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‘The Bads Guys 2’ Director Pierre Perifel Talks Challenge Of Sequel As DreamWorks Animation Premieres High-Octane 35 Minutes At Annecy: “There’s A Pressure”
The Bad Buys 2 director Pierre Perifel and co-director JP Sans touched down at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Wednesday to unveil 35 high-octane minutes of the...
Versant Adds To Leadership Team In Advance Of Comcast Spinoff
Versant, spinoff company of Comcast that will include MSNBC, CNBC and other cable networks, announced a series of new appointments to its leadership team. Frank Tanki will be chief...
‘Stranger Things: Tales From ’85’: Netflix Treats Fans To Early Animation & Designs As Showrunner Reveals The “North Star” Series That Inspired Him
Anticipation is building for Netflix‘s Stranger Things animation Tales From ’85. At Annecy today, fans were treated to a sneak peek behind the scenes of the creation of the...
Brian Wilson Dies: Beach Boys Co-Founder & Singer, Acclaimed And Troubled Genius Of Rock Generation Was 82
Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, an inventor of what would be called the surf rock sound of the 1960s, a profound voice of the era’s adolescent experience...
‘Building The Band’ Gets Netflix Premiere Date; Confirms Late Liam Payne As Judge
Netflix has set July 9 for the premiere of its music competition series Building the Band, with the late Liam Payne as guest judge. Netflix greenlit and wrapped the...
International Disruptors: Manga Productions CEO Essam Bukhary Talks Creating Saudi Anime Firm From Scratch, Japanese Ties & Next Steps — Annecy
Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. Today we’re talking...
Pay-TV Falls To 1987 Levels, But Wall Street Analyst Thinks It Could Be “Finding The Long-Imagined Bottom”
Cord-cutting is continuing to drive significant declines in pay-TV subscribers, but traditional pay-TV operators appear to be showing signs of being able to stop the bleeding. That’s one of...
Taylour Paige Inks With WME
EXCLUSIVE: Actress Taylour Paige has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Paige broke out with her critically acclaimed lead role in Zola, Janicza Bravo’s A24 crime comedy based...
Disney And NBCUniversal Sue AI Company Midjourney For Copyright Infringement
The Walt Disney Co. and NBCUniversal sued AI company Midjourney on Wednesday, alleging that its image generating service “functions as a virtual vending machine” that generates “endless unauthorized copies”...
Tony-Winning ‘MJ’ Star Myles Frost Signs With Echo Lake Entertainment
Actor Myles Frost, winner of the 2022 Tony Award for Best Actor in a musical for his performance as Michael Jackson in Broadway‘s MJ The Musical, has signed with...
Renate Reinsve Joins Chiwetel Ejiofor In A24 Sci-Fi Horror Pic ‘The Backrooms’
Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World) has inked a deal to star opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor in The Backrooms, A24‘s sci-fi horror film based on the viral found-footage...
‘Steven Universe’ Sequel In The Works At Prime Video
A sequel of Cartoon Network hit Steven Universe is being developed for Prime Video. Steven Universe: Lars of the Stars explores the past, present and future of the universe....