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Broadcasters Tune Into Rock Doc ‘Billy Idol Should Be Dead’

EXCLUSIVE: Rock doc Billy Idol Should Be Dead has found new homes in Europe and beyond. It has already gone out on Sky in the UK and Hulu in the U.S. and has now been picked up by broadcasters in Europe and Australia after Fremantle scored new deals for the all-access feature documentary. Scandi public […]

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BBC Storyville Expands To Documentary Shorts

EXCLUSIVE: Storyville is moving into shorts. The storied BBC documentary strand will begin making premium short docs alongside features for the first time, coming as the corporation both grapples with YouTube and attempts to leverage its power. Just revealed on stage at Sheffield DocFest, Storyville boss Nevine Mabro issued a call for “bold, innovative filmmakers […]

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‘Doctor Who’ Set To Be Off Air For Years Amid A Creative Regeneration That’s Failing To Spark Early Enthusiasm Among Producers

The Doctor is famed for having powers of regeneration, but the shape-shifting Time Lord’s next transformation could well be the most challenging yet. That’s the early verdict of UK industry insiders after the BBC dropped a TARDIS bombshell on Wednesday, when the broadcaster announced a major creative rethink of Doctor Who. Gone is a Christmas […]

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Abbie Cornish Compares Jane Campion, Ridley Scott & Zach Snyder; Talks Hollywood Size Pressures – Taormina

Australian actress Abbie Cornish took to the stage at the Taormina Film Festival on Thursday for a discussion on her career featuring Palme d’Or contender Bright Star, Oscar winner Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and crime thrillers Jack Ryan and Detained among some 50 credits. Speaking to a youthful audience, Cornish said it was important […]

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‘The Guest’ Clip: Trine Dyrholm Stars As Estranged Mother In Karlovy Vary-Bound Toxic Family Drama

EXCLUSIVE: Danish director Mads Mengel’s debut feature The Guest world premieres in competition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July and Deadline can reveal a first clip. Queen of Hearts and The Girl with the Needle actress Trine Dyrholm co-stars a woman estranged from children who turns up uninvited at a weekend-long naming […]

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‘Who’s The Daddy?’: Documentary Feature About British Wrestling Legend Shirley Crabtree In The Works With BUFF Studios & Rainbow Trout Films

EXCLUSIVE: BUFF Studios is developing a documentary feature about Shirley Crabtree, the British wrestling icon better known to generations of fans as Big Daddy. The feature will be titled Who’s The Daddy?. BUFF Studios will produce in association with Rainbow Trout Films. The producers will introduce the project to buyers at this year’s Sheffield DocFest, […]

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‘Game Of Keys’: Producers Behind Prime Video Germany’s Raunchy New Series On The Benefits Of Involving Intimacy Co-Ordinators From Day One

EXCLUSIVE: The producers behind Prime Video’s raunchy new German drama Game of Keys have called on creatives to work with intimacy co-ordinators from an earlier stage in the production process. UFA Fiction’s Ulrike Leibfried and Sinah Swyter said they engaged Emilia Bähr, an intimacy co-ordinator, from casting onwards and this played a part in both […]

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Amazon MGM Studios Developing ‘The Girlfriend’ Follow-Up Series ‘The Boyfriend’

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios is developing a sequel series to its psychological drama miniseries The Girlfriend, Deadline understands. The Boyfriend will be an entirely standalone story, with new characters based around themes of masculinity, sources told us. Talks are continuing with writers, though no scribe is yet attached, we understand. Amazon MGM Studios declined to […]

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‘Deutschland 83’ Co-Creator Jorg Winger Joins Dynamic Television To Head Up German Arm As ZDF Puts His New Show ‘Conspiracy’ Into Development

EXCLUSIVE: Big news out of Germany today, with showrunner and writer Jörg Winger joining Dynamic Television’s new German arm as President. At the same time, thriller series Conspiracy, which Winger co-created with Marco Girnth, is now in development at public broadcaster ZDF. At Dynamic Television Germany, Winger will lead development of German and international scripted […]

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A ‘Midsomer Murders’ Actress Raised The Alarm About Casting Directors Asking For Bust Sizes. Three Years On, It’s Still Happening.

