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Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska star in the latest reboot of the iconic 1970s TV series for writer-director-producer Elizabeth Banks. So why did it bomb? The film simply didn’t have the goods, going back to its script.
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EXCLUSIVE: Respected TV and film literary boutique The Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston Agency, a member of Association of Talent Agents, has reached a deal with the Writers Guild.
“Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston is pleased to announce that it has signed a new Franchise Agreement with the WGA,” the principals said…
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‘The Lord Of the Rings’ Series Gets Early Season 2 Renewal By Amazon, Sets Season 1 Hiatus
EXCLUSIVE: As pre-production on Amazon Studios’ high-profile Lord Of the Rings TV series is gearing up in New Zealand, the streamer is moving ahead with an early Season 2 renewal for the sprawling adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novels. As part of that, Amazon has commissioned the reassembling of the writers…
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UPDATED, 5:25 PM: The New York Supreme Court has denied a motion to delay the case of Summer Zervos v. Donald Trump, the defamation suit filed against the president of the United States by a former contestant on The Apprentice, the NBC reality show POTUS once fronted. Trump’s attorneys had argued that “a stay is…
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Netflix Teams Robert Towne And David Fincher for ‘Chinatown’ Prequel Series Pilot Script
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has closed deals with Robert Towne and David Fincher to work up a pilot script for a prequel to the 1974 classic film Chinatown, sources tell Deadline. Towne won an Oscar for scripting a drama that mixed fact and fiction to tell the story of a private eye hired to expose an adulterer who instead…
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‘Cobra Kai’ Creators To Produce Workplace Comedy In The Works At Fox
EXCLUSIVE: Fox has put in development a single-camera workplace comedy from writer-comedian Scott Eckert, Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald and Hayden Schlossberg and their Counterbalance Entertainment, Stun and Sony Pictures TV, where Counterbalance is based.
Written by Eckert, the Untitled Scott Eckert…
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CBS’ David Nevins On “Impressive” Disney+ Launch, James Comey Miniseries & Being An “Equal Opportunity Offender”
In the final weeks before Viacom and CBS' latest reunion becomes a $30 billion fact, Showtime boss and rising corporate star David Nevins today had praise for the launch of Disney+ and promised surprises with the remerged media giant.
"I think it is impressive," the CBS Chief Content Officer bluntly noted of the 10…
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PBS’ ‘POV’ Lands Broadcast Rights To Refugee Docu ‘Midnight Traveler’, Sets Premiere Date
EXCLUSIVE: The long-running PBS documentary series POV has acquired U.S. broadcast rights to Midnight Traveler, the Hassan Fazili-directed feature that been collecting awards-season noms since it bowed this year winning a jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
POV, produced by American Documentary, will air the…
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EXCLUSIVE: ABC has put in development Text Me When You Get Home, a single-camera comedy based on Kayleen Schaefer’s book, from American Housewife writer-producer Lauren Caltagirone, Modern Family star Julie Bowen’s Bowen & Sons production company and ABC TV Studios, part of Disney TV Studios.
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‘Monos’ Alejandro Landes On His Colombian Oscar Entry & The Nature Of War Today
Alejandro Landes has had a busy year. His survivalist saga Monos debuted at Sundance in January where it won a Special Jury Award and was acquired by Neon after its world premiere there. Landes was then signed by UTA and the film went on to play Berlin as well as a host of other festivals, scooping prizes along they…
Producer DeVon Franklin Sets First-Look Deal With Paramount
DeVon Franklin, the producer behind faith-based films such as the Jennifer Garner and Queen Latifah-starrer Miracles from Heaven, has inked first-look producing deal with Paramount Pictures.
Franklin’s most recent film, Breakthrough starring Chrissy Metz, was released in April via 20th Century Fox, where Franklin held…
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Justice Department Wants To Terminate Paramount Consent Decrees
The Justice Department will ask a federal court to eliminate the Paramount consent decrees, the 71-year-old restrictions on major distributors’ control of the exhibition pipeline.
The elimination of the decrees could alter the dynamics of the business, and perhaps lead to further consolidation. But the DOJ, which has…
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AT&T’s John Stankey On Disney+ “Good Start,” No Brain Drain At HBO & HBO Max “IQ Test” For Subscribers
Three weeks after leading WarnerMedia’s HBO Max dog and pony show before investors, AT&T COO John Stankey was back on stage today in Hollywood talking streaming – past present and future.
The first stop for the exec, who still also serves as WarnerMedia CEO, was the November 12 launch of Disney+.
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