The latest: Bioethicist Dr. Zeke Emanuel busts some coronavirus myths and tells some truths; ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ star Rob McClure on the delayed Broadway premiere and when theater may return: “All I’m hearing is that we’ll be back”; Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory on launching platform to feed NHS workers, 6,000 meals a day and counting; Suze Orman’s no-holds-barred coronavirus financial survival plan
EXCLUSIVE: Here's the debut trailer for Kubrick By Kubrick, a feature documentary about the revered filmmaker that would have debuted at Tribeca this year were it not for the event's postponement due to coronavirus.
The film features rare insight into the 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange director via…
UPDATE, 10AM PST: Ofcom has launched an urgent investigation into London Live’s David Icke interview. It has now received 41 complaints about the show. A spokesman said: “We have assessed this programme, and we are concerned that it raises potential issues under our rules. We are now investigating it as a matter of…
EXCLUSIVE: Alena Dillon's novel Mercy House, the story of a group of renegade nuns, is set to be adapted by CBS All Access after the streamer acquired the book rights.
Deadline understands that The Good Wife writer and producer Corinne Brinkerhoff will write and exec produce the project, which is in the very early…
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie is increasingly being talked about as the candidate to beat in the race to replace Tony Hall as director general of the BBC.
Deadline has spoken to several sources familiar with the recruitment process and a consensus is emerging around Davie as the frontrunner, even though the BBC…
ViacomCBS has set up a $100 million relief fund to help those impacted by COVID-19, according to a memo to staff Thursday from CEO Bob Bakish.
It’s the latest company to establish funds to help workers displaced by a shutdown of film and TV production due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. These funds will…
Station 19 will be ringing its fire bell a little later in the night after ABC moved the firefighter drama into Grey's Anatomy's slot.
Starting Thursday, April 16, Station 19 will air in the 9 pm slot. This comes after production on season 16 of Grey's Anatomy was cut short due to the COVID-19 crisis. The Ellen…
Trade groups representing local newspapers and broadcasters are seeking provisions in the next coronavirus relief legislation that would provide a lifeline to struggling outlets amid a drop in advertising revenue.
The groups — including the News Media Alliance, National Association of Broadcasters, the National…
EXCLUSIVE: Indie studio wiip has optioned the rights to New York Times bestselling author A.J. Baimes’ book The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World for development as a limited series executive produced by Dylan Clark (The Batman, War for the Planet of the Apes).Scott Bloom…
ABC said goodbye to Modern Family on Wednesday — and bid farewell on a high note. After 11 seasons and a wagon full of Emmys, the series finale of the popular sitcom jumped to a 1.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, its best number since its September 2018 season premiere. It netted 7.43 million viewers, good…
In a time when we can all use a little more love, Alice Wu has hopped back into the director’s chair to give us Netflix coming-of-age dramedy The Half of It which released its first trailer ahead of its May 1 debut.
This marks the return of Wu, who also directed the critically acclaimed 2004 romantic drama Saving…
EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to The Rental, the thriller that marks the directorial debut of Dave Franco. The film stars GLOW‘s Alison Brie, Downton Abbey‘s Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White (Shameless) and Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night). Pic will be released July 24.
Scripted by Franco…
Liberty Global, the pan-European video and broadband group and parent of Virgin Media, said CEO Mike Fries donated $1 million out of his 2020 salary to a $4 million fund to help employees affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The rest of the executive team is donating $1 million of salaries and directors fees and the…
