World Screen

NEW YORK: Susan Sarandon has joined the cast of Graves, a political satire being produced by Lionsgate for broadcast on EPIX in the fall of 2016. Sarandon will star as Margaret Graves, the wife of former U.S. President Richard Graves, played by Nick Nolte. As her husband goes on a …

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime has teamed with The Jim Henson Company on the original movie Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow, which will premiere on the network on November 21 at 8 p.m. The live-action family film, starring Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Mary Steenburgen (Orange Is the New Black), Jay Harrington …

LOS ANGELES: HBO has given the go-ahead to a second season of the Dwayne Johnson-fronted series Ballers. Created by Stephen Levinson, who executive produced past HBO shows Entourage and Boardwalk Empire, the series stars Johnson as a former football superstar trying to reinvent himself as a financial manager for current …

NEW YORK: TV Land has ordered the dark comedy pilot I Shudder, executive produced by Dan Jinks and Paul Rudnick. "This pilot is a unique dark dramedy, and is truly outside the box for TV Land," said Keith Cox, the executive VP of development and original programming for TV Land. …

EVANSTON: U.S. network Vibrant TV has launched on the FilmOn digital platform, making available its schedule of international programming to online audiences. Vibrant TV features an array of entertainment from around the globe in English, including lifestyle, comedy, action-adventure, drama, reality, travel, food, sports and family content. The advertiser-supported channel …

REDWOOD CITY: Premium OTT services are growing at a rapid clip in the U.S., where revenues are expected to increase from $4 billion in 2014 to between $8 billion and $12 billion in 2018, with Netflix remaining the largest single mass-market provider. This is according to new research from Vindicia, …

SEATTLE: Spike Lee's upcoming movie Chi-Raq (working title) has been slated as the first-ever original movie to come from Amazon Studios.  The movie will feature newcomer Teyonah Parris starring alongside Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, D.B. Sweeney and Angela Bassett with John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. The film …

LOS ANGELES: FX Networks has acquired the exclusive U.S. commercial TV premiere rights for Minions, which earned $115 million in domestic box-office revenue during its premiere weekend. Minions earned the second biggest opening weekend ever for an animated feature. FX Networks acquired the movie for its suite of networks, including …

LOS ANGELES: For the second year in a row, HBO's Game of Thrones has garnered the most Emmy nominations, with 24 nods, followed by American Horror Story: Freak Show. By network, HBO scored a whopping 126 nominations, with ABC at a distant second with 42, followed by CBS and NBC …

LOS ANGELES: Keshet International has established Keshet Studios, a brand-new outfit based in Los Angeles that will oversee the development, production, packaging, promotion and sales for the company's scripted-programming activities. Peter Traugott has been named president of scripted at Keshet Studios, while Rachel Kaplan serves as executive VP. Both will …