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EXCLUSIVE: Lee Sung Jin (aka Sonny Lee), creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed series Beef, has signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix that will extend across scripted series and feature film. The creative partnership will be overseen by Jinny Howe, Vice President, Drama Series, at Netflix, and her team, sources tell Deadline. […]
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EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed writer and producer Jameel Saleem for representation in all areas. Currently, Saleem is in his fourth season on the Fox animated series, Bob’s Burgers as a consulting producer after three years of serving as a co-executive producer. He is currently writing an untitled Horror Comedy project for Matt Stone and Trey […]
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EXCLUSIVE: C.S. Lee (Dexter, Avatar: The Last Airbender) has joined the cast of Netflix’s Cobra Kai for its sixth and final season in an iconic role originating from The Karate Kid, Deadline has learned. According to sources, Lee will portray Master Kim Sun-Young, a character that has previously appeared only in flashback form by Jun […]
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Giancarlo Esposito is making his debut as Gracian Parish in a teaser trailer (above) and first-look photos of Parish, a crime thriller from AMC/AMC+ premiering in 2024. The 6-episode series follows…
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EXCLUSIVE: Courtney Taylor has signed with Anonymous Content for representation. The actress and comedian can currently be seen starring in Netflix’s recently released series Neon, from Shea Serrano and Max Searle. The series follows an aspiring reggaeton artist who moves to Miami looking for success in the music industry alongside his two friends. Taylor plays […]
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A new study released by USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative covering the top films from 2007 to 2022 has found that Hispanic/Latino representation both in front of the camera and behind has not improved in 16 years. And even when the community lands prominent roles, they’re usually stereotyped as immigrants or as having low income. The […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Sam Griffel has joined Elevate Entertainment as the Director of Development. Griffel will work across Elevate’s entire slate of material (scripted film and television, unscripted projects, and the company’s new podcasting venture, Highwire) alongside Head of Development and Production, Samantha Levenshus. He comes to Elevate after working in original programming and development at Spotify. […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Steven Soderbergh has dedicated more than four decades to shaping his legacy in Hollywood as a director, cinematographer and producer. But instead of splurging on yachts or a home in the South of France, he is investing in the future of independent filmmaking by mentoring directors like Joe and Anthony Russo, Christopher Nolan and […]
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EXCLUSIVE: A fan favorite series, Prison Break, is poised for a comeback. Hulu is in early development on a new incarnation of the Fox drama. It is written and executive produced by Mayans M.C. co-creator, executive producer and showrunner Elgin James under his Sierra Drive banner, in his first project following the conclusion of the […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Talent agent Jamie Pillet and A3 Artists Agency, where she was a partner, have parted ways. It is unclear yet where Pillet is headed; Deadline hears she has been in talks with WME. New York-based Pillet initially joined A3 as part of its agent-in-training program and climbed the ranks to full-fledged agent in 2014 […]
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Power Book III: Raising Kanan is gearing up for its Season 3 premiere on December 1 with the official trailer release above. New episodes of the series will be available weekly on Fridays at midnight ET on the Starz app, all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms. On linear, it will debut at 8 p.m. ET/PT […]
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The actors were joined by some hip-hop legends on the picket lines this morning. Kurtis Blow, co-founder of the Hip Hop Alliance, joined SAG-AFTRA outside Paramount to call an end to the strike that has lasted for over 100 days. He also highlighted how his membership of the guild was instrumental is helping to save […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries, Cassandro) will be honored with the inaugural Premio Vida y Legado (Life and Legacy Award) at the annual Día de Muertos celebration to be held on November 1 at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary in Los Angeles. Now in its third year, the event is a tribute to Latino […]
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This is day 103 of SAG-AFTRA strike. The actors were back out on the picket line in full force Tuesday — the same day their union was set to resume negotiations with the AMPTP. Thesps walked the line on both coasts, with actors like Sarah Paulson, Zachary Quinto, Betty Gilpin, J. Smith-Cameron, Carrie Preston and […]
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Amazon MGM Studios is adapting Marisa Meltzer’s New York Times bestselling book Glossy, an expose on the success of beauty brand Glossier and its founder Emily Weiss, for television. The project is in early development; a search for a showrunner is underway, Deadline hears. Sources tell Deadline the project will be executive produced by Lindsey […]
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The actor’s strike has reached Day 100, as talks between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP remain halted. With the continued support of its members and supportive sister unions like the WGA, IATSE and Teamsters, among many others, lead negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland remains confident all involved can reach a fair deal. “I think it’s so impressive, the […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Brian Tee (Chicago Med, Expats) is set to produce the anthology limited series The Scapegoat. The project is currently being shopped around to streamers and premium cablers. Season 1, titled Tokyo Rose, will adapt the Mike Weedall historical novel, Iva, The True Story of Tokyo Rose. It will tell the story of Iva Toguri, […]
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A plan put forth this week to SAG-AFTRA by George Clooney and other big stars to potentially kick start stalled negotiations with the studios is “worthy of review and consideration,” says the union’s chief negotiator. “We’re with you, we’re behind you,” Duncan Crabtree-Ireland told Deadline today of his takeaway on the ideas and sentiment from […]
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) and Robbie Amell (Upload)-original rom-com EXmas will premiere exclusively on Amazon Freevee in the U.S., UK, Germany, and Austria on November 17. The holiday film follows former fiances, Graham (Amell) and Ali (Meester), who are unexpectedly reunited during Christmas. Ali shows up […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Kate del Castillo (La Reina Del Sur, Weeds) is set to lead the ViX comedy feature Es Por Tu Bien which just kicked off production in Mexico. The project is produced by 3Pas Studios. The film’s logline reads as follows, “Horrified by the new girlfriends of their respective sons, three sisters-in-law – Clara (Consuelo […]
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EXCLUSIVE: British actress Sophia Brown has signed with Anonymous Content. Brown most notably starred in Netflix’s The Witcher: Blood Origin, a spinoff of the fantasy drama series, The Witcher. The four-part limited series, set in an elven world 1,200 years before the world of The Witcher, tells a story lost to time – one of seven […]
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