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California lawmakers have about one week left to lock in the state’s annual budget with billions of dollars of funding decisions still to be made. Among them is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed expansion for the Film & TV Tax Credit Program — and some prominent filmmakers are asking lawmakers for support.
Earlier this month, the Legislature passed SB630 and AB1138 with provisions to amend the program, but the bills were missing key language allocating $750M annually to more than double the funding for these incentives. That language would have codified the annual allocation, which is now left up to negotiation within the budget.
Still, Newsom and several other state lawmakers including Sen. Ben Allen and Assemblymember Rick Zbur have sought to ensure that line item remains in the budget as legislative leaders contend with a projected $12B deficit. >>>Jenkins, Jefferson & Nolan Make Case
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Son Of Sam Getting Netflix Doc Treatment - Netflix has ordered Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes, a continuation of the Joe Berlinger-created strand. The three-part series will explore one of the greatest manhunts in New York City history and delve into the disturbing mind of David Berkowitz himself. >>>Newly Unearthed Recordings
CAA Vs. Scribe - Former The Newsroom writer John Musero’s suit against CAA for allegedly poaching his Main Justice pilot script has taken a couple more dramatic turns amid new accusations that CAA drew up lists of clients that the agency was thinking of dumping and a judge delivering Musero a setback. >>>More Filings Due
Rousey Finds Director - After setting up her biopic project with Netflix and Chernin Entertainment, Ronda Rousey has found a director. Sources tell Deadline that Augustine Frizzell is set to direct the biopic based on Rousey’s memoirs My Fight/Your Fight and Our Fight, which she co-wrote with her sister Maria Burns Ortiz. >>>Also A Fan
Here Comes The Judge - Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike is captured in our exclusive first look at the actress wearing her Crown Court judge robes, red tippet and wig for her role in Suzie Miller’s new play Inter Alia, which is described as a ”searing” exploration of masculinity and motherhood. >>>Breaking Baz
Deadline Dinners Series Launches - Deadline is launching a new writer-focused series Proper Presents: Deadline Dinners, an event designed to foster candid conversation, celebrate breakthrough storytelling and build community around the written word. The first will take place Tuesday, June 24 and be hosted by Tory Kamen, the screenwriter behind Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great. >>> More Announced Soon
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During an interview about the success of his previous series, Younger, Darren Star provided an update on Emily In Paris, Climbing in Heels, an hourlong adaptation of Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas’ upcoming novel which he is co-writing with her and Uncorked, a half-hour, single-camera dramedy which Star is co-writing with New Amsterdam creator David Schulner for Netflix. >>>Read The Interview
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Obituaries 🕯️ Michael Peter Schmidt, an international TV force who was president of Israel’s Sipur Studios and a co-founder of Red Arrow Studios, has died at 52. 🕯️ Mick Ralphs , founding guitarist and a key songwriter for rock groups Bad Company and Mott the Hoople who played on hits ranging from “All the Young Dudes and “All the Way From Memphis” to “Can’t Get Enough,” “Feel Like Makin’ Love” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy,” has died. He was 81. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries |
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Tue - New York City Democratic Mayoral Primary
Wed - The Bear S4 premiere; Clarissa Ward on Colbert
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