It's a little over a week and a half before San Diego Comic-Con, and this year the fanboy confab coincides with another pivotal summer moment: The opening weekend of Marvel Studios‘ Deadpool & Wolverine, which is poised to be the biggest R-rated debut of all time at the domestic box office, beating Deadpool's $132.4M.
First, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige tells Deadline about what’s in store at Comic-Con over the two nights that Marvel will command Hall H next week — as well as what the comeback of superhero pics might look like. >>>Read The Interview |
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Inside 'Area 51' - God Friended Me creators Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt are returning to CBS, teaming with the former The Neighborhood writer-producer Laura Moran, James Wan’s Atomic Monster and CBS Studios for Area 51. Area 51 follows the humans and aliens that work together at the country’s most mysterious place. >>>Future Juggernaut?
Anthony Hopkins Dishes - Peacock's Those About to Die series from Roland Emmerich launches in two days' time and lead Anthony Hopkins has been dishing. The star talks Roman Emperors and taking it all too seriously. >>>Year Of The Four Emperors
"Feel Good Unscripted" - Keshet Studios has projects in development with the likes of Chrissy Teigen, Seth MacFarlane, Lilly Singh and Howie Mandel, and their respective production companies. One year on from unscripted launch, its non-scripted strategy places “feel good” shows front and center, bosses tell us. >>>Biggest Names In The Game
New Horror - Orion has acquired If I Had Your Face, the 2023 Black List horror script written by Ran Ran Wang. Producers say the film is in the vein of Jordan Peele’s 2017 Oscar-winning horror debut, Get Out. >>>Concordia & Hopscotch Aboard
In Brief - Scotty Landes to pen Thicc for Paramount... Gersh signs Jess Hong |
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Season 6 of All American ended Monday night with the departure of its star Daniel Ezra, who has led the show as Spencer James for six seasons. With Ezra gone, the show will be taking a new direction that returns to its high school roots, focusing on telling the stories of some newly introduced younger characters.
That doesn’t necessarily mean that the entire original cast is taking a backseat. As the show is making this transition, showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll recognizes “you don’t want to do a clean sweep.”
Carroll spoke with Deadline about the finale, the future of the flagship series, and the one change she made to feel at “peace” with The CW’s decision to cancel Homecoming. >>>Read The Interview
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Timothée Chalamet is in final negotiations to produce and star in Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie's new film for A24.
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Apple TV+'s The Morning Show has added Aaron Pierre (Genius: MLK/X, The Underground Railroad) to its Season 4 cast in a major recurring role. Pierre will play ‘Miles,’ an acclaimed visual artist who moves through the circles of the New York elite.
Oscar and Emmy winner Halle Berry is no longer attached to All’s Fair, Hulu‘s new legal series from Ryan Murphy and Kim Kardashian.
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Byron Bowers has boarded the ensemble of the Marvel and Disney+ series Wonder Man. He joins Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who will star in the titular role. It is unknown who Bowers will play.
In Brief - The Chi casts Rotimi in season 7... Jerrika Hinton & Elvis Nolasco to topline Mr. Crocket... Saffron Hocking joins David Mackenzie’s Fuze |
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More News 🚨 Disney said that it is investigating a reported hack of its internal Slack workplace messages by a group calling itself Nullbulge. The group's website, under a header Disney Internal Slack, said it’s hacked “almost 10,000 channels, every message and file possible.”
🏕️ Judd Apatow, Dave Attell, Bill Maher, Tracy Morgan, JB Smoove and Jaboukie Young-White are among the comedians on the roster for the New York Comedy Festival, which will take place November 8-17.
📺 China's entertainment and media industry is set to shrink the gap with its U.S. counterparts over the next four years, according to PWC‘s latest Global Outlook.
🏆 Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay will once again produce the telecast for this year's (second) Emmys Awards.
🤝 Kathleen Jordan, one of the finalists to lead the creative vision of HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series, is set to develop other projects with the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network after it emerged she struck an overall deal. |
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On the Radar
Wed - Emmy nominations; IATSE contract ratification voting ends
Thu - Netflix earnings; Donald Trump speaks at GOP convention
Fri - Twisters opens
Sun - Snowpiercer S4 premiere; Tour de France final stage |
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Unconventional - Just two days after a failed assassination attempt, former President Donald Trump showed up at the GOP convention. He got a rousing ovation in his first major public appearance since the incident last weekend. With a bandage covering his injury, Trump was greeted by his newly-minted VP pick, J.D. Vance. |
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