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The film and TV industry’s return-to-work protocols have been extended until “a new agreement is reached,” labor and management said tonight as the protocols were about to expire. The protocols were established last September in an agreement between the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and the DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, the Teamsters and the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3Ag0W9H

Some 200 students per year will now attend the prestigious Yale School of Drama without paying tuition, thanks to the generosity of David Geffen. The school has announced the billionaire entertainment mogul is giving it $150 million, which it claims is the largest gift in the history of American theater. The graduate school offers programs in […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3w77Cnp

Britney Spears’ attempts disentangle herself from her father’s long-term control over her life and career hit a judicial pothole today. Judge Brenda Penny on Wednesday refused a months-old request by the “Toxic” singer’s lawyer to remove Jamie Spears from his co-conbservator perch, from which he has overseen his daughter since 2008. Her court-appointed lawyer Samuel […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3hlg7pv

Ed Henry, who was fired last year from Fox News for alleged sexual misconduct, is suing the news channel and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott for defamation. The lawsuit contends that Scott “publicly smeared” Henry “and ultimately defamed him as a sex criminal. It also alleges that Scott was part of a cover-up of other […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3hlVfi7

The Trump Organization and its CFO, a longtime Donald Trump employee and loyalist, are expected to be charged Thursday in New York with tax-related and other offenses., according to legal sources. Charges against Allen Weisselberg are said to focus on his failing to pay taxes on fringe benefits from the company ranging from a rent-free […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3dtO5XM

EXCLUSIVE: Dean Cain (Supergirl, Lady Dynamite) is directing and starring in Little Angels, a family sports comedy that he also wrote. Helena Mattsson (American Horror Story), Carla Jimenez (The Mick), Torrance Coombs (The Originals), Juliet Donenfeld (The Big Show Show), Alex Jayne Go (Searching) and Ryan O’Quinn (Misperception, Church People) have signed on to star opposite […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3yb3Mep

Doctor Who actress Catherine Tate has landed her own Netflix series. The British comedy performer, best known in the UK for her sketch series The Catherine Tate Show, has created six-part women’s prison mockumentary Hard Cell for Netflix. Here’s the logline: “Tate plays multiple characters as a documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2Tptkpg

EXCLUSIVE: Insecure star Jay Ellis is behind a new podcast series that will aim to give voice to formerly incarcerated young authors. Written Off will feature the likes of John Legend, Issa Rae and Randall Park reading the works of these young authors. In each episode, former New York Times reporter Walter Thompson-Hernández, who also […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3AfL3jx

On Tuesday, Disney+ unveiled a new Marvel-themed short from The Simpsons, which is set to premiere on the streaming platform Wednesday, July 7. In the short, titled “The Good, The Bart, and The Loki”, The God of Mischief is banished from Asgard yet again and must face his toughest opponents yet: the Simpsons and Springfield’s mightiest […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2UUaG9F

Summer of Soul   debuted its first trailer during this year’s belated Academy Awards and the film’s director,  Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson,  also happened to serve as music director for the ceremony. The documentary focuses on the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969 and in anticipation of its theatrical release and streaming  Hulu  release this Friday,  Searchlight Pictures has unveiled a new featurette exploring both the festival and the broader cultural forces at work in America, then and now. In the past couple of years, we’ve seen Oscar contenders like The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood returning to 1969: a pivotal year in U.S. history when the country underwent great political upheaval and social change. Among other things, it was the year of the Apollo 11 moon landing and Richard Nixon’s presidential inauguration. The summer brought Woodstock, but it’s another overlooked music event, the Harlem Cultural Festival, that serves as the documentary subject

Karen Gillan has a new movie coming out and it’s one where she won’t be playing a blue-skinned cyborg. Oh, she’s still an assassin: don’t you worry about that. However, this time, you’ll get to see the human face that is usually covered in makeup and prosthetics when Gillan is playing her MCU character, Nebula. Her latest film,  Gunpowder Milkshake , pairs her with Lena Headey of Game of Thrones fame for a shoot ’em up that looks like the female answer to John Wick . The movie hits Netflix in the U.S. on July 14, and while making the publicity rounds for it, Gillan dropped some details about her upcoming appearance in Thor: Love and Thunder  and how it will evolve Nebula in a “bonkers” new direction. Speaking to Collider , Gillan revealed how writer-director Taika Waititi has “brought out the bonkers side” in Nebula while in production on  Thor: Love and Thunder . Waititi used humor to reinvigorate the god of thunder’s solo movie series in Thor: Ragnarok , but Gillan was quick to

