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Dave Annable & Jennifer Holland To Topline Supernatural Civil War Thriller ‘Brine’ From B.J. Golnick

EXCLUSIVE: Dave Annable (Lioness) and Jennifer Holland (Peacemaker) have wrapped lead roles in Brine, a Civil War-era supernatural thriller from veteran documentary filmmaker B.J. Golnick. Written by Golnick and producer Jeremy Miller, Brine follows a family of Confederate deserters who escape the Union bombardment of Fort Pulaski with a cache of stolen gold and disappear into the Georgia marshlands. […]

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‘Hacks’ Creators On Show’s “Bleak” Predictions Of Hollywood, Why Spin-Off Doesn’t Seem “In The Cards” — But ‘Broad City’ Movie Is “More Likely”

SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Hacks series finale With the emotional gut punch that was last weeks’ Hacks series finale, its creators consider the episode a pretty permanent farewell. Despite fan pleas for a spin-off featuring Jimmy (Paul W. Downs) and Kayla (Megan Stalter), creators Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky tell Deadline […]

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Anthony Head Dies: ‘Ted Lasso’ & ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Star Was 72

Anthony Head, the British actor best known for roles in Ted Lasso and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died, aged 72. Head’s daughters Emily and Daisy, both actors themselves, told BBC News that he “passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family.” “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the […]

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David Mamet To Direct Feature Project ‘Russian Poland’; Archstone Boards As Sales Rep

EXCLUSIVE: Archstone Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Russian Poland, a new feature film written and set to be directed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker David Mamet. The film will be produced by Barry Germansky, with Scott Martin and Michael Slifkin serving as executive producers. Casting is set to […]

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‘The Aggressives’ & ‘Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later’ Land At The Criterion Channel

Daniel Peddle’s seminal twin documentaries on queer life, The Aggressives and Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later, have been picked up by The Criterion Channel and are now available to stream. The Aggressives first premiered in 2005 at SXSW and has since become a landmark piece of non-fiction filmmaking for its intimate portrait of masculine-presenting […]

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SDSA TV Awards Nominations: ‘Euphoria,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Outlander,’ ‘SNL’ & More

The Set Decorators Society of America is out with the nominees for its 2025-26 SDSA Awards for Television, which recognizes a number of series that wrapped in recent months. The list includes such shows as Euphoria, Stranger Things, Hacks, Outlander, The Boys, For All Mankind and The Neighborhood. See all of the nominations below. Covering […]

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Kino Lorber Acquires Maya Annik Bedward’s Doc ‘Black Zombie’

EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Maya Annik Bedward’s documentary Black Zombie, which debuted at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival. The doc traces the origin and evolution of zombies from Haitian spiritual traditions to fixtures of Hollywood horror, examining the cinematic and historical context and reclaiming their deeper cultural significance as powerful […]

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U.S. Added 127,000 Jobs In May, Beating Expectations; Movie And Music Employment Falls

The U.S. added 172,000 jobs in May, beating expectations, as the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3%. With gains in leisure and hospitality, health care and local government, the job situation again showed signs of improvement after a lackluster year in 2025. But the gains were not felt across industries. Jobs in movies and music […]

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‘That Thrifting Show With Lara Spencer’ Renewed For Season 2 At Hulu & Freeform

EXCLUSIVE: That Thrifting Show with Lara Spencer has been renewed for a second season on Hulu and Freeform. The unscripted competition series, from executive producer and host Spencer, will return in 2027. Season 1, which premiered in March, is currently streaming. In the competition series, vintage design expert Spencer presents two designer duos with identical rooms. With just 48 hours and a […]

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International Insider: Reality TV Summit UK; Netflix’s Euro Rights Warning; ‘Buena Vista’ Interview

Good afternoon Insiders, happy Friday and welcome back to the Insider. Max Goldbart here steering you through. Sign up here. Reality TV Summit UK @ SXSW London The reality of it all: There were all sorts of headlines emerging from Deadline’s first Reality TV Summit UK, which was held on Tuesday at the Tab Church […]

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Next Wave Of European Showrunners Revealed

EXCLUSIVE: As Europe pushes for more showrunners, a dozen writers from across the continent have been selected for an EU-backed programme headed by some big names from Borgen, Doctor Who and Neumatt. The European Showrunner Programme is for experienced series writers who want to make the jump to showrunner. It is overseen by Jeppe Gjervig […]

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Kanya King Dies: Founder Of The UK’s Mobo Awards Was 57

Kanya King, the founder of the UK’s popular Music of Black Origin awards show, colloquially known as the MOBOs, has died. She was 57. King’s death was announced this morning by the MOBO Organisation with a post on Instagram. The statement said King died on June 3rd after a “courageous and characteristically determined battle with […]

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Pernel Media Takes ‘Rise And Fall Of’ Franchise To Rome

EXCLUSIVE: Pernel Media has added to its Rise and Fall of franchise by exploring one of the greatest empires of all, Rome. The popular doc series will tackle the epic 1,200 year empire in a single, continuous narrative, from the founding kings to the fall of the west in 476 AD. The series is built […]

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HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series Casting Colin Creevey For Season 2

