EMMY HEADLINES
Emmy Late-Night Preview: Widest Field Yet As Corden, Oliver & Others Battle It Out
Will the broadcast networks make a return to glory with The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, newbie Late Show With Stephen Colbert, along with the relatively new Late Late Show With James Corden and Late Night With Seth Meyers? (AL)
Emmy Awards 2016: Drama Writing Frontrunners – ‘Game Of Thrones,’ ‘Mr. Robot,’ ‘The Americans’
The Emmy Awards ballot for Best Drama Writing lists a staggering 247 episodes come from 101 series. This is the first year that there will be officially six nominees. (GD)
OTHER HEADLINES
Glenn Ficarra & John Requa Ink Overall Deal With 20th Century Fox TV
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who directed NBC’s standout drama pilot This Is Us, have signed an overall deal with the studio behind the project, 20th Century Fox TV, for Zaftig Films, their company with Charlie Gogolak. (DH)
Preview New Frozen Northern Lights Animated Shorts
Disney announced Frozen Northern Lights, an original story from the kingdom of Arendelle spanning a collection of books, animated shorts from the LEGO Group and new digital extensions. (CS)
Famechangers 2016: Rewriting The Rules Of Celebrity
Young self-made stars are heading to Anaheim this week for VidCon, an annual celebration of digital-native talent expected to attract more than 25,000 fans, not to mention the studios and networks who want to market to them. (VAR)
Sony Animation Dates ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’, ‘Emojimovie’ & More; ‘Ghostbusters’ TV Series Set
Sony Pictures Animation has set release dates for Hotel Transylvania 3, its animated Spider-Man feature, the first fully animated Smurfs movie and the newly titled original pics Emojimovie: Express Yourself and The Star. (DH)
Mark Cuban, Rob Gronkowski Join Ed Helms In ‘The Clapper’
New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban are joining the cast of The Clapper set to play themselves in the comedy. (EW)
Prometheus’ Noomi Rapace Back for ‘Alien: Covenant’
Despite Ridley Scott’s prior claims that Noomi Rapace is not reprising her role as Elizabeth Shaw in Alien: Covenant, it appears the Prometheus star will be back after all. (IGN)
Netflix Adds Margaret Atwood Murder Drama ‘Alias Grace’ From Sarah Polley, Mary Harron
Six months after Making a Murderer became a phenomenon, the streaming giant is partnering with Halfire Entertainment and Canadian broadcaster CBC to adapt Margaret Atwood’s Canadian murder drama novel Alias Grace. (THR)