| | | | | | | THE NETWORK IS LOOKING TO RETURN TO A MORE TRADITIONAL BROADCAST CYCLE |
A famous PI is plotting an NBC return. The network has given a drama pilot order to The Rockford Files, a reboot of the classic Stephen J. Cannell series starring James Garner that ran on NBC from 1974-80. The project comes from writer Mike Daniels (The Village), producers Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly (Elementary) and Universal Television.
Bringing back an iconic IP is a high-profile way to kick off the 2026 pilot season as the first order of this year’s broadcast cycle. As networks have pulled away from pilots and moved to year-round development, NBC is looking to bring back a yearly cadence many in the industry miss — greenlighting drama and comedy pilots in January and February and producing them in time for the May upfronts for a spot on next season’s schedule. >>>4-6 More Expected
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Deadline Exclusives & Originals |
Zombies To Attack B.O. - Sony’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is still looking at a $20M+ 4-day opening at 3,400 sites in North America, finally unseating 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash from No. 1 in its 5th frame. That movie is looking like $18M-$19M over the MLK holiday weekend. >>>'Hamnet' Doubling Theater Count
Related: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Review: Nia DaCosta Brings More Blood, Guts And Brains To Zombie Franchise
Angel Studios, Neal McDonough Pact - The McDonough Company, the production company of Ruvé and Neal McDonough, has inked a three-picture first-look deal with Angel Studios, the crowdfunding studio behind titles like Sound of Freedom. >>>"A Perfect Match"
Sebastian Chacon Case Closed For Good - Sebastian Chacon, the Daisy Jones & The Six actor who had a sexual assault complaint filed against him in November 2023, has had his case “discontinued with prejudice and without costs" by The Supreme Court of the State of New York. >>>Actor's Statement |
Denis Johnson's 2011 novella Train Dreams might be a short, stream-of-consciousness narrative about the plight of early 20th Century loggers and railroad workers in the Pacific Northwest, but producers Ashley Schlaifer, Will Janowitz and Marissa McMahon knew there was a movie in it, and sought the right director for quite some time. That is until Schlaifer came across the feature directorial debut of Clint Bentley, Jockey, and the project was set in motion with the filmmaker and his collaborator Greg Kweder adapting.
Here Bentley, DP Adolpho Veloso and composer Bryce Dessner discuss bringing Johnson's novella to the big screen. >>>Watch The Interview |
QUOTABLE "Sean Penn is nominated tonight, I’m assuming for best neck veins?" - Nikki Glaser telling Howard Stern one of the jokes she cut from her Golden Globes monologue |
exclusiveMichelle Williams is the latest star to join Damien Chazelle's new untitled drama starring Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig. Chazelle will direct and has written the script and will also produce alongside Olivia Hamilton under their Wild Chickens Productions banner. Paramount Pictures will distribute the film.
exclusiveOscar winner Nicolas Cage is starring with Justin Long and Shelley Hennig (Unfriended) in under-the-radar action-thriller Best Pancakes In The County , which is currently filming in Arkansas.
exclusiveRhiannon Giddens, the Pulitzer Prize and Grammy-winning folk artist seen on CMT’s Nashville, will star opposite Ed Helms in An Ode to Mary Jo, an upcoming indie drama marking the feature directorial debut of Justin Liberman. |
BY THE NUMBERS 31.6M - Number of viewers for Prime Video's NFL wildcard game between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers |
MORE NEWS
🥇 At the National Board of Review gala in New York on Tuesday, It Was Just an Accident director Jafar Panahi decried the "savage massacre" of protesters in his native Iran. One Battle After Another star Leonardo DiCaprio detailed his attachment to the medium of film, which he called "our most definitive art form."
⚖️ Five days after being charged with child sex abuse in New Mexico and declaring his innocence, Timothy Busfield surrendered himself to police. He maintains he is innocent.
📺 Last Sunday's Golden Globes saw another year-over-year audience decrease with 8.66M live + same-day viewers tuning in for the 83rd edition of the awards ceremony, according to Nielsen data.
🖥️ Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of Squid Game, Netflix’s most-watched series, is rolling out a new drama series for the streamer. Netflix has ordered Korean series The Dealer, which comes from Dong-hyuk’s Firstman Studio.
👀 Banijay Group has issued a statement confirming it is in talks with All3Media's owner RedBird IMI over a potential merger that will reshape the European production sector. |
OBITUARIES
🕯️ Thomas Causey, a veteran sound mixer who earned Oscar nominations for Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy and worked on four Star Trek films, TV’s Dallas and dozens of other movies and series, died Sunday in Cathedral City, CA. He was 76. 🕯️ Scott Adams, the controversial creator of the popular Dilbert comic strip and cartoon, has died of prostate cancer. He was 68. 🕯️ John Forté, the Grammy-nominated musician and producer who collaborated with groups like the Fugees and Refugee Camp All-Stars, has died at the age of 50. 🕯️ 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery |
ON THE RADAR
Fri - Oscar nomination voting ends
Sat - Finn Wolfhard hosts SNL; European Film Awards
Sun - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms series premiere
Mon - Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
On The Money - Teyana Taylor at the New York Premiere of Netflix's The Rip. |
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