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Wherever the AMC-distributed Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl lands at the box office, consider it unprecedented.
Not just in the mere fact that the No. 1 exhibitor in the world is releasing another one of her concert films, rather no other motion picture studio ever has dated a wide release two weeks out on an extremely low P&A campaign, one largely focused on the social media push of its star, and gone on to be No. 1 at the box office.
Domestic estimates are $30M-$35M at 3,500 locations for the movie which is timed to the release of the 14x Grammy winner’s 12th studio album. >>>Presales North Of $20M |
Deadline Exclusives & Originals |
'The Chi' Final Season Is Set - The Chi is coming to an end. The upcoming eighth season of the Chicago-set drama series created by Lena Waithe will be its last on Paramount+ with Showtime. The decision comes ahead of the start of production on Season 8, slated for early next year. >>>Allows For Proper Ending
MPTF Expands Board - The Motion Picture Television Fund has almost doubled its board of governors, adding 10 to the roster at the entertainment industry nonprofit. The new names include actors Ike Barinholtz, Yvette Nicole Brown and Colin Farrell, ID PR founder Kelly Bush Novak, CAA motion picture agent Maha Dakhil and Amazon MGM Studios’ Head of Film, Streaming and Theatrical Courtenay Valenti. >>>Full List
Archie, Back From The Dead - Archie and the gang are eying a return to television in a new apocalyptic setting on a new platform. Disney+ has put in development Afterlife with Archie, an hourlong drama series based on the best-selling Archie comic book series by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla. >>>Script-To-Series Commitment
'Dolly': The Show Will Go On - Development of the upcoming Broadway-bound Dolly Parton bio-musical Dolly: A True Original Musical is continuing as planned and will not be impacted by the singer’s recently disclosed health challenges. >>>Debuts In 2026 |
A will-they, won’t-they question in Apple TV+’s The Morning Show has finally been answered as of Season 4, Episode 3, titled “Tipping Point,” which arrived on the streamer Wednesday.
In a reunion set up from the start of the season, Billy Crudup’s Cory Ellison texts Reese Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson asking if they can meet up and chat.
Here Crudup talks about the couple's mutual affection, the obstacles they have faced and the trust they're building. >>>Witherspoon Weighs In, Too |
Quotable "I think it’s going to lead to a lot of positive things" - Bill Burr on the recent Riyadh Comedy Festival, at which he performed |
Exclusive Mel Gibson and Renata Notni (Zorro) have inked deals to join Esai Morales in Coyote, the border thriller from filmmaker Per Prinz. Tyler Perry has locked cast for Why Did I Get Married Again?, a sequel to his 2007 comedy Why Did I Get Married? that he’ll topline for Netflix. Joining him in the cast are Taraji P. Henson, Jill Scott, Richard T. Jones, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White and many more. Exclusive David Harbour is setting up his future slate as sources tell Deadline that the Emmy-nominated actor is in negotiations to join Pedro Pascal in the Searchlight pic Behemoth! from Tony Gilroy.
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BY THE NUMBERS $150,000 - Compensation for attorney's fees and damages that the New York Times is seeking from Justin Baldoni after his failed lawsuit against the paper |
MORE NEWS
🌐 Hulu will become Disney's global entertainment streaming brand, replacing Star, as of October 8. The move is also being accompanied by a home screen redesign and price increases for Disney's streaming services.
🎒 The ESPN-Fox One bundle first revealed in August is officially launching today. Execs at both companies tell Deadline their collaboration on the never-launched joint venture Venu Sports helped streamline the process of creating the new $40-a-month bundle.
🚨 Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security plans to swarm Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime performance, the right-hand man to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem promised Wednesday.
✊ More than 1,000 actors have signed a letter expressing solidarity with Actors’ Equity in its ongoing negotiations with the Broadway League as the union demands significant increases in healthcare contributions, “appropriate” paid time off and safe staffing in the workplace.
🥜 The Peanuts gang is staying in business with Apple TV+. The streamer has announced a five-year extension as the exclusive streaming home for all things Peanuts through an expanded partnership with WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide and Lee Mendelson Film Productions until 2030. |
OBITUARIES
🕯️ Dr. Jane Goodall, the pioneering primatologist, chimpanzee researcher and animal-welfare advocate whose work made her one of the world’s foremost and best-known conservationists, has died of natural causes while on a speaking tour in California. She was 91. 🕯️ Joshua Allen, the Season 4 winner of So You Think You Can Dance, died Tuesday. He was 36. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery |
ON THE RADAR
Thu - Yom Kippur; Jeremy Allen White & Bruce Springsteen on Kimmel
Fri - Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl released; Diddy sentencing
Sat - Bad Bunny hosts SNL season premiere; Mr. Scorsese docuseries world premiere at NYFF
Mon - Swift on Fallon |
Seeing Red - Jared Leto attends the UK sneak peek of Tron: Ares in London. |
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