Новости за 13.05.2020

EXCLUSIVE: Inde Navarrette (Wander Darkly) is set as a series regular opposite Erik Valdez and Emmanuelle Chriqui in Superman & Lois, the CW’s straight-to-series drama about the iconic DC couple, played by Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch. Navarrette will play Sarah Cushing in the series from The Flash executive producer Todd Helbing, DC Universe architect […]

Comcast CFO Mike Cavanaugh sees PVOD opportunities arising on a “title by title” basis going foward at Universal although “there is obviously a lot of industry stuff to work through to bring that to fruition.” His comments at a media conference Wednesday – the latest in a war of words over windows – were in […]

Howard Stern spoke candidly about longtime friend Donald Trump on his SiriusXM radio show on Tuesday. Trump attended Stern’s wedding in 2008 and has been on his SiriusXM show “too many times to count,” Stern said last year. “He was one of the top 5 guests of all time. He was wild…completely unfiltered.” “The oddity […]

EXCLUSIVE: Poland is the latest European country to give the green light for film and TV production to resume with safety precautions, according to the Polish Film Institute. Poland announced today that as part of its latest phase of easing it will re-open restaurants and hairdressers from May 18. We can reveal that on the […]

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max is in the early development stage of a feature adaptation for the Trottle novella, which was co-written by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, who is the NYT bestselling author of The Fireman and Strange Weather. Leigh Dana Jackson, a co-executive producer on the Netflix series Raising Dion, will write the […]

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler will host a press call Friday with leaders of the WGA East and the NewsGuild-CWA to discuss their efforts at mitigating the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis on their members as newsrooms across the country are facing furloughs, layoffs and budget cuts. “This is occurring at a time when the […]

The Roots, the house band for NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, are drumming up new business for their production company Two One Five Entertainment after striking a first-look deal with Universal Television. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter are to work with Universal Television and Universal Television Alternative Studio to develop […]

Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. distribution rights to The Secrets We Keep, the period revenge thriller directed by The Operative‘s Yuval Adler that stars Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman and Chris Messina. The film hails from AGC Studios in partnership with Ingenious Media and Fibonacci Films. No release plan was revealed. Rapace stars as Maja, a […]

AMC Networks has reached a deal to acquire Anne Rice’s major literary works, The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches, for series development. The Vampire Chronicles series encompasses 18 titles, including Interview With The Vampire, The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned and The Tale of the Body Thief. Under the […]

The National Association of Broadcasters opened a virtual show on Wednesday with a far different scenario than envisioned just a few months ago —  the dire situation for some radio and TV stations amid the coronavirus pandemic. In his address to broadcasters, NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith said, “We know this is likely the […]

Utopia has secured North American rights to House of Cardin, a documentary about the life and work of legendary fashion designer and entrepreneur Pierre Cardin. Directed by P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes, the doc had its premiere at last year’s Venice International Film Festival and will be released in August ahead of September’s New […]

The much-delayed former Fox/Marvel The New Mutants is not going to Disney+ or Hulu, and remains on track for a theatrical release, now set for Aug. 28 this year. New Mutants stands alone as the only wide entry on the pre-Labor Day weekend frame. The pic’s history of release dates include April 13, 2018; Feb. 22, 2019; […]

EXCLUSIVE: Verve continues to build out its unscripted division, adding veteran reality TV producers Sean Travis and Justin Booth to its client roster. Travis, best known for executive producing MTV’s hit docuseries The Hills and The City, directed early seasons of MTV’s The Real World. He produced the first Beastie Boys music video which helped […]

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set a deal for two feature starring vehicles for Reese Witherspoon, her first with the streaming service. Her Hello Sunshine has teamed with Aggregate Films’ Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan to produce Your Place Or Mine, a romantic comedy that will mark the feature directorial debut of Aline Brosh McKenna, whose script […]

Universal Orlando announced Tuesday that select CityWalk venues are opening on May 14 from 4–10 pm daily and that its team and all of guests should follow ecommended CDC guidelines. The park is still closed. CityWalk, adjacent to the still-shuttered theme park, offers a Universal Studios Store and other shopping and dining options — currently […]

Broadway theaters aren’t expected to reopen in New York City for quite a long time, Deadline sources saying not before 2021. And according to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent reopening phase plan, indoor cinemas are in the same final Phase 4 classification as Broadway theaters, entertainment venues, museums and arts and recreation businesses. Yikes. […]

In a video shared on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, Broadway star Nick Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, announced that her husband is conscious. Cordero has spent more than a month in intensive care after coronavirus complications. “I asked the doctor today, ‘Can we say he is awake?'” said Kloots. “He is awake,” said the doctor. […]

Hulu says it has a hit in Solar Opposites, an original animation series for adults from the creative team behind Rick and Morty. The show, which premiered last Friday, has become the Disney-owned streaming service’s top original comedy to date. It was the second-most-watched title on Hulu on the full seven-day weekly chart despite only […]

ViacomCBS said Tuesday it’s agreed to sell $2 billion worth of debt in two tranches to raise fresh cash. The sale of senior notes is expected to close on May 19. ViacomCBS said in an SEC filing that it intends to use the net proceeds for the purchase of notes tendered pursuant to previously announced […]

EXCLUSIVE: Tyler Perry was one of the first Hollywood producers to come up with a comprehensive plan how to safely restart TV production. He is now the first to set start dates for U.S. shows filming in North America. On July 8, Perry’s two BET series, Sistas and The Oval, will begin production — one […]

Univision — which has struggled to sell mainstream marketers on Hispanic media in volumes its execs have long felt it deserved — took another swing Tuesday at explaining why in a virtual presentation to the ad community ahead of its upfront on June 16. “Investing in a growing LatinX population is money well spent,” was […]

Well Go USA has acquired the North American rights to Lech Majewski’s Valley of the Gods. The company is set to release the surrealist drama starring Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin) and John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich, Death of a Salesman) in theaters and on digital platforms on August 11. Known for pushing […]

Eric Garcetti has almost never met a media opportunity he didn’t like, but today the Los Angeles Mayor had to jump into damage control mode over confusing comments the top Public Health official in the county made about stay-at-home restriction going deep into the summer. “I want to reassure people because I think there was […]

EXCLUSIVE: Television writer, executive producer and filmmaker Matthew Arnold has signed with APA. Arnold became known in the television industry in 2013 when NBC ordered his original scripted faux found-footage drama, Siberia, to series. He served as creator and executive producer of the series, in addition to directing most episodes. He later when on to […]