Rob Delaney (Catastrophe), David Rasche (Succession) and Esco Jouléy (State of the Union) have been cast in recurring roles in FX’s limited series Dying for Sex, starring Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate. The series hails from writers Liz Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock, Leslye Headland and 20th Television, where Meriwether, Rosenstock and Headland are under overall deals.
Based on the hit Wondery podcast, Dying for Sex is the story of Molly (Williams), a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who leaves her husband of 15 years and begins to explore her sexuality. She gets the courage and support to go on this adventure from her best friend Nikki (Slate), who stays by her side all the way to the very end.
Delaney plays Neighbor Guy, Molly’s strangely magnetic neighbor. Rasche portrays Dr. Pankowitz, Molly’s old-school oncologist with no bedside manner and Jouléy is Sonya, a palliative care social worker fresh out of grad school,...
Based on the hit Wondery podcast, Dying for Sex is the story of Molly (Williams), a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who leaves her husband of 15 years and begins to explore her sexuality. She gets the courage and support to go on this adventure from her best friend Nikki (Slate), who stays by her side all the way to the very end.
Delaney plays Neighbor Guy, Molly’s strangely magnetic neighbor. Rasche portrays Dr. Pankowitz, Molly’s old-school oncologist with no bedside manner and Jouléy is Sonya, a palliative care social worker fresh out of grad school,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Film icon Pam Grier has teamed with Village Roadshow Pictures to develop a project based on her bestselling 2010 memoir, “Foxy: My Life in Three Acts.”
Known as the queen of 1970s Blaxploitation classics like “Coffy” and “Foxy Brown,” plus Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-nominated film “Jackie Brown,” Grier is enjoying her latest act thanks to movies like 2023’s “Cinnamon.” That film kicked off her relationship with Village Roadshow Pictures, which produced the title under the company’s Black Noir Cinema banner for Tubi.
“Foxy: My Life in Three Acts” details Grier’s legendary screen career; her relationships with Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Freddie Prinze, among others; her experience as a Black female star in an era with rampant racism and sexism; and her battle with stage-four cervical cancer, diagnosed in 1988, when she was told she had 18 months to live.
The production is in the early stages of development, so fans...
Known as the queen of 1970s Blaxploitation classics like “Coffy” and “Foxy Brown,” plus Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-nominated film “Jackie Brown,” Grier is enjoying her latest act thanks to movies like 2023’s “Cinnamon.” That film kicked off her relationship with Village Roadshow Pictures, which produced the title under the company’s Black Noir Cinema banner for Tubi.
“Foxy: My Life in Three Acts” details Grier’s legendary screen career; her relationships with Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Freddie Prinze, among others; her experience as a Black female star in an era with rampant racism and sexism; and her battle with stage-four cervical cancer, diagnosed in 1988, when she was told she had 18 months to live.
The production is in the early stages of development, so fans...
- 4/4/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Fresh from helping the pūteketeke become the Bird of the Century, John Oliver has another reason to celebrate.
HBO has renewed Last Week Tonight for a further three seasons, taking the weekly show through 2026.
The new deal, which runs through Season 13, comes as the tenth season of the late-night show is coming to a close later this month. The show had a truncated season as a result of the writers strike – airing just over two-thirds of its normal episode count as a result of the labor action – but Oliver still managed to explore timeshares, psychedelic therapy, homeowner associations, abortion rights, the Israel-Hamas war, dollar stores and the Tennessee Adult Entertainment Act as well as most recently organ donation.
His crowning achievement this season, however, was his campaign for the pūteketeke. The New Zealand contest had to be delayed for a couple of weeks due to the overwhelming number of...
HBO has renewed Last Week Tonight for a further three seasons, taking the weekly show through 2026.
The new deal, which runs through Season 13, comes as the tenth season of the late-night show is coming to a close later this month. The show had a truncated season as a result of the writers strike – airing just over two-thirds of its normal episode count as a result of the labor action – but Oliver still managed to explore timeshares, psychedelic therapy, homeowner associations, abortion rights, the Israel-Hamas war, dollar stores and the Tennessee Adult Entertainment Act as well as most recently organ donation.
His crowning achievement this season, however, was his campaign for the pūteketeke. The New Zealand contest had to be delayed for a couple of weeks due to the overwhelming number of...
