Новости за 05.03.2020

EXCLUSIVE: David Alan Grier has been tapped as a lead opposite Hunter King in Prospect, ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot from I Hate My Teenage Daughter creators Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer; director-producer Randall Einhorn; and ABC Studios. Written by Bilsing-Graham and Kreamer and to be directed by Einhorn, Prospect is described as a comedic Western with a feminist twist. An idealistic young woman, […]

Just over a month before an imprint of Hachette Book Group is set to publish Woody Allen’s memoir, dozens of employees of the company have staged a walkout in New York City today. With staffers emptying out of the 6th Avenue offices this afternoon, the move to the streets comes after CEO Michael Pietsch failed […]

Netflix has entered a multi-year series overall deal with another key creative auspice behind a hit show on the platform. On My Block co-creator/executive producer Lauren Iungerich has signed a multi-year overall deal with the streamer. Under the pact, Iungerich will continue as executive producer and showrunner for On My Block while writing and producing […]

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences CEO  Dawn Hudson is staying on at the home of Oscar. The Academy’s Board of Governors on Thursday announced a 3-plus-year renewal of her contract, extending her stay through at least May 2023. Hudson joined the organization in 2011. Among accomplishments during her tenure has been significant changes […]

Refresh for updates … As the coronavirus continues to spread, more events are being canceled or postponed amid travel restrictions and increasing health warnings. As of the beginning of this week, the virus had sickened more than 90,000 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, including across 73 countries and 12 states in the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Watch out East High. World of Dance judge and six-time Dancing With the Stars champ Derek Hough is heading to the drama department at your fiercest rival. Hough has joined the cast of Disney+’s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series in a recurring role for the upcoming second season. Hough will play Miss […]

Fox Corporation has been among the most proactive media companies in scaling back events in the face of the rapidly growing coronavirus epidemic. Earlier this week, the company’s Fox News network became the first to cancel its advertisers upfront presentation scheduled for March 24 due to coronavirus concerns. Now I have learned that Fox Corp.’s broadcast network Fox Entertainment […]

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has obtained North American rights to Bad Therapy (fka Judy Small), a marriage counselor comedy starring Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, American Woman), Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine, Ballers), and Michaela Watkins (Wanderlust, The Back-Up Plan). The film, which was directed by Bill Teitler, will get a day-and-date release on April 17. Rounding […]

Less than a week before his sentencing hearing for multiple sex crimes, Harvey Weinstein is in an ambulance right now heading to New York’s notoriously tough Rikers Island. Having been isolated in the Big Apple’s Bellevue Hospital with various ailments since a jury found the much-accused producer guilty of two of five felony charges on […]

EXCLUSIVE: Dani Montalvo (Dispatches from Elsewhere) and Luke Humphrey (Tiny Pretty Things) are set to star as controversial couple Lorena and John Bobbitt in the Lifetime feature I Was Lorena Bobbitt. Currently in production in Toronto, the film will premiere this summer as part of the network’s Ripped from the Headlines slate. Lorena Bobbitt became […]

Armoza Formats, creator of Fox entertainment series The Four, is launching ArmozaFest, a virtual sales event, in the wake of the cancellation of Mip TV. The company, which was acquired by ITV in July 2019, will launch the ‘screen-to-screen’ service for international buyers in order to showcase their upcoming formats. The event will last for […]

YouTube TV, the online pay-TV platform owned by Google, has dropped YES Network after a short-term deal announced five days ago to extend negotiations fell through without an agreement. YouTube had originally said it would drop YES and 21 other regional sports networks owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group’s as of February 29. It’s not immediately […]

The Walt Disney Company has struck its second European distribution deal for Disney+ in a week – this time with Italy’s Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM). The two companies have struck a multi-year that makes TIM the exclusive wholesale distributor of Disney in Italy, via its TIMVision platform. The deal will see the streaming service offered […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Circle and Undercover Boss producer Studio Lambert has cooked up its latest format for Netflix — a dance show that will aim to find the world’s next superstar choreographer. Deadline can reveal that Studio Lambert is about to begin production in London on the show, which has been given the working title All […]

The Cannes Film Festival has issued an update on its 2020 status following yesterday’s cancellation of MIPTV due to the coronavirus. The festival and market told us in an official statement this morning, “We understand the concern that has been expressed following the postponement of Cannes Series and the cancellation of MIPTV, but as of […]

Alice Keens-Soper, the head of specialist factual at Oxford Scientific Films, has joined BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit as an executive producer. Keens-Soper has worked at OSF for more than a decade and during her time at the company won a BAFTA and International Emmy for the 2009 Channel 4 film Saving Africa’s Witch Children. […]

ITV has revealed the impact of the coronavirus on its business including a deferment on advertising for the upcoming James Bond movie and putting in place contingency plans around major sporting events such as the Euro 2020 soccer tournament and Six Nations Rugby. The British broadcaster noted in its full-year financials that it has seen […]

ITV has renegotiated its deal with Mammoth Screen, the British drama producer behind an upcoming BBC adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts + Crosses and BBC/Netflix series The Serpent. ITV CEO Carolyn McCall revealed the renewal on a press call for the company’s annual results, which showed that revenue at production arm ITV Studios outstripped advertising […]

ITV is to double down on its scripted ambitions in the U.S., searching for more talent deals that can bring it shows like Showtime’s The Loudest Voice and TNT’s Snowpiercer. However, the British broadcaster has reiterated that it has no plans to make any sizeable acquisitions in the States to bolster its scripted business. The […]

British broadcaster ITV’s total revenue increased 3% in 2019 to £3.8B ($4.9B) after the company’s production arm ITV Studios performed ahead of expectations. The studio, which makes hits including Love Island and Hell’s Kitchen, increased its revenue by 9% year-on-year to £1.9B in the 12 months to December 2019. This was ahead of forecasted growth […]

BritBox, the streaming service run by BBC Studios and ITV, is to launch in Australia. It is the latest international launch for the platform, which is available in the U.S., Canada and UK. It is expected to launch later in 2020 and will include a slew of British content. BritBox Australia will be run as […]

A Seattle office of another tech giant is being affected by the fast-spreading coronavirus, A Facebook contractor has been diagnosed with the COVID-19. The company notified employees of the diagnosis in a memo Wednesday night and informed then that Facebook’s Stadium East office will be closed until at March 9. Staffers are encouraged to work […]

Less than 24 hours after Joe Biden declared his Presidential campaign very much alive with a trove of Super Tuesday comeback victories, the former Vice-President is celebrating tonight with Hollywood A-listers. As Biden’s campaign has sees a big boost in new bundlers and donors as momentum swings his way as the more moderate alternative to […]

Daredevil Nik Wallenda took on the active Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua this evening in an ABC special, Volcano Live! As the title suggests, the highwire walker attempted an 1,800-foot walk over the active volcano. Wallenda is part of the seventh generation of the wire-walking family, whose outrageous stunts have brought fame and tragedy to the family. This […]

Super Tuesday saw the Democratic presidential candidate race narrowed down to two, Trevor Noah noted. “It was a long way from the original 6,000.” Noah expressed condolences to Elizabeth Warren, who failed to pick up a single state, including her home state of Massachusetts, coming in third. “It’s like your parents have replaced you with […]