From one “hot labor summer” to the next: Below-the-line workers will sit down with the Hollywood studios Monday to begin talks for new film and TV contracts.
All eyes, metaphorically speaking, are on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers‘ Sherman Oaks offices, as IATSE and the Hollywood Basic Crafts link arms to discuss pension and health plans — the first step in a lengthy negotiation process that will likely extend well into the summer.
Though Monday marks the official start of these negotiations, sources tell Deadline that IATSE already had preliminary talks with the Carol Lombardi-led AMPTP last month. >>>Negotiations Timeline
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'Dune' Worms Its Way To $81.5M - The move for Legendary/Warner Bros' Dune: Part Two from the strike-stricken desert of the first weekend of November to early March has yielded an $81.5M domestic and $178.5M global opening. >>>Rich Bed
'Dune: Part Two' The Fire Behind The Film - Every successful, ambitious film starts with a dream, followed by compromise and adversity. Deadline offers the occasional peek into the creative aspirations, and the sweat and blood that propels ambitious films.>>>Villeneuve's Ambition
Self-Tape Scandal Deepens - International Artists Management (IAM), the London agency that reps stars including Billy Zane and Gary Dourdan, has admitted sending a client misrepresented invites for self-tape auditions in an attempt to secure him work. Mark Barrett, whose credits include Outlander , has blown the whistle on his former agent, gathering evidence showing that he was emailed at least six illegitimate self-tape invites between February 2022 and January 2024. In five of the purported invites, IAM appeared to change the wording of emails from casting directors to make it seem as if they had requested Barrett to tape for a role when in fact he had not been called to audition. >>>False Hope New Game Plan - Amazon Prime Video’s remake of British game show The 1% Club has found its host as well as a broadcast partner. Patton Oswalt has been tapped to host the format, which tests the nation’s intelligence, based on a scientific survey, and Fox has taken the second window in an interesting and unusual partnership between the two companies. Deadline previously revealed Amazon was adapting the format last year. >>> Hosting Debut
Wim Wenders: The Film That Lit My Fuse - In this exceptional installment of The Film That Lit My Fuse, Wenders explains in detail how he found his path to become one of Germany’s most iconic filmmakers. >>>Watch
Werewolves Attract A Crowd - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles filmmaker Jonathan Liebesman is attached to direct a screenplay that’s being billed as District 9 by way of The Purge — but with werewolves. Will Honley and April Maguire wrote the film, titled Wolf Night. >>>From Platinum Dunes
In Brief - Bill Thompson launches management & production company |
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ANGEL STUDIOS CEO NEAL HARMON ON FOLLOWING 'SOUND OF FREEDOM', LEARNING FROM FAILURE AND LETTING THE AUDIENCE SHAPE THE SLATE |
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Neal Harmon isn't a fixture in the usual show business haunts, but he and his brothers have built Utah-based Angel Studios into a money-making object of Hollywood curiosity. While it isn't the only distributor specializing in faith-based entertainment, the company has several unique business practices. One of those, a "pay-it-forward" ticket sales setup, was a key part of Sound of Freedom, grossing nearly $250 million worldwide last summer. Another is the Angel Guild, a group of 250,000 volunteers in more than 150 countries who weigh in on all projects released by the company. (Up next is Cabrini, a period biopic coming to theaters on Friday.) "One of the things that’s a little tricky for the industry to understand is the fact that the Angel Guild – a quarter-million people who vote on which projects we take – that we truly don’t take anything to market without them," Harmon says. "I don’t think people truly understand that or believe it, and over time, they will. They’ll understand because I think we’ll outperform the rest of the market because of their knowledge." >>> Read The Interview |
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James Gunn has cast Wendell Pierce as Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White in his upcoming Superman film (né Superman Legacy). News comes in the wake of production starting Thursday in Atlanta, GA.
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Noma Dumezwani (The Little Mermaid) is set as a lead opposite Alexander Skarsgård, in Apple TV+’s sci-fi drama series Murderbot, from Chris and Paul Weitz and Paramount Television Studios.
The Abandons, Kurt Sutter’s Western action drama for Netflix, has added six as series regulars: Lucas Till (MacGyver), Nick Robinson (Maid), Diana Silvers (Booksmart), Lamar Johnson ( The Last of Us), Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale), and Natalia del Riego (Hail Mary). |
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BY THE NUMBERS
40,000 - LeBron James' regular season point total as of Saturday night, as he became the first NBA player to reach the mark |
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More News 🗳️ Donald Trump cannot be removed from state ballots in the 2024 election, despite a clause in the Constitution that restricts those who have engaged in an insurrection from holding office, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today. In a 9-0 decision, the justices ruled that it was up to Congress, and not the states, to make such a determination.
🎧 The European Commission fined Apple €1.8 billion ($1.95 billion) for breaking antitrust rules in Europe over music streaming. The fine, which was four times the amount that was expected, “sends a powerful message" about monopoly control, Spotify said. Apple said the commission had failed to turn up "any credible evidence of consumer harm."
🐼 Universal Orlando Resort is teasing the attractions that will comprise DreamWorks Land being inspired by the Shrek, Trolls and Kung Fu Panda films.
📣 Veteran episodic director Tim Southam (One Piece) has joined Season 3 of Foundation, the Apple TV+ series from Skydance TV. He will be taking over directing duties from series writer/executive producer David S. Goyer.
🗳️ Nikki Haley won the Washington, D.C. primary Sunday evening with about 62% of the vote, compared to about 33% for Donald Trump. In the heavily Democratic city, the Republican primary drew just over 2,000 votes. |
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Obituaries
🕯 Paolo Taviani, the iconic Italian director who helmed numerous films with his brother Vittorio, has died. The pair made films together for more than 50 years. Their most prominent was Cannes Palme d’Or winner Padre Padrone. He was 92. 🕯 Chris Mortensen, an award-winning veteran reporter for ESPN, died Sunday morning, the network announced. He was 72 and no cause was given, but he had battled cancer. 🕯 Mark Dodson, whose unique voice characterizations propelled creatures in the films Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Gremlins, has died at 64. 🕯 The colorful Iris Apfel, whose embrace of vibrant fashion was captured in Albert Maysles’ documentary, Iris, died Friday at 102 at her home in Palm Beach. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024 Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar
Mon - IATSE and AMPTP begin negotiations; Trump D.C. election interference trial begins
Tue - Bob Iger at Morgan Stanley conference
Thu - Poor Things debuts on Hulu
Fri - SXSW begins
Sun - The Oscars |
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Kickin' It - James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Jack Black and Awkwafina at the Los Angeles Premiere of Universal Pictures' Kung Fu Panda 4. |
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