Jon Steinlauf, Warner Bros Discovery’s Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer declined to offer an update on the company’s upfront ad sales progress during Credit Suisse’s 24th Annual Communications Conference. “There’ll be a time for that,” he replied to the Wall Street firm’s Doug Mitchelson when the analyst asked about media reports about “aggressive” pricing asks by […]
As the choreographer of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Miguel Zarate’s goal is to ensure that every Queen stands out and hits their mark. “I always tell the girls, ‘if you look like trash, I look even worse,’” he says. “It’s my job to make them look amazing.” Iconic drag artist and host RuPaul searches for “America’s […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci has tested positive for Covid, according to the National Institutes of Health. Fauci has, for many, been the face of the fight against Covid-19 in the United States over the past two years, playing a leading role in the country’s response as well as being its face on TV and online via […]
Josh Andrés Rivera will be returning to work with his West Side Story star Rachel Zegler in Lionsgate’s growing ensemble prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The prequel centers around 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), who as we know will become the tyrannical President of Panem. He is the last hope for his fading lineage, […]
For Bridgerton, showrunner Chris Van Dusen wanted to bring a fresh, new perspective into the historical fiction genre. The first season, based on Julia Quinn’s first novel The Duke and I, was met with critical acclaim and received 12 Emmy nominations. Season 2 quickly became Netflix’s most watched English-language series, which could make Bridgerton a more […]
EXCLUSIVE: It’s been nearly 20 years since their hit action thriller Man On Fire blew away audiences and further helped solidify Dakota Fanning as a future star but it now looks like she is ready to reteam with the Oscar Winning Denzel Washington. Sources tell Deadline Fanning is set to star opposite Washington in Antoine […]
EXCLUSIVE: Yankerville’s beloved Crank Yankers are coming back for a new season. Comedy Central has set a July premiere date for a now officially-announced Season 7 of Crank Yankers, its Emmy-nominated series from Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison. The series will return with new back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, July 7 at 8 PM […]
AMC is rounding out its series regular cast for Demascus. Janet Hubert (Love Life, Pose), Caleb Eberhardt (Judas & the Black Messiah, Betty) and Shakira Ja’nai Paye (All Day and a Night, House Party) have been cast opposite Okieriete Onaodowan in the half-hour comedic sci-fi series from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and AMC Studios. The […]
Focus Features has set a limited theatrical release for Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco on December 2, 2022. The film, directed by Michael Showalter from a screenplay by David Marshall Grant and Dan Savage based on Michael Ausiello’s best-selling memoir, will expand domestically on December 9 and […]
More talent deals are incoming at Blue Ant as the Canadian giant seeks “significant growth” over the coming years, according to Content Production Co-President Sam Sniderman. The company has tied with former Cash Cab indie Lion Television US boss Tony Tackaberry and Oscar-nominated All In: The Fight For Democracy co-director Lisa Cortés over the past […]
EXCLUSIVE: Garret Dillahunt (Army of the Dead), Jeanine Serralles (Utopia), Kaya Rosenthal (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Michael Drayer (Mr. Robot), newcomer Ellie Barone and Taja V. Simpson (The Oval) have signed on for recurring roles in the third season of Starz’s crime drama, Hightown. Created by Rebecca Cutter (Gotham), Hightown is set in the beautiful but bleak […]
EXCLUSIVE: Director Dave Caplan’s directorial debut is a love letter and inspirational hip hop archive about The DOC, a master of the art who is more than likely your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper. The film chronicles the life of the lyricist and producer who wrote for NWA and Dr. Dre co-founded Death Row Records, mentored […]
Apple TV+ has set global premiere dates for Five Days at Memorial, its limited series from John Ridley and Carlton Cuse, and darkly comic thriller series Bad Sisters, starring Sharon Horgan. The first three episodes of Five Days at Memorial will launch August 12, followed by a new one every Friday through September 16. Bad Sisters will begin […]
Foo Fighters and the family of late drummer Taylor Hawkins have announced an initial round of guest performers for the London tribute concert on September 3, the first of two such events planned (an LA show is set for Sept. 27. The Sept. 3 Wembley Stadium Foo Fighters concert will welcome such guests performers as Queen’s […]
Netflix has set September 30 for the premiere of Entergalactic, the adult-animated music series based on the upcoming album of the same name by rapper, singer and actor Kid Cudi. The series hails from Kenya Barris and Scott Mescudi, better known by his stage name Kid Cudi, who also stars. The date was announced Wednesday […]
Bugs, Daffy, and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang are about to tread the boards: Warner Bros. Animation will create Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical for HBO Max and Cartoon Network. The original animated family movie event will feature original song and dance numbers and new orchestrations from the Warner Bros. library […]
EXCLUSIVE: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise and Miranda Otto are just some of the names in the voice cast for New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation’s upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. The movie centers around the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan, a […]
Nordisk Film Production has a new CEO in the shape of Katrine Vogelsang, the Head of Fiction at TV2. She will form a management unit with Henrik Zein, who is stepping across from the chief exec position to become COO. Copenhagen-based Nordisk Film Production, part of Nordisk Film, will see Vogelsang joins as new CEO […]
First Look At Starzplay’s Spanish Original ‘Express’ Season Two Starzplay has put a second season of its Mediapro Studio-produced drama Express into production and you can see a first image here. The show, Starzplay’s first original series from Spain sees Alejo Sauras (Estoy Vivo) as the new police chief, and Laura Laprida (Millennials), a new […]
Emmy-winning creator, producer, and director Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack) has signed an exclusive multiyear cross-studio overall deal with Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Animation. Under the pact, Tartakovsky will develop, create, and produce original animated programming at both CNS and WBA intended for a variety of audiences and for all television platforms, […]
EXCLUSIVE: The UK representation scene was all abuzz about the next steps of respected former Troika co-founders Michael Duff and Conor McCaughan after they left their long-time agency back in 2020. We’re now getting more clarity on their next steps. Duff has set up UK firm Maison Two, with a strong early client list, including Michaela […]
Paramount Global’s International CEO Raffaele Annecchino has been placed “on leave,” according to an internal note seen by Deadline. A short statement revealed the exec, who is considered to be a key lieutenant of Paramount President and CEO Bob Bakish in Europe, was no longer in post but provided no further details of the situation. […]
I May Destroy You and Sally4Ever producer Various Artists Limited (VAL) has hired Channel 4 Commissioning Editor Jack Bayles as its first Head of Comedy. Bayles will take up the newly created role from August and will be based in London and Brighton. He’ll be responsible for overseeing VAL’s comedy slate and developing new projects. VAL […]
EXCLUSIVE: German public broadcaster’s latest drama is to be a remake of the 2019 Australian thriller mini-series Safe Harbour after a deal with distributor NBCUniversal Formats. Titled Liberame – Nach dem Sturm (Liberame – After the Storm), the drama is set around a sailing trip on the Mediterranean, an overcrowded refugee boat and a catastrophe that changes the lives […]
EXCLUSIVE: South Asian content streamer ZEE5 Global has unveiled a slate of 11 Telugu originals. The titles featured at as star-studded event an event in Hyderabad and comprise comedies, dramas, romantic stories and thrillers. The likes of screenwriter and director Harish Shankar, Indo-American director Praveen Sattaru and producer Kona Venkat were in attendance at the event, […]
