Shawn Ryan, whose drama thriller The Night Agent was the most watched TV series of 2023 on Netflix, has signed a big, four-year overall deal with the streaming giant, sources tell Deadline.
The prolific creator, executive producer and showrunner landed at Netflix in a competitive situation, with his current studio home, Sony Pictures TV, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. TV among those said to be in pursuit. The pact with Netflix will start after Ryan’s current overall deal with Sony TV expires at the end of October. >>>Eight Figures, With Generous Guarantees |
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Climbing The Mountain - Yet another potential dealmaker has surfaced in the Paramount Global scrum as entertainment veteran and beverage billionaire Edgar Bronfman Jr. is mulling a bid for Shari Redstone's National Amusements Inc., Paramount's controlling shareholder. As word of Bronfman's interest surfaced Monday, Redstone‘s camp remained deep in talks with Skydance Media about a two-step transaction that would see it merge with all of Paramount. Producer Steven Paul has also assembled a group of deep-pocketed investors for a run at NAI. >>> Bronfman & Paul's Offers Said To Top Skydance's Channel 4 Investigation - Channel 4 has ordered an independent investigation into the death of a producer who took his own life after working on the UK broadcaster’s true crime series In the Footsteps of Killers. John Balson died on May 17, having spent weeks experiencing intense physical pain and mental anguish after what his wife said were threats from someone associated with a person he was researching. >>> Medical Issues
Where Movies Wither, Museums Bloom - A new folk museum devoted to popular movies and television shows is rising in Santa Monica just across the street from the erstwhile Arclight cinema, where you might have watched Star Trek Beyond or Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens before Covid and film industry malaise killed that almost-new theater. >>>Michael Cieply's Column
A "Yes" From Yang - After a long run at NBCUniversal, writer, producer and director Alan Yang has signed a big overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. Under the multi-year pact, he will develop and produce new TV projects exclusively for the studio. >>>Two-Decade Career
Culton Joins Chu On Seuss Journey - Animation veteran Jill Culton has joined Jon M. Chu as directing partner of the Warner Bros Pictures Animation adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic Oh, the Places You’ll Go! The pic is a big priority for the studio, being done with Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Bad Robot. >>>Original Songs From Pasek & Paul
The Dish With Kish - She may be new to hosting Top Chef, but this experience isn’t that new for Kristen Kish. As the winner of Season 10, Kish was chosen to host when Padma Lakshmi announced her departure from the series after almost two decades. Though the task seemed daunting at first, Kish quickly realized it wasn’t that different from being a chef. >>> ”I’ve Done All This Stuff Before”
Going 'Wild’ - A key principle underpinning DreamWorks Animation‘s The Wild Robot — directed and written by Chris Sanders, produced by Jeff Hermann and starring Lupita Nyong’o as the voice of Roz the robot — is that kindness matters, say the filmmakers. “Motherhood is at the core of the whole thing and we’ve been able to dig into the emotional ballast,” Sanders tells Deadline’s Baz Bamigboye. >>> Read The Column
Sound & Screen Stream - Deadline on Friday hosted Sound & Screen Television, the latest incarnation of its awards-season music franchise that puts the spotlight on composers and their work on the year’s buzziest TV series. In addition to panel conversations with the key creatives behind the shows’ songs and scores, the music was performed with a full orchestra onstage at UCLA’s Royce Hall in front of a full house of TV Academy and key guild voters. >>> Watch The Q&As
In Brief - Lisa Joy & Jonathan Nolan sign with CAA |
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When Angelina Jolie announced nearly a year ago that she’d signed on as a producer of the Broadway-bound musical The Outsiders, folks in the theater community could be forgiven for assuming she was merely the latest in a long and ever-growing line of celebrities willing to either raise money or share fame in exchange for a credit in Playbill.
Those folks would have been wrong.
