Big Door Prize
Chris O’Dowd is set to star as a good-natured teacher in “The Big Door Prize,” an upcoming ten-episode Apple comedy series based on the M.O. Walsh novel. David West Read executive produces.
The story follows a small town that is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears in the grocery store, promising to reveal each resident’s true life potential. [Source: Variety]
STX Entertainment
Eros International has sold indie studio STX Entertainment to an affiliate of the Najafi Companies for $173 million. STX launched in 2014 as a home for mid-budget film fare with its biggest hits including “Bad Moms” and “Hustlers”. [Source: THR]
Green Knight
A24 is set to re-release David Lowery’s acclaimed Dev Patel-led “The Green Knight” in theaters for one night only this Friday, December 10th.
Two showtimes will be held at AMC theaters across the country that night and to celebrate, the distributor has released a new promo re-framing the dark fantasy drama as a Christmas movie.
Get Millie Black
Man Booker Prize-winning author: Marlon James has scored a series order from HBO and the UK’s Channel 4 for the six-part Jamaica-set crime drama series “Get Millie Black”
The story follows ex-Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black, who returns to Kingston to work missing persons and soon finds herself on a quest to solve a case that will blow her world apart. [Source: Deadline]
Superman & Lois
The CW has premiered a new trailer for the second season of its DC Comics adaptation “Superman and Lois” which returns on January 11th.
Tyler Hoechlin’s getting a slightly altered new suit for the second season run which sees him facing off with a hardline general (Ian Bohen).
