Morgan Spurlock, the Academy Award-nominated documentarian, has died at the age of 53 due to complications from cancer.
Spurlock is perhaps best known for his 2004 film Super Size Me in which he consumed only McDonald’s food for a period of 30 days. The documentary was nominated for an Oscar and won Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. It also grossed more than $20 million at the box office, making it one of the most commercially successful documentaries of all time.
Spurlock initially began his career as a playwright after attending New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Prior to helming Super Size Me in 2004, he created the dare show I Bet You Will, which initially began as a webseries and was then picked up by MTV.
The success of Super Size Me led Spurlock to become of the Hollywood’s most in-demand documentarians. In the years that followed,...
Spurlock is perhaps best known for his 2004 film Super Size Me in which he consumed only McDonald’s food for a period of 30 days. The documentary was nominated for an Oscar and won Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. It also grossed more than $20 million at the box office, making it one of the most commercially successful documentaries of all time.
Spurlock initially began his career as a playwright after attending New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Prior to helming Super Size Me in 2004, he created the dare show I Bet You Will, which initially began as a webseries and was then picked up by MTV.
The success of Super Size Me led Spurlock to become of the Hollywood’s most in-demand documentarians. In the years that followed,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
Back In Action: Cameron Diaz Returns After 10 Years Away, Starring In Netflix Comedy With Jamie Foxx
It's been a decade since Cameron Diaz last took to our screens, playing the villainous Miss Hannigan in 2014's Jamie Foxx co-starring Annie. But now Diaz is back in action in, er, Back In Action, Netflix's buzzy new action comedy. The Charlie's Angels and Shrek actor stars alongside Foxx in the film, which sees the pair play suburban parents with a big secret: they used to be spies! Check out the first images from the film below:
Hailing from Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon – who's written this one alongside Brendan O’Brien (Bad Neighbours) – Back In Action follows Emily (Diaz) and Matt (Foxx), two seemingly average parents who used to be elite CIA agents. Years after giving up spycraft to start a family however, the couple's low-key suburban life is upended when their cover is blown and they find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage. And what a...
Hailing from Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon – who's written this one alongside Brendan O’Brien (Bad Neighbours) – Back In Action follows Emily (Diaz) and Matt (Foxx), two seemingly average parents who used to be elite CIA agents. Years after giving up spycraft to start a family however, the couple's low-key suburban life is upended when their cover is blown and they find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage. And what a...
- 5/17/2024
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
Cameron Diaz officially left Hollywood back in 2014, but she has seemingly changed her mind. Back in the day, the actress made her final appearance in a musical comedy film Annie where she starred alongside Jamie Foxx.
Ironically enough, Diaz’s first ever movie in 10 years will show her partnering once again with Foxx in Netflix’s upcoming spy action film.
Cameron Diaz’s big comeback to the screens will be featured in the streaming’s movie Back in Action. The title gives quite a big hint at the main plot twist as the movie follows two former CIA agents Emily and Matt who, after having left their careers beside, decide to start a family.
Realizing that their cover was suddenly blown, the characters are called back in action that roughly thwarted their plans.
Directed by the comedy genre’s expert Seth Gordon who helmed movies like Four Christmases and Horrible Bosses,...
Ironically enough, Diaz’s first ever movie in 10 years will show her partnering once again with Foxx in Netflix’s upcoming spy action film.
Cameron Diaz’s big comeback to the screens will be featured in the streaming’s movie Back in Action. The title gives quite a big hint at the main plot twist as the movie follows two former CIA agents Emily and Matt who, after having left their careers beside, decide to start a family.
Realizing that their cover was suddenly blown, the characters are called back in action that roughly thwarted their plans.
Directed by the comedy genre’s expert Seth Gordon who helmed movies like Four Christmases and Horrible Bosses,...
- 5/16/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
Netflix has debuted a range of first look images for the upcoming action comedy featuring Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx ‘Back in Action.’
Years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily and Matt find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.
(L to R) Cameron Diaz as Emily and Jamie Foxx as Matt. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2024. (L to R) Jamie Foxx as Matt and Cameron Diaz as Emily. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2024.
Directed by Seth Gordon, the cast includes Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Kyle Chandler, Glenn Close, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson.
Also in news – Golda Rosheuvel, Priya-Rose Brookwell, Nick Frost, Tim McInnerny & more set for ‘Grow’
The movie hits the streamer on November 15th.
(L to R) Glenn Close as Ginny, Jamie Demetriou as Nigel, Cameron Diaz as Emily and Jamie Foxx as Matt.
Years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily and Matt find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.
(L to R) Cameron Diaz as Emily and Jamie Foxx as Matt. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2024. (L to R) Jamie Foxx as Matt and Cameron Diaz as Emily. Cr. John Wilson/Netflix © 2024.
Directed by Seth Gordon, the cast includes Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Kyle Chandler, Glenn Close, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson.
Also in news – Golda Rosheuvel, Priya-Rose Brookwell, Nick Frost, Tim McInnerny & more set for ‘Grow’
The movie hits the streamer on November 15th.
(L to R) Glenn Close as Ginny, Jamie Demetriou as Nigel, Cameron Diaz as Emily and Jamie Foxx as Matt.
- 5/16/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Netflix has dropped a handful of first-look photos at Back in Action, which stars Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz as Matt and Emily, two ex-CIA spies who find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown. The streaming service also revealed the release date for Back in Action, with the action comedy flick set to premiere on November 15th. You can check out the first-look photos of Back in Action below!
In addition to Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, Back in Action also stars Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, McKenna Roberts, and Rylan Jackson. Seth Gordon (Baywatch) directed the movie and co-wrote the script with Brendan O’Brien.
Related Cameron Diaz defends Jamie Foxx & Back in Action set rumors
Back in Action is Cameron Diaz’s first movie in a decade. The actress hasn’t appeared in a movie since the Annie...
In addition to Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, Back in Action also stars Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, McKenna Roberts, and Rylan Jackson. Seth Gordon (Baywatch) directed the movie and co-wrote the script with Brendan O’Brien.
Related Cameron Diaz defends Jamie Foxx & Back in Action set rumors
Back in Action is Cameron Diaz’s first movie in a decade. The actress hasn’t appeared in a movie since the Annie...
- 5/15/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Pacesetter Productions, run by Black Mirror and Station Eleven exec producer Jessica Rhoades, is staffing up.
The company has hired Alison Mo Massey, who previously ran Jim Parsons’ production company That’s Wonderful! Prods, which was based at Warner Bros. Television, as EVP.
She joins a team that includes Bryan Daly, who was recently promoted to director of development.
Rhoades and Pacesetter have a first-look deal at A24
At Parsons’ company, she co-exec produced Fox’s Call Me Kat, starring Mayim Bialik, which ran for three seasons. In 2021, she produced Spoiler Alert starring Parsons and Ben Aldridge, directed by Michael Showalter, and produced two seasons of Special for Netflix.
Before joining That’s Wonderful, she exec produced documentary Strange Negotiations, which followed Pedro The Lion’s David Bazan that premiered at SXSW in 2019
She began her career at Exhibit A Film, Seth Gordon’s Sony Pictures Television-based production company.
The company has hired Alison Mo Massey, who previously ran Jim Parsons’ production company That’s Wonderful! Prods, which was based at Warner Bros. Television, as EVP.
She joins a team that includes Bryan Daly, who was recently promoted to director of development.
Rhoades and Pacesetter have a first-look deal at A24
At Parsons’ company, she co-exec produced Fox’s Call Me Kat, starring Mayim Bialik, which ran for three seasons. In 2021, she produced Spoiler Alert starring Parsons and Ben Aldridge, directed by Michael Showalter, and produced two seasons of Special for Netflix.
Before joining That’s Wonderful, she exec produced documentary Strange Negotiations, which followed Pedro The Lion’s David Bazan that premiered at SXSW in 2019
She began her career at Exhibit A Film, Seth Gordon’s Sony Pictures Television-based production company.
- 5/1/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix’s popular thriller series “The Night Agent” has revealed the actors rounding out its Season 2 guest cast.
