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YouTube Says It Is Making AI Labels More Prominent, Giving Viewers “The Context They Need”

YouTube is making a more concerted effort to disclose to viewers when they are watching videos made with AI. In a blog explaining the update Wednesday, the Google-owned video giant said “photorealistic and meaningfully AI altered or generated content” would receive more prominent labels. Long-form videos fitting that description will have labels directly below the […]

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AF México Acquires Remake Rights To Italian Romcom ‘Follemente’ Across Latin America

EXCLUSIVE: AF México has acquired the rights to remake Follemente, one of the highest-grossing Italian films of 2025, for Latin America. AF México locked the deal with Leone Film Group. The Mexican adaptation will be titled Love and Mind. Directed by Alfonso Pineda Ulloa, the film’s cast will be led by Casandra Sánchez Navarro, Alfonso […]

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Obscured Releasing Acquires North American Rights To ‘The Big Cheese,’ Award-Winning Doc On U.S. Effort To Win “Cheese Olympics”

EXCLUSIVE: Adam “Mr. Moo” Moskovitz had a lot of gall going to Gaul. The American cheesemonger set out to dethrone the French at their Mondial du Fromage, the Olympics of Cheese, by a captaining an upstart U.S. team. Sacré bleu cheese! This pungent story is told in the award-winning documentary The Big Cheese, directed by […]

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Sebastian De Souza & Adam Godley Join Elisabeth Moss In Hulu’s Legal Drama Series ‘Conviction’

EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian De Souza (The Great) and Adam Godley (Down Cemetery Road) have inked deals for series regular roles in Conviction, Hulu and 20th Television’s new legal drama series starring Elisabeth Moss. Character details are under wraps. Written by House and The Good Doctor creator David Shore, the show follows criminal defense attorney Neve Harper (Moss), a confident lawyer who finally […]

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Tribeca & TikTok Vets Launch America’s First Microdrama Festival

EXCLUSIVE: America’s first microdrama festival is launching in New York. Alza Festival will feature vertical video series premieres, creator spotlights, live conversations, and immersive brand activations, a first-of-its-kind in the U.S. that taps into the buzzy new space. Alza comes from Pete Torres, a former Tribeca COO, and Rita Vinnik, a former creator initiatives lead […]

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Beirut’s Metropolis Cinema Pushes On With South Screens Festival As Israel Steps Up Bombing Campaign

Beirut’s arthouse Metropolis Cinema has confirmed that the second edition of its South Screens festival will kick-off as scheduled this week. The event, running May 28 to June 6, opens on Thursday with documentary And The Fish Fly Above Our Heads by Dima El-Horr, exploring the impact of conflict and economic crisis on Lebanon through […]

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AI-Generated Drama ‘Dreams Of Violets’ To Premiere At Tribeca Festival

Dreams of Violets, a feature-length narrative film completely generated by AI, will screen at the Tribeca Festival June 10. Produced and directed by first-time filmmakers and tech entrepreneur brothers Ash and Pooya Koosha, the film is a fictional dramatization of events around the massacre of Iranian civilians last January. International organizations have put the death […]

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Roku Unveils First Major Home Screen Update In Over A Decade

Roku, which recently surpassed 100 million streaming households, is introducing a new, personalized home screen it calls more dynamic and smarter. The first major update of the Roku Home Screen in over a decade features “more relevant recommendations and faster pathways to content, guided by deep behavioral insights and viewer input,” the company said. “When […]

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‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’ Teaser: Hannah Einbinder & Gillian Anderson Lead Jane Schoenbrun’s Meta Return To Feature Filmmaking

Here’s your first look at Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma, which hits cinemas on August 7. Starring Hannah Einbinder (Hacks) and Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), the film debuted in the Un Certain Regard competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film also features music by Alex G, who returned for […]

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‘The Office’ Editor Thinks AI Can Make Comedy Funnier

Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill. Got a story about AI? Rendering wants to hear from you: jkanter@deadline.com. When British comedy titans like Ricky Gervais want to […]

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UTA Signs ‘Blue’s Clues’ Host Steve Burns

