On June 7, the Association of Talent Agents presented its new franchise agreement proposals to the Writers Guild of America, their first meeting since talks broke off April 12. The week came to an end without a response from the WGA, as hopes for a quick return to bargaining dim.
EXCLUSIVE: Baby Driver and Alita: Battle Angel‘s Eiza Gonzalez is joining I Care A Lot, the Black Bear Pictures-produced thriller that stars Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage. STXinternational boarded the project in Cannes and will directly distribute in the UK. The company confirmed Gonzalez’ casting to Deadline on…
When it comes to the recent avalanche of lackluster summer sequels, i.e. Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Dark Phoenix and Men in Black: International, one film finance source snarked to us recently, "I don't think this current trend at the box office is 'sequelitis.' Perhaps with this latest string of misfires at the…
Sony Pictures Television has brought in Freeform’s head of current programming Jennifer Gerstenblatt as SVP, Comedy Development.
Reporting to Glenn Adilman, EVP, Comedy Development, she will take over the role from Lauren Moffat, who has transitioned to drama as SVP, Drama Development, reporting to Lauren Stein, EVP…
STXinternational today made its second-ever appearance on stage at CineEurope, repped by John Friedberg and Llewellyn Radley who were respectively promoted to President of International and Managing Director, UK & EVP International earlier this year. The pair presented a roster of upcoming titles that includes…
Veteran TV stations executive Jay Howell has been named president and General Manager of the CBS Television Stations' Los Angeles properties, KCBS-TV, KCAL-TV, CBSLA.com and the newly launched streaming service CBSN Los Angeles.
Peter Dunn, President, CBS Television Stations, said Howell is succeeding Steve Mauldin…
EXCLUSIVE: Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), Alyssa Limperis (Comedy Bang! Bang!), Jenny Zigrino (Bad Santa Two), Will Weldon (This is Not Happening), and Brooks Wheelan (Saturday Night Live) are set to play opposite Fred Armisen in the indie horror comedy, Too Late, from Firemark Media.
Based on a…
The ongoing mission of The Orville is to explore a new television frontier in comedy and engaging sci-fi adventure and the second season of the Fox series proves the commitment to that quest by doubling down on intense action and interstellar peril.
The meld is an uncommon one and even Jon Cassar, Â one of the show’s…
When Jeopardy! contestant James Holzhauer ended his record-breaking run on the popular game show, his appearance also set another record for the show as it was the highest rated episode in 14 years.
His record-breaking streak on June 3 triumphed across key breakouts including the highest rated show in 14 years among…
WarnerMedia's truTV has given a 13-episode Season 2 order to breakout freshman scripted comedy Tacoma FD, from co-creators and stars Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme of the Super Troopers movie franchise.
Tacoma FD, which wrapped its Season 1 run a couple of weeks ago, has been a solid ratings performer with steady…
The last episode of Broad City aired in March but it feels like it was just yesterday the joy of Abbi and Ilana entered our lives with all their wondrous stoner glory yesterday. Creators and stars of the show Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer stopped by the New Hollywood Podcast and it was unlike any episode we ever had…
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has acquired the screen rights to Adrian McKinty’s novel The Chain in a deal that calls for a guaranteed low-seven-figure payday for the author, an Uber driver until a series of deals for the book changed his life. The book will be published by Little Brown/Mulholland on July 9.
The Chain…
