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Film Deadline’s Contenders Film Streaming Site Is Live
The panels featuring conversations and clips from Deadline’s two-day extravaganza, which featured 49 films from 16 distributors, studios and streamers, are now live — click on the photo above to access the link. The streaming site joins those for Deadline’s Contenders International and Contenders Documentary, with the trio marking the official kickoff to awards season.
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Warner Bros. Sets Date For James Wan’s ‘Malignant’; ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ To Open Closer To Easter
This just in: James Wan’s upcoming horror movie Malignant is opening on Sept. 10 this year per Warner Bros. Again, this is part of their theatrical and HBO Max release plan. The movie, scheduled in the hot post Labor Day corridor that Warners created at the box office, fills the place for an untitled horror movie they…
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Chasten Buttigieg Joins Tina Fey, Wayne Brady, John Stamos For Educational Theatre Foundation Gala
EXCLUSIVE: LGBTQ rights advocate Chasten Buttigieg will join the previously announced Tina Fey, Wayne Brady, Jennifer Hudson and Audra McDonald, among others, in this year’s virtual Educational Theatre Foundation gala honoring Broadway director and producer Kenny Leon and The Shubert Organization.
The Foundation…
WGA & WME Agree Delay Anti-Trust Trial For Six Months “To Focus On Settlement Talks”
The WGA and WME have agreed to a six-month postponement of the trial their long-running anti-trust lawsuits against each other, saying in court filings that they "wish to have time to focus on settlement talks without jeopardizing the overall litigation schedule." They also noted that "certain discovery disputes…
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‘Mother Daughter Widow Wife’ Limited Series From Robin Wasserman & Sharon Hall In Works At Sony Pictures TV
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has put in development Mother Daughter Widow Wife, a limited series based on bestselling author Robin Wasserman’s novel of the same name, with Wasserman attached to pen the adaptation. Sharon Hall and her Mom de Guerre productions will executive produce. Sony Pictures TV is the…
Donald Trump Impeachment Trial Gets Backing Of Only Five Republicans In Procedural Vote
The Senate rejected an effort to sideline the pending impeachment trial of Donald Trump, but in an early gauge of support for convicting the former president, just five Republicans joined with Democrats to move forward.
In a 55-45 vote, the Senate tabled a procedural motion by Sen. Rand Paul to declare a trial…
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Late-Night Emmy Fight With TV Academy Heats Up, Networks Petition Over Category Changes With Some Considering Boycott
EXCLUSIVE: The Television Academy's decision to merge the late-night and sketch series categories at this year's Emmy Awards is coming under fresh fire as networks and showrunners have joined forces to lobby for a reversal of the changes.
Deadline understands that broadcast networks including ABC, CBS and NBC as well…
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Lionsgate Alum Thomas Hughes Joins C-Suite Of Online Content Marketplace Vuulr In Startup’s U.S. Push
EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Hughes, whose nine-year run at Lionsgate culminated with a stint as EVP of worldwide digital distribution, has joined online content marketplace Vuulr as the startup’s CEO Americas.
Founded in 2019 and backed by investors in Singapore, Vuulr will now start to emphasize staffing and client development…
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Skydance Media To Reimagine The ‘Spy Kids’ Franchise With Spyglass Media And Series Creator Robert Rodriguez
EXCLUSIVE: Skydance Media is looking to relaunch a classic family franchise as sources Deadline it has optioned the rights to reimagine the successful Spy Kids franchise alongside Spyglass Media Group and creator Robert Rodriguez. Rodriguez will return to write and direct the next film which will revolve around the…
Bruce Kirby Dies: ‘Columbo’, ‘L.A. Law’ Actor Was 95
Bruce Kirby, the longtime character actor whose many TV roles included regular turns on Columbo and L.A. Law, died Sunday in Los Angeles. Kirby, the father of late actor Bruno Kirby, was 95.
His son, acting coach John Kirby, announced the death in a Facebook post. A cause of death was not specified, but John Kirby…
‘The Blacklist’ Gets Early Season 9 Renewal By NBC
Just three episodes into The Blacklist’s eighth season, NBC’s long-running drama has been picked up for a ninth season.
After a meteoric early ratings run, The Blacklist has become a reliable utility player and ratings performer for NBC. Through its first two episodes this season, The Blacklist is averaging a…
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Daniel Kaluuya On Playing Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton In ‘Judas And The Black Messiah’
Riz Ahmed’s Productive Year: The “Tremendous Gift” Of ‘Sound Of Metal’, ‘Mogul Mowgli’ & New Album ‘The Long Goodbye’
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Amy Adams’ Bond Group & A24 Developing Anna North’s ‘Outlawed’ For Television
Amy Adams’ Bond Group Entertainment and A24 have teamed to develop Anna North’s hot new feminist Western novel Outlawed for television.
The book, published January 5, 2021 by Bloomsbury, became an instant New York Times bestseller, debuting at No. 6 on the NYT bestseller list.
Outlawed follows a young midwife through…
HBO Developing TV Adaptation Of Podcast ‘Serial’ Season 3, Set In Ohio Criminal Justice System, From Shola Amoo, LeBron James & Kary Antholis
The podcast-to-TV boom continues with HBO adapting the third season of Serial as a limited series.
The network is developing the remake with rising writer/director Shola Amoo and exec produced by Lebron James and former HBO exec Kary Antholis.
The third season of the award-winning podcast, which arguably set in motion…
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