The Sundance Film Festival is looking South for a potential new home, as well as in its backyard.
Along with Park City, UT, Atlanta and fellow Georgia cities Athens and Savannah are among the 15 cities that have made the cut to put in serious bids for the Robert Redford-founded indie gathering.
First reported exclusively by Deadline last year as a player to snag Sundance, New Mexico’s Santa Fe is also in the running in the Request for Proposal process. Across the rest of the nation, San Francisco is a contender to be the new home of the SFF come 2027 as are jurisdictions in upstate New York and North Carolina. >>>"It Will Come Down To Money And Venues"
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"R" Is For "Revenue" - Marvel Studios’ first R-rated release, Deadpool & Wolverine, is heating up eight weeks before its debut, having already collected some $8M in first day ticket sales. $8M is pretty remarkable for an R-rated movie two months before release. >>>Comps
New Wolf Pack - Death and Other Details co-creator/executive producer Mike Weiss has joined CBS’ drama series FBI as executive producer and showrunner. Meanwhile, Allen MacDonald has been tapped as executive producer and showrunner of NBC’s Chicago Med. Both Wolf Entertainment/Universal Television dramas are Top 10 broadcast series. >>>Remaining Showrunners Staying Put
'Daddy Changed The World' - Radar Pictures, 8 Queens Film & Media Productions and Night Fox Entertainment are partnering on George Floyd: Daddy Changed the World, a family-authorized biopic of Floyd, capturing the life of the man who has become a symbol against police brutality and racial injustice. >>>4th Anniversary This Week
'The Chi' Strong On Streaming - The second half of The Chi Season 6 debuted on May 12, scoring nearly 2M viewers across platforms in its first seven days, according to Paramount+. That’s its best premiere viewership yet on streaming, up 4% versus the last premiere episode (for the first half of Season 6).
>>>Week 2 Up, Too
'Conners' Conclusion - At the 11th hour, The Conners got its much-deserved reprieve and is planning a six-episode-long goodbye during the 2024-25 season. Executive producers Bruce Helford and Dave Caplan tell Deadline what would have happened had the show ended for good, and what their hopes are for the seventh and final season. >>>Interview |
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Justin Halpern and Quinta Brunson, along with executive producer Patrick Schumacker, spoke with Deadline about ending Season 3 on a high note and where things are headed in Season 4. >>>Read The Interview |
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Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) has signed on to star alongside Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield in Amazon MGM Studios‘ upcoming film After the Hunt from director Luca Guadagnino.
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Kyle MacLachlan, Fiona Shaw and Edmund Donovan (Civil War) have signed on for roles in Echo Valley, Apple Original Films’ thriller from director Michael Pearce (Beast ), which is led by Julianne Moore, Sydney Sweeney and Domhnall Gleeson.
Rupert Friend is heading to Jurassic World. No word on the role he’s playing. The film’s plot remains under wraps.
Emmy-winning actor Richard Jenkins has joined the cast of Criminal, Prime Video‘s upcoming drama series based on Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips’ multi-Eisner Award-winning graphic novel series. |
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👀 Speaking at the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s National Tribute Gala, where he was awarded its Humanitarian Prize, Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel blasted the Israeli prime minister, saying, “The time for Bibi Netanyahu to go has come.”
✊ The annual UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report found that women and people of color led the way to higher ratings at home, making up the majority of viewers for nine of the top 10 streaming films of 2023.
🤖 News Corp. and OpenAI have reached an multi-year agreement to provide content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, FN, New York Post and more for use in training artificial intelligence.
🎟️ Attendance for Broadway‘s just-ended 2023-2024 season held roughly steady with last year even as it remains nearly 17% below pre-pandemic levels, according to box office figures released by the Broadway League.
🤝 Risa Heller Communications, which specializes in crisis and reputation management, is expanding to the West Coast. The New York-based firm has opened a Los Angeles office and tapped former Netflix executive Erika Masonhall as Managing Director.
🎭 Romeo + Juliet starring Heartstopper's Kit Connor and West Side Story's Rachel Zegler will begin Broadway performances on Thursday, September 26, at Circle in the Square Theatre, with an official opening night set for Thursday, October 24.
🍿 Amazon MGM Studios has acquired worldwide rights to the action comedy Brothers from Legendary Pictures. Directed by Max Barbakow and starring Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage, the film will open in select theaters starting October 11, becoming available to stream on Prime Video on October 17. |
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On the Radar
Thu - Lionsgate fiscal Q4 and 2024 earnings
Fri - Furiosa opens
Sat - Palme d'Or announced
Mon - Memorial Day |
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Beach Party - Coleman Domingo cut a stylish figure in Cannes this week. |
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