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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. 'PREDATOR' CHEWS UP BOX OFFICE ELLE FANNING-LED SEQUEL HAS FRANCHISE-BEST OPENING Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands is now opening to $40M domestic (up from Deadline's $39M projection as of Saturday night). It is a record debut for 20th Century Studios’ 38-year-old Predator franchise. The key to the overperformance was a great hold on Saturday of $14M, a mere -10% dip from Friday/previews of $15.6M. Predator: Badlands outstrips the previous series record held by Alien vs. Predator ($38.2M) which was a mid-August 2004 theatrical release. Here’s something we haven’t seen in a while at the box office (arguably going back to Conjuring: Last Rites and Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle in September)– a tentpole with an opening that grows throughout the weekend, while besting its tracking forecast. >>>Bodes Well For Veteran's Day BBC   BBC Resignations Bombshell: Sources Say “Mangled” Trump Edit Was A Crisis Too Far For Boss Tim Davie BBC Content Chief Urges Staff To Avoid Speculating On Social Media After Shock Double Resignation BBC Chair Apologizes For “Error Of Judgement” That Led To Donald Trump Footage Being Edited Donald Trump Threatens Legal Action Against BBC Over January 6 Edit Resigning BBC News Boss Addresses Donald Trump Criticism Director General & News Chief Quit Amid Donald Trump Scandal Deadline Exclusives & Originals 'MNF' To The Rescue? - As Monday Night Football gets set for a hotly anticipated matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers, ABC, ESPN and other Disney networks remain dark on YouTube TV due to a carriage dispute. Although Saturday was another lost day of college football, there is a growing industry speculation (or maybe “hope” is a better word) that the Eagles-Packers contest could potentially bring about a resolution of the standoff. >>> Revised Proposal Submitted Bob Broder Remembered - When Rabbi Steve Leder opened this weekend's memorial service for Bob Broder, he promised grief and laughter, and the speakers delivered exactly that, mixing poignant remarks with funny anecdotes about the life and career of the revered TV agent and executive who died from cancer on Sept. 23 at the age of 85. >>>Chuck Lorre's Speech 'Hot' Format - Hot Ones, the buzzy talk show involving chicken wings, is getting another spinoff. First We Feast, the company behind the Sean Evans-hosted series, is debuting Hot Ones: Wing Pong later this month. >>>Late-Night Stars Up First AFM   exclusive Kiefer Sutherland, Al Pacino & Ever Anderson Thriller ‘Father Joe’ Heads To AFM With Kinology & CAA Media Finance   exclusive Toni Collette & Milly Alcock To Star In Survival Thriller ‘Hot Mother’ For ‘Anora’ & ‘Snowtown’ Producers   exclusive Sandra Oh Leads Voice Cast For Animation ‘Fairyheart’ From ‘The Breadwinner’ Scribe   exclusive Simone Ashley & Austin Stowell Thriller ‘This Tempting Madness’ Heads To AFM With Myriad THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW “Is That Pennywise?”: ‘Welcome To Derry’ Creators On How Withholding The Dancing Clown Makes The Prequel Series Even Scarier The kids of 1962 Derry, Maine, have already been tormented by plenty of gruesome incarnations of IT, the supernatural monster that haunts their town. But, there is one manifestation in particular that has yet to make his grand entrance in HBO’s prequel series Welcome to Derry: Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Withholding Pennywise from the first half of the prequel is a strategic move, Jason Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane agree. After two IT movies from Welcome to Derry director-producer Andy Muschietti (and a previous two-part television adaptation directed by Tommy Lee Wallace), the creatives behind the prequel series were expecting audiences to be somewhat desensitized to this particular horror franchise. So, they dialed up the scares. >>>Read The Interview      QUOTABLE   "This technology is being designed to take work away, creativity away, creative endeavor away from human beings" -  Vince Gilligan on the impacts of AI CASTING ABOUT exclusive Nate Bargatze, who was the highest-grossing stand-up comic in 2024, with over a million tickets sold, is set to host The Greatest Average American for ABC. Xochitl Gomez has been cast in CBS' freshman police procedural Boston Blue in a recurring role. The actress will join the Blue Bloods spinoff starring Donnie Wahlberg as Penny, a quick-witted, charming young woman with a mysterious past. Ncuti Gatwa is the latest voice actor to join the cast of Bad Fairies, an animated musical from Warner Bros. Animation and Locksmith Animation.      RENEWALS, CANCELLATIONS & PICKUPS ‘Love Island: Beyond The Villa’ Renewed For Season 2 At Peacock With ‘Love Island USA’ Season 7 Cast Brett Goldstein Male Escort Romantic Comedy ‘Escorted’ Gets Series Order At Amazon Jonas Brothers Team With Samsung TV Plus On Live New Year’s Eve Special MORE NEWS 🗳 Donald Trump has issued dozens of pardons to Rudy Giuliani and other allies for their involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. 👀 The longest government shutdown in U.S. history could be nearing its end, with a group of Democratic senators joining with Republicans to support a funding bill to end the  impasse. Yet as news of the tentative deal spread, other Democrats came out against any agreement falling short of extending Affordable Care Act subsidies through next year. ✊ The Writers Guild of America has selected the committee that will negotiate its 2026 contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. WGAW Executive Director Ellen Stutzman, who also led the 2023 talks amid a historically long 148-day strike, will once again serve as chief negotiator. 🎬 A remake of Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges' 1974 action-comedy Thunderbolt & Lightfoot is in the works at Amazon MGM Studios with Deadpool & Wolverine's Ryan Reynolds looking to star and produce under his Maximum Effort banner. BY THE NUMBERS   3.2M -  Number of views for the 'All's Fair' in its first three days on Hulu OBITUARIES 🕯️ Lee Tamahori, the award-winnning director of James Bond movie Die Another Day and Once Were Warriors, has died. Tamahori was 75. 🕯️ Betty Harford, the television actress best known for her roles on ABC soap opera Dynasty and CBS/Showtime’s serialized adaptation of The Paper Chase, has died at the age of 98. 🕯️  Quentin Willson, the British TV host known for Top Gear and Britain’s Worst Driver, has died. He was 68. 🕯️ 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery ON THE RADAR Mon - Paramount earnings Tue - Veterans Day; AFM begins; Sony earnings Thu - Disney earnings Sat - Deadline Contenders Film PHOTO OF THE DAY 'Wednesday' On Sunday - Jenna Ortega arrives for Netflix’s Wednesday FYC Event at Tudum Theater in L.A. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. Please add email@email.deadline.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. Visit the Preferences Center to update your profile and customize what email alerts and newsletters you receive. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 11355 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA, 90064 View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Your Privacy Rights | Ad Choices | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe