EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has the first exclusive track from Carter Burwell’s Oscar-shortlisted score for The Tragedy of Macbeth, which is set for release tomorrow via Milan Records, as the film from director Joel Coen premieres globally on Apple TV+. Coen’s take on William Shakespeare’s classic 17th century play Macbeth watches as Denzel Washington’s Scottish lord is convinced by […]
The Writers Guild of America revealed nominations Thursday in television, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional categories for the 2022 WGA Awards, which are scheduled to take place Sunday, March 20. Nominees include reigning Comedy Series winners Ted Lasso from Apple TV+, with newcomers to the list including several shows with multiple noms: HBO Max’s […]
The Chicago Trio continues to dominate Wednesday primetime as Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. top their respective hours. NBC kicked off its Wednesday primetime slate with Chicago Med, which set the tone for the other two series’ strong performances in the later hours. In fast affiliates, Chicago Med earned a 0.8 demo rating […]
The Omicron surge has forced another change in the movie awards-season calendar, with the Producers Guild of America saying Thursday it has decided to postpone its 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards. The ceremony, originally scheduled for February 26, will now take place on Saturday, March 19, still at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel. Because of the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Black representation in baseball will be the focus of MLB Tonight: A Conversation, which MLB Network will air on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, at 5 p.m. ET. Hosted by MLB Network analyst and former player Harold Reynolds, the show will feature new interviews with Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker and Atlanta Braves coach […]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) reiterated her opposition to changing 60-vote threshold as a way to pass voting rights legislation, underscoring how highly unlikely it is the bills will pass. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has initiated a process to bring the legislation to the floor for debate, but the path likely hinges on ultimately […]
The Queen has stripped Prince Andrew of his “military affiliations and royal patronages” and left him to defend his case against Virginia Roberts Giuffre as a “private citizen.” The move came hours after more than 150 military veterans wrote to the Queen to ask her to strip Andrew of his honorary military roles amid what […]
EXCLUSIVE: MGM and Amazon have struck big deals for U.S. and international rights, respectively, to the upcoming Jake Gyllenhaal-Guy Ritchie untitled Afghan war movie, we can reveal. Filming is due to get underway on January 24 in Alicante, Spain, with additional casting set to be revealed soon. Significant deals have also closed with local buyers […]
EXCLUSIVE: Wesley Lowery’s book They Can’t Kill Us All chronicles the formation of the Black Lives Matter movement and is it now being turned into a television series. AMC is developing a series adaptation of the book, which was first published in 2016, with Don Cheadle among the exec producers. The series is based on […]
EXCLUSIVE NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization, today announced the New Voices Filmmaker Grant, a new initiative in partnership with Netflix to support emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers. “NewFest is thrilled to partner with Netflix in launching the New Voices Filmmaker Grant to equip emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers with the resources, tools and exposure they […]
The Sundance Institute has been named as the recipient of the American Cinema Editors’ 2022 Golden Eddie Award—breaking ground as the first film organization ever to earn the ACE Eddie Awards’ top honor. The Golden Eddie has historically gone to a filmmaker who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film. Past recipients include Quentin […]
The Sundance Institute today unveiled the 2022 Sundance Film Festival’s Beyond Film line-up of events that are free to the public. Speakers will include such artists from this year’s program as La Guerra Civil director Eva Longoria Bastón, Dual star Karen Gillan, Cha Cha Real Smooth and Am I OK? star Dakota Johnson, Alice star […]
Former Objective MD Joins King of Sunshine EXCLUSIVE: Paul Sandler, a former MD of Peep Show and The Cube producer Objective Media Group, has joined the entertainment indie run by former BBC commissioner Sohail Shah. Sandler joins King of Sunshine Productions as a Non-Exec Director and will help run the outfit, which has produced ITV’s Agatha & […]
HBO Max has further bolstered its European offering by signing up Arte France Drama Commissioning Editor Clémentine Bobin to oversee the development and creative production of originals in France. Bobin will work closely with Vera Peltekian, the recently appointed VP and Commissioning Editor of Original Production, France. Based in Paris, she takes on the role of […]
EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has struck its first deals for Channel 4 prison drama Screw, with networks in Australia and New Zealand picking up the series. STV Studios’ six-parter from Killing Eve and The Man In The High Castle writer Rob Williams has sold to BBC/ITV Studios-owned BritBox in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand, both of which […]
BBC Studios-owned channel group UKTV achieved its record share of TV viewing last year, increasing by almost 5% as dramas such as Annika and Ragdoll generated big audiences. According to UKTV, total share rose by 4% to 4.8% across all hours, with drama channels Alibi and Drama performing particularly well. Share of Commercial Impacts, a measure used […]
After one term, John Lindley says he will not seek reelection as president of the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600. He made his decision public today in the guild’s newsletter. His decision not to run comes in advance of the guild’s upcoming elections. Lindley became president in March 2020, and will remain in office […]
EXCLUSIVE: Filming is slated to resume tomorrow on the second season of HBO Max’s dark romantic comedy Made for Love, from Paramount TV Studios, I have learned. I hear production was paused last week after positive Covid test results, including in the central Zone A, which includes the cast and those in direct interaction with […]
As students and staff of the 600,000-strong Los Angeles Unified School District returned to in-person learning this week, routine testing at schools across many districts identified thousands of Covid-19 infections. For the week of January 3 through January 9, 547,466 tests were administered across school districts in the county, with most testing occurring for LAUSD […]
UPDATED: In addition to headliners Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Swedish House Mafia, who were revealed this afternoon, organizers of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival announced the entire 2022 lineup via Twitter this evening. Among the approximately 200 acts revealed this evening are Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, Dojo Cat, […]
A group of 270 scientists, professors, doctors and healthcare workers wrote an open letter to Spotify recently expressing concern about “false and societally harmful assertions” on its most popular program, The Joe Rogan Experience. The letter, which Rolling Stone first reported on, asks the music streamer to “establish a clear and public policy to moderate […]
EXCLUSIVE: Filming on Season 9 of the NBC drama Chicago PD has been suspended today after a number of positive Covid tests, including cases in Zone A, which includes the cast and those who directly interact with them, I have learned. Chicago PD, from Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, was among a number of series — including […]
Brandon Murphy, the screenwriter who co-wrote last year’s action-comedy sequel Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, died January 9 in Los Angeles, friends told Deadline. He was 43. No cause of death was given. Murphy penned Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard with his younger brother, Phillip Murphy, and with Tom O’Connor, who wrote the original 2017 pic. Both starred Ryan […]
The National Football League is rebounding from several down years and appears to be recovering the audience it lost during the pandemic. Fresh off the news that NBC’s Sunday Night Football once again was a ratings powerhouse for the National Football League comes word that the rest of the schedule also scored gains. The Wall […]
Los Angeles Public Health officials reported a total of 39 deaths today, the highest number of Covid-related new deaths since September 22nd. The deaths are likely the result of the rise in case and hospitalization numbers in December, according to officials. Deaths related to the impact of the more recent record number of cases in […]
