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EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Neil Paik’s sci-fi short story, Rainbowfish: A Scumbag’s Guide to Stealing Water, Traversing Wormholes and Breaking Every Rule, is in development at Warner Bros. and Charles D. King’s MACRO. The studios won the IP in a competitive situation. Rainbowfish, which was published on Six by Eight Press…

EXCLUSIVE: Macro Television Studios is teaming with Jezebel filmmaker Numa Perrier to develop the erotic thriller series Toxic. Charles King’s media company inked the deal with the actress-writer-director for the series which will follow a seemingly everyday couple who thrives on pillow talk and erotic thrills. Subtle…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Justin Chon is continuing to champion Asian narratives with his lastest project Blue Bayou, which is being co-financed by Charles D. King ‘s MACRO and Entertainment One. Chon will also star in the film alongside Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl, Tomb Raider), Mark O'Brien (Ready or Not, Halt and…

EXCLUSIVE: MACRO is on board to finance and produce Blast Beat, a drama which is being directed by Esteban Arango, who also co-wrote the piece with Erick Castrillon. Moises Arias­­­­­­­­ (Five Feet Apart) and Mateo Arias (Kickin’ It) are attached as the leads with Wilmer Valderrama (NCIS) and singer Kali Uchis…

It’s official: Marta Fernandez has been named President of Macro Television Studios, joining the financing and production company founded by former WME Partner Charles D. King as it ramps up its TV operations. As we reported last month when Fernandez stepped down as EVP Original Programming at Starz, she had been in…

MACRO, the media company founded by former WME partner Charles D. King, has set a first-look deal with Warner Bros. The announcement was made by King, WB Chairman Toby Emmerich, and the studio’s Production head Courtenay Valenti. This comes just after Deadline exclusively broke the news that MACRO, WB, and Black Panthe…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and Charles D. King’s MACRO (Mudbound) are producing movie Jesus Was My Homeboy, about iconic Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton, for Warner Bros. Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya is in talks to star as activist Hampton with Atlanta and Sorry To Bother You…

Producer Aaliyah Williams has signed a one-year first look deal with MACRO and has also launched Just A Rebel production company. Under the deal, MACRO will have first look rights to projects that Williams and Just A Rebel seek to develop and produce. Williams is no stranger to MACRO, she was the former head of…

Lena Waithe, Eva Longoria, and representatives of MACRO and The Black List have selected Sahar Jahani and K.C. Scott as the winners of The MACRO Episodic Lab powered by The Black List. The winners, announced at Sundance, will each receive development support and a pilot presentation or sizzle at a budget of up to…

EXCLUSIVE: The Lena Waithe and Halle Berry executive produced Boomerang recharge doesn't debut until February, but Sundance Film Festival attendees are going to get a world premiere preview of the BET series in just over a week. In addition, leaving the likely still ongoing government shutdown behind for the snow of…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Ealy has joined Kofi Siriboe, Uzo Aduba, Naturi Naughton, Tristan Mack Wilds, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, and Jade Eshete in MACRO's romantic drama Really Love, which is being directed by Angel Kristi Williams from a screenplay she wrote with Felicia A. Pride. Ealy’s more recent film credits include The Pe…