EXCLUSIVE: Chervine Naamani has joined ColorCreative, the management and production company co-founded by Issa Rae, Deniese Davis, and Talitha Watkins, as a manager and producer. Naamani joins from the management company Rain, where he spent four and a half years building a diverse, multicultural list of next generation filmmakers and writers. In his new role, […]
A sweeping new Federal Trade Commission rule will prohibit companies nation from including non-compete agreements in contracts with employees. The new rule also will make existing non-compete clauses unenforceable for all but senior executives, and companies also would be prohibiting from entering into new clauses even with those at the upper end of the workforce. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sara Boustany has joined the cast as one of the leads in Hello, Beautiful, which is based on the Christine Handy novel Walk Beside Me. Handy is producing along with Michael Espinosa, and Ziad H. Hamzeh–who will also serve as director. The film revolves around Willow, a successful model, struggling with the facade of a […]
BAFTA Award-nominee Callum Turner (Masters of the Air, The Boys in the Boat) is joining Neuromancer, a new 10-episode drama based on the sci-fi novel of the same name by William Gibson. Created for television by Graham Roland (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) and JD Dillard (The Outsider), Neuromancer follows a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Turner) who […]
Terry Carter, best known for his roles as Colonel Tigh in the original Battlestar Galactica, and as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst on TV series McCloud, died Tuesday at his home in New York City, his son confirmed to The New York Times. He was 95. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Carter broke color barriers from the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producer and executive Becky Sloviter has been named President of Miramax Motion Picture Group, Deadline can exclusively reveal. The news follows Miramax’s announcement three weeks ago that Jonathan Glickman had been officially appointed as CEO, taking over from the exiting Bill Block. An Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, Sloviter launched her production company, […]
Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver has rocketed to the top of Netflix’s charts but has landed fewer viewers than its opening saga. The film, which was released on April 19, opened with 21.4M views, making it the most-watched title of the week. However, it came in lower than its prequel, which managed […]
A very busy Broadway held its own last week, with 36 productions pulling in a combined $34,650,614, a good 10% increase over last year at this time. About 92% of all available seats were occupied, with total attendance of 299,107 about 15% greater year-over-year. No fewer than five shows opening during the week ending April […]
EXCLUSIVE: Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher) is the latest addition to Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic that Antoine Fuqua is directing for Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International, sources tell Deadline. The actor will play famed attorney Johnnie Cochran, who repped Jackson in a 1993 child molestation case that was settled out of court. As previously announced, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Frank Adkinson Jr. (Smile, My Online Valentine) and Candice Vernon (Warner Media/HBO, Hulu) announce their time-bending comedy film, 117 Years of Movie Bullsh*t. Written by Adkinson Jr. and Vernon (who also serves a director), this dark indie comedy production follows the journey of two aspiring stars as they navigate the industry’s problematic past. Alongside […]
EXCLUSIVE: Post Malone and A Quiet Place Platinum Dune producers Michael Bay and Brad Fuller’s are partnering with Vault Comics to create an all-new IP universe based on an original story by the 8x diamond recording artist. This continues a hot streak for Post Malone, who recently made history with the first ever RIAA-certified Double-Diamond single, mesmerized audiences […]
EXCLUSIVE: In recurring roles, Karen Rodriguez (Swarm), Michael Aaron Milligan (Outer Banks) and Hunter Emery (Orange is the New Black) have been cast in the upcoming Starz drama The Hunting Wives. Production is currently underway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Written by Rebecca Cutter based on the novel of the same name by May Cobb, The […]
Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning has been generating headlines aplenty for her creepy turn as Martha in Netflix’s stalking thriller series, but she’s imminently set to return to screens on both sides of the pond in the third season of the BBC/Amazon’s The Outlaws. Gunning talked the Creative Cities Convention through her role as community […]
Percy Jackson and the Olympians co-executive producer Joe Tracz has been confirmed as writer, executive producer and co-showrunner on the upcoming second season of Netflix’s breakout hit One Piece. On the live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s beloved manga, he is working alongside returning Season 1 writer, executive producer and co-showrunner Matt Owens. Steve Maeda, who […]
Roadside Attractions has acquired the Titus Kaphar Sundance World Premiere Exhibiting Forgiveness. A fall theatrical release for awards consideration is planned. The pic, which is 95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and repped Kaphar’s feature directorial debut, follows Tarrell Rodin (Independent Spirit Award winner and SAG nominee André Holland), an admired American painter who lives with his […]
David Pecker, the former CEO of National Enquirer parent company American Media, told jurors today how the tabloid assisted Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with positive stories on the candidate and negative, sensationalized articles on his rivals. At an August 2015 meeting at Trump Tower, Pecker pledged the resources of his tabloid publishing empire to […]
Lionsgate Television has signed Gary Goodman to a new multi-year deal to continue as EVP of Worldwide Production, heading up production of the studio’s slate of premium scripted series as well as its East Coast television production facilities in Yonkers, NY, Atlanta, Georgia and opening soon in Newark, New Jersey. Goodman is a 17-year Lionsgate […]
EXCLUSIVE: VMI Worldwide has boarded worldwide sales on The Yellow Tie, a biopic about the famed Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache starring John Malkovich, Sean Bean, and Ben Schnetzer. Scott Freije and Julie Paquit at VMI are handling sales and will introduce the pic to buyers at the forthcoming Cannes market. The film is directed by […]
Prime Experience, Prime Video’s annual Emmy FYC activation, is back for its 2024 edition. Held at a new venue, NYA West, across the street from last year’s location, the event will let invited members of the Television Academy and Hollywood guilds get closer to some of Prime Video’s top series, movies and specials through in-world […]
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Sissy Spacek has been tapped for a recurring role opposite stars Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate in FX‘s limited series Dying for Sex. Written by Liz Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock based on the hit Wondery podcast, Dying for Sex is the story of Molly (Williams), a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer […]
Nominees in the Documentary, News, Public Service and Radio/Podcast categories were unveiled Tuesday for the 84th annual Peabody Awards. The lists, chosen by a unanimous vote of 32 jurors from more than 1,100 entries, features four of five of this year’s Oscar Feature Documentary noms including eventual winner 20 Days in Mariupol. A total of […]
The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the eleven titles selected for the Short Film Competition of its 77th edition running from May 14 to 25. Works in the running include U.S. director Blake Rice’s drama Tea starring Michael Gandolfini (Beau Is Afraid) as a lonely and highly allergic Circuit-Shack employee, who gets stung in the […]
Tony winner Idina Menzel will launch a North American tour this summer featuring signature songs from her stage career – including Wicked and Rent – and albums including her latest, Drama Queen. Menzel’s Take Me Or Leave Me Tour will kick off July 19 in Seattle and run through mid-August, with more than 20 stops […]
A pair of top international executives have joined forces to build a UK-based talent agency and production business. Thomas Drachkovitch and Jason Hafford will lead Dream Bay Entertainment, with former Amazon exec Drachkovitch the founder and Managing Director and ex-CAA rep Hafford co-founder and Head of DBE Management. The company, which Drachkovitch launched last year […]
The Tribeca Festival on Tuesday announced its lineup of short narrative, documentary, and animated films, as well as music videos for 2024. Across its 12 short film sections, the festival will showcase 87 works from 101 filmmakers in 27 countries, the most ever repped at Tribeca. World premieres include Motorcycle Mary, a profile on motorsports […]