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Netflix’s flurry of C-suite changes (Peter Rice in, Bela Bajaria and others out) along with its deepest round of layoffs since 2022 are setting the company on a new path – but to where? That’s the question Wall Street is asking as the company preps its latest quarterly earnings and investor call set for after […]
EXCLUSIVE: Dana Jackson and Matt Horwitz, a pair of longtime literary managers at Echo Lake Entertainment, have been elevated to partners in their division. Acknowledging “the extraordinary creativity and diligence with which Matt and Dana represent their clients,” CEO Doug Mankoff said, “We’re genuinely excited to have them join our leadership team.” Jackson and Horwitz […]
Ron Koslow, the Emmy-nominated creator of the CBS fantasy drama series Beauty and the Beast and co-creator of its 2012 CW reboot, died on October 7. That, according to multiple reports citing his family. He was 81. Koslow was a writer and producer in television and film for 40 years. He was best known for […]
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Jeff Daniels is set to star in Bannerman, AMC’s upcoming drama series based on the popular spy novels by John R. Maxim, which is getting a second window on Netflix. Daniels is the first actor cast in Bannerman, the first series to come out of AMC Studios’ co-production agreement with Netflix. From […]
EXCLUSIVE: Rauw Alejandro, Indiana Affleck and Lily Santiago have joined Tom Hanks in the baseball pic The Comebacker at Sony Pictures. The film also stars Callum Turner, Coleman Domingo, Amy Madigan and Sterling K. Brown. Marielle Heller is directing. The Comebacker is a love letter to baseball and based on a short story by Dave […]
EXCLUSIVE: Innovative Artists Entertainment has signed multi-hyphenate Tisha Campbell for representation in all areas. Campbell recently released her memoir, The A Word: A Mother’s Journey Through Autism and Love (Amistad/HarperCollins), which became Amazon’s No. 1 New Release during the title’s launch window from September 15 to September 17, according to stats from Amazon. She is […]
Former UTA film agent Dante DeSario and media investor Michael Lambert have launched Collage, a management company devoted to AI-native production. The new firm has closed a seed funding round, with Black Bear and Fundamental Films investing. Other investors and senior advisors include Dennis Miller, Blue Deer Media, GOAL Ventures, AGC Studios, Roy Lee, Marty […]
UPDATE, Mon. Oct. 19, with additional cancelation: Downstate, the controversial new play by Bruce Norris directed by Joe Mantello, has again bumped its first Broadway preview date due to an illness within the company: The play will now have its first performance at the Booth Theatre on Thursday, October 22. Scheduled performances on Monday, October […]
Richard Riehle, an actor in Office Space, Bridesmaids, Casino, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and The Man From Earth, has died. He was 78. The actor died of natural causes in Los Angeles last Thursday, October 15, according to a TMZ report. Riehle played Tom Smykowski, a cynical Initech product manager, in Mike Judge’s 1999 satirical comedy […]
EXCLUSIVE: With more exits expected later this week as Paramount seizes Warner Bros, we hear that the latter’s Head of Communications, Chelsey Summey, has departed the Burbank, CA lot. Summey first joined Warner Bros as SVP Communications in January 2024 and was later named Head of Communications reporting to Motion Picture bosses Michael De Luca […]
SPOILER ALERT: The following article contains details about storylines and characters/actors in A24’s documentary You Can See Everything. Ever since its super-secret onetime screening at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s brilliant, near three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything has been one of the most talked […]
EXCLUSIVE: Independent Artist Group has upped Harrison Harvey to talent agent. Harrison has been working on CEO Jim Osborne’s desk for two years, making valued contributions across his client roster and playing an increasingly active role in identifying new business and talent opportunities. Going forward, he’ll continue to work closely alongside Osborne and talent department […]
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is developing the new romantic comedy series Settling, from creators Briana Pozner and Colin Lupe. Justine Lupe (Nobody Wants This, Succession) will lead the show, and Will Gluck (Anyone But You, Easy A) is attached to direct, sources tell Deadline. The pilot script was optioned by Michael Eisner’s Tornante, which partnered with Olive […]
Attorneys for the BBC want to subpoena Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought an election conspiracy indictment against Donald Trump, as the network defends itself against the president’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit. In a filing in federal court Monday, the BBC legal team noted that Smith is not objecting to the subpoena. They wrote, […]
In a world shaped by digital alienation, which feels increasingly unstable, Kate Berlant finds solace in stand-up. Sure, she says, “the consequences of us leading an online life” are manifold and “will f*ck us up in ways we’ll never understand.” The career ladder that existed for comics when she was starting out has largely collapsed […]
