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New 'Moon' Rising - The run-up to Killers of the Flower Moon has focused attention on the headrights and land taken from the Osage, and it seems likely that as the movie gets widely seen, the current owners will have some explaining to do. They range from churches to oil companies, banks, the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma, and, curiously, the family of the husband of Ree Drummond, the popular Food Network host who has built The Pioneer Woman lifestyle brand. >>> Difficult Path To Justice
Trio Leads All3 Pack - The auction for All3Media, the production entity co-owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global, has reached its final stage. Three frontrunners have emerged to acquire the Traitors super-indie, Deadline has been told: Banijay, Peter Chernin’s North Road and a private equity fund at Goldman Sachs. ITV, which has been linked for several months with a potential All3Media buy, is still monitoring the situation, Deadline understands, and remains in the running. Sony and Fremantle, among others, ruled themselves out earlier this year. After going up for sale in May with a reported valuation of around £1B ($1.2B), the All3Media auction kicked off in earnest last month. >>>Rocketing Revenue, But A Pile Of Debt
Leo Vs. 'Leo' - Killers of the Flower Moon, director Martin Scorsese's historical epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, took in $44 million at the global box office over the weekend. Thalapathy Vijay-starrer Leo: Bloody Sweet, meanwhile, kicked off with $43.9M overseas, according to comScore estimates, though Deadline sources pegged it lower at $39.5M. >>>Territory Breakdowns
Broadcast Baptism - On a brief break from filming Season 4 of The Chosen, creator Dallas Jenkins agreed to a Zoom call with Deadline to discuss his new berth on The CW and the success of his series about the life of Jesus. >>> Q&A
The Film That Lit My Fuse: James Burrows - James Burrows got his big break directing episodes of storied TV sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show. From there, he directed more than 75 pilots that went to series including the hits Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace and Mike and Molly. Most recently he teamed with Kelsey Grammer in the second iteration of Frasier, which just debuted on Paramount +. Burrows has been so busy all these years, he actually turned down the Seinfeld pilot. He explains why in this special version of Deadline’s video series The Film That Lit My Fuse, presented by Miramax. >>>Watch |
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Film and TV crew members and support staff have been hit hard by the double Hollywood strikes. The latest relief effort, announced last month, comes from Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman, Paul McCrane and Paul Scheer, who are spearheading a live fundraising event in partnership with The Union Solidarity Coalition. Titled Give Back-ular Spectacular! , the two-hour variety show at The Orpheum Theatre, which will be live-streamed, will showcase about 30 performers, including Jeremy Allen White, Halle Berry, Bryan Cranston, Lily Tomlin, Lil Dicky, LeVar Burton, Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt. In terms of showrunner duties, “this might be the hardest one because we have fewer people working on it and we’re doing everything,” Kauffman told Deadline. >>> Read The Interview |
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Elle Fanning will make her Broadway debut next month in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate, joining previously announced cast members Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, Natalie Gold and Alyssa Emily Marvin. Exclusive Dev Patel, Blue Jean breakout Rosy McEwen and Jade Croot ( The Serpent Queen) are starring in under-the-radar horror movie Rabbit Trap, which recently completed filming on location in Wales. Exclusive Yvette Nicole Brown ( Community) and Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park ( Raya and the Last Dragon) have joined the cast of K-Pops!, the film marking the directorial debut of eight-time Grammy winner Anderson .Paak. |
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More News 🎙️ Dave Chappelle triggered a walk-out by some audience members at a show last week after he criticized Israel's bombing of Gaza and said college students shouldn't lose job offers for voicing pro-Palestine sentiments.
👱♂️🧔 The Daily Show debuted a new twist – two hosts behind the desk. Correspondent Michael Kosta, who had been hosting in the show’s first week back since the writers strike, joined forces with Ronny Chieng on Thursday night’s show.
👀 Maha Dakhil, who was Co-Head of Motion Pictures at CAA, has temporarily stepped away from day to day leadership and resigned from the agency’s internal board after her controversial comments on Israel’s response to the Hamas terror attacks. |
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OBITUARIES
🕯 Dusty Street, one of the first female disc jockeys on the West Coast, died Saturday in Eugene, Oregon. She was 77. She was most recently the host of SiriusXM Deep Tracks, but is best known for her time working at KROQ-FM. The station became a force in punk and new wave music in the late ’70s into the 1980s. 🕯 Elaine Devry , whose career spanned film and dozens of television shows, died Sept. 20 at her home in Grants Pass, Oregon. She was 93. Her TV resume includes guest starring appearances on Perry Mason, Death Valley Days, 77 Sunset Strip, Bonanza, I Dream of Jeannie, My Three Sons, Family Affair, Marcus Welby, M.D. and Cannon. Devry was the fourth wife of actor Mickey Rooney. 🕯 Haydn Gwynne died Friday following a recent cancer diagnosis. She was 66. Gwynne became an actress in her mid-twenties and first came to notice on television. Gwynne had a celebrated career on stage, receiving four Olivier Award nominations for her performance in the West End productions of City Of Angels, Billy Elliot The Musical, The Threepenny Opera and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. She was also nominated for a Tony Award for Billy Elliot on Broadway in 2009. Gwynne’s other prominent West End roles include Margaret Thatcher in Peter Morgan’s 2013 production The Audience opposite Helen Mirren. 🕯 Bob George, who served as a producer on the dramas Newness, Zoe and Endings, Beginnings, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a bicycle accident in Silver Lake. George was also a production accountant on Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, The Sum of All Fears, three Pirates of the Caribbean films and The Lone Ranger. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths 2023, A Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar
Mon - John Oliver on Seth Meyers
Tue - SAG-AFTRA talks resume; NAB Show New York begins; Spotify, Alphabet and Snap Inc. earnings; Deadline's For the Love of Docs: Satan Wants You
Wed - AFI Fest
Thu - Comcast, TelevisaUnivision earnings
Fri - Final Netflix DVDs due back |
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Be About It - “Instead of talking about who is not on the picket line, let’s celebrate the name talent who have been showing up,” wrote SAG-AFTRA strike captain Chelsea Schwartz, who encouraged her followers to add to her thread. Among those she singled out were Chris Pine, Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Mandy Moore, Ben Schwartz, Nick Offerman, Ming-Na Wen and Pedro Pascal. |
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