While many film companies have been battered in this year of the coronavirus, the opposite is true for the New Zealand-based outfit that builds and manages online video platforms. Business is “through the roof”, with new U.S. and international clients including major festivals and exhibitors and with interest growing among indie distributors.
Dan Patrick is returning to the NBCUniversal fold. Peacock has signed an exclusive deal for The Dan Patrick Showto stream for free on the NBCU streaming service. Starting August 24, Emmy-winning host Patrick will be live on Peacock weekdays from 9 am to noon ET.
The Dan Patrick Show airs each weekday with his…
"You never see Indians on TV," said Rutherford Falls co-creator and showrunner Sierra Teller Ornelas. "When you do it's one guy and he has to transform into a wolf."
The Peacock comedy, which also comes from Ed Helms and Mike Schur is set in a small town in upstate New York and the Native American reservation it…
It is a difficult day at WarnerMedia, which is undergoing a round of major layoffs, part of a companywide restructuring spearheaded by new CEO Jason Kilar.
As part of realignment, leaving the company are Jeffrey R. Schlesinger President, Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution; Ron Sanders, President, Worldwide…
California’s Director of Public Health resigned on Sunday. No reason was given. Dr. Sonia Angell was the first Latina ever to hold the role and her resignation comes after less than a year on the job.
Angell sent a note to her staff making the announcement on Sunday night. She posted a brief notice to her personal…
EXCLUSIVE: Josh Rahm has joined ICM Partners as an agent in the talent department. He was just introduced to other agency staffers and comes from CAA. He spent a decade there, his first job after graduating from Florida State University. He spent the last five years as an agent in the talent department, after working…
Layoffs got under way Monday at WarnerMedia, with about 600 staffers departing the company, sources told Deadline.
The reductions from a workforce of about 25,000 follow major changes announced late Friday by WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar. Among the senior-level employees exiting the company are Jeffrey R. Schlesinger…
Disney Television Studios has launched a major rebrand of its three studios, 20th Century Fox Television, Fox 21 TV Studios and ABC Studios/ABC Signature. The move comes nearly 18 months after Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of key 21st Century Fox assets and seven months after the Disney-owned film companies…
EXCLUSIVE: Adria Arjona is set to star opposite Diego Luna in Disney Plus' Star Wars series based on the Cassian Andor character Luna played in the 2016 spinoff film Rogue One. Denise Gough, Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgard and Kyle Soller also are on board.
A Disney spokesperson declined to comment.
Tony Gilroy…
Netflix has released the trailer for All Together Now, the movie based on Silver Linings Playbook author Matthew Quick’s novel Sorta Like a Rock Star. Auli’i Cravalho stars in the drama directed by Brett Haley, which begins streaming August 28.
Adapted by Quick, Haley and Marx Basch, Moana and All Rise star Cravalho…
EXCLUSIVE:John Legend's Get Lifted Film Co and Nia Long are teaming with Sony Pictures TV to bring the saga of power, race and political intrigue of Goldie Taylor's 2018 bestseller Paper Gods to ABC.
Fatal Affair and Dear White People’s Long will star and executive produce the project, now in development with Get…
Ben Hibon(Codehunters) has been tapped to direct, co-executive produce and serve as the creative lead of Nickelodeon's new animated seriesStar Trek: Prodigy.
The CG-animated series, which expands the Star Trek universe, follows a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for…
EXCLUSIVE: RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Sasha Velour is ready to take us on another journey with the beauty and art drag. Quibi has renewed the critically acclaimed docuseries NightGowns for season 2.
NightGowns debuted in April become one of the most beautiful and engaging series releases on the short-form mobile…
