| OFF-YEAR VOTES DON'T USUALLY GENERATE MUCH INTEREST, BUT THIS CYCLE IS AN EXCEPTION |
It’s Election Day once again, and over the next 24 hours cable, broadcast and streaming channels will be analyzing, to the nth degree, what the numbers in a handful of races mean not just for the jurisdictions they cover, but next year’s midterms and even the 2028 presidential race.
With Donald Trump’s approval ratings sinking, Democrats are looking for signs of voter repudiation, while Republicans are betting that voters will still reject the party out of power.
The off-year races are local, but it’ll be hard not to read national implications from the results. >>>Key Races
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Deadline Exclusives & Originals |
Chloé Zhao's Manga Master Plan - Two-time Oscar winner Chloé Zhao and Nicolas Gonda have just opened the doors to Kodansha Studios, a new global studio dedicated to creating premium, live-action movies and television series based on hit manga properties. Kodansha Studios will leverage the Kodansha library, which is the leading Japanese publisher behind such beloved manga as Akira and Attack on Titan. >>> Developing & Packaging
Exec Shuffle - Paramount Pictures hired Lionsgate Co-President of Worldwide Theatrical Distribution Shaun Barber as its new Head of Domestic Theatrical Distribution on the same day that Lionsgate named Michael Viane its Executive Vice President, Worldwide Theatrical Distribution and Operations. >>>Industry Vets Hunting The Next Kpop - L.A.’s Utopai Studios and global tech firm Stock Farm Road are looking for the next KPop Demon Hunters. The pair are planning a joint venture, Utopai Studios East, which will bring more K-content into the U.S and build connections between Korea and Hollywood, using AI expert Utopai’s tech and Stock Farm Road’s infrastructure and cash reserves. Financial terms haven’t been revealed but sources close to the company say the investment will be in the “multibillion-dollar” range. >>> Bridging Korea and Hollywood
'Snowfall' Spinoff To Series - FX has given a series order to its untitled Snowfall spinoff, which stars the original series’ cast members Gail Bean and Isaiah John reprising their roles as Wanda and Leon Simmons, respectively. >>>Premieres Next Year
In Brief - Paramount leaps into live cheer events... Eriq La Salle departs CIA as executive producer |
| Scott Cooper joins Deadline for this week’s edition of Behind The Lens to talk about his career, the choices he made and the making of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere in what he has called the toughest year of his life. That annus horribilis included losing his father the day before production was to start and then his house in the Palisades Fire near the end of shooting. “I hope I never have to go through something like that again,” he says. >>> Watch |
QUOTABLE "Any time he wants to talk about it, I’m easy to find." - Daniel Day-Lewis on onetime co-star Brian Cox's ongoing complaints about method acting |
exclusiveIn One Piece dream casting, Tony winner Cole Escola has been tapped as a series regular in Season 3 of Netflix's live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s beloved manga.
exclusiveAaron Sorkin's Social Network sequel The Social Reckoning has added Portia Doubleday (Mr Robot), Patrick Fischler (American Fiction), Joey Brooks ( Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty), Sierra Capri (Netflix’s On My Block) and Tehmina Sunny (Partner Track).
exclusive Thomasin McKenzie and Ansel Elgort are attached to star in Dinner With Audrey, a feature film from Wayfarer Studios, Hyde Park Entertainment and Mad Chance Productions. Two-time Oscar nominee Michael Shannon is in talks to board the Abe Sylvia-directed movie based on the true story of the 40-year friendship of Audrey Hepburn (McKenzie) and designer Count Hubert de Givenchy (Elgort). |
MORE NEWS
🕯️ A crew member was killed on the set of a New Orleans production on Monday. The victim is believed to be James “Trapper” McEvoy, a grip who was also a member of IATSE Local 478. While details are scarce, he is suspected to have died by electrocution.
⚖ A federal appeals judge on Monday granted the request of Sean Combs' defense team to expedite the process. In a justice system that often moves at a glacial pace, this means the much-accused Combs actually stands a chance of getting out before his 50-month sentence is up.
💪 Lionsgate has made a deal with Millennium Films to acquire rights to develop and produce all derivative works, including future film and TV productions, of The Expendables franchise, as well as worldwide distribution rights to John Rambo, the upcoming sixth installment in the Rambo film series.
🚨 The Hillside Strangler case, which saw two serial killers terrorize Los Angeles in the late 1970s, is set to be explored in a new true-crime docuseries for MGM+.
📺 The Australian government has introduced content quotas on global streamers requiring Netflix, Prime Video and others with more than one million Oz subscribers to spend 10% of their total Australian expenditure – or 7.5% of revenues – on local originals. Following the announcement, the legislation will be introduced into the Australia parliament. |
OBITUARIES
🕯️ Diane Ladd, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actress best known for memorable turns in Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Roman Polanski’s Chinatown and David Lynch’s Wild at Heart, died Monday morning at her home in Ojai, CA, according to her daughter, Laura Dern, who was at her bedside. Ladd was 89. 🕯️ Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay , a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame backup singer for The Grateful Dead in the 1970s who also sang on No. 1 hits by Elvis Presley and Percy Sledge, did Muscle Shoals sessions and led her own bands, died Sunday of cancer at a Nashville hospice. She was 78. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery |
ON THE RADAR
Tue - All's Fair series premiere; NYC Mayoral Election; Michelle Obama on Colbert
Wed - Deadline's Sound & Screen: Film; Liberty Media & TKO earnings; Jennifer Lawrence on Fallon
Thu - WBD earnings; Sydney Sweeney on Colbert; Stranger Things premiere
Fri - Grammy nominations
Sat - Nikki Glaser hosts SNL |
Whistle Stop - Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones and Harrison Ford at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix's Train Dreams. |
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