- 12/5/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Just about six weeks before artificial intelligence became a hot-button issue in the writers strike, a Berlin-based photographer took the internet by storm with Harry Potter by Balenciaga, a video melding characters from the wizarding world with avant-garde models representing the luxury fashion brand. Even more recently, a company called Curious Refuge used AI to create a viral trailer for a Wes Anderson Star Wars film called The Galactic Menagerie. While clearly these are spoofs that aren’t trying to fool anyone, they show that re-creating someone’s likeness and voice using AI is no longer merely sci-fi fodder — in fact, Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming movie Here will use a tool called Metaphysic Live to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.
Just as AI became a sticking point during the Writers Guild’s talks with studios, the tech’s impact on onscreen talent will likely be an issue when SAG-AFTRA heads...
Just as AI became a sticking point during the Writers Guild’s talks with studios, the tech’s impact on onscreen talent will likely be an issue when SAG-AFTRA heads...
- 5/18/2023
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s jarring how much the entertainment landscape has changed since the last writers strike: In 2007, Netflix was still primarily a DVD-by-mail business, Amazon Studios and Apple hadn’t yet crossed over from Silicon Valley to Hollywood, and streaming as we know it didn’t exist. Now there’s more content being produced than ever, with the streamers and legacy players like Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery spending well into the billions each year.
Once again, a strike is happening during a period of widespread economic uncertainty spurred by inflation, concerns of a recession, and mass layoffs in media and entertainment. But this time around, there’s a twist: the ascension of generative artificial intelligence. If half the internet can be tricked by an AI-created Drake and The Weeknd collab, could that same tech write scripts and enable studios to create more content for less money?
Initially, as ChatGPT emerged...
Once again, a strike is happening during a period of widespread economic uncertainty spurred by inflation, concerns of a recession, and mass layoffs in media and entertainment. But this time around, there’s a twist: the ascension of generative artificial intelligence. If half the internet can be tricked by an AI-created Drake and The Weeknd collab, could that same tech write scripts and enable studios to create more content for less money?
Initially, as ChatGPT emerged...
- 5/3/2023
- by Ashley Cullins and Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Ted Lasso executive producer and comedian Jamie Lee has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for representation.
Emmy, Peabody, WGA, PGA and Critics Choice Award winning Lee is coming off her second Emmy nomination for Apple’s Ted Lasso. She began as a supervising producer in Season 1, was a co-executive producer in the most recent second season and will serve as executive producer in the upcoming third season.
Lee just wrapped filming the indie feature Plan B, starring opposite Jon Heder, and has a comedy series in development at Showtime, in she will write, star and executive produce. She also recently served as co-executive producer on Peacock’s Killing It, starring Craig Robinson and created by Brooklyn Nine-Nine duo Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici. She served as a producer on the Judd Aptatow-produced HBO Series Crashing, and also starred as Ali Reissen, the female lead, opposite Pete Holmes.
The Wedding Coach,...
Emmy, Peabody, WGA, PGA and Critics Choice Award winning Lee is coming off her second Emmy nomination for Apple’s Ted Lasso. She began as a supervising producer in Season 1, was a co-executive producer in the most recent second season and will serve as executive producer in the upcoming third season.
Lee just wrapped filming the indie feature Plan B, starring opposite Jon Heder, and has a comedy series in development at Showtime, in she will write, star and executive produce. She also recently served as co-executive producer on Peacock’s Killing It, starring Craig Robinson and created by Brooklyn Nine-Nine duo Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici. She served as a producer on the Judd Aptatow-produced HBO Series Crashing, and also starred as Ali Reissen, the female lead, opposite Pete Holmes.
The Wedding Coach,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Liam Neeson and Stranger Thing’s Joe Keery are set to star in Cold Storage. Jonny Campbell (Westworld and Doctor Who) will direct the sci-fi action film from a novel by David Koepp. Koepp, whose film work includes Jurassic Park, Spider-Man and Mission: Impossible, has written the script. Zombieland and Panic Room’s Gavin Polone is producing.
The film will shoot this fall, with Studiocanal fully financing and launching worldwide sales in next week’s Cannes Market. The subject matter is timely, and its cause is about the only conspiracy theory we didn’t hear about Covid.
