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The coronavirus has affected the production of Endgame at The Old Vic in London as it has pulled the plug on the remaining dates of the Samuel Beckett adaptation. The production which starred Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Cumming debuted January  27 as a double bill with Rough for Theatre II and was slated to end on March…

EXCLUSIVE: Alan Cumming, the multihyphenate who was nominated for multiple Emmys, SAG Awards and Golden Globes for his turn on The Good Wife and won a Tony for Cabaret, has signed with ICM Partners. The move comes as he is co-starring opposite Daniel Radcliffe in the Old Vic production of Endgame, which wraps its run…

Fresh off a record-breaking $1.2 billion box office weekend, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, the filmmakers behind the Disney/Marvel epic Avengers: Endgame, made an appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. The pair discussed their journey through the Marvel Cinematic Universe that culminated with the…

We are starting to get more definitive signs of the broadcast pilots likely to go to series for next season. I hear NBC has given three drama pilots  — The Player (formerly Endgame), Blindspot and Heartbreaker (formerly Heart Matters) — permission to begin staffing. While not a guarantee for a series order, such a nod…

Tim Blake Nelson (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?) has booked a series regular role opposite Anika Noni Rose in CBS' civil rights crime drama pilot For Justice. Based on James Patterson's debut crime novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, For Justice centers on Special Agent Natalia "Nat" Chappel (Rose), a cool…

Charity Wakefield (The Raven) has landed the female lead opposite Philip Winchester and Wesley Snipes in NBC drama pilot Endgame, written by John Rogers and directed by Bharat Nalluri for Davis Entertainment and Sony TV. Described as a high-octane thriller set in the high-stakes world of Las Vegas, it centers on Alex…

In a pilot casting season “get”, Wesley Snipes is coming to television with a co-starring role opposite Strike Back’s Philip Winchester in NBC drama pilot Endgame. Also cast in the project, from Leverage co-creator John Rogers, Blacklist producer Davis Entertainment and Sony TV, is Damon Gupton. Described as a…

Strike Back star Philip Winchester has been cast as the lead of NBC drama pilot Endgame, from Leverage co-creator John Rogers, Blacklist producer Davis Entertainment and Sony TV. Described as a high-octane thriller set in the high-stakes world of Las Vegas, it centers on Alex (Winchester), a former intelligence…

As NBC is pinning its hopes for a Thursday ratings turnaround on The Blacklist, which is getting ready to move to the competitive night, the network is betting on another conspiracy thriller from the producers of its flagship drama, Sony Pictures and Davis Entertainment. But did NBC make a last-minute change on the…

NBC is teaming with Sony Pictures and Davis Entertainment, producers of the network’s top drama series The Blacklist, for another conspiracy thriller. NBC has given a pilot-production commitment to drama Endgame, which will be written by Leverage co-creator John Rogers. It is described as a high-octane thriller about…

Last Friday, Deadline broke news that author James Frey's latest YA novel Endgame was part of a bidding war. Later I reported that the result was a movie deal upwards of $2 million with Fox, which came after the publishing deal with sister company HarperCollins, and Google part of the mix. This for a Hunger…

UPDATED: 9:48 PM: Fox landed James Frey’s Endgame, and the deal was around $2 million with Temple Hill partners Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen. Details will be forthcoming, but Google is involved. Fox joins sister company HarperCollins, which bought publishing rights. Here is what the book’s about: In a world similar to…