| | | | The back and forth over the prospect of Americans seeing a hot-button film on the formative years of Donald Trump is near over, and The Dish hears that backer Kinematics will soon be bought out of Daniel Snyder’s $5 million investment with a premium. Tom Ortenberg, who runs Briarcliff Entertainment and has overseen the distribution of films that included Fahrenheit 9/11, Best Picture-winner Spotlight, Nightcrawler and many others, is getting close to acquiring The Apprentice for a fall U.S. release. >>>Pre-Election Launch Planned |
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Tentative Deal - With over a month to go before IATSE‘s current contract expires, the union and the studios have a tentative deal for a new Basic Agreement. The proposed changes are in addition to the tentative agreements reached in the Local Agreement negotiations. >>>Message To Members
A Debate Like No Other - When asked recently what he thought should be the first question at CNN’s Joe Biden-Donald Trump presidential debate Thursday, ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos had a succinct answer: “Who won the last election?” The comment speaks to how unusual this debate will be — and the challenge for moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. >>>Country Facing Existential Questions
Selling Off Melrose - Paramount Global is pushing ahead with asset sales as it sets out to streamline and raise cash to pay down debt. Deadline hears there’s early chatter about selling the fabled Paramount lot and leasing it back, with an option to buy it again down the road. >>>Could Bring $2B
J.Lo's 'Happy Place' - Netflix has optioned the novel Happy Place by Emily Henry for Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican. Plans to adapt the novel as a series are underway. >>>Meeting With Writers Doc Talk: Director Adam Prieto - Director Adam Prieto joins the latest edition of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to discuss artist Chiura Obata, his film Obata’s Yosemite and how Yosemite inspired his own spiritual journey. >>>Listen Here
Smart Move? - CBS is hoping its third time is a charm for its take on German procedural Einstein. The network is developing a new version of the scripted format from Monk pair Andy Breckman and Randy Zisk. >>>Show's Long Road
Objective Completed - British indies Betty TV and Triple Brew Media have been merged into a single entity, Objective Entertainment. Neale Simpson will lead the unscripted operation, which forms part of All3Media's Objective Media Group. >>>Resulting Job Losses |
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Jordana Brewster and Devon Sawa are boarding Spyglass' original horror romcom, Heart Eyes, which is currently in production in New Zealand.
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Greta Lee is the latest to join the growing ensemble for director Kathryn Bigelow‘s next film at Netflix. The untitled thriller also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris and Gabriel Basso.
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David Suchet has landed his first TV acting gig in six years in a Channel 5 series titled The Au Pair opposite Lupin star Mudmilla Makowski.
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Bill Camp (Presumed Innocent) is the newest addition to the cast of Huntington, writer-director John Patton Ford’s revenge thriller for Studiocanal, Blueprint Pictures and A24.
In Brief - Brandon Scott & Krsy Fox to topline Big Baby... Joseph Fiennes & Natascha McElhone board Young Sherlock series... General Hospital bringing back Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer |
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487 - Number of new members invited to join AMPAS this year |
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More News 🪄 Succession duo Francesca Gardiner and Mark Mylod have signed up as writer and director, respectively, of HBO's forthcoming Harry Potter series.
💰 A24 has closed an investment round led by Thrive Capital, the NY investment firm of Josh Kushner. Deadline hears the investment announced today sees an increase in the label's valuation of 40% since 2022, with a total value of just over $3.5 billion.
🧛 Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire has been renewed for a third season by AMC Networks ahead of the show’s Season 2 finale on June 30.
🧟♂️ Amazon MGM Studios has landed I Used to Eat Brains, Now I Eat Kale, a zombie feature package based on the same-name adventure-comedy short story from Adam and Daniel Cooper. The story is set in a “post-post-apocalyptic” world where former zombies struggle to reintegrate. Ryan Gosling and Jessie Henderson will produce.
⚖️ Former Bob’s Burgers voice actor Jay Johnston agreed to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from his participation in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The 55-year-old actor faces multiple charges including civil disorder and disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.
🤝 Kristen Stewart's Nevermind Pictures, which she runs with Dylan Meyer and Maggie McLean, has struck a first-look deal with Freemantle, which will become the primary home for its film and TV projects.
🔵 Canada's Sphere Media has acquired Abacus Media Rights, the UK-based distributor that sells Leaving Neverland. In total, the deal will cost C$24.6M ($18.6M), with Sphere partnering with its minority shareholder, Bell Media, to finance the acquisition. |
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Obituaries
🕯 Spencer Milligan, who starred in the 1970s Saturday morning series Land of the Lost from Sid & Marty Krofft and was a regular guest star on TV into the late 1980s, has died. He was 86. 🕯 Tom Van Amburg died Monday in Los Angeles after a short illness. Van Amburg is remembered as a trailblazing Los Angeles TV executive whose innovations drove KABC to the top and launched Regis Philbin as a morning talk show fixture. He also is the father of Apple TV+ head of worldwide video Zack Van Amburg and marketing executive Chris Van Amburg. He was 83. 🕯 Al Schultz, a top CBS makeup artist for The Carol Burnett Show and several groundbreaking Norman Lear sitcoms including All in the Family and Good Times and was married to Vicki Lawrence for nearly 50 years, has died. He was 82. 🕯 Shifty Shellshock, aka Seth Binzer, the lead singer of nu metal band Crazy Town, died Monday. His group's song "Butterfly" became an anthem in the early 2000s. No cause of death was given. He was 49. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024 Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar
Wed - Walker series finale; VidCon begins
Thu - First Biden-Trump debate; The Bear - S3 premiere
Fri - Horizon released; Karlovy Vary kicks off
Sat - ESPY nominations announced |
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Red Alert - Katy Perry used Paris Fashion Week as a stage to promote her new song, "Woman's World." The former American Idol judge fitted a red Balenciaga mini dress with a very maximalist train containing lyrics from the new single, due July 11. |
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