UPDATED with details, full text of agreement: A major development in the standoff between the WGA and the agencies: Gersh has become the first major full-service talent agency to sign a franchise agreement with the WGA. It will immediately resume representation of writers.
The agreement comes after months of…
Input from When They See Us film director Ava DuVernay was a factor in Oprah Winfrey’s process of deciding to withdraw as an executive producer from the Sundance Film Festival-bound documentary On the Record, according to Winfrey in an interview published Friday in the New York Times.
Winfrey’s stunned filmmakers…
MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show drew 4.3 million viewers on Thursday, which featured the second part of her interview with Lev Parnas, the former associate of Rudy Giuliani.
The Thursday viewership was the third highest in the show’s history. The first part of her interview, telecast on Wednesday, drew 4.5 million…
Freeform President Tom Ascheim has warned that if broadcasters don't know what demographic that they are serving, they are "doomed to fade away". This comes as he laid out his channel's four-part strategy to attract millennial viewers.
The former Sesame Workshop exec, speaking at the Winter TCA press tour, said that…
A day after Apple announced that it will release The Banker in March, with Anthony Mackie starring as the title character, Linda Garrett has broken her silence and provided Deadline with her version of events in which she describes being unfairly omitted from the film without even being contacted to lend input.
She is…
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominee Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost, Once Upon A Time), Willow Shields (The Hunger Games franchise, Spinning Out), and Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale) have signed on to star in When Time Got Louder, a coming-of-age indie drama from first-time feature director Connie Cocchia.
Piper Curda (American Pie Presents Gi…
Syrian-born filmmaker Feras Fayyad, director of Oscar-nominated film The Cave, is set to reapply for a U.S. visa after a tough few weeks including being detained by police.
The State Department granted Fayyad permission to enter the U.S. for three months in September, an opportunity the director used to attend…
EXCLUSIVE:Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey) and Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders) are joining Keira Knightley and JoJo Rabbit star Roman Griffin Davis in the Christmas-themed movie Silent Night. Production gets underway February 17.
Elements of the project were first revealed earlier today. This is the whole story.
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UPDATE, JAN. 17, 3:15 PM PT:PBS NewsHour will cover the impeachment proceedings live as well as the commercial broadcast and cable news networks.
Judy Woodruff will anchor the broadcast, with Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardnis and White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor. PBS NewsHour will feature…
During its turn at the winter TCA press tour Friday, Freeform said that the first season of its Party Of Five reboot will wrap with a 90-minute season finale, to air March 4.
Hailing from original series’ creators Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman, the immigration-themed update centers on the five Acosta children as they…
Gal Gadot is to exec produce a short-form documentary series for Nat Geo.
The Wonder Woman star is behind #impact, a six-part digital series that follows the stories of young women around the world who overcome obstacles and do extraordinary things.
Produced by eOne, Pilot Wave Motion Pictures and RPC Films, the order…
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.
