Author: Madiha Ahmed

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File NBCUniversal is beginning layoffs as it carries out a planned restructuring designed to emphasize its streaming operations. CEO Jeff Shell confirmed the overhaul was coming last week during Comcast’s second-quarter earnings call, but he didn’t mention any specifics or timeline. A person close to the company confirmed to Deadline that the cuts were under … Continue reading NBCUniversal Begins Layoffs As Streaming-Driven Reshaping Takes Effect Continue Reading →

Cindy Mollo In the third season of Netflix’s crime drama Ozark, editor Cindy Mollo had the opportunity to cut five episodes out of 10, finding one of her most fun creative challenges in explosive season opener, “Wartime.” Created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams, Ozark centers on Marty and Wendy Byrde, a seemingly normal couple with two teenage kids who are … Continue reading ‘Ozark’ Editor Cindy Mollo On Explosive Season 3 Opener, Supersized Fourth Season & Saying Goodbye To Netflix Drama Continue Reading →

iPic The CEO of the nation’s fourth-largest exhibitor warned studios not to “leave a good party in pursuit of a better one,” but called the debate over Premium VOD overblown. Greg Marcus, chief of Marcus, said Tuesday that consumers are likely to drift away from watching video-on-demand releases when things normalize post-pandemic. “The market for … Continue reading Marcus Theatres CEO Wants “Appropriate” Windows; Warns Studios “Don’t Leave A Good Party In Pursuit Of A Better One” Continue Reading →

Cindy Mollo In the third season of Netflix’s crime drama Ozark, editor Cindy Mollo had the opportunity to cut five episodes out of 10, finding one of her most fun creative challenges in explosive season opener, “Wartime.” Created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams, Ozark centers on Marty and Wendy Byrde, a seemingly normal couple with two teenage kids who are … Continue reading ‘Ozark’ Editor Cindy Mollo On Explosive Season 3 Opener, Supersized Fourth Season & Saying Goodbye To Netflix Drama Continue Reading →

Drew Van AckerAP EXCLUSIVE: Artists Film Group, the recently launched film investment and production company set up by Wes Hull (Zone 414), Robert Rippberger (The Inventor) and David Lugo (Welcome Home), has unveiled details on two of its debut projects. The company has acquired sci-fi spec script Back Home, written by Anne Vithayathil, and has set Drew Van … Continue reading Newly Formed Artists Film Group Sets ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Actor Drew Van Acker For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Back Home’ Continue Reading →

Netflix The Gallaudet University students featured in Netflix’s Deaf U invite viewers, regardless of hearing ability, to see life through their eyes. Daequan Taylor, Cheyanna Clearbrook, Renate Rose and Rodney Buford are the subjects of the new Netflix docuseries produced by Nyle DiMarco. Deaf U follows the students’ day-to-day lives at Gallaudet, the famed Washington D.C. private college for the … Continue reading ‘Deaf U’: Producer and Subjects Say Netflix Docuseries Highlights “Diversity And Layers” Of Deaf Experience – TCA Continue Reading →

Hype House EXCLUSIVE: As TikTok continues to make headlines with President Trump’s threat to shutdown the social media service if a U.S. suitor such as Microsoft doesn’t buy it by mid-September, some of its key creators are heading to television. Wheelhouse Entertainment has struck a deal with Hype House, whose members have more than 150M TikTok followers, to develop … Continue reading Wheelhouse Strikes Extensive Deal With TikTok Collective The Hype House, Preps Docuseries ‘The Hype Life’ Continue Reading →

AP Photo/Michel Euler Vice duo Amy Adams and Adam McKay are getting the band back together for a Netflix limited series about three women linked with Walmart. The pair, who also worked together on 2006 comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, are working on Kings of America for the streamer. Deadline understands that the drama series, which was taken out to market at the … Continue reading Amy Adams & Adam McKay Reunite For Walmart Limited Series ‘Kings Of America’ At Netflix Continue Reading →

Pluto TV Pluto TV, the ViacomCBS-owned free streaming service, has expanded its smart TV reach through a global deal with LG. Under the arrangement, 2020 models of LG smart TVs in the U.S. will carry Pluto, an ad-supported, linear bundle of streaming channels. Models made between 2016-2019 will be phased in this fall, and expansion to other global territories will follow. … Continue reading Pluto TV And LG Embark On Global Smart TV Distribution Partnership Continue Reading →

Peter Dinklage, Joe WrightAP EXCLUSIVE: MGM has acquired Cyrano, a musical film adaptation that will bring four-time Emmy winning Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage back in the title role he played onstage, and Haley Bennett reprising as Roxanne that she played alongside him at the Goodspeed Opera House’s Terris Theatre in 2018. The film will be directed by Joe Wright (Darkest Hour), and Brian … Continue reading MGM Lands ‘Cyrano’; Joe Wright-Directed Working Title Stage Adaptation Stars Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Brian Tyree Henry & Ben Mendelsohn Continue Reading →