UTA has signed actor, television host, and podcaster Steve Burns (Blue’s Clues) for representation in all areas. Burns is best known for his role as the original host of Nickelodeon’s popular children’s program Blue’s Clues, which he held from 1996 through 2002. One of the most beloved and culturally enduring children’s franchises of the past half-century, which […]

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‘Primetime’ Teaser: First Look At Robert Pattinson As ‘To Catch A Predator’s Chris Hansen In A24 Drama From ‘Ren Faire’s Lance Oppenheim

A24 has unveiled the first trailer for Primetime, its forthcoming drama starring Robert Pattinson, which chronicles the origins of Chris Hansen’s To Catch a Predator. In 2024, we were first to report on Primetime, a film from Ren Faire‘s Lance Oppenheim, which at the time hadn’t confirmed Hansen as the subject of the story, issuing a logline about “a […]

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Fox Entertainment Studios & Access Entertainment Board October 7 Feature ‘Our Loves’ From Israeli Director Avi Nesher

Fox Entertainment Studios and Access Entertainment have boarded Israeli director Avi Nesher’s latest movie, about the October 7 tragedy. Our Loves is inspired by true events and follows an ensemble of interconnected characters whose lives are forever changed. Our Loves stars Shalom Michaelshvili, Magi Azarzar, Yaniv Biton, Noa Cohen, Lena Fraifeld, Hadas Yaron, Kim or Azulay, Nunu, Lior Miller, Leib […]

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Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Fernando Eimbcke’s ‘Olmo’

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has picked up North American distribution rights to Fernando Eimbcke’s Olmo. Greenwich will release the film in theaters across the U.S. on August 7. Eimbcke co-wrote the film with Vanessa Garnica. The project was produced by Plan B and Teorema. It premiered in the Panorama section at the Berlin Film Festival in […]

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Global Constellation Boards Tribeca-Bound Road Movie ‘The Long Haul’ With Margo Martindale

EXCLUSIVE: Global Constellation has acquired international sales rights to The Long Haul, starring three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale as a seasoned trucker haunted by a dark secret from her past, ahead of its world premiere at Tribeca. The drama is the first feature of American UK-based filmmaker and photographer David Drake, whose past credits includes […]

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Courtney Clarke & Rafael De La Fuente Join ‘Cuba, Paraíso’ As Filming Begins In Puerto Rico

EXCLUSIVE: Courtney Clarke (Spa Weekend), Rafael De La Fuente (Dynasty), Alex FitzAlan (The Society) and Fabiola Brown (Esta Isla) have joined the cast of Michal Hali Zebede’s Cuba, Paraíso with principal photography underway in Puerto Rico. Inspired by real people and events, the drama unfolds against the backdrop of 2021 demonstrations in Cuba when thousands […]

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‘Pray For Me: Pope Francis’: Vatican-Backed Doc Lands Sales Out Of Cannes

EXCLUSIVE: Pray For Me: Pope Francis’ Story, a feature documentary about the former Pope, developed in collaboration with the Vatican Television Center, has locked sales deals in Spain and Portugal out of the Cannes Market. NOS Lusomundo has acquired rights for Portugal, while A Contracorriente Films has secured Spain. The film is directed by Facundo […]

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Ollie Fitzgerald Joins WME’s Music For Visual Media Department In London

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran agent Ollie Fitzgerald has joined WME as Executive, Music for Visual Media. Based in London, he will report to Bradley Rainey, Head of Music for Visual Media at WME. Fitzgerald joins from Cool Music, where he led the UK team, representing some of the UK’s most prominent composers in film, TV, and gaming, including […]

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Cyrille Bolloré Encourages Universal Music Group To Reject Bill Ackman’s $64B Offer

Cyrille Bolloré, Chair and CEO of the Bolloré Group, has encouraged Universal Music Group (UMG) management to reject a $64.4B offer from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square. Speaking at the Bolloré Group AGM in Paris on Wednesday, Bolloré said he believed the offer undervalued the company and also questioned whether Ackman’s management style suited the music […]