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline brought you news last month that HBO was recasting Ginny Weasley for Season 2 of the Harry Potter series. Now, we hear that another desirable role is up for grabs in the eagerly anticipated TV show. Sources said Harry Potter casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann are out to agents as they […]

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BBC Studios Sends Karl Warner To L.A. For Global Formats Role

BBC Studios has forged a newly-created global formats role for Karl Warner in L.A. Warner is relocating to the U.S. and being tasked with “identifying, partnering with, and scaling the next generation of creator led IP for global television formats” in an EVP, Global Creator Partnerships & Creative Development post, for which he will report […]

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China’s Damai Entertainment Sets International Release For $223M Surprise Hit ‘Dear You’

Damai Entertainment, the Chinese film company previously known as Alibaba Pictures, has revealed the international rollout plans for surprise $223M hit Dear You, starting with Hong Kong and other Chinese-speaking territories later this month. The relatively small drama, released on April 30, has surprised the local industry by becoming the second-highest grossing film of the […]

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BBC ‘Newsnight’ Presenter Victoria Derbyshire Faced Workplace Conduct Investigation

EXCLUSIVE: Victoria Derbyshire, one of the BBC’s most prominent news presenters, was the subject of a workplace conduct investigation over her interactions with multiple colleagues. Deadline understands that the BAFTA-winning Newsnight host faced a number of complaints following the completion of the BBC’s 2025 workplace culture review, which encouraged staff to call out alleged misconduct. […]

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‘Scary Movie’ $7.5M Previews Near ‘Scream 7’ Levels; ‘Masters Of The Universe’ Seizes $4M – Thursday Night Box Office

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount-Miramax’s reboot Scary Movie as of right now is having the first laugh (and ultimately the last) at the box office, and big, with an estimated $7.5M in previews that began at 2PM today. Meanwhile, Amazon MGM Studios’ $170M production of Mattel and Escape Artists’ Masters of the Universe is eyeing around $4M. That […]

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SAG-AFTRA Members Approve AMPTP Deal

Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) members have voted to ratify the 2026 TV/Theatrical Agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). On Thursday, members approved the deal with a 91.42% vote in favor, and a return of a return of 19.25%, following the SAG-AFTRA board’s recommendation of the contract last month. The contract […]

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Hollywood Legal Hustle: Amazon & Vice Smacked With Defamation Suit Over Docuseries On “Millennial Madoff” & $650M Ponzi Scheme

The former business partner of the incarcerated “midwestern, millennial Madoff” who ripped off investors and pals to the tune of $650 million with promises of lucrative licensing rights to HBO and Netflix flicks is plenty peeved at Amazon Studios, Vice Studios and director Rebecca Chaikin. “As a result of Defendants’ desire to sensationalize the Series and […]

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James Handy Stabbed To Death: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ & ‘Arachnophobia’ Actor Was 81

James Handy, the actor who appeared in Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Jumanji (1995) and Arachnophobia (1990), has died. He was 81. On Wednesday at around 9:30am, the LAPD responded to a cryptic call in Tarzana, where Handy was discovered in the front yard of the residence, unconscious after being stabbed in the chest. He was […]

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‘Office Romance’ Review: Jennifer Lopez And Brett Goldstein Fall For Each Other In Movie That Is More Raunchcom Than Romcom

No doubt Jennifer Lopez is currently queen of the failing Romcom genre, a once vibrant Hollywood staple that studios sadly relegated mostly to streaming in recent times. Of course there have been exceptions, notably sleeper hit Anyone But You in 2024 that made a splash in theatres. Generally though this isn’t the case, at least […]

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Anna Faris Teases “There’s Interest” In A ‘House Bunny’ Sequel

After nearly 20 years, Anna Faris is hoping to reunite with her Zeta sisters in a potential The House Bunny sequel. The actress recently teased that “there’s interest” in a follow-up to the 2008 Happy Madison comedy, in which she played a Playboy Bunny who is kicked out of Hugh Hefner’s mansion, only to find […]

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Olivia Rodrigo Was “Enraged” By ICE Video Using Her Song: “So Deeply Disturbing”

After calling out the DHS last year for using her song, Olivia Rodrigo recently reflected on the experience. The 3x Grammy winner recalled feeling “enraged” at seeing a “deeply disturbing” ICE propaganda video in November that featured her 2023 song ‘All-American Bitch’ without her permission, calling for immigrants to “LEAVE NOW and self-deport.” “I was […]

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Joanna Klein Joins Nina Tassler’s Sony Pictures Television-Based Kismet Creative Group As SVP

EXCLUSIVE: Former CBS Entertainment Chairman Nina Tassler has recruited another veteran TV executive-turned-producer, Joanna Klein, for her Kismet Creative Group. Klein has joined Kismet, which is under an overall deal at Sony Pictures Television Studios, as Senior Vice President. “I am thrilled to have Joanna join Kismet Creative Group,” Tassler said. “As a producer, former […]

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Ted Danson Apologizes For Blackface At Whoopi Goldberg’s 1993 Roast: “Arrogant And Stupid”

