Freddie Highmore News

Nominations for THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS were announced today. Fox Searchlight's THE SHAPE OF WATER leads the pack with a whopping 14 nominations. Best Picture and Director contenders included DUNKIRK, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, LADY BIRD and THE POST, each with eight nominations.

Nominations for THE GOLDEN GLOBES were announced today, Monday, Dec. 11. Winners in 25 categories - 14 in film and 11 in television - are voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theatre of California, has announced complete casting for their production of the original 1947 radio play of Miracle on 34th Street, which is being presented in honor of its 70th anniversary for a limited engagement of 14 performances from December 14 to 23 (press opening is December 15).

Gravitas Ventures has partnered to acquire U.S. and Canadian rights to ALMOST FRIENDS, a romantic comedy from writer-director Jake Goldberger (LIFE OF A KING). ABC's THE GOOD DOCTOR star Freddie Highmore toplines an all-star cast and the film will have a day-and-date release on November 17.

Gravitas Ventures has partnered to acquire U.S. and Canadian rights to ALMOST FRIENDS, a romantic comedy from writer-director Jake Goldberger (LIFE OF A KING). ABC's THE GOOD DOCTOR star Freddie Highmore toplines an all-star cast and the film will have a day-and-date release on November 17.

During the opening week of the new 2017-18 TV season (w/o 9/25/17), ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live jumped over the prior week by 13% in Total Viewers (2.298 million vs. 2.035 million) and 23% among Adults 18-49 (626,000 vs. 509,000) to its best performance since June since the weeks of 6/5/17 and 6/12/17, respectively.

Television's No. 1 new drama, The Good Doctor, has been given a full-season order, Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment, said today.