California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in an interview Monday that he has been “deeply involved with talking” to both sides of the long-running Writers Guild strike and “we’re going to be meeting again later this week.”
In an exclusive sit-down with Dana Bash, clips of which aired on CNN, the governor responded to her question by saying he hasn’t been out on the picket line — as New York Gov. Kathy Hochul briefly was last month — because he’s in “a different position.”
When she asked why, he continued: “[I’m] trying to be constructive on both sides, to utilize the formal authority I have as governor, the convening capacity I have as governor, the moral authority I can bring into the conversation to try to get everybody to the table."
Newsom added: “I’m encouraged by the conversations over this last weekend. I’m not going to overstate that, and I’m encouraged that they’re meeting again later this week.” >>>WGA & SAG-AFTRA's "Existential Stress" |
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Lionsgate Suspends Deals - Lionsgate Television has joined other studios in suspending overall and first-look deals with non-writing producers who are not rendering services due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Those impacted include Paul Feig‘s Feigco Entertainment, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum's The Tannenbaum Co., Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly's Timberman/Beverly Productions, Michael London's Groundswell Productions and Power universe star Joseph Sikora. >>> October 1 Milestone
What Would Lew Do? - Casey Wasserman says the first thing his grandfather would do is get the sides talking. "It’s hard to solve problems if you’re not talking to each other,” Wasserman told Deadline. >>>Larger Consideration
Netflix Lands 'Hit Man' - Netflix closed a $20 million deal on Hit Man, making the biggest deal at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and of the year for that matter. After the Richard Linklater-directed noir comic thriller debuted to raves at Venice, the film was expected to fetch the biggest deal of the fall festivals so far. It did not disappoint. >>>Theatrical Component
A New-Look Showtime - Looking to reinvent its comedy brand, Showtime is developing Jonah Kills, a UK-based comedy created and written by Clem Garritty. It hails from Jax Media UK, which commissioned up-and-comer Garritty to generate scripts before the comedy was pitched. Deadline hears the intention is to cast and film a pilot after the strikes. Veteran TV director Iain B. MacDonald (Poker Face, Shantaram) has been tapped to direct it. >>> Network In Transition
Magnum Opus - S.S. Rajamouli is currently assembling a production team for a new movie about the birth and rise of Indian Cinema. Rajamouli is ‘presenting’ which over in India is a bigger title than producer on a film, though akin to how Hollywood views the role of a producer. >>>"Huge Scale" To Tale
In Brief - Byron Allen’s Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American VOD rights to Our Worlds Collide, a poetry-themed documentary executive produced by Rosario Dawson that will be released in early 2024… Daniel Wu is co-writing and developing a comic book series with veteran Marvel, DC and Valiant artist Sean Chen, with plans to adapt the property for film and TV starring Wu. |
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Wes Anderson has forged an enduring and wholly unexpected connection with the works of British author Roald Dahl, author of joyously anti-authoritarian romps for kids and ominous morality tales for adults. Having forged a link with the Dahl estate, Anderson has since returned to that wellspring of ideas for a series of short, live-action films that show a remarkable degree of synthesis between the director and the author. The flagship short is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, the head-spinning take of a wealthy idler (Benedict Cumberbatch) who discovers the story of an Indian mystic who can see with his eyes closed and applies those ideas to gambling. This conversation took place in Venice the day after Anderson was awarded that festival’s Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award. >>> Read The Interview |
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Angelique Cabral (Big Sky, Life in Pieces) is set to star in the Disney Animation feature Wish, Deadline has learned. She will voice Queen Amaya opposite Chris Pine, who stars as King Magnifico, ruler of the magical kingdom of Rosas, where wishes really do come true.
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André Holland (Passing), Kate Mara (Black Mirror), Zazie Beetz (The Harder They Fall) and Stephen McKinley Henderson (Beau Is Afraid) are set to star in The Dutchman , a psychological thriller based on the Obie Award-winning play by Amiri Baraka that has landed a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement.
