Deadpool & Wolverine is projected to have a huge run when it opens July 26 release and appears to be a summer box office savior. Deadline was the first to reveal that the film's director, Shawn Levy, is the top choice and is having early conversations to direct another Marvel Studios pic — the next Avengers movie. Sources told Deadline that Levy has been given the latest script by Michael Waldron, though they add that he has not given an answer on whether he will take the job, and the studio is still planning to meet with other directors while they wait on a decision from him. It isn't certain that Levy will take the job; he expects to be heavily involved as a director and executive producer of the final season of Netflix’s signature series Stranger Things, and there is also a Star Wars film in his future. Still, the prospect of Levy steering the next Avengers makes a lot of sense as Marvel boss Kevin Feige continues to sort out the next iteration of his superhero empire. >>>Hoping To Shoot Next Year |
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The Resurrection Of Tommy Shelby - It’s been a long time coming amid trickles of information that never were fully confirmed, but the faithful can now rejoice as the Peaky Blinders movie is officially moving forward. Netflix has greenlit a feature film that will star Oscar winner Cillian Murphy in a return to the iconic role of Birmingham clan leader Tommy Shelby. >>>" One For The Fans" 'Pressure' Cooking - As the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the historic Normandy Landings, Deadline has revealed that European major Studiocanal is teaming up with Darkest Hour producer Working Title on D-Day movie Pressure. The film will chart the extraordinary true story of the pressure-cooker environment facing the decision-makers behind D-Day. >>>Weather Factor Kevin Hart Teams With The Obamas - Netflix and Sony are teaming to develop a series based on the 2021 film Fatherhood, in which Kevin Hart played a single dad who raises his daughter after losing his wife a day after the baby was born. This will be a co-production team-up of Hart’s Hartbeat, Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey’s Temple Hill and David Beaubaire’s Sunset Lane Media. >>> Paul Weitz To Write & Direct Eugene Levy: Doc Talk Podcast - Eugene Levy joins the latest edition of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to discuss what he’s learned about the world and himself while making the Apple TV+ series The Reluctant Traveler, which is in contention for Emmy consideration. Levy explains what finally convinced him to sign onto the series after he turned it down initially. He also reveals how he managed to rewrite a key part of the history of Western art after he came face-to-face, or rather face-to-midsection, with Michelangelo’s statue of David in Florence. >>> Listen ‘The Sympathizer’ Premiere Episode Script, “Death Wish” - Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features standout limited or anthology series scripts in 2024 Emmy contention. The Sympathizer creators Don McKellar and Park Chan-wook, who also directed the premiere, explain in a forward to their script that the seven-episode series embraces unconventional wisdom and takes a new perspective on a history too many of us have learned from Hollywood movies. >>> Read It In Brief - October 7th film in works at Leviathan Productions... Denise Thé, Melissa Scrivner Love & Amanda Segel ink Sony Pictures TV deal |
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Director Maria Friedman’s staging of Merrily We Roll Along, both on Broadway and its previous run Off Broadway, just might be the most unexpected success in the long, glorious career of composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. The show was long considered all but unstageable, with its hard-to-crack reverse chronology and characters whose flaws are front and center. In this interview, star Jonathan Groff speaks to Deadline about the importance of setting up audience expectations for a show that even he knew might be a tough initial sell. Weeks into the Off Broadway staging in 2022, Groff sensed something like reluctance on the audience's part, particularly as it related to his not-always-so-likable character. What happened next, and what he learned from it, is best left for him to tell. >>>Read The Interview |
| Exclusive Patricia Heaton is returning to television — and to filming in front of a live studio audience — with a guest-starring arc in the second season of Paramount+'s Frasier. Greer Grammer has also been added as a guest star on the series, playing Roz Doyle’s now-grown-up daughter, Alice. Exclusive Rochelle Aytes is leaving S.W.A.T. as a series regular. In a quick turnaround, she has joined another CBS procedural, the upcoming medical drama Watson headlined by Morris Chestnut. Exclusive Kate McKinnon and Andy Samberg have joined the cast of Jay Roach’s The Roses, starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch. Exclusive Maxwell Acee Donovan (That ’90s Show) and Kim Dickens (Fear The Walking Dead) are set as series regulars opposite Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks in Prime Video‘s thriller series The Better Sister. |
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More News 👮 CBS is exploring potential extensions of several of its franchises, among them Blue Bloods. That update, without any further details, was provided by Brian Robbins, one of three members of Paramount Global's Office of the CEO, during the company's annual shareholder meeting. 📺 Baby Reindeer won Breakthrough Limited Series and Colin From Accounts captured two other prizes at the inaugural Gotham TV Awards. One of the night's career honorees, Mariska Hargitay, delivered a heartfelt speech about the mission of her longtime TV home, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. ⛰️ A town hall for Paramount Global employees originally scheduled to take place Wednesday has been delayed due to "the ongoing speculation regarding potential M&A." 🐺 Mark Duplass announced he has completed production on The Creep Tapes, a half-hour horror TV series based on the Netflix original films Creep and Creep 2, in which he starred. 🤔 Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria and their seven children are to star in a reality series for TLC. The Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable network are launching The Baldwins (w/t) next year. 👋 Revolt, the media company founded by embattled hip hop star Sean “Diddy” Combs is under new ownership. Combs has sold his stake in the business and employees now make up the largest shareholder group. |
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BY THE NUMBERS 137.2 million - The number of views on Netflix for the Millie Bobby Brown-led fantasy pic 'Damsel' |
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Obituaries 🕯️ Erich Anderson, a prolific television actor perhaps best known for his portrayal on Felicity as the title character’s father, died of cancer June 1 in Los Angeles. He was 67. 🕯️ Brother Marquis, the rapper and longtime member of hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died at 58. 🕯️ Terrence Beasor , a veteran character and voice-over actor best known for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Gods Must Be Crazy and recurring roles on The Middle and Raising Hope, has died. He was 89. 🕯️ 2024 Entertainment & Media Deaths Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar Wed - Tribeca Festival begins Thu - Jon Stewart's podcast launches; NBA Finals start Fri - Deadline's Sound & Screen TV; Daytime Emmys; Pat Sajak's final Wheel of Fortune show airs Sat - French Open Women's Final; Produced By conference begins Sun - French Open Men's Final Mon - Apple's WWDC |
| Beknighted Bob - Bob Iger was made an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in a ceremony led by Prince William at Windsor Castle. |
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