‘Jagged Little Pill’ & ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Top New York’s Outer Critics Circle Honors In Pandemic Year Of Multiple Winners.... Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge!, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Grand Horizons, Mary-Louise Parker and Jonathan Groff are among this year’s Outer Critics Circle Awards recipients, a collection of Broadway and Off Broadway recipients that make up the o...

‘Fuller House’ Sets Premiere Date For Final Episodes.... Netflix’s Fuller House will drop the final episodes for season five — and the series — on June 2. The spinoff sitcom from the original Full House premiered its fifth and final season on December 6, 2019. And now, come June, we will say goodbye to...

British Film Chief Ben Roberts Reveals Biggest Coronavirus Worry, Changes To Indie Financing & What London Film Festival Might Look Like – Guest Column.... Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for...

Broadway Box Office Keeps Warm At $30M; ‘Oklahoma!’, ‘Slave Play’ Leave On High Notes.... Broadway settled into its new winter clothes last week, with recent arrivals My Name Is Lucy Barton, Grand Horizons and A Soldier’s Play padding the roster as Oklahoma! and Slave Play joined the raft of recent post-holiday departures. In all, the 27 pro...

Todd McCarthy: In Cannes, Empty Beaches And Empty Screens.... Whales can be seen spouting offshore, wildlife is coming back, the sea is loaded with fish and dolphins are cavorting in the port of Toulouse. But the movies screens of Cannes are empty at a time when the film world's attention is normally fixated on the...

Ken Osmond, Actor Who Played Eddie Haskell On ‘Leave It To Beaver,’ Dies At 76.... Ken Osmond, who played obsequious troublemaker Eddie Haskell on TV’s Leave It to Beaver has died, his manager confirms. "He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father,” his son, Eric, said in a statement. “He had his family gathered around him when...

Oscars: Academy Board Of Governors To Meet And Announce Eligibility And Rules Changes As Coronavirus Continues Rocking Industry.... On Tuesday morning, exactly 10 months to the day away from  the 93rd annual Academy Awards on February 28, 2021, the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will gather virtually to discuss and approve changes in rules for e...

‘Frozen 2’ Running Hot With $19M Overseas Through Thursday; China Friday Sets Disney Animation Record.... Refresh for latest…: Disney's Frozen 2 is off to a hot start overseas with $18.6M from 26 markets at the international box office through Thursday. All debuts were No. 1, while Anna and Elsa now own the biggest animated opening day of all time in Korea...

The Biggest Box Office Bombs Of 2019: Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament.... Deadline's annual film revenue tournaments have celebrated the triumphs of each year's most profitable films. For a third year in a row, we decided to look at the ones that amounted to a big swing and a miss. Here are the movies our experts said posted th...

President Donald Trump Tweetstorm – The Saturday Edition.... It’s been a busy Saturday so far for President Donald Trump, as the tweets and retweets have piled up. Surprisingly, the biggest target of the morning was not the usual Democratic suspects, but social media itself. “The Radical Left is in to...

Mary Pat Gleason Dies: ‘Mom’, ‘A Cinderella Story’ Actor Was 70.... Mary Pat Gleason, a prolific character actress with more than 100 TV and film credits, including CBS’ sitcom Mom and A Cinderella Story, died of cancer June 2, according to a post on her Facebook page. She was 70. Born in Lake City, MN, Gleason began he...

Scott Free Productions Inks First-Look Television Deal With Apple.... Apple has closed a first-look television deal with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions. Under the multi-year pact, the production company will develop global television projects for Apple TV+. They will be shepherded and executive produced by Ridley S...

NY Rep Predicts Pandemic Insurance Bill Will Pass Because “There’s a Need,” Seeks Republican Co-Sponsor.... Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) Tuesday formally introduced the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA), the first legislation out of the gate to to tackle insurance and a bill that may be the best hope for launching new film and television production....

‘The Farewell’s China Release Shelved Just Ahead Of Scheduled Date.... The China release of Lulu Wang's indie breakout The Farewell has been delayed. The Sundance hit was due in theaters on Friday, November 22, but was abruptly pulled from the schedule this week. There's been no official word as to the reasons behind the cha...

