Новости за 28.10.2021

UPDATED with Tim Cook Emmy, and user privacy, comments: Apple CEO Tim Cook took an unaccustomed detour during Apple’s quarterly conference call, lingering on Apple TV+, a pocket of the company that’s so small relatively speaking it doesn’t usually get a shout out. That’s what nearly a dozen Emmys will do. “In just its first […]

Michelle Obama is set to make her mark on ABC’s Black-ish as the former First Lady is set for a guest star spot when the comedy returns for its eighth and final season in 2022. The series, created and executive produced by Kenya Barris, will continue to tell stories that shine a light on current […]

EXCLUSIVE: Cast is rounding out on Boy Kills World, with Isaiah Mustafa (It: Chapter Two) joining the action pic set in a dystopian fever dream reality that is gearing up to shoot in South Africa. As Deadline previously revealed, Bill Skarsgard (who starred with Mustafa in It: Chapter Two), Samara Weaving and martial arts expert […]

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) dressed up as Ted Lasso for a series of tweets he said was a warm up for Halloween weekend, but quickly took on a different meaning because they features Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). “Biscuits with the boss,” Romney wrote in one tweet, adding, “She’s one tough cookie.” She’s one tough cookie. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Attorney and business affairs exec Evan Sypek is joining Westbrook Inc. as Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, Unscripted, the company announced today. In his new role, Sypek will help oversee business and legal affairs for Westbrook across Westbrook Media, Westbrook Studios, and Red Table Talk Production’s unscripted development and production projects. He’ll […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Garcia and Annie Gonzalez are set to lead the George Lopez drama pilot Once Upon a Time in Aztlan from STXtelevision and Amazon Studios. Garcia will portray the show’s hero, Arturo Duran. After 13 years in Federal prison, Arturo has missed a lifetime’s worth of changes. His second chance at life will be born […]

Alyssa Milano is expanding her relationship with A+E Studios with a first-look production and writing deal. Under the pact, Milano will write and produce projects for A+E Studios for sale on all global and domestic television platforms and services. The deal follows A+E Studios’ acquisition of her pilot script Things I’m Seeing Without You, which […]

After going strictly virtual in 2020 due to the pandemic, Deadline’s The Contenders Film: Los Angeles is returning in person at the DGA Theatre on Sunday November 14. The event like the recent October 9th London Contenders will be a hybrid Live in-person gathering from 7:30AM to 6:00PMPT  as well as virtual streaming live from […]

Producers of MJ, the upcoming Broadway musical about Michael Jackson that uses the late icon’s hits as its score, has cast the young actor – or actors – who will play the singer in his youthful Jackson Five era: Walter Russell III from Harlem, New York, and Christian Wilson from Norfolk, Virginia, will alternate in […]

Play-Doh is getting its own competition format special. Sarah Hyland is to host Play-Doh Squished, a holiday-special based on the mushy kids toy for Amazon-owned AVOD service IMDb TV. The Modern Family star will serve as a host, judge and exec producer on the special, which comes from eOne, Hasbro and Amazon Studios. The one-hour […]

Nathan Muller has been promoted to vice president of Development, Freeform, from his most recent role as executive director, Development. In his new role, Muller will implement the network’s creative strategy to develop unique and boundary-pushing scripted content while also identifying new ideas and concepts for series. He will also oversee creative production on pilots, […]

Two variety specials featuring Taye Diggs, Ne-Yo, and Eric Bellinger have been set at The CW—The Black Pack: We Three Kings and The Black Pack: Excellence. We Three Kings will premiere on Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. ET. Both specials will feature music, dance, and comedy. Confirmed guests include Jordin Sparks, Tank, and Sevyn Streeter. […]

Gene Walsh, who rose to head NBC’s Press & Publicity departments on both coasts during a three-decade career at the network, has died. He was 87. Publicist Charlie Barrett said Walsh died September 1 of natural causes at his Burbank home. Showbiz & Media Figures We’ve Lost In 2021 – Photo Gallery Walsh joined NBC’s […]

