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‘Shōgun’ Director Jonathan Van Tulleken To Adapt Andrew Michael Hurley’s Novel ‘The Loney’ For TV

Shogun director Jonathan van Tulleken will lead a TV adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s debut novel, The Loney. In a competitive situation, New Regency Television International acquired rights to the book and has attached van Tulleken, who will direct and executive-produce the initial episodes of…

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Former UTA Partner Jim Meenaghan Joins Stampede Ventures As COO

Former UTA Partner, Co-Head of Independent Film and Head of Motion Picture Business Affairs Jim Meenaghan has joined Stampede Ventures as Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, founder and CEO Greg Silverman announced on Wednesday. In the newly formed COO position, Meenaghan will oversee the…

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‘Motorheads’ Adds Matt Lanter & Sophia Esperanza In Recurring Roles

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Lanter (Jupiter’s Legacy) and newcomer Sophia Esperanza have joined Prime Video’s Motorheads cast in recurring roles, Deadline has learned exclusively. From writer/showrunner John A. Norris, Motorheads is about first love, first heartbreak, and turning the key in your very first car…

‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Director Barry Jenkins Responds To Criticism Over Disney Prequel

Barry Jenkins is defending himself over criticism for helming the Disney prequel Mufasa: The Lion King. After the trailer for The Lion King prequel dropped, fans of the Moonlight director took shots at him over his involvement with the film. One social media user on X, the social media platform…

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Timbaland To Exec Produce TV Adaptation Of Graphic Novel ‘Neon Empire’

EXCLUSIVE: Timbaland is getting into graphic novels and television. The music producer behind Justin Timberlake's Cry Me A River and Missy Elliott's Supa Dupa Fly is getting involved in Neon Empire. Neon Empire, which was created by Jared Gutstadt, founder and CEO of podcast company Audio Up…

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SAG-AFTRA Members Nearly Unanimously Ratify New Sound Recordings Code

SAG-AFTRA members have nearly unanimously approved the union’s new Sound Recordings Code. The deal, which runs through 2026, received 97.69% yes votes. The major record labels covered by the agreement include Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Disney Music Group…

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Hundreds More Layoffs Incoming At VFX Firm DNEG

EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds more layoffs are incoming at Dune and Oppenheimer VFX firm DNEG. Deadline is told that the outfit has kicked off a consultation process in at least the UK and Canada, which could see an exodus of around 5% of DNEG's circa-10,000-strong global workforce. DNEG had not responded to…

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On the first day of Netflix Is a Joke Fest 2024, Netflix has announced seven new comedy specials from Ali Wong, Bert Kreischer, Deon Cole, Fortune Feimster, Gabriel Iglesias, Jo Koy and Michelle Buteau. Both Cole and Wong will tape their new hours at the festival, with Cole’s filming at The Los…

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EXCLUSIVE: Following her breakout role as Shin Hati in the hit Star Wars series Ahsoka, Ivanna Sakhno has found her next big role. Sources tell Deadline she has landed a major part in M3GAN 2.0, a sequel to the hit film from Atomic Monster and Blumhouse in association with Divide/Conquer. She joins a cast…

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EXCLUSIVE: Film finance and sales company Concourse Media has acquired international rights to the psychological period thriller Long Shadows and will launch sales at the upcoming Cannes market. The film stars Dermot Mulroney (Anyone But You), Jacqueline Bisset (Bullitt), and Dominic Monaghan (The Lor…

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EXCLUSIVE: Chris Stuckmann and Aaron B. Koontz of Paper Street Pictures have added genre specialists Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Pictures as executive producers on their record-breaking Kickstarter-backed horror film Shelby Oaks, which is in post-production. The 2022…

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Christian Kelley Joins ‘Shelved’ Producer Counterfeit Pictures

EXCLUSIVE: Shelved producer Counterfeit Pictures has hired Canadian networks veteran Christian Kelley. Effective May 21, the long-time Bell Media exec will join as Director of Scripted Television, overseeing both development and production. Over the past two decades, Kelley has worked on…