Nautilus, the UK live-action Captain Nemo series commissioned by Disney+ two years ago, is no longer headed to the streamer, Deadline has learned.
The move came one day after Disney+ announced it will not proceed with The Spiderwick Chronicles, a live-action series adaptation of the popular children’s fantasy books. Among the reasons cited is a desire to focus on Disney-owned IP.
Over the past couple of months, dozens of original series and specials were taken off Disney+ as well as Hulu. They include National Treasure, Big Shot, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Diary of a Future President and Turner & Hooch. And on Friday, the streamer announced that there will be no third season for Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
Disney CEO Bob Iger also announced a pullback in new Marvel and Star Wars shows and movies for Disney+.
Like The Spiderwick Chronicles, which is currently being shopped by lead studio Paramount Television Studios, Nautilus has been shot; it started filming in February 2022 in Australia. Disney+ is working with the production team to find a new home for Nautilus, with meetings and screenings underway.
The decisions are part of Disney’s streaming content removal plan unveiled in May, for which the company is taking an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion. Word of the charge followed the February announcement by Disney that it intends to cut $3 billion in non-sports content spending across the company. >>>Emphasis Now On "Content Curation" |
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A Photo Finish - With National Cinema Day on Sunday and all tickets for all movies costing $4 – a celebration bringing mixed emotions to those in the industry – many box office watchers are seeing Sony’s Gran Turismo waving the checkered flag with around $17.3M. Warner Bros. is calling Barbie's sixth weekend at $17.1M while rivals show it at a $15.1M take. >>>Quarrel Over Gran Turismo Numbers
Notes On The Season(s) - The collision of awards seasons is about to happen. Just as folks get ready to head out to Venice/Telluride/Toronto and inaugurate Oscar season, the Emmy campaigns are on their final sprint. >>>Pete Hammond's Column
Bill Pohlad: The Film That Lit My Fuse - This week’s subject is Bill Pohlad, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker who just saw the release of his second consecutive film he directed based on a real music tale. Dreamin’ Wild is the story of Donnie Emerson, a tyro who saw early success, but whose dreams just didn’t come true. Pohlad made this movie after directing the superb Love & Mercy, the story of genius Beach Boys songwriter/singer Brian Wilson. Find out how Francis Coppola’s Apocalypse Now showed him the way. >>> Watch
Oscar Gold - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is once again tidying up its finances with a bond offering. The Academy has posted notice on the Electronic Municipal Market Access website of 18 separate issues with total face value of about $127 million, one issue maturing each year from 2024 to 2041. A person familiar with the offering said it was made on Thursday with an overall yield of 3.77%, saving the Academy about $1 million a year when compared to the bonds being replaced. >>> $465M In Outstanding Debt |
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These are good times for Eric Appel, who not only had a DGA Award nomination for his work as a director this season, he is also a double nominee as co-writer and producer of Roku’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. That film, which had its world premiere a year ago at the Toronto Film Festival, winning the People’s Choice Award in the Midnight Madness section, has been nominated for eight Emmys overall. Here, Appel talks about all this good fortune, as well as his beginnings at Funny Or Die, a job that has led him ultimately to the Emmys. >>> Watch It |
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🏆 Shakira is set to receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 MTV VMAs. The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, September 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The “Te Felicito” singer is already a four-time VMAs winner and is nominated this year for four Moon Person trophies including Best Collaboration, Best Latin and Artist of the Year.
🍿 Christopher Nolan is the first major Hollywood filmmaker since Covid to stroll a red carpet in China. His latest film, Oppenheimer, premiered at Universal Studios’ CityWalk Imax theater in Beijing, followed by a stop in Shanghai for more screenings and fan interaction.
👀 The reality of reality TV might soon be brought out into the spotlight, after Bravo and NBCUniversal said they are OK with their shows' cast and crew speaking out about working conditions. Less than week after another letter from lawyers for Bethenny Frankel went to NBCU brass over claims of sexual violence, booze and the “grotesque and depraved mistreatment of the reality stars and crew members,” the Comcast-owned media company says NDAs have never stopped series participants from talking about alleged illegal activity. |
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Trending  Simone Biles won a new national title and made history. The athlete delivered a strong performance at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, CA, and scored her eighth national title. Biles broke a tie with Alfred Jochim, who held the record up since 1933 — 90 years ago.
🔻 Forcibly kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain’s victory in the Women’s World Cup may cost Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales his job. On Saturday, FIFA suspended Rubiales while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final. Hermoso has said she did not consent to the kiss, which occurred during a medal ceremony on a stage set up on the field. |
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OBITUARIES
🕯 Bob Barker, the longtime host of television game show The Price Is Right, has died at age 99. “It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker, has left us,” publicist Roger Neal said in a statement Saturday. No cause was given. Barker spent more than half a century on TV, taking over as host of the popular game show Truth or Consequences in 1956 and retiring from The Price Is Right in 2007. A longtime animal rights activist, Barker ended each episode of The Price Is Right with the plea: “Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered.” 🕯 Arleen Sorkin, known for voicing Harley Quinn across the animated DC Universe, has died. She was 67. Sorkin began her career in television in 1982 with an appearance on Saturday Night Live as a background actor. In 1987 she was part of the cast of the sitcom Duet and would go on to appear in Open House, Dream On and Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss. In 1992, Sorkin began voicing Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated Series and would reprise the role in other shows. Sorkin also played Calliope Jones Bradford in the NBC daytime soap Days of Our Lives. 🕯 Bernie Marsden, the British guitarist who played with David Coverdale’s Whitesnake in the late ’70s and early ’80s and co-wrote hits including “Here I Go Again” and “Fool for Your Loving” and had a long solo career, died Thursday. He was 72. 🕯 The body of 22-year-old social media influencer Beauty Couch was found last week near a vehicle engulfed in flames in Austell, GA, near Atlanta. On Sunday, her boyfriend was arrested and charged with murder. Couch was a roller skating Instagram influencer, with 147,000 followers on the social media app 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Mon - Trump's first Jan. 6 hearing; U.S. Open Tennis Championships begin in NYC
Wed - Venice Film Festival opens
Fri - Telluride begins; Disneyland workers' contract expires |
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A Streamy Event - Dylan Mulvaney was among the presenters at the Streamy Awards, where she took home the trophy for Breakout Creator. Mulvaney ended her speech with a nod to her Bud Light-related controversy saying, “I’m gonna go have a beer and I love ya.” |
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