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EXCLUSIVE: Showrunner-producer Scott Teti (Spy Games) is expanding his relationship with Kinetic Content, signing an exclusive production deal with the Red Arrow Studios company. Teti is currently executive producer on Spy Games, which Kinetic launched last month on Bravo. Teti will now exclusively produce and develop…

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens' rapidly growing content creation and distribution studio Propagate is teaming with Germany's Constantin Entertainment in a first-look development and production deal. The plan is to work across all formats and genres. Constantin Entertainment is one of the largest indie TV…

Amazon Studios has hopped on board with Macro Television Studios to partner with Ava DuVernay's Array Filmworks to develop a TV adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s 1987 sci-fi novel Dawn. Victoria Mahoney (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Lovecraft Country) has been set as creator and will adapt and direct the…

Emmy-writing writer Mo Willems is bringing his work to the small screen. In a competitive situation, HBO Max has signed an exclusive, multi-year deal with Willems, establishing the beloved children’s author as HBO Max’s first artist in residence. As part of the two-year deal, HBO Max has acquired streaming rights to…

Bless This Mess co-creator and star Lake Bell is expanding her relationship with the studio behind the hit ABC comedy series. Bell has signed a pod deal for her Lake Bell Prod. banner at 20th Century Fox TV, a label of Disney Television Studios. “Lake Bell is a creative force of nature whose incredible talent extends…

Sometimes, it takes a couple tries before a song or a group catches fire. That was underlined once again this week with news that A-ha’s Take On Me rotoscopic video has now surpassed one billion views on YouTube. Although it’s not the only video to surpass that enormous total, it has one of the more unique stories…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are apparently engaged in a version of that old children’s insult comeback, “I know you are, but what am I?” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex posted a statement on their website late on Friday claiming that the Queen does not own the word “royal” across the world. But they have agreed to…

EXCLUSIVE: ViacomCBS' Entertainment & Youth Brands has signed a rich overall production and development deal with Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan. The pact, said to be well into the eight figures, covers multiple projects across the division run by Chris McCarthy, including projects for the newly created…

Black Panther and The Walking Dead star Danai Gurira has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios. Under the pact, she will develop, write and produce for the studio across all platforms. Gurira is currently serving as showrunner and executive producer on Americanah, a miniseries for HBO Max which she adapted…

EXCLUSIVE: Hispanic-focused content company VIx has added a faith-based channel to its free AVOD OTT streaming app, headlined by films from the extensive Paulist Productions library. The faith-based content will be added to the film and TV content currently offered on the AVOD service. Paulist Productions is the…

EXCLUSIVE: A year after setting sail with an inventive business plan in which Truly*Adventurous  digitally generates a longform, magazine-quality article every three weeks through a partnership with Medium and Audm, the company has put in play 15 film and TV projects they will produce, some with major elements…

Sony Pictures Television has finalized a deal to take a minority stake in The Whisper Group, a sports production company that makes live coverage of Formula 1 racing for British broadcaster Channel 4. Sony will effectively replace Channel 4 as Whisper’s minority investor after the broadcaster first backed the company…