Paul Ryan has been named the executive producer of NBC’s Dateline. His promotion follows that of Liz Cole, who became senior executive producer of the show after the departure of longtime senior exec VP David Corvo. Ryan was most recently senior producer and creative director for Dateline, and he managed all aspects of the editorial […]
Glynis Johns, remembered by movie audiences as Mrs. Banks from Mary Poppins and by Broadway devotees as the first person to sing Stephen Sondheim’s “Send In The Clowns” on a national stage, died today of natural causes at an assisted living home in Los Angeles. She was 100. Her death was announced by her publicist […]
CNN’s New’s Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen drew 2.33 million viewers, up 12% from the previous year. The network said that it was the second largest audience for its New Year’s Eve special since they were started in 2007. The special drew 802,000 viewers in the 25-54 demo. That compares to […]
Early last year, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster joined forces to cook up the clever killer doll horror movie M3GAN, a box office hit, and just this week announced their official merger to become the preeminent horror producer bringing together the brains behind some of the most successful films in the genre […]
The CW scored big with its first college football bowl game. The Wyoming Cowboys eked out a win over the Toledo Rockets in the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl on Saturday, delivering 1.1M total viewers, according to Nielsen. The game, which saw the Cowboys emerge victorious after a field goal as the game clock expired, is […]
EXCLUSIVE: Topher Grace (That ’90s Show) and Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey: A New Era) have been tapped for roles opposite Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg in Flight Risk, the suspense thriller that Mel Gibson is helming for Lionsgate. The project marks Gibson’s first outing behind the camera since the Academy Award-nominated war drama Hacksaw Ridge […]
Two staples of the Golden Globes will be sitting out the upcoming 2024 edition of the awards show, which airs on CBS this Sunday, Jan. 7 — the honorary Cecil B. DeMille and Carol Burnett trophies. The two life-achievement awards, given to Eddie Murphy and Ryan Murphy, respectively, last year, will not be presented this […]
The YES Network and MSG Networks have formed a streaming joint venture that could one day lead to New York Yankees and New York Knicks games being housed on a single service. Gotham Advanced Media and Entertainment, or GAME, is the new 50-50 venture, which is aiming for technical and operational synergies. Like many players […]
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with The Color Purple, directed by Blitz Bazawule and written by Marcus Gardley. The music-filled film boasts a stacked cast including Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, Halle Bailey, Corey Hawkins and more. Alice Walker’s 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name […]
Peacock has unveiled the trailer for In The Know, an adult animation series which combines stop-motion animation and live-action interviews, from Zach Woods (Silicon Valley, The Office), Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head, Silicon Valley) and Brandon Gardner. Co-created by Woods, Gardner and Judge, the public radio parody chronicles the making of NPR’s fictional “third most popular […]
Russell Crowe has had several brushes with the law over the years — and it turns out that one of his distant ancestors was also something of a rogue. The Gladiator actor has been delving into his family history and was surprised to discover that he is related to the last man to be beheaded […]
Former Amblin and Paramount Pictures vet Matt Andrée Wiltens is joining Gersh as their new SVP and Head of Global Corporate Communications. Most recently, Andrée Wiltens was the VP of Marketing and Communications at Amblin Partners. During his five years with Amblin, he served as a publicist for company’s film and television divisions as well […]
She’s a writer, producer, director and Oscar-nominated documentarian, and Ava DuVernay soon will be a Casting Society career honoree. CSA said today that the Array founder will receive its 2024 Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement at the 39th annual Artios Awards gala March 7 in Los Angeles. “Ava DuVernay is a visionary storyteller who has staunchly […]
LMN has released its first quarter movie slate that features fourteen new thrillers, including the premiere of the 35th film in the network’s prolific Wrong Movie franchise. The Wrong Life Coach will premiere on January 11, and is executive produced by Vivica A. Fox, who stars alongside Eric Roberts, Tracy Nelson, Michael Paré, Jackée Harry, Morgan Bradley and […]
USC Dornsife, Fox 11 Los Angeles and Politico are co-hosting the first debate of California’s candidates for an open U.S. Senate seat. Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Republican Steve Garvey have been invited to participate in the Jan. 22 event. It will start at 6 p.m. PT […]
Nearly nine months after James Corden said goodbye to The Late Late Show, CBS has finally dated his replacement. After Midnight, a reboot of the old Comedy Central game show @midnight, starring rising comedian Taylor Tomlinson, will premiere on Tuesday January 16. The show will, of course, air in The Late Late Show’s former spot […]
EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of this weekend’s Golden Globes, where it’s set to contend for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Picture – Non-English Language, and Best Original Score, Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest has been set for a special screening at the United Nations in New York on January 5, which marks […]
ESPN and the NCAA have agreed to an 8-year media rights deal, extending a run for college sports that began in 1979 when the all-sports cable network was in its infancy. The pact, which takes effect September 1, was valued at $920 million in multiple media reports. ESPN declined to comment on the financial terms […]
Editor’s note: Underplayed in the media intrigue over the prospect of Warner Bros swallowing Shari Redstone’s empire that includes Paramount and CBS is the gloomy reality that another storied Hollywood studio could go the way of Fox. That went from a vibrant multi-faceted creative content-generating enterprise to a headstone, when Rupert Murdoch decided to cash […]
Hacks will soon be back. The show announced this morning on social media that Season 3 of Max/Universal TV hit comedy will premiere this spring. Production on the new season was halted in May due to the writers strike. The Emmy-winning series centers on an aging comedian Deborah Vance (Smart) and an up-and-coming writer Ava […]
EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has taken exclusive worldwide rights to Jim Henson’s beloved fantasy adventure movies Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, as part of a new multi-year distribution alliance with The Jim Henson Company, Deadline has learned. Under the pact, which went into effect on January 1st, Shout! holds rights to the titles in the arenas […]
The AI metaverse technology and content company Futureverse has launched Readyverse Studios. Co-founded by Shara Senderoff and Aaron McDonald, as well as novelist Ernest Cline and Dan Farah, the venture will get underway with a partnership with WarnerBros Discovery to bring the Ready Player One franchise to the metaverse across web3. It’s based on the […]
Ernst Goldschmidt, the sales agent who co-founded Orion Pictures and oversaw distribution of some of last century’s biggest movies, died last month from heart failure in his hometown of Badenweller in Germany. He was 92. The death of the respected exec was announced by his family. Starting his career in 1957 as a salesman with […]
RedBird IMI, a joint venture investment firm led by Jeff Zucker, has taken a stake in The Morning Show production entity Media Res. Founded by CEO Michael Ellenberg, a former HBO exec, Media Res also produces another notable Apple TV+ title, Pachinko. An announcement about the investment said it will “fuel Media Res’ growth as […]
Apple Original Films today set the Martin Scorsese-directed Critics Choice and Golden Globe Award-nominated Killers of the Flower Moon to begin streaming globally on Apple TV+ beginning Friday, January 12. This comes after the film turned in a $156 million global box office performance on the film that stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, with a breakout […]