How Kimmel Returned To ABC; 'Spider-Man' Shoot Delayed; Amazon's TV Chief Search

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. HOW KIMMEL & DISNEY FOUND COMMON GROUND "IT BECAME SUCH A MESS, THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS FOR ALL SIDES TO GET THIS OVER WITH," SAID ONE POWER PLAYER Jimmy Kimmel's return to late-night TV tonight is the result of days of meetings and negotiations with top Disney executives that only came to a resolution Monday morning. “There was always a desire to do the best thing for the company,” an insider told Deadline of the direct talks and “thoughtful conversations” between Disney CEO Bob Iger, Disney Entertainment chief Dana Walden and Kimmel and his team. To that end, the final sign-off on Kimmel’s return to his long-running Jimmy Kimmel Live! was made Monday morning by Iger and Walden after a last-minute flurry of paperwork, texts and calls with Team Jimmy. Clearly whatever compromise was reached was in Kimmel’s favor. “Jimmy will say what Jimmy wants to say,” a source says regarding what restrictions, if any, were placed on the past Oscar host. >>>Will Matt Damon Show Up? Related: ​​​​​​​Late-Night Hosts React To Kimmel’s Return: “Our Long National Late-Nightmare Is Over” FCC Commissioner, Democratic Leaders React Sinclair Will Preempt Show When It Airs On ABC Deadline Exclusives & Originals 'Spider-Man' Shoot Delayed - Sony/Marvel Studios’ movie Spider-Man: Brand New Day will pause production for a week after Tom Holland suffered a mild concussion on a London set Friday. They can’t film around him. The actor is recuperating, and filming is set to resume September 29. >>>Won't Impact Release Date Search For Amazon TV Chief Heats Up - More names have emerged for Amazon MGM Studios’ top TV job. Top among them is Netflix veteran Peter Friedlander, who last month exited as Head of UCAN (U.S.-Canada) Scripted Series after 14 years at the global streamer, with some sources suggesting that he may already be in negotiations for the Amazon post. >>>Other High-Profile Candidates A 'Monster' Doc Project - Monster was the 2003 film, directed by Patty Jenkins, that won Charlize Theron her Oscar. That story is now being explored for Netflix in a feature doc from director Emily Turner. Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers will follow how Aileen Wuornos murdered seven men across Central Florida in 1989 and 1990. >>>Death Row Interviews THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW ‘Brilliant Minds’ Showrunner Michael Grassi & Star Zachary Quinto Break Down Season 2 Premiere Brilliant Minds returned for its second season Monday night with a case that had Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) reexamining his own relationships when a boxer is admitted to Bronx General for being unable to control his own arm. Oliver is immediately intrigued by the case of the boxer with alien hand syndrome, even as the case begins to hit a lot closer to home than he could’ve predicted when the patient’s relationship with his father begins to mirror Oliver’s own.  “We were really excited to do a father-son story, and that’s where [the idea for the episode] started,” showrunner Michael Grassi tells Deadline. “This idea of this MMA fighter who his father is lying to him, I think, really reflects Wolf’s story, whose father has come back and is saying he’s sick."  >>>Interview      Quotable   "He doesn't give a f*ck anymore" -  Jon Stewart on what he called Donald Trump's unabashed "authoritarian power grabs" CASTING ABOUT Exclusive After concluding her six-season run on The Handmaid’s Tale, Emmy nominee Yvonne Strahovski has found her next project, closing a deal for a series-regular role opposite Vince Vaughn in the second season of Apple TV+ comedy Bad Monkey.   Exclusive Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) has been cast as a key guest star in the FX Untitled Witness Protection pilot, with the possibility for the role to expand if the project is picked up to series.   Exclusive Alice Birch’s directorial debut Sweetsick starring Cate Blanchett at Searchlight Pictures has added Alien: Romulus actor Spike Fearn to its cast. In Brief - Eoin Macken & Andrew Liner leaving as Ransom Canyon series regular... NCIS: Origins casts Philip Winchester              MORE NEWS 🏛️ The Supreme Court cleared the way for Donald Trump to fire the sole Democrat on the Federal Trade Commission, raising doubt about a long-standing precedent that has limited the president’s power over independent agencies. ⚖️ MPRM has sued 42West and nearly a dozen other ex-MPRMers who took their talents and clients to the Hollywood rival. In a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court citing fraudulent concealment and 11 other claims, MPRM wants “an order enjoining Defendants from using or possessing MPRM’s trade secrets” as well as a boatload of unspecified damages. 💰 Sky Studios will attract £2B ($2.7B) worth of production investment to the UK over the next five years, it has said, after being given the go-ahead for a huge expansion of its Elstree site. The plans would take the total number of sound stages on site to 22, set over 65 acres, with 470,000 sq ft of stage space for filming. HIRINGS, PROMOTIONS & EXITS A+E Global Media Names Brian Weiss EVP, Strategy And Business Development Matt Frucci Named Executive Producer Of ‘NBC Nightly News With Tom Llamas’ Secuoya Studios Taps Andrés Zamora From Sony To Lead New Global Pre-Sales & Distribution Division ON THE RADAR Tue - Kimmel returns; Leonardo DiCaprio on Fallon; Gavin Newsom on Colbert Wed - Slow Horses S5 premiere Fri - New York Film Festival opens; Ryder Cup tees off Sat - Global Citizen Festival in Central Park  PHOTO OF THE DAY Class Reunion - Michelle Williams and Katie Holmes embrace alongside fellow cast members during a Dawson's Creek reading Monday night at New York's Richard Rodgers Theatre. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. Please add email@email.deadline.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. 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