| BROWN WILL STAR IN THE NETFLIX PROJECT FROM AGBO |
Millie Bobby Brown will star in and executive produce the new series Prism, currently in development at Netflix, sources close to the production reveal to Deadline. Rachel Brosnahan and AGBO, in their third project with the streamer, will also executive produce.
Etan Frankel (Shameless) has been tapped as showrunner.
Netflix declined comment.
Brown will play Cassie, a woman with the unique ability to communicate with apparitions, who must uncover the cause of a newly discovered phenomenon that causes “visitors” (ghosts) to appear all over the world before it’s too late. >>>Based On Short Story |
Deadline Exclusives & Originals |
Jane Goodall, Up Close - For Just Me, Jane (w/t), now in post-production, Jane Goodall and filmmaker Richard Ladkani traveled together to 27 countries across five continents, “from the depths of the Amazon to the streets of Hong Kong, from Malaysia to Los Angeles, and across Europe and Africa.” >>>Intimate Portrait
A Disney Departure - Michelle Sewell, EVP Global publicity for Walt Disney Studios, will be retiring in the spring after 33 years with Disney. She will be working on a transition plan with Asad Ayaz — Chief Brand Officer of the Walt Disney Company and President of Disney Entertainment Marketing. >>>Read Her Memo
Contenders London Streaming Site Launches - Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for Contenders London 2025, its showcase of movies that fires up the awards season. The cast and creatives from nine leading awards contenders appeared over the weekend at the in-person-only event. >>>Watch
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Jamie McShane wasn’t always recruited to play a bad guy. Early on in his nearly 30-year career, McShane says he would typically snag roles as someone who was aggrieved or had fallen on hard times. But then Sons of Anarchy came along in 2008 and McShane was cast as an Irish gun runner named Cameron Hayes who would serve as a key antagonist in seasons 2 and 3.
McShane had found his calling. Depicting someone who everyone wishes were dead has become a particularly lucrative line of work for the New Jersey native, who believes he’s found his best baddo yet – a motorcycle club leader named Perry Dorazo in HBO’s Task.
Here, McShane reflects on his career, his character’s bad decision in Sunday’s episode and what to expect from the the Oct. 19 finale of the Brad Inglesby series. >>>Q&A |
QUOTABLE "Generous artist and a very special, unique person" - Keanu Reeves on his 'Something's Gotta Give' co-star Diane Keaton, who died last week |
ExclusiveLike Jonathan Tucker, whose casting we reported last week, Kat Cunning (Trinkets) has been tapped for a heavily recurring role in MGM+'s American Hostage, starring Jon Hamm and Giovanni Ribisi.
Oscar nominee Paul Greengrass has retitled his peasant revolt pic formerly known as The Rage to The Uprising, adding five to the cast: Jamie Bell (Half-Man), Cosmo Jarvis (Warfare), Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary) and Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon).
Martin Clunes, who starred in Doc Martin for 10 seasons across 18 years for British broadcaster ITV, is joining the U.S. remake of the drama. Fox is launching Best Medicine, an adaptation of the long-running medical comedy drama, in midseason.
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BY THE NUMBERS 12 - Number of consecutive spots atop the Billboard Hot 100 occupied by Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' this week |
MORE NEWS
🤝 SAG-AFTRA announced a new Verticals Agreement, “a promulgated new media contract specifically created for the unique needs of serialized micro-dramas designed for mobile screens.” The full agreement is expected to be unveiled later this month.
🪄 A scripted live-action television series based on Mattel's iconic Magic 8 Ball is in the works from M. Night Shyamalan, Emmy winner Brad Falchuk (American Horror Story) and Mattel Studios.
⚖️ Arianne Zucker has reportedly settled her 2024 sexual harassment lawsuit against Days of Our Lives, Ken Corday and former director/executive producer Albert Alarr.
🍏 Apple TV+ has undergone a makeover. The streamer has dropped the plus sign and is now simply Apple TV, “with a vibrant new identity.”
🏆 The European Film Academy has unveiled its shortlist of titles eligible for the 38th European Film Awards, taking place on January 17, 2026. The shortlist includes such features as Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, Mascha Schilinski’s Cannes favorite Sound of Falling, and On Falling, the debut feature from filmmaker Laura Carreira. |
OBITUARIES
🕯️ Jackie Burch, an Emmy-nominated casting director of Die Hard, The Breakfast Club, Predator, Coming to America and scores of other films and TV series spanning 45 years, died Sunday in Atlanta of endometrial cancer. She was 74. 🕯️ Ian Freebairn-Smith, the Grammy-winning arranger of Barbra Streisand’s 1976 A Star is Born hit “Evergreen” and composer of scores for such TV series as Cagney & Lacey and Magnum, P.I., died October 7 in Folsom, CA. He was 93. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery |
ON THE RADAR
Wed - Jennifer Lopez on WWHL
Fri - Daytime Emmys
Sat - Academy Museum Gala
Sun - Task season finale |
Play Mates - Imogen Poots and Tessa Thompson attend a special screening and reception for Hedda in London. |
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