Nellie Andreeva

Blaga’s Lessons, Bulgaria’s International Film Oscar submission, has set a release in multiple countries. The film. written and directed by Stephan Komandarev, will hit theaters in Germany in January through distributor JIP Film. Following an October 20 limited release, Blaga’s Lessons will go wide in Bulgaria on Dec. 15th. Its domestic distributor is A Plus […]

EXCLUSIVE: That was quick. Just four days after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, including a weekend, the new NBC multi-camera comedy series Extended Family started production on Monday Nov. 13. Mike O’Malley’s family comedy, starring Jon Cryer, Abigail Spencer and Donald Faison, had shot six episodes before the strike. The series, from Lionsgate Television […]

Four days after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Netflix rolled out the blue carpet Sunday for the first post-strike Hollywood premiere of a major studio production attended by talent: for Season 6 of the streamer’s British royal drama The Crown. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, one of the four studio CEOs who helped broker the […]

Elizabeth Debicki, who portrays Princess Diana in Seasons 5 and 6 of Netflix’s The Crown, was a nine-year girl in Australia when Diana died tragically in 1997 in a Paris car crash. She carried that childhood memory with her as she recreated the Princess’ final days on the Netflix drama. “I remember my mother’s reaction […]

CBS has become the first broadcast network to unveil its post-strike midseason schedule featuring all returning and two new scripted series whose production was delayed by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. The announcement comes five days after the end of the SAG-AFTRA work stoppage. Since then, network and studios have been firming up return-to-production plans. […]

The announcement this morning that the upcoming 75th Emmy Awards will feature three writing categories on the main telecast vs. the customary four is not sitting well with the WGA. “The Television Academy’s plan to reduce the number of writer awards being televised this year is misguided given the essential role writers play in the […]

More fallout from the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. ABC has opted not to proceed with The Good Lawyer, its planned legal spinoff from The Good Doctor that was going to be toplined by Kennedy McMann and Felicity Huffman. The network had delayed pickup decisions on two spinoffs, bubble drama series The Rookie: Feds and the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Entertainment is in final negotiations to acquire an additional ownership stake in management and production company 3 Arts Entertainment, sources tell Deadline. The exact size of the stake is unclear but it is understood to be significant. A rep for Lionsgate declined comment. In spring 2018, indie studio Lionsgate acquired a majority (just […]

EXCLUSIVE: Brittany Kahan Ward and Graciella Sanchez are leaving Echo Lake Entertainment after a decade as partners to join TFC Management where they also will be partners. The high-profile arrival of Ward and Sanchez — who launched and built Echo Lake’s talent management division, with Sanchez also serving as the Co-President — marks an expansion […]

The string of division reorganizations at NBCUniversal that started this past summer with the leadership transition following CEO Jeff Shell’s exit continues. On Thursday, Peacock‘s marketing team was realigned by Shannon Willett, who joined the company last year as Chief Marketing Officer. It follows yesterday’s shakeup at NBCUniversal’s ad sales division. A number of positions, […]