Few people embody the act of balancing legacy media with the digital frontier quite like Bill Owens. As the executive producer of 60 Minutes, he is the caretaker of a broadcast TV franchise well into its sixth decade, one of the few pieces of programming outside of NFL football capable of drawing mass tune-in. He is also aiming to deliver news about topics like the 2024 election, China, Gaza, the southern U.S. border, Cillian Murphy, and many more in a way that Gen Z cord-nevers can engage with it. Starting last season, the show began putting full episodes on YouTube three days after their linear premiere. “I really do want to meet viewers where there’s interest,” he told Deadline in an interview in the show’s headquarters on Manhattan’s Far West Side. “We’re not trying to grab people on social media or TikTok by being something that 60 Minutes isn’t. We want to use the same language, we don’t want to do silly things. … And there’s an audience for that. I don’t care how old you are.”
Owens also says he is questioning many conventions of how the show has covered elections in the past. Because "a lot of people haven't made up their mind," he said, the show will be aiming to educate more than ever. >>>Weathering Change
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TV Contraction Reaction - Lionsgate Television is reducing the number of its development deals by more than half, sources tell Deadline. The move comes on the heels of Lionsgate’s acquisition of indie TV studio eOne from Harbro, which was completed at the end of December. >>>Follows Two-Month Review Cannes: An Early Look - With the 77th edition of the great cinema showcase less than three months away, the blurred outline of a lineup is beginning to emerge. At this stage, the process of elimination is as telling as the process of inclusion: Hardly any films have been guaranteed a slot by the festival, but we’re starting to get some clarity on which projects are likely to be ready and which are leaning towards a different launch strategy. Read Part 1 of Deadline's festival preview to get the latest on Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Emmanuelle , Paolo Sorrentino's newest project and much more. >>>Less Blockbuster Firepower?
Mila Kunis Gets Romatic - Skydance has closed a deal with Mila Kunis to produce and star in The 47 Night Stand, a new film scripted by 4x Emmy nominee Greg Malins (Friends, How I Met Your Mother). >>>Early Stages
From Boy Band To Man - Paramount Pictures has slotted Robbie Williams biopic Better Man for an exclusive qualifying release on December 25, followed by a wide theatrical release on January 17 in the heat of awards season. >>>Studio Senses A Winner
BBC Eying 'Sky's Edge' - BBC commissioning executives are booked to see the award-winning musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge, which opens Wednesday night at the Gillian Lynne Theatre following its transfer from a sold-out season at the National Theatre. >>>Baz Bamigboye's Column
High Hopes For Lower Budgets - The bosses of Doctor Who co-producer Bad Wolf and Crown maker Left Bank both told Deadline they have started nurturing a development pot for shows that cost less to make than their previous fare. >>>"Exciting, Challenging And Creative"
In Brief - Katey Sagal signs with CAA...Wiip pptions Babel fantasy novel |
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It is the busiest time of the year for Doha Film Institute (DFI) CEO Fatma Hassan Al Remaihi and her team as they gear up the 10th edition of the org’s Qumra talent and project incubator.
From March 1 to 6, some 250 professionals – including this year’s Qumra Masters Leos Carax, Toni Collette, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Martín Hernández and Jim Sheridan – will gather in Doha to support 40 projects by emerging directors, selected from recent DFI grantees.
“It’s been intense,” Hassan Al Remaihi tells Deadline on the eve of Qumra. “I’ve never seen Qatar as busy as it’s been this past month.” >>>Read The Interview |
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Eva Longoria, Ismael Cruz Cordova (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Jack Kesy (Hellboy: The Crooked Man) and Marshawn Lynch have joined Amazon MGM’s Eddie Murphy heist comedy The Pickup.
Paramount announced a Naked Gun reboot starring Liam Neeson for July 18, 2025. Akiva Schaffer will direct and executive produce.
Lex Scott Davis has been cast as the female lead opposite Stephen Amell in the NBC drama pilot Suits L.A., a new extension of the Suits universe from Aaron Korsh, creator and writer of the original series.
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Onetime The Outpost star Jessica Green is returning to the CW for her second series at the network, as a series regular in The Librarians: The Next Chapter, a spinoff of the fantasy adventure series, from writer and executive producer Dean Devlin.
Nick Offerman and Betty Gilpin have joined Matthew Macfadyen and Michael Shannon in Netflix’s President Garfield assassination series Death By Lightning.
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David Dastmalchian (Oppenheimer) has been tapped to star opposite Alexander Skarsgård in Apple TV+‘s new sci-fi series Murderbot from Academy Award nominees Chris and Paul Weitz.
In Brief - Hacks adds Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Lloyd,more... Tristan Mack Wilds to star in The Day Before Christmas... Adam Beach cast in new film from Garry A. Brown... Yvonne Strahovski joins Peacock’s Teacup |
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More News 🧙♂️The Rings of Power showrunners, Patrick McKay and JD Payne, are staying in business with Amazon MGM Studios. The duo signed a new exclusive overall deal with the studio, and have launched their own prodco, 10:40 PM Productions. 🖥️ Mehdi Hasan is forming a new subscription digital media company following his exit from MSNBC. The new company is called Zeteo, which means to “seek out,” and it bills itself as having a “strong bias for the truth and an unwavering belief in the media’s responsibility to the public.”
🚦 The Donovans, a new series loosely based on Showtime’s popular drama Ray Donovan, is set at Paramount+, with Guy Ritchie attached to direct and executive produce. Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett will pen all 10 episodes of the series. |
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 Fox News topped its rivals with an average of 2.07 million primetime viewers in February
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Obituaries
🕯 Richard Lewis, one of America’s most beloved and revered stand-up comics who also played a fictionalized version of himself on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, died Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack. He was 76. 🕯 Buddy Duress, the actor who appeared in two Safdie Brothers films, including 2017’s Good Time starring Robert Pattinson, died last November of what his brother said this week was “cardiac arrest from a drug cocktail.” Duress was 38. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024 Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar
Fri - Dune: Part Two released
Sat - ASC Awards; ACE Eddies
Mon - IATSE and AMPTP begin negotiations; Trump D.C. election interference trial begins
Tue - Bob Iger at Morgan Stanley conference |
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'The Crow' Flies - The first photos of Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs in the remake of The Crow were released, offering a glimpse into the new take on James O’Barr’s original graphic novel. |
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