After more than 30 years, Ted Danson has had much time to reflect on his controversial moment at Whoopi Goldberg’s 1993 roast. The 3x Emmy winner recently emphasized that he is “forever apologetic” for doing blackface in his appearance at New York’s Friars Club, explaining he “thought I was being edgy” in making a satirical […]

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Donald Trump Schedules D.C. Rally With Lee Greenwood And Christopher Macchio After Artists Bail On Freedom 250 Concert Series

Donald Trump said that he’s now planning a June 24 rally in Washington, D.C. with Lee Greenwood and Christopher Macchio performing after a line up of artists pulled out of previous plans for a Freedom 250 concert series on the National Mall. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday, “On Wednesday, June 24th, at 7 […]

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Everything We Know About Netflix’s ‘Little House On The Prairie’ Reboot So Far

Netflix’s reboot of Little House on the Prairie will gallop onto the small screen this summer. First ordered in January 2025, the series began its search for the Ingalls family in March 2025. Described as a “reimagining” of the ‘70s television drama series, which is currently available to stream on Prime Video and Peacock before […]

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Walt Disney’s First Company-Wide Creative Agency Main Street Launches, Led By Carrie Brzezinski-Hsu

EXCLUSIVE: Walt Disney’s first company-wide creative agency, Main Street, has launched with Carrie Brzezinski-Hsu as its Head of Creative Execution. In this role, she oversees the creative talent and production behind Disney’s biggest campaigns and some of the world’s most beloved brands and franchises, spanning entertainment, sports, experiences, consumer products, and more. She will also […]

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Lionsgate’s Keith Warren Upped to EVP, Will Head TV Business Affairs Following Vice Chairman Sandra Stern’s Departure

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has set its television BA leadership in the wake of decorated business executive Sandra Stern stepping down as Vice Chairman of Lionsgate Television Group with the promotion of Keith Warren, a 12-year company veteran, to EVP. While not a replacement for Stern who had a broad range of top-level responsibilities, Warren will serve […]

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Dave Annable & Jennifer Holland To Topline Supernatural Civil War Thriller ‘Brine’ From B.J. Golnick

‘Hacks’ Creators On Show’s “Bleak” Predictions Of Hollywood, Why Spin-Off Doesn’t Seem “In The Cards” — But ‘Broad City’ Movie Is “More Likely”

Anthony Head Dies: ‘Ted Lasso’ & ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Star Was 72

David Mamet To Direct Feature Project ‘Russian Poland’; Archstone Boards As Sales Rep

‘The Aggressives’ & ‘Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later’ Land At The Criterion Channel

SDSA TV Awards Nominations: ‘Euphoria,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Outlander,’ ‘SNL’ & More

Kino Lorber Acquires Maya Annik Bedward’s Doc ‘Black Zombie’

U.S. Added 127,000 Jobs In May, Beating Expectations; Movie And Music Employment Falls

‘That Thrifting Show With Lara Spencer’ Renewed For Season 2 At Hulu & Freeform

International Insider: Reality TV Summit UK; Netflix’s Euro Rights Warning; ‘Buena Vista’ Interview

Next Wave Of European Showrunners Revealed

Kanya King Dies: Founder Of The UK’s Mobo Awards Was 57

Pernel Media Takes ‘Rise And Fall Of’ Franchise To Rome

HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series Casting Colin Creevey For Season 2

BBC Studios Sends Karl Warner To L.A. For Global Formats Role

China’s Damai Entertainment Sets International Release For $223M Surprise Hit ‘Dear You’

BBC ‘Newsnight’ Presenter Victoria Derbyshire Faced Workplace Conduct Investigation

‘Scary Movie’ $7.5M Previews Near ‘Scream 7’ Levels; ‘Masters Of The Universe’ Seizes $4M – Thursday Night Box Office

SAG-AFTRA Members Approve AMPTP Deal

Hollywood Legal Hustle: Amazon & Vice Smacked With Defamation Suit Over Docuseries On “Millennial Madoff” & $650M Ponzi Scheme

James Handy Stabbed To Death: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ & ‘Arachnophobia’ Actor Was 81

‘Office Romance’ Review: Jennifer Lopez And Brett Goldstein Fall For Each Other In Movie That Is More Raunchcom Than Romcom

Anna Faris Teases “There’s Interest” In A ‘House Bunny’ Sequel

Olivia Rodrigo Was “Enraged” By ICE Video Using Her Song: “So Deeply Disturbing”

Joanna Klein Joins Nina Tassler’s Sony Pictures Television-Based Kismet Creative Group As SVP

Ted Danson Apologizes For Blackface At Whoopi Goldberg’s 1993 Roast: “Arrogant And Stupid”

Donald Trump Schedules D.C. Rally With Lee Greenwood And Christopher Macchio After Artists Bail On Freedom 250 Concert Series

Everything We Know About Netflix’s ‘Little House On The Prairie’ Reboot So Far

Walt Disney’s First Company-Wide Creative Agency Main Street Launches, Led By Carrie Brzezinski-Hsu

Lionsgate’s Keith Warren Upped to EVP, Will Head TV Business Affairs Following Vice Chairman Sandra Stern’s Departure

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