EXCLUSIVE: British casting directors have been warned to stop collecting bust measurements from actresses after a former Midsomer Murders star raised concerns about the practice. Kirsty Dillon, who starred as detective constable Gail Stephens in 24 episodes of Midsomer Murders, went through industry channels in 2023 to complain that she was receiving bra-size requests from […]

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‘Sweet Magnolias’ Season 5 Leaves Characters Eyeing Exits & Promotions Ahead Of Possible S6

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Season 5 of Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias. Season 5 of Netflix’s South Carolina drama Sweet Magnolias revealed a surprise exit: Tyler “Ty” Townsend was completely MIA as original cast member Carson Rowland, who portrays him, quietly left the show after Season 4. Read all about his departure, how Ty […]

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‘Sweet Magnolias’ Prodigal Son: Why Carson Rowland Left After 4 Seasons, How Ty Was Kept Present In S5 & Would He Return In S6

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Season 5 of Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias. It’s been the case of the missing Ty on Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias for the past two seasons. Maddie Townsend’s (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) oldest son, played by popular original series regular cast member Carson Rowland, was a staple on the show for the […]

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Singapore-Canada Co-Pro ‘Kungfuland’ Starts Production With Idrissa Sanogo & Emma Wong Heading Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Jacen Tan’s Kungfuland, the first ever official scripted co-production between Singapore and Canada, has started production at AUX Infinite Studios in Singapore. Idrissa Sanogo Bamba (Steal Away, The Fire Inside) and Glow star Emma Wong head the cast of the film along with Dion Johnstone (Sweet Magnolias) and Hugh Tran (Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective). […]

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“A Miracle!” Knicks Pull Off Biggest Comeback Game In NBA Finals History

If the ratings have been phenomenal so far for the NBA Finals, the numbers for this one might defy superlatives. Trailing by as much as 29 points at one point and by 20 in fourth quarter, the New York Knicks pulled off the greatest comeback game in NBA Finals history at Madison Square Garden to […]

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Mindy Kaling Explains How ‘Not Suitable for Work’ Completes “Loosely” Self-Based TV Trilogy

We’ve officially reached the final phase of television’s MCU (Mindy Comedic Universe), according to Mindy Kaling. The 6x Emmy nominee recently explained that her new Hulu series Not Suitable for Work, two new episodes of which are available to stream on Tuesdays, is the final installment in a TV trilogy “loosely based” on her life. […]

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Kathy Bates Talks ‘Matlock’ Season 2 Finale, The Importance Of Seeing Seniors In Love On TV & Having The Time Of Her Life At 78

Kathy Bates is riding on a high following the Season 2 finale of the hit CBS series Matlock. The Wellbrexa case had a happy and unexpected conclusion, giving Madeline Kingston/Matty Matlock back a level of freedom she couldn’t have imagined. Leaving some of the heaviness of the past behind helped Matty view the world with […]

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AI Firm Utopai Studios To Co-Produce Silver Bear-Winning Filmmaker Hyo-Joo Yang’s Feature ‘Half Moon’

EXCLUSIVE: AI firm Utopai Studios will co-produce and invest in Half Moon, a feature film from South Korean filmmaker Hyo-joo Yang. Half Moon will be Yang’s debut feature. She is best known for the short Broken Night, which won the Silver Bear at Berlin in 2010. Half Moon will be co-produced by Germany’s In Good […]

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Matt Shakman To Direct & EP Paramount+ Series ‘Discretion’ Starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning

Fantastic Four: First Steps helmer Matt Shakman has been tapped to direct the pilot and three additional episodes of Paramount+’s Discretion, starring and executive produced by Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning. Shakman also will executive produce the legal thriller, from A24, which landed at Paramount+ last October in a very competitive situation with a straight-to-series […]

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Jeff Bergman & Carla Delaney Bergman On Adventures In The Voiceover Trade From ‘Looney Tunes’ To ‘Toy Story 5’ – Crew Call Podcast

On today’s Crew Call we speak with husband and wife voiceover performers Jeff Bergman and Carla Delaney Bergman who share with us how they broke into the craft, their successes, and how to forge a path in the industry. Jeff Bergman’s window into voiceovers began when Looney Tunes maestro Mel Blanc visited his college, and […]

