Disney has reached a licensing deal with Sony under which the latter’s home entertainment division will handle all Disney releases on DVD and Blu-ray as well as all physical media production. It’s the latest sign of the decline of the physical disc trade. Netflix last fall unplugged its foundational disc-by-mail service and revenue from disc […]
UPDATED, 12:55 PM: Missouri prosecutors have just revealed that two men have been charged with murder out of the fatal shooting that the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win celebration on February 14. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said on Tuesday that Dominic Miller, 18, and Lyndell Mays, 22 now face a variety of charges, including […]
EXCLUSIVE: Following the Sundance debut of his newest documentary short, Merman, rising filmmaker Sterling Hampton IV has signed with Sugar23 for management. Originally premiering at last year’s Tribeca Festival, Merman chronicles the life and times of Andre Chambers, a 58 year-old Black queer man otherwise known “Merman”, watching as he speaks about his life as […]
The Presidents Day Weekend was like a little Christmas gift for Broadway, with grosses for the 23 productions posting a hefty 27% increase over the previous week, topping out at $26,946,864. More than 94% of available seats were filled during the week ending February 18, with total attendance at 201,227, a modest 7% bump over […]
Investigation Discovery has a new production chief. The cable network has hired Kathryn Vaughan as its new SVP, Head of Production. New York-based, Vaughan reports to Jason Sarlanis, President of Turner Networks, Investigation Discovery and HLN, Linear & Streaming. She joins from Ample Entertainment, where she was Head of Development and Current Programming and oversaw […]
Valentine’s Day has helped move One Day, the romantic limited series, to the top of Netflix’s weekly ratings chart. The series, which stars Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall and adapted from David Nicholls’ novel, launched on February 8. In its first week on the charts, it averaged 35.2M hours viewed and 5.3M views. Last week, […]
In the sixth edition of its Sound Stage study, FilmLA has highlighted growth in infrastructure in both the UK and Georgia, at the same time examining a widespread recent drop in studio occupancy, and a marked decrease in L.A.’s one-hour TV series production, specifically, in 2022. Since the org’s last sound stage update in March […]
Amazon MGM Studios on Tuesday announced Kids Are Growing Up, a feature doc on Grammy-nominated Australian singer-songwriter The Kid Laroi and his meteoric rise to fame. Directed and produced by Grammy nominee Michael D. Ratner, the founder and CEO of OBB Media, the film will be available to stream beginning February 29. Born Charlton Howard, […]
Former Warner Bros. exec Jay Levine has joined Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat as its new chief executive officer. Levine replaces ex-CEO Thai Randolph, who exited the company in November after nearly seven years at the helm. In his new role, Levine will oversee all aspects of the company’s activities including development, production, marketing, distribution and other […]
EXCLUSIVE: LVMH has launched 22 Montaigne Entertainment, a platform to percolate film, TV and audio format productions for its portfolio of 75+ luxury brands. Named for the address of LVMH’s Paris headquarters, 22 Montaigne has been created in partnership with Superconnector Studios. Co-founders Jae Goodman and John Kaplan will work with LVMH North America Chairman/CEO […]
EXCLUSIVE: Josh Close (Killers of the Flower Moon) has signed on to star in American Solitaire, an indie drama marking the first feature from writer-director Aaron Davidman. He stars in the film as a U.S. soldier struggling to make sense of civilian life when he is confronted with the complexities of gun violence in America. […]
When a reality TV star gets caught up in a cheating scandal, admittedly one that has captured the nation, it’s never a great idea to compare it to the brutal murder of a man at the hands of the police. But that’s exactly what Tom Sandoval, star of Vanderpump Rules and the man at the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has signed an exclusive overall deal with Gary “Gaz” Alazraki’s Maquina Vega. Under the deal, Alazraki is set to produce, write and direct series for Amazon MGM Studios. Alazraki is a Mexican director known for directing the movies Father of The Bride (2022; writer and director of Mexico’s record-breaking comedy Nosotros […]
When Nikki Haley’s campaign announced on Monday that she would be giving a “state of the race” speech at noon ET today, there was immediate speculation that she was about to drop out of the race. Instead, what she announced was that she was staying in, even though polling shows that she’s on her way […]
Martin Scorsese revealed he is still mulling how to tackle the life of Jesus on the big screen, at a press conference at the Berlin Film Festival where he will receive its honorary Golden Bear on Tuesday evening. “I’m contemplating it right now. What kind of film I’m not quite sure, but I want to […]
EXCLUSIVE: Clark Backo, recently seen as the female lead opposite LaKeith Stanfield in Apple TV+’s The Changeling, has signed with Linden Entertainment for management. For her role in The Changeling as the wife of Stanfield’s Apollo, a new mom who is suffering emotionally and vanishes without a trace, Backo earned a 2024 Independent Spirit Award […]
I share my colleague Pete Hammond’s fascination with Cord Jefferson’s BAFTA win for his screenplay adaptation, American Fiction. It is no small thing for a self-consciously American story to win a very British award against competition as formidable as Christopher Nolan, especially for a debut film. Pete has a point when he notes that American […]
Oprah Winfrey and Niecy Nash-Betts will be honored at the 35th GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on March 14. Winfrey will receive GLAAD’s Vanguard Award, which is presented to allies for making a significant difference in promoting acceptance of LGBTQ people and issues. Nash-Betts will be presented with the GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sky has found its Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. White Lotus star Will Sharpe will play the lead role in Amadeus, Joe Barton’s playful TV series reimagining of the life of the musical genius, which was revealed at development stage by Deadline in late 2022. Sharpe will reunite with Giri/Haji writer Barton and director Julian Farino […]
X/Twitter temporarily suspended the account of Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, in what the platform said was a mistake. “Our platform’s defense mechanism against manipulation and spam mistakenly flagged @yulia_navalnaya as violating our rules. We unsuspended the account as soon as we became aware of the error, and will be […]
Jon Stewart conceded last night that he has some lessons to learn from a Russian-hopping “journalist” like Tucker Carlson. Chastened by Daily Show critics who snarked about the “both-sides-isms” of Stewart’s return to his old late night desk last week, a faux-humbled Stewart set out to learn whatever he could from his newfound mentor-du-jour, the […]
Joe Biden’s return trip to Los Angeles today for another round of fundraising is likely to add a huge haul to his campaign war chest, but there’s also the prospect of more protests over the administration’s support for Israel in its war against Hamas. The president will arrive in the afternoon for an evening fundraiser […]
EXCLUSIVE: In a move that ought to make fans of The Beatles twist and shout, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes and his Neal Street Productions have set plans to make four separate theatrical films, one on each of the members of music’s most famous and enduring band. Mendes will direct all four […]
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are emerging in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. That’s […]
In the latest major M&A deal to hit Europe, Fremantle has acquired Asacha Media Group, the growing owner of Death in Paradise producer Red Planet, Arrow Media and Italy’s Stand By Me. Fremantle owner RTL said the super-indie has spent more than €200M ($216M) on Asacha plus 80% of Singapore’s Beach House Pictures since the […]
