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Editor's Note: There will be no Morning Rush on Friday due to the holiday weekend. Happy Fourth of July!
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THE MOVE COMES AFTER A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE AT ITS ORIGINAL PLATFORM, PARAMOUNT+ |
The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey has found a new home. The high-profile limited series, starring Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen, has been picked up by Netflix which will release it as a global original this winter, likely tied to the 30th anniversary of the six-year-old beauty queen’s killing on Dec. 25, 1996.
The completed series (fka Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey), from David C. Glasser’s 101 Studios, had been in turnaround since its original platform, Paramount+, opted not to proceed with it late last year. >>>Legal Concerns
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Deadline Exclusives & Originals
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Paramount-Warner Deal's Euro Crunch Time - Why the UK holds the keys to David Ellison hitting his September takeover deadline after culture secretary Lisa Nandy's surprise intervention this week. Experts say Nandy's interest in the deal is more about "process" than creating "problems," but it does still pose a risk to Paramount's completion timetable. >>>End of Era For United International Pictures
Sizing Up 'Minons' - Illumination/Universal‘s Minions & Monsters is posting an estimated $13.75M opening day — that’s without any previews. Due to holiday activities, typically there’s a falloff in moviegoing on July 4, but other days such as Friday and Sunday will be high for a family film such as Minions & Monsters. >>>Weekend Projections
World Cup Ratings Runneth Over - The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup has been off to a blazing start. This year’s tournament concluded the group stage round averaging nearly 5.1M U.S. viewers across 72 matches on Fox, FS1 and Tubi – a 92% increase from 2022. Even factoring in the expansion to 48 teams for this edition of the Cup, the tune-in has been ahead of projections, especially on the streaming side. >>>Team U.S.A. Dominating Top Spots
Joe Wright Has 'Juice' - Two-time BAFTA-winning filmmaker Joe Wright is attached to direct the feature take on the Tim Winton post-apocalyptic thriller novel Juice for Working Title Films. >>>"A Call To Action"
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Exclusive
Lola Tung (The Summer I Turned Pretty) has inked a deal to join Please, A24‘s new film from Babygirl helmer Halina Reijn.
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Maya da Costa (Girls Like Girls) has inked a deal to join Chase Yi and Sonia Mena in the new Paranormal Activity movie from Undertone helmer Ian Tuason, Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Paramount.
Michael Weatherly is suiting back up as Tony DiNozzo to return to CBS' NCIS this fall for a season-long arc.
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MORE NEWS
UK and Ireland distribution rights to the 23 film-library of Japan’s Studio Ghibli, including Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and many more classics, have been acquired by Toho-owned animation specialist Gkids. The deal includes rights for theatrical, home video, TV, and digital.
👻 Warner Bros. has snapped up Siren Head, a feature package based on the viral horror meme from Trevor Henderson, which has Brian Duffield set to direct from a script co-written with Zach Cregger.
👋 Paula Reid is expected to depart CNN, where she has served as the network’s chief legal affairs correspondent and she may be headed to a competitor.
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BY THE NUMBERS
$1B - Amount raised Wednesday by the IPO of Bending Spoons, the new corporate parent of AOL
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ON THE RADAR
Sat - Independence Day; Tour de France begins
Sun - NBC’s Star-Spangled Sunday with 15 MLB games
Wed - Emmy nominations; U.S. vs. Belgium World Cup game
Thu - Little House on the Prairie reboot debuts
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Empire State Of Mind - The two people who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building spire and got engaged were stars of Netflix’s 2024 documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story. The stunt had no connection to Netflix, but the streamer did tweet out a congratulations of sorts.
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