A&E Studio Head Exits, Relativity CEO Steps Down, Chevy Chase in New Comedy,...
A&E Studios Head Robert DeBitetto Exits Company After 14 Years A&E Studios head Bob DeBitetto is exiting the company after 14 years. DeBitetto will stay on until the end of the year. (WRAP) Joe...
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Branded Entertainment News For Product Placement Marketing, It’s All About The Moolah Marketers are finding new places beyond film and television to promote their products. (SA) The New Advertising And...
View ArticleBela Bajaria Joins Netflix, ‘Mulan’ Goes Live Action, Streamy Award Winners,...
Bela Bajaria Joins Netflix To Lead Licensing, Co-Productions, Unscripted The former Universal Television chief has joined Netflix as vice president of content. She will lead Netflix’s television- and...
View ArticleHBO Orders Drama from Keshet, USA Drama Taps Killian Scott, CBS Orders Modern...
HBO Orders Drama Series From Keshet & Hagai Levi To Film In Israel With Michael Lombardo Producing HBO has given a 10-episode series order to a drama about the tragic events involving the...
View ArticleOceans 8 Release Date, Han Solo Film Cast Shortlist, Grindstone Lands...
Ocean’s Eleven Spinoff Ocean’s 8 Gets 2018 Release Date Ocean’s 8 has officially been given a midsummer 2018 release date. Gary Ross is set to direct the female cast and his film will hit theaters on...
View ArticleNetflix Pacts with IPic, YouTube Discloses Branded Videos, GSN Lines Up...
Branded Entertainment News Netflix Pacts With iPic To Release Original Films Online And In Theaters Simultaneously In a new deal with movie theater chain iPic Entertainment, Netflix is set to hone a...
View ArticleLifetime’s Pilot ‘A Midsummer’s Nightmare’, ‘Monster’ Cast, Barry Jenkins...
‘A Midsummer’s Nightmare’: Dominic Monaghan To Star, Gary Fleder To Direct Dominic Monaghan has signed on for a key role in Lifetime’s psychological thriller pilot A Midsummer’s Nightmare. Gary Fleder...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office, Amblin Pacts With Alibaba, Relativity Woes, ‘Fraggle...
Weekend Box Office: ‘The Girl On The Train’ Tops ‘The Birth Of A Nation’ The Girl on the Train brought in $24.7 million this weekend, far surpassing Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation, which opened...
View ArticleGuy Ritchie to Direct ‘Aladdin,’ Clint Eastwood to Direct Jessica Buchanan...
Guy Ritchie Will Direct Live-Action ‘Aladdin’ For Disney Guy Ritchie is in talks to direct Disney’s next live-action remake; Aladdin. John August is on screenplay duty, while Dan Lin is producing. (IW)...
View ArticleNetflix Gets Jake Gyllenhaal Drama, Discovery Reorganization, ‘Halt and Catch...
Netflix And Gyllenhaal Plan A ‘Helicopter Heist’ Netflix has reportedly taken lead in an auction to acquire the rights to the fact-based drama The Helicopter Heist which has Jake Gyllenhaal attached to...
View ArticleL.A. Media Stars List, AT&T and ‘Pitch,’ Chuck E. Cheese Joins Cartoon...
Branded Entertainment News Meet The 12 Most Successful Media Agency Execs In Southern California Adweek’s inaugural L.A. Media Stars spotlighting the most important people in that universe. (AW) Top...
View ArticleLionsgate Bobby Cohen Leaving, CBS Buys ‘Black Book,’‘Murder in the First’...
Lionsgate Co-President Of Production Bobby Cohen Is Leaving Bobby Cohen, Lionsgate’s co-president of production, is leaving his position. Peter Kang, the mini-major studio’s other co-president of...
View Article‘Lethal Weapon’ Gets Order, Aubrey Plaza’s New Pilot, Comedy Central Orders...
Fox Orders Full Season Of ‘Lethal Weapon’ Fox has ordered a full season of the hit action drama Lethal Weapon, picking up an additional five episodes. This brings the total order to 18 episodes for the...
View ArticleLionsgate Extends Feltheimer, ABC Greenlights Ricky Gervais Game Show, Fede...
Lionsgate Extends Jon Feltheimer’s Deal To 2023 In an impressive vote of confidence, Lionsgate has extended the employment deal for Chief Executive Officer Jon Feltheimer until May, 2023. (VAR) ABC...
View ArticleGoogle Acquires FameBit, ABC and Mattel Launch a Series, UPS Store Launches...
Branded Entertainment News Google Acquires FameBit To Help YouTubers Cozy Up To Brands Google announced that it has acquired FameBit, an “influencer marketing platform for branded content.” (VER) Top...
View ArticleJeff Nathanson to Write ‘Lion King,’ MGM Gets 9/11 Article, ‘Fantastic...
Disney’s Live-Action ‘Lion King’ Finds Writer In Jeff Nathanson Jeff Nathanson has been tapped to write Disney’s live-action Lion King, the latest animated classic being reworked. Jon Favreau is...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office, Lionsgate Circling Relativity, Witherspoon and Wright...
Weekend Box Office: ‘The Accountant’ Adds Up To Number One, ‘Max Steel’ Melts Down The Accountant snagged first place with $24 million. Max Steel, the latest action toy-turned-tv-show movie adaptation,...
View ArticleCleo Anthony in Netflix Series, ‘Shrek 5′ Gets Writer, Alyssa Milano’s CW...
‘She’s Gotta Have It’: Cleo Anthony Cast As A Male Lead In Spike Lee Netflix Series Cleo Anthony has been cast as one of the male leads opposite DaWanda Wise in Spike Lee’s 10-episode Netflix series...
View ArticleKevin Costner in Sorkin’s ‘Molly’s Game,’ Alex Graves to Helm ‘Mulan,’ Don...
Kevin Costner Eyes Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Molly’s Game’ With Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba Kevin Costner is in talks to join Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba in STX’s Molly’s Game. Aaron Sorkin is making his...
View ArticleContent Production and Brands, NBC and American Express on Today Show,...
Branded Entertainment News Why You Should Put People First With Branded Content Recently brands have looked to grow audiences by marketing to the public through content production and are turning to...
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