Netflix today unveiled a slate of new Spanish content, including two fiction series and a pair of feature films. On the film side, Patxi Amezcua is writing and directing Infiesto (working title). Isak Férriz and Iria del Río star in the pic, which is set on the first day of a national emergency involving a […]

Viggo Mortensen and Caleb Landry Jones will lead the cast of Two Wolves, a Vietnam War-set thriller being helmed by Oscar nominated documentarian Alex Gibney. The pic tells the story of helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson who, during the Wwr, turned against his fellow soldiers to halt the massacre of unarmed civilians in the village of […]

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s Spanish-language spin-off of its hit movie Bird Box is taking flight, with cast now confirmed for the Barcelona-set film, which goes into production in November. Starring will be: Mario Casas, Georgina Campbell, Diego Calva, Alejandra Howard, Naila Schuberth, Patrick Criado, Celia Freijeiro with Lola Dueñas, Gonzalo de Castro, Michelle Jenner and Leonardo Sbaraglia. […]

Freddie Mercury BBC Doc In The Works The final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s extraordinary life is to be told in a BBC2 doc from Putin: A Russian Spy Story producer Rogan Productions. Freddie Mercury: The Final Act comes 30 years after the Queen superstar died from complications of AIDS. The film follows the story from […]

EXCLUSIVE: Son Of Rambow and X-Men: First Class actor Bill Milner has joined Brian Epstein biopic Midas Man as Brian’s brother Clive Epstein who assumed control of his brother’s music store business. Filming is underway in Liverpool on the movie about the visionary music manager Brian Epstein, who famously discovered the Beatles. Starring are The […]

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Lenny Henry’s Banijay-backed indie Douglas Road Productions is to spotlight Caribbean culture in the UK in an upcoming BBC2 arts documentary. Deadline hears production will commence next month in London on the show, which does not yet have a title. Commissioned out of Factual/Arts Director Patrick Holland’s department, the series will explore Caribbean […]

Sony Pictures Entertainment recorded $288M in operating profits for the three months ending September 30, repping a 7% dip from the same period last year. Revenues in the division, however, were up 35% to $2.37B. Reporting its full fiscal 2021 second quarter earnings this afternoon in Tokyo, Sony Corp said overall operating income at the […]

The nation’s largest Native American organization said today that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred’s claims of widespread support for the Atlanta Braves’ nickname and its tomahawk chop fan ritual are not accurate. Manfred sad Tuesday that Native Americans in the Atlanta region are “fully supportive of the Braves’ program, including the chop. For me, that’s kind of […]

Two years after Hong Kong cracked down on pro-Democracy demonstrators, the local legislature passed a new film censorship law, according to multiple reports. As part of the measure, Hong Kong’s powerful Chief Secretary can now revoke a film’s license if it conflicts with China’s national security interests. The Hong Kong stricture is an outgrowth of […]

Caitlyn Jenner says the controversy over Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special The Closer is about “woke culture run amok.” Speaking out via Twitter on Wednesday, Jenner said the uproar over Chappelle’s language on trans people (of whom Jenner is one) is an attack on free speech. “Dave Chappelle is 100% right,” Jenner tweeted. “This isn’t about […]

LeBron James didn’t like the ending of the Netflix hit show Squid Game, as he recently related in a viral video. Now, the show’s creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, has fired back at the Los Angeles Lakers all-star, actor and entertainment executive. Asked for his reaction to James’s critique by The Guardian, he said, “Have you seen […]

The copper-green Confederate Soldier statue that holds the stage before the cast of Broadway’s wondrous revival of Caroline, Or Change assembles looks as if it could rouse itself with the slightest provocation, perhaps through a spark of the same theatrical magic that will soon give life to a washing machine, a radio, a clothes dryer. […]