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IT'S THE SECOND BEST STATESIDE OPENING EVER FOR AN ANIMATED FILM |
Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 5 is coming in at $160M, still the best opening any movie has seen this year, the second best opening ever for an animated film stateside behind Pixar’s own Incredibles 2 ($182.6M) and the third best June has had following Universal’s 2015 Jurassic World ($208.8M) and Incredibles 2. Also, yes, this opening for Toy Story 5 is a record start for the franchise.
In terms of the global start here at $312M WW, that’s the second best for a Pixar movie of all time (excluding China) behind Inside Out 2‘s $384M. Here’s the thing, Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened to $372.5M, but that includes Germany, Austria, and two days of domestic at Wednesday and Thursday. >>>Great Rebound For Pixar
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Deadline Exclusives & Originals
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BBC Stays Mum - BBC Chair Samir Shah has blocked Deadline’s efforts to disclose written discussions between board members during the week in which a botched Donald Trump edit spiraled into a catastrophe, forcing the resignations of the director general and head of news. >>>Broadcaster's Explanation
Kate Hudson & Ana De Armas Team Up - Chernin Entertainment has another sexy package hitting the market as sources tell Deadline Chernin has boarded Palm Grove, an original, big-screen erotic thriller written by James Morosini starring Kate Hudson and Ana de Armas directed by Kornél Mundruczó. >>>Heavy Interest Expected
Quinta Brunson Moves To 20th - In the highest-profile showrunner move so far this year, Abbott Elementary creator, executive producer and star Quinta Brunson has signed a big, five-year overall deal with 20th Television for her Fifth Chance Productions. >>>Left Warner Bros.
Looking Back In (North) Anger - British crew members on a $9M contemporary adaptation of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey are pursuing legal action after the film collapsed, leaving some people so broke, they had to ask colleagues for fuel money to get home. >>>Third UK Indie Film Collapse
'Dad' Jokes - Disney+ is teaming with A24 UK for the first time on a comedy-drama series about grown-up siblings whose lives are changed forever when their father is accused of murder. Dad comes from up-and-coming writer Clem Garritty, who created Showtime pilot Jonah Kills and is writing on Charlie Covell’s Life is Strange. >>>Disney Wins Competitive Situation
Brown Bag Sharpens Bad Pencil - Brown Bag Films has launched Bad Pencil Animation, a new label that will make animated shows for grown-ups. Brown Bag is the Emmy-winning producer of Doc McStuffins and Bing, among scores of animated shows for younger viewers. With Bad Pencil, it now also has an eye on older audiences with comedy, horror, drama, and action projects. >>>Debuts At Annecy
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Coming off his Emmy- and BAFTA-winning (and just about every other award) run as co-creator and writer of the global sensation Adolescence, Jack Thorne is back this season with another four-part adaptation of Lord of the Flies — which, like Adolescence, has become a big hit for Netflix and has him back in the Emmy race. >>>Watch
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Exclusive
Charles Melton is the latest to join the upcoming project from Daniels as sources tell Deadline the Beef actor is in negotiations to join Matt Damon and Sandra Oh in their untitled event pic at Universal.
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Netflix’s teen psychological drama series Bet has added a pop star to its cast. “Icy Grl” star Saweetie has joined the show alongside series star Miku Martineau as the second season of the show starts production in Toronto.
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Adeline Rudolph is set to star alongside Emily Bader and Logan Lerman in Netflix‘s reboot of rom-com 13 Going on 30.
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Manny Jacinto, Emily Mortimer and Thomasin McKenzie have joined the Season 3 cast of Prime Video’s Fallout in recurring roles.
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Brit actress Nadia Parkes, known for BBC drama Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story and Netflix’s The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, has been set to star in an untitled UK indie feature about a stripper and dominatrix.
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QUOTABLE
2,495 - Number of L.A.-area jobs that could be put at risk by a Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, according to the L.A. County Department of Economic Opportunity
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MORE NEWS
🤖 Data and measurement firm Samba TV has bought GenAI ads platform Bestever AI. Bestever’s founder and CEO Apoorna Govind will become Director of Product at Samba.
🌍 Curry Barker has found a home for his next horror feature, reuniting with Universal Film Group and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster. The Obsession auteur will write, direct and produce his third film for the banners.
👀 Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial will no longer be released by Amazon MGM. Other studios are currently screening the film, and talks about the its future are ongoing.
🤝 Sinners director Ryan Coogler and his Proximity Media have a new home for their television projects. Coogler has signed an overall deal with Netflix to develop series.
🚪 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned under intense pressure from his fellow lawmakers, Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK, and the wider electorate. Starmer becomes the sixth British PM to exit their position in the last 10 years.
⛺ The Annecy International Animation Film Festival got off to a high octane start on Sunday evening with the world premiere of Illumination’s Minions & Monsters, and the surprise appearance of Guillermo Del Toro in the audience.
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OBITUARIES
🕯️ James Burrows, the most decorated multi-camera director in the history of the medium, passed away in his sleep on June 19, after a brief illness. The 11-time Emmy winner was 85. 🕯️ Claude Guillemot, a co-founder of Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft alongside his four brothers, has died in a plane crash in France. 🕯️ Tay Keith, the music producer known for his work with artists like Drake, Travis Scott and Eminem, has died. He was 29. 🕯️ Paul Avery, an actor who appeared in All My Children, and his wife Sheila died in a house fire on Tuesday. Their daughter Kyle Avery confirmed the news of her parents’ death in a Facebook post on Tuesday. 🕯️ Alan Greenspan, who led the Federal Reserve under four presidents, steering the economy through unprecedented growth but also unnerving crisis, has died. He was 100. 🕯️ 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery
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ON THE RADAR
Mon - Cannes Lions begins
Thu - Great American State fair begins in D.C.; Millie Bobby Brown on Fallon
Sun - BET Awards; Bill Maher receives Mark Twain Award
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Passing The Pink Torch - Lexi Minetree and Reese Witherspoon at the Elle World Official Photocall at Hall des Lumières in New York.
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