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"Wow" Moment - Aubrey Plaza speaks at length with Deadline about her work as the ambitious blonde journalist Wow Platinum in Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis, which is debuting in Cannes. >>>"Everything That I Had Hoped For"
Fade To Gray - Jake Borelli will be departing ABC‘s Grey’s Anatomy after seven years on the show. According to sources, Borelli is in negotiations to return next season for several episodes to wrap up the story of his character, Levi Schmitt. >>>Hit By Budget Cuts
BAFTA Bummer - Richard Gadd’s BAFTA appearance this weekend should have been a moment of celebration for Baby Reindeer, but it was a strangely muted affair as the threat of a lawsuit from the real-life Martha and questions about duty of care have plagued Netflix. >>>Jake Kanter's Take
'Barbarella' Preps For Launch - Following the success of Sydney Sweeney's most recent pic Anyone But You, Sony isn’t wasting any time on the next one, as sources tell Deadline that Jane Goldman and Honey Ross are in negotiations to pen a new Barbarella pic starring Sweeney, with Edgar Wright in talks to direct. >>>Franchise Potential
Baitz Bonanza - Three and a half decades into his career as a playwright and film and TV writer, Jon Robin Baitz has never been busier, coming off one series, with three others in production or pre-production. Baitz has now signed a big multi-year deal with 20th Television. >>>Ryan Murphy Connection Striking Development - All remains quiet on the negotiating front as IATSE seeks to wrap talks on the Basic Agreement by Thursday. But while the union appears to be making continued progress with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, it may be losing goodwill among its own members. >>> Petition Started Essential Reading - Under the chairmanship of former SF Studios and Spyglass exec Rasmus Ramstad, the Essential Film Group is lainching in Cannes with a newly minted sales division and a film fund. >>> Industry Veterans Team |
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Lorre joins us for this week’s edition of the Deadline video series Behind the Lens, in which we talk about his remarkable success in the comedy arena including charging into streaming series realm with The Kominsky Method, and this season, Bookie. Here Lorre goes “behind the lens” in our wide-ranging conversation. >>>Watch The Interview |
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Andrew Garfield is in negotiations to star alongside Julia Roberts in Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming feature After the Hunt, which will be released in theaters next year. Luca Guadagnino is directing.
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Lacey Chabert has been tapped to star in Hot Frosty, a holiday rom-com that Jerry Ciccoritti (My Life with the Walter Boys) is directing for Netflix.
Carrie-Anne Moss is set to join Arnold Schwarzenegger in Season 2 of Netflix’s spy adventure series Fubar. Moss will play Greta Nelso, a former East German spy who has a passionate history with Luke Brunner (Schwarzenegger).
Snoop Dogg is heading back to The Voice alongside Michael Bublé. The rapper and the jazz singer are joining the NBC music competition in Season 26. They will sit alongside Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani for the series, which launches in the fall.
George Clooney will become a Broadway actor for the first time next year when he stars as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck, a stage adaptation of his 2005 Oscar-nominated film.
Bridgerton breakout Phoebe Dynevor is in talks to star in an as-yet-untitled shark thriller that Tommy Wirkola (Violent Night) wrote to direct for Sony Pictures. |
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🤖 In a sign of the times, CAA has inked a deal with artificial intelligence company Veritone to store clients' digital assets. This will lead to the creation of the 'CAAVault' — a synthetic media vault that will store all intellectual property related to all CAA talent’s name, image and likeness. This includes digital scans and voice recordings.
📉 Sony Pictures Entertainment has seen operating income fall nearly 10% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. The company’s operating income was $808M in dollar terms compared with $894M for the comparable period a year before, which was down 9.6%. Revenues crept up to $10.31B from $10.14B for FY.
💰 Julia Roberts is joining George Clooney at a Los Angeles fundraiser next month for Joe Biden‘s campaign, headlined by the president and his predecessor, Barack Obama.
🎙️ Ellen Degeneres will return to Netflix with a new hour-long comedy special later this year, Deadline has learned. This will mark Degeneres’ second special for the platform. |
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Obituaries
🕯️ David Sanborn, the six time Grammy-winning alto saxophonist who played at Woodstock, composed music for the Lethal Weapon movies, played in the SNL and Late Night with David Letterman bands and worked with everyone from Stevie Wonder to David Bowie, died Sunday afternoon, May 12th, after an extended battle with prostate cancer with complications. He Was 78. 🕯️ Samm-Art Williams, whose Tony-nominated 1979 play Home is being revived on Broadway this year and whose TV producing credits include Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Martin and Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, died peacefully today in Burgaw, North Carolina. He was 78. 🕯️ Media & Hollywood Deaths Gallery |
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On the Radar
Tue - Cannes begins; Caitlin Clark makes WNBA debut; Fallon 10th anni special
Wed - Furiosa premieres in Cannes; Bob Iger Q&A at MoffettNathanson conference
Thu - Bridgerton S3 premieres; David Letterman on Colbert; Young Sheldon series finale
Fri - Blue Bloods mid-season finale
Sat - Jake Gyllenhaal hosts SNL
Mon - Streaming Media NYC conference |
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'Bridgerton' Bash - Netflix's Ted Sarandos posed with the cast of Bridgerton, including Nicola Coughlan, who spoke with Deadline about what’s ahead for Lady Whistledown in Season 3. |
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