UPDATED Sept 17 noon, original post with Arnold filing police report: Tom Arnold, who accused Mark Burnett of attacking him at a pre-Emmys party Sunday night, filed a police report Monday against the producer, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed. Arnold, the outspoken host of upcoming Viceland series The Hunt F…

LightWorkers Media is partnering with producer Will Packer (Girls Trip) to executive produce The Baxters, a 12-episode digital series that will air on the newly launched LightWorkers platform, LightWorkers president Roma Downey announced today. Based upon Karen Kingsbury's bestselling literary series, The Baxter Family…

Actress and producer Roma Downey sent out a heartfelt message and video in response to the death of her friend and Touch by an Angel co-star Della Reese. “As many of you know already my beloved momma Miss Della Reese passed away peacefully last night at her home surrounded by love,” Downey said in a statement. “She is…

Netflix has made it official. The Internet entertainment service has ordered Messiah, a present-day Jesus drama series from writer Michael Petroni (The Book Thief) and producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. Deadline previously reported the series was in the works. In addition, Sense 8 and V for Vendetta helmer James M…

Netflix has in the works Messiah, a present-day Jesus drama series from writer Michael Petroni (The Book Thief) and producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, the duo behind History’s hit miniseries The Bible. The project, part of Burnett and Downey’s faith-based programming efforts, landed in the spotlight last week when…

The visitation of the Virgin Mary in a small town in Mexico and the subsequent push by a humble man named Juan Diego to get a temple erected in her name is being brought to the big screen, courtesy of screenwriter Joe Eszterhas and Roma Downey and Mark Burnett’s LightWorkers Media. Known as the Virgen de Guadalupe or O…

BREAKING: Light TV, a new, 24-hour faith and family entertainment network designed to tap into MGM’s library of titles, is being launched next month by Roma Downey, Mark Burnett and MGM in partnership with a number of Fox stations and affiliates. Plans for the channel were reported about a year ago when the studio…

EXCLUSIVE: It’s a tough task to re-invent Ben-Hur for the big screen. After all, the 1959 classic is one of the most loved films of all time. But that is exactly what screenwriter Keith Clarke decided to do. After researching subjects for a possible film about both the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the unrest in…

EXCLUSIVE: Roma Downey and LightWorkers Media, the faith and family division of MGM, have acquired rights to New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury's The Baxter Family novel series for television. The 22-book series, starting with the book Redemption, tells the story of how John and Elizabeth Baxter, and…

MGM has agreed to buy the  45% stake it didn’t own in its United Artists Media Group joint venture from partners Mark Burnett, Roma Downey, and Hearst, and put Burnett in charge of the MGM Television and Digital Group, the studio says today. Roma Khanna has stepped down from her position as head of television and…

United Artists Media Group, the joint venture from Hearst, MGM and producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, has named William Eide as SVP Corporate Development. Among his tasks, UAMG said, will be “to evaluate and execute new growth initiatives including organic opportunities, acquisitions and investments.” Eide will…

EXCLUSIVE: Unveiled, the supernatural/spiritual drama from of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, is remaining in contention at NBC. While the pilot from The Bible producers and Universal Television did not make the cut for next season last month, I hear the network liked the premise of flawed guardian angels who intervene…