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UPDATED with comments from post-earnings conference call: Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel said today that if there is a dip in content spending underway, his company "isn't feeling it." Responding to the question he gets from Wall Street every quarter now, he ticked off all the high-end deals Endeavor's made…

Endeavor Content’s newly-rebranded Fifth Season has signaled major international intentions with the hire of Ben Irving, the BBC’s former Acting Drama Director whose exec producer credits include His Dark Materials, Doctor Who and Gentleman Jack. Irving joins in the newly-created role of Creative Director, UK…

Endeavor Content has got a new name. The company has rebranded to Fifth Season following Korean studio CJ ENM's $785M deal to acquire an 80% stake. It comes after the Korean media giant, which was behind films such as Oscar-winner Parasite, closed the deal to acquire the stake from Endeavor in January. Endeavor…

Paramount Global’s Channel 5 is well known for its love of luxury cruise liners and its next drama series will be set aboard one sailing the Mediterranean Seas. The British network has ordered HMS Murder (working title), an eight-part murder mystery series from by UK indie Clapperboard, in…

Endeavor Content has named former AMC Networks finance exec Kasee Calabrese to the newly created role of EVP and Chief Financial Officer. She will oversee all aspects of Endeavor Content's financial affairs and planning in support of its TV and film studio and distribution, documentary, music, and…

EXCLUSIVE: Saladin Ahmed (Miles Morales: Spider-Man) has partnered with filmmakers Shaka King (Judas and the Black Messiah) and Travon Free (Two Distant Strangers) to create Drac: Son of Dante—a new, 15-part webcomic series for Tapas Media and Endeavor Content, which is now free to read exclusively via the former…

EXCLUSIVE: A big-screen adaptation of Humberto G. Garcia’s book Mustang Miracle titled The Long Game is in the works. Mucho Mas Media, Endeavor Content, and Bonniedale will finance and produce the inspirational period golf feature. Physical production will begin this month. The Long Game is set to star Jay Hernandez (S…

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific film and television producer Liza Chasin (Made For Love, The Lost City) has signed a first look deal with Endeavor Content to develop and produce premium, talent-driven television series through her 3dot Productions. The pact expands Endeavor Content's existing relationship with Chasin. Her 3dot…

UPDATE, 10:25 AM: Get your tickets now! WME is heading to trial next year over a fraud lawsuit from La La Land’s Oscar winning composer. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge this morning set May 8, 2023 as the date the court battle between Justin Hurwitz and the Endeavor-owned talent agency and the now divested Endeavor…

HBO Max has ordered a second season of Tokyo Vice from Endeavor Content and Wowow, Japan’s leading pay TV player. It stars Ken Watanabe and Ansel Elgort and hails from creator and writer/executive producer J.T. Rogers. Loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s nonfiction, firsthand account of the Tokyo…

EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has acquired international distribution rights to Bring on the Dancing Horses, a female-led modern Western drama series starring Kate Bosworth. The ten-part drama, which launched at the Sundance Film Festival in January, is being sold at the LA Screenings, where Endeavor Content has hired…

For the past two Mays, Hollywood's studio lots have remained quiet during the week they should be buzzing with the world's top international acquisitions execs, excitedly chomping down on In-N-Out burgers and squeezing into grand theater halls at the annual LA Screenings. Normal service will be resumed next week, as…