Новости за 01.04.2020

Showtime has made more adjustments to its schedule as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which suspended all Hollywood production. Black Monday and Billions, which were in production on their current/upcoming seasons when the shutdown occurred, will air partial seasons, with the rest of the episodes running at a later date after all production has […]

MSNBC announced a big change in its executive ranks on Tuesday: Rashida Jones is taking on another role leading MSNBC’s daytime programming, while retaining her role as senior vice president of specials for NBC News and MSNBC. NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack and MSNBC President Phil Griffin made the announcement in a memo to employees […]

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max’s upcoming Gossip Girl reboot has cast young actress Savannah Smith for a lead role. This marks the first booking for Smith who is currently studying acting at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Start of production on the 10-episode series, from Joshua Safran, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire, Alloy Entertainment, […]

Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope is for […]

NBC’s America’s Got Talent is looking to find more contestants for its upcoming season, possibly those who have honed a craft during Coronavirus quarantine, after re-opening its online auditions. The NBC show has made the move following the scheduling changes brought on by the production shutdown caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Given that many people […]

Father’s Day is coming a little early this year. TBS said today that Seth MacFarlane’s top-rated adult animated comedy American Dad! will return with new Season 16 episodes at 10 p.m. Monday, April 13. Watch the first promo above. The toon, which scored a two-year renewal in January, is marking its 15th anniversary this year and will […]

Last week, Illumination/Universal’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru stepped off of its global release which was previously set for late June in some offshore markets and for July 3 domestically. It has now been scheduled for July 2, 2021, taking the slot that belonged to Sing 2, which in turn is now headed to Christmas […]

ScreenCraft has opened submissions for the 8th annual Horror Screenplay Competition. They have also unveiled their jury which is an impressive roster of names in the horror game including featured judge C. Robert Cargill, the horror screenwriter behind the Sinister franchise and Doctor Strange. The competition is open to film, TV and short screenplays from English-language writers […]

American Documentary, announced today that they are re-opening its Artist Emergency Fund for those in the independent documentary community affected by the coronavirus pandemic. American Documentary is a nonprofit behind the PBS series POV, which is public television’s showcase for nonfiction films. The adapted fund of over $100,000 will provide rapid response grants up to […]

CBS topped Tuesday with its crime dramas dominating viewership in primetime, highlighted by the biggest audience to watch NCIS in two years and the season finale of FBI, which hit a series high in viewers. NCIS led the charge, holding steady with last week and earning a 1.3 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 13.43 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Speed-Hamilton and Cameron Hamilton, the breakout couple from Netflix’s hit reality show Love Is Blind, have signed with CAA for representation in all areas. Lauren and Cameron have been riding a wave of popularity following their breakout turn on Love Is Blind, leading to online speculation about them headlining their own series. There is […]

London arts venue The Barbican has extended its temporary closure to 30 June 2020, due to the coronavirus outbreak. All cinema, theater and arts events are now postponed or cancelled at the complex until at least that date, in another sign of the daunting timeline and challenge facing businesses. Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Managing Director, Barbican said, […]

HBO continues to see a Coronavirus ratings bump with the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver drawing a season high and solid aggregated numbers for the season three opener of Westworld. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, produced by Avalon Television, returned from a week off to reach a season high of […]

The CW is looking ahead to sunnier days, setting season premiere dates for a quartet of its summer series: the unscripted Masters of Illusion and Penn & Teller: Fool Us and dramas Burden of Truth and Bulletproof. Season 7 of the magic-themed Masters of Illusion will appear at 8 p.m. Friday, May 15, while the show-us-what-you-got magic […]

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Dan Bucatinsky has signed with Gersh for acting. The move comes as Bucatinsky, who won a guest actor Emmy for his portrayal of James Novak on ABC’s Scandal, returns to the network as a series regular on comedy series The Baker and the Beauty. Actor, writer, producer and author Bucatinsky co-starred in […]

Working Title Films, Focus Features, and Compete Fiction Pictures have teamed on the film rights to develop Simon Stephenson’s debut novel Set My Heart to Five, with Baby Driver helmer Edgar Wright attached to direct. The book is slated for release later this year via HarperCollins imprints Hanover Square Press (U.S.) and 4th Estate (UK). […]

Los Angeles County has seen its number of residents testing positive for coronavirus triple in less than a week, local health officials said today. They also reported 10 deaths and 548 new cases in the past 24 hours. That brings the county’s death toll to 54, with 3,011 new cases. “These aren’t just numbers,” said […]

ABC’s daytime drama General Hospital will begin airing repeat episodes on Fridays beginning this week, April 3 through May 22, amid the continuing coronavirus-related production halt. New original episodes will continue to air Monday through Thursday as originally planned, the network said today. Each “Flashback Friday” episode will feature an introduction from a General Hospital […]