After less than six months, there is another changing of the communications guard at the Walt Disney Company. Battered by the ongoing battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and internal dissent, Geoff Morrell is out as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at the House of Mouse. CEO Bob Chapek sent a memo out to staffers today […]
Legendary comic book artist Neal Adams, whose career spanned nearly 60 years and included revitalizing Batman and the Joker for DC as well as decades of work for artists’ rights and a commitment to social relevance in his work, died early in the morning yesterday, according to his daughter-in-law Saori Adams. He was 80. In […]
A very busy Broadway season comes to a close with its final production, and Sam Gold’s staging of Macbeth starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga is nothing if not a dynamic attempt to cap an unusual and often extraordinary theater season. Uneven – if not so much as Gold’s 2019 King Lear with Glenda Jackson […]
Actress Blake Lively (A Simple Favor) is mounting an adaptation of the graphic novel Seconds for Searchlight Pictures, in her feature directorial debut, Deadline can confirm. The title from Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley was published by Random House imprint Ballantine Books in 2014. It centers on Katie Clay, who receives the power to fix […]
EXCLUSIVE: Josh Radnor (Hunters) has signed on for a major recurring role opposite Lizzy Caplan in FX’s limited series Fleishman Is in Trouble. In addition to Caplan he joins previously announced leads Jesse Eisenberg, Claire Danes and Adam Brody in the series, which is based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s bestselling debut novel. FX Pilots & Series […]
Disney Junior has unveiled its original programming lineup for kids 2-7 through 2024, adding four new original series, two new short-form series, the renewal of Alice’s Wonderland Bakery, along with some high-profile castings. Disney Branded President Ayo Davis announced the projects Friday during the Disney Junior Fun Fest event at Disney California Adventure. John Stamos […]
UPDATED, 12:17 PM: Major League Baseball has suspended Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer — one of the highest-paid players in the league — for two seasons for violating its Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred Jr. said Friday that, following an extensive investigation by the league’s Department of […]
Well, she never said she wouldn’t accept it: Dolly Parton, who last month said she didn’t feel she had “earned the right” to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, reiterated today that she would, indeed, “accept gracefully” if voting goes her way. In an appearance on NPR’s Morning Edition today, Parton, […]
The Marvels and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania have swapped release dates. Both Disney/Marvel films are moving along very nicely, we hear, but the Ant-Man sequel is further along in the production process, and it was a simple decision by the studio to swap the release dates. Ant-Man 3, previously dated for July 28, 2023, now goes four […]
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has taken in for development Confessions (working title), a drama series starring and executive produced by The Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley, I have learned. Written and executive produced by TVD co-developer, executive and showrunner Julie Plec and Bradley Paul (Better Call Saul), the project, which is in early stages, is based on […]
Robert Bailey Jr. (Emergence) has been cast as a series regular in ABC’s comedy pilot The Son in Law, starring Chris Sullivan. In addition to Sullivan, he joins previously cast series regulars Reema Sampat, Meera Simhan, Anupam Kher and Evangeline Young. Written and executive produced by Ajay Sahgal and executive produced by Jake Kasdan and […]
Bruce Greenwood, one of the stars of Fox’s The Resident, is joining Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher. Greenwood replaces Frank Langella in a recasting after the streamer fired the Oscar-nominated actor earlier this month, as revealed by Deadline. Langella was the subject of an investigation that found Langella had been involved in […]
White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said on Friday that she had tested positive for Covid. Bedingfield is the latest administration official to test positive, just as many officials are planning to attend this weekend’s White House Corrrespondents’ Association dinner. Bedingfield was planning to attend the dinner as a guest of ABC News. “This morning, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Stuart Ford’s AGC is launching international sales at the upcoming Cannes market on Anna Kendrick true-crime thriller The Dating Game, which was previously set up at Netflix but has now shaken free from the streamer. Oscar nominee Kendrick (Up In The Air) is in advanced talks to star in the feature about the chilling true […]
The multigenerational saga of Pachinko will continue at Apple TV+, which has renewed the family drama for a second season. The series comes from creator/showrunner Soo Hugh and executive producers Theresa Kang-Lowe and Michael Ellenberg. The renewal comes before the season one finale, titled “Chapter Eight,” will be available to stream globally Friday on Apple […]
EXCLUSIVE: Alan Cumming is heading to the Scottish Highlands for Peacock’s latest competition reality series. The Good Wife star is to host The Traitors for the NBCU streamer. The series, which is based on a Dutch format, comes from Studio Lambert Scotland, the Scottish arm of the Undercover Boss and The Circle producer. The order […]
EXCLUSIVE: Airbnb’s damage control strategy when things go wrong during a vacation stay is to be explored in a docuseries from Queer Eye producer Scout Productions and Bloomberg Media. The two companies have teamed up to produce the series, which is based on Bloomberg Businessweek’s recent cover story – Airbnb is Spending Millions of Dollars […]
Ellen DeGeneres taped the final episode of her long-running The Ellen Show yesterday, and shared her thoughts on the occasion in a Twitter message last night. “Today we taped the final episode of The Ellen Show which airs on May 26th,” DeGeneres wrote. “When we started this show in 2003, the iPhone didn’t exist. Social […]
Opening his remarks to a crowd in the backyard of his Kalorama neighborhood home, Ireland’s Ambassador Daniel Mulhall quipped, “I’m kind of wondering: Is it legal to have so many people at a party?” He was speaking at the Bytes & Bylines event on Thursday evening, in what could be described as a kickoff to […]
Charter CEO Tom Rutledge says Netflix’s recently announced plan to limit password sharing is “a point we’ve been trying to make for years.” Asked by an analyst during the company’s first-quarter earnings call if he wanted to say “I told you so,” he replied, “Yeah, well I did tell you so.” Charter has indeed been […]
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Webber (Girl With A Pearl Earring) is set to direct The Pianist, Valkyrie and Indiana Jones 5 star Thomas Kretschmann in WWII movie The Prominents. Set in the chaotic final days of World War II, the story follows a group of Nazi Germany’s most prominent prisoners as they are transported across Europe, out of Allied […]
Alex Winter (Bill & Ted Face the Music), Alok Vaid-Menon (Random Acts of Flyness), Andy Allo (Chicago Fire), Désiré Mia, Jennifer Jajeh (Transparent), Juliana Joel (American Gigolo), Julie Ann Emery (Better Call Saul), June Carryl (Y: The Last Man), Junes Zahdi (Counterpart), Laith Ashley (Pose), Mario D’Leon (Power), Nora Armani (The Blacklist: Redemption), Oluniké Adeliyi […]
Channel 4 has bagged rights to broadcast hatful of England’s upcoming soccer games. The UK broadcaster has struck a deal to air England’s matches in the UEFA Nations League, the upcoming European Championship qualifiers and several high-profile friendly games. Previously, those games would have gone out through pay TV service Sky Sports. This marks a […]
Paul McCartney and his late Beatles songwriting and singing partner John Lennon haven’t sung together in over 50 years, but they got the next best thing last night with a duet of I’ve Got A Feeling at McCartney’s Got Back Tour date at Spokane Arena. Check out above clip making the rounds on YouTube. This […]
Universal Studios Group Chair Pearlena Igbokwe says the “arms race” to sign creative talent on exclusive deals is “subsiding” as the scripted market readjusts economically. Igbokwe — whose studio houses Universal International Studios, Universal Cable Productions (UCP), Universal Television and Universal Television Alternative Studio — said the big-ticket ‘golden handcuffs’ deals of the past half-decade […]
