Новости за 07.03.2024

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation with multiple studios bidding, 20th Century Studios has reeled in theatrical distribution rights to Imagine Entertainment’s thriller Whalefall, based on the recently published novel by bestseller Daniel Kraus. Aboard to co-write and direct the film is Brian Duffield, who has a strong relationship with 20th President Steve Asbell and his […]

Steve Lawrence, the singer who teamed with his wife Eydie Gormé to form one of the most popular nightclub and concert duos of their generation, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease today. He was 88. His son, the composer and performer David Lawrence, said in a press statement, “My Dad was an inspiration to so […]

One of America’s most famous unsolved murders, the 1996 killing of JonBenét Ramsey, is getting the true-crime limited scripted series treatment. The project, from MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, has been heating up for green light. A platform has not been determined yet, with Paramount+ rumored as a possibility. The series is created and […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Apple TV+ series Murderbot is rounding out its leading cast with Sabrina Wu (Joy Ride), Tattiawna Jones (Orphan Black: Echoes), Akshay Khanna (Polite Society) and Tamara Podemski (Outer Range). The quad will star opposite Alexander Skarsgård, who also executive produces. Based on Martha Wells’ bestselling Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning book series The Murderbot Diaries, the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Last month, when Brandt Andersen’s debut feature film The Strangers’ Case won the Amnesty International Film Award at Berlinale, it marked the recognition of a long and impassioned journey for the writer, director and long-time producer as he sought to marry film with his extensive activism background.  The drama, which world premiered as a Special Gala at […]

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios’ crime thriller Play Dirty has four new additions: Keegan-Michael Key (Wonka), Nat Wolff (Which Brings Me to You), Chukwudi Iwuji (The Day of the Jackal), and Thomas Jane (Troppo). As previously announced, Mark Wahlberg leads the ensemble, with LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, and Tony Shalhoub also set for roles. No word […]

EXCLUSIVE: Love Lies Bleeding breakout star Katy O’Brian has signed with Gersh. O’Brian had been taking meetings all around town after the film bowed in Sundance and earned her a ton of praise and ultimately chose to go with Gersh as her new reps. O’Brian leads A24’s Love Lies Bleeding from director Rose Glass. The […]

EXCLUSIVE: Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood, Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story), Uche Agada (Rise) and Dane DiLiegro (Prey, American Horror Stories) have joined Mindy Kaling’s Netflix series, set in the world of pro basketball, in recurring roles. Previously announced cast also includes Kate Hudson, Brenda Song, Drew Tarver and Scott MacArthur. In the as-yet-untitled comedy series, when […]

Warner Bros. Discovery is making cable network TruTV a regular home for sports, adding a weeknight sports block and shifting established franchise Impractical Jokers to TBS this summer. A mix of live sports, original sports programming and ancillary sports content will start appearing on TruTV next Monday, March 11, under the banner “TNT Sports on […]

EXCLUSIVE: Brand management company Foundation Media Partners is leading development, packaging, and production on a new slate of projects for cheerleading and dance team company Varsity Spirit. Among the projects is a new movie from Point Break and Varsity Blues scribe Peter Iliff, an animation featuring Morgan Simianer, the breakout star of Netflix docuseries Cheer, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Zooey Deschanel has signed on to star in Merv, a romantic comedy that Jessica Swale will direct for Amazon MGM Studios. Written by Linsey Stewart and Dane Clark, the film (Merv is a working title) watches as an estranged couple learns that the dog they share is suffering from depression following their break-up, awkwardly […]

Nelson Peltz and Jay Rasulo, who are fighting to get themselves elected to the Disney board against the company’s wishes, said today they’re not out “to fire the CEO.” Peltz of Trian Partners has been publicly bashing the company and Iger for a year. Rasulo hasn’t taken the stage publicly until today as the two […]

UPDATED: A letter sent by Andy Cohen’s lawyer to the legal team of Real Housewives of New York alum Leah McSweeney reiterates that claims of workplace discrimination and retaliation made in her lawsuit against the franchise’s boss are false, and calls on McSweeney to retract her accusations. The letter, delivered Wednesday from Cohen’s powerhouse lawyer […]

Wondery and Campside Media, the company behind the successful Chameleon franchise, are expanding their relationship with an exclusive audio first-look deal for a multi-project slate. Under the pact, Wondery and Campside will produce Limited Series podcasts, including non-English language titles, to be distributed by Wondery globally, with the first being a German-language series currently in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Boxing great and entrepreneur Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will serve as an executive producer on the film, The Long Game, which earned the SXSW Narrative Spotlight Audience Award in 2023. The feature, directed by Julio Quintana, opens in theaters nationwide on April 12. Deadline has your exclusive first look at the film’s trailer below. The […]

EXCLUSIVE: Chloë Grace Moretz (The Peripheral), Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick), and Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) have signed on to star in Dutch & Razzlekhan, a heist film based on a true story that will go into production this summer under the direction of BAFTA nominee Jon S. Baird (Tetris). Logan […]

Sean Garinger, a young father featured in the 2020-21 season of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, died February 28 in a freak ATV accident at his home in Boone, North Carolina. He was 20. Garinger, who was the father of two with his then-girlfriend Selena Gutierrez, was driving an ATV on his family’s property on North […]

TikTok users have reported getting push notifications urging them to contact their members of Congress to protest newly proposed legislation that would require that parent Chinese-owned ByteDance divest the app. The notification warns users to “Stop a TikTok shutdown,” warning that Congress “is planning a total ban of TikTok.” It features a link where they […]

EXCLUSIVE: #1 New York Times bestselling author Laura Dave is teaming with her husband Josh Singer, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter currently nominated for Maestro, to adapt her forthcoming novel The Night We Lost Him into a feature for Netflix. The pair comes to the project following their collaboration on The Last Thing He Told Me, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Nicholas Braun, Tommy Dewey and Nicholas Podany have joined the cast of Sony Pictures’ SNL 1975, which will be directed by Jason Reitman and based on the real-life behind-the-scenes accounts of the opening episode of Saturday Night Live. Braun will play Jim Henson, Dewey will play Michael O’Donoghue and Podany will play Billy Crystal.  The original screenplay […]

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson have locked deals to return for The Accountant 2, the sequel to the Gavin O’Connor-directed action thriller The Accountant, on which Amazon MGM Studios has teamed with Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity. Also set to return is O’Connor, who directs from a script penned […]

Oprah Winfrey is taking on the subject of prescription weight loss medications and their impact in an upcoming ABC primetime special. An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution will air Monday, March 18 at 8 pm EDT on ABC and next day on Hulu. The special delves into prevailing questions and concerns […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Sydney Sweeney & Paul Walter Hauser title, Americana, which was one of the prolific acquisition titles from last year’s SXSW, has finally seen its worldwide rights go to Lionsgate. Why did a movie with big stars and 100% on Rotten Tomatoes take so long to sell? I understand part of the hold-up stems […]

Independent studio Media Res has enlisted Oscar-winning filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round) to spearhead a TV adaptation of the Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children’s fantasy novel The Brothers Lionheart into an event limited series. The Danish filmmaker will direct the potential family series, which he will co-write with Tony and Olivier Award playwight Simon Stephens (Curious […]

EXCLUSIVE: With her Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black bowing this spring, Focus Features looks to be high on the star of that film as they have set Marisa Abela to join Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett and Rege-Jean Page in the Focus Feature thriller Black Bag, directed by Steven Soderbergh. David Koepp penned the script with Casey Silver […]