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EXCLUSIVE: Showtime is developing The Whites, a crime drama limited series starring and executive produced by Ethan Hawke. Written by Tony Award-winning playwright and prolific screenwriter Jez Butterworth (Ford v. Ferrari, Spectre), the series is adapted from Richard Price's novel of the same name. The Whites is a…

Morgan Wallen’s comeback continues after a scandal in which he was seen using a racial slur on video. Wallen has been banned from performing at various awards shows — including the 2021 Billboard Music Awards — in the wake of the February 2021 footage. After a few months, he mounted an apology tour and spoke with…

EXCLUSIVE:  Sebastian de Souza, Eddie Marsan and Rich Sommer have boarded the Chloe Domont-directed finance world thriller opposite Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich. The MRC and T-Street emerging filmmaker label movie, which Deadline first told you about, is already in production. de Souza stars as Leo in Hulu and…

An arbitrator has ruled in favor of MRC, the production company behind House of Cards, in its case against Kevin Spacey over his firing from the show as he faced allegations of sexual misconduct. The ruling, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, awarded MRC $29.5 million in damages and $1.4 million in attorneys…

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today named MRC chairman Todd Boehly as its interim CEO. The move comes as the group continues its promised reforms amid backlash of its lack of diversity and other issues. He already ties to organization as the chairman and CEO of Eldridge Industries, which owns MRC and dick…

EXCLUSIVE:  MRC has appointed Chris O'Connell Chief Financial Officer, and he’ll report to the entertainment company’s co-CEOs and co-founders Asif Satchu and Modi Wiczyk. O'Connell, who recently served as EVP, Corporate Finance and CFO, Global Content and Distribution at Eros STX, will oversee MRC’s corporate…

MRC said Friday that it has named former Shondaland VP Brand Marketing and Communications Kristin Robinson as the media company’s new SVP Communications, while elevating Emily Spence to Chief Communications Officer. Robinson will report Spence. Spence will continue to report to MRC CEOs and founders Modi Wiczyk and…

Former E! president Adam Stotsky has been named president of MRC Live & Alternative. He replaces Amy Thurlow, who exited as president of Dick Clark Productions in June, and will report to MRC CEOs and co-founders Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu. The dcp moniker will not be used going forward. The production company…

EXCLUSIVE: Schitt’s Creek Emmy winning star Annie Murphy is set to star and executive produce Witness Protection for MRC Film's female-driven comedy label, led by Becky Sloviter. Witness Protection reunites Murphy with scribes Rupinder Gill and David West Read of the Emmy-winning Schitt's Creek, who will write and…

Rob Jonas has been named CEO of P-MRC Data, a joint venture of Penske Media and MRC and database of global music and entertainment consumption, behavior and trends, powering the Billboard and Rolling Stone charts. Jonas will be based at the group's Los Angeles headquarters, tasked with unifying and expanding its…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon’s conspiracy thriller series The Terminal List welcomes a trio of actors to its cast with the addition of LaMonica Garrett, Alexis Louder and Tom Amandes in recurring roles. They join previously announced regulars Chris Pratt, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Constance Wu, Riley Keough, Taylor Kitsch and…

EXCLUSIVE: Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding will play Mr. Elliot opposite Dakota Johnson’s Anne Elliot in Netflix and MRC’s modern feature take of Jane Austen’s classic novel Persuasion.  In the Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow penned script, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities…