A year-and-a-half ago, Kim Kardashian landed her first major acting role in Season 12 of FX’s American Horror Story. Since then, she has been tapped to star in and produce a new drama series for Hulu, All’s Fair, and has driven two movie and one scripted TV series packages that sold in bidding wars. Now, Kardashian has signed a first-look deal with 20th Television, the studio behind AHS and All’s Fair . The agreement will span drama, comedy and limited series.
For her first project under the multi-year pact, Group Chat, Kardashian has teamed with longtime close friend La La Anthony. The BMF cast member will headline the comedy, created by black-ish creator Kenya Barris, based on Anthony’s bestseller The Love Playbook: Rules for Love, Sex, and Happiness. Group Chat is in development for Hulu. >>>"First Wave" Of Projects |
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WGA Vs. Steve Small - The Writers Guild of America has placed producer Steve Small and his company Fifty Feet Movie, LLC on the union’s Strike/Unfair List over financial concerns on multiple films. >>>Randall Emmett Also Involved
Matthew Fox's New Quest- Lost alum Matthew Fox has signed on to star in The Assassin, a new drama series from writer-producer John Glenn (SEAL Team) in development at Max. >>>Based On Tom Wood's Novels
UK Riots Raise Questions - The disorder may have died down but it has provoked profound reflection among the UK film and television industry’s South Asian and Muslim communities. Those watching in horror have asked: Why are South Asians still consistently underrepresented and misrepresented on screen, and did these shortcomings help create the conditions for chaos? >>>" Dehumanizing Brown People"
Dick Wolf's Digital Expansion - Universal Television and Wolf Entertainment, which produce Law & Order, have struck a deal with iHeartPodcasts to launch Law & Order: Criminal Justice System. The move marks the brand’s first foray into investigative journalism and its first original podcast series. >>>True Crime Focus
Moonage Up For Sale - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder producer Moonage Pictures is on the sales block. BBC Studios will retain a minority interest in the company it took a stake in in 2018 for the time being, although this could change depending on who comes in for Moonage. >>>Plenty Of Interest |
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Filmmaker, actor, writer, musician, producer and director Mark Duplass spoke with Deadline about his performing side, specifically as Chip, the executive producer character on The Morning Show, for which he has again received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. >>>Watch |
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Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer) has joined the cast of the USA Network’s drama series The Rainmaker, based on the bestselling John Grisham novel of the same name.
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Amanda Brooks (Super Pumped) has been cast in a recurring role on the Showtime series Dexter: Original Sin. Brooks will portray Becca Spencer, the ex-wife of Captain Aaron Spencer (Patrick Dempsey).
Industry star Myha’la is getting ready to slay in the New Line-Skydance-Nocturna horror film They Will Kill You. |
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More News 🎦 Charles Cohen’s Landmark Theatres says it “remains dedicated to its business” and “anticipates a favorable resolution” to ongoing, complex litigation. A New York judge recently set a November auction date for the chain and other properties.
🧙 Viewers can catch the first season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for free on Samsung TV Plus through August 28. The streams on Samsung smart-TVs and Galaxy devices are part of a push by Amazon for an audience boost ahead of the August 29 premiere of the show's second season on paid service Prime Video.
🤼 CBS News proposed four dates for a vice-presidential debate between candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz. Walz quickly accepted the Oct. 1 date. Vance has not yet commented.
💰 Lionsgate approved a new employment agreement for CEO Jon Feltheimer through 2029. The deal includes an annual base salary of $1.5 million and target bonus of $7.5 million starting in fiscal 2025. The maximum bonus is 200% of the target, or $14 million.
🤖 SAG-AFTRA has announced a deal with the artificial intelligence company Narrativ that will allow members to license their digital voice replica for use in audio ads. |
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Obituaries
🕯️ Gena Rowlands, whose captivating work in A Woman Under the Influence and as the elder and dementia-ridden Allie in The Notebook moved moviegoers, has died at 94. 🕯️ Wally Amos, the talent agent-turned-cookie entrepreneur whose Famous Amos brand got its start in a small shop on Sunset Boulevard, died in Hawaii at age 88. 🕯️ Grace Bentkowski, a creative producer for the NewsNation cable network, was killed last month while crossing ground-level tracks with a group of other commuters at Chicago’s Hegewisch South Shore station. She was 22. 🕯️ Peggy Moffitt, the iconic ’60s model who was also a contract player at Paramount and who appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up , died at her Beverly Hills home on Saturday from complications of dementia. She was 86. 🕯️ Winsome Sinclair, a veteran casting professional who worked on scores of films and TV shows — many as casting director — including Malcolm D. Lee’s The Best Man, Steven Spielberg’s Amistad, the Gabrielle Union series Being Mary Jane and a dozen Spike Lee movies, died August 12 of colon cancer on Long Island. She was 58. 🕯️ Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Thu - The Intuit Dome opens in L.A.; Emily In Paris S4 premiere
Fri - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga debuts on Max
Mon - UFC class action hearing; Michael Keaton on Fallon; Jessica Alba on Seth Meyers
Wed - Paramount "go-shop" period in Skydance merger agreement expires |
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'Emily' In L.A. - Ashley Park, Lily Collins and Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu on the pink carpet at the Season 4 premiere for Netflix's Emily in Paris at the Egyptian Theatre. |
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