White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that she tested positive for Covid on Tuesday and no longer will travel with President Joe Biden on his trip to Europe. In a statement, Psaki said that she had two “socially distanced meetings” with Biden on Monday, but “the President is not considered a close contact as […]
The Tudors and Vikings creator Michael Hirst has branded his upcoming big budget Billy the Kid drama a “new kind of western.” Delivering a keynote as Series Mania closed for the day, the revered British historical film and TV director described Epix/MGM’s project, which is being handed its world premiere in the Series Mania International Competition, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Saturday Night Live star Aidy Bryant has signed with CAA. It comes six months after Bryant, who has spent ten years on the venerable NBC variety comedy series, signed an overall deal with Universal Television, where she is developing new projects for the studio. Bryant made her debut as a featured player on […]
The United States finally got its first look at its own version of the Eurovision with NBC’s American Song Contest, which made a two-hour debut on Monday night. The new singing competition on the block, however, fell behind the latest episode of American Idol on ABC. Debuting in the two-hour spot previously filled by America’s […]
Numbers updated this morning by the CDC indicate that the percentage of new Covid cases across the United States tied to the even more transmissible BA.2 variant has jumped from 23% in early March to 35% this week. On the positive side, that means the rate of increase has slowed from two 100% jumps over […]
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Filmed Entertainment Group has hired veteran PR exec and former journalist Cathy Dunkley as Vice President, Communications and Media Relations out of the UK. The well-liked and respected Dunkley joins Universal after 15 years as a consultant at London-based Freuds. At Universal, she will continue to support strategic communications around global business initiatives […]
Editor’s note: In Hollie McKay’s latest special report for Deadline, the veteran foreign affairs correspondent and author of Only Cry for the Living: Memos From Inside the ISIS Battlefield reports from the battlefields of Ukraine, where Russia’s invasion is targeting journalists and the truth. It’s the sort of news that leaves you raw: former colleagues […]
HBO Max announced on Tuesday the renewal of the Sex and the City sequel series And Just Like That... for a second season. Both series executive producer Michael Patrick King and HBO/HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys boasted about the show’s success in interviews with Deadline. It performed well for the streamer – becoming […]
In the wake of being acquired by Amazon, MGM has made its first bold theatrical move, picking up worldwide distribution rights to Oscar-nominated filmmaker Luca Guadagnino’s first U.S.-set feature film, Bones and All. Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Jessica Harper, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Gordon-Green, Francesca Scorsese and Chloë Sevigny star. Directed by […]
Cineworld Group Chief Commercial Officer Renana Teperberg has been set to receive CinemaCon’s Global Achievement in Exhibition Award at the event which takes place in Las Vegas next month. Teperberg will be presented with the honor at the International Day Luncheon on April 25. As CCO of the world’s second largest exhibition group, which owns […]
The planned full-day walkout at Disney today over the company’s fumbled response to Florida’s discriminatory “Don’t Say Gay” bill has seen an outpouring of support for the LGBTQ+ community from some leading divisions in the House of Mouse’s empire. Hulu, ESPN, Disney World, Disney+, and FX, among others, took to social media Tuesday morning to […]
Mckenna Grace (The Handmaid’s Tale) is set to star alongside Anna Paquin, Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks and Lio Tipton in A Friend of the Family, Peacock’s limited drama series about the Jan Broberg kidnapping case. Written by Nick Antosca, A Friend of the Family is based on the harrowing true story of the Broberg family, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Top Gear and The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond has landed his first ever show on Channel 4, Deadline can reveal. Hammond is helming Richard Hammond’s Crazy Contraptions from All3Media-backed UK indie Optomen, in which engineering enthusiasts from around the UK must battle to create the most ingenious contraptions using everyday objects. While adding a Robot […]
Call your designer, get your hair done, and don’t forget to swab your nostrils — it’s finally time to party as Academy Awards week comes out of the pandemic. While there’s some of the old standards returning after a year’s dormancy during Covid, largely MIA this year are any studio-or-streamer sponsored parties/dinners (except for Warner […]
Tony Todd (Candyman), Lydia Hearst (Z Nation), Bai Ling (Red Corner), Teala Dunn (Are We There Yet?), and Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager) have joined the cast of Werewolf Game, an upcoming horror mystery from emerging genre directors, Jackie Payne and Cara Brennan. Written by Payne, Werewolf Game is based on the party game of social deduction invented by Dimitry Davidoff […]
EXCLUSIVE: A special effects assistant was injured during a stunt trial run on John Woo’s Silent Night in Mexico City, Deadline has learned. No actors were on set, nor were any cameras rolling when the stunt set-up was being performed. Only the special effects team was present, sources on the ground in Mexico tell us. Reportedly […]
SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals major plot points from the Season 1 finale of HBO’s The Gilded Age. HBO’s The Gilded Age wrapped its debut season on Monday night with a glamorous ball, broken hearts, and lots of open-ended plot points to keep fans guessing until the show returns. In episode 9 titled “Let […]
Los Angeles County will align with the state and lift the requirement that attendees of indoor mega-events such as sporting events or concerts show proof of Covid vaccination or a negative test, L.A. County health officials said today. According to the County Department of Public Health, the requirement will be lifted April 1 in conjunction […]
Molly Ringwald is “so happy” about the Sixteen Candles-inspired series in development from UCP for Peacock, executive produced by Selena Gomez, Tanya Saracho, and Gabriela Lugo. 15 Candles tells the story of four young Latinas starting high school as they overcome their feelings of invisibility while exploring what it means to leave childhood behind through the […]
The Suicide Squad breakout Daniela Melchior is the latest to join the cast of Universal’s Fast and Furious 10. Jason Momoa recently became the first big addition to the cast joining series stars Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez and Sung Kang, who are all expected to return with Justin Lin on board to […]
ABC has taken in for development medical drama The Front Line, executive produced by Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini’s SMAC Entertainment, from writer Marc Halsey (The Resident) and ABC Signature. Written and executive produced by Halsey, The Front Line is described as a feel-good medical procedural centered on Sebastian “Bass” Clark, a professional athlete-turned-doctor who […]
The Oscarcast is working on a big get. Deadline is hearing that organizers are courting Beyoncé to be part of the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday. She is nominated for Best Original Song for “Be Alive,” the theme from King Richard that was written by Dixson and Beyoncé. Last year, the songs were separated into […]
As many of its LGBTQ+ employees get set for a full-day walkout tomorrow, Disney has decided to postpone a management retreat set for next week as it continues efforts to calm the internal waters. News of the postponement came as Disney CEO Bob Chapek conducted a town hall meeting today for all employees. The exec […]
EXCLUSIVE: Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale, Modern Family), Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos), and Tony Darrow (Goodfellas) have joined the cast of Gravesend for Season 2. In Season 2 of the Amazon Video Direct series, viewers will learn who was behind the hit against Benny Zerletta (series creator William DeMeo) in the church. Also, Benny heads […]
EXCLUSIVE: Wrestler Brandi Rhodes has been hosting cooking show Shot of Brandi on YouTube for the last four years. Now, she’s looking to step up to television and has partnered with Scream and Teen Wolf producer DIGA Studios to achieve that. Rhodes and DIGA are looking to turn the project, which sees her cook and […]
