WGA & AMPTP Talks “Encouraging” Today; More Negotiations Set For Tomorrow (deadline.com)
EXCLUSIVE, updated with WGA/AMPTP statement: The Writers Guild and studios and streamers are set to meet again Thursday for further talks on a new contract for scribes. After a long, CEO-attended s…
Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’ Showrunner Steven DeKnight Calls MCU’s ‘Born Again’ Reboot “An Old Disney Scam” (deadline.com)
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ Gets Sept. 19th Release Date On Paramount+ (deadline.com)
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ Gets Sept. 19th Release Date On Paramount+ (deadline.com)
Russell Brand’s Live Tour Postponed Following Allegations (deadline.com)
Russell Brand’s upcoming live shows have all been postponed following allegations of rape and sexual assault....
Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner Apologizes For “Badly Chosen Words” About Black & Female Musicians (deadline.com)
Just hours after he was removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation board of directors, Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner issued an apology for saying he chose interviews with a panth…
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher Urges Members To Approve Strike Authorization Against Video Game Companies (deadline.com)
Apple Suspends Deals With Producers, Including Natalie Portman & Adam McKay (deadline.com)
Apple has become the latest entertainment company to suspend additional overall and first-look deals this month as the WGA strike is getting past the four-and-a-half-month mark....
‘Harry Potter’ Franchise Director David Yates On Max TV Series; Has Upcoming Projects That Are “A Million Miles Away From Wizards” – TIFF Studio (deadline.com)
Brian Roberts Says Comcast “More Likely Than Not” To Sell Hulu Stake To Disney; Calls Mike Cavanagh, Who Stepped In For Fired Jeff Shell, “Calming Influence” (deadline.com)
https://deadline.com/2023/05/brian-roberts-comcast-likely-sell-hulu-stake-disney-nbc-universal-peacock-nfl-1235368153/
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish Says Streaming Bundling Will Increase, Possibly With Third Parties; Cites Evidence That Paramount+ Combo With Showtime Boosted Viewing (deadline.com)
https://deadline.com/2023/08/paramount-ceo-bob-bakish-streaming-bundle-third-parties-paramount-showtime-boosts-viewing-1235456846/
WGA & AMPTP Set To Restart Talks Next Week (deadline.com)
https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-wga-amptp-to-meet-next-week-1235547417/
Kate Mara Boards Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The Astronaut’; Highland Film Group Handling Sales – TIFF (deadline.com)
EXCLUSIVE: Primetime Emmy nominee Kate Mara has joined Laurence Fishburne in the sci-fi thriller, The Astronaut. Terminator: Dark Fate actor Gabriel Luna has also joined the cast. Jess Varley (Phob…
WGA Tells Members That Several Companies Have Privately Expressed “Desire & Willingness” To Negotiate A Deal To End Writers Strike (deadline.com)
The Writers Guild told its members Friday that despite the united front the streamers and studios have shown in public during the guild’s 130-day strike, several of the legacy companies privately h…
‘Death Becomes Her’ Stage Musical Sets Pre-Broadway Chicago Run For Spring 2024 (deadline.com)
The stage musical adaptation of the 1992 film comedy Death Becomes Her will make its pre-Broadway debut at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre from April 30 – June 2, 2024. Megan Hilty stars as “Madeline Ashton” (Meryl Streep in the film) and Jennifer Simard as “Helen Sharp” (Goldie Hawn in the movie). The show...
‘The Great’ Canceled By Hulu After 3 Seasons (deadline.com)
Broadway For Biden Concert Featuring Josh Groban, Ben Platt, Sara Bareilles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cynthia Erivo & Others (deadline.com)
A Broadway fundraising concert next month for President Joe Biden will feature Josh Groban, Ben Platt, Sara Bareilles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr, Laura Benanti, Annaleigh Ashford, Josh Gad, Alex Edelman, Christopher Jackson, LaChanze, Ruthie Ann Miles, Andrew Rannells, Aaron Tveit and Joseph Robinette...
LeVar Burton-Hosted Trivial Pursuit Series In The Works At The CW (deadline.com)
‘The Idol’ Canceled At HBO After One Season (deadline.com)
Arleen Sorkin Dies: Voice Of Harley Quinn and ‘Days Of Our Lives’ Actor Was 67 (deadline.com)
Jamie Foxx To Play God Opposite Mickey Rourke’s Devil In ‘Not Another Church Movie’ (deadline.com)
‘Barbie’ To Play Imax Theaters This Fall With Never-Seen Post-Credits Footage (deadline.com)
WGA & SAG-AFTRA Join Labor Organizations Calling On California To Grant Unemployment Benefits To Striking Workers (deadline.com)
SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America West are among more than 20 labor organizations lobbying for passage of a bill pending in the California legislature that would make striking workers in t…
WGA Slams Studios’ Latest Offer & Meeting As Attempt To Make Guild “Cave”; “Not To Bargain, But To Jam Us” (deadline.com)
Just hours after the studios and streamers made public their latest “comprehensive package” towards a deal with the striking WGA, the guild has responded – and its seems the AMPTP and top CEOs may …