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Will Forte Macgruber – 2010Photo by Michaels-Goldwyn/Kobal/Shutterstock NBCUniversal’s streaming platform Peacock continues to build up its original comedy slate with a straight-to-series series order to MacGruber, starring, co-written and executive produced by Will Forte. The action comedy, which stems from Forte’s recurring MacGyver parody sketch on Saturday Night Live, was part of Peacock’s inaugural development slate. It has received an eight-episode order, with Forte reprising … Continue reading ‘MacGruber’ Will Forte Comedy Picked Up To Series By Peacock; Ryan Phillippe & Kristen Wiig Poised To Join Continue Reading →

Collin Morikawa holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship on SundayJeff Chiu/AP Photo CBS came out on top Sunday night among the broadcast networks, scoring a hole in one with the 102nd PGA Championship, delivering a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic while 5.61 million viewers tuned in to see Collin Morikawa take … Continue reading CBS Leads Sunday Ratings With PGA Championship; ‘Big Brother: All Stars’ Makes Sunday Debut Continue Reading →

zz/Galaxy/STAR MAX/IPx/AP Sara Bareilles will lead the cast of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s Girls5eva original series for NBCU’s Peacock. Bareilles’ casting was announced today during Peacock’s CTAM virtual press tour. Written by Meredith Scardino, in Girls5eva, when a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. They … Continue reading Sara Bareilles To Headline Tina Fey’s ‘Girls5eva’ Comedy Series For Peacock Continue Reading →

Newsmax TV Diamond and Silk made their debut on Newsmax TV over the weekend, several months after Fox News ended their show on streaming service Fox Nation. The duo — Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson — have billed themselves as President Donald Trump’s “most loyal supporters,” and have been campaign surrogates. The show, Diamond and Silk Crystal Clear, airs on Saturday at 7:30 … Continue reading Diamond And Silk Debut On Newsmax TV After End Of Fox Nation Show Continue Reading →

‘Minor Premise’’Utopia Distribution EXCLUSIVE: Utopia Distribution, the indie film distributor, has picked up world rights to sci-fi thriller Minor Premise, which is set to premiere at this month’s virtual Fantasia Festival. The pic is the directorial debut of Eric Schultz, who wrote the screenplay with Thomas Torrey and Justin Moretto. It follows a reclusive Indian American neuroscientist who becomes … Continue reading Fantasia-Bound ‘Minor Premise’ Locks U.S. Release With Utopia Distribution Continue Reading →

AP EXCLUSIVE: John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co and Nia Long are teaming with Sony Pictures TV to bring the saga of power, race and political intrigue of Goldie Taylor’s 2018 bestseller Paper Gods to ABC. Fatal Affair and Dear White People’s Long will star and executive produce the project, now in development with Get Lifted co-founder Mike Jackson and showrunner Tash Gray. Paper Gods spotlights the struggles and battles … Continue reading John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co & Sony Pictures TV Developing ‘Paper Gods’ For ABC; Nia Long To Star & EP In Political Drama Continue Reading →

‘Laal Singh Chaddha’Viacom18 Laal Singh Chaddha, the Hindi-language Forrest Gump remake starring Indian megastar Aamir Khan, is moving production to Turkey after a delay due to the pandemic. Ajit Andhare, COO at producer Viacom18 Studios, took to Twitter to confirm that the pic would still be releasing for Christmas… but 2021 rather than the originally planned 2020 date, … Continue reading Indian ‘Forrest Gump’ Remake Starring Aamir Khan Delays To 2021 As Production Shifts To Turkey Continue Reading →

Dan Patrick is returning to the NBCUniversal fold. Peacock has signed an exclusive deal for The Dan Patrick Show to stream for free on the NBCU streaming service. Starting August 24, Emmy-winning host Patrick will be live on Peacock weekdays from 9 am to noon ET. The Dan Patrick Show airs each weekday with his production team that includes Paul Pabst, Patrick O’Connor, … Continue reading ‘The Dan Patrick Show’ To Stream For Free On Peacock Continue Reading →

Angelika FIlm Center While the blows absorbed by mass-market U.S. exhibitors like AMC and Cinemark during COVID-19 have dominated the headlines, the damage appears to be even more severe on the specialty front. Reading International, a Culver City, CA-based arthouse and real estate firm, reported a 96% decline in second-quarter revenue on a 100% drop … Continue reading Specialty Film Exhibitor Reading International Reports 96% Drop In Q2 Revenue Continue Reading →

Courtesy ICM Partners EXCLUSIVE: Josh Rahm has joined ICM Partners as an agent in the talent department. He was just introduced to other agency staffers and comes from CAA. He spent a decade there, his first job after graduating from Florida State University. He spent the last five years as an agent in the talent department, after working in the … Continue reading Talent Agent Josh Rahm Joins ICM Partners Continue Reading →