Game Time For Sydney Sweeney - Amazon MGM Studios is finalizing a deal to acquire Split Fiction, a hot feature package based on the video game of the same name, which is set to team Wicked helmer Jon M. Chu and actress Sydney Sweeney. >>>$2M-Plus Deal Toy Story - Mattel, the global toy and family entertainment company behind Barbie, on Monday announced the formation of Mattel Studios, which will bring the company’s film and television units together under the leadership of Robbie Brenner. >>>30 Series In Production
Darren Criss Q&A - Darren Criss' glowingly reviewed starring turn in Maybe Happy Ending has earned him his first Tony nomination. Here, Criss talks about, among other things, Broadway, the Tonys and his nominated role of Oliver, a “Helper-Bot” in a future Seoul who lives alone in a small apartment, who is forever hoping for the return of his owner. >>>Interview
Inside The Collapse Of Yale Entertainment - Creditors of indie outfit Yale Entertainment are out more than $50 million following a failed attempt at restructuring the company in the lead-up to its collapse. The company’s co-founders, Jordan Beckerman and Jordan Yale Levine, copped to the losses over the course of a nearly three-hour private Zoom meeting for investors held January 14. >>> 100-Plus Defaults
Clint Calls Bullshit - Clint Eastwood told Deadline that a recent interview purportedly done with him is absolutely bogus. Published in the German-language Austrian newspaper Kurier, Eastwood is quoted assailing film remakes, franchises and a general lack of original ideas. Only problem, says Eastwood: "I never gave an interview to an Austrian publication called Kurier." >>> "Entirely Phony"
It Starts On The Page: 'Disclaimer' - Deadline’s It Starts on the Page (Limited) features 10 standout limited or anthology series scripts in 2025 Emmy contention. Here, the script for the finale of Disclaimer is accompanied by an intro by Alfonso Cuarón, in which he outlines his vision of the sprawling cinematic narrative. >>>Read The Script
In Brief - UTA signs D.J. Caruso... A24 & Molly Manning Walker team for women’s soccer series... Michael Cooper Jr. signs with M88... Partnership Group takes majority stakes in Sayle Screen & Sara Putt Associates... Spotify signs Dua Lipa podcast Service95 Book Club | 
