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EXCLUSIVE: Not a happy day in Stamford, CT, today as WWE had a round of layoffs that impact its film, TV and social media divisions in Connecticut and Los Angeles. Trying to find out the exact number, but WWE Studios saw layoffs in features, TV and digital/social media division Advanced Media Group. All of these…

WWE Studios and Thinkfactory Media are tag-teaming on Big Show vs. The World: A Giant Abroad (working title), a new adventure docuseries led by one of the pro wrestling outfit’s biggest stars. Through his extensive world travels with WWE, Big Show has collected a lifetime of unusual stories filled with unexplained…

Paramount Animation is teaming with WWE Studios on the upcoming summer 2020 release Rumble, which is set in a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes. The pic will headline the voice cast of Will Arnett, Terry Crews, Geraldine Viswanathan plus WWE Superstars Becky Lynch (The…

Susan Levison has been named Senior Vice President and Head of WWE Studios, reporting to WWE Co-President Michelle Wilson. Levison comes to the Stamford, CT-based entertainment outfit after a run at CBS Television Studios, where she was SVP of Alternative Programming. Wilson gained oversight of the studio last year…

UPDATED with cast: Quibi has named its female wrassler cast for its WWE unscripted series Fight Like a Girl. Set to grapple with the personal issues of young women in the series are Sasha Banks, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Alexa Bliss, Sonya Deville, Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch and Natalya. Read details about…

WWE Studios is about to drop the big elbow on a multiplatform push. The pro wrestling titan's motion picture production arm is expanding into scripted, non-scripted, family and animated television and digital content. Michael Luisi will continue to oversee the WWE Studios as president and also will oversee the new…

Saban Films has acquired just North American distribution rights to John Stockwell's sci-fi thriller Armed Response from WWE Studios, Gene Simmons and Erebus Pictures. The film is the first to be produced and also picked up for distribution from the WWE Studios and Simmons’ Erebus Pictures which are co-financing and co…

EXCLUSIVE: WWE Studios has acquired the exclusive English-language remake rights to the Norwegian thriller franchise Cold Prey and has sealed a deal for an option to purchase the screenplay Casey La Scala is writing. Cold Prey follows a group of friends who decide to ski out of bounds and are forced to take shelter…

EXCLUSIVE: WWE Studios has named Stephanie Denton as VP International and Acquisitions, overseeing sales and acquisitions for the company. She joins after having consulted for the division about three years ago. Denton is a well-known face about town, having previously worked in similar posts at Lionsgate…

John Ortiz has been tapped to round out the cast of God Particle, the Julius Onah-helmed sci-fi pic from Paramount Pictures and JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot. Production is now set to begin June 10 in Los Angeles on the movie that already stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Bruhl, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris O'Dowd…

EXCLUSIVE: WWE Studios and Wesley Snipes’ Maandi Media DMM production company have signed a multi-film deal with the aim of developing and producing elevated branded content, according to the companies. The first pic under the deal is the just-unveiled Temple, which stars Snipes, Anne Heche, Dave Annable and WWE…

EXCLUSIVE: Erebus Pictures, the genre specialty label formed by KISS co-founder Gene Simmons and WWE Studios, has locked Wesley Snipes, Anne Heche, Dave Annable (Brothers And Sisters) and WWE star Seth Rollins to star in Temple, a thriller that will be directed by John Stockwell. Filming begins this week and Snipes is…