscape gut-punched by Hollywood strikes last year just as a post-Covid recovery was revving up. Production halted for months led to fewer releases on the…