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‘The Traitors’ Renewed For Three More Seasons At Peacock After Winning Third Consecutive Emmy

Alan Cumming is set to banish more celebrities after Peacock handed The Traitors a supersized, three-season renewal. The mystery entertainment series has been picked up through Season 8 at the NBCUniversal streamer. It comes after the Studio Lambert-produced show won its third consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Reality Competition Program and Cumming won his third consecutive […]

Deadline•Peterdeadline3h ago

Greg Berlanti’s ‘How To Survive Without Me’ Lands Series Order At HBO Max

How To Survive Without Me, the family drama starring Ray Romano, Kaley Cuoco and Joshua Jackson, is officially a go at HBO Max. The project, which comes from Greg Berlanti, has, as expected, been handed a series order from the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer. It will consist of 15 episodes and comes as part of […]

Deadline•Peterdeadline3h ago

‘NCIS: New York’ Premiere Will Welcome Brian Dietzen As Jimmy Palmer

NCIS: New York will premiere on October 6 with a bang! The LL Cool J-led series will welcome NCIS’er Brian Dietzen, reprising the role of Jimmy Palmer. Dietzen, who has been with NCIS since the procedural’s first season, has previously played the character in NCIS: New Orleans and NCIS: Hawai’i. During a recent chat with […]

Deadline•Rosy Cordero4h ago

John Scherer Joins Nocturnal Entertainment As Head Of Development

EXCLUSIVE: John Scherer has joined Nocturnal Entertainment, the recently launched financier and production company led by Keaton Heinrichs and Akiva Nemetsky, as Head of Development. In his new role, Scherer will help to foster the company’s filmmaker-driven slate with an eye toward identifying young, singular voices that the company can help grow, regardless of experience […]

Deadline•Matthewgrobar4h ago

Motion Picture Lit Agent Steve Roy Joins CAA

Steve Roy has joined CAA as an agent in the Motion Picture Literary Department. Based out of CAA’s Los Angeles office, Roy reports to Motion Picture Literary department co-heads Dan Rabinow and Ida Ziniti. He comes to the agency from Buchwald, where he’d been working as an agent since 2023. While at Buchwald, Roy repped […]

Deadline•Matthewgrobar4h ago

Gregg Araki Sets Ashton Kutcher & Alison Brie For Dark Comedy ‘The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization’; Jesse Williams In Talks

EXCLUSIVE: Gregg Araki has found his next project in The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization, a dark comedy to star Ashton Kutcher and Alison Brie that has Jesse Williams in talks for a third major role, sources tell Deadline. Described as an ensemble piece — Election meets American Beauty — the film’s plot is being […]

Deadline•Matthewgrobar4h ago

‘Tenzing’ Trailer: Tom Hiddleston, WIllem Dafoe, Genden Phuntsok, Class, Ambition & The Battle To Conquer Mount Everest

“We’ve been trying to climb this mountain for 30 years,” an army colonel tells the assembled group. “Britain is depending on us to get up first.” The mountain is Mount Everest, the world’s tallest. The officer is John Hunt (Willem Dafoe), who would lead the first successful mission to ascend it. Among the group is […]

Deadline•Erik Pedersen4h ago

Oscars: Italy Unveils 21-Title Shortlist With Nanni Moretti’s ‘It Will Happen Tonight’ & Venice Orizzonti Prizewinner ‘The House Of The Monkey’

Italy has unveiled the 21 films under consideration to represent the country in the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. A selection committee, overseen by the film body Anica, will decide which film will go forward as Italy’s submission at a meeting on September 23. The films, all of which were […]

Deadline•Melanie Goodfellow4h ago

BBC Studios LA Promotes Unscripted Chief Ryan O’Dowd To Oversee Scripted As Mark Linsey & Angie Stephenson Exit

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios’ Los Angeles division is taking a new approach to scripted and has promoted its unscripted chief Ryan O’Dowd to oversee it. O’Dowd, who was President, Unscripted, has been named President, BBC Studios Global Productions LA, bringing its scripted and unscripted operations under a single leadership structure. As a result of the move, […]

Deadline•Peterdeadline5h ago

Ben Saunders Dies: Dutch Winner Of First-Ever Version Of ‘The Voice’ Was 43

Ben Saunders, the London-born Dutch singer who won the first-ever incarnation of The Voice, was found dead Tuesday, September 15, in a popular Netherlands recreational lake. He was 43. His death was announced on Instagram by his brother Dean, who wrote, “My dear little brother died today. I have never felt such pain as I […]

