Mike joined Deadline in 2010 after working at Variety for 20 years as a reporter, writer and columnist. He was not only nationally recognized as Variety's premiere film reporter but also for his “Dish” and “The Buzz” columns. Mike is known for his industry relationships and his ability to break news wherever it happens, including on the ground at festivals like Sundance, Cannes and Toronto. He also is an author: Doubleday published his book about The Three Stooges, "From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons," which ABC turned into a telepic executive produced by Mel Gibson. One of Mike’s early jobs in journalism was editor of the well-known Media Industry Newsletter (MIN). He then joined New York Newsday as a columnist, reviewer and entertainment writer. During his career, he has written for numerous magazines including Playboy, Details, TV Guide and Esquire.
EXCLUSIVE: Another major sale coming out of the Virtual Cannes Market. Paramount Pictures has won North American rights to The United States Vs. Bilie Holiday, with Lee Daniels directing, producing, co-writing the script on the legendary jazz singer. Andra Day (Marshall) plays the iconic singer and Suzan-Lori Parkes…
EXCLUSIVE: JoAnne Colonna has been elevated to Partner at Brillstein Entertainment. In addition to managing and branding her high profile clientele, she will take on a larger leadership role at the company.
Colonna’s longtime clients include Forest Whitaker, Eva Longoria, Chante Adams, Alden Ehrenreich, Daniel Dae…
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and Stampede Ventures have set up Frosty the Snowman, a live-action film that will see Aquaman star Jason Momoa voicing the iconic snowman.
Jon Berg and Greg Silverman of Stampede produce with Geoff Johns of Madghost, and Momoa. Berg and Silverman were Warner Bros senior execs who helped…
The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to grim headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists.
Every installment asks the same five questions…
Have a look at Fortune and Glory, the cover of the first Janet Evanovich novel under the Simon & Schuster imprint Atria, her new home in an eight-figure deal. It’s the twenty-seventh book in the Stephanie Plum series which has sold 100 million books worldwide. That was a big move, as Evanovich is one of the biggest…
EXCLUSIVE: The largest film festival acquisition deal in film history is now closed. Apple Studios has acquired world rights to Emancipation, the film package with Antoine Fuqua directing Will Smith in a Willam N. Collage-scripted action thriller about the harrowing escape of Peter, a runaway slave forced to outwit…
While movie theaters seem poised to open in the next month, and production is starting back up slowly, the debilitating impact of being slammed shut since March is still taking a toll, and money still is not yet coming in. In light of ongoing complications from the COVID-19 pandemic, APA just announced to staff that…
BREAKING: Paramount Pictures today tapped former Twentieth Century Fox film executive Emma Watts to be President, Paramount Motion Picture Group, reporting to Paramount Pictures Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos. Watts will begin her new position effective July 20th.
She rejoins Gianopulos, who was her boss for many…
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has appointed Bozoma "Boz" Saint John to be its new Chief Marketing Officer. She leaves Endeavor, where she has served as CMO since 2018. Jackie Lee-Joe, who held the position, is leaving the company for personal reasons. She has been in Australia with her family since the start of the…
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony McCarten and his Muse of Fire Productions struck a deal with newly formed producer/financier Compelling Pictures, to produce the big screen adaptation of his forthcoming non-fiction book Wednesday at Warren's, Friday at Bill's. The book is both a rigorous examination of the 30-year friendship…
EXCLUSIVE: HBO won a wild auction that sources said saw 17 bidders vying for The Vanishing Half, the novel by Brit Bennett that is currently atop The New York Times bestseller list. Sources said HBO will pay low seven-figures for the book and the author will be executive producer of what HBO will develop as a limited…
EXCLUSIVE: Priya Satiani has become a manager at Management 360, moving from Grandview. She will be bringing all her clients with her. Satiani’s list includes Jonathan Majors, (The Last Black Man In San Francisco), Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Jesse Williams (The Cabin In The Woods), Taylour Paige (Zola), Chinonye Chukwu…
