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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has set Winston Duke (Black Panther) to star as Marcus Garvey in Marked Man. Garvey was a political activist who was a key figure of Black nationalism in the 20th century. Andrew Dosunmu will direct the drama, and Jesse Williams (Little Fires Everywhere) and DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It)…

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Mark Gordon has launched Mark Gordon Pictures, a new production venture that is backed by EOne. Gordon has put together a staff of producers to create new film and TV productions and continue to shepherd the ones he already had in the works. Part of the plan is to expand into theater in the U.S…

Writer, director and former WGA West President John Wells has launched a campaign to raise $500,000 for the MPTF Emergency Fund. Wells and his wife, Marilyn Wells, have put up $250,000 as a matching grant to the Emergency Fund. Wells reached out to fellow writer Billy Ray who mobilized his wide fundraising network by…

Entertainment Oner has finalized Mark Gordon’s exit as president and his transition to a multi-year producing deal with the independent studio. Steve Bertram, eOne's President of Film & Television, will continue to lead the Film & Television business, overseeing day-to-day management of the entire division, working…

Mark Gordon is settling out and will be leaving his position as president of Entertainment One, Deadline has confirmed. It appears to be a case of a bad marriage between the Canadian company and a prolific hit maker who sold his Mark Gordon Co for hundreds of millions of dollars. EOne said: "While we don't comment on…

UTA has hired Mark Gordon as part of its plans to expand its comedy touring department. Gordon’s primary focus will be booking clients in the college space, as well as across other major territories in the US. He will be based in UTA’s Los Angeles office until March 2019 when he permanently relocates to the New York…

"Kneeling is a stunt for me," 47-year-old Nathan Fillion told TV critics at TCA of the rigors of starring in ABC's new cop drama The Rookie. Written by former Castle executive producer/co-showrunner Alexi Hawley, The Rookie stars Fillion as John Nolan, a guy who leaved his comfy small-town life after a divorce and…

Entertainment One has broadened its film operation through acquisition for a second time this year. eOne has acquired the remaining stake in Sierra/Affinity and named its principals, Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg, to film president and exec veep film/global operations, respectively. eOne president/CEO Darren Throop…

EXCLUSIVE: John Woo and Universal Pictures are teaming on a new version of his 1989 Hong King crime classic The Killer. It is intended as a star vehicle for Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o. She is negotiating to play the assassin, a role originated by Chow Yun-fat. The studio has the film on a fast track, with Woo…

Entertainment One/Mark Gordon has closed a deal to develop, produce and finance a TV series adaptation of the popular Street Fighter global video game franchise, with Joey Ansah, Jacqueline Quella and Mark Wooding, the team behind the live-action web series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist, set to executive…

UPDATED 10:34 AM: The Mark Gordon Co. dismissed its petition for a restraining order against a man for alleged threats against staff over the Aaron Hernandez movie project. The judge formalized the Feb. 27 dismissal this morning in a Santa Monica courtroom where the accused Todd Guzze attended, clad in a suit and tie…

Firefly star Nathan Fillion wants his new TV series The Rookie to reach the same "high bar" as Joss Whedon's fan favorite as he embarks on his debut exec producer role. Fillion, who also starred in ABC procedural Castle, tells Deadline that he is "certainly more invested" in the Mark Gordon Company and ABC…