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Sean Penn To Direct Next, WB Aboard & Bradley Cooper In Talks

Business Par’s $111B Takeover Of WBD Has State AGs Concerned On Various Grounds

Streamers ‘Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight Wants SVODs To Pay Into UK Talent Fund

International Swimmer Léon Marchand On Life After Olympic Glory In ‘Beyond Gold’

Roku Wall Street Unsure As Both Sides Claim Win-Win In Fox’s $22B Deal For Streamer

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TV How Fox’s $22 Billion Deal For Roku Raises The Floor For Its Content, Advertising Revenue & Creator Division

On its surface, Fox’s acquisition will not cause an immediate shift in Fox’s programming strategy for either its broadcast network or its free streaming service Tubi, but inside the Rupert Murdoch-owned company, executives are excited that it will be a major boon for its overall business. Deadline’s Peter White and Dade Hayes dig into the deal.

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Banijay Kids Strikes AI Deal With Toon Boom

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay has struck a deal with Toon Boom Animation that will see it hand over kids content to test the software firm’s AI tools in exchange for gaining early access to the tools. The deal for the Banijay Kids & Family division, which makes and sells the likes of Mr Bean and Totally Spies…

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‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ EP Geoffrey Thorne To Adapt Video Game ‘Events At Unity Farm’ For TV

EXCLUSIVE: Geoffrey Thorne has signed on to adapt VR video game Events at Unity Farm into a TV series. The Eyes of Wakanda, Power: Book II: Ghost and Batman: Caped Crusader writer and exec is working with Titan1Studios on the adaptation. He will write and exec produce alongside his partner, Todd…

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Nat Geo Unveils Trailer For Tom Hiddleston-Hosted Docudrama ‘Pompeii: Out Of Time,’ Featuring ‘Loki’ Star Uncovering Evidence Of Fallen Roman City

National Geographic has unveiled the first trailer for Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston, a three-part docudrama hosted by the Loki star that will premiere July 22 on the network at 9/8c and July 23 on Disney+ and Hulu. Billed as an investigation into the fallen Roman city’s final hours, the…

Michael Hirst’s ‘Bloodaxe’ Renewed For Season 2 At Prime Video

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the launch of Season 1, Prime Video has given Michael Hirst’s Bloodaxe a second season order. The first season launches in early 2027 on the streamer and Hirst told Deadline filming starts on Season 2 in a few weeks. It had previously been reported that the second season was in…

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FBI Says Multiple Suspects In Custody After It Stopped Alleged Plot Targeting UFC Event At White House

FBI Director Kash Patel said that “multiple individuals are now in custody after the bureau and other law enforcement stopped a plot to attack the UFC event at the White House. Patel posted on X, “On June 10, FBI and our law enforcement partners became aware of a potential threat to the UFC America…

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Sean Penn To Direct Timely Movie Next, Re-Teaming With Warner Bros On Story Of January 6th Cop With Bradley Cooper In Talks To Star

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Penn, coming off his third Oscar win for One Battle After Another, has been quietly setting up a passion project. And it’s a doozy. The currently untitled film will follow the early life of a cop who goes on to be caught up in the January 6th Capitol riots. Penn has scripted and will…

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‘Paddington’ Musical Coming To Broadway Spring 2027

Paddington The Musical, the seven-time Olivier Award-winning West End musical, is heading to Broadway: Previews begin Tuesday, March 30, 2027, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, with an official opening on Sunday, April 18. Based on the classic children’s book A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond…

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Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary

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Jean Smart Hacks

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Elle Fanning Margo's Got Money Troubles

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Harrison Ford Shrinking

80.6%

Paul W. Downs Hacks

73.4%

Michael Urie Shrinking

72.0%

Charles Melton Beef

84.4%

Alessandro Nivola Love Story

71.4%

Jason Bateman DTF St. Louis

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‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Steven Knight Wants Netflix & Other Streamers To Pay Into UK Talent Fund

Steven Knight, creator of the Peaky Blinders franchise and writer of the next James Bond film, has called on U.S. streamers to make financial contributions to growing UK creative talent. The British writer stopped short of calling the intervention a “streamer levy” — an idea that has been kicked…

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‘My Fault: London’ Star Matthew Broome Reveals How The Success Of ‘Culpa Mia’ Cranked Up Pressure On The UK Remake

Matthew Broome has admitted to feeling the pressure as he and Asha Banks brought the UK version of Prime Video's Culpables franchise to life. Broome is at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival, where he is being feted with a Most Promising Talent award. His career has been on a sharp upward trajectory. After…

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CAA Sports Signs Heavyweight Commercial Deal With Boxer Anthony Joshua

CAA Sports is stepping into the commercial ring with two-time heavyweight boxing world champion Anthony Joshua. An exclusive deal, struck in partnership with Joshua’s 258 Group, will see 258 Managing Director Freddie Cunningham become Head of Client Strategy at CAA Sports Talent Group. Based out…

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Karlovy Vary's industry strand KVIFF Promises, has unveiled the films selected for this year's upcoming KVIFF Central Stage showcase as well as eight books selected for its first edition of Book-To-Screen at KVIFF, its new initiative for books searching for film adaptation deals. The 11 upcoming…

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Asia Argento Set For Locarno Lifetime Achievement Award

Asia Argento will be awarded a lifetime achievement award at this year's Locarno Film Festival, which runs from August 5-15. Argento will receive the award on the festival's Piazza Grande stage on August 13. Within the official Locarno programme, she will also present her latest title, Jorge Thielen…