| CRAIG MAZIN IS DEVELOPING A SERIES THAT WILL CONTINUE THE GAME'S 'DUNGEONS & DRAGONS'-SET STORY |
Craig Mazin, co-creator of arguably the most acclaimed TV adaptation of a video game to date, HBO's The Last Of Us, will be taking on another hugely popular and acclaimed game title next, Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3, which is set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons.
HBO is developing Baldur’s Gate, a drama series based on the video game franchise controlled by Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast. Mazin is attached to create, write, executive produce and showrun the TV and streaming adaptation. Also exec producing are Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O’Connor and Hasbro Entertainment’s Gabriel Marano. Chris Perkins, the former longtime Head of Story at Wizards of the Coast, which is behind the D&D game universe, will serve as consultant.
Unlike HBO’s The Last Of Us, which retold the story from the PlayStation games, the Baldur’s Gate TV series will be a continuation to the games, telling a story that takes place immediately after the events of Baldur’s Gate 3, as the characters – old and new – are dealing with the ramifications of the events in the third game. >>>Passion Project |
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CBS Moves Up Schedule Reveal - CBS continues to put a distance between the May upfront week and its own fall schedule reveal and upfront events. The network, in its first year following Skydance’s acquisition of parent Paramount Global, plans to announce its 2026-27 primetime schedule on April 15. >>> Expected Moves
Nancy Gates Leaves UTA - One of UTA‘s longest-tenured agents, TV talent rep Nancy Gates, is departing to become a manager. The agency CEO David Kramer just announced her exit in a missive to staff. >>> Read The Memo
Blackpink's Lisa Tries A Romcom - Lisa, the Thai rapper, singer, dancer and actor of Blackpink fame, who’s coming off her acting debut in The White Lotus Season 3, is set to reteam with the series’ executive producer David Bernad on a new romantic comedy for Netflix, penned by Set It Up's Katie Silberman. >>> 'Notting Hill' Influence
'Rolling Loud' Finds A Distributor - Ketchup Entertainment has acquired domestic distribution rights to Rolling Loud, with Owen Wilson and Matt Rife starring in a comedy scripted and directed by Jeremy Garelick that is set against the backdrop of the World’s Largest Hip-Hop Festival. >>> September Release
A Long Time Coming - German producers are cautiously welcoming local streaming measures aimed at revamping the country’s ailing production sector. Long debated and awaited, terms of an agreement signed by coalition government partners were finally outlined yesterday. Realistically, it wasn’t the news the likes of Netflix, Prime Video and HBO Max wanted. >>> Unveiled Before Berlin
Building A Bridge - Veteran Hollywood agent and producer Alan Greenspan is launching Munich- and London-based management and production firm Bridge. The longtime ICM packaging agent and partner at UK production company 6 Degree Media is teaming on Bridge with London-based Tom De Gols for the company. >>> Talent Roster |
| British Star Nigel Havers On Taking Role In TV4’s Swedish Financial Crime Drama ‘Golden Boys’: “It’s A Hell Of A Good Story” |
Nigel Havers drew on family history for inspiration in Swedish crime drama Golden Boys.
The Chariots of Fire, A Passage to India and Coronation Street actor plays a fictionalized version of Lord Moyne, the British peer and member of the Guinness family, who was caught up in Sweden's biggest financial crime scandal in the late 1990s.
He told Deadline how the real-life Lord Moyne had visited his father, the late politician and attorney general Michael Havers, to ask for advice with his situation. “Lord Moyne had one trait, and that was to look after himself,” laughed the actor in an exclusive chat with Deadline. >>>The Interview |
ExclusiveChris Hemsworth is joining Taron Egerton and Zazie Beetz in New York crime pic Kockroach, from producer Andrew Lazar (American Sniper). Hemsworth takes over in the movie from fellow A-lister Channing Tatum who we’re told has had to step away due to scheduling conflicts.
Exclusive Isabela Merced (The Last Of Us, Superman) has been set to lead the movie adaptation of hit Sega videogame franchise, The House Of The Dead.
Oscar winner Javier Bardem and two-time nominee Kate Hudson are set to star in Hello & Paris, a film adaptation loosely inspired by Deborah McKinlay’s novel That Part Was True.
Alexander Ludwig and Emma Roberts have signed on to star in Hal, a feature drama inspired by the true story behind the founding of humanitarian organization Convoy of Hope.
Karen Gillan, Josh Hutcherson and Clive Owen have signed on to star in the exorcism thriller Blasphemous. |
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| ON THE RADAR
Fri - Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
Sat - DGA Awards
Sun - The Super Bowl
Mon - SAG-AMPTP negotiations begin; Ghislaine Maxwell appears before Congressional committee
Wed - Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni expected in court
Thu - Berlin FF & EFM begin |
Guiding Light - Italian Ballet Dancer Nicoletta Manni holds the Olympic flame in front of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II as the Olympic Torch Relay arrives in Milan. |
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