Marwan Kenzari, Elise Kibler and Dikran Tulaine join returning series leads Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan. Additional previously announced cast members include Amanda Warren, Arienne Mandi, Louis Herthum, Berto Colon, Brittany Snow, Teddy Sears, Michael Malarkey, Keon Alexander, Navid Negahban and Rob Heaps.
The official description for the series reads, “Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, ‘The Night Agent’ is a sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low level FBI Agent who works in the basement of the White House, manning a phone that never rings — until the night that it does, propelling him into a fast moving and dangerous conspiracy that ultimately leads all the way to the Oval Office.”
In Season 2, Kenzari plays Reza, whose character description reads, “A decorated soldier, court marshalled for another man’s crime, Reza...
Marwan Kenzari, Elise Kibler and Dikran Tulaine join returning series leads Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan. Additional previously announced cast members include Amanda Warren, Arienne Mandi, Louis Herthum, Berto Colon, Brittany Snow, Teddy Sears, Michael Malarkey, Keon Alexander, Navid Negahban and Rob Heaps.
The official description for the series reads, “Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, ‘The Night Agent’ is a sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low level FBI Agent who works in the basement of the White House, manning a phone that never rings — until the night that it does, propelling him into a fast moving and dangerous conspiracy that ultimately leads all the way to the Oval Office.”
In Season 2, Kenzari plays Reza, whose character description reads, “A decorated soldier, court marshalled for another man’s crime, Reza...
- 3/26/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix’s hit conspiracy thriller The Night Agent has added three for guest roles in Season 2: Marwan Kenzari (Black Adam), Elise Kibler (The Sunlit Night), and Dikran Tulaine (The Blacklist).
Kenzari plays Reza, a decorated soldier court marshalled for another man’s crime, who’s been given the opportunity to be a night agent. Fiercely intelligent, with a wry sense of humor and a trigger temper, he doesn’t hesitate to become violent or lethal when backed into a corner.
Kibler’s character is Sloane, a glamorous British socialite. Smart, savvy, and glib, Sloane is the girlfriend of the wealthy Tomás Bala (Rob Heaps). She knows how toxic Tomás’s family is and tries to convince him to break ties…
Tulaine portrays Viktor, a smart, dangerous and manipulative man who was once the leader of his country, but has since been convicted of war crimes.
As previously announced...
Kenzari plays Reza, a decorated soldier court marshalled for another man’s crime, who’s been given the opportunity to be a night agent. Fiercely intelligent, with a wry sense of humor and a trigger temper, he doesn’t hesitate to become violent or lethal when backed into a corner.
Kibler’s character is Sloane, a glamorous British socialite. Smart, savvy, and glib, Sloane is the girlfriend of the wealthy Tomás Bala (Rob Heaps). She knows how toxic Tomás’s family is and tries to convince him to break ties…
Tulaine portrays Viktor, a smart, dangerous and manipulative man who was once the leader of his country, but has since been convicted of war crimes.
As previously announced...
- 3/26/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Having been released all the way back in 1989, the television series Baywatch quickly became a pop culture phenomenon despite constantly receiving negative reviews from critics. The series went on till 2001 and almost two decades later inspired the namesake 2017 film starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron. Unfortunately, the film received negative critical reviews even though it was considered a commercial success.
Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in Baywatch (2017)
As if the negative reviews weren’t enough, the film went on to become an object of ridicule when it was nominated at the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards or the Razzies. However, Dwayne Johnson was quick to turn the mockery around as he took to social media to gracefully accept the award on the film’s behalf.
Dwayne Johnson Graciously Accepted the Razzie Award Dwayne Johnson accepts the Razzie (via Dwayne Johnson’s Instagram)
On March 03, 2018, the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards presented the...
Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in Baywatch (2017)
As if the negative reviews weren’t enough, the film went on to become an object of ridicule when it was nominated at the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards or the Razzies. However, Dwayne Johnson was quick to turn the mockery around as he took to social media to gracefully accept the award on the film’s behalf.
Dwayne Johnson Graciously Accepted the Razzie Award Dwayne Johnson accepts the Razzie (via Dwayne Johnson’s Instagram)
On March 03, 2018, the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards presented the...
- 3/13/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
Cameron Diaz is one of the greatest actresses of her time, renowned for all her cheeky roles in romantic comedies. Throughout her almost two-decade-long career, the now 51-year-old actress ruled the hearts of people worldwide. But then she decided to quit acting once and for all to focus more on her family, leaving her fans wanting more from her, devastated.
Cameron Diaz in Knight and Day
However, now it seems she is all set to conquer Hollywood once again with her irresistible charms. According to recent reports, Diaz is apparently all set to return to the big screen in a dark comedy directed and starred in by Jonah Hill, and with some of the other currently raging hotshots, at that: Keanu Reeves and fans’ very own favorite heartthrob, Matt Bomer!
Cameron Diaz Reportedly Making Her Comeback in Upcoming Dark Comedy
As per exclusive reports by Deadline, Diaz is in final...
Cameron Diaz in Knight and Day
However, now it seems she is all set to conquer Hollywood once again with her irresistible charms. According to recent reports, Diaz is apparently all set to return to the big screen in a dark comedy directed and starred in by Jonah Hill, and with some of the other currently raging hotshots, at that: Keanu Reeves and fans’ very own favorite heartthrob, Matt Bomer!
Cameron Diaz Reportedly Making Her Comeback in Upcoming Dark Comedy
As per exclusive reports by Deadline, Diaz is in final...
- 3/8/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
1980s television series Baywatch is getting the reboot treatment at Fox, and here are the details of the new show.
Baywatch is perennialy parodied in mainstream media. Whether it’s the melodramatic scripts or the iconic slow motion running, with the show became a byword for televisual cheese. Perhaps most memorably, it featured as a major plot point in 2006 film Borat, as the title character becomes infatuated with Pamela Anderson. It also formed part of 2019 Disney+ drama Pam And Tommy, which saw Lily James play Anderson as she deals with sexism on the Baywatch set
Nevertheless, the show was and remains hugely popular, launching the global careers of Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff. It followed a group of lifeguards as they patrol the beaches of LA County, and was sold right around the globe.
It ran in its initial form for 241 episodes over eleven seasons from 1989 to 2001, with a spin-off,...
Baywatch is perennialy parodied in mainstream media. Whether it’s the melodramatic scripts or the iconic slow motion running, with the show became a byword for televisual cheese. Perhaps most memorably, it featured as a major plot point in 2006 film Borat, as the title character becomes infatuated with Pamela Anderson. It also formed part of 2019 Disney+ drama Pam And Tommy, which saw Lily James play Anderson as she deals with sexism on the Baywatch set
Nevertheless, the show was and remains hugely popular, launching the global careers of Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff. It followed a group of lifeguards as they patrol the beaches of LA County, and was sold right around the globe.
It ran in its initial form for 241 episodes over eleven seasons from 1989 to 2001, with a spin-off,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Exclusive: Nearly two decades after producing The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a video game documentary that’s emerged as a cult classic since its unveiling at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival, Ed Cunningham has wrapped production on Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad Of Walter Day, a follow-up film picking up with his documentary subject, known as the father of Esports.
Directed by Seth Gordon, The King of Kong offered a look into the world of competitive arcade gaming with a focus on the quest for the high score in the classic arcade game Donkey Kong. The specific focus of the film is the intense rivalry between two gamers: the reigning champion, restaurateur Billy Mitchell, and underdog challenger, Steve Wiebe. As Wiebe relentlessly pursues the Donkey Kong high score, he faces obstacles and skepticism from the gaming community, particularly from Mitchell and the organization Twin Galaxies, which oversees video game records.
Directed by Seth Gordon, The King of Kong offered a look into the world of competitive arcade gaming with a focus on the quest for the high score in the classic arcade game Donkey Kong. The specific focus of the film is the intense rivalry between two gamers: the reigning champion, restaurateur Billy Mitchell, and underdog challenger, Steve Wiebe. As Wiebe relentlessly pursues the Donkey Kong high score, he faces obstacles and skepticism from the gaming community, particularly from Mitchell and the organization Twin Galaxies, which oversees video game records.