Connie Britton Returning To ‘9-1-1’ For Two-Part Season 3 Finale – Watch The Promo.... Connie Britton's Abby Clark character finally is returning to 9-1-1 in the series two-part season finale that will air over the next two Mondays, May 4 and May 11. Watch the promo above. Britton played the 911 operator in the Ryan Murphy-co-created drama...

‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Team David Leitch & Kelly McCormick Set Up ‘Fast And Loose’ At STX.... EXCLUSIVE: We’ve learned that STX is developing Fast and Loose with 87North, the production label of Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch and EP Kelly McCormick. The project, written by Jon and Erich Hoeber (Meg, Red, Red 2), follows a man who wakes up...

MPA Chairman Charles Rivkin Addresses George Floyd Protests; D.C. Headquarters Building Sustains Defacement And Exterior Damage.... The building that houses the Motion Picture Association’s Washington headquarters, just a couple blocks from the White House, sustained some exterior damage and defacement on Saturday night, as protests continued over the death of George Floyd in Minnea...

At Focal Point Of D.C. Protests, A Momentary Sense Of Calm After Media Captures A Night Of Unrest.... Many of the media images at Lafayette Square Park in Washington, D.C. on Sunday night were of fires, vandalism and looting, and reporters being shoved and struck by rubber bullets. By the time that the White House turned off its exterior lights around mid...

Reopening Hollywood: Michael Mann On Resuming Ansel Elgort-Ken Watanabe HBO Max Drama ‘Tokyo Vice;’ And What About That ‘Heat’ Prequel?.... Editors' Note: Deadline's latest series, Reopening Hollywood, focuses on the incredibly complicated effort to get the industry back on its feet while ensuring the safety of everyone involved. Our goal is to examine numerous sides of the business and provi...

‘Normal People’: Starzplay, CBC & Australia’s Stan Make A Date With Sally Rooney’s Hit Drama.... A host of international buyers have fallen for Normal People following the romantic drama’s soaraway success on the BBC and Hulu. Endeavor Content has closed deals for the Sally Rooney adaptation with streamer Starzplay in Germany, Austria, Switzerland,...

UTA Signs ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Helmers Andrew & Jon Erwin And Kingdom Story Company.... EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed faith-based writers, producers and directors Andrew and Jon Erwin. The agency will also rep Kingdom Story Company, the production shingle they co-founded alongside Kevin Downes and Tony Young. The Erwins are best known for helmin...

Devastating ‘Daily Show’ Satire Mixes White Paranoia With ‘Minority Report’.... A video showing a white woman calling police on a black man after he simply asked her to leash her dog dominated social media on Tuesday. In response, Trevor Noah and The Daily Show crew dreamt up a scathing satire of white paranoia. Called “Minorities...

‘Ford v Ferrari’ Cruising To $28M+, ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Kicked Out Of Heaven With $10M+ Start.... UPDATE, Friday Midday: As expected, in early midday estimates, which could change, 20th Century Fox’s Ford v Ferrari is off to a smooth start with $10 million Friday (including last night’s $2.1M) and an anticipated $28M opening. It would be great to...

MPI Picks Up North American & International Rights To Pandemic Thriller ‘Before The Fire’, First Trailer — Cannes.... EXCLUSIVE: Dark Sky Films has acquired all North American distribution rights to timely pandemic thriller Before The Fire, from female duo Charlie Buhler, who made her directorial debut, and Jenna Lyng Adams of Netflix series The Kominsky Method, who wrot...

SAG-AFTRA Tells Members They Should Get Its Approval Before Accepting Jobs During Pandemic.... SAG-AFTRA, in an urgent safety notice, is telling its members that they should not return to work or accept a contract for new employment without first getting the okay from the union. It's the first time the guild has ever required that of its members. "...

What Price Streaming? For Newest Players Like HBO Max, It’s Not A Simple Equation.... When Disney and Apple undercut Netflix, pricing their new streaming services in the single-digit dollars per month, they shook up the market and reset consumer expectations. HBO Max, which WarnerMedia will launch on May 27, is playing the opposite end of...

