Kimmel Meets The Moment; Netflix Wins TV Bidding War; Sydney Chandler Q&A

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. KIMMEL MEETS THE MOMENT THE LATE-NIGHT HOST GETS A LITTLE HELP FROM ROBERT DE NIRO IN HIS RETURN TO ABC Jimmy Kimmel more than met the moment in his return to TV after a weeklong benching by ABC. Greeted by a standing ovation and chants of “Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy!” from his studio audience, and revealing news of a German job offer, Kimmel started off with a nod to the great Jack Paar’s return to the air after a corporate run-in of his own in 1960. Warming up, he thanked his fellow late-night hosts past and present, his fans and fans of free speech like “even my old pal Ted Cruz.” Yet, for all the anger and backlash around Kimmel’s suspension, the longtime host’s deft decision Tuesday was to speak to Charlie Kirk's grieving widow and the big picture in America right now. >>>Analysis Related: Trump Again Threatens ABC As He Blasts Jimmy Kimmel’s Return Kimmel Is Back, But Not Everywhere: How Long Can Nexstar & Sinclair Keep Him Sidelined? Disney Tells Streaming Customers It Is Raising Prices Deadline Exclusives & Originals Netflix Wins Massive Bidding War - A supernatural drama spec script by Say Nothing creator Joshua Zetumer triggered a bidding frenzy of a scope and intensity we have not seen in quite awhile. Ultimately, Netflix has emerged as the winner in the two-week process, taking the project off the table by ordering it straight to series.  >>>15 Competitors Bigfoot Lives! - Pure Imagination Studios and Prime Universe Films have acquired exclusive rights to the Bigfoot monster truck brand, with an eye toward building a film and TV universe around it. >>>Multi-Platform Rollout Disney Pink Slips Union Nurses - Disney will soon be parting ways with the union nurses on its Burbank studio lot in favor of subcontracting, less than a year after negotiating a new contract with IATSE. Deadline understands the company first notified IATSE Local 80. >>>"Trying To Avoid Liability" Doc Talk: Mike Figgis - The vexing problems faced by Franis Ford Coppola throughout the making of Megalopolis are captured for posterity in Megadoc, directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Mike Figgis. Figgis joins the latest episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk, explaining what it was like to be on set as Coppola created Megalopolis. >>>Listen Rebel With A Cause - Rebel Wilson is back in the director’s chair amid the volcanic dispute over her debut feature The Deb. Wilson will write, direct, produce and star in comedy Girl Group. Production is underway in the UK with an ensemble cast including Randall Park and Sheridan Smith. >>>Live Nation Studios & Future Artists Producing THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW ‘Alien: Earth’s Sydney Chandler On Wendy’s Journey & Complicated Relationship With Xenomorph: “It’s Not A Puppy Dog, It’s A Lion” Noah Hawley’s ambitious contribution to the Alien franchise wrapped its first season on FX by delivering exactly what Sigourney Weaver waxed on about earlier this month at TIFF. The original heroine of Alien said she admired how Hawley’s sci-fi is not “Alien-centric….the scope of it is so much bigger.” Sydney Chandler, who plays Wendy, addressed a few lingering questions about the final episode, including whether her alter-ego has a blood connection to the Xeno, and why Boy K (Samuel Blenkin) seemed almost giddy that his hybrids had achieved the upper hand.  >>>Interview      Quotable   "Our government cannot be allowed to control what we do and do not say on television." -  Jimmy Kimmel on his first show back on ABC CASTING ABOUT Exclusive Casting on Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues, as Marvin Jones III has been tapped for the role of Tombstone. Jones comes to the new live-action Spider-Man after being tapped to voice Tombstone in Sony’s animated Oscar winner Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, as well as the threequel Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, which is forthcoming.   Exclusive Simon West’s World War II espionage action-adventure Fortitude began principal photography on September 8 in London and has assembled an eye-catching cast. It includes Nicolas Cage, Ben Kingsley, Matthew Goode, Lukas Haas, Alice Eve and more.   Exclusive Late Night With the Devil actress Laura Gordon will continue to find more scares in Blumhouse and Sony/Screen Gems/Stage 6 Films’ Insidious 6.              BY THE NUMBERS   60.2M - Minutes of 'The Pitt' viewed on the Monday after the show's big Emmy wins DEVELOPMENT   Exclusive Amazon MGM Developing Private Eye Comedy Starring NFL’s Marshawn Lynch   EXCLUSIVE Kenan Thompson’s Artists For Artists Developing Biopic Of “Macho Man” Randy Savage MORE NEWS ⚠️ The release of Apple TV+'s The Savant has been put on hold. The decision comes three days before the thriller starring Jessica Chastain was slated to premiere on the streamer Sept. 26. The Savant’s subject matter is believed to be behind it, with the storyline about preventing extremist attacks and some of the imagery considered possibly triggering following the Sept. 10 assassination of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk. ⚖️ Over and over in court testimony Tuesday, the 75-year-old Dr. Phil tried to shift the vast bulk of the blame for the TBN/MSM deal crashing on the Christian broadcaster. “I had as much control as I could have,” he insisted to the court of his role in the fate of the digital endeavor. 🌴 Fox's long-gestating Baywatch reboot has landed a 12-episode straight-to-series order from the broadcast network for a premiere during the 2026-27 season.  ✍️ The Writers Guild of America West has officially selected Michele Mulroney to succeed Meredith Stiehm as President. Mulroney, the guild’s current Vice President, was the sole nominee for the top position. HIRINGS, PROMOTIONS & EXITS EXCLUSIVE Critical Content Sets Rob Lobl & Tony Yates To Lead ‘Sly’ & ‘Ginny & Georgia’ Producer Leslie Sykes Retires From ABC7 After 30 Years OBITUARIES 🕯️ Italian actress Claudia Cardinale, known for her roles in The Leopard and Once Upon a Time in the West has died. She was 87. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery ON THE RADAR Wed - Slow Horses S5 premiere; Kim Kardashian on Fallon Fri - New York Film Festival opens; Ryder Cup tees off Sat - Global Citizen Festival in Central Park  PHOTO OF THE DAY Embraceable Two - Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo Rodriguez hugged it out during the late-night host's return to ABC. 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. Visit the Preferences Center to update your profile and customize what email alerts and newsletters you receive. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. 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