12-05-2025
Netflix sets premiere date for Lena Dunham's new series, Michelle Yeoh to star in action thriller ‘The Surgeon,' and more of today's top news stories
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Golden Globe-winning Girls creator and star Lena Dunham is returning to TV with Too Much, the first series she's created since 2018's Camping. The semi-autobiographical romantic comedy series premieres July 10 on Netflix. Dunham writes and directs the series, which she cocreated with her husband, Luis Felber. Megan Stalter (Hacks) stars as Jessica, "a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) — a walking series of red flags — she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves. Now they have to ask themselves: do Americans and Brits actually speak the same language? From the creator of Girls and the producers of Love Actually, Too Much is an ex-pat rom-com for the disillusioned who wonder if true love is still possible, but sincerely hope that it is." The cast also includes Michael Zegan, Janicza Bravo, Richard E. Grant, Rita Wilson, Naomi Watts, Andrew Rannells, Rhea Perlman, Emily Ratajkowski, and Adwoa Aboah.
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Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh is set to star in The Surgeon, an action film from producers Patrick Wachsberger, Basil Iwankyk, and Erica Lee, all of whom have worked on the John Wick franchise. The Surgeon is written and directed by Roshan Sethi, who is also a practicing doctor. Yeoh will play a retired surgeon who is kidnapped and forced to operate on a mysterious patient, and she fights back against her captors using her 35 years of surgical experience.
Megadoc, director Mike Figgis' documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis, will be distributed by Utopia, which was co-founded by Coppola's nephew Robert Schwartzman. Megadoc is something of a spiritual sequel to Hearts of Darkness, Eleanor Coppola's classic documentary on the making of Apocalypse Now!, and presents a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Coppola's idiosyncratic epic, which premiered at Cannes last year. 'The great filmmaker Mike Figgis shot the making of Megalopolis as he saw it,' Coppola said in a statement. 'Interestingly, there are many interpretations of what really happened and it's all in the documentary although the documentary doesn't always say which is what ... it is for the viewer to behold and interpret.' Utopia plans to release the film theatrically this fall.
Jason Segel is teaming up with director and fellow Shrinking executive producer on psychological thriller Sponsor, which is up for sale at Cannes. Segel and Ponsoldt wrote the script, which is about Peter (Segel), a drunk driver whose court-ordered treatment introduces him to Jerry (still being cast), an "enigmatic 12-step guru" who takes over his life. 'We set out to explore what happens when support becomes control — when the person you turn to for salvation slowly becomes your worst nightmare,' Segel and Ponsoldt said in joint statement. "After collaborating on Shrinking, we were excited to channel that same emotional intimacy into a psychological thriller, where the stakes are darker, more dangerous, and deeply personal."
Emmy-winning Killing Eve star Sandra Oh is set to star in Canadian psychological thriller Child's Play from director Wang Xiaoshuai and writer Hannah Moscovitch. Here's the official description: "Marlene Lee (Oh), the daughter of Chinese immigrant parents and who in 1983 attends an all-white summer camp for girls. In order to fit in and impress her new friend Charlene, Marlene crosses a line that will forever change her life. Some 41 years later in 2024 and have devoted herself to a successful political career, adult Marlene strives to make meaningful societal change. But as she stands on the brink of a pivotal electoral victory, dark shadows from her past resurface when she and Charlene are forced to reconnect." The film will shoot this fall.
George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck has recouped its initial $9.5 million production cost after just seven weeks on Broadway. The show set a record for highest-grossing week in Broadway history when it became the first show to gross over $4 million in one week. The play is based on Clooney's 2005 film of the same name. He stars as broadcaster Edward R. Murrow as he speaks out against Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the Red Scare.
Netflix revealed the premiere date for Untamed, a mystery thriller set at Yosemite National Park. Eric Bana stars as Kyle Turner, a special agent for the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) investigating a brutal death in the park that uncovers secrets in the park's past — and his own. The series hails from creators Mark L. Smith (American Primeval) and Elle Smith (The Marsh King's Daughter) and also stars Sam Neill, Lily Santiago, Rosemary DeWitt, and Wilson Bethel. All six episodes premiere July 17.
Netflix has begun production on a fourth season of Lupin, the heist thriller starring Omar Sy as gentleman thief Assane Diop. The series is the one of the streaming service's most-watched non-English-language shows. The most recent season debuted in 2023. The series was created by George Kay, with Sy and Louis Leterrier serving as showrunners.
Kevin Spacey, the two-time Academy Award winner who is once again booking film roles after his 2023 acquittal on sexual assault charges, has joined the cast of The Awakening, a conspiracy thriller that will be up for sale at Cannes. The film stars and was cowritten — and financed — by Justin Tinto, and directed by Matt Routledge. It follows "Jason (Tinto) and Rebecca (Alice Eve) as they uncover a conspiracy to control the world. Their investigation leads them into a maze of secrets, making their quest to expose the truth in a thrilling race against time." The cast also includes Peter Stormare, Steve Berkoff, Julian Glover, Matt Hookings, and former World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall.
The 2025 Anime Awards, the fan-voted award show honoring the best in anime, announced its musical performer and celebrity presenter lineup ahead of the May 25 ceremony. Japanese singer-songwriter Lisa, hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts, and rock band Flow will perform, and reggaeton singer J Balvin, country star Kacey Musgraves, and Ready Player One screenwriter Zak Penn will present awards. The ninth annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards will take place at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo on May 25, with hosts Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira. The show will stream live at 6 p.m. JST on Crunchyroll's Twitch and YouTube channels as well as Sony Pictures Core and the Sony Group Corp Global YouTube Channel.
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