UPDATED with new release date: Universal has dated its Paul Feig-directed romantic comedy Last Christmas starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding and Emma Thompson for November 8, 2019. That’s ahead a week from its originally announced November 15 date. Deadline broke the news about the project back in June. Last Christma…

Look out Love, Actually, because there’s a new Christmas romantic comedy coming down the pike: Universal’s Last Christmas. Paul Feig was looking to do a holiday movie like It’s a Wonderful Life, and Emma Thompson was asked to write a movie inspired by the George Michael hit “Last Christmas.” When she was pitched the…

EXCLUSIVE: The beleaguered film staff of the various divisions of Fox had to know they would be in for a hellish Thursday when they walked through the gold doors of Building 88 to their offices and noticed something different. The 20th Century Fox logo stenciled on the doors was gone. It was replaced by the blue Fox…

Bridesmaids director and Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig will deliver a keynote address at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Feig, who got married in a kilt, will give his perspective on the global TV and film landscape in the fledgling Worldview Address at the event, which runs August 21 to 23. He will discuss creating Fr…

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Feig's digital production company Powderkeg has launched Break the Room. It is a writers room development initiative formulated with writer-producer Sameer Gardezi. BTR, done with support from PopCulture Collab and MuslimArc, will approach the creation of diverse content by bringing writers of color…

UPDATE Saturday, Jan. 26: As soon as Dr. Stacy L. Smith announced the TimesUp 4% Director Challenge, the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative tweeted out the news and more accepted the commitment to work with a female director within 18 months to increase the number of female directors in the 1200 top grossing films…

NBC has greenlighted two more hourlong pilots, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and Emergence, both from outside studios. Musical dramedy Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist hails from Jake in Progress creator Austin Winsberg, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum, Universal Music Group and Lionsgate TV; mystery drama Emergence is from…

Melissa McCarthy landed an Oscar nomination for her breakout turn in Paul Feig's Bridesmaids, which started a string of comedy blockbusters for the pair. Now she's back in the conversation with Can You Ever Forgive Me?, which may be considered one of her first dramatic turns, but only to those who have failed to catch…

Elvis Mitchell is hitting the road next for a new Epix docuseries. Premiering on February 4, Elvis Goes There features the veteran journalist traveling with A-list filmmakers and actors to places of inspiration around the world, exploring how each location shaped their work and identity. Guests set for the four…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has given a script commitment plus penalty to Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, an hourlong musical dramedy from Jake in Progress creator Austin Winsberg, Paul Feig (Bridesmaids), Eric and Kim Tannenbaum (Two and a Half Men), Universal Music Group and Lionsgate TV. Written by Winsberg and to be directed by…

Social media tributes have poured in for Bill Daily, the I Dream of Jeannie and Bob Newhart Show star whose death at age 91 was reported Friday. Barbara Eden, who played Jeannie, tweeted praise of Daily as a “funny, sweet man that kept us all on our toes. I’m so thankful to have known and worked with that rascal…

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Feig, best known for R-rated comedies from Bridesmaids to Spy and The Heat, will bring those sensibilities to a venerable children’s book. He’s attached to direct and is part of a Fox package to turn The Sweetest Fig into a film. That is the illustrated kid book by Chris Van Allsburg, whose works have…