EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah (Luce) for representation. Onah is best known for his 2019 Neon drama Luce, based on J.C. Lee’s play of the same name, in which parents Amy (Naomi Watts) and Peter (Tim Roth) are forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), adopted from […]
Former R&B singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison at a Brooklyn federal court on nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering. Kelly had faced a maximum sentence of life in prison, with federal prosecutors having asked for a minimum of 25 years. The onetime superstar declined to make a courtroom […]
Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You), John Turturro (Severance) and Paul Dano (The Batman) have joined the cast of Prime Video’s TV reboot of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They join previously announced Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, who star in the title roles in the series from Amazon Studios. Details of Coel, Turturro and Dano’s […]
Walt Disney Television Alternative, the Mouse House’s unscripted production unit led by Rob Mills, has staffed up. The division, which was launched last year with a big promotion for ABC and Hulu unscripted chief Mills, has hired a trio of Vice Presidents: Jill Chapman, Alicia Martino and Mike Rosen. Chapman, who was previously at Hulu, […]
Rashida Jones and Will McCormack are getting into business with Lionsgate TV. The prolific duo have signed a first-look producing deal with the studio via their Le Train Train Productions under which they will produce scripted programming for multiple platforms. Their first project in development is romantic comedy Lovesick, based on the UK romantic comedy […]
EXCLUSIVE: Myles Frost, the moonwalking star of Broadway’s MJ The Musical who recently, at age 22, became the youngest-ever recipient of the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, has signed with UTA in all areas. UTA will help expand Frost’s career across a variety of verticals, including film, television, brand endorsements and […]
NBC has made its plans for the fall. The network said today that its new shows Quantum Leap and Lopez vs. Lopez will premiere at 10 p.m. Monday, September 19, and 8 p.m. Friday, November 4, respectively. The Raymond Lee-led drama series reboot will follow The Voice, and the comedy starring George Lopez and his daughter Mayan will […]
EXCLUSIVE: Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment has set up a Bass Reeves series titled Twin Territories at Amazon, after three decades spent chasing the elusive lawman. The Revelations and The 51-produced series in development at the streamer is based on a novel by preeminent Reeves scholar Art T. Burton. While most people have […]
EXCLUSIVE: In what is sure to heat up the marketplace right before the holiday weekend, sources tell Deadline Logan Lerman and Phoebe Dynevor are attached to star in the romcom The Threesome with Chad Hartigan directing. Ethan Ogilby penned the script with King Richard production company Star Thrower producing. Described as a high-concept, character-driven comedy in the vein of Knocked […]
Peacock has revealed premiere dates for eight new and three returning series coming in 2022. The list includes rookie dramas Vampire Academy and Everything I Know About Love, freshman comedy Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin — whose title is new — limited series The Best Man: The Final Chapters and A Friend of the Family and the sophomore runs of One […]
EXCLUSIVE: Stephanie Moy has joined M88 as manager, bringing with her clients including Damson Idris (Snowfall, Outside the Wire), Simone Missick (All Rise, Luke Cage), Karena Evans (P-Valley, Gossip Girl, Firecrackers), DeVaughn Nixon (Winning Time), Necar Zadegan (Mayor Of Kingstown, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce), Jes Macallan (Legends of Tomorrow), Cameron Gellman (Stargirl) and Zoe Renee […]
SiriusXM’s app, featuring Howard Stern and more than 400 other channels of music, news, sports and other programming, has been integrated into Comcast’s Xfinity X1 pay-TV system, Flex streaming video bundle and XClass smart TVs. Eligible Comcast subscribers can sign up for SiriusXM and get their first three months free, the companies said in announcing […]
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment PR firm Relevant has promoted Alex Kahn to Senior Vice President, Julia Scorupco to Junior Publicist and has added Alexa Tombs as a Senior Publicist in the New York office. “We are so proud to be expanding our company by both promoting from within, which has always been important to us, and by […]
Hallyu is an invented term used to describe the rising global popularity of Korean culture, but it also has never been more applicable in Hollywood than at this moment. Welcome to Deadline Hallyuwood, a new podcast dedicated to giving listeners the inside scoop behind some of the most popular and beloved Korean TV series and […]
Penny Lane is to direct Mrs. America, exploring the changing role of American womanhood through the Mrs. America Beauty Pageant’s half-century history. Anonymous Content, Fremantle and Spinning Nancy are behind the premium doc, which will move through the history of an event started by husband-and-wife team David and Elaine Marmel that focused on celebrating the role of […]
EXCLUSIVE: Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired North American rights to the crime drama One Day as a Lion, written by and starring Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0), from Roxwell Films. The film currently in production in Oklahoma boasts a starry ensemble that also includes Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), Frank Grillo (Captain America and Purge franchises), Michael […]
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has inked Story Syndicate, which was co-founded by Emmy-winning filmmaker and two-time Oscar nominee Liz Garbus and Oscar-winning producer Dan Cogan in 2019. The agency will be representing Story Syndicate across all areas worldwide. UTA also reps Garbus individually. Story Syndicate is known for its premium nonfiction and scripted content. On the TV […]
EXCLUSIVE: Amanda Brocato has been promoted to EVP, Live Events, and Corporate Strategies at Rosenfield Media Group. Formerly known as Amanda Sprague, Brocato will now be based in Austin, TX, overseeing Rosenfield Media Group’s presence in the territory and aggressively expanding its footprint within the capital city for both events and agency-driven corporate communications. Brocato’s […]
The Lincoln Center Theater production of Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot with a new book by Aaron Sorkin will arrive on Broadway next spring rather than this fall, producers announced today. Camelot, which will reteam Sorkin (who is writing the book based on the original Alan Jay Lerner book) with his To Kill A Mockingbird director […]
EXCLUSIVE: Fusion Entertainment has signed veteran Filipino actress Dolly de Leon, who got her long-overdue international breakout role in Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-Winner Triangle of Sadness, for management across all areas. Triangle of Sadness, which was acquired by Neon for North American distribution and will also be released by other prestige distributors around the world, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Top Boy director Brady Hood is attached to direct UK feature The Clink about a young offender who gets the chance to work in a high-end prison restaurant. Based on a real charity, the movie tells the story of Tesco – a seasoned young offender entering his first stretch in adult prison. Destined for a future in […]
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 1-9) will open this Friday with Italian director Paolo Genovese’s relationship drama Superheroes and close with George Miller’s Cannes title Three Thousand Years of Longing, it has revealed in a final pre-kick-off announcement. Alessandro Borghi and Jasmine Trinca co-star in Genovese’s romance exploring the high and lows of […]
A landmark 45M shekel ($13M) tax rebate for Israeli TV and film productions passed into law at the very last moment before the government collapsed this week. The rebate, which was first introduced late last year and applies for two years after approval, will provide 30% of the budget to shows or films made for […]
Following the departure of Abhishek Rege, Banijay has appointed Rishi Negi as CEO of Endemol Shine India. Negi joins from Banijay Asia, where he has served as Chief Operating Officer. In his new role, he will oversee the existing team, day-to-day affairs and productions. At Banijay Asia, Negi supported CEO Deepak Dhar and the wider […]
Japan’s multiplatform entertainment powerhouse Nippon TV has promoted Akira Ishizawa to President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Yoshikuni Sugiyama who will take on the new role of Chairman. Additionally, Nippon has established a new content strategy division that aims to accelerate large-scale co-development and co-production projects with streamers, broadcasters and producers around the world. The goal is to […]
