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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. MARTIN KOVE ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ON SET IN 2024 SONY INVESTIGATED ALLEGATION OF "LEERING," WHICH 'KOBRA KAI' ACTOR SAYS "WASN'T TRUE" Cobra Kai and Karate Kid actor Martin Kove‘s bite attack on a co-star at a recent fan convention wasn’t the first time he has been accused of misconduct, it turns out — though the actor denies anything inappropriate occurred. An incident last year on the Atlanta set of Cobra Kai’s final season led to an investigation by series producer Sony Pictures Television. Specifically, the probe emerged from an April 2024 sexual harassment complaint against Kove from an extra on the Netflix series. While the matter did not involve physical contact from Kove, he was said to be “leering” and verbally overt enough that the actress went to the studio with her concerns about the septuagenarian. Sony concluded that there may have indeed been inappropriate action on the part of the veteran actor. “He was read the riot act,” a person with knowledge of events says of the meeting between Kove and Sony execs and producers. >>>Kove Denies Allegation Deadline Exclusives & Originals Dano & The Daniels - It’s been almost a decade since Paul Dano and Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert wowed Sundance Film Festival attendees with Swiss Army Man, but now the trio are ready to reunite on Dano’s next outing. Dano is set to write and in talks to direct a new untitled comedy for Universal Pictures. >>> Kwan, Scheinert & Jonathan Wang Producing Stunt Safety - HBO has continued to defend stunt safety standards on the 'Game of Thrones' franchise after Deadline obtained footage of a second on-set accident following our report about the $9.6M payout to performer Casey Michaels. >>>Ankle Break In Battle Scene Paramount Cuts Hit UK - The layoffs at Paramount Global this month have hit the UK. Paramount-owned MTV UK is axing original shows Gonzo and Fresh Out UK and the majority of their production staff are exiting. Sources also told Deadline that layoffs have hit the MTV talent team, known internally as TAM, and some in Paramount UK‘s original production team, which had already slimmed down quite a bit two years ago. The total number being made redundant is in double figures, we understand. >>> End of Originals? BTS On CA's New Tax Incentive - Scott Budnick, founder of production company 1Community and the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, was intimately involved with the efforts to get these new changes passed. In addition to lobbying lawmakers himself, Budnick spent the past seven or so months leveraging groups of industry professionals and Hollywood insiders to help get the message across in Sacramento. >>>Q&A 'Hacks' Co-Creators In New Deal - On the heels of Hacks‘ Season 5 renewal by Max, the Emmy-winning comedy series’ co-creators, executive producers and co-showrunners Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs have signed a new overall deal with Warner Bros. Television and the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer. >>>Begins In August Arkin Takes 'Hostage' - Adam Arkin has signed on to direct and executive produce the first four episodes of American Hostage, a thriller anthology series from MGM+ and Sony Pictures Television. Emmy winner Jon Hamm stars in the eight-episode first installment based on the first season of the scripted podcast of the same name. >>>Reprising Podcast Role              The Deadline Interview ‘Squid Game’ Season 3 Star Wi Ha-jun Reveals How Filming The Series Connected To His Childhood In the third season of Squid Game, Wi Ha-jun’s character, Hwang Jun-ho, continues to search for his older brother, In-ho/Front Man (played by Lee Byung-hun), suspecting that he is on the island where another installment of the deadly, winner-takes-all game is taking place. For Wi, shooting the scenes out at sea for Squid Game's third season felt like second nature to him, having grown up on an island in South Korea‘s Wando county. “I grew up on an island and have had a lot of experiences riding boats,” Wi tells Deadline. >>>Read The Interview Renewals, Cancellations & Pickups   Bert Kreischer Comedy Series Ordered By Netflix ‘Farmhouse Fixer’ Latest Show Axed At HGTV Casting About Exclusive Stefania Spampinato is headed to oil country. The vet of Station 19 and Grey’s Anatomy will recur as Andy Garcia's wife in season two of Landman for Paramount+. Exclusive High Potential is expanding the force. Steve Howey (Shameless) has joined ABC’s hit new crime drama as a new series regular for the upcoming second season.   Exclusive In another One Chicago shocker, Toya Turner has exited from NBC's Chicago P.D., and will not appear as Kiana Cook when the police procedural returns for its 13th season. Leo Woodall (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy) is set to lead the new Netflix limited series Vladimir, adapted from Julia May Jonas’ acclaimed novel. He stars as the titular character opposite Rachel Weisz. Exclusive Legendary’s feature adaptation of the Capcom video game Street Fighter is getting a strong boost of comic relief as sources tell Deadline that Andrew Schulz has joined the cast. While not confirmed, sources say he will play the character Dan Hibiki. Bill Camp (The Queen’s Gambit) joins the series regular cast of the Apple and A+E Studios as-yet-untitled series based on the bestselling crime novels by Lars Kepler. Quotable   "Your digital self should belong to you" - Joseph Gordon-Levitt speaking about the risks of AI and data mining at the UN Internet Governance Forum Development   ‘Lilo & Stitch 2’ Dancing Into Development Exclusive Amazon MGM Studios Developing Animated Comedy ‘No Sleep’ From Writer Brian Schacter; Blake Griffin & Ryan Kalil’s Mortal Media Producing Exclusive Comedy Series About Man’s Biological Clock Running Out In Works At CBS by the numbers   534 -  Number of new invitees to the Motion Picture Academy More News 🤝 European media company RTL has acquired Comcast's Sky Deutschland for $175 million. ✍️ Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and RedBird Capital Gerry Cardinale‘s independent artist-led studio Artists Equity has signed an overall three-year theatrical feature film agreement with Sony Pictures. 📺 DirecTV has struck a distribution agreement with Paramount Global, adding its Nickelodeon programming to a newly launched $20-a-month kids bundle. MyKids is the latest of what the distributor calls its Genre Packs, which are  targeted collections of pay-TV channels. 👸 Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning songwriting duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, two-time Tony winning director Alex Timbers and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller have joined the in-development musical stage adaptation of the beloved cult classic 1987 film The Princess Bride, based on the novel by William Goldman. Obituaries 🕯️ Lalo Schifrin, the legendary composer who penned the instantly recognizable Mission: Impossible theme and did scores for more than 100 other films and TV shows ranging from The Cincinnati Kid, Cool Hand Luke and The Sting II to Dirty Harry and the Rush Hour trilogy, has died. He was 93. 🕯️ Bill Moyers , who followed a tenure as a young top aide to Lyndon Johnson with a long career as a much-acclaimed journalist and commentator on public broadcasting, died Thursday in New York. He was 91. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries On the Radar   Fri - F1: The Movie opens; Squid Game S3 premieres Sat - Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.; Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez wedding Photo of the Day Fit For A King - Amal and George Clooney arrive at The King's Trust Awards 2025 at The Royal Festival Hall in London. 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. All Rights Reserved. 11355 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA, 90064 View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Your Privacy Rights | Ad Choices | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe