EXCLUSIVE: HBO has acquired exclusive broadcast and streaming rights to the family drama De Lo Mio directed by Diana Peralta and starring Sasha Merci, Darlene “Dee Nasty” Demorizi and Héctor Aníbal. The film is set to premiere in November on the premium cabler and will be available to stream on HBO Max. De Lo Mio…

Apple has landed the SK Global feature drama Palmer starring Justin Timberlake and directed by Fisher Stevens. The movie, written by Cheryl Guerriero, whose script appeared on the 2016 Blacklist, follows a former college football phenomenon named Eddie Palmer (Timberlake) who, after a stint in prison, returns to his…

The WGA told its members Wednesday that the sunset clause in its newly struck agreement with UTA "ends the practice of packaging" at the agency on June 30, 2020, and that "until then packaging is only permitted with the informed consent of the writer." The guild also said that the deal allows the agency to have "have…

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Combs' cable network Revolt TV is undergoing a leadership change with Roma Khanna stepping down as CEO. Former MGM and NBCU exec Khanna, who was named CEO in September 2017, will move into a new role as adviser to the Revolt TV senior team and shareholders. Colin McIntosh, EVP and Head of Finance and…

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish said most employees won’t be returning to offices this year as the company rethinks its plans amid a COVID-19 resurgence and focuses on restarting production, which he called “critical.” Production, he said in a memo to staff on Wednesday, “generally has to be done in person and is the…

(Press Association) Amber Heard felt she was "above the law," her former personal assistant has alleged. Kate James, who was fired by the actress in February 2015, claimed Heard "did not care about throwing anyone under the bus, if it meant saving her own skin." In her first witness statement, submitted to the court…

EXCLUSIVE: The bigscreen adaptation of the bestselling video game Just Cause has landed Michael Dowse as director. Dowse, whose work includes Stuber and Coffee & Kareem, has been set to helm the coproduction between Constantin Film and Prime Universe. Scripted by Derek Kolstad (The John Wick Trilogy), the film is…

Netflix has set the first animated TV series based on the long-running Usagi Yojimbo comic books by Stan Sakai. The streamer today announced Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, which is set in a world that mixes modern high-tech images with classic Japanese references. Spawned from Sakai’s comics that began in 1984…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC has put in development a medical drama from The Good Doctor writer-producer David Renaud, the series’ executive producer Seth Gordon  Drop Dead Diva creator Josh Berman, and Sony Pictures TV where Berman’s Osprey Prods and Gordon’s Exhibit A Film are both under deals. Written and by Renaud, the series…

Donald Trump defended his retweet this week of Chuck Woolery’s claim that Centers for Disease Control officials and others are “lying” about the coronavirus. CBS News Catherine Herridge asked Trump, “You reposted a tweet yesterday saying that CDC and health officials are lying. You understand this is confusing for the…