For years, Bravo has had a lock on the traditional reality series with its Real Housewives universe, a franchise that has spawned 12 shows, nine of which are still on the air, as well as 25 standalone spinoffs.
But over the last year or two, The Walt Disney Company has been quietly building its own reality world, particularly on Hulu, one that it hopes can rival the NBCUniversal cabler, leaning into prettier young things that can flit between shows and flirt between casts.
This was evidenced by Hulu’s Get Real event on Tuesday night at Casa Lago – a sprawling estate in Beverly Hills with a private lake and polo arena – that saw cast members of shows such as The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, The Kardashians, Love Thy Nader and Got To Get Out mix with the likes of Call Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper, executive producer of boat dating show Overboard For Love, and talent from longer running ABC shows such as The Bachelor and Dancing with Stars. >>>Leaning Into Social Media |
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The Road To Profitability For 'Sonic 3' - While a threequel to a successful feature video game adaptation would seem like a natural progression for any studio, there were more than just gold rings at the box office to consider when it came to greenlighting Sonic 3. >>>Most Valuable Blockbusters
'Berlin Noir' Sees Daylight - Bernie Gunther is heading to the small screen. Apple TV+ has greenlit a long-gestating TV adaptation of the late Philip Kerr’s popular Berlin Noir books from Oscar-winning Conclave writer Peter Straughan, Doctor Who producer Bad Wolf, and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone. The untitled drama is based on Kerr’s final book Metropolis, which told the iconic detective’s origin story. >>> Story Set In 1928
Holiday Cheer For Apple - In a heated bidding battle for a dish that would seem best served cold, Apple Studios prevailed in a 3-streamer auction and will pay $1.6 million against around $3 million for Foster the Snowman. It’s an exceptionally large deal for a holiday pitch by Jono Matt & Peter Huyck for a high concept family film. >>>Hoping For A Perennial Hit
Universal Gets Into 'Fight' - Universal Pictures and 87North are continuing to build on their strong relationship as sources tell Deadline the studio has landed Fight from the company, with David Leitch attached to direct from a spec script written by Nathaniel Halpern. >>>High-Octane Thrills
CA Tax Credit Bills One Step Closer - The California Senate’s Revenue and Taxation Committee on Wednesday voted out of committee a bill aimed at expanding and retooling the state’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program. >>>Goes To Full Senate
In Brief - Monkeypaw’s development team hit with layoffs... Herbert West: Reanimator getting feature redo... Stay Gold Features secures third round of development & production funding... King Kong Universe to expand through books
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In this week's episode of the Apple TV+ dramedy The Studio, a bumbling but well-intentioned Continental Studios executive attends a charity gala with his girlfriend (ahem, not for long), a pediatric oncologist (played by Rebecca Hall). As he finds himself out of his depth and off balance — metaphorically and quite literally — the event teeters into a display of full-blown chaos and second-hand embarrassment, given Matt’s (co-creator and executive producer Seth Rogen) determination to equate his work to that of saving children’s lives.
Speaking to Deadline in an interview, the multihyphenate said he drew from his own experiences of hurt ego, with the episode pushing his character’s likability so much so that he was even losing the support of his camera operator. >>>Read The Interview |
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Lionsgate's The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has closed deals for its first two leads, enlisting Joseph Zada for the role of Haymitch Abernathy, Tribute from District 12, and Whitney Peak to play Haymitch’s girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird.
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Ella Rubin (The Idea of You) and Amélie Elisabeth Hoeferle (Night Swim) have been tapped as the co-leads of Amazon MGM Studios’ Sterling Point, a YA drama series from My Old Ass writer-director Megan Park, LuckyChap and Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire.
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Paul Ben-Victor (Nobody Wants This) is set for a key recurring role opposite Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre in HBO’s upcoming drama series Lanterns, based on the Green Lantern DC comic.
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New Amsterdam star Ryan Eggold rounds out the series-regular cast of FX‘s drama pilot Seven Sisters. He joins Elizabeth Olsen, Cristin Milioti, Meredith Hagner, Odessa Young, Zoë Winters, Bridget Brown and Carolyn Kettig, who play the titular sisters.
Jenn Lyon (Claws) has been cast as the lead of Stumble, Jeff Astrof and Liz Astrof’s single-camera cheerleading comedy pilot for NBC.
Antonio Banderas is set to co-star opposite Dominic Sessa in Tony, the Anthony Bourdain movie from A24, Star Thrower and Zapruder Films. Matt Johnson is directing from a script by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe.
In Brief - House Of The Dragon casts Tom Cullen, Joplin Sibtain & Barry Sloane... Tanner Stine & Anna Grace Barlow confirmed for The Bull... Jack Kesy joins Apple heist series 12 12 12 |
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💰 Comcast execs say they are "not yet" seeing any impact from the macroeconomic uncertainty caused by Donald Trump's tariffs, which could squeeze theme parks, advertising and other operations. The media giant edged Wall Street estimates for the first quarter, but broadband losses sent its stock tumbling in early trading.
🦁 Lionsgate shareholders approved the separation of the studio business and Starz, clearing the way for the transaction to close after nearly three years in the works.
🌴 The Cannes Film Festival added a fresh round of titles to its 78th edition, including Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love and Saeed Roustaee’s Woman And Child which will play in the main competition.
📺 A series about the Rev. Jim Jones, the charismatic cult leader behind the 1978 mass-murder suicide at the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project (aka Jonestown) in the Guyanese jungle, is in development at HBO. The project hails from Bill Hader, who also is being eyed to potentially star, and Daniel Zelman.
🏆 Jesse Collins Entertainment will return to produce the 77th Emmy Awards that will be broadcast live on CBS on September 14. This marks the company’s third consecutive year as executive producers. |
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Thu - Alphabet earnings; TCM Classic Film Festival; Canneseries begins
Sat - Deadline Contenders TV Documentaries; AFI Life Achievement Award; Pope Francis' funeral
Mon - Thunderbolts* premiere
Tue - Tina Fey on Seth Meyers
Wed - Meta earnings; Trump's 100th Day in Office
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Puppy Love - Demi Moore and her dog Pilaf onstage at the Time100 Summit in New York. |
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