Новости за 08.03.2024

EXCLUSIVE: A documentary about the legendary Billy Preston that’s set to debut tonight at SXSW might not see the light of day. “Instead of creating the film that they falsely described to Plaintiffs, Defendants White Horse Pictures, LLC, Homegrown Pictures, Inc. and Oyster Productions, LLC, by and through their principals and representatives Defendants Nigel Sinclair, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Strand Entertainment, the newly launched management/production company of industry veterans Jeff Golenberg and Jason Shapiro, has signed actress Robin Tunney. Best known for leading roles on Fox’s Prison Break, CBS’s The Mentalist and The Fix, ABC’s legal drama co-created by famed attorney Marcia Clark, Tunney was most recently seen recurring opposite Connie Britton and […]

About a half hour after Joe Biden finished up a give-em-hell type of State of the Union speech, he was still in the House chamber, shaking hands, taking selfies and chatting up other senators in candid moments that were caught on C-SPAN. The president lingered for so long that some photographers joked that soon the […]

President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address drew about 27.7 million viewers across nine networks, signaling a boost in total audience from last year, according to early Nielsen numbers. About 27.3 million watched in 2023, and that was across 16 networks. The final Nielsen figures are expected later today with additional networks added. Fox […]

In a last minute added SXSW keynote panel in time for International Women’s Day —Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen–the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, spoke about how social media has run off the rails in having a negative impact on women. “Even if it’s making dollars, it doesn’t […]

Starz has greenlit Down in the Valley, a documentary series inspired by the hit series P-Valley from executive producers Katori Hall and Nicco Annan. Hall is the creator of P-Valley and Annan has starred as Uncle Clifford since the show’s inception. The project will debut later this year. Hosted by Annan, the six-half-hour episode series […]

EXCLUSIVE: After more than a decade, Silver Lining Entertainment, the management and production company founded by veterans Jeff Golenberg and Sam Maydew, is dissolving. Golenberg and fellow Silver Lining partner Jason Shapiro have launched Strand Entertainment, a management and production company based in Los Angeles, bringing most of Silver Lining’s managers with them. Maydew has […]

Universal Television’s top comedy development executives said business is thriving with EVP Jim Donnelly calling the moment “oddly busy.”   “The world is crazy right now and people love the comfort of comedy. And post-strike, everybody really wants to work … We have five new series in development that we’re excited about. We have a […]

EXCLUSIVE: James Wolk (Ordinary Joe) has been tapped as a lead opposite Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid in Paramount+ upcoming drama series Happy Face. Quaid will play the titular role of the real-life serial killer notoriously called “Happy Face” because of the smiley faces he drew on evidence where he bragged about his crimes. Ashford […]

Earlier this month, Deadline kicked off its Hollywood Contraction series by checking in with the acting community to see whether opportunities have picked up since the end of the strikes. The response wasn’t so positive. On top of fewer shows in the works and the disappearance of pilot season, the available acting gigs are paying […]

Tribeca Enterprises has launched a subscription offering, with members gaining access to special events, limited-edition merchandise and discounts on Tribeca Festival tickets and packages. Dubbed Tribeca Membership, the plan costs $100 a year. The consumer target, according to a press release, is “the cultured, connected, and curious who want access to the best-in-class entertainment and sense […]

Following years of speculation as to a new location for the American Film Market, organizer IFTA and its Board of Directors have confirmed Las Vegas’ Palms Casino Resort as their venue for the 45th edition. The decision comes almost two weeks after Deadline exclusively reported the Palms as a leading contender. Held in Los Angeles […]

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran talent agent Fatmata Kamara has joined Independent Artist Group, the agency’s Head of Global Talent, Andrew Rogers, announced on Friday. Kamara joins from the now-defunct A3 Artists Agency, where she represented an array of diverse talent including Will Catlett (A Thousand and One, Constellation), Clark Backo (The Changeling, Venom 3), Larenz Tate (Power […]

EXCLUSIVE: Troy Winbush (The Wilds) has joined the cast of NBC’s drama pilot Suits: L.A., an expansion of the Suits universe from Aaron Korsh. Winbush will portray Kevin in a guest star capacity that will be bumped up to recurring if the pilot is picked up to series. Kevin is Ted Black’s (Stephen Amell) old […]

Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! I am Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline. Today I’m chatting with Mayan Lopez, co-creator, writer, co-executive producer and star of the NBC comedy series Lopez vs. Lopez alongside George Lopez and Selenis Leyva, which will return for its second season this […]

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the London stage adaptation of the hit Netflix series, is aiming for a 2025 Broadway opening, according to casting notices posted Thursday. News of a planned transfer was first reported by Deadline’s Baz Bamigboye last December, but yesterday’s Equity casting notices – reported by the Broadway World website – add […]

EXCLUSIVE: Marcello Hernandez has signed with LBI Entertainment. Hernandez is a Cuban/Dominican stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who currently performs as a featured player on Saturday Night Live. On SNL he has been featured on Weekend Update and some of the more memorable recent sketches with people such as Pedro Pascal, Bad Bunny, Ana de Armas and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale, Orange is the New Black) has been cast in Netflix’s hit psychological drama You for the show’s fifth and final season. In a series regular role, Brewer will portray Bronte, an enigmatic and free-spirited playwright who comes to work for Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) at his bookstore. As the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Following her breakout role in the A24 horror hit Talk To Me, Sophie Wilde has found her follow-up project as she is in talks to star in New Regency’s Watch Dogs, an adaptation of the popular UbiSoft hit video game. The film is set within the universe of Ubisoft’s blockbuster video game franchise of […]

Focus Features has firmed up release plans for Conclave, the papal thriller marking filmmaker Edward Berger’s follow-up to his 2022 Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front. An adaptation of Robert Harris’ same-name bestseller, penned by Peter Straughan, the film releases in theaters in New York and L.A. on November 1st, before expanding on […]

Almost four years after Marc Helwig joined Miramax as Head Of Worldwide Television, he walked the London red carpet Tuesday for the global premiere of the company’s Guy Ritchie series for Netflix, The Gentlemen, alongside celebrity guests like David Beckham and Jason Statham. The Gentlemen is a “pandemic series.” In 2020, after he took over […]

EXCLUSIVE: Pop and screen star Demi Lovato is joining Rose Byrne and The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa in Stephanie Laing’s feature Tow. The project will see Grammy nominee Lovato take on her first dramatic role in a feature and marks BAFTA-nominee Sessa’s next project — my colleague Baz had the initial scoop on that casting […]

EXCLUSIVE: Altitude Media Group has boarded a documentary shot entirely inside the Grand Theft Auto video game world. Grand Theft Hamlet will follow the story of out-of-work theater actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen, who had the idea to stage a full production of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ within Grand Theft Auto 5 during the dull days […]

EXCLUSIVE: Sony has preemptively closed a deal for film rights to Grady Hendrix’s short story “Ankle Snatcher,” tapping Hendrix to adapt it for the screen, sources tell Deadline. Hendrix is also set to produce alongside Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Tony Shaw, as well as Aperture Entertainment’s Adam Goldworm. The first short story […]

As we exclusively announced in December, the first 19 seasons of ABC’s venerable medical drama Grey’s Anatomy would be offered on a Disney streaming platform for the first time, and now all 420 episodes are available on Hulu ahead of the Season 20 premiere on ABC. “Grey’s Anatomy is one of our top performing next-day […]