‘America’s Got Talent’ Leads Tuesday Ratings; ‘DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow’ Season Finale Steady.... America’s Got Talent slipped a tenth from last week’s season premiere to a 1.3 in the adults 18-49 demographic while netting 8.70 million viewers, with both totals topping Tuesday night in primetime. World of Dance (0.9, 4.50M) also dipped in the dem...

Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Jesse Eisenberg Set For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Dual’.... Jumanji and Guardians Of The Galaxy star Karen Gillan will be pulling double duties, taking on two roles in the satirical sci-fi thriller Dual from director Riley Stearns (The Art Of Self Defense). Gillan stars alongside Emmy-winning Breaking Bad alum and...

Charlie Hunnam, Max Winkler Re-Team On Adaptation Of Dog Story ‘Denali’ For Spyglass Media Group.... EXCLUSIVE: Spyglass Media Group has made a deal to turn adventure photographer Ben Moon’s memoir Denali: A Man A Dog, A Friendship Of A Lifetime into a feature that will star Charlie Hunnam, with Max Winkler adapting and directing the touching drama abo...

Broadway Actress Laura Benanti Recently Tossed A Social Media Lifeline To Musical Theater Students Hit By The Shutdown; On May 2, She’ll Give Them A National Stage: Guest Column.... EXCLUSIVE: On March 13, two days after the coronavirus was declared a pandemic, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning Laura Benanti walked outside of her parents’ home in New Jersey – where the actress-singer was isolating with her husband and three-year-ol...

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Doesn’t Find Salvation Overseas; ‘Joker’ Jumps To $934M WW As It Seriously Eyes $1B – International Box Office.... UPDATE,writethru: Paramount/Skydance/Fox's Terminator: Dark Fate found little salvation in its wider offshore rollout this weekend. Handled overseas by Disney, it came in below pre-weekend projections, grossing $72.9M in 48 material markets (including a s...

Industry Leaders Explain Guidelines For Restarting Film And TV Production In Los Angeles, Deliver Them To County Supervisors.... Deadline reported yesterday that the 22-page "Proposed Health and Safety Guidelines for Motion Picture, Television, and Streaming Productions During the COVID-19 Pandemic" document was sent to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and California Gov. Gavin Newsom on...

Amid Criticism, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Says He Has Confidence In LAPD Chief Michel Moore: “I Know His Heart”.... Twenty-four hours after his chief of police, Michel Moore, ignited anger with comments equating looters with the officers in whose care George Floyd died, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti faced the media. Earlier in the day, at a public comment session of...

Judge Dismisses One America News Network Defamation Suit Against Rachel Maddow, MSNBC.... A federal judge in San Diego dismissed One America News Network’s defamation lawsuit against Rachel Maddow, MSNBC and Comcast, concluding that Maddow was stating her opinion when she said that the right-leaning channel "really, literally is paid Russian...

‘Helter Skelter’ Trailer: Epix’s Six-Part Charles Manson Docuseries Airs June 14.... Epix has dropped the trailer for Helter Skelter, its six-part docuseries about Charles Manson and his crimes. Just over 50 years after what came to be known as “The Tate–LaBianca murders,” Epix has produced the “most comprehensive” onscreen expl...

Lynn Shelton Dies: ‘Humpday’ And ‘Your Sister’s Sister’ Director Was 54.... Lynn Shelton, a director, writer and producer known for her work on Humpday and more recently the miniseries Little Fires Everywhere, died Friday in Los Angeles, a rep for Shelton told Deadline. She was 54. Shelton passed away from complications of a prev...

Neal Baer Developing Genetic Thriller Drama ‘The Edit’ As He Signs With Echo Lake Entertainment.... EXCLUSIVE: Veteran showrunner Neal Baer (Designated Survivor, Law & Order: SVU) has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment. His first project with the management, production and finance company is timely thriller drama The Edit. Co-written by Baer, who is a...

Coronavirus Whistleblower Rick Bright Warns Congressional Committee: “The Window Is Closing To Address This Pandemic”.... A whistleblower who was ousted from the Department of Health and Human Services warned a House committee on Thursday that “the window is closing” address the coronavirus pandemic, faulting the Trump administration for not acting quickly to address cri...

