| THE AGREEMENT WOULD HAVE THE POST-MERGER STUDIO HANDLING MOST GLOBAL THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION |
David Ellison's Paramount Pictures has another significant deal in the works. Legendary is in talks for a new multi-picture global theatrical distribution deal (sans China) with the Melrose Avenue operation.
Terms are still being worked out, but the pact has been in the works at many levels since spring. Paramount is expected to have a streaming window with a transactional window built in with Legendary. As far as the Legendary-Paramount slate goes, co-financing is up for discussion, contingent on projects at hand. >>>Specific Titles TBD |
Deadline Exclusives & Originals |
Rough Start - Channel 4, Netflix and Disney are among the television giants declining to pay annual fees to the UK industry’s new independent bullying and harassment complaints body. >>>Tougher Stance
A Funny Thing - A study looking at the platforms from which fans have been coming to Punchup, a digital platform for comedians, before moving on to ticketing platforms and making their purchases, shows that ticket sales by way of Instagram have increased nearly 15% year over year, while those via Facebook are down nearly 12%. >>>Other Platforms' Results
Ben Stiller: Behind The Lens - Stiller joins Deadline's Pete Hammond for the latest edition of video series Behind the Lens. In it, he talks not only about what is making Severance such a growing phenomenon but also his unique career that takes him both in front of and behind the camera, and which he prefers. >>>Watch
A Rose For Jason Ehrlich - Jason Ehrlich, who spent over 20 years on The Bachelor franchise before leaving last year, is returning as a consulting producer. >>>Working On 'Golden Bachelor'
Deadline Contenders At HBO Max: 'Hacks' - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was canceled less than two months after Late Night with Deborah Vance suffered a similar fate on HBO Max’s Hacks. It’s a fate that has not gone unnoticed by the stars and creators of the latter. Speaking at the Deadline Contenders at HBO Max event in Hollywood, Paul W. Downs added that it’s been a “surreal moment for us.” >>> Watch |
Lately, it’s seemed like the mystical, historical, golden-age lore of Hollywood is slipping away, with production largely moving out, work going away and AI set to change everything.
So when Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, with all their cinephile sensibilities, came up with The Studio — a show that not only shoots in L.A., but takes us behind the curtain of a traditional moviemaking house — it felt like both an affectionate throwback and a kind of hopeful comeback. And now, 23 Emmy nominations later, their second season is almost written. >>>Read The Interview
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Quotable "Good f***ing luck." - Sharon Stone on the 'Basic Instinct' reboot being scripted by Joe Eszterhas |
Kevin Costner and Jake Gyllenhaal have signed on to star in Honeymoon with Harry , a dramedy for Amazon MGM Studios based on the book by Bart Baker.
This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman is recruiting another star of his acclaimed NBC family drama for a followup series. Mandy Moore has been tapped as a series regular opposite Christopher Meloni and William H. Macy in Hulu’s upcoming untitled football drama.
ExclusiveChris Rock has added four to the cast of his new untitled directorial effort for A24: Anthony Anderson, Kelli Garner (Lars and the Real Girl), Amy Landecker (Transparent) and Rich Sommer (Clipped).
Glenn Close is leading a Channel 4 and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) drama based on the short story collections by Swedish writer Helene Tursten. Close will play Maud Oldcastle in Maud, which is about a killer with a tortured past.
Natalie Dormer (The Hunger Games) has been cast in the new Netflix series Extraction, starring opposite Omar Sy and Boyd Holbrook. The show is set in the world of the action thriller movie franchise of the same name.
In Brief - General Hospital welcoming back Ryan Paevey... Jasmine Blackborow joins Netflix's Pride and Prejudice |
by the numbers $67M - Amount Newsmax has settled on with Dominion Voting Systems in that company's lawsuit over the network’s amplification of false claims that Dominion was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election |
MORE NEWS
🤝Nexstar Media Group is acquiring rival Tegna in a $6.2 billion deal that will result in the combined company controlling local TV stations reaching 80% of the U.S. That footprint far exceeds the current 39% limit, but the Trump Administration has been moving toward lifting the decades-old ownership cap.
🖥️ Streaming services continued to break records in July, accounting for 47.3% of all viewing via TV screens according to Nielsen‘s latest Gauge report. Netflix, YouTube and the Roku Channel all hit new highs in terms of market share.
🎟️ The FTC filed an injunction and penalties seeking complaint against Baltimore-based Key Investment Group, its affiliates and execs. It alleges they scooped up hundreds of thousands of Taylor Swift tickets using bots, false Ticketmaster accounts and other digitally-underhanded means.
💰 TV producers were to be notified Monday that their projects have been approved for funding by the California Film Commission, marking the first allocations since the state more than doubled the funding and expanded eligibility for the Film & TV Tax Credit Program in July. |
ON THE RADAR
Tues - Edinburgh TV Festival kicks off; Adam Scott on Kimmel
Weds - 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 |
'Story' Time - Abbi Jacobson, Angelique Cabral, Ben Feldman, Nicole Byer, Lisa Edelstein, Michaela Dietz, Max Greenfield and Raphael Bob-Waksberg at the special screening of Netflix's Long Story Short held at Tudum Theater. |
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