EXCLUSIVE: Linden Productions has hired veteran producer and executive Deanna Barillari as SVP of Development and Production, Deadline has learned. Barillari joins after consulting in Physical Production at MGM Features and serving as VP of Production and Development for Wishmore Entertainment. In her new role, she will continue to build out the Linden’s diverse slate […]
For some in Hollywood, there’s a sigh of relief in Skydance’s $8 billion takeover of Paramount: A legacy motion picture studio and entertainment conglom will largely remain standing. This versus if Sony had actually won Paramount, in which case we’d be looking at a potential reduction in theatrical releases, a maneuver that would greatly impact […]
Ryan Reynolds and John Krasinski’s imaginary friends have a date with Paramount+. Paramount Pictures’ IF is set to begin streaming on the platform on July 9 in the U.S. and Canada. International Paramount+ markets will be announced at a later date. IF debuted at No. 1 at the domestic box office in May and has […]
Paramount Pictures on Monday debuted the first poster for Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, slated for release on November 22, which sees Paul Mescal prepare for battle. Check out the images below. In the film following up Scott’s classic historical epic from 2000, which won five Oscars from 11 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor […]
NFL Network’s surprise decision to cut much-loved football podcast Around The NFL has sparked dismay and regret among colleagues, contributors and fans on both sides of the pond. The widely respected podcast ran for more than a decade and comprised regulars Dan Hanzus, Marc Sessler, Gregg Rosenthal and the late Chris Wesseling, as well as […]
EXCLUSIVE: Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) and Mary Mouser (Cobra Kai) are leading the cast of the Simon & Schuster Original Audiobook Know Your Newlywed. The rom-com is written by Heather Taylor (Braaains, Anomaly) and Hillary Nussbaum (Anomaly) with Elena Armas (The Spanish Love Deception, The American Roommate Experiment) serving as executive producer. The audiobook series […]
EXCLUSIVE: Alex Cooper, host of the hit Call Her Daddy podcast, is adding to her talent pool. Cooper has signed actor Owen Thiele, who starred in Theater Camp, to The Unwell Network, her burgeoning talent network. Thiele is the latest rising star to join The Unwell Network’s ranks, following the likes of content creators Alix […]
EXCLUSIVE: British agent Holly Bott has launched Little Arrow, a new management company that counts Traitors host Claudia Winkleman among its clients. Bott is the former Global MD of YMU Entertainment and her new operation is pitched as a business development hub and management company for a select group of clients. It goes out of […]
Stephen King has added his name to the list of prominent figures who have called for President Joe Biden to exit the 2024 presidential race. “Joe Biden has been a fine president, but it’s time for him—in the interests of the America he so clearly loves—to announce he will not run for re-election,” King wrote […]
Jeff Shell, the former CEO of NBCUniversal who will become president at Paramount Global as part of Skydance’s pending takeover, is ultra-bullish on the future of linear TV. “Obviously, linear is going to keep declining. I think we’re realistic about that,” Shell said during an investor call about Skydance’s $8 billion investment in Paramount, which […]
President Joe Biden started the week by insisting that he’s staying in the presidential race, calling into MSNBC’s Morning Joe and telling hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, “I am not going anywhere.” Biden’s remarks came as some major prominent donors and more House Democrats have called for him to step aside following a dismal […]
Susan Seidelman’s enduring breakout hit Desperately Seeking Susan turns 40 next year, and Rosanna Arquette, one of the film’s stars, has said she still has hypothetical dreams of revisiting the pic in a sequel. Speaking on film critic and journalist Anna Smith’s popular Girls On Film Podcast, Arquette said the thought of returning to the […]
Skydance’s David Ellison, Jeff Shell, and RedBird Capital looked to woo Wall Street to their planned merger with Paramount highlighting $2 billion in running cost synergies and streaming break-even in a few years, or sooner if a partner emerges. The possibility of a tech partnership came up consistently on a webcast with Wall Street analysts […]
Willem Dafoe Named Artistic Director Of Venice Theatre Department Willem Dafoe has been named Artistic Director of the Venice Biennale’s Theatre Department. Dafoe will hold the role for a two-year term from 2025 to 2026. The appointment was confirmed by the department board, headed by Pietrangelo Buttafuoco. “I was first surprised then happy to receive […]
Skydance Media chief David Ellison said an $8 billion investment by the company and its backers will enable Paramount Global to “double down on its core competency” and embrace technology. Skydance chief David Ellison, future Paramount President Jeff Shell and other stakeholders detailed their plans for the legacy media company during a call with investors […]
EXCLUSIVE: Julie Dove, who appears in Peacock’s Days of Our Lives, is heading back to her hometown to host a true-crime podcast. Dove is hosting True Texas Crime: The Significant Life of Angela Stevens, which explores the murder of a 16-year-old girl in Princeton, Texas, the small town where Dove grew up. In 1988, Stevens […]
Chemistry has always been Hollywood’s secret sauce, and, for romcoms at least, the high watermark remains the pairing of Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Most cineastes can name their first collaboration (Pillow Talk in 1959), but the others — Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964) — don’t come to mind so […]
Banijay Asia has signed a deal with distributor All3Media International to create the Indian adaptation of popular drama series, The Tourist. Starring Jamie Dornan, the original series was written by Harry and Jack Williams, the creators of Rellik and Boat Story, and was produced by Two Brothers Pictures and Highview Productions. The plot of the original series revolves around […]
Speakers including Fresh Off The Boat’s Hudson Yang, Beach House Pictures’ Donovan Chan and Joonsuh Park from Korean drama producer JTBC-SLL are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the East By Northwest (EXNW) Summit in Vancouver (July 26-28). Organised by Canada’s Racial Equity Screen Office (RESO) in association with Gold House, the […]
Paramount Global controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, along with the conglom’s co-CEO troika, waved pom-poms Sunday night to staff about the upside to Skydance’s $8 billion takeover of the storied studio, CBS network and Viacom cable networks. Already, employees are sweating over the looming $500 million in cuts that co-CEOs George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian […]
Following the news tonight of Skydance Media’s $8 billion deal to take over Paramount Global, the current co-CEO troika of Brian Robbins, George Cheeks and Chris McCarthy issued a statement to staff that “until the transaction closes, it’s business as usual.” The transaction isn’t expected to close until the first half of 2025 due to […]
David Ellison’s Skydance Media has announced an $8 billion deal to take over Paramount Global, capping a seven-month quest. The company had received approval earlier Sunday from a special committee of Paramount’s board of directors. The full board then OK’d the plan for a two-step transaction, first the acquisition of National Amusements Inc., the entity […]
Axel Foley is back for another onscreen mission, and he brought another nostalgic figure we never thought we’d see again. In celebration of Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Netflix has teamed up with early aughts ringtone icon Crazy Frog for a music video that pits him against the titular detective reprised by Eddie Murphy. The […]
More than a decade later, Chace Crawford has made quite the onscreen leap from locking lips with Serena van der Woodsen. The Boys star admitted he “would have” had second thoughts about joining the show if he’d known about his aquatic superhero character The Deep’s sexual relationship with octopus Ambrosius (voiced by Tilda Swinton) on […]
SPOILER ALERT! This story contains plot details from episode 4 of House of the Dragon on HBO. War always has its heartbreaking casualties, and the epic battle that ensued at the end of Sunday’s episode of the Game of Thrones was no exception: fans had to watch a key character perish after a spectacular dance […]