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Julie Dowding Retiring After Decade At ‘The Traitors’ Seller All3Media International

EXCLUSIVE: All3Media International’s long-serving Australian sales exec Julie Dowding is set to retire. Dowding has been with All3Media’s sales division in Sydney for a decade, most recently as Senior VP, Australia and New Zealand. Overall, she has more than four decades of experience in the industry. All3Media, which is in the process of merging with […]

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Cyrille Bolloré Challenges ‘Time To Switch-Off Bolloré Letter’: “There Is No Political Project”

Cyrille Bolloré, Chairman and CEO of the Bolloré Group, has addressed an open letter launched at Cannes accusing his father Vincent Bolloré of political interference in France’s media and entertainment sectors. Speaking at the group’s general assembly in Paris on Wednesday, Cyrille Bolloré evoked an atmosphere of “irritation” and “agitation” in reference to the letter […]

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We Are Parable Sets 2026 Momentum Cohort

We Are Parable has set the 2026 cohort for its talent development programme, Momentum. This year, the programme, which is backed by Channel 4 and Sony Pictures Television, received over 700 applications. 30 UK-based Black filmmakers made the final cut. Of the selected group, 55% are based outside London, with filmmakers hailing from Birmingham, Bristol, […]

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‘Backrooms’ Review: Chiwetel Ejiofor And Renate Reinsve Open The Door To Terror In You Tuber Kane Parson’s Eerie Feature Debut

There has been a lot of buzz about A24’s latest entry into the cinematic horror sweepstakes where it seems every weekend a new You Tuber or previously unknown young filmmaker becomes the next big thing. Coming off self-financed You Tuber Mark Fischbach’s $50 million grossing early 2026 success, Iron Lung, and in the last couple […]

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The ‘Stranger Things’ Effect: Report Finds Gap Between Seasons Of Scripted TV Shows Nearly Doubled During First Half Of This Decade

TV fanatics may have spent plenty time venting frustration as they waited for the latest season of their favorite show to drop, but this might not necessarily be a bad thing, according to Ampere Analysis. New research from the firm has found that what it terms the “Stranger Things effect” was by no means imagined, […]

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Piers Morgan, Michelle Obama, Claire Foy & ‘House Of The Dragon’ Team Join SXSW London Line-Up

Piers Morgan, Michelle Obama, Claire Foy and key figures from the House of the Dragon are among the latest big-name entertainment biz players set for SXSW London. Morgan will appear alongside opera singer Katherine Jenkins and be quizzed by Deadline’s Jake Kanter in a panel on fame, media, culture and public opinion, while former First […]

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France’s Mk2 Alt Takes Europe For U.S. Alternative Production & Distribution Breakout ‘Two Sleepy People’

EXCLUSIVE: France’s mk2 alt has acquired European rights to low-budget U.S. alternative production and distribution breakout Two Sleepy People. The 90-minute romantic dramedy was created outside of traditional filmmaking channels by a group of digital creator friends who scraped together the $100,000 budget from savings and sponsors. Billed by mk2 alt as “Eternal Sunshine meets Severance modernized […]

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‘Love Is Blind: UK’ Stars Raise Concerns About Welfare On Netflix Series Amid ‘MAFS’ Scandal

EXCLUSIVE: Love is Blind: UK stars have complained that welfare workers on the Netflix series are not sufficiently independent from producers to act in the best interests of participants. Catherine Richards and Jake Singleton-Hill, who both featured in Season 1 of Love is Blind: UK, raised questions about their experience, adding to a growing conversation […]

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Howard Storm Dies: Veteran TV Director Of ‘Mork & Mindy,’ ‘Valerie’ And More Was 95

Howard Storm, a veteran television director who shot many episodes of Mork & Mindy, Rhoda, Valerie and many other shows, passed away on May 26. He was 94. Storm’s career included an extraordinary 59-episode run on Mork & Mindy as well as episodes of ALF, Full House, Head of the Class, Major Dad, Perfect Strangers, […]

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‘Off Campus’ Star Ella Bright Addresses “People’s Concern” Over Age Gap With Co-Star Belmont Cameli

