EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Peretti, best known for her role as Gina Linetti on Fox/NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has come aboard Universal’s The Photograph, a romantic drama written and directed by Stella Meghie with Will Packer and James Lopez producing for Packer's eponymous production company.

Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield als…

EXCLUSIVE: Will Packer Productions, the company behind 100+ million grossing comedies Girls Trip and Night School, has named Heather Washington as Director of Development, after previously serving a Creative Executive for the past two years. Washington’s new role involves identifying content, filmmakers, and talent…

Will Packer is to produce a documentary series about the murder of 29 African American children in Atlanta for Investigation Discovery.

The Girls Trip and Night School producer is making The Atlanta Child Murders for the Discovery-owned network. The three-part special will air on the cable network on March 23.

The doc …

Universal has just announced that an untitled Will Packer romance feature will open next year on Valentine’s Day.

The movie will square off with a Disney untitled live action movie, Fox’s Blue Sky Animation feature Nimonia and MGM’s Bond 25, the latter of which Uni is handling overseas. Traditionally, Bond films get…

Will Packer has appointed Shayla Cowan as Chief of Staff of Will Packer Productions and Will Packer Media. She will be tasked with managing and overseeing all operational and administrative activities of both companies, continuing in her role of advising Packer and supporting the development and production of his…

Universal has dated its Paul Feig-directed romantic comedy Last Christmas starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding and Emma Thompson for Nov. 15, 2019. Deadline broke the news about the project back in June.

Last Christmas is inspired by the hit holiday ballad by the late George Michael and will feature unreleased music…

EXCLUSIVE: After an auspicious directorial breakout on the 2014 comedy Top Five, Chris Rock is getting back behind the camera. He is in negotiations to direct Kevin Hart in Co-Parenting, a Will Packer-produced comedy for Universal Pictures.

Script is being written by Yamara Taylor (black-ish) and the film revolves…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has just closed a deal to acquire Beast, an action-thriller for Will Packer to produce. The logline is being kept under wraps, but the film will show what happens when man is forced to go head-to-head with a beast. The pitch comes from Jamie Primak-Sullivan, and it will be scripted by…

OWN is bringing more romance to Saturday nights, unveiling three new unscripted series focusing on love, relationships and marriage and setting a date for its previously announced dating series from Will Packer.

Chad Loves Michelle, which will bow on November 3, focuses on the engagement-to-marriage path of Destiny’s…

Will Packer Productions (WPP) announced today that it has named James F. Lopez President.

In his promotion, Lopez will continue to grow and oversee all aspects of film production, as well as lead efforts to expand & diversify the company's slate. Previously, Lopez was Head of Motion Pictures at Packer’s WPM, where he w…

UPDATED, Monday, 2 PM: Deadpool 2 will be releasing into theaters this weekend as Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War starts to lose Imax screens to the next superhero in this summer’s theatrical bunch. In the meantime, the MCU film enjoyed $62M in its third time at bat. The other two newcomers, New Line/Warner…

Insecure creator and star Issa Rae has signed on for Universal Pictures' comedy Little, starring Marsai Martin (Black-ish), who came up with the idea for the film. Tina Gordon is on board to direct the pic with Will Packer producing via his eponymous Universal-based production company.

Camilla Blackett (ABC's Fresh Off…