NBCUniversal TV President Bela Bajaria Departs
Bela Bajaria, president of Universal Television, has abruptly exited her position running the NBCUniversal television studio. Bajaria was just shy of her fifth anniversary overseeing programming at Universal Television. (LAT)
Universal Changes ‘Pitch Perfect 3’ Release Date Again; ‘Girl Trip’ Moves In
Twenty-two days after changing the release date on Pitch Perfect 3 back to July 21, 2017, Universal now is moving the film to the Christmas 2017 time frame with a launch on December 22. (DH)
Sony Pictures Faces Legal Spat Over ‘The Emoji Movie’
The studio is going full speed ahead on the film dated for 2017. Only problem: A former video game executive who lives in Germany might have all the merchandise trademarks for it. (THR)
James Bond 25 Reportedly Eyes Series’ First Female Director In ‘The Night Manager’s’ Susanne Bier
The Night Manager director Susanne Bier is one of a handful of names being considered to helm the next James Bond film. (IGN)
Disney Execs In A Panic Over Upcoming ‘Star Wars’ Film
The first Star Wars spinoff, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, is in crisis, and the movie will have to go into expensive reshoots over the summer. (PS)
Amy Schumer Joins Bachelor Party Comedy ‘Who Invited Her?’
Amy Schumer will star in and produce Universal’s bachelor comedy Who Invited Her? with Reese Witherspoon producing under her Pacific Standard banner. (VAR)
Marvel X-Men Drama ‘Legion’ Picked Up To Series At FX
Noah Hawley will serve as showrunner, and Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb, Jim Chory and John Cameron will produce the comic book adaptation. (WRAP)
Michael Grandage Will Direct The New ‘Guys And Dolls’
20th Century Fox snagged the rights to the musical movie Guys and Dolls back in 2013 and rumors flew that Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were atop the casting wish list, but nothing seemed to come of it. Now the remake has a director in Michael Grandage. (EMP)
G.L.O.W. ‘Revival’ From OITNB Creator Jenji Kohan Ordered At Netflix
Netflix has placed a 10-episode order for the Orange Is the New Black creator’s G.L.O.W., a scripted comedy series inspired by the ’80s phenom of the same name (which stands for Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling). (TVL)