| PEARCE WOULD PLAY RUPERT MURDOCH IN THE TABLOID TALE ABOUT HIS LONDON PAPER, THE SUN |
Danny Boyle has made a name for himself by taking powerful real-life stories and turning them into thrilling cinematic experiences, and the Oscar winner looks to have found that next riveting tale to adapt. Sources tell Deadline that Boyle is on board to direct Ink, a Studiocanal, Media Res and House Productions pic that revolves around the rise of the Rupert Murdoch empire.
Insiders add that Oscar nominee Guy Pearce is in talks to play the media mogul and NewsCorp founder and Jack O’Connell is in negotiations to play Larry Lamb, who Murdoch hired to run The Sun when he purchased it in 1969.
Based on the James Graham play, Ink follows Murdoch’s struggling newspaper, The Sun, as he intends to make it a must-read news source and hires Lamb to run the paper. The purchase of the paper would start a long-standing rivalry between The Sun and The Mirror, leading to the rise of the British tabloids as we know them. >>>October Shoot Planned |
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Art Imitates Art - In a competitive situation, Working Title Television has landed the rights to develop and produce a television series about iconic American artist Keith Haring based on Brad Gooch’s biography Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring. >>>Andrew Haigh To Write & Direct
The Fire This Time - Black-ish creator Kenya Barris is returning to broadcast television with a multi-camera comedy at CBS starring Mike Epps. In the untitled half-hour, after wildfires sweep through Altadena, two estranged Black brothers are forced to live together and confront their differences. >>>Family Legacy
"A Bold-Faced Lie" - In a declaration filed Monday in L.A. Superior Court, Kevin Costner insists Horizon II stunt performer Devyn LaBella's recent claims she suffered through a rape scene on the yet unreleased Western sequel are a “bold-faced lie.” >>>Photo-Rich Document
Zack Snyder Back At Work - Zack Snyder’s long-awaited passion project, The Last Photograph, is ready for its closeup. The director has set the drama as his next film and cast Stuart Martin and Fra Fee to star. The project begins production this month and will shoot through November in Iceland, Colombia and Los Angeles. >>>Intimate Project
Deadline Contenders At HBO Max: 'The Pitt' - Shawn Hatosy admits to finding Noah Wyle “annoyingly articulate” when it comes to expressing his passion about The Pitt. He also can’t imagine doing the HBO Max drama without the former ER actor. Speaking at the recent Deadline Contenders at HBO Max event, Hatosy recalled the lack of preparation he had before joining the medical drama and how they made it work. >>> Watch
In Brief - Ron Perlman launches Watrfall platform... Tyler Hoechlin signs with Independent Artist Group... Anna Klassen to adapt All in Monte Carlo for Leonine... Mark Sonnenblick signs with Kraft-Engel Management... Joanna Calo exits as writer of Netflix's Swan Song adaptation... Summer of Songbirds series adaptation in works at Hulu |
Bella Ramsey has spent nearly two years embodying the hard-headed teenage orphan Ellie Williams in HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us.
Season 2, which concluded in May, earned Ramsey their second Emmy nomination for the role.
In this interview, Ramsey reflects on filming the daunting second season of The Last of Us, opens up about some of the more emotionally and physically intense scenes and explains how Ellie has shaped them as an artist. >>>Q&A
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Quotable "A no-brainer" - Shari Redstone on the decision to settle Donald Trump's lawsuit against '60 Minutes' for $16M |
ExclusiveTill and Clemency filmmaker Chinonye Chukwu will direct and co-adapt with Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman with Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer starring.
Exclusive A big Home Improvement reunion is coming to ABC's Shifting Gears. Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn and Debbe Dunning will guest star alongside their former co-star, Tim Allen, who stars and executive produces Shifting Gears. The trio will appear in the Season 2 premiere.
exclusive Josh Holloway has been tapped to lead an MPI Original Films adaptation of One Second After, the New York Times bestselling novel from William R. Forstchen.
Exclusive Former Call Me Kat co-stars Mayim Bialik, Cheyenne Jackson and John Griffin are reteaming on Go-Love-Go , a semi-autobiographical indie rom-com that Griffin leads, wrote and will produce alongside Nell Teare (Bolivar), who is set to direct.
The latest characters to be cast in the upcoming HBO Harry Potter series are most of the rest of the Weasley children. The group of mischief makers will consist of Tristan Harland as Fred Weasley, Gabriel Harland as George Weasley, Ruari Spooner as Percy Weasley and Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley.
The creator of Apple’s Hijack is back with a new thriller starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller. George Kay has penned War, a legal series for HBO and Sky, which have handed the show a two-season order. |
by the numbers 9.2M - Number of views for 'Alien: Earth' across FX, Hulu and Disney+ in the series' first six days |
MORE NEWS
⚖️ In July, Blake Lively’s legal team asked a judge to step in and impose sanctions on Justin Baldoni's lawyer because they say the West L.A. litigator was “publicly slandering” the actress. This week, Baldoni fired back, accusing Team Lively of trying to silence his top attorney.
🤝 The new Paramount regime has made it official: Stranger Things architects the Duffer brothers and their Upside Down Pictures label are coming over to the Melrose Ave lot. It's a wide-ranging four-year, exclusive deal for feature films, television and streaming projects.
👀 Kevin Spacey is set to follow his off-piste Cannes appearance with one at the upcoming Venice Film Festival in order to promote new movie Holiguards Saga — The Portal Of Force. The sci fi-thriller marks Spacey’s first feature directorial effort in more than 20 years and his first appearance on the Lido in two decades.
🥊 Channel 4 news boss Louisa Compton has accused Netflix of behaving like “TV tourists” over the streamer’s breakout hit Adolescence. During the opening debate at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Compton described Channel 4 as “proud parents” of Adolescence because of the way in which the network gave opportunities to its co-creators Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham over many years and multiple shows. |
OBITUARIES
🕯️ David Steinberg, longtime manager to Billy Crystal and Robin Williams, died on August 16, Deadline has confirmed. He was 81. 🕯️ Elon Dershowitz, a producer on such films as Reversal of Fortune, Fallen and The Whole Truth and son of prominent attorney Alan Dershowitz, died August 17 of a stroke, his family said. He was 64. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries |
ON THE RADAR
Wed - The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox debuts
Thu - Peacemaker S2 premiere on HBO Max
Fri - Invasion S3 premiere
Sun - U.S. Open tennis tournament begins in New York |
Dazzling Duo - Adria Arjona and Dakota Johnson at the Splitsville L.A. premiere held at The Grove |
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