Fox Entertainment and Hulu are staying in business together in a major way.
The two companies have struck a new multiyear content partnership that includes in-season streaming rights for Fox’s programming slate.
The broadcast network and the Disney-owned streamer also have expanded their multiplatform marketing arrangement in the deal, which sources tell Deadline is worth more than $1.5B over four years with the ad load included. >>>Early Renewal |
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Hot Time Travel Package - All Quiet on the Western Front helmer Edward Berger and Elvis Oscar nominee Austin Butler are out to the town with The Barrier, a hot time-travel package that is expected to spur competitive bidding. >>>Interstellar Meets Top Gun Yellow Brick Road To Riches - Wicked Part One took in $19.2M from preview screenings, Deadline was first to report, citing Universal estimates. That number for the Jon M. Chu-directed feature take on the Broadway show, with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande starring, is comprised of Monday and Wednesday fan screenings plus yesterday’s previews beginning at 2PM. Gladiator II, meanwhile, scored $6.5M in previews. The two major releases are expected to propel record Thanksgiving week box office. >>> Preview Comps Midori Francis On 'Grey's' Exit - One of the many storylines in the fall finale of Season 21 of Grey's Anatomy was the exit of Mika, the grief-stricken character played by Midori Francis. In an interview with Deadline, Francis talked about the arc of her character. She called it "surreal" to have joined a show she watched when she was in middle school. "I can still remember watching it with my friends and my mom and just being like, 'Oh my God, this is TV,'" she said. >>> Spoiler-Filled Look Back At Fall Finale
'Doctor Odyssey' Midseason Finale - Joshua Jackson and Phillipa Soo reveal why there may be some rocky seas ahead for the crew on The Odyssey. >>>Spoilers Ahead
'Born Losers' A Winner? - Skydance Sports has closed a development deal with Bill Burr to write, direct, produce and star in the feature film Born Losers. >>>First Project For Burr's North Hill
A Magical Place - Toys “R” Us is getting into the reality television business. The toy store is developing a competition series Toys “R” Us Family Faceoff with Fox Alternative Entertainment. >>>Larger Than Life Toy Store
In Brief - Jesse Eisenberg has set up his next film, an untitled musical comedy to star Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti... Fifth Season has landed the spec Alignment from Natan Dotan... Dancing with the Stars hits season high... So Help Me Todd creator Scott Prendergast is back with Pennies |
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Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina have a copycat on their hands, but the sophomore season of their dark comedy thriller is anything but a retread. In Season 2 of Peacock‘s Based on a True Story, premiering Thursday on the streamer, the duo is back as new parents Ava and Nathan, who have mostly settled into the chaos of parenthood after diving into their serial killer friend Matt’s (Tom Bateman) mind on their podcast. Here, Cuoco and Messina tell Deadline what to expect from Season 2 of Based on a True Story. >>> Read The Interview |
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Jessica Biel is in talks to star alongside John Cena in Matchbox a new, live-action feature film from Apple Original Films, Skydance and Mattel Films that will be directed by Sam Hargrave.
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Like mother, like daughter? Abbott Elementary fans will soon find out if the old adage rings true for Melissa Schemmenti (Lisa Ann Walter) in an upcoming Season 4 episode. Talia Shire, of The Godfather and Rocky fame, will appear as a guest star in Episode 8 as Teresa Schemmenti.
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The View cohost Joy Behar will lead a cast of Susie Essman (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Tovah Feldshuh (Broadway’s recent Funny Girl) and Adrienne C. Moore (Juror #2) in an Off Broadway production of her own comedic play My First Ex-Husband, beginning performances in January.
Samuel L. Jackson is in negotiations to join the cast of J.J. Abrams‘ untitled mystery movie for Warner Bros and his Bad Robot.
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Sarah Desjardins, who has recurred on Yellowjackets since Season 1 as Shauna’s (Melanie Lynskey) daughter Callie, will be seen in an expanded role following a promotion to series regular. Desjardins was quietly elevated before production began on Season 3. |
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$1M - Payouts due Doretha Lea, EVP, Global Public Policy and Government Relations, and Nancy Phillips , EVP, Chief People Officer when Paramount Global’s sale to Skydance closes |
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More News 🎤 The Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal has set the dates for its return in the summer of 2025 after bankruptcy wiped out the 2024 edition. The fest, known as a conduit for emerging comedy talent, will run July 16-27.
🏛️ Jonathan Majors‘ ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari has dropped the federal lawsuit in which she accused him of assault and defamation.
📡 DirecTV has terminated its deal with EchoStar to acquire Dish DBS following bondholders’ opposition to the debt-exchange proposal. The merger would have created the largest U.S. pay-TV provider.
⚖️ After scandal-ridden ex-Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz took himself out of consideration to be Donald Trump‘s attorney general, the former and future president announced former Florida AG Pam Bondi is the new pick to run the Department of Justice. |
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 Landman, the series which dramatizes the oil boom in the heart of west Texas, delivered 5.2M cross-platform same-day viewers, according to Paramount Global.
🔻 Shares Alphabet were down about 7% after the U.S. Department of Justice said it should sell its Chrome web browser among other remedies after the tech giant lost a landmark antitrust case last summer. |
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Obituaries 🕯️ Matthew Byars, a talent manager who appeared on Bravo‘s The Real Housewives of Potomac, has died. Byars is known to RHOP viewers as Karen Huger’s assistant, and she introduced him on the show as part of her management team. 🕯️ Cal Boyington, a veteran TV talent and packaging agent at ICM Partners and Paradigm who co-founded Vital Artists Agency and also worked on The Osbournes and executive-produced TV series including Workaholics, died November 18 in Los Angeles. He was 53. 🕯️ Andy Paley, a prolific songwriter, producer and musician who collaborated with such artists as Brian Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Ramones, Madonna, Elton John, Patti Smith and Deborah Harry and composed the scores for SpongeBob SquarePants and other TV shows, died Wednesday of cancer. He was 72. |
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Fri - F1 weekend begins in Vegas
Sat - USC-UCLA football matchup
Mon - International Emmy Awards
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Hula Moolah - Auliʻi Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson show off their dance moves at Thursday night's Hawaii premiere of Disney's Moana 2. The animated sequel will open Wednesday and is projected by pre-release tracking to deliver an eye-opening $135 million in box office during its first five days. |
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