- 2/29/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix and Sony Pictures Television’s hit series “The Night Agent” has filled out its cast for Season 2 with Michael Malarkey (“The Vampire Diaries”) and Keon Alexander (“The Expanse”) as series regulars and Navid Negahban (“Homeland”) and Rob Heaps (“Station 11”) as recurring guest stars, opposite returning stars Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan.
Based on the best selling novel by Matthew Quirk, the first season of the show followed Peter Sutherland (Basso), an FBI agent recruited to monitor a rarely used phone in the basement of the White House for the mysterious Night Agent program. When cybersecurity expert Rose Larkin (Buchanan) calls the number one night, they’re both pulled into a twisty conspiracy that reaches to the top echelons of the U.S. government.
Season 2 will follow Sutherland as he begins his career as a full-time Night Agent, while maintaining a relationship with Larkin.
Malarkey — who followed his role as Lorenzo “Enzo” St.
Based on the best selling novel by Matthew Quirk, the first season of the show followed Peter Sutherland (Basso), an FBI agent recruited to monitor a rarely used phone in the basement of the White House for the mysterious Night Agent program. When cybersecurity expert Rose Larkin (Buchanan) calls the number one night, they’re both pulled into a twisty conspiracy that reaches to the top echelons of the U.S. government.
Season 2 will follow Sutherland as he begins his career as a full-time Night Agent, while maintaining a relationship with Larkin.
Malarkey — who followed his role as Lorenzo “Enzo” St.
- 2/16/2024
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
We may know where Peter was headed when he jetted off in the Season 1 finale of The Night Agent.
Filming has begun on the second season of Netflix’s hit thriller drama, with the streamer’s start-of-production announcement unveiling that shooting of the new season will take place primarily in New York City with additional filming in Thailand and Washington D.C.
Season 1 of The Night Agent was set in and around Washington D.C. and filmed in Vancouver.
Given that we last saw Peter (Basso) taking off from D.C. in a private jet on his first mission as a Night Action spy, it is safe to assume that he is going to Thailand or a nearby country. That would answer one of the finale’s biggest questions.
Other major questions The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan expected the show to address in Season 2 back in March include, What does it mean that Peter would be a night agent? Now that Rose is going back to California to try to restart her tech career, where does that leave Peter and Rose?
Season 2 also is moving the center of the action from the nation’s capital to the Big Apple as the series is rewarded for its big success in Season 1 — which ranks as the sixth most popular season of an English-language series on Netflix — with more expensive filming locations.
Basso and Luciane Buchanan return alongside previously announced new cast members Amanda Warren, Arienne Mandi, Louis Herthum, Berto Colon, Brittany Snow and Teddy Sears.
The Night Agent is on a very tight schedule as Netflix announced last week that Season 2 will premiere in 2024. Getting a 10-episode season of an elaborate action drama series ready before end of the year will be a major feat, especially given the fact that series on a global streamer like Netflix take longer to release because they also have to undergo dubbing/subtitling for the various territories.
The Night Agent is a character-based, action-thriller whose first season centered on a low-level FBI Agent who works in the basement of the White House, manning a phone that never rings — until the night that it does, propelling him into a fast-moving and dangerous conspiracy that ultimately leads to the Oval Office.
The series is created, showrun and executive produced by Shawn Ryan through his MiddKid Productions banner. David Beaubaire, Seth Gordon, Julia Gunn, Marney Hochman, Paul Neinstein, William Sherak, Nicole Tossou, James Vanderbilt, Paul Bernard and Munis Rashid also executive produce. The Night Agent is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
Filming has begun on the second season of Netflix’s hit thriller drama, with the streamer’s start-of-production announcement unveiling that shooting of the new season will take place primarily in New York City with additional filming in Thailand and Washington D.C.
Season 1 of The Night Agent was set in and around Washington D.C. and filmed in Vancouver.
Given that we last saw Peter (Basso) taking off from D.C. in a private jet on his first mission as a Night Action spy, it is safe to assume that he is going to Thailand or a nearby country. That would answer one of the finale’s biggest questions.
Other major questions The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan expected the show to address in Season 2 back in March include, What does it mean that Peter would be a night agent? Now that Rose is going back to California to try to restart her tech career, where does that leave Peter and Rose?
Season 2 also is moving the center of the action from the nation’s capital to the Big Apple as the series is rewarded for its big success in Season 1 — which ranks as the sixth most popular season of an English-language series on Netflix — with more expensive filming locations.
Basso and Luciane Buchanan return alongside previously announced new cast members Amanda Warren, Arienne Mandi, Louis Herthum, Berto Colon, Brittany Snow and Teddy Sears.
The Night Agent is on a very tight schedule as Netflix announced last week that Season 2 will premiere in 2024. Getting a 10-episode season of an elaborate action drama series ready before end of the year will be a major feat, especially given the fact that series on a global streamer like Netflix take longer to release because they also have to undergo dubbing/subtitling for the various territories.
The Night Agent is a character-based, action-thriller whose first season centered on a low-level FBI Agent who works in the basement of the White House, manning a phone that never rings — until the night that it does, propelling him into a fast-moving and dangerous conspiracy that ultimately leads to the Oval Office.
The series is created, showrun and executive produced by Shawn Ryan through his MiddKid Productions banner. David Beaubaire, Seth Gordon, Julia Gunn, Marney Hochman, Paul Neinstein, William Sherak, Nicole Tossou, James Vanderbilt, Paul Bernard and Munis Rashid also executive produce. The Night Agent is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
- 2/5/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix kicked off February with news of the streaming service’s 2024 film slate.
The steamer, which landed 18 Oscar nominations this year – including seven for Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” – will debut numerous populist films in 2024, including new projects from Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry, Jenifer Lopez, Millie Bobby Brown, Eddie Murphy, and more.
Well-known directors with movies set to premiere on Netflix this year include Tyler Perry (two titles), McG, Richard Linklater, and Lee Daniels. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will also make his directorial debut with “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story.”
On the awards front, while it’s too early to tell which projects might pop – and what movies Netflix might acquire for release this year, similarly to how the studio purchased Todd Haynes’ “May December” at the Cannes Film Festival last year – titles to flag include “The Piano Lesson” from Malcolm Washington with Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington,...
The steamer, which landed 18 Oscar nominations this year – including seven for Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” – will debut numerous populist films in 2024, including new projects from Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry, Jenifer Lopez, Millie Bobby Brown, Eddie Murphy, and more.
Well-known directors with movies set to premiere on Netflix this year include Tyler Perry (two titles), McG, Richard Linklater, and Lee Daniels. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will also make his directorial debut with “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story.”
On the awards front, while it’s too early to tell which projects might pop – and what movies Netflix might acquire for release this year, similarly to how the studio purchased Todd Haynes’ “May December” at the Cannes Film Festival last year – titles to flag include “The Piano Lesson” from Malcolm Washington with Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Netflix Reveals Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ Footage, Mark Wahlberg-Halle Berry Spy Movie First Look
Netflix unwrapped the first footage for Jerry Seinfeld’s comedy movie Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, in addition to release dates and first-look images for a number of titles in its 2024 film slate, at a media event Wednesday night.
During the Next on Netflix presentation held at the streaming service’s headquarters in Los Angeles, attendees were treated to previously unseen looks at a number of forthcoming film and TV projects. Chief content officer Bela Bajaria was among the executives highlighting notable releases.
This included footage for Seinfeld’s feature directorial debut, Unfrosted, which Netflix announced will debut May 3. Starring Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan, the movie focuses on cereal rivals Kellogg’s and Post battling to change the breakfast game in the 1960s. (The footage can be seen below in the “Next on Netflix” preview video.)
Other news included the announcement that director Julian Farino’s spy film The Union,...
During the Next on Netflix presentation held at the streaming service’s headquarters in Los Angeles, attendees were treated to previously unseen looks at a number of forthcoming film and TV projects. Chief content officer Bela Bajaria was among the executives highlighting notable releases.
