ABC's Abbott Elementary has been hailed for assembling one of the strongest comedy casts on television. The group, who won the 2022 SAG Award for comedy series ensemble, are being rewarded for the show’s success with major salary increases heading into Season 4. The new season will premiere in October.
The six original Abbott Elementary series regular cast members, creator Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter and Chris Perfetti have renegotiated their contracts with the series’ lead studio, Warner Bros. Television, all securing big pay bumps, sources tell Deadline. >>>Quinta Brunson's New Salary |
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All Hail The Queen - Flavor Unit Entertainment, Westbrook Studios, and Jesse Collins Entertainment are teaming to produce a slate of Hip Hop biopics about iconic artists, the first of which will be about the rise of Queen Latifah. >>>Cultural Impact
Zaslav Confidante Exits - Warner Bros. Discovery’s Chief Legal Officer Savalle Sims, a longtime member of David Zaslav's corporate inner circle, is leaving the media giant. >>>CEO's Memo To Staff
Family Business - Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon have launched Winter Coat Films, which has signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television to produce scripted series for streaming and cable platforms. The Oscar-nominated husband-and-wife duo have partnered with producer Dani Melia, who will serve as president of Winter Coat Films. >>>"Dream Team"
Bassett & Vance Make A Deal - 20th Television has closed a first-look deal with Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance and their Bassett Vance Productions to develop and executive produce comedy, drama, limited series and TV movies for linear networks and streamers, with an emphasis on platforms across Disney Entertainment Television. >>>'Monkey Boy' Up First The Return Of 'Zorro' - An eponymous gender-swapped reimagination of the classic masked vigilante Zorro is in the works at CBS from CBS Studios, sources tell Deadline. Zorro hails from filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, his writer-director sister Rebecca Rodriguez and Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propagate. >>>Project's 3rd Iteration
San Seb Sojourn - San Sebastian Film Festival Director José Luis Rebordinos sat down with Deadline to talk selecting juries, Johnny Depp's Modi — Three Days on the Wings of Madness and Audrey Diwan's Emmanuelle reimagining. >>>Spanish Fest Begins Today |
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It’s Amy Ryan who opens the action in Wolfs, Apple Original Films’ George Clooney-Brad Pitt reunion that sees those longtime co-stars go head-to-head as rival criminal underworld "fixers."
Here, Oscar nominee and three-time Tony nominee Ryan digs into the experience of shooting with Pitt and Clooney and co-star Austin Abrams (Euphoria) in the film that earned a five-and-a-half minute ovation at its Venice Film festival premiere, and why she’d return for the already-set sequel in a heartbeat.
She also discusses her surprise return to runaway hit series Only Murders in the Building and whether her homicidal character will be back for more. >>>Read The Interview |
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Jennifer Beals has wrapped a lead role opposite Chloe Bennet and Phil Dunster in the New Mexico-set alien dramedy Hello Out There, marking the first feature from writer-director Otis Blum.
Netflix has set its Black Mirror Season 7 cast with Awkwafina, Emma Corrin, Paul Giamatti, Rashida Jones, Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross and many more.
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The Duffer Brothers' upcoming Netflix supernatural mystery The Boroughs, created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, has added Jena Malone, Carlos Miranda, Seth Numrich and Alice Kremelberg.
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Bad Sisters co-creator and star Sharon Horgan has been tapped as a series regular on Hulu’s Amanda, playing Amanda Knox‘s mother Edda Mellas opposite Grace Van Patten, who stars as Knox. |
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78 million - Plays for the trailer of Ryan Murphy‘s new ABC medical drama 'Doctor Odyssey' in its first 48 hours online, making it the most-watched trailer for a new broadcast TV show ever |
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More News 👀 New York Magazine has put Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi on leave after she allegedly had a relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Nuzzi wrote a profile of Kennedy during his recent campaign for president. 📺 Oprah Winfrey returned to the talk show format for an in-person and virtual event for Kamala Harris, interspersing emotion and uplift with infomercial appeals to organize for her campaign. In the audience at the event in Farmington Hills, MI were celebrity supporters like Chris Rock, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez and Meryl Streep.
✍️ Gayle King signed a new deal with CBS News, extending her tenure at the network where she has co-hosted CBS Mornings.
🖥️ Dave Chappelle remains Netflix’s top draw in stand-up comedy as his special The Dreamer led the field in the streamer's latest ratings report.
🚦 Industry has been greenlit for Season 4 at HBO. The news comes ahead of the penultimate episode of Season 3, which will air Sunday night.
🏠 Scandi crime writer Jo Nesbø is adapting his recent novel The Night House into a horror movie, working with Fredrik Wikström Nicastro of Hope Studios and Snabba Cash co-creator and director Jesper Ganslandt on the project. |
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On the Radar
Fri - Greg Peters at FT conference
Sun - Snowpiercer series finale; Matlock series premiere
Mon - Megalopolis NY premiere; 911: Lonestar S5 premiere
Wed - Inside Out 2 premieres on Disney+ |
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Animated Conversation - Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson and Keegan-Michael Key attend the European Premiere of Transformers One in London. |
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