Hallmark won’t be bringing a booth to any in-person conventions this year. But when the home version of Comic-Con International in San Diego and New York Comic-Con come around later this year, they’ll be offering limited quantities of a few exclusive ornaments that fans of Star Wars , Star Trek , and Ghostbusters will want to get their hands on. There’s also another exclusive collectible that might be of interest to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse fans. PopMinded by Hallmark will be releasing a batch of Hallmark ornaments in limited quantities. Check them out: Animated Boba Fett Ornament Before the Empire Strikes Back hit theaters, Boba Fett debuted in animated form in the Star Wars Holiday Special. That version of Boba Fett from The Story of the Faithful Wookiee animated short can now sit proudly among the rest of your holiday decorations. You can get it for $30, and there will be 3,700 available. Star Trek Klingon Bird of Prey Ornament In honor of the 35th anniversary

Give or take one turkey baster, Fede Álvarez ‘s 2016 thriller, Don’t Breathe , is a lot of fun. By moving the emphasis from the victim to the perpetrators, Álvarez and his co-writer, Rodo Sayagues , breathed new life into the home-invasion thriller. They also created one of the most memorable cinematic villains of the past decade: Stephen Lang ‘s Norman Nordstrom, a blind veteran who’s more than a match for the teenage thieves ransacking his house. From the looks of things, Don’t Breathe 2, which premieres in theaters on August 13, 2021, is going to flip the script again. For the sequel, Sayagues is in the director’s chair, making his feature film debut. Instead of the bad guy, Norman is the protagonist — and, this time, he’s not fighting off amateurs, but trained professionals. The day before the Don’t Breathe 2 trailer’s official release, Álvarez and Sayagues screened the new teaser and three exclusive clips for members of the press and participated in a lengthy Q&A sessio

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we’ll shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we take a deep dive into Federation Entertainment, the production-sales studio behind Canal Plus’ hit series The Bureau and Netflix Italian hit Baby. Founder Pascal Breton and CEO Lionel Uzan give […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2UNISDD

( The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, get up close with one of the original stop-motion Terror Dog puppets from Ghostbusters in 1984. Plus, listen as The Avengers , Thor , and Loki star Tom Hiddleston takes a look back at various roles from his career, which includes much more than comic book movies. And finally, listen as legendary chef Wolfgang Puck breaks down restaurant scenes from movies like Ratatouille , Chef , and more. First up, Adam Savage and the Tested crew get up close with the original stop-motion puppet from Ghostbusters . This isn’t the prop seen on screen in the movie, but a back-up created from the same molds for the “hero puppets,” as they’re called. The details on the skin, including the various wrinkle

BBC Studios Teams With ‘The Inbetweeners’ Star BBC Studios has signed a development, production, and distribution deal with People Person Pictures, the company recently co-founded by The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet (Chickens). BBC Studios will have global rights to People Person shows co-developed, co-produced and commissioned from BBC Studios Productions. Josh Cole, […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3x6vN6U

The 78th Venice Film Festival will this year award a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to American actress Jamie Lee Curtis. The ceremony will take place on September 8 at the Sala Grande before the out-of-competition screening of David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills. Venice runs September 1-11 on the Lido. Halloween Kills is the follow-up […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2Tf72qu

England beat Germany in a major soccer tournament for the first time since winning the World Cup in 1966 — and the action scored the biggest UK audience of Euro 2020 to date. With second-half goals from Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane, England ran out 2-0 winners against an old enemy in the last 16 […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2UbnkAO

The American Film Market is set to return as a physical event in 2021, following the Covid-impacted 2020 edition that was forced to go virtual. Managing Director Jonathan Wolf sent a note today stating that “plans are well underway” for an in-person edition in Santa Monica, with California now fully re-open. It is due to […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3hkqqKv

Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden is launching three new sound stages, including a state-of-the-art new virtual production facility. For more on the growing uptake of virtual production check out our feature from May on Netflix’s 1899, which is shooting on a comparable stage in Germany. As the pandemic continues to impact production, the prospect of being […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3y57l5S

Delia Fiallo, the beloved Cuban writer known as the “mother of the Latin American soap opera,” died on Tuesday, a source close to the scribe tells CNN. She was 96. While Fiallo’s passing was reported earlier in the day by The Televisa network, the cause of her death was not made clear. Born on July […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3Anw5s6

Amber Tamblyn posted her thoughts on the passing of General Hospital legend Stuart Damon today. Tamblyn, who played the adopted daughter of Damon’s Dr. Alan Quartermaine for seven years on the soap, wrote that she was “broken hearted” to hear of Damon’s passing. Tamblyn, who played the role even as she grew up onscreen, remembered […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3qC7Kdx

On Monday, Liev Schreiber posted a photo from the set of his upcoming Ray Donovan film, teasing his reunion with four longtime co-stars. “I will miss this particular gaggle of actors very very much,” the actor wrote on his official Instagram account. “@raydonovan #comingsoon.” In the photo, Schreiber is seen huddling up with Kerris Dorsey, Dash […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3y4ZSnk

UPDATED with latest schedules: ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and ESPN+ will team to air all 51 matches of Euro 2020, the delayed UEFA European Football Championship tournament that began June 11 and runs through the final July 11 at Wembley Stadium in London. In all, the Disney networks will televise more than 140 live hours of […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3AcsUmV

( Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits : Marvel Future Revolution has opened pre-registration Kevin Feige defends the Mandarin twist in Iron Man 3 Marvel is getting into the NFT game What is the state of Harley Quinn and Joker in The Suicide Squad ? What is Black Widow ‘s Rotten Tomatoes score so far? All that and more! Fans Are Petitioning for WB to #MakeTheBatfleckMovie First up, now that fans have gotten their wish with the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League , they’re demanding even more. On social media, Comic Book Resources found that fans have been trying to campaign for Warner Bros. Pictures to get Ben Affleck to make the solo Batman movie that he ended up abandoning

The National Security Agency has given Tucker Carlson a lesson in spycraft and fake news. One which looks certain to crank up the volume in the now war of words, real and imagined. In well timed and rare social media rebuke, the agency shot down the Fox News Channel host’s recent self-described “shocking claim” that […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3Am6MGX

As it seeks to widen its reach across China and Asia Pacific, Endeavor subsidiary Endeavor China has appointed media and entertainment executive Sum Huang as CEO. Huang was most recently co-founder and partner of XG Entertainment, a leading premium content provider in Asia, and previously spent five years with Hony Capital. Under Huang’s leadership, XG […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3h3xJqY

Grammy winner Young Thug has joined the team for Throw It Back, the musical dramedy that already stars Shahadi Wright Joseph and is in the works from Feigco Entertainment and Tiffany Haddish’s She Ready Productions. The Atlanta rapper will now co-star alongside Joseph in his acting debut as well as executive produce and supervise the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3dokG1a

After raising the bar on what a movie can open to during the pandemic with F9‘s $70M weekend, Universal is adding a one-two wide release punch to the weekend with the debut of two titles geared at two different demos: DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby: Family Business which is set to do $15M+ and Blumhouse’s The Forever […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3y9itPk

Chris Pratt is suited up and ready for some intergalactic warfare in Amazon Prime’s original film The Tomorrow War . SyFy revealed an exclusive clip from director Chris McKay ‘s sci-fi action film, giving a sneak preview of a lot of chaos, awesome special effects, and a glimpse at the aliens that threaten our protagonist. The Tomorrow War Clip The Tomorrow War is an action-packed sci-fi film that follows time travelers who arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: 30 years in the future, mankind is losing a war against an alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians to be transported to the future to join the fight. Determined to save the world for his daughter, Dan Forester (Pratt) teams up with a scientist and his estranged father ( J.K. Simmons ). The new clip picks up shortly after Dan Forester and his team are transported 30 years into the future. Downtown Miami is completely destroyed and the city is now overrun with fast-moving al