Новости за 09.04.2020

EXCLUSIVE: A week after former Paradigm agent Debbee Klein smacked her old employer with a $2 million breach of contract lawsuit, the Sam Gores-led company has hit back today with a searing court filing of its own denying all allegations of impropriety as “self-aggrandizing and delusional,” especially calumnious claims that prostitutes were hired by the […]

UPDATE, 10AM PST: Ofcom has launched an urgent investigation into London Live’s David Icke interview. It has now received 41 complaints about the show. A spokesman said: “We have assessed this programme, and we are concerned that it raises potential issues under our rules. We are now investigating it as a matter of urgency.” PREVIOUSLY, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Alena Dillon’s novel Mercy House, the story of a group of renegade nuns, is set to be adapted by CBS All Access after the streamer acquired the book rights. Deadline understands that The Good Wife writer and producer Corinne Brinkerhoff will write and exec produce the project, which is in the very early stages […]

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie is increasingly being talked about as the candidate to beat in the race to replace Tony Hall as director general of the BBC. Deadline has spoken to several sources familiar with the recruitment process and a consensus is emerging around Davie as the frontrunner, even though the BBC is […]

ViacomCBS has set up a $100 million relief fund to help those impacted by COVID-19, according to a memo to staff Thursday from CEO Bob Bakish. It’s the latest company to establish funds to help workers displaced by a shutdown of film and TV production due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. These funds […]

Station 19 will be ringing its fire bell a little later in the night after ABC moved the firefighter drama into Grey’s Anatomy’s slot. Starting Thursday, April 16, Station 19 will air in the 9 pm slot. This comes after production on season 16 of Grey’s Anatomy was cut short due to the COVID-19 crisis. […]

Trade groups representing local newspapers and broadcasters are seeking provisions in the next coronavirus relief legislation that would provide a lifeline to struggling outlets amid a drop in advertising revenue. The groups — including the News Media Alliance, National Association of Broadcasters, the National Newspaper Association and America’s Newspapers — want stations and newspapers to […]

EXCLUSIVE: Indie studio wiip has optioned the rights to New York Times bestselling author A.J. Baimes’ book The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World for development as a limited series executive produced by Dylan Clark (The Batman, War for the Planet of the Apes). Scott Bloom (Roosevelt) is […]

ABC said goodbye to Modern Family on Wednesday — and bid farewell on a high note. After 11 seasons and a wagon full of Emmys, the series finale of the popular sitcom jumped to a 1.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, its best number since its September 2018 season premiere. It netted 7.43 million viewers, […]

EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to The Rental, the thriller that marks the directorial debut of Dave Franco. The film stars GLOW‘s Alison Brie, Downton Abbey‘s Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White (Shameless) and Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night). Pic will be released July 24. Scripted by Franco & Joe […]

Liberty Global, the pan-European video and broadband group and parent of Virgin Media, said CEO Mike Fries donated $1 million out of his 2020 salary to a $4 million fund to help employees affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The rest of the executive team is donating $1 million of salaries and directors fees and the […]

Some Modern Family cast members shared their feelings on social media as the 11-season run of the hit ABC comedy series came to an end Wednesday night. “Just like that, it’s over. This family changed me forever,” tweeted Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who played Mitchell Pritchett on the show. “Until next time… x”. Eric Stonestreet, who […]

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that […]

Refresh for updates … With roughly a third of all Americans ordered to stay “safer at home” amid the coronavirus outbreak, the entertainment industry is chiming in with public service announcements about how to stay safe, maintain social distance, deal with isolation and uncertainty and try to grasp the concept of “what’s next?” Here’s a […]

Fox Entertainment-owned animation house Bento Box, the company behind Bob’s Burgers and Duncanville, has struck a first-look development deal with Australian production company Princess Pictures. The deal will see Princess Pictures, best known for producing Chris Lilley’s live-action comedy Summer Heights High, develop animated content from undiscovered Australian-based, multi-hyphenate creators with Bento Box. Shows will […]

Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has 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 […]

Streaming service Disney+ hit 50 million paid subscribers globally within five months after its U.S. launch, Disney said, calling it a “new milestone.” The company last revealed on February 4 that the service had close to 29 million subscribers – meaning it’s up 75% since then. It handed down that number on its quarterly earnings […]

In its second week back on TV, Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be returning to its original 11:35 PM time slot but there is a twist. The late-night talk show will go from its standard hourlong format to 30 minutes, with a new half-hour Nightline following at 12:05 AM. The entire ABC late-night block will remain […]