The Oscar-winning ‘12 Years a Slave’ screenwriter and Emmy-nominated ‘American Crime’ creator who’s also an author, director and executive producer in TV and film talks about his influences in the latest installment of Deadline’s video series.
Michael Schur, creator of The Good Place and Parks and Recreation, is urging his fellow writers to donate to the WGA West's political action committee to help "flip the Senate and bring in bold leaders who will check the power of the Supreme Court."
"You undoubtedly already know how far Mitch McConnell and the party…
Veteran youth talent agent Wendi Green, who spent the last nine years at Paradigm, is segueing to management. She has joined Atlas Artists, a subsidiary of Charles Roven's Atlas Entertainment, as a talent manager to boost the company’s representation in the youth space. Her appointment is effective immediately.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 writer-director Aaron Sorkin, Stephen Colbert, Sienna Miller, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lee Isaac Chung have been set for Montclair Film Festival‘s first Storyteller Series during the virtual fest, set to run October 16-25 in Montclair, NJ. All events will will streamed on the Montclair’s…
Discovery, Inc. has extended the employment contract of chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels through April 1, 2024.
Wiedenfels came to Discovery in 2016 from ProSiebenSat.1 Media and saw the company through several major deals. In 2017, it acquired Scripps and became the dominant player in the in unscripted…
It seems The Boys in the Band might be making some sort of history exactly half a century since the original film version of Mart Crowley’s landmark play was released. For that film, directed by William Friedkin, the highly unusual casting move of bringing the entire Broadway cast to the screen version was a huge…
EXCLUSIVE:Lee Rierson has left independent TV studio wiip, where he was Head of Business & Operations, to join another indie, Miramax. Rierson has been named EVP Global Television Business and Legal Affairs for Miramax, which has been ramping up its TV production operating under new Head of Worldwide Television Marc…
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, multiple media outlets, including CBS News, CNN and The New York Times, reported on Friday afternoon.
Trump plans to announce his choice at a White House ceremony on Saturday…
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Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North America rights and set a October 16 theatrical release for Twiceborn, the Hiroshi Akabane-directed inspirational drama. The film, produced by IRH Press, is having its U.S. premiere that week at the San Diego Film Festival and after that screen in Europe at the Raindance Film…
Longtime Cincinnati Reds TV broadcaster Thom Brennaman resigned Friday from the team and from Fox Sports Ohio a little more than a month after he was suspended for uttering an anti-gay slur on an open mic during a broadcast. He exits the role as the MLB franchise’s play-by-play announcer he has held since 2007
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Deadline has confirmed that Aldis Hodge is in talks to join New Line/DC's Black Adam as Hawkman.
Hodge joins Dwayne Johnson who stars as the titular anti-hero in the latter’s first superhero role. Hodge will play Hawkman, aka Carter Hall, a member of the Justice Society. It was previously announced that Noah Centineo…
The first week of the 2020-21 television season is almost over, with some of the best saved for last. But before we go there and unveil the show you have to watch this week, let's jump back a bit.
As I note in this week’s video review, last week saw the launch of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest prequel Ratchedon…
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