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TV Pilot Buzz & Development Updates In Another Atypical Broadcast Cycle
If you read the headline and ask, “Pilots? What pilots?” — you’re not wrong. The pilot season no longer is the industry obsession it once was this time of year, after back-to-back disruptions from Covid and the Hollywood strikes providing the proverbial final nail in the coffin of the decades-old pilot cycle. But for tradition’s sake, here are some insights into the networks’ current development plans.
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Sony Pictures Television Names Kate Gill SVP Comedy Development
Sony Pictures Television has brought on Kate Gill as SVP, Comedy Development. In her new role, she will focus on developing new comedy series for all platforms for the U.S. scripted division. Reporting to Colin Davis, EVP, Comedy Development, Gill will be based in SPT's Culver City, CA headquarters and…
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Andy Garcia Joins Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Landman’ Series At Paramount+
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Garcia is set for a key role opposite Billy Bob Thornton in the Paramount+ drama Landman from Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace.
Garcia will play Galino, an extremely capable, powerful and practical man.
Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, Landman is a modern-day…
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A+E Networks Exec David Bank Promoted To Chief Financial Officer
A+E Networks executive David Bank has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer.
Bank, a former Wall Street analyst who previously was EVP, Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer at the company, is succeeding Art Vomvas. After stepping in over the past year as interim CFO, Vomvas is retiring…
Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, Austin Abrams & Cary Christopher Round Out Cast Of New Line’s ‘Weapons’
EXCLUSIVE: New Line’s horror thriller Weapons has rounded out its cast with the addition of Benedict Wong (3 Body Problem), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives).
As previously announced, Josh Brolin, Julia Garner and Alden Ehrenreich will lead the…
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Josh Swindell, The Subject Of MindRiot Entertainment’s Forthcoming Skating Biopic ‘Four The Yard’, Signs With The BKS Agency
EXCLUSIVE: Josh Swindell, a former pro skater who is set to be the central subject of a forthcoming skating biopic from MindRiot Entertainment, has signed with The BKS Agency in London.
The agency will handle Swindell's literary representation and they are currently out to publishers with Swindell's…
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‘Nope’-Inspired Docuseries About Black Cowboys Set At Peacock From Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw & UTAS
EXCLUSIVE: Jordan Peele' s Monkeypaw Productions is getting back on the documentary horse and is using his movie Nope as inspiration.
The Get Out filmmaker is producing a documentary series that dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the cowboy for Peacock.
Produced through his Monkeypaw…
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Dane Baptiste Dropped By His Agencies As He Issues First Statement Since Making Death Threat To Fellow Comic; Police Now Investigating – UPDATE
UPDATED 10:00 a.m. PT: London’s Met Police is investigating comedian Dane Baptiste following a now-deleted death threat posted on Instagram that was aimed at a fellow comic.
“Enquiries are being made in relation to a post reported to police by a number of social media users on Wednesday 1 May,” a…
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View All What We're WatchingRobin Wright-Led ‘The Girlfriend’ Ordered To Series At Prime Video; Olivia Cooke, Laurie Davidson & Waleed Zuaiter Also Star
The Robin Wright (House of Cards)-led The Girlfriend has been ordered to series at Prime Video with Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon), Laurie Davidson (Mary and George), and Waleed Zuaiter (Gangs of London) also set to star. The series, to be directed by Wright, is based on Michelle Frances' novel of the…
Maya Rudolph & Jake Gyllenhaal Set As Final Hosts For Season 49 Of ‘Saturday Night Live’
Saturday Night Live is closing out Season 49 with two three-peats.
After Dua Lipa pulls double duty on May 4, Maya Rudolph will host the sketch comedy show for the third time on May 11. Vampire Weekend will make its fourth appearance as musical guest.
On May 18, Jake Gyllenhaal will return to…
Goodfellas Boards Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi’s Ukraine War Crime Drama ‘Occupation’ For AR Content & Anonymous Content — Cannes Market
EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has boarded upcoming war crime drama Occupation from Ukrainian writer-director Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi (The Tribe). The project, which will be produced by Loveless and Leviathan producer Alexander Rodnyansky alongside Nick Shumaker for Anonymous Content, is being launched to buyers…
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Film Festivals & Photo Galleries
View All Film Festivals & Photo GalleriesAndrew Haigh To Direct Leonardo Da Vinci Film For Universal
Universal Pictures has tapped renowned British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers) to write and direct a Leonardo da Vinci film based on Walter Isaacson’s bestselling 2017 biography of the artist, Deadline can confirm.
Based on thousands of pages from Da Vinci’s notebooks and new discoveries…
Nicole Brown Simpson Lifetime Documentary Gets Premiere Date & Trailer
Lifetime has set the premiere date and unveiled a trailer for The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, a two night documentary event that sheds new light on her life on the eve of the 30th anniversary of her tragic and untimely death.
The two-part documentary will air June 1 and June 2 at 8 pm…
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