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TV Willy Wonka Reality Series Heats Up At Netflix Amid Rise Of Unscripted Bakeoffs

The eccentric founder of the Wonka Chocolate Factory has been played on the silver screen by Gene Wilder, Johnny Depp and Timothée Chalamet, but now he’s coming to TV in a much different way. The streamer is preparing a reality competition series based on the Roald Dahl story, and the expansive project is the latest example of a burgeoning baking competition trend in the U.S. unscripted market. “Bakeoffs are an epidemic and we hate them,” one top unscripted producer told Deadline.

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‘You Gotta Believe’: Well Go USA Acquires Little League Baseball Film Starring Luke Wilson And Greg Kinnear

EXCLUSIVE: International and indie film distributor Well Go USA Entertainment acquired North American rights to Little League baseball film You Gotta Believe directed by Ty Roberts (12 Mighty Orphans) and starring Luke Wilson (Horizon: An American Saga) and Greg Kinnear (The Present). In addition to…

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Jason Statham Teams With ‘Plane’ Director Jean-Francois Richet & MadRiver For Action-Thriller ‘Mutiny’, Lionsgate Pre-Buys North America Before Veterans Launches Hot Project At Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the Cannes market, Lionsgate has taken North American rights off the table on one of the bigger-budget new packages that’ll be on sale next week: that’s action-thriller Mutiny, which will star action evergreen Jason Statham (Fast & Furious) and be directed by Jean-François Richet (Plane…

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Gordon Ramsay & Fox Launch Food & Entertainment Platform ‘Bite’

Gordon Ramsay and Fox Entertainment have teamed to launch Bite, a food and entertainment brand featuring culinary and lifestyle content, products and more. Created under Fox Entertainment and its Gordon Ramsay production partnership, Studio Ramsay Global, Bite is touted as offering culinary content…

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French Agency Elevate Management Signs TikTok Star Avani Gregg For Europe Representation As It Expands Into Sports & Digital

EXCLUSIVE: Florent Lamy and Daniel Blanc's Paris-based talent agency Elevate Management is expanding into sports and digital and is also opening offices in Miami and London. The French management firm has carved out a niche for itself over the past decade as one of the only management companies…

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Andy Serkis To Play Himmler Opposite Woody Harrelson In ‘The Man With The Miraculous Hands’; SND Boards For Cannes Market Launch

Andy Serkis has joined of the cast of Oren Moverman's WW2 psychological thriller The Man with the Miraculous Hands in the role of leading Nazi Heinrich Himmler opposite Woody Harrelson, as France's SND boards the project for a Cannes market launch. As well as international sales rights, Paris-based…

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Tanner Beard Signs With Link Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Tanner Beard, actor, writer, director and Emmy nominated producer, has signed with Link Entertainment for representation in all areas. Beard is headed to the Nice International Film Festival as an actor with his film Fluxx, and then to Cannes as part of the production team on Horizon: An America…

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Sesame Workshop Writers Ratify New 5-Year Contract

It’s official: Writers Guild members at the Sesame Workshop have got a new contract. The writers “overwhelmingly” approved the five-year collective bargaining agreement, the guild announced on Friday. Sesame Workshop writers reached a tentative deal in April, but not before unanimously voting to…

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Vertical Lands NA Rights To Jordan Scott-Directed Thriller ‘A Sacrifice’ With Eric Bana & Sadie Sink

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has closed a North American rights deal for A Sacrifice, writer-director Jordan Scott's gripping thriller. The film, originally titled Berlin Nobody, is from Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions and augenschein Filmproduktion. A Sacrifice stars Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down), Sadie…

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‘Clarkson’s Farm’ Season 3 Breaks Amazon Ratings Record; Second Most-Streamed Show Of 2024 In UK

It’s official, Season 3 of Clarkson’s Farm has broken Amazon Prime Video’s UK ratings record. The Season 3 premiere of Jeremy Clarkson's farming show was streamed by 5.1M viewers over the past seven days, according to Barb, the UK’s official audience research group. This puts the episode nearly…

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Freida Pinto Boards Animated Series ‘Kiranmala & The Kingdom Beyond’ From Submarine Sublime, Rebel Maverick & Writer Michael Ryan

EXCLUSIVE: Freida Pinto and her Freebird Films Entertainment label have boarded Kiranmala & the Kingdom Beyond, the animated kids TV show we first told you about earlier this year. Pinto will voice the Moon Maiden, the biological mother to the lead character, Kiranmala, and will executive produce the…

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Frank Grillo Joins James Gunn For Season 2 Of ‘Peacemaker’

Frank Grillo has been cast in Season 2 of James Gunn’s popular DC series Peacemaker. Gunn announced the news Friday on Instagram, revealing Grillo will reprise the role of Rick Flag Sr. the character he voices in Gunn’s upcoming animated series Creature Commandos. The Suicide Squad spinoff series…

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Joel Silverman Launch Rampage ‘n J Productions

EXCLUSIVE: MMA Champion and The A-Team star Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has joined forces with multi-hyphenate Joel Silverman to launch Rampage ‘n J Productions, a new production company that will focus on Silverman’s specialty — biopics, book-to-screen adaptations, and TV dramas, particularly in the area…