Deadline’s Ted Johnson on being inside the vast security perimeter that surrounded the U.S. Capitol, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress, where Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in at a scaled-down ceremony that seemed designed to inspire a sense of relief more than anything.
After publishing his book The Torture Letters in January of 2020, Laurence Ralph decided to adapt it into an animated short—reckoning in both cases with systemic racism in America, in hopes that society at large will address it, and take meaningful action to stop the violence it perpetuates.
Based on over a decade of…
PR and marketing veteran Blake Bryant has been named Head of Communications for Warner Bros. Global Brands and Experiences.
He will report to Pam Lifford, President, Global Brands and Experiences and Johanna Fuentes, Head of Global Communications, Warner Media Studios and Networks Group. He’ll be based in Los…
Varun Narang, former chief product officer at India-based streaming service Disney+Hotstar, has been appointed to the same role at Fox Corp.
Reporting to Chief Technology Officer and President of Digital Paul Cheesbrough, Narang will oversee all Fox-branded streaming products, platforms and engineering talent.
Fox…
In the wake of MGM, Universal and Sony making major Q1 release date changes to their theatrical schedule yesterday, Disney is pushing a few of its 20th Century Studios releases to deeper in the calendar.
It’s much delayed Matthew Vaughn directed period action feature The King’s Man is no longer going on March 12…
The CW’s series premiere of Walkerdrew a 0.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 2.43 million viewers Thursday, sparking the network’s most watched Thursday primetime since 2018.
The series, which starts Supernatural alum Jared Padalecki in a revival of the Chuck Norris-starring CBS action drama that ran from…
EXCLUSIVE: Matt Hamilton (The Actress Diaries), Paul Campbell (Battlestar Galactica) and Cristina Rosato (Little Italy) are set for recurring roles in Turner & Hooch, Disney+'s reboot of the classic 1989 buddy-cop comedy feature. The TV series, which has a 12-episode order, comes from Matt Nix and 20th TV.
Like the…
NPACT, the trade body that represents non-scripted producers, has eschewed its annual network-ranking survey this year, instead asking producers to name the best partner during the Covid-19 crisis.
Bravo, Discovery, HBO Max and Netflix have come out on top, according to the group.
Last year, HBO ranked as the favorite…
Relief is on the way for all distraught homeowners whose do-it-yourself projects have gone terribly wrong. HGTV has renewed Help! I Wrecked My House, starring home renovation expert Jasmine Roth, for a second season. It’s slated to premiere in late 2021.
Help! I Wrecked My House drew more than 16 million viewers to…
Of all the responses to his film The Social Dilemma, director Jeff Orlowski treasures one reaction above many.
"[Author] George R.R. Martin tweeted that The Social Dilemma was the scariest movie he’s seen in 20 years," Orlowski tells Deadline. "That was one of my favorite little moments."
The Netflix documentary has…
Bob Avian, the dancer-turned-choreographer who played an integral role in such pivotal Broadway musicals as A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Company, Follies and Miss Saigon, died of cardiac arrest yesterday at a hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He was 83.
His death, which was not Covid-related, was announced by…
EXCLUSIVE: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has found its new head writer.
The NBC late-night variety series has named Colin Elzie, who has worked on the show since 2016, to the position.
He took the job at the end of last year, after Rebecca Drysdale left in November.
Elzie has been a writer since 2016 on the…
UPDATED with latest winner: The Palm Springs Film Awards kicked off its annual film-awards honors last week with the news that Carey Mulligan is the recipient of the International Star Award for her performance in Promising Young Woman.
On Friday, the festival named Gary Oldman the recipient of the Chairman's Award…