Deadline•Greg Evans5h ago

Macro Acquires Streaming Service AllBlk From AMC Global Media

Charles D. King’s Macro is getting into the direct-to-consumer business, acquiring streaming service AllBlk from AMC Global Media. The service, which targets Black viewers, was launched in 2014 as UMC (short for Urban Movie Classics) by businessman and BET founder Robert L. Johnson. His company, RLJ Entertainment, which also owned streaming assets like Acorn TV, […]

Deadline•Dade Hayes5h ago

‘Resident Evil’ Review: Zach Cregger Brings Style, Humor, And A Game Austin Abrams To Make Smart Original Reboot Of Horror Franchise

After exploding on to the horror movie universe with fresh and inventive films, Barbarian and the Oscar winning Weapons, I was a little worried to hear Zach Cregger’s next film was going to be yet another entry in Sony’s Resident Evil franchise that already has spawned about 8 movies, 6 of them starring Milla Jovocich’s […]

Deadline•Pete Hammond5h ago

Netflix Developing Action Thriller ‘Scope’ From ‘Warfare’s Ray Mendoza, Jaume Collet-Serra

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is developing Scope, a mystery action thriller from Warfare helmer Ray Mendoza and producer Jaume Collet-Serra, Deadline has learned. Billed as a mystery action thriller in the vein of Disturbia and Rear Window, Scope originated as a spec by Charley & Vlas Parlapanides (Netflix’s Blood of Zeus) and Scott Charnick, which Netflix picked […]

Deadline•Matthewgrobar6h ago

Laika Unveils Final Trailer For Latest Stop-Motion Fantasy Adventure ‘Wildwood’

UPDATED, 8:16 a.m.: Laika has unveiled a final trailer for Wildwood, its sixth stop-motion feature opening exclusively in theatres on October 23. Tickets for the film, directed and produced by the studio’s Travis Knight, are on sale now.Set to open AFI Fest on October 21, it follows headstrong teenager Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), who […]

Deadline•Patrick Hipes6h ago

James Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision Acquires Creative-Tech Collective Outsyders

James Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision has acquired AI-driven tech startup and 3D specialist Outsyders for an undisclosed price as the company positions itself as a one-stop shop for 3D content creation. The two companies recently worked together on Paramount summer release Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), directed by […]

Deadline•Jillg3666h ago

Patti LuPone To Portray Vogue Editor Diana Vreeland In Solo Off Broadway Play ‘Full Gallop’

Triple-Tony winner Patti LuPone is returning to the New York stage to portray iconic fashion editor Diana Vreeland in the one-woman Off Broadway play Full Gallop. The production, directed by Gordon Greenberg (Rope, Broadway’s The Heart of Rock and Roll), will begin a strictly limited 12-week engagement at NY City Center Stage II on Friday, […]

Deadline•Greg Evans6h ago

Chris Harrison’s Dating Series ‘The Vow’ Sets Premiere On Fox Nation

Fox Nation is leaning into Bachelor Nation with its new dating reality series hosted by Chris Harrison. Chris Harrison’s The Vow, which Deadline revealed in February, is set to premiere on the streamer on November 11. The six-part series will roll out weekly with the season finale on December 9. The show will see 30-year-old […]

Deadline•Peterdeadline6h ago

Kapow! ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Beats ‘Star Wars: Force Awakens’ As Highest Grossing Movie Ever At Domestic Box Office With $936.7M

It finally happened: Sony’s highest grossing movie ever, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, is now the highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office, defeating Star Wars: The Force Awakens which held the record for the last ten years with a final cume of $936.66M. As of yesterday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day counts a running […]

Deadline•Anthonypauldalessandro6h ago

Hemingway’s ‘The Sun Also Rises’ Gets Centennial Events In Paris & New York With Michael Shannon & Richard Schiff Among Participants

EXCLUSIVE: A series of events have been set in Paris and New York to celebrate the centenary of the publication of Ernest Hemingway classic The Sun Also Rises. The celebration begins September 21 and 22 at Ritz Paris, with guests including filmmaker Michael Winterbottom, who is set to direct the upcoming A Farewell To Arms […]

Deadline•Andreas Wiseman7h ago

Bonnie Greer Dies: British-American Writer & Cultural Commentator Was 77

The British-American writer and cultural commentator Bonnie Greer has died. She was 77. Greer’s husband, David Hutchins, announced her death in a statement published this afternoon. Hutchins wrote that Greer died on Tuesday evening following a brief illness. Hutchins described Greer as “an acclaimed playwright, author, critic, cultural and political commentator whose intelligence, courage and […]

Deadline•Zac Ntim7h ago