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Dolly Parton’s Dollywood and Abramorama are teaming on a coronavirus lockdown-inspired initiative in which Parton will read a children’s book online at bedtime. The series, GoodNight with Dolly, launches Tuesday at 7 PM ET and will air once a week. The project comes as Abramorama had been readying the April 2 release…

Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…

EXCLUSIVE: Vincent Vittorio’s documentary Record Safari, which was originally planned to be released in partnership with the Coachella music festival before it cancelled due to the COVID-19 climate, is hitting digital tomorrow on Apple TV, Roku and Chromecast with plans to partner with a larger digital platform down…

EXCLUSIVE: The Nacelle Company is adding another notch of nostalgia on its belt with a new docuseries about vintage toy stores across America. Known best for binge-worthy series such as Netflix's The Toys That Made Us and The Movies That Made Us as well as Disney+'s Behind The Attraction and the forthcoming…

Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Laura Nix was supposed to board a flight to Copenhagen today, en route to the CPH:DOX festival to pitch her latest project. But the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly forced that event to shift online only, one of countless ways the coronavirus emergency is impacting the documentary…

EXCLUSIVE: The Spike Jonze documentary Beastie Boys Story has put a hold on its IMAX theatrical release which was originally set for April 3. A new theatrical date will be announced at a later date, but on the brighter side of things, the docu about the iconic music group will stream on Apple TV+ starting April…

Since take me out to the ball game is a song rather than something you can actually do right now, PBS has a compromise: it will air the Ken Burns Baseball series on PBS.org and all PBS streaming platforms starting today. The Burns series bowed originally in 1994 with nine episodes. "The story of Baseball is the story…

EXCLUSIVE: There is a certain generation that finds a distinct joy in the X-Men and Batman animated series as well as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Smurfs, Goosebumps, Muppet Babies and Fraggle Rock — and we have TV exec, Margaret Loesch to thank for all of these childhood treasures. That said, Nacelle Company is…

Peter Jackson's upcoming Beatles documentary, which includes a slew of unseen footage of the “Let It Be” rockers, is coming to theaters in September. Disney executive chairman Bob Iger revealed Wednesday that The Beatles: Get Back will launch in the U.S. and Canada on September 4 The announcement was made during…

EXCLUSIVE: After landing strong reviews from its world premiere at U.S. documentary event True/False, David Osit's feature Mayor has been picked up for sales by Dogwoof and Cinetic. The film follows Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Palestinian city Ramallah, during his second term in office. His immediate goals…

FX Networks has set their first documentary feature AKA Roe which puts the spotlight on the real-life Norma McCorvey who was known as “Jane Roe” in the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case. The docu will premiere May 22 at 9 pm ET/PT on FX and will be available the following day on FX on Hulu. The film follows the…

Channel 4 is prepping a documentary on the coronavirus, which has killed nearly 3,000 people. The British broadcaster has ordered The Race Against the Virus from Voltage TV. The "science thriller" will feature access to labs and scientists across the globe that are spearheading the response to the current pandemic…