The nominees for the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards were announced today, and with no surprise, HBO took the top spot raking in 22 nominations while ABC and Netflix tied for second with 14 nods. With critically acclaimed shows like The Americans, the new Donald Glover comedy Atlanta, and the uber-successful The People Vs. OJ Simpson FX ranked fourth.
Will Forte
There have been talks and rumors circulating about a sequel to the Saturday Night Live sketch-turned-film MacGruber, which gained a cult following after being a box office flop in 2010. But based on a tweet from Jorma Taccone, it looks like MacGruber 2 is gaining some traction.
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 68th Primtime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday in a swiftly-paced event that saw plenty of perennial favorites take home statues, including Game of Thrones and Veep, as well as some first-time wins for stars Kate McKinnon, Rami Malek, and Tatiana Maslany. See the full list of winners from television’s biggest night.
This year’s nominations included the usual appearances from House Of Cards, Game Of Thrones, and Modern Family as well as attention for newcomers like Mr. Robot, The Night Manager, and Master Of None.
Paul Scheer is the latest actor to join David Wain’s A Futile & Stupid Gesture, the upcoming Netflix original movie about National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney.
Tohn has joined David Wain’s film about National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney. Tohn will play legendary comedian Gilda Radner, who was a featured player in The National Lampoon Radio Hour and helped create The National Lampoon Show.
Forte and Wain will come together for a darkly comedic drama about National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney, who wrote the iconic comedies Animal House and Caddyshack before his life was cut tragically short.
Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.
A Harvard-bound high school graduate and his slacker best friend take summer lifeguard jobs where they find their lives going in different directions.
A mockumentary on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battle it out in a 2004 match that lasts seven days.
A mockumentary on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battle it out in a 2004 match that lasts seven days.
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.
Logline: Kept under wraps.
A round-up of today’s distribution sales at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
A breakdown of our Top 10 choices for Sundance Premiers–includes pictures and clips!
Logline: Two codependent roommates, on the verge of eviction, flee New York for the promise of sunshine in Los Angeles where their friendship is tested by a chance at fame, a fortune teller and an amorous wealthy aunt.
Logline: Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.
Logline: A group of friends pose as drug dealers to infiltrate the criminal underworld, all to retrieve a stolen kitty.
Logline: Centers on two fierce tennis rivals who are competing in an epic, week-long match at Wimbledon, but their personal rivalry is even more heated than their professional one.
A recap of the week’s TV News!
A group of ex-cons kidnap the wife of a wealthy Detroit developer and hold her for ransom, only to find the husband doesn’t want her back.
An American research psychologist comes to live with an Irish family to study a rare stroke survivor who’s been psychologically damaged.
A recap of the week’s TV news!
A man agrees to drive his aging alcoholic father from Montana to Nebraska to cash a sweepstakes winning lotto ticket, the whole time bonding after years of separation, and believing the ticket is not real.
And we can’t imagine it was good.
When the residents of Swallow Falls return to their homes after the food storm, they find that their island has been overrun by food beasts.
Actors replace Ty Burrell and Dennis Quaid.
A neighborhood watch group, filled with suburban dads enjoying some male bonding away from the family, uncovers a plot to destroy the world.
While still in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd’s 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd’s world comes crashing down on the eve of his wedding when an uninvited Donny suddenly shows up. Trying desperately to reconnect with his son, Donny is now forced to deal with the repercussions of his bad parenting skills.
