Kyle Wilensky, Bo Balogun and Haley Hey have joined Range Media Partners. Wilensky will serve as an Artist Manager and Vice President of Music Touring, Balogun will serve as a brand Narrative and creative executive and Hey has joined as manager for gaming talent, partnerships and strategy. “Since its inception, Range has been committed to […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday revealed the 276 feature films that are eligible for consideration at the 94rd Oscars, which are set to air live March 27 on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The number is 90 fewer than last year’s 366, but this year’s eligibility period was […]
From the infamous murders of Tupac and Biggie Smalls to the countless deaths of other rappers, the hip-hop community has long been hit by homicides. This is now being explored in an unscripted series for WEtv from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. The rapper is producing Hip Hop Homicides, via his G-Unit Film & Television, along […]
Relatives of the late actor Bill Paxton, who sued Cedars-Sinai Medical Center regarding his 2017 death, can seek punitive damages at trial, a judge ruled today. On Wednesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven J. Kleifield denied a defense motion to dismiss the punitive damages claim dealing with the disposition of the actor’s body that […]
Cynthia Nixon will be playing another New York City singleton in the upcoming HBO series The Gilded Age, a period drama from Julian Fellowes that’s been dubbed, the American Downton Abbey. What will become clear from the premiere episode on Jan. 24 is that Nixon’s character Ada Brook paved the way in her sensible shoes […]
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has the first exclusive track from Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian’s score for Redeeming Love, which is set for release tomorrow via Milan Records, as the Universal Pictures title hits theaters. The film directed by DJ Caruso is a Western romance based on the bestselling novel by Francine Rivers that watches as a […]
Lawrence Jones and Brian Kilmeade will host new shows on Fox News’ primetime lineup, the latest changes after Jesse Watters and Jeanine Pirro got new gigs on the weekday schedule. Kilmeade will host a show at 8 PM ET on Saturdays, while Jones will headline Lawrence Jones Cross Country at 10 PM. Unfiltered with Dan […]
Judy Justice, the recently launched IMDb TV series starring Judge Judy Sheindlin, will return January 24 with new weekday episodes. In addition to announcing the date, Amazon-owned IMDb TV also said it is launching a 24-7 streaming channel dedicated to the show, enabling viewers to dip into it anytime. Sheindlin embarked on a new career […]
EXCLUSIVE: Rebel Wilson’s dog grooming competition series Pooch Perfect won’t be taking any more walks at ABC. Deadline understands that the Disney-owned network has canceled the unscripted series after one season. Separately, ABC has parked the Jimmy Kimmel-hosted Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. While the game show, which is based on the long-running British […]
EXCLUSIVE: The January 6 assault on the US Capitol, considered the worst attack on democracy since the Civil War, will be the subject of a feature film scripted and to be directed by Billy Ray as his follow up to the highly rated Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule. Joining him on J6 is Adam McKay, who […]
EXCLUSIVE: Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead: World Beyond) is set as a series regular in Disney+’s upcoming Beauty and the Beast (working title) prequel series, joining previously announced Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Briana Middleton and Fra Fee. The eight-episode limited musical series, a prequel to the 2017 live-action film, was developed and written by Gad […]
EXCLUSIVE: President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have found their unscripted boss. The pair’s media company Higher Ground has hired Ethan Lewis, formerly Head of Unscripted & Branded Content at Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini’s SMAC Entertainment. Lewis joins as SVP of Unscripted/Non-Fiction. His hire comes after there was much speculation in the unscripted and non-fiction […]
Netflix is gifting $1M to film and TV students in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. The Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund forms part of Netflix’s Creative Equity Fund, which was launched in 2021 to be allocated to various initiatives around the world across the next five years. The scholarship fund in Africa will cover the costs […]
Rugby star Brian O’Driscoll’s sports production outfit 3 Rock has been backed by All3Media. Deadline understands the deal includes the production powerhouse taking a minority stake. 3 Rock, which was also founded by sports presenter Craig Doyle, produces live broadcasts, documentaries, podcasts, branded content and format development. The outfit recently produced BT Sport doc Shoulder […]
EXCLUSIVE: Twilight, Nurse Jackie and Supergirl actor Peter Facinelli has been set to lead World War One movie drama Can You Hear Me?, which is due to shoot in the UK next month. Downtown Abbey’s Matthew Barber and John Standing (V For Vendetta) have been cast in supporting roles. In the mystery-romance Facinelli will play Samuel, an […]
EXCLUSIVE: Roger Michell’s last movie, the documentary Elizabeth about the life of Queen Elizabeth II, has been picked up by Signature Entertainment and set for a Friday 3 June theatrical release to coincide with the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee. The late British filmmaker, known for movies including Notting Hill, The Duke, Hyde Park On Hudson and […]
‘Animals’ And ‘Black Pond’ Producer Sarah Brocklehurst Launches UK Studio; Ties With BBC Studios BAFTA-nominated Black Pond and Animals producer Sarah Brocklehurst has launched a production company and struck a partnership deal with BBC Studios. BBC Studios will help develop, produce and distribute Brock Media’s content, which will include TV and film projects for global audiences. BBC Studios has […]
Adam McKay has addressed criticism of Netflix’s environmental satire Don’t Look Up, stating that “you’re never going to make a movie to appeal to everyone” and praising its global popularity, which has seen the Leonardo DiCaprio pic move up to second in Netflix’s most-watched of all time. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today, McKay said: “Comedy is […]
The world’s first space-based entertainment studio and multi-purpose arena is to launch in just two years’ time and has been revealed as the studio behind the Tom Cruise space film. The groundbreaking studio, known as SEE-1, comes from film producer duo Elena and Dmitry Lesnevsky’s newly-launched Space Entertainment Enterprise (S.E.E.) and will dock with Axiom’s […]
DC Films/Warner Bros. sent out a Bat signal today, releasing two new posters to tout the March release of the latest film version of the Caped Crusader. Robert Pattinson is the star of the superhero saga, playing against Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sargaard, Andy Sarkis and Colin Farrell. The film […]
UPDATE: Hannah Price, daughter of rock musician Chris Daughtry, died by suicide, her family said in a statement reported by People magazine. Price, 25, was under the influence of narcotics on Nov. 12 at her home in Fentress County, Tennessee. the family said. “Our beloved Daughter Hannah Price passed away on November 12th, 2021,” the statement […]
UPDATE, 7:26 PM PT: Democrats’ efforts to pass voting rights legislation stalled again in the Senate, as they fell short in securing a filibuster rules change that would have allowed them to clear the bills with a simple majority. The failure of the legislation was expected, after Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Sen. Joe Manchin […]
Britney Spears may be free of the restrictive conservatorship that ruled her life for 13 years, but the Toxic singer’s ongoing battle with her father is about to go to a whole other level. At a hearing Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Brenda Penny agreed with attorneys on both sides that an evidentiary […]
Covid-19 concerns have led NBC Sports to keep most of its announcing teams at home for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, according to a report. “The announce teams for these Olympics, including figure skating, will be calling events from our Stamford (Conn.) facility due to COVID concerns,” Greg Hughes, senior vice president communications, NBC Sports, […]
The biggest surprise from Joe Biden’s presidential press conference was its length: At nearly two hours, it was as if he was trying to compete with Donald Trump for making his meetings with the media more like a marathon. It also affirmed what White House correspondents have long argued: that the fleeting moments of availability […]
