Новости за 13.02.2020

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max is developing Adam Silvera’s bestselling YA novel More Happy Than Not as a one-hour series, from Drew Comins’ Creative Engine Entertainment and eOne where the company is under an overall deal.  Comins and Silvera will serve as executive producers on the project, which is currently looking for a writer and filmmaker to […]

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has inked Emmy winner and BAFTA- and Tony Award-nominated Chris O’Dowd. O’Dowd will star in the upcoming Theodore Melfi-directed feature drama The Starling alongside Melissa McCarthy. The Irish actor is known for such movies as the hit Universal Paul Feig-Judd Apatow comedy Bridesmaids, Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game, Melfi’s St. Vincent, Rob Marshall’s Mary Poppins […]

Bosch is getting an early renewal and an end date. Amazon has picked up a seventh and final season of its hit drama series starring Titus Welliver and based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling books. The renewal comes ahead of Bosch’s sixth-season premiere later in 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. “I’m proud of what we have […]

UCP is developing dark comedy series The Resort from Andy Siara, writer of Sundance breakout Palm Springs, and Sam Esmail’s Esmail Corp, which is under a deal with UCP, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios. Anonymous Content is producing. The series will be shopped to premium and streaming platforms. The Resort explores love and the weird […]

EXCLUSIVE: DeVon Franklin, the producer behind the faith-based drama Breakthrough, has signed on to produce Daring to Live, a film adaptation based on the forthcoming novel Daring to Live: How the Power of Sisterhood and Taking Risks Can Jump-Start Your Joy by Sheri Hunter. The pic is set up at Paramount Players, with Jumping the […]

Bleecker Street has taken global distribution to the U.S. Dramatic Competition Sundance Film Festival comedy Save Yourselves! from writer-directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson. A summer theatrical release is being planned for the pic produced by Keshet Studios. Pic follows Jack (John Reynolds) and Su (Sunita Mani), a hip Brooklyn couple who like many […]

EXCLUSIVE:  Minka Kelly has joined Harvey Keitel, Sam Worthington and AnnaSophia Robb in the cast of Eytan Rockaway’s (The Abandoned) upcoming biopic Lansky, about the infamous gangster Meyer Lansky, a contemporary of Bugsy Siegel. As previously announced, Keitel plays the notorious Lansky. Also rounding out the cast are Orange Is the New Black‘s Jackie Cruz, John Magaro (The […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday called Michael Bloomberg “a 5’4″ mass of dead energy” and a “loser.” Bloomberg shot back by telling Trump that their mutual acquaintances in New York “call you a carnival barking clown.” Matching insult with an insult is hardly a strategy of taking the high ground, but for Bloomberg, it’s undoubtedly […]

Controversial Colin Kaepernick, who caused an uproar in the National Football League by becoming the first player to take a knee during the national anthem, is releasing his memoir. Kapernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who has been out of football since 2016 and recently botched a scheduled league-wide tryout, will release the memoir […]

The upcoming Berlin Film Festival is taking precautions to combat the coronavirus, but organizers are insisting that the event will go ahead as planned February 20 – March 1. Measures being implemented by the festival include equipping all sanitary facilities across the festival and market venues with disinfectant, and creating procedures for employees and attendees […]

EXCLUSIVE: One of the most buzzed-about formats of the UK Screenings is being pitched to international buyers as a cross between The Masked Singer and Hell’s Kitchen — and is currently in development with BBC One. ITV Studios-owned producer Possessed TV, run by Glenn Hugill, who played The Banker on the UK version of Deal […]

EXCLUSIVE: TikTok meets the movies? Prolific Russian director and producer Timur Bekmambetov, whose credits include multiple Hollywood pics such as Searching, Ben Hur and Wanted, is set to go into production on V2. Escape From Hell, the first blockbuster movie made entirely in a vertical format. Bekmambetov is credited as one of the inventors of […]

EXCLUSIVE: A trio of leading indie film distributors are pooling resources to launch a $1.6M (£1.2M) film development fund. UK outfit Curzon, which is currently handling Parasite in the territory, Australian company Madman Entertainment and Benelux releaser Cineart will each have a first look option for local distribution rights to each project financed through the […]

Brian Cox opened up about playing his “alter ego” Logan Roy in HBO drama Succession at a glitzy event hosted by European broadcaster Sky. Cox, alongside Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, discussed his process for playing the ruthless media mogul and patriarch and told a story about attending a Ronan Farrow-hosted #metoo event. “This guy I’ve […]

Asia’s most significant film market, the Hong Kong Filmart, has been moved from its scheduled date in March to a new slot in the summer, due to fears over the continued spread of the deadly coronavirus. Instead of running March 25-28, the event will run a streamlined edition, taking place for three days August 27-29. […]

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is working with World Of Wonder to develop a new show fronted by Michelle Visage after RuPaul’s Drag Race UK proved to be a hit with British viewers. Deadline understands that World Of Wonder has made a pilot for online youth channel BBC Three, mixing a celebrity chat show with a makeover […]

Fleabag and Chernobyl, two of the breakout Brit hits of 2019, will be competing for prizes at the 46th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in London on March 13. Sky and HBO’s Chernobyl scooped more nominations than any other show, and will compete in four categories including Best Drama Series at the awards, which are […]

Thelonious Monster’s Bob Forrest once wrote of a “Sammy Hagar Weekend.” Now, The Late, Late Show’s James Corden is doing him one better, presenting a week with pop singer Justin Bieber to celebrate the release of his new album, Changes. Bieber’s album, his fifth studio effort and his first in five years, arrives on Valentine’s […]

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has promoted Mike Drucker and Kristen Bartlett to co-head writers for the late-night talker’s fifth season, which kicked off last week. They replace former head writer Melina Taub. The show’s writing team is coming off winning the 2020 Comedy/Variety Special WGA Award for last year’s Not the White House Correspondents’ […]

The impeachment is over, which means that a ready-made treasure trove of comedy gold is no longer available for late night political comedy. But the clown princes of same have adapted and moved on to less high-profile story lines. Now the biggest question is: can they find the funny in more obscure situations like Roger […]

Ray Donovan fans have been up in arms since Showtime a week ago canceled the drama seres, denying them a proper ending since the recent Season 7 finale finished with a cliffhanger. Series showrunner David Hollander further fanned the flames by saying that he and the show’s creative team had been blindsided by the network’s […]

Things went from bad to worse for Jeremy Roenick today, and the longtime NHL player-turned-commentator isn’t happy about it. NBC Sports, which had suspended Roenick during Christmas week over inappropriate comments about a colleague in a podcast, said that he will not be returning to his job. Always known for being outspoken and sometimes controversial, […]

Disney is looking to grant more wishes with an Aladdin sequel. Deadline has confirmed that the Mouse House is developing a follow up to last summer’s live-action reboot of the animated classic. The film is in early development, but they have tapped John Gatins (Flight, Real Steel) and Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton, The Kitchen) to write […]

TV host and rapper Snoop Dogg has issued a public apology to news interviewer Gayle King for his threatening to “come get you” for her Kobe Bryant questions to Lisa Leslie. Allegedly prompted by a conversation with his mother, Snoop apologized today in a video on Instagram. “Two wrongs don’t make no right,” said Snoop “When […]

EXCLUSIVE: Don’t Trust the B- creator Nahnatchka Khan and star Krysten Ritter have reunited for a dark comedy series project starring Ritter, which has been heating up the premium marketplace. The untitled series, on which Khan and Ritter have partnered with rising writer Angela LaManna (The Punisher), is a dark comedy about a female serial […]