Sean Hayes & Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills Signs With UTA

Dave McNary Film ReporterJason Blum’s Blumhouse has signed a three-picture deal with “Host” director Rob Savage, and will finance and partner with Savage to produce the films.Savage will be collaborating with the same team behind “Host,” including producer Douglas Cox; the writing team of Jed Shepherd & Gemma Hurley; and editor Breanna Rangott.“We’ve been tracking Rob’s work for some time now, and when I got a look at ‘Host,’ I saw the inventiveness in his work that Ryan Turek on the Blumhouse

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerBrit Hume, the senior political analyst for Fox News, has signed a new multi-year deal to remain in his current role, announced Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media.Hume will continue serving as a regular commentator and panelist across Fox News Channel’s (FNC) daytime and evening programming and Fox News Sunday, as well as contributing to election coverage and all major political events.“Brit is an exceptional journalist who has played an integral role in our

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Juliet Landau, who is best known for her role as the mean girl vampire in the cult favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, has inked a worldwide distribution deal with Modern Films for her feature film directorial debut A Place Among The Dead.Landau will also star in the feature alongside icons Gary Oldman, Ron Perlman, Robert Patrick, Lance Henriksen and Buffy creator Joss Whedon.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: LBI Entertainment has signed award-winning Emmanuel Adjei for management. Adjei most recently co-directed Beyonce’s virtual album Black Is King, along with Beyonce, Ibra Ake and Blitz Bazawule.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner, whose Hazy Mills reimagined the Brothers Grimm tales as the brooding, dark supernatural cop drama Grimm, are looking to bring the literary classics by another famous writer, William Shakespeare, to television as a drama series set in present day America.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersNBC has put in development The Stratford, a one-hour drama from Vincent Angell (The Rookie), Hazy Mills and

Peter White Television EditorABC non-scripted boss Rob Mills would be “shocked” if summer game show Holey Moley doesn’t return for a third season next summer.Mills has also opened talks with the team behind Don’t, including Ryan Reynolds, about what a second season of the Adam Scott-hosted format looks like.Mini-golf competition series Holey Moley has been a strong performer for the Disney-owned network this summer, up from its first season, with the broadcaster teeing up two special episodes of

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAfter months of government wrangling that stoked fears and job losses among writers, musicians, translators and other independent contractors in California, Gov.

The 2020 Helen Hayes Awards are being presented in a series of individual award events held on Zoom and posted to YouTube — with upcoming dates Friday, Sept. 4, Tuesday, Sept.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Prolific director-producer Randall Einhorn has signed with CAA for representation.Known for his work on The Office, Parks & Recreation, Modern Family, Fargo and Shameless, Einhorn has directed numerous pilots, seven of which have gone to series, including the critically-acclaimed Wilfred, The Muppets for ABC, The Mick, Me, Myself & I, Lodge 49 and The Kids Are Alright.

Chess streamer Hikaru Nakamura has been signed by UTA for worldwide representation in all areas. As the top ranked speed Chess (a fast version of the strategy game known as blitz) player, Nakamura has won five U.S.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: T. Murph, the actor-comedian who’ll have a starring role in Hulu’s Woke when the series debuts Sept.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Jason Sherwood, an Emmy Award-winning production designer for Fox’s Rent: Live in 2019 and the youngest person to design the set for the Academy Awards, has signed with CAA.Sherwood’s set design for the 2020 Academy Awards was Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special.

Dave McNary Film ReporterJustin Lin, director of five of the “Fast & Furious” movies, has signed multi-year production deals with Universal Pictures and Universal Studio Group for feature films and television through his Perfect Storm Entertainment.“Universal gave me my shot when they offered me the ‘Fast’ franchise a decade and a half ago,” Lin said. “Over the course of these years together, we’ve become a family and I’m thrilled to be coming home.

Judi Dench has remained tight lipped about her relationship with conservationist David Mills but has recently opened up about her other half.The actress chatted to Good Housekeeping about their relationship and admitted that she hates the term ‘partner’ to describe him.She feels it’s too much like a dancing partner and thinks it’s a ‘horrible word’ but also said that friend and boyfriend don’t suit.So what word does she use? ‘Will chap do?’ she asks the outlet.Judi met her chap in 2010 when

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Tony Award-winning playwright, actor and producer Sarah Jones has signed with UTA for worldwide representation in all areas.Jones, who won a Special Tony Award in 2006 for her one-woman Broadway show Bridge & Tunnel (co-produced by Meryl Streep), currently is developing her most recent stage production, 2016’s acclaimed Sell/Buy/Date, into a documentary.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Sam Feder has signed with Gersh and Luber Roklin Entertainment for representation in all areas. Feder is known for his recent groundbreaking Netflix documentary Disclosure. With his new reps, Feder will build upon his documentary work and expand into narrative film and television.Disclosure garnered critical acclaim when it debuted at Sundance earlier this year and reached a wide audience when it debuted on Netflix on June 19.

Mo Marable has signed with UTA in all areas. Marable is a veteran producer and director whose credits include the last three seasons of IFC's Brockmire.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Renowned award-winning film and television director Peter Segal has signed with A3 Artists Agency.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: WME has inked Emmy and Tony nominated actor David Harbour for representation in all areas.