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- 8 Oct
- Vulture· 8 OctDisney’s Kimmel Dilemma
Company president Dana Walden made it clear the future of ABC’s late-night franchise is anything but certain.
- Vulture· 8 OctSebastian Maniscalco Just Needs Some ‘Time’
The comedian says dropping middle-class stand-ups from the roster of his radio station was SiriusXM’s decision but pledges to highlight more voices.
- Variety· 8 OctRooster Teeth Founders Matt Hullum and Burnie Burns Reunite for Christmas Horror Movie ‘Bad Toys’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Rooster Teeth founders Matt Hullum and Burnie Burns have teamed up for a new Christmas horror-comedy movie, “Bad Toys,” now in development. Hullum serves as writer-director, while Burns is executive producer.
- Deadline· 8 OctCarla Gugino, Fred Hechinger, Tom Pecinka & Riley Prior Join Off Broadway’s ‘A View From The Bridge’
Additional cast for the upcoming Off Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge has been announced. Joining previously announced Sam Rockwell and Alfred Molina will be Carla Gugino, Fred Hechinger, Tom Pecinka and Riley Prior.
- Deadline· 8 OctJennifer Coolidge Returns For Season 2 Of ‘The Watcher’
The real estate agent who sold Naomi Watts’ Nora Brannock and Bobby Cannavale’s Dean Brannock their nightmare home is returning for season two of The Watcher.
- Deadline· 8 Oct‘The Traitors: New Blood’ Attracts Fresh Meat On NBC & Peacock
EXCLUSIVE: American audiences are buying into NBCUniversal’s expansion of The Traitors. The Traitors: New Blood has raked in more than 7 million new cross-platform viewers to the franchise within its first two weeks, according to internal data.
- Deadline· 8 OctParamount And Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Developing Movie Based On ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Video Game
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action film set in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe, based on CD Projekt Red’s best-selling action-adventure RPG.
- Variety· 8 OctABC Orders Drama Pilot ‘Rabbit’ Based on UK Series ‘Ludwig’ From Megan Ganz & Humphrey Ker
ABC has ordered a drama pilot that is based on the popular BBC One series “Ludwig,” Variety has learned. The pilot, which marks ABC’s first of this year, hails from co-writers Megan Ganz and Humphrey Ker, who are also executive producers.
- Variety· 8 Oct‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Season 2: Eric Stonestreet to Return
Eric Stonestreet is officially set to return for “Dexter: Resurrection” Season 2. Stonestreet made a surprise appearance at the show’s New York Comic-Con panel on Thursday to make the announcement. Other panelists included Michael C.
- Variety· 8 Oct‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Earns Best Brooklyn Week Ratings in 11 Years, Up 21% from Last Year (EXCLUSIVE)
With 2.66 million total viewers, “Jimmy Kimmel Live” topped late-night for the second week in a row this season. This time, it was for Kimmel’s week of live Brooklyn-based shows from the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House.
- Deadline· 8 OctTurner Classic Movies To Sit Within Skydance Film Group
EXCLUSIVE: Three years ago, following the last merger involving Warner Bros., Turner Classic Movies came under the spotlight, after filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson called an emergency meeting with David Zaslav about restructuring the…
- Literary Hub· 8 OctTaiwan Travelogue translator Lin King is calling out publishing’s “relay translation” practices.
Translator and writer Lin King released a statement on Instagram on Tuesday laying out her claim of copyright infringement of her Booker-Prize-winning English translation of Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-Zǐ, originally written in Mandarin and titled Táiwān Màn Yóu Lù
- Variety· 8 OctPrincess Diana’s Brother Says Kristen Stewart’s ‘Spencer’ Was ‘Terrible’ but ‘I Was Intrigued by How Good She Was at Capturing Diana’
Princess Diana’s younger brother Charles Spencer said Kristen Stewart nailed it in Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer” but called the movie “terrible” during an interview with Tina Brown at a McNally Jackson Books Event.
- Variety· 8 OctAva DuVernay’s Doc ‘14th’ to Submit New Original Song by Brittany Howard and Robert Glasper for Oscars Consideration (EXCLUSIVE)
Ava DuVernay’s nonfiction sequel “14th” is set to world premiere as the closing-night film of the New York Film Festival on Friday, Oct.
14th - Deadline· 8 OctChuck Lorre Has Message For Trump Tonight Via ‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’ Vanity Card
Chuck Lorre is thanking the White House for its “very public concern” over his mental health – or, as an administration spokesperson called it, “Trump Derangement Syndrome” – but something tells us the Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage producer is being something less than…
Also atVariety - Deadline· 8 OctAt Hearing On Trump’s White House Ban, Judge Presses DOJ On Different Justifications For Freezing Out CNN, MS NOW And Politico
A federal judge said he will rule by Tuesday on Donald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds, while he pressed the government’s lawyers on the different justifications offered by the president and in the DOJ’s legal defense. U.S.
- Deadline· 8 OctSkydance Shares Rebound After David Ellison And Top Execs Ring Opening Bell At New York Stock Exchange
It may be a coincidence – or investor bargain-hunting – but Skydance shares have rebounded Thursday after David Ellison and other top execs rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Halfway through the trading day, the stock was at $9.42, up 6%.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 8 OctTV’s So White Again: Diversity Now Seen as “Optional”
After a couple years of major progress, creators of color are seeing “real regression,” the president of the TV Academy tells THR.
- Deadline· 8 OctAldis Hodge And Wunmi Mosaku To Star In Orion Pictures Thriller ‘One Night Out’ With George Tillman Jr. Directing
EXCLUSIVE: Aldis Hodge and Wunmi Mosaku are set to star in One Night Out for Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures. George Tillman Jr. will direct. The film will be available to stream on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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