Ella Bright is addressing “people’s concern” on the almost decade-long age gap between her and her Off Campus co-star, Belmont Cameli. The star of the Prime Video series is 19 years old, while her on-screen romantic partner is 28. “Listen, I came into this job and during the chemistry reads with more than enough information […]

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Sports Emmys 2026 Winners List: NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’, Mike Tirico, Ernie Johnson & Katie George Among Honored

We have the winners of the 47th annual Sports Emmy Awards, which were handed out at Tuesday night’s ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in Manhattan. Roy Wood Jr., who co-hosts CNN’s Have I Got News for You, hosted the show, produced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, that honored […]

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YouTube Says It Is Making AI Labels More Prominent, Giving Viewers “The Context They Need”

AF México Acquires Remake Rights To Italian Romcom ‘Follemente’ Across Latin America

Obscured Releasing Acquires North American Rights To ‘The Big Cheese,’ Award-Winning Doc On U.S. Effort To Win “Cheese Olympics”

Sebastian De Souza & Adam Godley Join Elisabeth Moss In Hulu’s Legal Drama Series ‘Conviction’

Tribeca & TikTok Vets Launch America’s First Microdrama Festival

Beirut’s Metropolis Cinema Pushes On With South Screens Festival As Israel Steps Up Bombing Campaign

AI-Generated Drama ‘Dreams Of Violets’ To Premiere At Tribeca Festival

Roku Unveils First Major Home Screen Update In Over A Decade

‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’ Teaser: Hannah Einbinder & Gillian Anderson Lead Jane Schoenbrun’s Meta Return To Feature Filmmaking

‘The Office’ Editor Thinks AI Can Make Comedy Funnier

UTA Signs ‘Blue’s Clues’ Host Steve Burns

‘Primetime’ Teaser: First Look At Robert Pattinson As ‘To Catch A Predator’s Chris Hansen In A24 Drama From ‘Ren Faire’s Lance Oppenheim

Fox Entertainment Studios & Access Entertainment Board October 7 Feature ‘Our Loves’ From Israeli Director Avi Nesher

Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Fernando Eimbcke’s ‘Olmo’

Global Constellation Boards Tribeca-Bound Road Movie ‘The Long Haul’ With Margo Martindale

Courtney Clarke & Rafael De La Fuente Join ‘Cuba, Paraíso’ As Filming Begins In Puerto Rico

‘Pray For Me: Pope Francis’: Vatican-Backed Doc Lands Sales Out Of Cannes

Ollie Fitzgerald Joins WME’s Music For Visual Media Department In London

Cyrille Bolloré Encourages Universal Music Group To Reject Bill Ackman’s $64B Offer

Julie Dowding Retiring After Decade At ‘The Traitors’ Seller All3Media International

Cyrille Bolloré Challenges ‘Time To Switch-Off Bolloré Letter’: “There Is No Political Project”

We Are Parable Sets 2026 Momentum Cohort

‘Backrooms’ Review: Chiwetel Ejiofor And Renate Reinsve Open The Door To Terror In You Tuber Kane Parson’s Eerie Feature Debut

The ‘Stranger Things’ Effect: Report Finds Gap Between Seasons Of Scripted TV Shows Nearly Doubled During First Half Of This Decade

Piers Morgan, Michelle Obama, Claire Foy & ‘House Of The Dragon’ Team Join SXSW London Line-Up

France’s Mk2 Alt Takes Europe For U.S. Alternative Production & Distribution Breakout ‘Two Sleepy People’

‘Love Is Blind: UK’ Stars Raise Concerns About Welfare On Netflix Series Amid ‘MAFS’ Scandal

Howard Storm Dies: Veteran TV Director Of ‘Mork & Mindy,’ ‘Valerie’ And More Was 95

‘Off Campus’ Star Ella Bright Addresses “People’s Concern” Over Age Gap With Co-Star Belmont Cameli

Sports Emmys 2026 Winners List: NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’, Mike Tirico, Ernie Johnson & Katie George Among Honored

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