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Several years ago, Hollywood took a stand against North Carolina’s controversial “bathroom bill,” HB 2 and its successor HB 142, which targeted transgender people. Production pulled out of the state, including Netflix's YA hit Outer Banks, which decamped to South Carolina.
Film and TV studios are now facing a similar moral dilemma with Hungary, a country that has become a leading European filming location. Two of this year’s Best Picture nominees, Dune: Part Two and The Brutalist, were shot there.
Fast-tracked anti-LGBTQ legislation last month that banned LGBTQ+ public gatherings — including the annual Budapest Pride event — and sparked street protests, was codified this week with a constitutional amendment. It passed overwhelmingly at the Hungarian parliament, which is controlled by a coalition led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. >>>'Dune: Messiah' Set To Shoot There |
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Netflix Earnings Preview - Netflix will report first-quarter results Thursday in an earnings season already marked by CEO criticism of the Trump tariffs roiling financial markets and threatening a U.S. recession. But many Wall Street analysts have named the streaming giant their top pick to weather the macroeconomic storm. The question will be how much vulnerability the rest of the media and tech field shows in this turbulent climate. >>> Little Tariff Exposure
Chastain Returns To Horror - Jessica Chastain looks to be making a return to the horror genre as sources tell Deadline that the Oscar winner has signed on to star in the latest film from director Rob Savage. Succession writer Nathan Elston is penning the script, which is based on the novel titled Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman. >>>Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Producing
Does 'Sinners' Have A Prayer? - Warner Bros' $90 million-plus net gamble Sinners might find some salvation at the box office, that is in the U.S. and Canada at least, with a potential $40M+ opening. As far as comps go, Jordan Peele’s sci-fi Nope debuted to $44.3M and legged out to $123.2M domestic. >>>Very Different Budgets
L.T., The Movie - Stoked Sports & Entertainment has struck an exclusive deal with BEL Productions for the life rights of NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor, with plans to develop A Giant Amongst Men, a multi-platform media project that will include a narrative feature, a limited series, and a documentary. >>>Development Underway
‘Martin’ Extended - The Martin cast reunion was a big highlight of the January 2024 Emmy Awards, underlining the lasting popularity of the 1990s sitcom. A year later, the show is getting a franchise extension with Varnell Hill, a spinoff series greenlighted by BET+. It is headlined by actor-comedian Tommy Davidson as the titular Varnell Hill, reprising the beloved character he played as a guest star on Martin. >>> Martin Lawrence Poised To Appear
Lionsgate Takes ‘Last Ride’ - Following a competitive bidding war, Lionsgate has closed a deal for the novel Lloyd McNeil’s Last Ride by Will Leitch, with Garrett Basch set to produce a movie adaptation. The story revolves around Lloyd McNeil, who has just learned he has months to live and that his 20 years as a beat cop in Atlanta haven’t earned him enough money to take care of his teenage son after he’s gone. But when Lloyd discovers his police benefits will increase exponentially if he dies in the line of duty, he comes up with a plan. >>> Suitors Included Imagine & Sony
In Brief - Margo’s Got Money Troubles sets trio of directors... Montego Glover signs with Buchwald... Miranda Bailey & her Cold Iron Pictures sign with Range Media Partners... Chet Hanks signs with Paradigm
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Larry Householder is not a household name – except perhaps in Ohio.
The former Buckeye State powerbroker became a key target of “one of the largest public corruption conspiracies in Ohio history,” according to a U.S. Attorney.
It’s a case study in the corrupting influence of untraceable cash in our politics, as Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney details in his new documentary double feature for HBO, The Dark Money Game.
Gibney joins the latest edition of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to reveal what he learned in his investigation into rivers of secret money flowing through state and national political contests. >>>Listen To The Interview |
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Four-time Emmy winner Laura Linney has been tapped as the female lead opposite Kevin Kline and Jon Tenney in American Classic, MGM+'s upcoming half-hour comedy series from co-creators Michael Hoffman and Bob Martin and Fifth Season.
James Marsden has been tapped for a lead role opposite Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet and Olivia Munn in Season 2 of Apple TV+'s drama series Your Friends & Neighbors. He will be a series regular.
Jessica Capshaw (Grey’s Anatomy) will star opposite Chris O’Donnell in ABC's 9-1-1: Nashville in a series-regular role. She is set to play the mother of the as-yet-uncast lead and wife of O’Donnell’s character, Captain Don Sharpe.
In Brief - Sam Neill boards Legendary’s N-next Monsterverse film... Seven Sisters pilot rounds out siblings cast... |
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$3.7M - Last week's gross for 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' which broke its previous $3.3 million record as the highest grossing non-musical play in Broadway history |
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🥊 Joe Biden took swipes at Donald Trump in the former president's first public speech since leaving the White House in January. “Nobody’s king, nobody’s the boss,” Biden warned as he took aim at Trump’s increasingly authoritarian rule.
🏒 Even with the pain of Trump tariffs and threats of becoming the 51st state, Canada’s approaching election is moving aside for the Canadiens. Wednesday’s primetime debate between the leaders of the five main political parties in the Great North has changed its start time to avoid clashing with a hockey game that could lurch the Montreal Canadiens into this year’s NHL playoffs.
🎬 Stranger Things star Matthew Modine is producing a documentary series about iconic Scottish director Michael Caton-Jones, the man credited with kickstarting Leonardo DiCaprio’s career by casting him in This Boy’s Life. |
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On the Radar
Wed - Abbott Elementary finale; David Letterman on John Mulaney
Thu - Netflix earnings; NHL Playoffs start
Fri - Star Wars Celebration begins
Sat - NBA Playoffs tip off
Sun - Easter |
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Toast Of The Town - Paul Feig, Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick and Henry Golding attend a special screening of Another Simple Favour in London. |
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