Paramount Settles Trump Lawsuit; 'Jurassic' Set To Conquer World; Imperioli's 'Killer' New Role

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. PARAMOUNT SETTLES TRUMP LAWSUIT, CLEARING PATH FOR SKYDANCE MERGER AGREEMENT SEES MEDIA COMPANY PAY $16M BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE APOLOGY FOR HANDLING OF '60 MINUTES' INTERVIEW Paramount Global has reached a settlement with Donald Trump in his lawsuit against CBS News, clearing a path for the media company’s long-delayed merger with Skydance Media. The settlement, announced at close to midnight Tuesday on the East Coast, calls for Paramount to pay $16 million. Notably, it does not involve a formal apology by the company over its handling of a 60 Minutes interview. Trump sued CBS News and its parent company, Paramount, for $20 billion over the promotion of the interview last fall with former Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent in the presidential election. FCC approval is required before the $8 billion merger proposed last summer can finally close. But the company reiterated its past statement that the suit “is completely separate from, and unrelated to, the Skydance transaction and the FCC approval process." >>>Bribery Concerns Related: Paramount Global’s George Cheeks Defends CBS Settlement With Donald Trump — Better Than “Being Mired In Uncertainty And Distraction” Paramount Global Blasted For Settling Donald Trump’s ’60 Minutes’ Lawsuit: “Threatens Journalists’ Ability To Do Their Job,” WGAE Says Deadline Exclusives & Originals Dinosaurs Set To Roar - Jurassic World Rebirth will reign until DC Studios/Warner Bros’ Superman opens next week. The rumbling started offshore yesterday in Hong Kong and today in the U.S., UK, China, Germany, Korea, Spain and Italy; the overall global outlook by Sunday being $260M on the high end. >>>4,300 Theaters Stateside 'Squid Game' Extends Reign - Squid Game returned to Netflix once more on Friday, putting up another behemoth performance with the debut of the third and final season. It amassed 60.1M views across all six episodes, breaking the streamer’s record for most views for a show in its first three days. >>>No. 1 In 93 Countries Doc Talk: 'Hearts Of Darkness' - On the latest episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, we get the inside story on the making of the “making of” film Heats of Darkness. Our guests are Fax Bahr, who directed the film with the late George Hickenlooper and the late Eleanor Coppola – wife of Francis Ford Coppola – and American Zoetrope’s James Mockoski, who oversaw the restoration process.  >>>Podcast In Brief - Jason Mitchell to front docuseries about “farming, PTSD & purpose"... Zhang Weili signs with Paradigm... Ashton Fontana joins The Initiative Group as EVP...  Jac Schaeffer eyed as new Fourth Wing showrunner              The Deadline Interview Dominique Thorne Unpacks Riri’s Deal With The Devil In ‘Ironheart’ Finale Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) has gotten herself into quite the predicament. Marvel’s six-episode series Ironheart concluded Tuesday with an action-packed second half that saw Riri strike a deal with the devil himself.  “She’s been making all these choices that she thinks other people will approve of,” Thorne tells Deadline of the ending. “We finally get to the end, and she’s like, ‘I’m going to do what I think is correct and see what happens then,’ because clearly her trying to play both sides hasn’t been working for her.” >>>Read The Interview Renewals, Cancellations & Pickups ‘The Bear’ Renewed For Season 5 By FX Jennifer Aniston To Star In Apple Series Inspired By Jennette McCurdy’s ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ Memoir ​​​​​​​Netflix Acquires ‘What’s In A Box’ Game Show; Neil Patrick Harris To Host Shane Gillis’ ‘Tires’ Renewed For Season 3 By Netflix ‘Scrambled Up’ Set For Fall Syndication Launch; Michael Yo Hosts Casting About Exclusive Emmy winner Michael Imperioli is set to star opposite Patrick Dempsey in Memory of a Killer, the new straight-to-series thriller drama from Warner Bros Television and Fox Entertainment. Exclusive David Dastmalchian has landed the role of big bad M. Bison in Legendary’s live-action Street Fighter movie, based on the video games from Capcom. Alison Brie has been cast as the lead of FX‘s Untitled Witness Protection pilot from Hannah Fidell and Gina Welch (Clipped), who joins as co-showrunner, writer and executive producer.    Exclusive Dan Stevens has joined the cast of Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy – Pieces of the Past animated sequel series at Disney+. Stevens will voice new villain Solitus, a fallen Jedi who sought out access to Forcehold – a secret realm full of discarded pieces of the past. Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) has joined the lead cast of Netflix‘s Untitled Newfoundland Project, created by Jesse McKeown. Heaton will star opposite Josh Hartnett, who also executive produces In Brief - Star City casts Priya Kansara as series regular... Madeline Delp, Rob Delaney & Ray Fisher join Apple’s Being Heumann...  Robin Hood adds 7 to recurring cast... Vaughn Hillyard to join MSNBC Quotable   "A misjudgment" - Iain Stirling, who narrates 'Love Island USA,' on an ill-received joke he made about Jeremiah Brown Development Hulu Lands ‘Best Offer Wins’ Book Adaptation With Greta Lee Starring Louverture Films To Develop ‘Black Caesar’s Revenge’ Film by the numbers   $223M -  Fresh cash from lenders now available to AMC Entertainment More News ⚖️ Sean “Diddy” Combs has been found guilty by a federal jury on two counts in his sex-trafficking trial. The mixed result saw the jury deliver not-guilty verdict on sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. 📺 South Park fans who have waited for more than two years for a new season will have to wait a little bit longer — the Season 27 premiere on Comedy Central, originally slated for July 9, is being moved to July 23. The delay comes amid tension — including a legal threat — over South Park's lucrative streaming rights. ⚖️ A legal group co-founded by White House aide Stephen Miller is seeking an investigation of the Los Angeles Dodgers' diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The complaint follows an incident on June 19 in which masked agents appeared near one of the gates to Dodger Stadium's parking lot, but were denied entry, according to the team. ✍️ More than 100 BBC employees have written to director general Tim Davie to complain about the corporation becoming a mouthpiece for Israel. The open letter was signed by a further 300 media professionals. Obituaries 🕯️ Jimmy Swaggart, one of the most popular televangelists of the 20th century until his tear-streaked televised confession to a sex scandal all but dashed his career and turned him into late-night comedy fodder, died Tuesday morning, July 1. He was 90. 🕯️ Peter-Henry Schroeder, who played roles as diverse as a producer in the Oscar-winning Argo and a Klingon in Star Trek: Enterprise , passed away peacefully with his family at his side on June 7 at Lake City VA Medical Center in Florida. He was 90 years old. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries On the Radar Wed - Jurassic World Rebirth opens Fri - Fourth of July; Sinners premieres on Max Photo of the Day Musical Youth - Rachel Zegler, flanked on the left by Deadline's Baz Bamigboye, at the press night after party for Evita at the London Palladium. 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. 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