Several decades ago, a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism – capable of extinction-level destruction – was contained in a military facility. In the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sublevel selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape – and if left to spread,...
The film will shoot this fall, with Studiocanal fully financing and launching worldwide sales in next week’s Cannes Market. The subject matter is timely, and its cause is about the only conspiracy theory we didn’t hear about Covid.
Several decades ago, a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism – capable of extinction-level destruction – was contained in a military facility. In the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sublevel selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape – and if left to spread,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Mel Gibson will star in the “John Wick” prequel series “The Continental” at Starz, Variety has confirmed.
“The Continental” was originally ordered at Starz in 2018 and focuses on the inner workings of the titular hotel from the film franchise, which is a refuge for assassins.
“The Continental” will explore the origin behind the hotel-for-assassins through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott, who is dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind. Winston charts a deadly course through the New York’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the iconic hotel, which serves as the meeting point for the world’s most dangerous criminals.
Gibson will play a new character named Cormac, though no further details are available about his character. It was previously announced that “The Continental” will be a three-night event series at Starz,...
“The Continental” was originally ordered at Starz in 2018 and focuses on the inner workings of the titular hotel from the film franchise, which is a refuge for assassins.
“The Continental” will explore the origin behind the hotel-for-assassins through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott, who is dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind. Winston charts a deadly course through the New York’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the iconic hotel, which serves as the meeting point for the world’s most dangerous criminals.
Gibson will play a new character named Cormac, though no further details are available about his character. It was previously announced that “The Continental” will be a three-night event series at Starz,...
- 10/18/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Mel Gibson has been set to star in The Continental, the prequel to the Keanu Reeves film series John Wick. The Continental will be presented as a three-night special-event TV series, produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television.
The Continental will explore the origin behind the hotel-for-assassins, which increasingly has become the centerpiece of the John Wick universe. This will be accomplished through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott, who is dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind. Winston charts a deadly course through the New York’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the iconic hotel, which serves as the meeting point for the world’s most dangerous criminals. No word yet on who’ll play Winston Scott (the hotel owner is played in the films by Ian McShane). Gibson will play a character named Cormac.
The Continental will explore the origin behind the hotel-for-assassins, which increasingly has become the centerpiece of the John Wick universe. This will be accomplished through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott, who is dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind. Winston charts a deadly course through the New York’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the iconic hotel, which serves as the meeting point for the world’s most dangerous criminals. No word yet on who’ll play Winston Scott (the hotel owner is played in the films by Ian McShane). Gibson will play a character named Cormac.
- 10/18/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mel Gibson is back in hero mode for Hot Seat, a thriller he’ll star in with production to begin November 1 in New Mexico. The Lionsgate company Grindstone Entertainment will handle North America distribution, and HIghland Film Group is handling foreign sales. James Cullen Bressack will direct. He just helmed Fortress with Murray and Bruce Willis, which is in post.
Randall Emmett and George Furla are producing with Bressack. The pic is based on a story by Leon Langford & Collin Watts. Gary Raskin and Alastair Burlingham will be exec producers and are co-financing. Lionsgate is releasing through Emmett and Furla’s long term deal there.
In Hot Seat, an ex-hacker is forced to break into high-level banking institutions by an anonymous man who planted a bomb under his chair at his office. Gibson plays the man who must try to penetrate the booby-trapped building to get the young man off the hot seat.
Randall Emmett and George Furla are producing with Bressack. The pic is based on a story by Leon Langford & Collin Watts. Gary Raskin and Alastair Burlingham will be exec producers and are co-financing. Lionsgate is releasing through Emmett and Furla’s long term deal there.
In Hot Seat, an ex-hacker is forced to break into high-level banking institutions by an anonymous man who planted a bomb under his chair at his office. Gibson plays the man who must try to penetrate the booby-trapped building to get the young man off the hot seat.
- 10/15/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Stand-up comedian, writer and actor Brandon Wardell has signed with CAA for representation.
Wardell is best-known for his work on Comedy Central and for his appearances on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, Netflix’s Special, Like And Subscribe for Verizon, as well as sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson on Netflix.
Wardell can next be seen starring opposite Jo Koy in Amblin Partners family comedy Easter Sunday, which is based on the stand-up comedy and life experiences of Koy.