This included footage for Seinfeld’s feature directorial debut, Unfrosted, which Netflix announced will debut May 3. Starring Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan, the movie focuses on cereal rivals Kellogg’s and Post battling to change the breakfast game in the 1960s. (The footage can be seen below in the “Next on Netflix” preview video.)
Other news included the announcement that director Julian Farino’s spy film The Union,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brittany Snow, Berto Colon, Louis Herthum, Arienne Mandi, and Teddy Sears have signed on to join the Season 2 cast of Netflix’s “The Night Agent,” the streamer announced on Thursday. Season 2 begins filming in 2024.
They join returning cast Gabriel Basso (Peter), who leads the series, and Luciane Buchanan (Rose), as well as previously announced Amanda Warren (Catherine). Fola Evans-Akingbola, Sarah Desjardins, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei, Enrique Murciano, D. B. Woodside, and Hong Chau starred in the first season.
Snow (“Pitch Perfect”) stars as Alice, Peter’s partner and mentor in his first assignment in Night Action, while Colon (“Power Book II: Ghost”) portrays Solomon: a former Marine turned right-hand man/fixer for a powerful businessman.
Herthum (“Westworld”) plays Jacob Monroe, an international businessman with powerful global connections that he uses to obtain valuable information. Mandi (“Tatami”) stars as Noor, a low level aide in the Iranian mission to the United Nations in New York,...
They join returning cast Gabriel Basso (Peter), who leads the series, and Luciane Buchanan (Rose), as well as previously announced Amanda Warren (Catherine). Fola Evans-Akingbola, Sarah Desjardins, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei, Enrique Murciano, D. B. Woodside, and Hong Chau starred in the first season.
Snow (“Pitch Perfect”) stars as Alice, Peter’s partner and mentor in his first assignment in Night Action, while Colon (“Power Book II: Ghost”) portrays Solomon: a former Marine turned right-hand man/fixer for a powerful businessman.
Herthum (“Westworld”) plays Jacob Monroe, an international businessman with powerful global connections that he uses to obtain valuable information. Mandi (“Tatami”) stars as Noor, a low level aide in the Iranian mission to the United Nations in New York,...
- 1/11/2024
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: As Netflix’s The Night Agent gears up to begin production on Season 2, a new list of recruits joining Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan and Amanda Warren is being released.
Berto Colon, Louis Herthum (Westworld) and Arienne Mandi (Tatami) are set as series regulars with Brittany Snow and Teddy Sears joining in recurring roles.
Colon plays Solomon, a former Marine turned right-hand man/fixer for a powerful businessman; Herthum plays Jacob Monroe, an international businessman with powerful global connections that he uses to obtain valuable information; and Mandi plays Noor, a low-level aide in the Iranian mission to the United Nations in New York who is looking to leverage her access to top secret information into a better life for her and her family.
Snow plays Alice, Peter’s (Basso) partner...
Berto Colon, Louis Herthum (Westworld) and Arienne Mandi (Tatami) are set as series regulars with Brittany Snow and Teddy Sears joining in recurring roles.
Colon plays Solomon, a former Marine turned right-hand man/fixer for a powerful businessman; Herthum plays Jacob Monroe, an international businessman with powerful global connections that he uses to obtain valuable information; and Mandi plays Noor, a low-level aide in the Iranian mission to the United Nations in New York who is looking to leverage her access to top secret information into a better life for her and her family.
Snow plays Alice, Peter’s (Basso) partner...
- 1/11/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Cameron Diaz will be Back in Action alongside Jamie Foxx on Netflix and the Charlie’s Angels star is defending her co-star against claims he was challenging to work with.
In a new interview, Diaz is breaking her silence about working with Foxx and reports that suggested that starring alongside the Django Unchained star would affect her career.
“I really hate all of the things that were being said about our set at the time,” Diaz said on the Lipstick on the Rim podcast about the rumors sprawling in the media while filming Back in Action. “You just want to scream at the top of your lungs, like, ‘What are you talking about?’”
Diaz continued praising Foxx adding, “Jamie is, like, the cheerleader for the entire crew. Everybody loves him. We have so much fun on the set with him and he’s just a professional on every level.”
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In a new interview, Diaz is breaking her silence about working with Foxx and reports that suggested that starring alongside the Django Unchained star would affect her career.
“I really hate all of the things that were being said about our set at the time,” Diaz said on the Lipstick on the Rim podcast about the rumors sprawling in the media while filming Back in Action. “You just want to scream at the top of your lungs, like, ‘What are you talking about?’”
Diaz continued praising Foxx adding, “Jamie is, like, the cheerleader for the entire crew. Everybody loves him. We have so much fun on the set with him and he’s just a professional on every level.”
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- 12/20/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Cameron Diaz appeared on a recent episode of the “Lipstick on the Rim” podcast and pushed back against rumors that Jamie Foxx was “crazy” on the set of their Netflix movie “Back in Action” (via People). Foxx was in the midst of production when he was hospitalized for a medical emergency. Diaz said reports surfaced afterwards saying Foxx was “making everyone miserable and that I was never gonna make another movie again because of him.”
“I really hate all of the things that were being said about our set at the time,” Diaz continued. “You just want to scream at the top of your lungs, like, ‘What are you talking about?’ … Jamie is, like, the cheerleader for the entire crew. Everybody loves him. We have so much fun on the set with him and he’s just a professional on every level.”
Diaz said she “had a blast” working with Foxx on “Back in Action,...
“I really hate all of the things that were being said about our set at the time,” Diaz continued. “You just want to scream at the top of your lungs, like, ‘What are you talking about?’ … Jamie is, like, the cheerleader for the entire crew. Everybody loves him. We have so much fun on the set with him and he’s just a professional on every level.”
Diaz said she “had a blast” working with Foxx on “Back in Action,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: After starring opposite Jamie Foxx in Maggie Betts’ acclaimed legal drama The Burial, currently streaming on Prime Video, Amanda Warren has been tapped for the biggest new role in the second season of Netflix’s smash hit series The Night Agent, from creator Shawn Ryan and Sony Pictures Television.
The actress joins returning cast that includes Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan.
Now ranking sixth on Netflix’s Most Popular TV chart, The Night Agent amassed 168.7M hours viewed in its first few days on the streamer in March, within a week being set up for Season 2, in one of the streamer’s fastest renewals to date.
Based on Matthew Quirk’s same-name Nyt bestseller of 2019, the show sees the FBI’s Peter Sutherland (Basso) manning a phone in the basement of the White House that never rings — until the night that it does, propelling him into a fast moving...
The actress joins returning cast that includes Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan.
Now ranking sixth on Netflix’s Most Popular TV chart, The Night Agent amassed 168.7M hours viewed in its first few days on the streamer in March, within a week being set up for Season 2, in one of the streamer’s fastest renewals to date.
Based on Matthew Quirk’s same-name Nyt bestseller of 2019, the show sees the FBI’s Peter Sutherland (Basso) manning a phone in the basement of the White House that never rings — until the night that it does, propelling him into a fast moving...
- 12/8/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Sports and music representation powerhouse Wasserman has finalized its acquisition of Brillstein Entertainment Partners, the venerable Hollywood management and production company. Terms were not disclosed. Deadline exclusively revealed the acquisition talks back in February.
Wasserman chairman and CEO Casey Wasserman and Brillstein co-CEOs Cynthia Pett and Jon Liebman made the announcement. It puts Wasserman, grandson of the iconic Hollywood representative and studio chief Lew Wasserman, directly into the film and TV representation and production game for the first time. It is the second strategic alignment for Wasserman, who took over the lucrative music touring business that was once the most profitable part of the Paradigm agency, at a time when the pandemic grounded live touring revenues.
It would be the latest move in management after 3Arts made a deal with Lionsgate, and Range Media Partners linked with Automatik.
Wasserman, Pett and Liebman believe their cultures will mesh in their compatible business and staffs.
