EXCLUSIVE: UK cringe comedy Hapless from director Gary Sinyor (The Bachelor, Leon The Pig Farmer) is set to launch stateside on Peacock on April 10th. All 14 episodes from season one and two will be available. Above is the trailer. Hapless follows the misadventures of Paul Green (played by Outlander and Good Omens 2 actor […]
Disney announced on Monday that its Golden Globe-nominated animated feature Wish, starring Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine, will begin streaming on Disney+ on April 3rd. An original musical comedy co-written by Disney Animation chief Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore, Wish takes us to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha (DeBose), a sharp-witted idealist, makes […]
Jimmy Kimmel’s production company Kimmelot is smoking. The Wheelhouse-backed business has scored a weed reality series with Hulu. It is producing High Hopes, with ITV America, for the streamer. High Hopes, which launches on April 20, otherwise known as 4.20, a key time or date in marijuana parlance, follows two brothers running their weed business […]
EXCLUSIVE: Mustafa Speaks (Joe Pickett) has been set for a recurring role on Paramount+’s Billy Bob Thornton-led drama Landman from creators Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace. The actor will play Boss, one of the more experienced roughnecks on Tommy’s (Thornton) crew, who’s tough-as-nails and has seen it all. In addition to Thornton, series regulars will […]
Soo Hugh is staying in business with Apple and Media Res after striking an overall deal with the two companies. Hugh is the creator and showrunner of Pachinko, the Korean drama that premiered in 2022 and was renewed for a second season. The multi-year overall deal comes three years after Hugh signed an overall deal with […]
Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis has recommended that Disney shareholders withhold votes for all board candidates except the company’s own. A thumbs up from the influential firm, which advise stockholders how they should vote on various matters at annual meetings, is a significant win for Disney as institutional investors take the recommendations of these firms […]
Attorneys for Donald Trump said that they have been unable to secure a bond as they appeal his $464 million civil fraud judgment. In a filing to the New York appeals court, his lawyers wrote that the amount of the judgment, along with interest, is of such a sum that “few bonding companies will consider […]
EXCLUSIVE: LA management house 3Point0 Labs has acquired digital content agency Thirty Three Media. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but this marks a second recent investment for Marquel Martin’s 3Point0 Labs, following the launch of its talent and literary division earlier this month. Thirty Three Media is social- and digital-first content agency that […]
AGC Studios Chief Creative Officer Lourdes Diaz has been promoted to partner and has taken up a seat on the executive board as part of a new multi-year agreement at the indie studio. “Ever since her arrival in the early months of AGC’s existence, Lourdes has been a hugely influential contributor to the company’s explosive […]
The hummingbirds of Every Little Thing are migrating from North America to Europe. Sally Aikten’s film about the extraordinary avian aerialists and a Los Angeles woman who tends to injured hummingbirds is making its European premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, after initially hovering over Sundance. Larry Bird, Raisin, Cactus, Alexa and Mikhail are among the […]
Prime Video has handed a series order to reality competition series Beast Games from YouTube personality MrBeast (né Jimmy Donaldson) and Amazon MGM Studios, with a $5 million grand prize – the biggest payout in TV history. As we reported in January, MrBeast was nearing a deal with Amazon for an unscripted competition series, but […]
Location Collective, the studio owner-operator with credits including Napoleon and The Crown, has announced plans to open OMA V Film Studios, a purpose-made space for high-end TV shows and feature films, this spring. The new studio will be built in Radlett, Hertfordshire, just outside London. The collective describes the space as the “first high specification […]
Editor’s note: This is the latest installment in the Deadline series Hollywood Contraction, which examines the toll the job losses caused by the ongoing industrywide cost-cutting has had on different sections of the entertainment community. LinkedIn is usually used by professionals for networking with people in their field, posting updates when they get a new […]
Full trailer for Prince Andrew feature Scoop has landed. The highly-anticipated Netflix movie tells the story of that notorious Newsnight interview, the one that saw the disgraced prince humiliated over his connections to Jeffrey Epstein and more generally over his conduct, birthing never-forgotten lines about Pizza Express and an inability to sweat. Today’s trailer showcases […]
Sports Illustrated’s owners said that they have partnered with Minute Media to be the new publisher of the venerable brand’s editorial operations. Authentic Brands Group, which owns SI, announced the partnership with Minute Media today, after months of uncertainty over the future of the magazine. The print edition will continue, as Minute Media also oversees […]
Ben Platt will play an exclusive, 18-performance concert residency at Broadway’s recently refurbished Palace Theatre early this summer to celebrate the release of his upcoming third album Honeymind. Ben Platt Live At The Palace, announced today, will be directed by Tony Award winner Michael Arden who collaborated with Platt on the 2023 Tony Award-winning revival […]
EXCLUSIVE: Acorn TV, the streaming service aimed at Anglophiles, is getting a new look. Parent company AMC Networks is giving the streamer a brand refresh with a new logo and tagline ahead of the return of its originals slate. This comes as it prepares for the launch of season three of Harry Wild, the drama […]
EXCLUSIVE: YMU, the UK agency that reps Simon Cowell, Graham Norton, and Nicole Scherzinger, has confirmed its sale to private equity company Permira Credit under a £60M ($76M) deal. Permira has taken full control of YMU’s newly-created parent company Yokozuna Newco Limited, with Trilantic Europe exiting the agency after five years, according to financial filings. […]
BritBox International has its new leader following BBC Studios’ takeover of the streamer. Robert Schildhouse has been promoted to President of BritBox North America and General Manager of BritBox International following the deal, which saw the BBC’s commercial arm pay £255M ($325M) to buy ITV’s 50% stake in the best-of-British streamer and assume full control. […]
Amazon has struck first-of-its-kind deals with Japan’s Nippon TV and BBC for podcasts. The former tie-up will see Nippon’s ACMA: GAME drama series stream on Prime Video Japan starting April 7, immediately after Nippon TV’s Sunday primetime air slot, with global streaming of the series to follow on Prime Video two weeks later. Hulu Japan […]
EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 bosses will take home reduced bonuses in 2024 as 250 staffers are laid off. Deadline can reveal that the vast majority of Channel 4 staff will receive a bonus this year around half the level of 2023, including CEO Alex Mahon, content boss Ian Katz and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Allan. The […]
Netflix announced six new Nordic feature film productions at its Next on Netflix showcase in Stockholm on Monday. They include an adaptation of the Key Series crime whodunnit books about Private detective Julia Stark, by Alex Ahndoril, the pseudonym for husband and wife writers Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. Working titled The Key Series, […]
Another day, another Netflix content slate in Europe. Following content showcases in Germany and London last week, the streamer has unveiled its slate in the Nordics. Among the key TV announcements are a Norwegian series based on author Joe Nesbø’s police detective Harry Hole and Netflix’s first Nordic period drama. A number of films were […]
Netflix has shared the first teaser for Joy, the historical drama starring James Norton, Bill Nighy, and Thomasin McKenzie about the birth of IVF treatments. The film’s full synopsis reads: Joy tells the remarkable true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first ‘test-tube- baby’, and the tireless 10-year […]
BAFTA-nominated Irish actor Robert Sheehan (The Umbrella Academy) has signed on to lead a stage adaptation of Bruce Robinson’s 1987 cult tragi-comedy Withnail and I at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre alongside actors Adonis Siddique and Malcolm Sinclair. Directed by the double Olivier Award-winning Sean Foley, Artistic Director of Birmingham Rep, and designed by Alice Power, […]