He is also the co-host of the popular podcast Yeah, But Still, which has featured guests such as Lizzo, Vampire Weekend and Tim Heidecker. Wardell was previously featured in Vulture’s list of the “10 Best Comedy Podcasts of 2020.”
On the stand-up front, Wardell has toured with Bob Odenkirk and Bo Burnham.
In 2018, he released his debut LP, an Asmr album entitled An Asmr Album.
Wardell...
Wardell is best-known for his work on Comedy Central and for his appearances on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, Netflix’s Special, Like And Subscribe for Verizon, as well as sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson on Netflix.
Wardell can next be seen starring opposite Jo Koy in Amblin Partners family comedy Easter Sunday, which is based on the stand-up comedy and life experiences of Koy.
He is also the co-host of the popular podcast Yeah, But Still, which has featured guests such as Lizzo, Vampire Weekend and Tim Heidecker. Wardell was previously featured in Vulture’s list of the “10 Best Comedy Podcasts of 2020.”
On the stand-up front, Wardell has toured with Bob Odenkirk and Bo Burnham.
In 2018, he released his debut LP, an Asmr album entitled An Asmr Album.
Wardell...
- 9/7/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Conan O’Brien brought his 28-year career in late-night television to a close with a sweet list of thank yous, bringing an end to his linear small-screen career that has consisted of over 4,000 hours of TV.
Much like his final episode of The Tonight Show, he brought on Will Ferrell, via Zoom, as well as Jack Black as his final in-studio guest for his eponymous TBS show.
The hour-long finale started with a bang with his old friend Homer Simpson.
The cold-open was a skit from The Simpsons, which O’Brien previously wrote for, and started with Homer saying, “Oh my god, you’re one of the Impractical Jokers”. When an animated Conan stresses he was a talk-show host, the nuclear worker replies, “Ah, a dying breed. There’s only like 800 of you left”.
“It’s hard to believe it’s our final show on TBS,” O’Brien said. “Every night,...
Much like his final episode of The Tonight Show, he brought on Will Ferrell, via Zoom, as well as Jack Black as his final in-studio guest for his eponymous TBS show.
The hour-long finale started with a bang with his old friend Homer Simpson.
The cold-open was a skit from The Simpsons, which O’Brien previously wrote for, and started with Homer saying, “Oh my god, you’re one of the Impractical Jokers”. When an animated Conan stresses he was a talk-show host, the nuclear worker replies, “Ah, a dying breed. There’s only like 800 of you left”.
“It’s hard to believe it’s our final show on TBS,” O’Brien said. “Every night,...
- 6/25/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Neon will release the film in the U.S. that will start filming in Greece in August
David Cronenberg has set his first directorial feature since 2014, “Crimes of the Future,” with a cast that includes Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart.
“Crimes of the Future” comes from Neon and Serendipity Point Films, with Neon set to release the sci-fi movie in the U.S. Production aims to kick off this August in Athens, Greece.
“Crimes of the Future” is Cronenberg’s first original screenplay since 1999’s “eXistenZ.” The movie is a deep dive into the not-so-distant future where humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings and the fast-spreading “Accelerated Evolution Syndrome.” This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, altering their biological makeup. While some embrace the limitless potential of transhumanism, others attempt to police it.
The film stars Mortensen as Saul Tenser,...
David Cronenberg has set his first directorial feature since 2014, “Crimes of the Future,” with a cast that includes Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart.
“Crimes of the Future” comes from Neon and Serendipity Point Films, with Neon set to release the sci-fi movie in the U.S. Production aims to kick off this August in Athens, Greece.
“Crimes of the Future” is Cronenberg’s first original screenplay since 1999’s “eXistenZ.” The movie is a deep dive into the not-so-distant future where humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings and the fast-spreading “Accelerated Evolution Syndrome.” This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, altering their biological makeup. While some embrace the limitless potential of transhumanism, others attempt to police it.
The film stars Mortensen as Saul Tenser,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Executive producer and director Jon Cassar, best known for Fox’s 24, Reelz’s The Kennedys, and Netflix’s Medici: Masters of Florence, has signed with APA along with his Cassar Filmworks banner.
