When White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre first stood before the media in the White House briefing room last month, the moment made history: She was the first African-American woman to do so in 30 years and the first LGBTQ woman to do so period. Deadline’s Ted Johnson sits down with her.
EXCLUSIVE: In an interesting international tie-up, UK sales firm Protagonist Pictures and Germany’s 7500 and Stowaway producer Augenschein are teaming up to co-represent worldwide rights on select English-language movies.
Protagonist will serve as executive producers on the films in the new partnership and work with…
Freestyle Love Supreme, the improvisational rap musical revue co-created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is returning to Broadway’s Booth Theatre for a strictly limited three-month engagement in October, producers announced today.
“If live theater is coming back, so is FLS," said Miranda, who co-created the show with Thomas…
Seven filmmakers’ projects will each receive $45,000 as part of the inaugural Original Voices Fellowships launched by NBCU Academy and NBC News Studios.
The recipients also will receive a one-year fellowship to support their feature-length nonfiction film projects. That includes access to archive research…
Welcome to the first edition of Deadline's International Distruptors, a feature where we'll shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. With the Cannes Virtual Market warming up and July's physical Cannes Film Festival looming, we're kicking off with a deep…
Gravitas Demigod DealEXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to director Miles Doleac's Demigod starring Rachel Nichols (Continuum). The movie the story of a woman (Nichols) who travels with her husband (Yohance Myles) to Germany’s Black Forest upon learning that her huntsman grandfather has…
During the pandemic we haven’t seen many automaker partnerships with studio promotional campaigns as that buying sector has taken a hit. Until now.
Hyundai and Marvel Studios are partnering on the next phase of the automaker’s "Question Everything" marketing campaign which will introduce the all-new 2022 Tucson in new…
It’s the battle of the UK reality dating shows, as Netflix’s Too Hot To Handle and the British version ofLove Island are set to premiere within days of each other.
Produced by Fremantle’s Thames and Talkback, Too Hot To Handle is first out of the blocks. The show will premiere on June 23, following the travails of…
GB News is already on the radar of UK media regulator Ofcom after its opening night drew more than 350 complaints from unhappy viewers.
The Discovery-backed news network launched on Sunday night and, after an introductory hour, it got down to business, as presenter Dan Wootton delivered a fiery monologue on the…
The Book of Mormon, the Tony-winning musical comedy by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, will resume Broadway performances at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Friday, Nov. 5, producer Anne Garefino announced today. But there might well be some changes.
The show’s writers will begin rehearsals with the cast in the…
Major Latin American media company Globo is launching a new initiative it hopes will attract U.S. start-up companies looking to expand into the Latin American market.
The Globo Partner Program has been in "stealth mode" for a year and there are already 90 partners onboard, including Palantir, LiveRamp, Snowflake, and…
Mae Martin, the star of Netflix comedy Feel Good, has signed a first-look deal with their production collaborator Objective Fiction.
Martin and Objective Fiction have made two seasons of Feel Good together, while they are also partnering to make another Netflix series, which is closer to a drama and has been titled Pro…
Over 15M viewers watched reigning World Cup champions France edge out Germany on France's M6 Tuesday night in the first major head-to-head of Euro 2020 which runs through July 11 and is being played in various locations throughout Europe and the UK. That was good for a 57.5 share from 9PM local and included a peak of…