“Angelina was in the room a lot,” says Outsiders director Danya Taymor, explaining that the Oscar-winning actress (for Girl, Interrupted) offered creative notes, suggestions and even guidance and advice for the show’s young cast, many of whom were making their Broadway debuts.
So how did Jolie and Taymor come to forge such an effective team? Turns out, they owe their thanks to Jolie’s 15-year-old daughter, Vivienne. >>>Read The Interview |
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Eric Dane has been tapped to star opposite Jensen Ackles and Jessica Camacho in Countdown, Prime Video’s thriller drama series from One Chicago veteran Derek Haas.
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Hallmark Channel is reuniting Lacey Chabert and Brennan Elliott for His & Hers (working title), a new movie set to premiere later this year during the network’s annual Fall into Love programming event.
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The upcoming Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere is continuing to add to its ensemble cast, as Paul Walter Hauser is in negotiations to join the film.
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Emmy-winning actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen ll will star in and executive produce Netflix’s upcoming series Man on Fire.
In Brief - Shirley MacLaine & Stephen Dorff set for indie People Not Places... Olivia Holt & Mason Gooding making Heart Eyes... Ed Brubaker’s Criminal adds trio... Erin Kellyman joins 28 Years Later... Julianna Margulies not returning to The Morning Show |
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More News 💃🏻 Broadway musical & Juliet, the playful, pop-infused show that gives Shakespeare’s lovestruck heroine a second chance at life, has recouped its $17 million capitalization. It is the first new musical of the 2022-23 season to turn a profit, and only the fourth new musical to reach that milestone since the Covid pandemic shutdown.
🗯 Ben Potter, the popular YouTube personality known as Comicstorian, died June 8 in what his wife Nathalie Potter called “an unfortunate accident.” He was 40. Details of his death, including a specific cause and location, were not disclosed in his wife’s statement Monday on X.
✨ Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are in negotiations to return for Practical Magic 2, a sequel to Warner Bros‘ 1998 romantic fantasy. Akiva Goldsman, who penned the original film alongside Robin Swicord and Adam Brooks, will return to write the screenplay. Bullock and Kidman are expected to produce alongside the original’s Denise Di Novi.
🖼️ The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is addressing backlash from Hollywood Jewish figures over an exhibit celebrating Hollywood’s Jewish roots. “We have heard the concerns from members of the Jewish community regarding some components of our exhibition Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital,” the Academy Museum said in a statement. “We take these concerns seriously and are committed to making changes to the exhibition to address them.”
🍎 Before announcing its long-anticipated entry into artificial intelligence, Apple kicked off its worldwide developer conference Monday with a plug for Apple TV+, whose fifth anniversary is November 1. Showing off a sizzle reel, CEO Tim Cook said, “We’re about to launch our most exciting lineup yet, with amazing new originals arriving every week.”
🎬 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has returned to its annual spring ritual and announced its 2024-25 Board of Governors. The fourth annual Academy Museum Gala also named Oscar winners Quentin Tarantino and Rita Moreno, and nominee Paul Mescal as honorees for the fundraising event to be held in the fall.
🎰 Ocean’s Eleven, Ted Lasso and the challenging state of the television business were all topics addressed by Channing Dungey, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros Television Group, at the Banff World Media Festival on Monday. In a Deadline-moderated panel at the event, Dungey teased that she has considered a remake of the classic heist film. She also hasn’t given up hope that the world will see more Ted Lasso, in some form.
In Brief - Will Arnett signs producing deal with Fox... An Enemy of the People recoups $5.5M Broadway capitalization |
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Thu - The Boys S4 debuts; Tesla annual meeting
Fri - De Niro Con begins
Sun - The Tonys; House of the Dragon S2 premiere |
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Getting Emotional - Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, June Squibb, Yvette Nicole Brown, Maya Hawke, Amy Poehler, Ayo Edebiri, Tony Hale and Lewis Black attend the World Premiere of Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2 at Hollywood's El Capitan. |
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