EXCLUSIVE: ABC is developing Worst House on the Block, a half-hour comedy series from 20th Television. Written by Niki Schwartz-Wright (Pivoting) and to be directed by Natalia Anderson (Maggie), Worst House on the Block has a Beverly Hillbillies vibe to it. In the show, when a poor family from South Texas inherits the worst house […]
EXCLUSIVE: Mammoth Pictures has announced that it’s bringing back its Mammoth Pictures Screenplay Competition, for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. Mammoth looks with its competition to discover and support emerging writers, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds. The competition is unique in that the Grand Prize-winning screenwriter will have their screenplay developed, financed […]
CBS Daytime has revealed the fall premiere dates for its No. 1-rated lineup, including the official start date of The Young and the Restless’ 50th season. The sudser from Bell Dramatic Serial Company and Sony kicks off its milestone year Friday, September 30 as CBS’ longest-running scripted series. Debuting a new logo in honor of […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Roché (The Young Pope, The Man in the High Castle) has joined the cast of the Paramount+ series 1923, the Yellowstone prequel spinoff from Taylor Sheridan, in a recurring role. Details regarding his character remain under wraps. Roché joins previously announced leads Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford. Production is currently underway in Montana […]
With five titles surpassing 1 billion minutes of streaming, the week of August 1 to 7 found a familiar champion on the Nielsen streaming chart: Stranger Things. The Netflix mainstay declined 22% from the prior week but still racked up 1.42 billion minutes of streaming, enabling it to hold off the competition. It is the […]
Dear Alejandro: Having just seen Bardo (False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths), it’s clear to me that this is your most personal work, a magnum opus you’ve been building toward throughout your exceptionally successful career. Manifestly, this is your 7½ to Fellini’s 8½, a semi-autobiographical extravaganza of a sort that a precious few elite […]
Without question, the Limited Series area has become perhaps the most prestigious, and certainly the richest, of all the Emmy program categories. There can also be no question that the range of Limited Series nominees — with only five allowed rather than the eight in expanded Comedy Series and Drama Series — is also limited, […]
Can a rich man trust anyone? Bien sûr que non. But then again, should a rich man be trusted by anyone else? Again, non. Never mind that everyone in Sebastien Marnier’s Gallic fable claims either the best of motives or victim status; you shouldn’t believe any of them. And oui, you’re going to have to […]
SPOILER ALERT: The follow story contains details from the Season 1 finale of Peacock’s The Resort. In today’s Season 1 finale of Peacock’s The Resort, a core relationship was mended, as long-separated family members were reunited and major mysteries resolved. Operating on multiple timelines, as was the case with past installments, the episode opens in […]
EXCLUSIVE: After signing on to the project in April, Craig Gillespie has lined up an all-star cast of faces familiar to the director. Sources tell Deadline that Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan and Pete Davidson are set to star in Black Bear Pictures’ Dumb Money, an adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s book The Antisocial Network, with […]
Todd Field’s Tár clearly struck a chord with the world premiere audience inside the Venice Film Festival’s Sala Grande tonight. The movie was given a standing ovation of more than six minutes, which was only halted when the film team filtered out. Cate Blanchett, who was in the house, stars in a buzzed about performance […]
EXCLUSIVE: ITV Studios America, ITV Studios’ U.S. independent scripted television operation led by Philippe Maigret, announced the hiring of Dave Macesich as SVP Finance. It also promoted Joey Kern to SVP Production and Kimberly Rosenblum to SVP Business and Legal Affairs. “With the addition of Dave, we are fortunate to continue our team’s growth with […]
The “year of change” at Saturday Night Live continues. Deadline understands that Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari are not returning for Season 48 of the venerable NBC sketch show. Moffat and Villaseñor both joined as featured players in 2016, while Athari joined last season. Moffat and Villaseñor were promoted to the main cast […]
Brea Baker has been tapped as Chief Equity Officer at social impact firm and creative house Inspire Justice. Founded by artivist JLove Calderón and actor-activist Matt McGorry, Inspire Justice has been called “the most comprehensive social impact firm” in the industry. Its mission is to engage, educate, organize and train storytellers, industry leaders, influencers and […]
Lea Michele, who begins performances as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s Funny Girl revival next week, says she believes much of the recent online vitriol and trolling against her is sexist, and specifically dismisses the bizarre rumor that she can’t read or write as “sad.” “I went to Glee every single day,” Michele says in a […]
EXCLUSIVE: Marisa Tomei (Spider-Man: No Way Home) and Lena Olin (Hunters) have signed on to star alongside Camila Mendes and Archie Renaux in Gulfstream Pictures’ romantic comedy Upgraded, which has entered production in the UK. In the film from actor-director Carlson Young (The Blazing World), aspiring art intern Ana (Mendes) is invited on a last-minute work trip to […]
EXCLUSIVE: Bankside Films has boarded international sales for Steve Buscemi-directed Venice Film Festival drama The Listener, starring Tessa Thompson (Creed). Written by Alessandro Camon, the film follows a helpline volunteer who is part of a small army that gets on the phone every night, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken or […]
Mean Girls and The Parent Trap star Lindsay Lohan is set to headline the Netflix romantic comedy, Irish Wish, as part of the actress’ two picture creative partnership with the streamer. Lohan will be reteaming with filmmaker Janeen Damian, who she previously worked with on the Netflix movie Falling for Christmas which drops on the OTT service on […]
Twitter said today it will debut an Edit Tweet button on subscription service Twitter Blue “in coming weeks.” It’s the platform’s most requested feature to date and will allows users to change published Tweets several times for up to 30 minutes. “Think of it as a short period of time to do things like fix […]
Yellowstone production company 101 Studios and TV personality Jill Martin are teaming to launch ShopTheScenes.com, a platform enabling viewers to purchase clothes and other goods seen on popular shows. Along with Yellowstone, Netflix’s Emily in Paris will be featured in the new initiative at launch, with other new and classic titles to follow. A projected […]
International sales and production veteran Cécile Gaget has been appointed as Head of Film at leading European indie studio Wild Bunch, as it expands under the leadership of CEO Ron Meyer and co-CEO Sophie Jordan. Gaget, who takes up her role today (September 1), will lead the studio’s film group and report to Meyer and […]
TÀR, Todd Field’s return to filmmaking after a 16-year stretch, and starring a buzzed about Cate Blanchett, has its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this evening. The Focus Features drama follows Blanchett’s titular conductor, the first female chief conductor of a major German orchestra who is at the height of and grappling with […]
Alejandro González Iñárritu made a spirited appearance at the Venice Film Festival Thursday where he dismissed fears that audiences will be unable to correctly experience his latest film Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths when it is released on Netflix later this year. “My generation has seen movies by great authors and when […]
When Peyton Manning appeared on Saturday Night Live he declared his love for Netflix’s Emily in Paris. He told Colin Jost during a Weekend Update skit that the Netflix series “has everything: romance, adventure, sensuality, culture, a fresh take on feminism, finally, not to mention a culinary tapestry so rich, I could only describe it […]
Financial advisor Suze Orman has inked a a two-year licensing deal with Amazon Freevee to bring back all 14 seasons of The Suze Orman Show. The deal includes multi-territory streaming rights including the US, UK, and Germany, with exclusive on-demand and FAST channel rights to the full library of 592 episodes of the financial advice series. […]
