Inside Disney's Kimmel Decision; Exodus At MPRM; Aniston & Witherspoon Interview

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. INSIDE DISNEY'S DECISION TO PUT KIMMEL ON PAUSE THE COMPANY'S ENTERAINMENT CO-CHARIMAN DANA WALDEN BROKE THE NEWS TO THE LATE-NIGHT HOST Jimmy Kimmel learned in a phone call Wednesday afternoon that his 22-year late-night run on ABC was put on hold, at least for now. Deadline understands that the person on the other end of the phone line was Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman Dana Walden. Just hours before Kimmel was set to start filming Wednesday night’s show, Disney’s top TV exec had a “thoughtful conversation” with the comedian, per sources. This came after the decision was made by Walden and Disney CEO Bob Iger. “Both sides were very businesslike and polite,” one source said. Walden and Iger made the decision to “preempt” Jimmy Kimmel Live! “indefinitely” to tamp down controversy after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called Kimmel’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer “some of the sickest conduct possible." >>>Kimmel Unwilling To Apologize Related: Kimmel Was Set To Address Charlie Kirk Comments Before Disney Pulled His Show Barack Obama Reacts, Warning Of "Dangerous" Shift Jimmy Fallon Abruptly Bows Out Of NYC Conference Amid Late-Night Furor SAG-AFTRA & WGA Slam ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Suspension Ben Stiller, Gavin Newsom & Jean Smart Weigh In Trump Celebrates, Urges NBC To Drop Jimmy Fallon And Seth Meyers Deadline Exclusives & Originals Exodus At MPRM - At least 10 film and TV publicists from MPRM Communications have abruptly departed the firm and headed to 42West. The exiting group includes MPRM’s Film & Entertainment EVP Sylvia Desrochers and longtime awards and corporate strategist Caitlin McGee. >>>Litigation Threatened Par & Perry In Talks - David Ellison’s Paramount is in early talks with Tyler Perry to extend his streaming deal beyond its current term. The deal likely would remain non-exclusive and limited to series and wouldn’t replace the TV and film first-look agreements the Madea filmmaker has at Netflix. >>>String Of Deals 'Evil' Intentions - Following the success of Weapons, writer-director Zach Cregger is getting the wheels in motion for his next horror thriller. Sources tell Deadline that Paul Walter Hauser is set to join Austin Abrams in Cregger’s new adaptation of Resident Evil for Sony Pictures. >>>Cregger Directing ‘One Battle After Another’ Review - "This is an extraordinary crackerjack hell of a film that has met its time," writes Deadline's Pete Hammond. "Some of it is so absurdly funny it looks like real life and art have somehow merged...Mindbending brilliance doesn’t begin to describe it." >>>Sensational Cast Netflix Eyes 'Blink' - Netflix has preemptively acquired Blink of an Eye, a thriller spec by the husband-and-wife writing team of Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs. Pic is based on a story by Christopher Landon, who is attached to direct, and will produce alongside Brad Fuller, Cameron Fuller and Michael Bay of Platinum Dunes. >>>'Drop' Reunion In Brief - Evoke Entertainment signs Rod Lurie... Avenger podcast being adapted as feature film... New Line acquires romcom spec from writers Sas Goldberg & Ana Nogueira THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW ‘The Morning Show’ Stars Reese Witherspoon And Jennifer Aniston Tease Season 4 Dynamic Between Bradley And Alex The first episode of Season 4 of The Morning Show has arrived, and though Alex (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) begin the new season apart, they come back into each other’s orbit by the end, albeit with a clash. “That’s what we do,” Aniston said in a conversation with Deadline. “That’s what Alex and Bradley tend to do.”  >>>Watch Related: Mimi Leder On This Season’s Deepfake, Misinformation Themes: “We’re Examining How Far People Will Go      Quotable   "I am so disappointed in him" -  Constance Wu on her communications with Andrew Barth Feldman about his Broadway run in 'Maybe Happy Ending'  CASTING ABOUT Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning have signed up to work with each other again, this time in Discretion, a legal series written by The Husbands author Chandler Baker.   Exclusive Chloe Bennet (Interior Chinatown) has been cast as series regular in Hulu’s upcoming untitled Dan Fogelman football drama headlined by Christopher Meloni.   Exclusive Giovanni Ribisi has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Jon Hamm in MGM+'s anthology series American Hostage, co-created and executive produced by Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers. In Brief - Billie Lourd & Jessica Barden join Monster season 4... Hannah Simone & Iqbal Theba join Super Troopers 3...  Tony Hale, Dianne Wiest & Lois Smith to guest on Elsbeth season 3              BY THE NUMBERS   $100M - Expected domestic B.O. cume for Crunchyroll/Sony’s 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' by the end of the week RENEWALS, PICKUPS & CANCELATIONS Ben Stiller & Jessica Chastain To Lead New Apple TV+ Limited Series ‘The Off Weeks’ ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Movie Greenlit At Prime Video Exclusive ‘DMV’ Gets Back Order For 7 Additional Episodes ‘We Were Liars’ Renewed For Season 2 At Amazon ‘Camp Rock 3’ Gets Disney Greenlight With Jonas Brothers Reprising Their Roles & Demi Lovato Exec Producing MORE NEWS 🎙️ FX Chairman John Landgraf sees mega-mergers like Paramount's potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery as "inevitable" given the need for global scale. The exec spoke at the Royal Television Society 's Cambridge Convention. 👋 After weeks of speculation, Vernon Sanders is leaving Amazon MGM Studios where he was Head of Global TV. The news comes six months after the departure of his longtime boss, Jennifer Salke.  🗣️ UTA CEO David Kramer says Paramount’s reported interest in acquiring all of Warner Bros. Discovery is a mixed bag for the industry. “We would like there to be more options, not less,” Kramer said. At the same time, he continued, “We also want our buyers to be healthy.” OBITUARIES 🕯️ John Masius, the two-time Emmy-winning writer and producer whose credits include St. Elsewhere, Touched by an Angel, Providence and The White Shadow, died peacefully at his Los Angeles home on September 13 after a nine-month decline from ALS. He was 75. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery ON THE RADAR Thu - Jake Tapper on Colbert Fri - Superman debuts on HBO Max Sat - Farm Aid Sun - Tulsa King S3 premiere Mon - Kamala Harris interview on Maddow; Sean Penn on Fallon Tue - Leonardo DiCaprio on Fallon Wed - Slow Horses S5 premiere PHOTO OF THE DAY 'Live!' Support - The scene outside El Capitan Theatre,where Jimmy Kimmel Live! shoots, on Wednesday night. 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