Cassar currently serves as executive producer and director on Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville. His Cassar Filmworks banner, which he runs alongside executive Patrick Munroe, has multiple projects in the pipeline in various stages of development.
Cassar’s extensive career includes eight seasons as director and EP on the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning drama 24 for Fox. Cassar directed ten episodes each season for the high-action global hit series, while overseeing other production elements for the show.
Over the course of its run, Cassar received dual Emmy Awards for directing and producing, as well as two DGA Awards. He also directed the 2008 television movie, 24: Redemption, nominated for six Emmy Awards, and is the author and...
Cassar currently serves as executive producer and director on Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville. His Cassar Filmworks banner, which he runs alongside executive Patrick Munroe, has multiple projects in the pipeline in various stages of development.
Cassar’s extensive career includes eight seasons as director and EP on the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning drama 24 for Fox. Cassar directed ten episodes each season for the high-action global hit series, while overseeing other production elements for the show.
Over the course of its run, Cassar received dual Emmy Awards for directing and producing, as well as two DGA Awards. He also directed the 2008 television movie, 24: Redemption, nominated for six Emmy Awards, and is the author and...
- 3/31/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Academy Award-winning actor, director, producer and screenwriter Mel Gibson has signed with APA.
Gibson had been at CAA, but left after the exit of his primary agents Jack Whigham and Michael Cooper. They went to Range Media Partners. Gibson moved to APA to join president Jim Osborne, who started his career as one of iconic ICM agent Ed Limato’s protege assistants. Limato was Gibson’s agent forever. Gibson went with Limato to WME but parted company with the agency after Limato died, in the wake of controversial comments the actor/director made at a troubled period in his life. He spent several years regaining his footing when he was managed by former CAA honcho Rick Nicita. When Nicita retired, Gibson went to CAA.
Gibson has been busy. He currently stars in three upcoming feature films: the Tim Kirkby-directed action/thriller Last Looks opposite Morena Baccarin and Charlie Hunnam...
Gibson had been at CAA, but left after the exit of his primary agents Jack Whigham and Michael Cooper. They went to Range Media Partners. Gibson moved to APA to join president Jim Osborne, who started his career as one of iconic ICM agent Ed Limato’s protege assistants. Limato was Gibson’s agent forever. Gibson went with Limato to WME but parted company with the agency after Limato died, in the wake of controversial comments the actor/director made at a troubled period in his life. He spent several years regaining his footing when he was managed by former CAA honcho Rick Nicita. When Nicita retired, Gibson went to CAA.
Gibson has been busy. He currently stars in three upcoming feature films: the Tim Kirkby-directed action/thriller Last Looks opposite Morena Baccarin and Charlie Hunnam...
- 9/15/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
John Oliver is sticking with HBO for another three years after the premium cable network renewed Last Week Tonight through 2023.
It seems ‘Business Daddy’, Oliver’s pet-name for WarnerMedia parent company AT&T, is happy to stay in business with the Brit comedian.
The show, which is produced by Avalon and Oliver’s Sixteen String Jack Productions, is currently in its seventh season, having recently aired its 200th episode. The deal, announced by HBO and HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys, will take the show through to its tenth season.
It comes as Last Week Tonight, which takes a satirical, if sometimes rather weird and wonderful, look at the week in news, politics and current events, is the favorite to take home another Emmy, having won the Outstanding Variety Talk Series category every year since 2016.
The series, which is currently on hiatus until September 27, airs on HBO on Sunday nights at 11pm.
It seems ‘Business Daddy’, Oliver’s pet-name for WarnerMedia parent company AT&T, is happy to stay in business with the Brit comedian.
The show, which is produced by Avalon and Oliver’s Sixteen String Jack Productions, is currently in its seventh season, having recently aired its 200th episode. The deal, announced by HBO and HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys, will take the show through to its tenth season.
It comes as Last Week Tonight, which takes a satirical, if sometimes rather weird and wonderful, look at the week in news, politics and current events, is the favorite to take home another Emmy, having won the Outstanding Variety Talk Series category every year since 2016.
The series, which is currently on hiatus until September 27, airs on HBO on Sunday nights at 11pm.
- 9/14/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
John Oliver will be bringing his biting satire to HBO for at least three more years.
