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EXCLUSIVE: Riot Games, the developer and publisher behind League of Legends, has tapped former MRC CFO DJ Jacobs as Head of Business Strategy its new entertainment division. "I have been consistently floored by Riot's dedication to delivering entertaining and memorable experiences to its players and fans," said…

As Sly and the Family Stone's 1971 tune says, it's a family affair, Less than two weeks after his directorial debut Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) was picked up in a multi-million dollar Sundance Film Festival deal,  Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is heading back behind the camera for a…

EXCLUSIVE: Kenneth Christmas has joined MRC as General Counsel. He will report directly to Chief Business Officer Scott Tenley. In this newly established role, Christmas will oversee all corporate legal affairs for the independent entertainment company and its expansive partnerships and investments, in addition to…

Deadline parent Penske Media Corp and MRC, which recently formed the PMRC joint venture that includes Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Billboard and Vibe, have formed another joint venture. This one aims to combine their respective data businesses. Here’s the release: PENSKE MEDIA AND MRC FORM DATA JOINT VENTURE Company…

Big news for Deadline’s parent company PMC. Buckle up: PENSKE MEDIA AND MRC FORM PUBLISHING AND CONTENT VENTURES Newly Established PMRC Will Steward Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Billboard, Vibe and Music Business Worldwide Content Partnership Will Produce Television, Film and Other Formats With Acces…

MRC Film has created a new label devoted to female comedies, which will be led by Becky Sloviter, the producer of Palm Springs, which sold to NEON and Hulu in a record deal at Sundance for $17.5M. Already, the unnamed division has two projects in development: Let’s Have Kids!, which will serve as the directorial debut…

EXCLUSIVE: Documentary filmmaker Alex Holmes is going from the world of boat racing in his critically acclaimed pic Maiden to the world of cycling with Last Rider, which chronicles the story of Greg LeMond. The director will team with MRC Non-Fiction for the production. James Erskine and Victoria Gregory are set to…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

Rian Johnson’s Lionsgate/MRC whodunit Knives Out has sailed past the $300M mark worldwide. It’s the latest milestone for the box office anomaly that is becoming the second-highest-grossing original movie of 2019 behind Us and also whipping Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s $142.4M stateside. More…

EXCLUSIVE: MRC Film and The Story Company are developing The Blackening, a feature film adaptation of a Comedy Central digital short that lampooned horror film tropes with its tale of seven African-American friends trapped in a cabin with a homicidal maniac. Writers Tracy Oliver (Girl Trip, First Wives Club) and…

The Rideback TV Incubator, the inclusion-focused writers program launched last year by Dan Lin's Rideback and MRC, will begin taking applications next month for its sophomore session. The incubator, whose core mission is to creatively and financially support writers from different backgrounds as they create their own…

In one of MRC’s biggest IP acquisitions to date, the independent film and television studio has secured film, television, live stage and related ancillary rights to, Eloise, the beloved series of children's books written by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight. MRC will work closely with UK-based HandMade…