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Joel Flatow To Start New Firm After More Than 30 Years At RIAA

Joel Flatow is departing the Recording Industry Association of America after more than 30 years and is forming his own strategic consulting firm. Flatow has served as senior vice president of artist and industry relations and chief of West Coast operations for the RIAA. The new firm. Flatow Strategies, will focus on the intersection of […]

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Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube In Talks For ’24 Jump Street’ Return

It looks like it’s back-to-school for Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill and Ice Cube, who are in talks to return for a third installment in the 21 Jump Street movie reboot franchise. Deadline has learned that 24 Jump Street is currently in the works at Sony Pictures, more than a decade after the last installment, with […]

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The Wall Street Journal Asks Judge To Toss Donald Trump’s Revised Lawsuit Over Story On Jeffrey Epstein Letter

The Wall Street Journal is asking a judge to toss out Donald Trump’s revised defamation lawsuit, contending that the president’s new litigation is merely a “re-package” of claims already dismissed by the court. Trump’s new lawsuit, the Journal’s legal team wrote, “does not remedy any of the defects identified in the court’s dismissal order. In […]

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Stephen Lang Joins ‘Mercy Good’ Supernatural Horror From Director Kevin Lewis, Stoic Films

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Lang has joined the cast of director Kevin Lewis’ upcoming supernatural horror film Mercy Good, from Stoic Films. Written by Michael Caissie (Hangman, Hunter’s Moon) and directed by Lewis (Willy’s Wonderland), Mercy Good follows a family that relocates to Salem, Massachusetts for a fresh start, only to discover their historic home may be […]

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Tim Allen Says ‘Home Improvement’ Reboot Is “Stuck” Because Of Onscreen Sons’ “Personality Problems”

More than 25 years later, The Tool Man is attempting to make an onscreen Taylor family reunion happen. Tim Allen recently gave an update on a potential Home Improvement followup, noting that the actors who played his sons on the 1991-’99 ABC sitcom are too preoccupied dealing with “their own issues” to reprise their roles. […]

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Sarah Sherman Talks Maximalist HBO Special, Awkward ‘SNL’ Dynamics & Bombing Like Oppenheimer – Comedy Means Business Podcast

As executive producers of Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh, SNL cast member Sarah Sherman’s debut comedy special, Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein had a firm mandate. “They were like, ‘Cut the f*cking RFK Jr. jokes, bro, Cut the airplane jokes,'” Sherman recalls. “‘Just freak sh*t only.'” Undoubtedly, Sherman delivers the goods in the special — a […]

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‘Euphoria’ Creator Sam Levinson On Using Tried-And True Formula To Inject New Blood Into His Cast: “A Lot Of It’s Instinctual”

When Euphoria premiered in 2019, Zendaya was still a burgeoning Disney Channel star; Sydney Sweeney was still searching for her stepping stone from guest and recurring actor to leading lady; Jacob Elordi was known as the heartthrob from The Kissing Booth; Hunter Schafer had never acted professionally; Alexa Demie was flying under the radar on […]

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Fox And Telemundo Look To Level Up World Cup For Increasingly Soccer-Savvy U.S. Viewers

The decision by FIFA to nearly double the size of the World Cup has not drawn universal praise, but it is an undeniable boost to U.S. media rights holders Fox and Telemundo. The most recent men’s edition of the Cup, held in Qatar in 2022, featured 32 nations and 64 matches. This one, played in […]

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Art Directors Guild Calls Martin Scorsese’s AI Endorsement “A Betrayal”

Amid Martin Scorsese’s new role as advisor for AI firm Black Forest Labs, the industry has recently condemned the collaboration. On Tuesday, the Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, slammed Scorsese’s “betrayal of the collaborative nature of cinema” after he promoted the company’s new generative AI tool Flux for storyboarding. “Mr. Scorsese, The Business is […]

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‘Baywatch’ Adds John Beckwith To Recurring Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Another new face is coming to Baywatch. John Beckwith (Song Sung Blue) has booked a heavily recurring role opposite Jessica Belkin on Fox’s upcoming reboot of the famous lifeguard action drama. Beckwith will play Julian, an extremely handsome, compassionate, and sophisticated Ph.D. student who’s part of an ocean research team brought in to help Baywatch. […]

