Warner Bros. Television has selected the 10 emerging performers for the second annual “Actors in Training” virtual casting initiative. More than 2,100 actors from 280 training programs worldwide participated in this year’s program The class of 2021 search included...
It looks like Hollywood is getting more inclusive. Even though this is a story we have heard before, it's all about baby steps. Change can't really happen overnight so while this happens, we just have to navigate the terrain the best we can. Variety Business...
Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions has continued its partnership with the popular job site Indeed. The companies created the Rising Voices initiative, whose inaugural “season” began in February, to invest in BIPOC filmmakers and storytellers around the singular...
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, the Emmy-winning actor who will be playing Morpheus in the upcomingThe Matrix Ressurections, has announced the launch of his production company, House Eleven10. The company has entered a new creative partnership with Netflix which will have...
The 1982 racially-driven murder of Vincent Chin will be adapted into a scripted series for Participant by Chloé Zhao, the director behind Nomadland and Eternals. Zhao has made an exclusive agreement with the Chin estate to create the only authorized telling of the...
Yale in Hollywood has set its second global virtual film festival and will present resent its inaugural Visionary of the Year Award to Oscar nominated Minari director Lee Isaac Chung. The fest will kick off December 2 and continue through December 4. The three day...
Jon M. Chu, director of Crazy Rich Asians, In The Heights and the upcoming adaptation of the musical Wicked, will be directing the film adaptation of Dr. Suess’ children’s book Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Set to debut in 2027, Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Warner Bros...
The very first class for ViacomCBS' newly launched Content for Change Academy, a talent program that aims to remove barriers to entry for new storytellers, build equity, and invest in the industry’s next generation of leaders from nontraditional pathways, including...
Karen Horne, Senior Vice President of Equity and Inclusion at WarnerMedia and Stacie de Armas, Senior Vice President of Diverse Consumer Insights & Initiatives, DEI Practice at Nielsen have both joined the board of advisors at RespectAbility. Bringing more than...
