Negotiations between IATSE and the AMPTP are expected to go late into the night Thursday as the two sides near a new three-year deal for LA Locals, but they still have some distance left to run.
“It’s looking good, close, but nothing’s sealed up yet,” a studio source close to the talks tells us after just over two weeks of direct talks between IATSE and the studios on a new Basic Agreement contract.
Stung by backlash over the last contract back in 2021 and a much closer-than-desired margin of victory on that deal’s ratification, IATSE leaders are determined this year to bring home a near “bulletproof” agreement, as one union insider put it.
In a multi-talks process among multiple Guilds that started on March 4, IATSE has set a deadline of midnight tonight a.k.a. May 16 for this latest round. But, if a deal isn’t done when the clock strikes 12, all hope isn’t lost. >>>Job Security A Sticking Point |
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'Megalopolis' Film Review - Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis (to give it its full title) is a mad eco-sci-fi blockbuster some 40 years in the making. Its has a fever-dream grandeur, a series of stunning images, and is carried along by the loosest of plots that pontificates on the self-destructive nature of humankind, the only species capable of civilizing itself to death. >>>Damon Wise's Take
No Joke - Writer-director-producer Judd Apatow has left UTA, ending one of the most tenured relationships with a major filmmaker and a major agency. Apatow spent 30 years at the agency, 20 of them with David Kramer, and he remains managed by Mosaic’s Jimmy Miller and lawyered by Ziffrin Brittenham. >>>An Amicable Departure
Who Is "Anonymous?" - The hot novel Next to Heaven hit the market this week. Written by Anonymous, it’s a social satire that is being shopped by WME simultaneously for both a publishing deal and a TV deal. The TV deal has just closed, and the publishing deal will be next. >>>Writer's Identity
'Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes' Movie Review - What is most interesting about this docu is the chance to hear Elizabeth Taylor tell her story in her own voice. And through the miracle of new technologies, the audio has been remarkably cleaned up with a clarity that sounds like it might have been professionally recorded in a sound studio just yesterday. Taylor comes vividly to life here. >>> Pete Hammond's Take
Uncovering The LA Screenings - As buyers touch down at LAX for the annual LA Screenings, it will be a case of a return to the norm following the unusual circumstances of last year. The 2023 strikes not only made international buyers pause on acquisitions, but also stopped them getting face time (and a quick selfie) with acting and writing talent on the lots. Not so this year. >>>Studio Showcases Assessed
'Mistletoe Murders' - Sarah Drew – best known for playing fan favorite Dr. April Kepner on Grey’s Anatomy – is about to headline her own series for Hallmark Media. Drew has been cast as Emily Lane in Mistletoe Murders, which is based on the Audible global hit podcast of the same name. >>>Her Second Hallmark Project
Welcome To Bleak Week - As the Cannes Film Festival celebrates with parties and standing ovations, audiences in Hollywood and New York prepare to wallow in despair. And they’ll enjoy it (almost). The festival called Bleak Week this week will deliver 43 films to an expected audience of 10,000. >>>Peter Bart's Column |
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Juliette Binoche may have been busy this week participating in the opening ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival, but a few days beforehand, she called in from Paris to chat to us for this episode of 20 Questions on Deadline podcast.
With more than 60 films to her name, including Krzysztof Kieslowski's Colors trilogy, Chocolat and The English Patient, for which she won an Oscar, Binoche is currently starring in Apple TV+ series The New Look as Coco Chanel.
Here, Binoche also reveals her one-time intense crush on George Clooney and how she got over it. And, she recalls the most fulfilling and challenging acting experience of her career and, shockingly, the dear-death experience that changed her forever. >>>Hear The Interview |
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Sophia Bush and Chris Carmack will topline The Stranger in My Home, a new thriller from Brad Krevoy’s Motion Picture Corporation of America, which entered production in Utah toward the end of last month.
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Oscar-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oscar-nominee Andrea Riseborough have signed on to star in BAFTA-winning writer-director Paul Andrew Williams’ next film, The Nest.
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The independent film Mama Duck, a dark comedy written and directed by the team of Jack Gorman and Shannon Walsh, is set to begin production on July 6, 2024, in the Greater Los Angeles area. Catharine Daddario (IF) and Austin Woods ( American Horror Story) are attached to star alongside Walsh. |
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✂️ Patrick Mulcahey — who was promoted in January to help fill the void left by co-head writers Chris Van Etten and Dan O’Connor — is no longer on General Hosiptal's head-writing team. Elizabeth Korte, who was upped alongside Mulcahey, will become the sole head writer for now. |
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On the Radar
Fri - Blue Bloods mid-season finale
Sat - Jake Gyllenhaal hosts SNL
Sun - Hollywoodland exhibit opens at Academy Museum
Mon - Streaming Media NYC conference |
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In The Beginning... - Finally this weekend, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open its new permanent exhibition, "Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital," which Deadline's Michael Cieply called "an overdue testament to Jewish influence in filmland." |
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