The former presenters from hit BBC show “Top Gear” — Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May — have signed a deal with Amazon to produce a new motoring show for its streaming service, Amazon Prime. The new show will launch next year and will be produced by former “Top Gear” executive Andy Wilman. The global […]
Netflix, Bleecker Street and Landmark announced a partnership today that will put Netflix’s first original film, Beasts of No Nation, in 19 Landmark markets. The new film written and directed by Emmy Award winner Cary Fukunaga (“True Detective,” Sin Nombre) and starring Golden Globe winner Idris Elba (“Luther,” Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) will debut […]
Google today expanded the number of ways developers can test their apps ahead of general release. At the moment, developers are limited to testing through closed betas that require people to join dedicated Google+ communities or Google Groups. Moving forward, developers will be able to offer open betas directly through the Play Store, as well […]
Google today said support for its Android for Work program has swelled to 40 companies thanks to the addition of new carriers, phone makers, app developers, and management providers. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint in the U.S., and Rogers, Bell Canada, and Telus Mobility in Canada have thrown their weight behind Android for Work, marking […]
Facebook today made a new tool called Security Checkup available to users online. The tool provides Facebook account holders with a broad array of controls over access to their account. For example, Security Checkup lets people log out of Facebook on old devices, set login alerts, and check password strength. Facebook hopes all users will […]
Rumored for awhile now, Relativity made it official today – the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In the last few days, the company has also fired 75 out of 350 full-time employees. While it restructures, Relativity said it still plans to release films like the comedy Masterminds and Halle Berry thriller Kidnap. […]
Motion picture and television studio STX Entertainment has dated the upcoming crime thriller Secret in Their Eyes for release on November 20 (pushed a month from the original release date of October 23). The film, which is written and directed by Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games, Shattered Glass) and adapts Juan José Campanella’s […]
It was just over a week ago that it was announced that “The Flash” and The DUFF star Robbie Amell will be guest-starring on one of the upcoming episodes of FOX’s revival of “The X-Files.” Now, Amell is already filming and he and Gillian Anderson have just shared some new X-Files set photo selfies that […]
Patrick Osborne has signed on to direct Paramount Pictures’ Battling Boy movie!. The Tracking Board has the news, reporting that the Academy Award winning director of Walt Disney Animation’s short film “Feast” will helm the big screen adaptation of Paul Pope‘s acclaimed graphic novel. Published in 2013, Battling Boy was named one of NPR’s best […]
AT&T has requested that all its handset manufacturer partners include functional FM radios in their Android smartphones by 2016. Further, the company is asking its OEM partners to enable any FM radios that may be dormant inside existing handsets. FM radios are often included on modules that bundle other radios, such as Bluetooth, WiFi, and […]
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