| | | | So far, all is peaceful at the Manhattan courthouse and outside Trump Tower, but the wall-to-wall coverage given to former President Donald Trump's journey from Florida to New York on Monday is just a preview of what is to come today. Throughout the day, broadcast networks are planning to break into regular programming to capture moments of Trump’s arraignment, while cable news channels are loading up on talking heads to fill spots when visuals are lacking. And there could be a few: The actual hearing, set to start at around 2 PM ET/11 AM PT, will have limited camera access. New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan ruled on Monday that he would not allow TV cameras to cover the proceedings, although he will allow five pool photographers to take still photos for several minutes before the proceedings begin. He will allow cameras in the hallway outside the courtroom — although it’s unclear if Trump would be able to step and repeat from one outlet to the next. >>> The Start Of A Full Day |
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First Move After 'Elvis' - In his first star role set since his Oscar-nominated turn as Elvis Presley, Austin Butler will star in City on Fire, an adaptation of Don Winslow’s novel from Sony 3000 Pictures. This will be Butler’s first film as producer, alongside David Heyman and Shane Salerno. The studio has made this a high priority and will be meeting with writers and filmmakers immediately. >>>New Franchise Building
'King Shaka' Stopped In Tracks - Showtime has axed King Shaka, its upcoming epic drama series executive produced by Antoine Fuqua, which tells the sweeping story of the Zulu Empire founder. It marks the latest new series to be canned at the network before it has aired amid a programming overhaul at Showtime, which is being merged with sister streamer Paramount+. >>>Shopped Elsewhere
Feeling The 'Heat' - It’s been nearly 30 years since Michael Mann’s Heat hit theaters via Warner Bros, and the temperature around a sequel is finally rising. Deadline is hearing that Warner Bros is now in negotiations to come on to develop Heat 2, a sequel to the 1995 classic that Mann recently turned into a best-selling novel. Insiders add that Adam Driver is in discussions with Mann to play young Neil McCauley in the movie. >>>Headed In Right Direction
Something To 'Smile' About - Paramount Pictures' horror Smile has been a groundbreaking case of a studio successfully reverse-engineering a title originally intended for a streaming to theatrical route. Originally greenlit for Paramount+, it was pivoted to the big screen and has now made $208M and counting >>>Tenth On Deadline's Blockbuster Chart
Bracing For Impact - Disney’s international teams are braced for layoffs and content cuts in the coming weeks. Multiple sources both inside and outside the Mouse House have said they are expecting redundancies and budget cuts to come shortly, and that these plans are currently being finalized. >>>"Waiting For Names & Headcount" |
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"The studios need to respond to the crisis writers face. WGA members must demonstrate our willingness to fight for the contract we need" - Writer's Guild message to members in announcing April 11 date for a strike-authorization vote |
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Exclusive Elias Kacavas, who heavily recurred in Season 1 of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, has been promoted to series regular for the second season of the HBO Max series, titled Pretty Little Liars: Summer School. Exclusive Josie Totah has joined Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery in the "reimagining" of 1978 horror Face of Death, which will begin filming this month. Exclusive Zoë Kravitz has signed on to star in Biter, a new dark comedy based on the short story by Cat Person's Kristen Roupenian. She will also produce via her company This Is Important, with Paperclip Ltd and Winterlight Pictures co-producing. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Richard Madden are set to headline Amazon Studios' Killer Heat, from director Philippe Lacôte. Neil Patrick Harris will take to the Broadway stage as a special guest star in Peter Pan Goes Wrong. |
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4 million - Number of total linear and digital viewers for Season 2 premiere of Showtime's Yellowjackets |
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🍿 Illumination/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros Movie is running up a serious box office score. With a Wednesday opening before Easter around the world, the Nintendo co-production is looking at a $225 million-plus opening frame.
🧙 The long-rumored Harry Potter TV series for HBO Max is on track to clear the biggest hurdle in its path to the screen: a deal with the books’ author JK Rowling who has creative control over any exploitation of her work. Warner Bros is in talks with Rowling to join the project as a producer
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💅🏽 Alberto Ferreras’ novel B as in Beauty is getting the TV treatment. A series adaptation from writers Manuel Figueroa and Jordan Heimer is in the works after Concord Originals partnered with Marsh Entertainment and Telemundo Streaming Studios.
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🎥 The headline-grabbing abduction of British model Chloe Ayling is to be dramatized for the BBC by Killing Eve writer Georgia Lester. The BBC’s youth channel BBC3 has greenlit the six-part true-crime series, which will be produced by BBC Studios.
In Brief - RuPaul's Drag Race champion Jinkx Monsoon has joined the cast of Doctor Who... Thad Luckinbill will recur in Taylor Sheridan's Paramount+ series Lioness... They Call Me Magic studio XTR has boarded the docuseries based on podcast The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome. |
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Trending  The CMT Music Awards on Sunday drew its largest audience ever with 5.43 million viewers tuning in on CBS.
🔻 Sunday's 60 Minutes on CBS, featuring an interview with Rep. Majorie Taylor-Greene, was down 33% in viewers from the previous week and the second-lowest audience of the season. |
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On the Radar
Tue - Warner Bros. 100th anniversary
Wed - Passover; Chris Pratt on Seth Meyers
Thu - The Masters golf tournament starts
Fri - Star Wars Celebration Europe begins
Sun - Easter |
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Lowe Life - Rob Lowe, left, and son John Owen Lowe appear on Late Night with Seth Meyers to promote their new Netflix series, Unstable. Both Lowes are executive producers of the comedy, which is said to have been inspired by their social media interactions. |
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