Universal Television Drums Up First-Look Deal With The Roots’ Production Company Two One Five Entertainment.... The Roots, the house band for NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, are drumming up new business for their production company Two One Five Entertainment after striking a first-look deal with Universal Television. Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Tar...

Paramount Pictures Promotes Brooke Robertson To Head Of Global Communications & Media Relations.... Entertainment Corporate Communications pro Brooke Robertson has been upped to Paramount Pictures’ Head of Global Communications and Media Relations. She will report to Paramount Pictures President and CEO Brian Robbins. Previously, Robertson...

L.A. County Passes Grim Milestone Of 2,000 Coronavirus-Related Deaths.... Coronavirus deaths in Los Angeles County crossed a grim milestone on Thursday, breaching the 2,000 threshold. That, as the number of COVID-related deaths in the U.S. nears 100,000. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Publi...

Ren & Stimpy Docu Lands At Gravitas; Talent Managers Erika Monroe-Williams & Sherry Kayne Launch Moxie Artists; 1091 Nabs ‘Ask No Questions’ Docu – Film Briefs.... Gravitas Ventures has secured the North American distribution rights to Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story, a feature docu directed by Ron Cicero and Kimo Easterwood. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will release in theaters an...

‘Clarice’: Elizabeth Klaviter Named Showrunner, Partners With Alex Kurtzman & Jenny Lumet On New CBS Series.... EXCLUSIVE: The Resident executive producer Elizabeth Klaviter has joined the newly picked-up CBS drama series Clarice, from Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, as executive producer/showrunner. Klaviter will serve as day-to-day showrunner on the Silence of the...

Red Arrow Studios International President Bo Stehmeier Returns To Off The Fence.... Red Arrow Studios International president Bo Stehmeier is leaving the sales house to rejoin Off The Fence, the Dutch producer and distributor acquired by ZDF Enterprises last year. Stehmeier has spent more than four years at Red Arrow and will remain with...

Most In-Demand Jobs In Post-Pandemic Hollywood? IATSE Sanitizers, Health Workers & Temperature Takers.... As Hollywood works with the unions and guilds to safely resume television and film production business, there is much discussion over the desire to lessen crew density on sets versus the desire of the guilds to protect the jobs of members heading...

AMC Entertainment Upgraded From Sell To Neutral By Exhibition Analyst: “Bankruptcy Risk Appears To Have Subsided”.... Shares of top exhibition circuit AMC Entertainment were upgraded by MKM Partners analyst Eric Handler from “sell” to “neutral” due to its progress in recovering from the devastating impact of COVID-19. Handler also raised his price target for the...

‘Black Bird’ Cinematographer Natalie Kingston On Restraining The Camera Movements To Highlight The “Dark Dialogue” – Production Value.... “There’s a lot of very tense, heavy scenes with a lot of dialogue,” says cinematographer Natalie Kingston. “A lot of the times, it was about restraint. It was about not moving the camera and just letting the audience sit uncomfortably in this tens...

‘Jagged Little Pill’ Swallows $1.1M In First Full Week; Broadway’s Total Box Office At $35M.... Jagged Little Pill, the Alanis Morissette musical that’s not about Alanis Morissette, joined the Million Dollar Club in its first full week on the Broadway grosses chart, taking in $1,107,845 for eight previews for the week ending Nov. 10. The Jagged ta...

Peter Bart: Reopening Hollywood Means Traumatic Adjustments, Higher Costs, Longer Shoots … In 1933.... The idea of re-opening seemed like a distant vision but now, suddenly, the shutdown is almost over and a resurgence is at hand. But on whose terms? Is this the moment for stars and working crews alike to demand new rules governing everything from working...

New Study Finds Underrepresented Writers Continue To Face Bias And Discrimination In TV Writers Rooms.... The Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity (TTIE) has released their second “Behind the Scenes: The State of Inclusion and Equity in TV Writing” report and although the industry has seen an increase in efforts to monitor and track representation in write...