The premium cabler has announced it has renewed “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” for three more seasons, taking the British comedian’s run through 10 seasons and through the year 2023.
News of the pickup comes around two weeks after Oliver aired his last episode on the Republican National Convention and the protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Season 7 also saw Oliver cover the coronavirus pandemic, which forced “Last Week Tonight” out of its CBS Broadcast Center studio back in March, police brutality, and the George Floyd protests.
Casey Bloys, chief content officer for HBO and HBO Max, unveiled Oliver’s new deal.
“For the past seven years, John and his incredibly talented team have taken on topics that are both in the public mind and off the beaten path,...
The premium cabler has announced it has renewed “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” for three more seasons, taking the British comedian’s run through 10 seasons and through the year 2023.
News of the pickup comes around two weeks after Oliver aired his last episode on the Republican National Convention and the protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Season 7 also saw Oliver cover the coronavirus pandemic, which forced “Last Week Tonight” out of its CBS Broadcast Center studio back in March, police brutality, and the George Floyd protests.
Casey Bloys, chief content officer for HBO and HBO Max, unveiled Oliver’s new deal.
“For the past seven years, John and his incredibly talented team have taken on topics that are both in the public mind and off the beaten path,...
- 9/14/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Comedian and actress Iliza Shlesinger has signed with UTA for worldwide representation in all areas.
Shlesinger, known for her five hit Netflix comedy specials, has recently transitioned into acting. She most recently re-teamed with Mark Wahlberg for the Netflix film Spenser Confidential directed by Peter Berg, and she’ll next be seen in the upcoming drama Pieces of a Woman alongside Shia Labeouf and Vanessa Kirby. She previously appeared opposite Wahlberg and Rose Byrne in Paramount’s hit Instant Family.
On the television side, Shlesinger’s new Netflix series, The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show, premiered on April 1. The half-hour sketch comedy series takes viewers into a secret world filled with absurd characters, insight into the female experience and irreverent yet poignant social commentary. She also recently guest-hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Additionally, in the midst of the pandemic, she and her husband, chef and nominated James Beard Award author Noah Galuten,...
Shlesinger, known for her five hit Netflix comedy specials, has recently transitioned into acting. She most recently re-teamed with Mark Wahlberg for the Netflix film Spenser Confidential directed by Peter Berg, and she’ll next be seen in the upcoming drama Pieces of a Woman alongside Shia Labeouf and Vanessa Kirby. She previously appeared opposite Wahlberg and Rose Byrne in Paramount’s hit Instant Family.
On the television side, Shlesinger’s new Netflix series, The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show, premiered on April 1. The half-hour sketch comedy series takes viewers into a secret world filled with absurd characters, insight into the female experience and irreverent yet poignant social commentary. She also recently guest-hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Additionally, in the midst of the pandemic, she and her husband, chef and nominated James Beard Award author Noah Galuten,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Television writer, executive producer and playwright Anne Kenney has signed with APA.
Kenney most recently wrote and executive produced the third season of American Gods, scheduled to air on Starz later this year. Previously, Kenney worked on the first three seasons of the Starz series Outlander, beginning as co-executive producer in season 1 and rising to executive producer for seasons 2 and 3. She wrote multiple episodes of the series including the acclaimed “The Wedding” episode.
Kenney is currently developing the limited series Rebels, a historical drama based on the Stella-Award-winning book The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Dr. Clare Wright for Ruby Entertainment, a Melbourne-based production company.
Her play, Last Call had its world premiere at the Open Fist Theater Company in Los Angeles last winter.
After working at...
Kenney most recently wrote and executive produced the third season of American Gods, scheduled to air on Starz later this year. Previously, Kenney worked on the first three seasons of the Starz series Outlander, beginning as co-executive producer in season 1 and rising to executive producer for seasons 2 and 3. She wrote multiple episodes of the series including the acclaimed “The Wedding” episode.
Kenney is currently developing the limited series Rebels, a historical drama based on the Stella-Award-winning book The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Dr. Clare Wright for Ruby Entertainment, a Melbourne-based production company.
Her play, Last Call had its world premiere at the Open Fist Theater Company in Los Angeles last winter.
After working at...
