CNN LAYOFFS DELIVER EXPECTED "GUT PUNCH" - WHAT COMES NEXT FOR STAFFERS AND VIEWERS? |
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The hundreds of layoffs at CNN this week were, as network boss Chris Licht predicted, a “gut punch,” but the question for staffers — and viewers — is what will happen next. For viewers, the changes may be apparent in a number of ways, particularly at HLN, where the Robin Meade-anchored Morning Express is ending and Meade is departing along with many workers. Licht has indicated that, as the network undergoes cuts, he wants to minimize the impact on news coverage. Nevertheless, a number of reporters and correspondents lost their jobs in the downsizing, among them seasoned veterans like Martin Savidge and Dan Merica. >>>Newsgathering amid cost-cutting. |
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CBS Exec Shuffle - Eric Kim has been promoted to EVP and head of the current department for the broadcast network and sibling CBS Studios. He succeeds Amy Reisenbach, who recently was upped to President of CBS Entertainment. >>>New Purview
Disney Princess - Disney has commissioned an original musical feature inspired by a dynamic princess from Indian history. The plot is being kept under wraps, but Bend It Like Beckham helmer Gurinder Chadha will co-write, direct and produce. >>>Details
Scary Good Deal - Prolific genre creators Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy (The Haunting Of Hill House & Midnight Mass) have signed an exclusive multiyear overall series deal with Amazon Studios. Intrepid’s feature production activities remain separate and apart. >>>Wrapping Up Netflix Pact
Baldacci TV- Bestselling author David Baldacci’s Atlee Pine book series is set to become an untitled drama series at Amazon. Written and executive produced by Aeysha Carr, the show will focus on FBI agent Pine and the one case that has shaped her entire career. >>> 4 Books To Draw From
Time Bandit - Margot Robbie's Lucky Chap Entertainment and AWA Studios are adapting Garth Ennis' (The Boys, Preacher) graphic novel Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal for the big screen. The graphic novel follows the titular time-traveling thief as she loots her way through history. >>>Action-Packed Epic |
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QUOTABLE: "Bob Iger would like to be the Louis B. Mayer, who pulled MGM out of the doldrums of the depression with his magical musicals." - Deadline's Peter Bart writing about "Shakespearean Subplots Set To Interrupt Iger’s Act II" |
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"A lot of the crew of the first Potter film had come from a film with a very notoriously hard to work with lead actor. And then we also had a very legendary assistant director from the British film industry called Michael Stevenson who had worked with and knew Michael Caine really well," says Daniel Radcliffe. "The difference between how the crew talked about a bad actor and how the crew talked about Michael Caine taught me a lot about how you want to be on a set and how actors have a huge amount of responsibility for the general tone and mood of the set." >>> Read The Full Interview |
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BY THE NUMBERS: $73 - The new, lowest ticket price at Disneyland -- for Southern California locals only -- which was introduced just 6 days after Bob Iger returned as CEO. |
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In Cold Blood - Riley Keough is set to star in and EP Under the Bridge, Hulu’s limited series based on Rebecca Godfrey’s book, in which writer Godfrey (Keough) returns to her hometown of Victoria, BC, to plumb the hidden world of the seven teenage girls and a boy accused of a savage murder. >>>True Story
Metal Gods - Paramount’s upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has added Peter Dinklage (as the voice of Scourge), Liza Koshy (as the voice of Arcee), John DiMaggio (as the voice of Stratosphere), David Sobolov (as Rhinox/Battletrap), Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (as Nightbird), Cristo Fernández (as Wheeljack), and Tobe Nwigwe (as Reek). The movie will introduce a whole new breed of Transformer – the Maximals – to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons. >>> Full Cast
Recasting 'Rings' - In a recasting decision was made months ago but just announced, Prime Video has replaced Joseph Mawle with Sam Hazeldine in the role of Orc leader Adar for Season 2. >>>Adding 6 More Actors
'Palace' Intrigue - Andrea Riseborough, who is fresh off an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her lead role in To Leslie, has been cast opposite Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts in HBO’s limited series The Palace, from Succession duo Will Tracy and Frank Rich and The Queen director Stephen Frears. >>> Key Role |
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More News
🪓 On the heels of CEO Christina Spade's abrupt exit and a 20% workforce reduction, AMC Networks said it will take write-downs of up to $475 million for restructuring and content. A number of top execs were revealed to be exiting amid the cutbacks.
🛑 Kanye West's Twitter account was suspended for a post containing a swastika. It came on the same day he professed admiration for Adolf Hitler and Nazis.
🎅Santa Claus action horror movie Violent Night put $1.1 million into its bag from Thursday night previews.
🌈 Leslie Jordan, who died last month, got a joyous sendoff -- and a new boyfriend -- on Wednesday night's Call Me Kat. The episode was entitled “Call Me Fancy Puffenstuff.”
👶 The initial rousing trailer for the fifth Indiana Jones film revealed the project's official title as well as the first look at a de-aged Harrison Ford.
🚀 The launch date for The Mandalorian Season 3 is not all that far, far away. Disney announced that Mando and Grugu will return to Disney+ on March 1, 2023.
👋 CNN Newsroom anchor Ana Cabrera is expected to leave the network for a new role at NBCUniversal. |
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On the Radar Fri - NY Film Critics Circle Awards
Sat - Deadline Contenders International; World Cup Round of 16 Begins
Sun - Deadline Contenders Docs; Streamy Awards
Tue - Chris Licht to address CNN Employees at town hall Further Out: Deadline Contenders Film: The Final Round as part of PMC's LA3C festival on December 10 |
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Family Night At The White House - The glitterly state dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron was a family affair as politicos and Hollywood types alike brought their kids. Among them were Jennifer Garner and her daughter, Violet; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her filmmaker daughter, Alexandra; Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her son, Charles Hall; Sen. Chuck Schumer and his daughter, Jessica Emily Schumer; and Oscar-winner Jon Batiste, who performed and brought three generations of his family along with him. |
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