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Netflix has taken the global rights to eOne and POP Family Entertainment’s Australian children’s animation series Alien TV. Originally commissioned by the Nine Network, the 26-part CGI series premieres later this month locally and will roll out internationally on Netflix later this summer. Aimed at kids aged 6-11, Alie…

Entertainment One has set a first-look agreement with producer Jeremy Latcham, who previously served as SVP Production and Development at Marvel Studios. With the recent eOne acquisition by Hasbro, the new partnership will boost eOne's ability to produce mainstream film and TV content mined from Hasbro's existing…

Hasbro shares dipped in pre-market trading after the toy and entertainment company reported first-quarter results slightly below Wall Street expectations. Earnings swung to a loss of 51 cents a share from 21 cents in the year-ago quarter. Excluding one-time charges, notably costs related to the $4 billion acquisition…

André Øvredal has closed a deal to return as director for the sequel of his surprise horror hit from last summer, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. The screenplay is also being written by the first pic’s writers Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman and will be based on a story by Guillermo del Toro who produced the first…

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Micelli is leaving Entertainment One where he has served as Chief Strategy Officer, Film, Television and Digital  for the past two years. The move comes on the heels of eOne’s acquisition by Hasbro, which was completed at the end of 2019. No one is commenting but I hear, following the acquisition, the…

Former eOne executive Alex Hamilton has been appointed CEO of Studiocanal UK. He will report to group CEO Anna Marsh and will join the company 22 April, 2020. Hamilton was most recently President, International, Film and Managing Director of Entertainment One UK. From 2008-2019, he spearheaded eOne UK's film…

Quibi has given a green light to Micro Mayhem, a stop-motion animated series from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and eOne. Created and executive produced by Eric Towner (Robot Chicken), Micro Mayhem is a series of over-the-top shorts where the cars are the characters. Inspired by the original Micro Mayhem viral short created…

With his sequel set to open this weekend, STX’s Brahms: The Boy II, William Brent Bell will next direct Esther, a prequel to to Warner Bros.'/Dark Castle's 2009 genre pic Orphan for eOne. Sierra/Affinity is also launching sales at the Berlin Film Festival. The prequel is written by David Coggeshall. In it, Lena…

Entertainment One has begun the process of sizing up which of Hasbro’s brands could be transformed into television or movie franchises after formally being acquired by the toymaker for $3.8 billion in January. Pancho Mansfield, eOne’s president of global scripted programming, told Deadline that Hasbro has a “treasure…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max is developing Adam Silvera’s bestselling YA novel More Happy Than Not as a one-hour series, from Drew Comins’ Creative Engine Entertainment and eOne where the company is under an overall deal.  Comins and Silvera will serve as executive producers on the project, which is currently looking for a…

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes’ WWI epic 1917 has become eOne's highest grossing release ever in the UK, overtaking The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, with a local grab of £36.2M ($46.9M) through Monday. The milestone hit this past weekend after 1917 dominated the BAFTA Awards on February 2, followed by Oscars this past…

With the BAFTA Film Awards fast approaching this Sunday, London is poised to start swinging into revelry from Friday through to the wee hours of Monday morning. The party roster this year as compared to last is slightly different, but that shouldn't dampen the spirit of the home stretch towards the Oscars on February…