- 4/8/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Breaking: The early year courtship between some of Hollywood’s top dealmakers continues. The principals behind the law firms Goodman, Schenkman are in final talks to merge with Stone, Genow, Smelkinson, Binder & Christopher. They will christen the new firm Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher and the transaction should closed by month’s end.
The new firm reps some of the top talent in Hollywood, who collectively earned eight Oscar nominations this week after seven Golden Globes wins and 14 Globe noms. Those clients are Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Daniel Craig, Anthony Hopkins, Quentin Tarantino, producers Jason Blum, David Heyman, and John Davis, and showrunner Craig Mazin. The firm reps many others.
Goodman and Schenkman previously peeled off last year from Bloom Hergott, this after Jake Bloom retired and Alan Hergott stepped down. Their third partner, Leigh Brecheen, yesterday teamed with other Bloom Hergott colleagues to form the firm Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer,...
The new firm reps some of the top talent in Hollywood, who collectively earned eight Oscar nominations this week after seven Golden Globes wins and 14 Globe noms. Those clients are Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Daniel Craig, Anthony Hopkins, Quentin Tarantino, producers Jason Blum, David Heyman, and John Davis, and showrunner Craig Mazin. The firm reps many others.
Goodman and Schenkman previously peeled off last year from Bloom Hergott, this after Jake Bloom retired and Alan Hergott stepped down. Their third partner, Leigh Brecheen, yesterday teamed with other Bloom Hergott colleagues to form the firm Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer,...
- 1/15/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Entertainment lawyers Leigh Brecheen, David Feldman, Stephen Breimer, Richard Thompson and Ashley Silver have peeled away from Bloom Hergott to launch their own new entertainment law firm.
Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver & Thompson opens its doors immediately, based in the penthouse offices at the Watt Plaza Building in Century City. This follows last spring’s Deadline revelation that Jake Bloom was retiring and Alan Hergott would step down from the storied firm Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman.
The partners in the new firm worked with each other for many years at the former Bloom Hergott firm in the areas of film, scripted and unscripted TV, digital, social and new media, as well as merchandising, licensing, publishing, sports and other areas. The group will continue to represent a list of clients that includes Conan O’Brien, John Oliver, Mel Gibson, Keegan-Michael Key, Lucas Hedges, Amy Ryan, Krysten Ritter, Damon Wayans,...
Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver & Thompson opens its doors immediately, based in the penthouse offices at the Watt Plaza Building in Century City. This follows last spring’s Deadline revelation that Jake Bloom was retiring and Alan Hergott would step down from the storied firm Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman.
The partners in the new firm worked with each other for many years at the former Bloom Hergott firm in the areas of film, scripted and unscripted TV, digital, social and new media, as well as merchandising, licensing, publishing, sports and other areas. The group will continue to represent a list of clients that includes Conan O’Brien, John Oliver, Mel Gibson, Keegan-Michael Key, Lucas Hedges, Amy Ryan, Krysten Ritter, Damon Wayans,...
- 1/14/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Orville executive producer Jon Cassar has signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television, the studio behind Fox’s sci-fi dramedy. The multi-year pact keeps the Emmy-winning director/producer and his Cassar Filmworks in the 20th TV fold.
Under the deal, 24 veteran Cassar will continue on in his current role as executive producer and director of The Orville, the Seth MacFarlane-created Star Trek homage that was just renewed for a third season. He and his Cassar Filmworks development executive Patrick Munroe will also develop and potentially produce additional projects at the studio.
“We are big fans of Jon Cassar at this studio and our relationship goes all the way back to one of our prized assets 24 which earned him a well-deserved Emmy,” 20th Century Fox TV president of creative affairs Jonnie Davis said. “He’s been an amazing Ep/director on The Orville, and a huge resource to Seth,...
Under the deal, 24 veteran Cassar will continue on in his current role as executive producer and director of The Orville, the Seth MacFarlane-created Star Trek homage that was just renewed for a third season. He and his Cassar Filmworks development executive Patrick Munroe will also develop and potentially produce additional projects at the studio.
“We are big fans of Jon Cassar at this studio and our relationship goes all the way back to one of our prized assets 24 which earned him a well-deserved Emmy,” 20th Century Fox TV president of creative affairs Jonnie Davis said. “He’s been an amazing Ep/director on The Orville, and a huge resource to Seth,...
- 5/30/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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