Wasserman chairman and CEO Casey Wasserman and Brillstein co-CEOs Cynthia Pett and Jon Liebman made the announcement. It puts Wasserman, grandson of the iconic Hollywood representative and studio chief Lew Wasserman, directly into the film and TV representation and production game for the first time. It is the second strategic alignment for Wasserman, who took over the lucrative music touring business that was once the most profitable part of the Paradigm agency, at a time when the pandemic grounded live touring revenues.
It would be the latest move in management after 3Arts made a deal with Lionsgate, and Range Media Partners linked with Automatik.
Wasserman, Pett and Liebman believe their cultures will mesh in their compatible business and staffs.
- 9/18/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Office Race is a comedy film directed by Jared Lapidus, who also worked on the screenplay with James McCarthy. The Comedy Central TV film follows the story of an unmotivated office worker who refuses to put any effort into anything he is doing until his so-called friend is promoted over him and in order to one-up his new boss he takes part in a marathon. Office Race stars Beck Bennett, Joel McHale, Kelsey Grammer, Alyson Hannigan, and Erinn Hayes. So, if you loved the comedy film here are some similar flicks you could check out next.
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Synopsis: Five years ago Dennis was at the altar about to marry his pregnant fiancee, Libby, but he got cold feet and ran for the hills—and he’s been going in circles ever since. Now, when Dennis (Simon Pegg) discovers Libby...
Run, Fatboy, Run (Not Streaming in the US) Credit – New Line Cinema
Synopsis: Five years ago Dennis was at the altar about to marry his pregnant fiancee, Libby, but he got cold feet and ran for the hills—and he’s been going in circles ever since. Now, when Dennis (Simon Pegg) discovers Libby...
- 9/3/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Clockwise from upper left: Clone High (Touchstone Television), Phil Lord and Chris Miller at the 91st Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball (Robyn Beck/Getty Images), Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs (Sony), Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Sony), The Lego Movie (Warner Bros.)Graphic: The A.V. Club
With more than $1 billion...
With more than $1 billion...
- 8/15/2023
- by Luke Y. Thompson
- avclub.com
The first season of Netflix series “The Night Agent” is one of the season’s most immersive and kinetic action shows, largely thanks to stunt coordinator Mike Mitchell. As the artist in charge of the series’ fights and car chases, he’s created a string of visceral set pieces in which the audience feels every punch, kick, and gunshot that FBI agent Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) endures and inflicts. The starting point, according to Mitchell, was reality. “I wanted feet on the ground, organic action based on real FBI technique,” Mitchell told IndieWire. “As long as we’re within safety parameters, I don’t like over-rehearsing fights; I like to keep a fight natural. When somebody slips in a fight or gets out of reach and needs to grab someone’s shirt, maybe spin around — those beats are money. If you’re super-rehearsed it becomes wooden, and you’re not...
- 5/19/2023
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Jamie Foxx’s daughter Corrine Foxx has posted a health update regarding her father, whose hospitalisation was first announced on April 12. According to Corrine, the Oscar-winning actor is out of the hospital and has been “recuperating” for weeks.
He’s also apparently healthy enough to be playing pickleball, reports Variety.
“Update from the family: Sad to see how the media runs wild. My Dad has been out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating,” Corrine wrote on her Instagram story. “In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks for everyone’s prayers and support. We have an exciting work announcement coming next week too!”
Jamie Foxx’s hospitalisation remains somewhat of a mystery. Corrine broke the news of his medical emergency on April 12 via Instagram, writing: “We wanted to share that my father Jamie Foxx experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily due to quick action and great care he is already on his way to recovery.
He’s also apparently healthy enough to be playing pickleball, reports Variety.
“Update from the family: Sad to see how the media runs wild. My Dad has been out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating,” Corrine wrote on her Instagram story. “In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks for everyone’s prayers and support. We have an exciting work announcement coming next week too!”
Jamie Foxx’s hospitalisation remains somewhat of a mystery. Corrine broke the news of his medical emergency on April 12 via Instagram, writing: “We wanted to share that my father Jamie Foxx experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily due to quick action and great care he is already on his way to recovery.
- 5/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Jamie Foxx has left the hospital and is continuing to recuperate after a medical issue last month, according to his family.
His daughter Corinne Foxx took to Instagram to debunk a media report stating that his loved ones were preparing for the worst. She had first announced to social media April 12 that her dad had suffered a “medical complication” the day prior while shooting the Netflix film Back in Action in Atlanta but was on the road to recovery following quick action and great care.
“Update from the family: Sad to see how the media runs wild,” Corinne Foxx wrote Friday in a note on her Instagram Stories. “My Dad has been out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating. In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks for everyone’s prayers and support!”
She added, “We have an exciting work announcement coming next week too!”
Fox Entertainment announced earlier this...
His daughter Corinne Foxx took to Instagram to debunk a media report stating that his loved ones were preparing for the worst. She had first announced to social media April 12 that her dad had suffered a “medical complication” the day prior while shooting the Netflix film Back in Action in Atlanta but was on the road to recovery following quick action and great care.
“Update from the family: Sad to see how the media runs wild,” Corinne Foxx wrote Friday in a note on her Instagram Stories. “My Dad has been out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating. In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks for everyone’s prayers and support!”
She added, “We have an exciting work announcement coming next week too!”
Fox Entertainment announced earlier this...
- 5/12/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Corrine Foxx has posted a health update regarding her father, Jamie Foxx, whose hospitalization was first announced on April 12. According to Corrine, the Oscar-winning actor is out of the hospital and has been “recuperating” for weeks. He’s also apparently healthy enough to be playing pickleball.
“Update from the family: Sad to see how the media runs wild. My Dad has been out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating,” Corrine wrote on her Instagram story. “In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks for everyone’s prayers and support. We have an exciting work announcement coming next week too!”
Jamie Foxx’s hospitalization remains somewhat of a mystery. Corrine broke the news of his medial emergency on April 12 via Instagram, writing: “We wanted to share that my father Jamie Foxx experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily due to quick action and great care he is already on his way to recovery.
“Update from the family: Sad to see how the media runs wild. My Dad has been out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating,” Corrine wrote on her Instagram story. “In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks for everyone’s prayers and support. We have an exciting work announcement coming next week too!”
Jamie Foxx’s hospitalization remains somewhat of a mystery. Corrine broke the news of his medial emergency on April 12 via Instagram, writing: “We wanted to share that my father Jamie Foxx experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily due to quick action and great care he is already on his way to recovery.
- 5/12/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Jamie Foxx, the 2005 Academy Award-winner for Best Actor, has released his first statement, via Instagram, since experiencing undisclosed an “medical complication” last month.
“Appreciate all the love!!!” he wrote on a black background, adding “Feeling blessed.” He included a prayer, heart, and (aha!) fox emoji.
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Foxx’s daughter Corrine first shared news with the public that her father had been hospitalized on April 12, but that he was on the road to recovery. Specifics concerning Foxx’s medical issues have not been released.
On Wednesday, the Fox Network announced that Jamie and Corrine, who host the show “Beat Shazam,” will have temporary replacements in Nick Cannon and Kelly Osbourne until the situation has fully stabilized. Foxx first fell ill in Atlanta while filming the Netflix movie “Back in Action” opposite Cameron Diaz, Glenn Close, and Kyle Chandler for director...
“Appreciate all the love!!!” he wrote on a black background, adding “Feeling blessed.” He included a prayer, heart, and (aha!) fox emoji.
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Foxx’s daughter Corrine first shared news with the public that her father had been hospitalized on April 12, but that he was on the road to recovery. Specifics concerning Foxx’s medical issues have not been released.
On Wednesday, the Fox Network announced that Jamie and Corrine, who host the show “Beat Shazam,” will have temporary replacements in Nick Cannon and Kelly Osbourne until the situation has fully stabilized. Foxx first fell ill in Atlanta while filming the Netflix movie “Back in Action” opposite Cameron Diaz, Glenn Close, and Kyle Chandler for director...
