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The first day of renewed talks between the studios and SAG-AFTRA ended with plans to meet again today. That, despite yesterday's decidedly unsuccessful conclave.
The AMPTP began Tuesday with what studio sources called a "generous” new take on what has been termed “success-based compensation.” Seeking to sidestep the trap that revenue sharing and a “subscriber levy” has become in the talks, the CEOs believed they had found a mechanism “to ensure that there are greater payouts to cast members,” as one insider put it.
The reaction was pretty clear out of the gate. The proposal “flopped,” an individual close to the deliberations told Deadline.
There were still a lot of raw feelings over the studios’ sudden decision to unilaterally suspend talks two weeks ago. But, on the positive side of the ledger, the two sides completed a near-full day of deliberations — which is much better than no talks at all 104 days into the current work stoppage. >>>Close On Many Issues
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Freddy's Ready - No one knew how big this was going to be, or is going to be, but Universal/Blumhouse’s feature take on beloved horror video game Five Nights at Freddy's is eying a $50 million-plus start — and possibly even more. >>>Fall's 2nd-Biggest Opening
Platonic Ideal - A UCLA study has found teens and young adults are not interested in romance and sex in plotlines of most TV shows and movies, while a majority are interested in content about friendships and platonic relationships. >>>Many Say Romance Is "Overused"
Globes Add More Shine - The Golden Globes has added Shivani Pandya Malhotra, Managing Director of the Red Sea International Film Festival, as the ninth and final member of its newly formed Membership Board of Directors. >>>To "Uphold And Enforce" Standards
In Brief - Journalism-world thriller Cold Copy starring Tracee Ellis Ross, Bel Powley and Jacob Tremblay has scored a distribution deal with Vertical…UTA has signed up Belgium’s buzzy rapper-turned-filmmaker Baloji, who made his directorial debut earlier this year with Omen…Juno Films has acquired North American and UK rights to Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Traveled, a portrait of the iconic Norwegian actress and filmmaker…UTA has signed Hirokazu Kore-eda, the internationally celebrated Japanese filmmaker known for titles such as Monster and Shoplifters, for representation in all areas. |
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Despite historical injustices, the Osage remain a trusting people. Case in point is their collaboration with Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro for Killers of the Flower Moon, bankrolled by Apple and just released globally.
For the Osage, renewed awareness of a largely unknown killing spree perpetrated upon their people will have a profound impact. That includes the removal of obstacles that may allow them to reclaim land and lease payment “headrights” that ended up outside tribal control.
Here, Osage’s Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear describes the dividends that might come from trusting the right people this time. >>>Read The Q&A |
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Exclusive Oscar-winner Halle Berry is set to star in psychological thriller The Process with Tara Miele directing. Berry will also produce alongside her producing partner Holly Jeter through their banner HalleHolly. Exclusive Nick Cannon is set to introduce new talent discovered during his Future Superstars Tour 2023. VH1 and Cannon’s Ncredible Entertainment have teamed on Nick Cannon Presents: Future Superstars, a new docuseries slated to premiere next month on VH1. The upcoming (abbreviated) eleventh season of NBC’s Chicago P.D. will be the last for Tracy Spiridakos, Deadline has confirmed. She will depart the Wolf Entertainment cop drama after eight seasons, seven of them as a series regular. Oscar winner Olivia Colman and Oscar nominee Dev Patel have been set to lead “twisted” romance Wicker, which Black Bear will be launching for sales at next week’s AFM. |
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More News 🖥️ YouTube advertising revenue increased 12% to $7.95 billion in the third quarter compared with the same period a year ago.
👋 Aaron Sorkin has left CAA and returned to WME following a controversial social media post about Israel by CAA’s co-head of motion pictures Maha Dakhil. |
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Trending  Ryan Gosling got a much-deserved Gotham Awards nomination for playing Ken in Barbie.
🔻 Three weeks on, House Republicans failed in two separate votes yesterday to get either Majority Whip Tom Emmer or vice chair of the House Republican Conference Mike Johnson elected Speaker. |
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OBITUARIES
🕯 Richard Roundtree, who broke ground with his signature role in the Shaft movie franchise, passed away Oct. 24 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81. Roundtree’s career spanned five decades and included everything from his most popular blaxploitation role to a very early appearance on As the World Turns in 1956 to being a Season 2 main cast member on Ava DuVernay’s OWN series Cherish the Day last year. 🕯 Bill Kenwright , the British West End theater and movie producer, who also acted in Coronation Street, has died aged 78. Kenwright was one of the UK’s most successful theater producers, with credits including the likes of Blood Brothers, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Cabaret. His other hits include The Wizard of Oz, Jekyll & Hyde and Evita. Kenwright also produced a wealth of movies, starting out with 1991’s Stepping Out and ending most recently with The Critic this year. Other movie credits included Chéri, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart and Broken.
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On the Radar
Wed - AFI Fest begins
Thu - Comcast, TelevisaUnivision earnings; American Horror Stories S3 debuts
Fri - Final Netflix DVDs due back; Billions S7 finale
Tue - AFM begins |
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Spotlight - Dancing with the Stars paid tribute to late judge Len Goodman with a waltz set to “Moon River” by current pros and past faves Kym Johnson, Anna Trebunskaya, Karina Smirnoff, Edyta Sliwinska, Tony Dovolani, Louis van Amstel, Maks Chmerkovskiy and Mark Ballas. It ended with the troupe gesturing to an empty middle chair on the judges’ dais. Nearby, Goodman's former colleagues Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli openly wept. |
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