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Colin Farrell On ‘The Batman Part II’ Filming: “I Haven’t Got Much To Do On It”

Colin Farrell is sharing an update on the filming of The Batman Part II and once again praising Matt Reeves’s script. In a new interview, Farrell shared that he is about to start filming the sequel to the 2022 film in which he plays The Penguin. “I will go fly to London in four or five […]

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Broadcasters Tune Into Rock Doc ‘Billy Idol Should Be Dead’

BBC Storyville Expands To Documentary Shorts

‘Doctor Who’ Set To Be Off Air For Years Amid A Creative Regeneration That’s Failing To Spark Early Enthusiasm Among Producers

Abbie Cornish Compares Jane Campion, Ridley Scott & Zach Snyder; Talks Hollywood Size Pressures – Taormina

‘The Guest’ Clip: Trine Dyrholm Stars As Estranged Mother In Karlovy Vary-Bound Toxic Family Drama

‘Who’s The Daddy?’: Documentary Feature About British Wrestling Legend Shirley Crabtree In The Works With BUFF Studios & Rainbow Trout Films

‘Game Of Keys’: Producers Behind Prime Video Germany’s Raunchy New Series On The Benefits Of Involving Intimacy Co-Ordinators From Day One

Amazon MGM Studios Developing ‘The Girlfriend’ Follow-Up Series ‘The Boyfriend’

‘Deutschland 83’ Co-Creator Jorg Winger Joins Dynamic Television To Head Up German Arm As ZDF Puts His New Show ‘Conspiracy’ Into Development

A ‘Midsomer Murders’ Actress Raised The Alarm About Casting Directors Asking For Bust Sizes. Three Years On, It’s Still Happening.

‘Sweet Magnolias’ Season 5 Leaves Characters Eyeing Exits & Promotions Ahead Of Possible S6

‘Sweet Magnolias’ Prodigal Son: Why Carson Rowland Left After 4 Seasons, How Ty Was Kept Present In S5 & Would He Return In S6

Singapore-Canada Co-Pro ‘Kungfuland’ Starts Production With Idrissa Sanogo & Emma Wong Heading Cast

“A Miracle!” Knicks Pull Off Biggest Comeback Game In NBA Finals History

Mindy Kaling Explains How ‘Not Suitable for Work’ Completes “Loosely” Self-Based TV Trilogy

Kathy Bates Talks ‘Matlock’ Season 2 Finale, The Importance Of Seeing Seniors In Love On TV & Having The Time Of Her Life At 78

AI Firm Utopai Studios To Co-Produce Silver Bear-Winning Filmmaker Hyo-Joo Yang’s Feature ‘Half Moon’

Matt Shakman To Direct & EP Paramount+ Series ‘Discretion’ Starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning

Jeff Bergman & Carla Delaney Bergman On Adventures In The Voiceover Trade From ‘Looney Tunes’ To ‘Toy Story 5’ – Crew Call Podcast

Joel Flatow To Start New Firm After More Than 30 Years At RIAA

Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube In Talks For ’24 Jump Street’ Return

The Wall Street Journal Asks Judge To Toss Donald Trump’s Revised Lawsuit Over Story On Jeffrey Epstein Letter

Stephen Lang Joins ‘Mercy Good’ Supernatural Horror From Director Kevin Lewis, Stoic Films

Tim Allen Says ‘Home Improvement’ Reboot Is “Stuck” Because Of Onscreen Sons’ “Personality Problems”

Sarah Sherman Talks Maximalist HBO Special, Awkward ‘SNL’ Dynamics & Bombing Like Oppenheimer – Comedy Means Business Podcast

‘Euphoria’ Creator Sam Levinson On Using Tried-And True Formula To Inject New Blood Into His Cast: “A Lot Of It’s Instinctual”

Fox And Telemundo Look To Level Up World Cup For Increasingly Soccer-Savvy U.S. Viewers

Art Directors Guild Calls Martin Scorsese’s AI Endorsement “A Betrayal”

‘Baywatch’ Adds John Beckwith To Recurring Cast

Colin Farrell On ‘The Batman Part II’ Filming: “I Haven’t Got Much To Do On It”

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