- 5/4/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
‘Django Unchained’ star Jamie Foxx released his first public statement since being hospitalised over three weeks ago after suffering a medical emergency.
In a photo posted to his Instagram page, the Oscar winner addressed fans and wrote: “Appreciate all the love. Feeling blessed.” Foxx has 16.2 million followers on the social media platform, reports Variety.
In addition to the Instagram feed post, Foxx also posted an Instagram story in which he thanked Nick Cannon for taking over the Fox game show ‘Beat Shazam’ as a guest host. The sixth season of the game show is now in production. Foxx launched ‘Beat Shazam’ as host and executive producer in 2017.
As per Variety, the actor’s daughter, Corinne, is a DJ on the show, but she’s being temporarily replaced by Kelly Osbourne as Foxx continues his recovery.
The cause for Foxx’s hospitalisation and his subsequent medical complication have not been disclosed...
In a photo posted to his Instagram page, the Oscar winner addressed fans and wrote: “Appreciate all the love. Feeling blessed.” Foxx has 16.2 million followers on the social media platform, reports Variety.
In addition to the Instagram feed post, Foxx also posted an Instagram story in which he thanked Nick Cannon for taking over the Fox game show ‘Beat Shazam’ as a guest host. The sixth season of the game show is now in production. Foxx launched ‘Beat Shazam’ as host and executive producer in 2017.
As per Variety, the actor’s daughter, Corinne, is a DJ on the show, but she’s being temporarily replaced by Kelly Osbourne as Foxx continues his recovery.
The cause for Foxx’s hospitalisation and his subsequent medical complication have not been disclosed...
- 5/4/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Jamie Foxx released his first public statement since being hospitalized over three weeks ago after suffering a medical emergency. In a photo posted to his Instagram page, the Oscar winner addressed fans and wrote: “Appreciate all the love. Feeling blessed.” Foxx boasts 16.2 million followers on the social media platform.
In addition to the Instagram feed post, Foxx also posted an Instagram story in which he thanked Nick Cannon for taking over the Fox game show “Beat Shazam” as a guest host. The sixth season of the game show is now in production. Foxx launched “Beat Shazam” as host and executive producer in 2017. The actor’s daughter, Corinne, is a DJ on the show, but she’s being temporarily replaced by Kelly Osbourne as Foxx continues his recovery.
The cause for Foxx’s hospitalization and his subsequent medical complication have not been disclosed yet by his family or his representative. Variety has reached out for comment.
In addition to the Instagram feed post, Foxx also posted an Instagram story in which he thanked Nick Cannon for taking over the Fox game show “Beat Shazam” as a guest host. The sixth season of the game show is now in production. Foxx launched “Beat Shazam” as host and executive producer in 2017. The actor’s daughter, Corinne, is a DJ on the show, but she’s being temporarily replaced by Kelly Osbourne as Foxx continues his recovery.
The cause for Foxx’s hospitalization and his subsequent medical complication have not been disclosed yet by his family or his representative. Variety has reached out for comment.
- 5/3/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Nick Cannon is expected to fill in as a guest host for season six of the game show Beat Shazam following Jamie Foxx’s ongoing hospitalization.
“This season, not wanting fans of the game show to miss a minute of the fun, Nick Cannon has offered to fill in as guest host for his friends, Jamie and Corrine Foxx. Kelly Osbourne will be filling in as guest DJ,” a statement posted to the show’s Instagram story said. “Everyone at Fox Entertianment wishes Jamie well as he continues his recovery, and we greatly appreciate Nick’s willingness to jump in and help this summer.”
Foxx regularly hosts and executive produces Beat Shazam, which also features his daughter Corrine (also an activist, CEO and producer) as the series’ deejay. On April 12, Corinne responded to reports that her father had been hospitalized while filming the upcoming Netflix film Back in Action in Atlanta.
“This season, not wanting fans of the game show to miss a minute of the fun, Nick Cannon has offered to fill in as guest host for his friends, Jamie and Corrine Foxx. Kelly Osbourne will be filling in as guest DJ,” a statement posted to the show’s Instagram story said. “Everyone at Fox Entertianment wishes Jamie well as he continues his recovery, and we greatly appreciate Nick’s willingness to jump in and help this summer.”
Foxx regularly hosts and executive produces Beat Shazam, which also features his daughter Corrine (also an activist, CEO and producer) as the series’ deejay. On April 12, Corinne responded to reports that her father had been hospitalized while filming the upcoming Netflix film Back in Action in Atlanta.
- 5/3/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jamie Foxx’s health struggle continues. While the actor is improving following his undisclosed “medical complication” last week, he remains under professional care.
A source tells Et that the 55-year-old actor remains hospitalized six days after his daughter, Corinne, first announced that her father had suffered from an unspecified health crisis on April 12.
“He is healing,” the source says. “He feels the love from everyone.”
When Corinne first announced the news, she wrote in a post on social media, “We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery.”
Corinne turned off the comments on the post, and did not go into detail on what the “medical complication” the actor suffered was. Et reached out to Foxx’s rep for comment.
A source previously told Et Tuesday morning that Foxx “is doing Ok,...
A source tells Et that the 55-year-old actor remains hospitalized six days after his daughter, Corinne, first announced that her father had suffered from an unspecified health crisis on April 12.
“He is healing,” the source says. “He feels the love from everyone.”
When Corinne first announced the news, she wrote in a post on social media, “We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery.”
Corinne turned off the comments on the post, and did not go into detail on what the “medical complication” the actor suffered was. Et reached out to Foxx’s rep for comment.
A source previously told Et Tuesday morning that Foxx “is doing Ok,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Jamie Foxx is on the mend. A source tells Et that the actor is “recovering” following his “medical complication” last week.
“Jamie is doing Ok, thankfully,” a source tells Et. “He’s recovering and has been surrounded by his family.”
Meanwhile, Cameron Diaz continues to film “Back in Action” amid Foxx’s absence from the set. The actress was photographed in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, shooting a scene alongside a stand-in actor for Foxx.
Et has learned that production on “Back in Action” has been ongoing since Foxx’s health scare last week. The film was always scheduled to wrap this week, and that is still the plan.
On April 12, Foxx’s daughter, Corinne, announced that her father had suffered from an unspecified health crisis. “We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday,” she wrote on behalf of the Foxx family. “Luckily, due to quick action and great care,...
“Jamie is doing Ok, thankfully,” a source tells Et. “He’s recovering and has been surrounded by his family.”
Meanwhile, Cameron Diaz continues to film “Back in Action” amid Foxx’s absence from the set. The actress was photographed in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, shooting a scene alongside a stand-in actor for Foxx.
Et has learned that production on “Back in Action” has been ongoing since Foxx’s health scare last week. The film was always scheduled to wrap this week, and that is still the plan.
On April 12, Foxx’s daughter, Corinne, announced that her father had suffered from an unspecified health crisis. “We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday,” she wrote on behalf of the Foxx family. “Luckily, due to quick action and great care,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx is still in the hospital following a medical scare last week while in Atlanta, Georgia, where he’s filming the upcoming Netflix movie, Back in Action. Foxx’s daughter Corinne Foxx confirmed last week that her father suffered a “medical complication” and was taken to the hospital, though she did not specify what had happened. According to CNN, a source revealed that Foxx is still hospitalized and undergoing medical tests. The source also said that the medical incident did not happen on set, and the Beat Shazam host was not transported to the hospital by an emergency vehicle. On Friday, April 14, a source told People that Foxx was “steadily improving” as he continues to recover in the hospital. The In Living Color alum has been in Atlanta filming Back in Action, the upcoming action-comedy film directed by Seth Gordon and starring Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott,...
- 4/18/2023
- TV Insider
‘Django Unchained’ star Jamie Foxx’s medical emergency is said to be causing havoc with the filming for his latest movie. The star, 55, is in the middle of filming scenes for ‘Back In Action’, which also features Cameron Diaz and Glenn Close, reports Mirror.co.uk.
However, the Hollywood veteran was rushed to hospital this week after experiencing a “medical complication.”
