With the SAG, PGA and ACE Eddies all weighing in, it is clear two films absorbed the most mojo in these precursor shows from the guilds, all of which overlap with the membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
As filming gets underway this week in Pittsburgh, PA, the TriStar Pictures and Entertainment One romantic comedy Happiest Seasonhas rounded out its cast for the Kristen Stewart-Mackenzie Davis film.
Joining them in the pic directed and co-written by Clea DuVall is Oscar winning actress Mary Steenburgen, six time…
EXCLUSIVE: Three-time Emmy nominee and American Horror Story alum Billy Eichner is joining FX’s Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal limited series American Crime Story: Impeachment in the role of famed journalist and Drudge Report founder Matt Drudge. It was the Drudge Report that first broke news of the White…
EXCLUSIVE: Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros’ coming-of-age novel The House on Mango Street is to be adapted into a TV drama by Gaumont, the producer behind Netflix hit Narcos.
The House on Mango Street is made up of series of vignettes about the characters that populate a blue-collar Chicago neighborhood, seen…
The previously announced revival of Charles Randolph-Wright’s play Blue, directed by Phylicia Rashad, will play a 16-week engagement at Harlam’s legendary Apollo Theater, with Tony winner Leslie Uggams and Emmy winner Lynn Whitfield heading the cast.
The production was announced last spring with the intention of…
Belisa Balaban has been promoted to VP Original Documentaries. The streaming service has been ramping up its Hulu Original Documentary films slate with recent titles including Ask Dr. Ruth, The Amazing Johnathon and the Emmy-winning Crime + Punishment.
Balaban joined Hulu in 2017 as Director of Original Content and…
EXCLUSIVE: Former Gersh talent agent Ana Bedayo has joined Grandview as a talent manager.
Before Gersh, Bedayo was at Management 360. She transitioned to entertainment from politics, where she was at consulting firm Dewey Square Group. It is unclear at this time which actors she will bring with her.
Bedayo said, “I…
EXCLUSIVE: Philo, the sports-free streaming bundle that launched nationally a bit more than two years ago, is starting to run its first rolling-stock commercials as part of a new marketing campaign.
Mixing 15-, 30- and 60-second spots across digital and linear platforms, with a focus on major markets like New York, LA…
Facebook Watch is extending — and expanding — its flagship original series, Red Table Talk, headlined and executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith. Facebook has signed a new three-year deal with Pinkett Smith and Westbrook Studios, her company with Will Smith. The pact will keep the popular Daytime Emmy-nominated talk…
EXCLUSIVE: Producers L.C. Crowley and Brandon Barr and former LucasFilm and Industrial Light & Magic VFX creative Greg Jonkajtys have launched a studio to develop projects in Trioscope, a new hybrid animation technology that combines state-of-the-art CGI with live-action performance.
This comes off the back of <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/netflix/" id="auto-tag_netflix"…
EXCLUSIVE:Ian Lambur is taking on an expanded role at global independent animation studio ZAG, with a promotion to EVP Production, Distribution & Co-Productions. In his new role, Lambur, previously SVP Global Distribution & Co-Productions, has added oversight of the company's TV productions, including several series…
One year after signing a deal to open its first U.S. production hub in New Mexico, Netflix has exceeded its spending targets in the state. The streaming giant spent more than $150 million in New Mexico in 2019, employing more than 2,000 production vendors and hiring over 1,600 cast and crew members, Economic…
EXCLUSIVE: Cream Productions, the company behind CNN's forthcoming The Story of Late Night and PBS' The Dictator's Playbook, is launching a feature film division and has hired Killing Patient Zero and The Go-Go's producer Corey Russell to oversee it.
The company, which is also working on Netflix docu-drama Age of Samur…
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and an all-star ensemble take a powerful deep-dive into the downfall of Roger Ailes, with director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph.
