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'SNL,' The Movie - After helping relaunch the Ghostbusters franchise for Sony Pictures, Jason Reitman is reuniting with the studio to tell the behind-the-scenes story for the premiere of one of the most iconic shows in TV history: Saturday Night Live. Reitman is set to direct an untitled original screenplay for Sony based on real-life accounts. >>>Opening Night
Taika & The Robot Girl - Taika Waititi looks to have found his next project to direct: Sources tell Deadline that the Jojo Rabbit Oscar winner is in negotiations to helm Klara and the Sun, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s New York Times bestselling novel, for Sony’s 3000 Pictures. The project is in development, with Dahvi Waller penning the original draft of the screenplay. >>> David Heyman Producing
Odds On - NBC is developing What Are the Odds? a Las Vegas sports book workplace comedy, from Prodigal Son co-creator Sam Sklaver, former Last Man Standing executive producer Kevin Hench, Peyton Manning and his Omaha Productions banner and Universal Television. This marks Omaha’s first scripted TV comedy sale. >>>Place Your Bets
In Contention - Deadline has launched the streaming site for Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted, its annual panel extravaganza that this past weekend showcased the casts and creatives behind 22 of the year’s buzziest small-screen nonfiction series and documentaries. >>>Watch The Videos |
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“There are folks that are working in the motion picture industry that are not making enough money to have a sustainable life, to be able to buy a home — which is just insane,” says Hollywood Teamsters leader Lindsay Dougherty of the hard economic realities her members and other Hollywood unions like the Writers Guild of America are being squeezed by. >>> Read The Interview |
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Pedro Pascal is in final negotiations to join Ridley Scott’s untitled Gladiator sequel for Paramount. He will team with Paul Mescal, who stars as Lucius, as well as Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn, Connie Nielsen and Denzel Washington.
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Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are in talks to star in an adaptation of Hamnet for Amblin Partners, Hera Pictures, Neal Street Productions and Book of Shadows. Chloé Zhao will direct the film based on the novel by Maggie O’Farrell, who will adapt the script with Zhao.
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Zoey Deutch is set to co-star in the Warner Bros and Clint Eastwood pic Juror #2 starring Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette. Jonathan Abrams penned the script. Adam Goodman, Matt Skiena, Tim Moore and Jessica Meier will produce.
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Jenny Slate is joining Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and Brandon Sklenar in the Baldoni-directed film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel It Ends With Us, which is currently in development with Wayfarer Studios and Sony Pictures. |
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🏆 Some Like It Hot, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo and Sweeney Todd were among the top shows in today’s Tony Award nominations, while stars such as Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Ben Platt, Corey Hawkins, Sean Hayes, and Jessica Hecht each are now in the Tony running.
⚖️ Ryan Murphy is diving into the psyche of not one, but two, infamous killers for Season 2 of Netflix‘s hit Monster anthology series. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story will tell the story of the brothers, who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents. In addition to the scripted series, Netflix also has exclusive access to Lyle and Erik Menendez for a forthcoming documentary feature.
💰 The Gersh Agency has sold a 45% stake to New York-based private equity firm Crestview Partners. Gersh hasn’t divulged the amount of equity its new partner is investing, but both sides said the aim is to accelerate Gersh’s domestic and international growth by expanding firm resources to support a growing staff and client roster. Longtime Senior Managing Partner Leslie Siebert has also been elevated to Co-President, alongside David and Bob Gersh.
📺 Amazon Freevee is expanding its lineup of hit Prime Video original TV series and movies that soon will be available to stream for free on the service, including Reacher, The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Wheel Of Time, A League of Their Own and docuseries LuLa Rich. |
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Trending  Benjamin Hall, the Fox News correspondent who was severely injured in Ukraine last year, returned to the State Department briefing for the first time since his recovery and received a standing ovation from other reporters.
🔻 Vice Media Group, the swashbuckling, youth-skewing digital media brand which was valued at $5.7 billion in 2017, is preparing to file for bankruptcy. |
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Obituaries 🕯 Gordon Lightfoot, the honey-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who had giant U.S. hits with “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” died Monday at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He was 84. 🕯 Tim Bachman, the co-founding guitarist and vocalist for Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, died Friday from complications with cancer. He was 71. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Thu - Paramount Global and Apple earnings
Fri - Warner Bros Discovery earnings, Guardians 3 opens
Sat - King Charles III Coronation
Mon - Johnathan Majors' NY hearing |
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Puuurrrrfect - Amid a sea of head-turning looks, all eyes were on Jared Leto when he arrived at the Met Gala last night. |
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