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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. IT'S DONE! SAG-AFTRA & STUDIOS REACH NEW (AND BIGGER) DEAL THE GUILD AGREES TO A LENGTHIER AGREEMENT DUE IN PART TO INCREASED AI CONCESSIONS SAG-AFTRA over the weekend reached a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new contract. The pact for actors followed a few weeks after a surprise deal between the WGA and the studios and streamers. The Directors Guild of America is now the last major above-the-line union needing to reach terms with the studios and streamers as the industry looks to avoid a repeat of the disruptions of 2023, when overlapping SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes paralyzed the town. SAG-AFTRA followed the precedent of the WGA, which struck a four-year deal instead of the traditional three. Additionally, labor sources tell Deadline, SAG-AFTRA has received a “sizable” contribution to its pension fund from the AMPTP. >>>AI Guardrails CANNES MARKET PREVIEW   EXCLUSIVE Richard Gere & Diana Silvers To Star In Edward Zwick’s ‘Asymmetry’ Based On Acclaimed Novel   EXCLUSIVE Dylan O’Brien, Lewis Pullman & Kaia Gerber To Star In Erotic Thriller ‘Bulls’   EXCLUSIVE Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell & Wagner Moura Set For Comedy ‘Art’ From Director Fernando Meirelles   EXCLUSIVE Dave Franco Joins Sophie Wilde In Alien Invasion Thriller ‘Soon You Will Be Gone And Possibly Eaten’ Deadline Exclusives & Originals NBC Pilot Buzz - Going into internal screenings this week, there was solid buzz on virtually all eight NBC pilots. Not much has changed as the screenings did not seem to whittle down the batch of pilots significantly, so testing results may help break some ties. >>>Frontrunners 'Devil' Of A Time - Devil Wears Prada 2 came in at $77M U.S., still above tracking’s $73M. Disney always saw it at this level throughout the weekend, however, rivals overestimated. >>>Posts Summer Record CBS Goes Big- While most broadcast networks are largely keeping the volume of scripted series consistent year-to-year amid ongoing broadcast business challenges in the streaming era, CBS is going for a sizable increase in 2026-27. >>>Shorter S5 For 'Fire Country' Audiences Desert 'Desert Warrior' - If the $150M-budgeted Desert Warrior was one of Saudi Arabia’s big cinema swings, then it looks to have been a miss, based on the movie’s early box office takings. In the U.S., it had grossed just $596,000 on 1,010 screens as of Thursday. >>>Troubled Production & Bad Timing The Script That Wouldn't Die - It took 11 years for Joe Port and Joe Wiseman‘s new CBS vampire comedy series Eternally Yours to go from script to a series pickup earlier this year. >>>How It Happened   DEADLINE REALITY TV SUMMIT   ‘The Apprentice’ Reboot “Not In Active Development” At Amazon, Unscripted Boss Confirms Andy Cohen Wants To Meet The Haitian Mortician From ‘Real Housewives Of Miami’: “I Hope It Comes Back” Will Taylor Frankie Paul’s Season Of ‘The Bachelorette’ Ever Air? Disney’s Reality TV Chief Says ABC Still Taking It “Day-To-Day” ‘Summer House’ EP Addresses Potential Ozarks Spinoff & West Wilson’s Involvement Photo Gallery QUOTABLE "It's so boring" - Meryl Streep on the tendency to "Marvel-ize" movies, creating clear heroes and villains THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW ‘Watson’ Finale: Creator Craig Sweeny Reflects On How Series Ended, Its 2-Season Run And What Could’ve Been For John & Sherlock In Season 3 John Watson and Sherlock Holmes’ fates intertwined one last time in the Season 2 finale of Watson, which serves as a series finale as the CBS medical drama has been canceled. Speaking to Deadline, Watson creator/executive producer Craig Sweeny addressed how he approached the finale and its ending and provided one explanation for the Baker Street flashforward. >>>Read The Interview RENEWALS, CANCELLATIONS & PICKUPS   Exclusive Whitney Cummings To Host ‘Marriage Market’ Dating Series For Fox ‘Brilliant Minds’ & ‘Stumble’ Canceled By NBC, ‘Law & Order’ & ‘Hunting Party’ Remain On The Bubble CASTING ABOUT After starring in multiple Star Wars projects, including Andor, Diego Luna is expanding his relationship with Disney as one of the stars of the live-action Tangled movie, based on the studio’s Academy Award-nominated 2010 animated feature. The Celebrity Traitors, the highest-rated show on British TV last year, is back for a second season. Bella Ramsey, Michael Sheen and Richard E. Grant will be among the names entering the wink murder-style game. BY THE NUMBERS $300M - Worldwide box office to date for Lionsgate’s 'Michael,' making it the No. 2 all-time music biopic MORE NEWS 🎆 Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise will return to host the National Memorial Day Concert on May 24 on PBS, including a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States. The event, on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, is marking its 37th year. 🏆 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made Oscar rule and eligibility changes in the acting and International Film categories that rank with the most significant in its nearly 100-year history. ⚖️ Five new state attorneys general – some of them Republican – have joined an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the $6.2 billion merger of local TV station owners Nexstar and Tegna. OBITUARIES 🕯️ Matt Dinerstein, a veteran unit still photographer who worked on The Bear, TV’s Chicago shows and other films and TV series, died May 1 of cancer in Chicago. He was 69. 🕯️ Audrey Beth Davis, a retired entertainment publicist who worked with The Lippin Group, has died. She was 82. 🕯️  Gwen Farrell Adair, the actress known for playing various nurses on M*A*S*H, has died. During her time on the show, she played Nurses Gwen, Wilson, Butler and Able, as well as an anesthesiologist. She was 94. 🕯️ Beau Starr, the actor who appeared in Goodfellas and multiple Halloween films, has died. He was 81. 🕯️  2026 Deaths Photo Gallery ON THE RADAR Mon - Paramount earnings; The Met Gala; Netflix Is a Joke Fest begins Tue - Tony noms; Obama on Colbert Wed - Sound & Screen Television; Disney earnings Thu - Grey's Anatomy finale; Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Palladium Sat - Apple x Deadline Casting Panel; WNBA season tips off PHOTO OF THE DAY Then and Now - Deadline has first look images of Thomasin McKenzie as Audrey Hepburn and Ansel Elgort as Hubert de Givenchy in Dinner With Audrey. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. 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