| 'MR. & MRS. SMITH,' 'FALLOUT,' AMONG NEW CA TAX CREDIT RECIPIENTS |
| THE GOLDEN STATE ANNOUNCES THE SECOND ROUND OF SMALL-SCREEN PARTICIPANTS IN THIS YEAR'S $750M FUND |
Mr. Smith went to Washington a long time ago, but Mr. & Mrs. Smith are finally coming to California.
Along with the third season of blockbuster Fallout, and a second season of Netflix’s Forever, the postponed second season of the Amazon spy couple series is among the 17 shows that have been awarded tax credits by the Golden State today.
Estimating a return of $1.2 billion into the state economy from wages, taxes and other expenditures, California handed out over $313 million in incentives to the nearly dozen and a half shows to pump up production in the home of Hollywood.
This is the second round of small screen awards since Gavin Newsom made official the Film and TV program’s mega-expansion to $750 million annually earlier this year. >>>Show With Top Allocation
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Waititi Makes A Deal - Taika Waititi has closed a new first-look deal with 20th Television, FX Productions and Hulu — all divisions of Disney where he has a long history, both on the TV and the feature side. Under the pact, he will develop and direct original series for 20th Television and FX Productions targeting all linear networks and streamers with priority given to Disney Entertainment Television platforms, most notably FX and Hulu. >>> Projects In Development
J.K. On Set - J.K. Rowling on Wednesday made her first visit to the set of HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series. Sources tell Deadline that the author inspected progress on the adaptation of her beloved fantasy franchise, which has been filming at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and on location in the UK. >>>Royal Visit
Olivia Attwood's New Era - British reality star Olivia Attwood, whose previous podcast So Wrong It’s Right had more than 10M streams and over 125M social views, has launched her new video podcast Olivia’s House. Attwood, who has nearly 3M Instagram followers, told Deadline that she wanted to start a "new era." >>>Interview
'Grim' Outlook - Netflix has teamed with Al Gough and Miles Millar, creators and executive producers of the streamer’s most popular English-language series, Wednesday, for Grim, an adult animated series based on Boom! Studios’ horror-fantasy comic books by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano. >>>Supernatural Saga
Whisper It - Whisper, the Sony-backed UK producer behind Amazon’s Tom Brady documentary, has opened a U.S. hub as it draws close to completing a sale. Executives from the company, which was founded 15 years ago by Sunil Patel, Jake Humphrey and Formula 1 champion David Coulthard, will attend the Las Vegas Grand Prix and then International Emmys in New York, but have more than just awards on their mind. >>>Building L.A. Team
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| The 'Secret Agent' Team Talks Of Opening In Brazil, How It Triggered Brutal Memories, And Why There's Hope After A Democratic Backslide And Recovery |
The Secret Agent, Brazil’s official selection for the International Feature Film race at next year’s Oscars, recently opened in that country, a special moment for its writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho and producer Emilie Lesclaux.
Set in 1977, the film centers on an academic, Armando (Wagner Moura), who has become a resister to the country’s repressive military dictatorship and returns to the city of Recife, with the elderly Dona Sebastiana (Tânia Maria) finding shelter and fellowship for him with other dissidents in her apartment building.
Brazil's recent experience with Bolsonaro stirred memories of the country’s past dictatorship, while the film has resonated elsewhere where democracy is under threat or backsliding, including in the United States. In many ways, The Secret Agent grapples with how the past is remembered, rediscovered or forgotten. The film, Mendonça says, “is very much about memory, and how memory can also be implanted or deleted.” >>>Q&A |
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ON THE RADAR
Thu - American Cinematheque Awards; WBD bids deadline
Fri - Wicked: For Good opens
Mon - International Emmy Awards
Wed - Stranger Things S5, Part 1 premieres |
Wilson's A Winner - Lainey Wilson won Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards in Nashville. |
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