Keegan-Michael Key To Star As Private Eye & Produce ABC's 'August Snow'

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Star alumna Jude Demorest has signed with Buchwald for representation.

Amazon Studios has acquired the rights to Norwegian film Hope for series adaptation, with Nicole Kidman attached to star and be executive produced under her Blossom Films banner. Kidman most recently received rave reviews for her performance in the hit HBO limited series The Undoing.Per Saari is also exec producing.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Academy Award and Emmy-winner Nicole Kidman will executive produce a television series based on Maria Sødahl’s European Cinemas Label-winning “Hope” under her Blossom Films banner. “Hope” is currently in the running as the Norweigan entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards.The rights to the film’s adaptation were acquired by Amazon Studios.

Elisabeth Shue is sending advice to her younger self. 

EXCLUSIVE: Tanner Buchanan, the breakout star of the Netflix hit series Cobra Kai, has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.

Michael Bublé spoke about the future of music post-coronavirus in a new interview with Yahoo! Finance.

It was almost 40 years ago when viewers first watched Ralph Macchio, playing the role of Mr. Miyagi’s karate apprentice Daniel LaRusso, bust out the “Crane” kick to beat Johnny Lawrence in the 1984 film The Karate Kid.

EXCLUSIVE: There has been a continuing sense of unease and high alert from the stars and filmmakers behind Mosul, the Iraqi-language thriller based on the true tale of an Iraqi SWAT police squad that took to the streets to wipe out ISIS members to avenge the love ones that unit members lost at the hands of the terror organization. The film made a high profile Thanksgiving debut on Netflix and became one of the most viewed movies on the site in Europe and the Middle East.

Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr., the son of Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, and Da’Vinchi (All American, grown-ish) are set to star in Starz’s drama series Black Mafia Family, from executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Power, Power Book II: Ghost, For Life) and writer/executive producer and Detroit native Randy Huggins (Star, Rebel, Power).

EXCLUSIVE: Grantchester and Greyhound star Tom Brittney’s Wild Nest Pictures is teaming up with Trevor Birney’s Belfast-based production company Fine Point Films (Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God) to develop a TV drama based on the controversial 2018 arrests of Birney and fellow Northern Irish journalist Barry McCaffrey.

Deadline placed the value at eight figures.“Partnering with Netflix is an amazing opportunity for HartBeat and myself,” Hart said in a statement. “I am excited to act in and produce cutting edge films with Netflix.  I am extremely grateful to Ted Sarandos and Scott Stuber, we share the same creative vision and always put the audience first.  This business is about growth and my HartBeat team continues to exceed my expectations with their ability to develop stories and relationships.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, ABC has landed August Snow, a drama starring and executive produced by Keegan-Michael Key. It hails from Godfather of Harlem co-creator/executive producer Paul Eckstein, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Studios where Imagine has a deal. Written by Eckstein based on Stephen Mack Jones’ “August Snow” novels, the drama has received a script commitment plus penalty.

Sugar23, the company founded by Oscar-winning producer and manager Michael Sugar, is expanding in a bid to become a global media enterprise. The production company has made several key hires, including a chief financial officer and general counsel, and is launching a book division and a podcast division.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan) and Cobra Kai star Martin Kove will serve as executive producers on biopic I Am A Man, about Native American Chief Standing Bear.