Finally, some good news for those who like a sprinkling of fact in their films: barely a month past the mid-year mark, Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan's World War II drama, appears poised to outperform last year's top-selling historical movie, Theodore Melfi's Hidden Figures. Hidden Figures, about black female…

When Ryan Murphy's creepy-sexy series American Horror Story was submitted as a miniseries for its first season in 2012, it caused a stir among pundits that lasted well into the 2013 Emmy race. Cynics said it was a way to avoid competing in the more-competitive drama race, despite how Murphy's concept of putting new…

Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor. A24 Films will release two of its brood this weekend including Harmony Korine’s anticipated Selena Gomez/Vanessa Hudgens/James Franco starrer Spring Breakers, which had its U.S. debut this past week at the SXSW Film Festival. The new distribution company will also roll out <a…

Michael Ausiello is Editor-in-Chief of TVLine. When looking over this year's nominees for the reality-competition Emmy, the saying "Been there, done that" might come to mind, were it not for one glaring omission and one shining inclusion. For the first time since the category was created in 2003, Fox's American Idol…

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to Matteo Garrone's Cannes competition film Reality, his first feature since 2008's critically acclaimed and award-winning Gomorrah. Oscilloscope will take the film to additional festivals this fall with a theatrical, DVD, and digital release to follow early next…

On the third day of the Cannes Film Festival it was a day for familiar names taking the spotlight on the famed Palais steps. First up tonight was the return of DreamWorks Animation. One way or another DreamWorks Animation honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg finds a way to bring his latest product to the Croisette, whether in…

Fox’s reality guru Mike Darnell is closing in on a 20-year anniversary at the network. Darnell has inked a new three-year contract to continue as president of alternative programming. That will bring his tenure at Fox to a whooping 19 years. (He joined Fox in 1994). Darnell, who is now shepherding American Idol‘s…

EXCLUSIVE: Reality powerhouse A&E has teamed with Ryan Seacrest and top British self-help guru Paul McKenna for a new reality project, tentatively titled The Incurables. I hear the cable network, home of such docu series about afflictions as Intervention, Obsessed and Hoarders, has ordered a pilot for The Incurables,…

Jason Hervey and Eric Bischoff’s reality production company Bischoff Hervey Entertainment TV has signed an overall international distribution deal with Shine International, which will handle distribution for BHE TV's formats. Shine International already distributes BHE TV's CMT series Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championshi…

Bravo's new series “Bethenny Getting Married?" last night scored the highest-rated series premiere on the network ever, averaging 2.1 million total viewers, 1.35 million of them in the adults 18-49 demographic. Meanwhile, the Bravo series that spun off Bethenny, The Real Housewives of New York City, averaged 2.24…

Reality producer Louis Boyd has joined CBS as VP alternative programming. He will be involved in developing new alternative programs, including reality and game shows, and in overseeing CBS’ current slate of reality series, reporting to EVP alternative programming Jennifer Bresnan. Boyd most recently served as a…

Lorraine Heggessey, CEO of the TV company which makes The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent over here, is leaving after five years in the job. Heggessey, who was controller of BBC1 before becoming CEO of Talkback Thames in 2005, will be replaced by Sara Geater, currently the COO, for the time being. At Talkback…