His family initially asked for fans to prayer for the star and he is now said to be recovering. His daughter Corinne Foxx said at the time, “Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery. We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time. Much love, The Foxx Family.”
However, as per Mirror.co.uk, while Jamie is said to be joking with his family once again, the incident is said to...
However, the Hollywood veteran was rushed to hospital this week after experiencing a “medical complication.”
His family initially asked for fans to prayer for the star and he is now said to be recovering. His daughter Corinne Foxx said at the time, “Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery. We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time. Much love, The Foxx Family.”
However, as per Mirror.co.uk, while Jamie is said to be joking with his family once again, the incident is said to...
- 4/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Actor Jamie Foxx (the second x is silent) is recovering after being taken to the hospital following an undisclosed “medical complication” on Wednesday.
Jamie Foxx’s daughter, Corinne, posted the following on Instagram: “We wanted to share that my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery. We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time. Much love, The Foxx family.” No further details from the family or officials have been provided at this time, but that the news of both the “complication” and his recovery came in the same post should indicate there is nothing too serious that will keep Foxx down for long.
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The incident occurred in Atlanta, where Jamie Foxx...
Jamie Foxx’s daughter, Corinne, posted the following on Instagram: “We wanted to share that my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery. We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time. Much love, The Foxx family.” No further details from the family or officials have been provided at this time, but that the news of both the “complication” and his recovery came in the same post should indicate there is nothing too serious that will keep Foxx down for long.
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The incident occurred in Atlanta, where Jamie Foxx...
- 4/13/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Jamie Foxx suffered an undisclosed “medical complication” on Wednesday (April 12) evening and is now on the mend. Foxx’s daughter, Corinne Foxx, revealed the news on Instagram, writing, “We wanted to share that my father Jamie Foxx experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily due to quick action and great care he is already on his way to recovery. We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Corinne Foxx (@corinnefoxx) According to Variety, Foxx was in Atlanta filming Back in Action, the upcoming Netflix comedy movie with Cameron Diaz. The project, directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) and also starring Glenn Close (Tehran), Andrew Scott (Fleabag), and Jamie Demetriou (Strays), marks Diaz’s first acting project in almost a decade. TMZ, who first reported Foxx’s health scare, said the actor was...
- 4/13/2023
- TV Insider
Jamie Foxx has been hospitalized in Atlanta following a “medical complication” his family revealed late Wednesday evening.
“We wanted to share that my father Jamie Foxx experienced a medical complication yesterday,” Foxx’s daughter, Corinne Foxx, posted in a statement on Instagram. “Luckily due to quick action and great care he is already on his way to recovery. We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.”
The nature of the medical complication was not disclosed. TMZ reported it happened on Tuesday morning local time, which is when Foxx was first “taken to the hospital.”
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Foxx was in Atlanta filming a new Netflix comedy movie with Cameron Diaz, “Back in Action.” Directed by “Horrible Bosses” helmer Seth Gordon, it also stars Glenn Close, “Fleabag” priest Andrew Scott and comedian Jamie Demetriou.
“We wanted to share that my father Jamie Foxx experienced a medical complication yesterday,” Foxx’s daughter, Corinne Foxx, posted in a statement on Instagram. “Luckily due to quick action and great care he is already on his way to recovery. We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.”
The nature of the medical complication was not disclosed. TMZ reported it happened on Tuesday morning local time, which is when Foxx was first “taken to the hospital.”
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Foxx was in Atlanta filming a new Netflix comedy movie with Cameron Diaz, “Back in Action.” Directed by “Horrible Bosses” helmer Seth Gordon, it also stars Glenn Close, “Fleabag” priest Andrew Scott and comedian Jamie Demetriou.
- 4/13/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Jaimie Foxx is recovering from a medical complication, his daughter Corinne Foxx confirmed Wednesday. The 29-year-old actress released a statement on Instagram from the Foxx family sharing that the actor is on the mend after facing a “medical complication” on Tuesday.
“We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery,” read the post. “We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.
“We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery,” read the post. “We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.
- 4/13/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Jamie Foxx is recovering from a medical complication.
According to Foxx’s daughter, Corinne Foxx, the actor “experienced a medical complication” but was “already on his way to recovery.” The Oscar winner had recently been seen shooting the upcoming Netflix film, Back in Action, in Atlanta.
The 29-year-old actress released a statement from the Foxx family Wednesday on her Instagram that read, “We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery.”
She continued, “We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.”
No other details were immediately available about the actor’s condition.
Back in Action reunites Foxx with Cameron Diaz, who took an eight-year hiatus from acting before Foxx convinced her to come out of retirement to star in the action-comedy.
According to Foxx’s daughter, Corinne Foxx, the actor “experienced a medical complication” but was “already on his way to recovery.” The Oscar winner had recently been seen shooting the upcoming Netflix film, Back in Action, in Atlanta.
The 29-year-old actress released a statement from the Foxx family Wednesday on her Instagram that read, “We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday. Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery.”
She continued, “We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.”
No other details were immediately available about the actor’s condition.
Back in Action reunites Foxx with Cameron Diaz, who took an eight-year hiatus from acting before Foxx convinced her to come out of retirement to star in the action-comedy.
- 4/13/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Ginny & Georgia” has been chased off of Netflix’s all-time Top 10 list for English-language TV shows. In just its third week, “The Night Agent” has reported to the streamer’s overall chart in ninth place, dropping “Inventing Anna” to 10 and sending “Ginny & Georgia” back onto Route 20.
With another 130.48 million hours viewed in Week 3, “The Night Agent,” which premiered its first season on March 22, has now been viewed for a total of 515.57 million hours, per Netflix. The running total puts it between Season 1 of “The Witcher” (541.01 million hours) at No. 8 and limited series “Inventing Anna” (511.92 million hours). Netflix cuts off its all-time Top 10 lists after a show or movie’s first 28 days of availability, which means “The Night Agent” still has nine days left to go to add to its tally.
Netflix’s Most Popular TV (English) list now looks like this:
Netflix tracks English and non-English titles separately...
With another 130.48 million hours viewed in Week 3, “The Night Agent,” which premiered its first season on March 22, has now been viewed for a total of 515.57 million hours, per Netflix. The running total puts it between Season 1 of “The Witcher” (541.01 million hours) at No. 8 and limited series “Inventing Anna” (511.92 million hours). Netflix cuts off its all-time Top 10 lists after a show or movie’s first 28 days of availability, which means “The Night Agent” still has nine days left to go to add to its tally.
Netflix’s Most Popular TV (English) list now looks like this:
Netflix tracks English and non-English titles separately...
- 4/11/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Netflix’s thriller The Night Agent premiered to incredible numbers, making the decision to renew the series for a second season a no-brainer. According to the streaming service, season one debuted in the top spot on the English TV chart and amassed 168+ million viewing hours over its first week of release.
Season one premiered on March 23, 2023. Netflix didn’t announce a targeted date for the 10-episode second season.
“The last week has been a whirlwind as we’ve finally been able to share The Night Agent with the world. To see the tremendous reaction to the show has been a great joy and is a credit to our cast, our writers, our directors, our crew and our partners at Sony Pictures Television and Netflix,” said series creator, showrunner and executive producer Shawn Ryan. “We couldn’t be any prouder or more excited to get cracking on Season 2 to share the...
Season one premiered on March 23, 2023. Netflix didn’t announce a targeted date for the 10-episode second season.
“The last week has been a whirlwind as we’ve finally been able to share The Night Agent with the world. To see the tremendous reaction to the show has been a great joy and is a credit to our cast, our writers, our directors, our crew and our partners at Sony Pictures Television and Netflix,” said series creator, showrunner and executive producer Shawn Ryan. “We couldn’t be any prouder or more excited to get cracking on Season 2 to share the...
- 3/29/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
“The Night Agent” has earned a speedy Season 2 renewal at Netflix, Variety has learned.
The action thriller series debuted on the streaming service less than a week ago, on March 23. It proved to be popular immediately, rocketing up to the top of Netflix’s weekly Top 10 chart with 168.71 million hours viewed. The second season will consist of 10 episodes.
