Jolie Plots Mafia Movie; 'Stranger Things' Supernatural Ratings; Indie Spirit Nominations

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. ANGELINA JOLIE PLOTS MAFIA MOVIE THE OSCAR WINNER WILL STAR IN AND PRODUCE 'SUNNY' Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie has commenced production on Sunny, a dark thriller that Eva Sørhaug (Tokyo Vice, Yellowjackets) is directing for Gramercy Park Media, A Higher Standard and Nickel City Pictures. In the spirit of classic mafia films, Sunny follows a female gangster who fights to protect her sons — and herself — from an abusive drug kingpin. But when a devastating event occurs, she only has a matter of hours to plot their permanent escape. William Day Frank penned the script after conceiving the story with Sørhaug. >>>Character-Driven Thriller Deadline Exclusives & Originals 'Stranger Things 5' Turns Netflix Upside Down - Stranger Things 5 is off to a monstrous start with the biggest premiere week ever for an English-language series on Netflix. The first four episodes, which debuted on November 26, catapulted the latest season of the Duffer Brothers' supernatural drama to No. 1 on the weekly TV rankings with 59.6M global views. >>>How They Did It 'The Operator' Makes A Deal - In a highly competitive situation, Netflix has acquired The Operator, an action thriller spec from Harrison Query, with Mark Wahlberg attached to star. The film has Wahlberg playing an ex-Tier One Operator who earns a living as one of the CIA’s invisible clean-up men. >>>Game Of Cat & Mouse Amplify Doubles Down On Self-Financing - Amplify Pictures, the production company behind the HBO docuseries 100 Foot Wave, is continuing its move into self-financing indie series. The company set up by Amazon Studios’ former head of comedy and drama Joe Lewis is producing a series based on YouTube pilot Mt. Mystic Rangers. >>>Mockumentary The Devil & Sammy Davis Jr. - Tony- and Grammy-winning, three-time Emmy- and two-time Oscar-nominated singer, songwriter and actor Leslie Odom Jr is set adapt the August 2024 Rolling Stone article “Dance With the Devil” by Alex Bhattacharji. Odom will also star in the horror feature. Odom acquired screen rights to the article, which explores Sammy Davis Jr’s unlikely connection to Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan. >>> Failed TV Pilot In Brief - Tom Selleck signs with UTA... Regé-Jean Page to headline Netflix erotic thriller series Hancock Park... Greene Talent rebrands as Artium Talent ... Endemol Shine North America shopping reboot of original Deal Or No Deal THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW Doc Talk Podcast With Trio Of Top Oscar Contenders ‘The Tale Of Silyan’, ‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk’ & ‘Cover-Up’ When Oscar doc branch members prepare to cast their ballots for the shortlists beginning Monday, they will have a record-breaking 201 feature documentaries to choose from. By the time votes are tabulated, that list will have been culled to a mere 15 finalists with a shot at an Oscar nomination. On today’s edition of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, we’re speaking with the makers of three of the top contenders to earn shortlist recognition, including the talented team behind National Geographic’s The Tale of Silyan; Sepideh Farsi, the director of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk and Oscar winner Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) and Mark Obenhaus, who directed Cover-Up together. >>>Watch      RENEWALS, CANCELLATIONS & PICKUPS   EXCLUSIVE ‘Deal Or No Deal Island’ Canceled At NBC John le Carré’s ‘Legacy Of Spies’ Series Lands At BBC & MGM+ CASTING ABOUT Exclusive Josh McDermitt (The Walking Dead, Suits LA) has joined the cast of CBS’ drama Fire Country as recurring for its current fourth season. McDermitt will be part of an arc involving other new recurring cast members.   Exclusive Glee star Dianna Agron has joined U.S. gun crisis drama The Gun On Second Street, which began filming this week. In addition to an already star-studded cast, Ryan Murphy's The Beauty will include guest appearances from Amelia Gray Hamlin, Ari Graynor, Bella Hadid, Ben Platt, Billy Eichner, Isabella Rossellini, Jessica Alexander, Julie Halston, Lux Pascal, Meghan Trainor, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Peter Gallagher and Vincent D’Onofrio. After a multi-country casting search, young English actor Jack Alldridge has landed the lead in Foster Dade, Hulu's YA drama pilot written by Greg Berlanti and Bash Doran and directed by Daniel Minahan, which comes from Warner Bros. TV and studio-based Berlanti Productions.      QUOTABLE   "This is not a hit piece or an act of retribution" -  A Netflix spokesperson responding to complaints from Diddy about 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' MORE NEWS 🏆 The 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations were revealed this morning, with a Best Feature nominees list including Janus Films’ Peter Hujar’s Day, IFC’s The Plague, A24’s Sorry, Baby, Netflix’s Train Dreams and Roadside Attractions’ Twinless. 🤖 Amazon Fire TV is rolling out a new feature on its AI-powered Alexa+ voice platform that lets viewers briefly describe a movie scene and have Prime Video jump directly to it. 📺 The publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild said today that Jimmy Kimmel will receive the 2026 President’s Award — an honor presented only under “extraordinary circumstances.” The late-night host and Trump foil is being honored for his strength of character, his resilience and his unwavering adherence to principle in the face of adversity, per ICG. 📱 Spotify has dropped its 11th annual Wrapped year-end listening summaries. Bad Bunny is the giant streamer’s global top artist for the year (with more than 19.8 billion streams) and his DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS is the top album. "Die With A Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars is the No. 1 global song. Movie soundtracks got a boost with KPop Demon Hunters the No. 2 global album. BY THE NUMBERS   19.3M -  Number of views for 'Jingle Bell Heist' last week on Netflix HIRINGS, PROMOTIONS & EXITS   EXCLUSIVE Jennifer Millar Jumps From Paradigm to Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Bringing Longtime Client Sydney Sweeney With Her DeDe Lea To Depart Paramount As Head Of Global Public Policy And Government Relations Fox News Promotes Aishah Hasnie To Anchor And White House Correspondent Paramount & Pluto Vet Jeff Shultz Named CEO Of Radial Entertainment ON THE RADAR Wed - New York Times DealBook Summit; National Board of Review Awards announced Thu - Red Sea Film Festival begins; Versant and Imax investor days Fri - Critics Choice Nominations Sat - Deadline Contenders Film: International; Melissa McCarthy hosts SNL Sun - Contenders Film: Documentary; Kennedy Center Honors Mon - Golden Globe nominations; UBS Global Media & Communications Conference begins PHOTO OF THE DAY 'Maid' In Manhattan -  Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried made an appearance at Tuesday's New York premiere of The Housemaid. 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