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Emily Mann, who directed Daphne Rubin-Vega in the 2012 Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, will re-team with both the actor and the playwright in December with an Off Broadway revival of The Night of the Iguana co-starring Tim Daly.
Teen Wolf alum Tyler Posey has joined the cast of the upcoming season of MTV’s The Surreal Life, the revival of the iconic VH1 series. Posey shared the news on Instagram. He joins previously-announced cast Macy Gray, Chet Hanks, Ally Brooke, O.T. Genasis, Kim Zolciak, Johnny Weir and Josie Conseco.
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Sean Young will make her New York stage debut as slain B-movie star Susan Cabot in an Off Broadway production of Rider McDowell’s play Ode To The Wasp Woman. The play, which begins previews Oct. 30 at The Actors Temple Theatre, chronicles the last 48 hours in the lives of four 1950s B-movie actors. |
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🎢 Disney plans to double its spending on theme parks over the next 10 years compared with the prior decade, reaching $60 billion over that span. As the company convened an investor summit in Orlando, FL, it put out an SEC filing and blog post outlining its vision. There is unexplored acreage and also an addressable market of 700 million people with "affinity" for the Disney brand who are not currently being reached by a park, the company maintains. Its stock dropped 3% after the news.
📺 Linear TV viewership made somewhat of a comeback in August after dropping to an all-time low in July, Nielsen reported in its latest monthly state of TV report, The Gauge. Combined viewing for broadcast and cable managed to eke back to 50.6% of total TV usage, with broadcast recording its first gain since January.
🎬 Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts will lead a new production unit for ABC News Studios, with a dedicated staff and plans to produce nonfiction specials, series and documentaries for the network, Hulu and Disney+.
❌ YouTube has suspended revenue on Russell Brand’s channel after the British comedian was accused of rape and sexual assault. “If a creator’s off-platform behavior harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action to protect the community,” a YouTube spokesperson said.
🏈 ABC is loading up on a slew of extra NFL games in a bid to bolster its fall schedule. The Disney-owned network has added 10 Monday Night Football simulcasts to its strike-hit schedule.
💰 Magna Global said in a 2024 forecast that advertising on national TV, factoring out the election and other cyclical events, will be down 3% and local TV will slip 5%. But the boost from the presidential race will definitely be significant. Local TV ad revenue is expected to grow by 28% over 2023 levels thanks to an incremental $5.7 billion generated by political demand along with spot inflation.
🤝 Sports and music representation powerhouse Wasserman has finalized its acquisition of Brillstein Entertainment Partners, the venerable Hollywood management and production company. Terms were not disclosed. |
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Trending  Yellowstone made some noise with its broadcast debut on CBS. Sunday's premiere episode pulled in 6.56M viewers, making it the top entertainment program of the week, according to fast nationals from Nielsen. It’s also the largest audience for a scripted series on the broadcast networks since the season finale of NCIS in late May.
🔻 Tim Ballard, the real-life founder and onetime CEO of Operation Underground Railroad who is portrayed by Jim Caviezel in the indie hit Sound of Freedom, was the subject of sexual misconduct allegations and a related investigation involving seven women, according to a story published by Vice. |
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OBITUARIES
🕯 Pete Kozachik, a visual effects and stop-motion artist whose work on acclaimed animated films by Tim Burton, Henry Selick and others brought recognition and an Oscar nomination, died Sept. 12 at his California home in the Bay Area following a years-long battle with aphasia and primary progressive aphasia. He was 72. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Wed - American Horror Story S12 premieres
Thu - Made on YouTube creator event
Sat - First day of fall; Strike Force Three live podcast in Las Vegas
Sun - Yom Kippur begins; Krapopolis debuts
Mon - SAG-AFTRA video game strike voting ends |
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Hard Knocks - On Monday Night Football, Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb suffered a leg injury so gruesome that ABC refused to show the replay: "Yeah, we're not going to show it. It's as bad as you can imagine," said analyst Troy Aikman.
It’s the second major injury in two weeks on MNF. Last Monday, future Hall-of-Famer Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles in the fourth play of the game. |
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