Jennifer Maas

Five months ago, I spoke with Chance Perdomo about the Season 1 finale of “The Boys” spinoff “Gen V,” and I could feel his excitement vibrating through the phone. While any young star is likely to be thrilled to speak about their latest project, this interview felt palpably important to Chance, as it was the […]

A fifth bonus episode of of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” titled “Breaking the Silence,” will launch April 7 on ID and then stream on Max. Per ID, “Participants previously featured in ‘Quiet on Set,’ including Drake Bell, ‘All That’ cast members Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne, Hearne’s mother, Tracey Brown, as well as new voices including former […]

Advertisers plan to increase spend on in-video-game advertising by 40% this year, according to a new study, with total ad spend set to reach $8.5 billion in 2024 and increase to $11.5 billion by 2027. In IAB’s “Changing the Game: How Games Advertising Powers Performance” report, which was revealed Tuesday, 86% of advertisers surveyed said […]

Epic Games’ “Fortnite” will now allow creators to build their own Lego Islands in the game using Lego templates, props, consumables and items. There are four different templates currently available to get players started using Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) and Fortnite Creative. “Fortnite” creators who choose to publish their own Lego Islands and are […]

This year’s “Candy Crush All Stars” tournament is set to be the “world’s largest casual mobile gaming tournament in history” with a $1 million prize pot. Per “Candy Crush” maker King, “The stakes are higher than ever in this year’s All Stars tournament, with the prize pot quadrupling to $1M from last year. And with […]

A new independent gaming studio led by vets of “Doom” developer id Software has launched with initial seed funding from Sisu Game Ventures. Named emptyvessel, the gaming studio will focus on developing AAA video games. Its first project will be an immersive shooter “inspired by film, graphic novels and games set in dystopian sci-fi worlds.” […]

New Drake-produced doscuseries “Magic City: An American Fantasy” debuted at SXSW Monday night to a roaring crowd packed with friends, patrons and fans of the project’s titular iconic Atlanta strip club, Magic City. After the first episode of the three-part doc, which does not yet have a distributor or platform attached, was screened, producer Cole […]

“House of the Dragon” Season 2 will debut on HBO in June. Warner Bros. Discovery streaming and gaming chief J.B. Perrette revealed the launch month for the second season of the “Game of Thrones” spinoff during an interview at Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media and Telecom conference Monday. While the exec did not specify the date […]

Nexstar reported its fourth-quarter 2023 earnings Wednesday, revealing its TV ad sales were down 36% from Oct. 1- Dec. 31. In the same period, Nexstar’s losses at the CW narrowed to $52 million from $60 million in Q3. That marks a 45% improvement in the network’s losses (down from $94 million) since Q4 of 2022, when the […]

The Writers Guild of America East has tapped Sam Wheeler as the union’s new executive director. Chosen by the WGA East council as successor to longtime WGA East leader Lowell Peterson, who exited his post last October after the conclusion of the writers strike, Wheeler enters the role after serving as the national executive director […]