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EXCLUSIVE: MGM has picked up Austin Everett’s sci-fi spec screenplay The Traveler.  Sandino Moya Smith and Adam Rosenberg are overseeing for the studio. We hear the plot largely is being kept under wraps. Everett is dual Japanese and American citizen who was born in Japan and grew up in Hawaii. His introduction to the…

MGM-owned Epix has reached an expanded carriage deal with Comcast that will extend the premium network’s reach by adding it to the provider’s premium channel package. The new pact takes effect December 10. The new deal supplements Epix’s existing availability on an a la carte basis, swapping Epix for Starz in the…

EXCLUSIVE: It’s happening. No, not Cousin It, rather MGM/UAR already are already planning a sequel to this past weekend’s animated hit The Addams Family with a release date of Oct. 22, 2021. There are no other wide entries set for that date yet. With Columbus Day holiday in effect and 42% K-12 schools off for Columbus…

John Bryan, former president of MGM Television, has teamed with TV station owner and entrepreneur Bert Ellis Jr. to buy a 50% stake of clip show producer Mighty Oak Entertainment. Through the purchase of the stake from Mighty Oak founder Mark O’Brien, Bryan and Ellis have joined the company as president and chairman…

EXCLUSIVE: Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick’s beloved 1987 drama series thirtysomething is making a comeback. I have learned that the duo is pitching a new incarnation of the show, which is garnering interest from multiple networks, including ABC, which aired the original series. Written by thirtysomething creators…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM will be opening Sylvester Stallone’s Samaritan on November 20, 2020, in the pre-Thanksgiving period. Deadline exclusively reported Monday that MGM closed a deal with Julius Avery (Overlord) to direct the thriller, which is Stallone’s next starring vehicle following this weekend’s opening of Rambo: Last B…

MGM is moving into sports entertainment, premium documentaries and true crime after promoting veteran unscripted executive Barry Poznick. Poznick has been promoted to President of MGM/Orion Unscripted & Alternative Television. Formerly President of Unscripted, Poznick has extended his contract as he moves into the new…

The 25th James Bond movie officially has a title, with latest movie returning Daniel Craig as the superspy to be called No Time To Die. The pic directed by Cary Fukunaga is also keeping its release dates despite a couple of on-set setbacks, with the UK rollout beginning April 3, 2020 and the U.S. bow April 8. MGM is…

EXCLUSIVE: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits) and Colman Domingo (Fear the Walking Dead) are ready to say his name five times in the mirror. The two actors have joined Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Us) and Teyonah Parris (If Beale Street Could Talk) in MGM and Jordan Peele’s forthcoming reboot of the classic horror film Candyma…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM is bolstering its publicity and corporate communications teams with the appointments of Meghan Gamber as VP, Film Publicity; Mari Dwyer as VP, Corporate Communications; De'Jon Glover as Manager, Film Publicity; and the promotion of Christina Lee to VP, Television Communications. All will report to MGM's…

Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz is set to return as James Bond adversary Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the Cary Joji Fukunaga-directed Bond 25. Waltz was first introduced as Blofeld, the mastermind of the global criminal organization, in the 2015 film, Spectre. He joins returning franchise players including star…

EXCLUSIVE: Emma Westenberg is set to direct her first studio feature, which is set up at MGM. Westenberg, who directed the music video for Janelle Monáe's song, Pynk, will helm Buffalo Flats, a film that is set around the vibrant world of NYC underground pop-up clubs. Molly’s Game and End of Watch producer Matt…