“The last week has been a whirlwind as we’ve finally been able to share ‘The Night Agent’ with the world,” said series creator Shawn Ryan. “To see the tremendous reaction to the show has been a great joy and is a credit to our cast, our writers, our directors, our crew and our partners at Sony Pictures Television and Netflix. We couldn’t be any prouder or more excited to get cracking on Season 2 to share the further adventures of Night Action with our newfound fans.”
“The Night Agent” is based...
The action thriller series debuted on the streaming service less than a week ago, on March 23. It proved to be popular immediately, rocketing up to the top of Netflix’s weekly Top 10 chart with 168.71 million hours viewed. The second season will consist of 10 episodes.
“The last week has been a whirlwind as we’ve finally been able to share ‘The Night Agent’ with the world,” said series creator Shawn Ryan. “To see the tremendous reaction to the show has been a great joy and is a credit to our cast, our writers, our directors, our crew and our partners at Sony Pictures Television and Netflix. We couldn’t be any prouder or more excited to get cracking on Season 2 to share the further adventures of Night Action with our newfound fans.”
“The Night Agent” is based...
- 3/29/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
That was quick — a day after Netflix unveiled record opening weekend viewership for The Night Agent, the streamer announced that it has picked up a 10-episode second season of the political conspiracy action-thriller series from creator Shawn Ryan and Sony Pictures Television. This marks one of the fastest renewal decisions for Netflix, which typically waits for data on a series’ 28-day performance before pulling the trigger.
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“The last week has been a whirlwind as we’ve finally been able to share The Night Agent with the world,” said series creator, executive producer and showrunner Ryan. “To see...
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“The last week has been a whirlwind as we’ve finally been able to share The Night Agent with the world,” said series creator, executive producer and showrunner Ryan. “To see...
- 3/29/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Night Agent” has scored an early Season 2 renewal at Netflix less than a week after launch, the streaming service announced Wednesday.
The second season of the action thriller series will consist of 10 episodes. There are no known details about a release date at this time.
After premiering on the streamer March 23, “The Night Agent” debuted at No. 1 in Netflix’s English TV List with 168.71 million hours viewed, making it the most-viewed title on the streamer this past week. The series also ranked No. 3 during its premiere week of viewing across all first seasons of Netflix series, and was featured in the Top 10 in 93 countries.
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‘The Night Agent’ Leads Netflix Top 10 as Most-Viewed Title in Its Debut Week
“The last week has been a whirlwind as we’ve finally been able to share ‘The Night Agent’ with the world. To see the tremendous reaction to the show has...
The second season of the action thriller series will consist of 10 episodes. There are no known details about a release date at this time.
After premiering on the streamer March 23, “The Night Agent” debuted at No. 1 in Netflix’s English TV List with 168.71 million hours viewed, making it the most-viewed title on the streamer this past week. The series also ranked No. 3 during its premiere week of viewing across all first seasons of Netflix series, and was featured in the Top 10 in 93 countries.
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‘The Night Agent’ Leads Netflix Top 10 as Most-Viewed Title in Its Debut Week
“The last week has been a whirlwind as we’ve finally been able to share ‘The Night Agent’ with the world. To see the tremendous reaction to the show has...
- 3/29/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
“The Night Agent” might not be pulling “Wednesday” numbers, but the new thriller series had a very strong first week on Netflix.
The Shawn Ryan-created thriller topped Netflix’s Global Top 10 English TV series list in its first week of availability, with 168.71 million hours viewed. That’s the most for Week 1 of a new Netflix series, English-language or otherwise, since “Wednesday.” And we’re only counting four days of viewing, as “The Night Agent” debuted on a Thursday; Sunday night is Netflix’s weekly cutoff.
Beyond new debuts, “The Night Agent’s” start was the single best week for a show since Season 2 of “Ginny & Georgia” premiered to 180 hours viewed. Last week marked the third-biggest week for the debut of a Netflix show since the streamer started publicizing the Top 10 lists.
“Wednesday,” of course, still ranks at No. 1 in terms of new-series debuts, after it opened to a...
The Shawn Ryan-created thriller topped Netflix’s Global Top 10 English TV series list in its first week of availability, with 168.71 million hours viewed. That’s the most for Week 1 of a new Netflix series, English-language or otherwise, since “Wednesday.” And we’re only counting four days of viewing, as “The Night Agent” debuted on a Thursday; Sunday night is Netflix’s weekly cutoff.
Beyond new debuts, “The Night Agent’s” start was the single best week for a show since Season 2 of “Ginny & Georgia” premiered to 180 hours viewed. Last week marked the third-biggest week for the debut of a Netflix show since the streamer started publicizing the Top 10 lists.
“Wednesday,” of course, still ranks at No. 1 in terms of new-series debuts, after it opened to a...
- 3/28/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Plot: A sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low-level FBI Agent who works in the basement of the White House, manning a phone that never rings — until the night that it does, propelling him into a fast-moving and dangerous conspiracy that ultimately leads all the way to the Oval Office.
Review: Spies, conspiracies, double agents, and cyberterrorism. Remember when these were quaint plot devices on screens, big and small? It feels like a streaming service debuts a new espionage story every few weeks. Some try to upend convention while others stick frustratingly close to formula, but few seem to break outside the box to do something unique with the genre. The Night Agent, based on the best-selling novel by Matthew Quirk, plays like an extended origin story that mines a tried and true plot without really uncovering any gems. Despite solid chemistry from the leads and a couple of surprising supporting performances,...
Review: Spies, conspiracies, double agents, and cyberterrorism. Remember when these were quaint plot devices on screens, big and small? It feels like a streaming service debuts a new espionage story every few weeks. Some try to upend convention while others stick frustratingly close to formula, but few seem to break outside the box to do something unique with the genre. The Night Agent, based on the best-selling novel by Matthew Quirk, plays like an extended origin story that mines a tried and true plot without really uncovering any gems. Despite solid chemistry from the leads and a couple of surprising supporting performances,...
- 3/24/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
For all the things Amazon does as a streaming platform that make very little sense to me, I’ve always thought the service does a good job adapting airplane or beach novels for TV, delivering generally fast-moving genre pieces for an audience pre-disposed to devour them. Some (Bosch) have been good, some (Reacher) have been decently true to the spirit of the source material, and even the ones that were awful at least played directly to their target audience (please stop sending me DMs, Terminal List fans). All felt like reasonable plays for a company that, in its free time, has been known to sell books on the side.
Netflix doesn’t have that same business model, but Shawn Ryan’s adaptation of Matthew Quirk’s novel The Night Agent still feels like an Amazon-style show. It’s less textured and grounded than Bosch and its main character isn’t...
Netflix doesn’t have that same business model, but Shawn Ryan’s adaptation of Matthew Quirk’s novel The Night Agent still feels like an Amazon-style show. It’s less textured and grounded than Bosch and its main character isn’t...
- 3/23/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony Pictures Television Studios is hitting the ground running this Thursday with The Night Agent trailer, a thrilling new series premiering on Netflix on March 23, 2023. Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, The Night Agent is a sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low-level F.B.I. Agent who works in the basement of the White House, operating a phone that never rings — until the night that it does, propelling him into a fast-moving and dangerous conspiracy that ultimately leads to the Oval Office.
Gabriel Basso plays Peter Sutherland, a low-level F.B.I. Agent who works in the basement of the White House, operating an emergency hotline for American spies. When a call comes in from a terrified civilian, Rose Larkin, Peter must protect Rose and work with her to uncover the conspiracy threatening to rock the nation.
Luciane Buchanan plays Rose Larkin, a young tech CEO who has...
Gabriel Basso plays Peter Sutherland, a low-level F.B.I. Agent who works in the basement of the White House, operating an emergency hotline for American spies. When a call comes in from a terrified civilian, Rose Larkin, Peter must protect Rose and work with her to uncover the conspiracy threatening to rock the nation.
Luciane Buchanan plays Rose Larkin, a young tech CEO who has...
- 3/9/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
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