Новости за 05.10.2021

EXCLUSIVE: Irish indie feature Extra Ordinary, a horror comedy about a ghost-busting duo, premiered in 2019 at SXSW to rave reviews. It is now being adapted as a half-hour comedy series for TBS. The Turner-owned cable network has put the project into development with Animal Pictures, the production company run by Maya Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne, […]

Veteran ESPN personality Sage Steele, a fixture of the network’s daytime lineup, is not appearing on the company’s programming this week. ESPN declined to comment on why she has stepped back when contacted by Deadline. Comments Steele made during a recent podcast interview with former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler criticized Disney’s Covid vaccine mandate and […]

Maria Rosario Jackson, a professor at Arizona State University and a native of Los Angeles, has been selected by President Joe Biden as his nominee to chair to National Endowment for the Arts. The White House also announced that Biden would nominate Shelly Lowe as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Jackson and […]

For the first time on Tuesday, Los Angeles County’s top public health official publicly entertained at length the possibility of lifting the region’s mask mandate, at least in part. “With lower transmission and with more people vaccinated we are hopeful that we will be able to lift the mask mandate in settings where there is […]

EXCLUSIVE: The stories of a sex worker, a poacher hunter, a commando and a modern monk are among those being told in a new docuseries exec produced by Kathryn Bigelow. The Hurt Locker director has teamed up with a slew of filmmakers from around the world and Endeavor Content to produce three-part docuseries Year Zero. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Create Advertising Group is continuing to expand its Films and Series team, with the addition of Molly Levine as a Creative Director. In her new role at the award-winning marketing firm, Levine will be responsible for the oversight of advertising projects for film and TV, contributing to the development of 360-degree campaigns for clients worldwide. “Molly […]

Lenka Peterson, whose Broadway performances included a 1984 Tony-nominated turn in the musical Quilters, co-starring roles with Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish and Colleen Dewhurst in plays with creative teams including Truman Capote and Arthur Penn, died Sept. 24 in her sleep at home in Roxbury, Connecticut. She was 95. Her death was announced by her family, […]

Will Packer has been named Producer of the 94th Annual Academy Awards, set for March 27. This will be the first Oscar show to be produced by Packer, a prolific producer of numerous films and TV projects including Straight Outta Compton, Ride Along, Girls Trip, the Think Like a Man films and the television remake of Roots, for which […]

Ed Sheeran has joined the fold at NBC’s The Voice as a mega mentor of the competition series’ season 21 beginning Oct. 25. Sheeran will be part of the “Knockout Rounds” following the “Battle Rounds.” The former will see artists paired against a teammate once more, but they’ll choose their own song to perform individually […]

NBC’s The Voice hit the right note with its latest episode to top Monday primetime. The singing competition series, which has regularly topped primetime since the beginning of the new season, earned a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.23 million viewers in its 8-10 p.m. slot, slightly up from last week’s count. ABC’s […]

EXCLUSIVE: Scout Productions, the company behind Netflix’s hit unscripted series Queer Eye, is bolstering its executive ranks. The company has promoted Renata Lombardo and hired John Wehage from 495 Productions. Lombardo becomes SVP, Development and Current Non-Scripted Programming, while Wehage joins from SallyAnn Salsano’s company as EVP, Production and Operations. Wehage will report to Scout’s President, […]

Boat Rocker is expanding its relationship with brothers Shamier Anderson and Stephan James, stars of Boat Rocker’s anticipated series Invasion and Beacon 23, respectively, with a first-look deal. Under the pact, the brothers will develop and produce original television projects for the company under their Bay Mills Studios banner. “Shamier and Stephan are true creative […]

YouTube Originals Kids & Family is blasting off with Get Curious with Vice President Harris, a new special featuring Kamala Harris and timed to World Space Week. It debuts Thursday at 9 am ET/6 am PT on the NASA YouTube Channel and the YouTube Kids app. Get Curious follows a group of kids as they […]

Jessica Biel is to play Texas killer Candy Montgomery, who killed her church friend with an ax, in a limited true-crime drama series for Hulu. The streamer has handed Candy, which comes from The Act pair Robin Veith and Nick Antosca, a series order. It comes after the project landed at the streamer last year […]

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios is in development on Slow Burn, a globetrotting romantic comedy, to be penned by Andrew Lopez. The film will be based on a real-life love story writer Sean Lewis told about his family on “Isn’t It Slow-Mantic”—an episode of NPR’s beloved podcast, This American Life. It will span both continents and time to tell […]

UPDATED, 8:14 AM PT: Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, told lawmakers that the company was “putting profits over our safety,” reiterating that the company was aware of the potential harm its platform poses to children and it public discourse yet chose not to take meaningful action. While that message mirrored what she told 60 Minutes […]

WarnerMedia is launching a new program, aimed at bolstering aspiring creators of adult animation programming, the company announced today. The HBO Max x WarnerMedia Access Animated Shorts Program will provide up to seven artists, from historically underrepresented communities, with the mentorship, training and tools required to create original, one- to five-minute animated shorts for adult audiences. They’ll […]

EXCLUSIVE: The booming podcasting sector is getting another player. Jason Ross, who founded consultancy Mercer + Ross, has launched Fresh Produce Media with a cadre of television, film and streaming veterans. The company will focus on developing and producing narrative audio series and has also struck a number of development deals with the likes of […]

EXCLUSIVE: After a bidding battle, IFC Films president Arianna Bocco and FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner won U.S. rights to the Audrey Diwan-directed drama Happening. Diwan wrote the script with Marcia Romano based on Annie Emaux’s semi-autobiographical novel about a young woman whose future is threatened after she becomes pregnant at a time before abortion […]

EXCLUSIVE: Mischa Barton has been tapped to lead crime thriller Invitation To A Murder, which is being directed by Stephen Shimek (The Adventure of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend). The project comes from ACE Entertainment, which will launch worldwide sales at the virtual American Film Market next month. Grindstone Entertainment Group will handle domestic distribution. France […]

Here’s a spine-tingling first teaser for HBO Max’s hotly-anticipated Game of Thrones spin-off House Of The Dragon. The show chronicles the beginning of the end of House Targaryen and the events leading up to the Targaryen civil war, known as the ‘Dance of the Dragons’. The 10-episode series will air at an unspecified date in 2022. The […]

Here’s a fresh look at the hotly anticipated new season of HBO’s Succession. The new clips shows Kendall exiting his explosive press conference in which he explosively shone a spotlight on his family’s business dealings. You can watch it below. The footage was shown today as part of a launch event for HBO Max, during […]

British actor David Harewood is set to direct his first feature film, For Whom The Bell Tolls, which will chart the rivalry between two of the UK’s greatest boxers, Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn. The project comes from Cinderella producers Fulwell 73. Leo Pearlman and Heather Greenwood will produce, with filming scheduled for 2022. The […]

Acclaimed author Jackie Collins’ bestselling novel Lovers & Gamblers is to be reworked for TV by Sarah Phelps, the writer of a host of BBC Agatha Christie adaptations. Lovers & Gamblers is also being exec produced by Phelps alongside The Bureau producer Federation UK’s Polly Williams and Arielle Gottlieb. eOne is onboard as co-producer. The […]

Dancing with the Stars judge Derek Hough was forced to sit out of Monday night’s show due to a “potential COVID exposure,” host Tyra Banks announced during the broadcast. “Although he’s fully vaccinated and tested negative, Derek will sit out tonight’s show out of an abundance of caution,” she added. Hough will reportedly sit out all […]