EXCLUSIVE: 101 Studios (Yellowstone), Above the Line Productions (Official Secrets), Campfire Studios (WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn) and Pzaj (Camp Hideout) are teaming up on a feature documentary about the corruption within global soccer organization FIFA. The feature documentary will follow late journalist Andrew Jennings’ investigation into the misconduct and […]
Picturehouse is set to release the pre-hiatus final concert film of the Japanese boyband pop sensation Arashi exclusively in AMC Theatres for one night only on March 22. The Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×20 Film Record of Memories was released by Shochiku on Nov. 26, 2021, and grossed $39.5M, making it the highest grossing live-action film in Japan in […]
Lynwen Brennanm, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lucasfilm, will be the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the Visual Effects Society (VES) in recognition of her contributions to visual arts and filmed entertainment. The award will be presented at the 20th Annual VES Awards on March 8 at the Beverly Hilton […]
YouTube is moving its Brandcast event for advertisers and creators into prime media real estate, slotting it for the evening of May 17, the middle of broadcast TV upfront week in New York. The Google-owned digital video giant said it will maintain a presence in the IAB’s NewFronts, in which it was a founding participant. […]
Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes are to play the leads in an ITV/BritBox International drama about a disgraced British politician who faked his own death. Stan & Ollie director Jon S. Baird is behind Stonehouse from The Dig writer John Preston, in which Succession star Macfadyen will play John Stonehouse and Keeley Hawes his wife Barbara. Stonehouse was a […]
Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to Carnival Films executive chairman Gareth Neame, the producer behind the global British hit franchise Downton Abbey. The company, which Neame sold to NBC Universal in 2008, continues to be one […]
Teddy Schwarzman, founder and CEO of independent studio Black Bear Pictures, is joining the board of directors of the Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly IFP), while Mark D’Arcy, Facebook’s former chief creative officer, is stepping down to become the organization’s first Director Emeritus. Black Bear, the company behind The Imitation Game and I Care A Lot, […]
The DGA Women’s Steering Committee (WSC) announces the second cycle of the WSC Squad mentorship program with its second class of mentees and filmmakers. Led by WSC Squad co-chairs Amy J. Aniobi, Maureen Bharoocha, Lena Khan and Amber Sealey, the program supports other working directors to achieve their goals by pairing 10 mid-career directors with […]
This month, Jeffrey Wright collaborated on three different projects honoring the life and legacy of orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who the Westworld actor refers to as “an undercelebrated and extraordinary American.” For Apple TV+, Wright served as narrator of the docuseries Lincoln’s Dilemma, and he recorded an audio version of the Narrative of the […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a review of the Russian-backed RT channel’s license in the nation. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries asked regulator Ofcom to look into the network after opposition Labour Leader Keir Starmer urged a ban yesterday of the “Russian propaganda tool,” in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As with […]
Regional winners spanning Africa, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa and North America & Caribbean have been selected to advance to the final judging round of the inaugural World Trailer Awards, which are set to take place Saturday, February 26 in Vilamoura, Portugal. The awards, founded by the U.S.-based Golden Trailer […]
Pipe, which is behind a platform that allows users to treat their recurring revenue streams as assets, meaning they can unlock capital to upscale their businesses, is getting into the entertainment space. The company has acquired UK outfit Purely Capital, which specializes in media and entertainment financing. Through the deal, Pipe will launch a new […]
Netflix is joining forces with Creative UK, the independent network for the country’s creative industries, on an initiative that will develop and fund debut feature films. Dubbed ‘Breakout’, the program will support emerging filmmakers, with at least one feature project set to receive a production budget of approximately £1.5M ($2M) as well as a guaranteed […]
The Blacklist has been handed an early renewal. NBC has picked up the crime drama for Season 10 while Season 9 is still on the air. Star/executive producer James Spader is set to return for the 10th season, which will be the second following the departure of both its female lead Megan Boone, who exited […]
Arthur, the longest-running children’s animated series in the history of American television, has ended with its 25th season. Developed for PBS by Kathy Waugh and produced by WGBH, the series centers on a young aardvark of the same name, and the lessons he learns from friends and family while growing up in the fictional Elwood […]
Production workers at Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites have filed to join The Animation Guild (TAG) to collectively bargain for their first union contract. Rick and Morty, which airs on Adult Swim, and Solar Opposites, which airs on Hulu, are animated adult sitcoms. Workers included in the bargaining unit include production managers, production supervisors, […]
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced its Dorian Award nominations for the best in movies. Netflix and Neon dominate the nominations this year. Jane Campion’s volatile period drama The Power of the Dog leads the pack with nine nods, including for best film, LGBTQ film, director and three for acting. Coming in […]
The L.A. Pride Parade, canceled for the past two years, is returning and taking a new route in the community where the event started. The L.A. Pride Parade will be June 12 and centered in Hollywood, a shift from its traditional route in West Hollywood, it was announced today. It will be broadcast live on […]
EXCLUSIVE: Deon Taylor and Roxanne Avent Taylor’s Hidden Empire Film Group is partnering with actor, comedian and digital content creator Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor to develop a scripted series chronicling his rise to fame on social media amid mainstream entertainment aspirations. The new series is just the latest to center on the multi-hyphenate, who first garnered […]
EXCLUSIVE: With production on Indiana Jones 5 hitting the home stretch, James Mangold is getting his future dance card in order, with his attention now on a film centered around one of Hollywood’s most iconic talents. Sources tell Deadline that Mangold and 20th Century Studios are in development on a project about the life of filmmaker […]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said today that the county will relax its indoor mask-wearing requirement this week, allowing vaccinated people to remove masks in indoor spaces where people are checked for proof of vaccination. She says the change could take effect by Friday. “This puts us significantly closer to aligning with the State,” […]
EXCLUSIVE: CBS is turning to musical superfans for its next unscripted order. The network has ordered Superfan, a series that will see one musical superfan aiming to prove they are a certain artist’s ultimate supporter. Superfan is a musical spectacle disguised as a game show that will feature several rounds of play where fans will […]
Eight of the 23 Oscar categories will not be presented live on the March 27 broadcast; instead, they’ll be taped in the hour before the telecast in the audience and then run at points during the show. In a letter that just went out from AMPAS President David Rubin to nominees and members, explanations were […]
EXCLUSIVE: Finnish filmmaker Hanna Bergholm, whose latest body-horror coming of age movie, Hatching, made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, has inked with CAA. The pic debuted in the fest’s midnight section to critical acclaim and will be released by IFC Midnight on April 29. Bergholm previously directed the internationally-awarded short films Varjot and Gorilla, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Astrid A Lilly Save The World stars Jana Morrison & Samantha Aucoin will help celebrate noteworthy achievements gaming as the hosts of the 2022 SXSW Gaming Awards. Now in its ninth year, the annual SXSW Gaming Awards seeks to celebrate the wide reach of gaming across art, design, music, gameplay and more across a total […]
