EXCLUSIVE: The Circle has cemented itself as one of Netflix‘s longest-running reality formats with a double series recommission, as filming moved from the UK to Atlanta.
18.10.2023 - 19:49 / variety.com
Skydance Animation has found a new home at Netflix, ending a lucrative distribution pact with Apple Studios. Skydance Animation, run by John Lasseter with president Holly Edwards, will now exclusively release its animated movies directly to Netflix in an arrangement that will span multiple years, with the studios’ existing slate also moving exclusively to the streamer.
The first up will be “Spellbound,” starring Rachel Zegler and Tituss Burgess, set for release in 2024, followed by “Pookoo” in 2025. Future films include “Ray Gunn,” directed by Brad Bird and an untitled Jack and the Beanstalk project directed by Rich Moore.
While the animation deal has ended, Apple and Skydance will continue its business on live action films and series, including movies from Mark Wahlberg (“The Family Plan”) and Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Gorge”). Theatrical releases do not seem to be a part of the new Netflix-Skydance Animation agreement.
Both streamers have preexisting relationships with Skydance Media, so news of the shuffle is both surprising and not. Netflix has released Skydance’s “The Adam Project,” “Heart of Stone” and “The Old Guard,” along with the series “FUBAR,” “Altered Carbon” and “Grace and Frankie.” As Variety reported exclusively last week, Netflix’s own animation group is undergoing a restructure and has openly engaged in finding output deals to keep kids and family content volume high after a standout awards season run — winning its first best animated feature Oscar for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” and a primetime Emmy for “Arcane,” among other awards.
Ellison’s alignment with Apple, however, has represented one of the most lucrative overall deals in the modern Hollywood ecosystem. A year after the animation deal, Apple
.EXCLUSIVE: The Circle has cemented itself as one of Netflix‘s longest-running reality formats with a double series recommission, as filming moved from the UK to Atlanta.
Naman Ramachandran The U.K.’s Studio Crook has acquired the rights to develop “Damaged Goods,” the first of Helen Black’s “Lilly Valentine” legal book series, into a returning television drama series “Valentine” (6 x 60’). “Valentine” will follow Lilly Valentine, an almost divorced single mother on the wrong side of 40 who excels at her job at a local Oldham law firm. She will go to any length to help her clients, at the expense of both her son and her nearly ex-husband.
EXCLUSIVE: There’s real movement in talks between SAG-AFTRA and the studios for a new three-year contract,
Cher, Jon Batiste and the Broadway casts of & Juliet, Back to the Future, How To Dance In Ohio, Shucked, and Spamalot will perform at this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, with the annual event kicking off a half-hour earlier than usual.
EXCLUSIVE: Saoirse Ronan (Foe) has found her next project in Bad Apples, a biting satirical comedy with thriller elements, for which HanWay Films is launching worldwide sales at AFM. Marking the English language debut of Swedish writer-director Jonatan Etzler (One More Time), the film to be produced by Pulse Films is targeting a UK shoot, under an Equity contract, in spring 2024.
Meghan Markle could be set for a "huge payout" as the former royal is on the brink of signing a massive deal.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Jonathan Majors will face trial on domestic abuse charges after New York judge Michael Gaffey denied the motion to dismiss the case. The trial date is set for Nov. 29.
Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Amy Schumer, Jon Stewart, Rachel Bloom and Stephen Colbert are among the performers set for Next For Autism’s annual Night of Too Many Stars comedy event in New York City in December.
EXCLUSIVE: Applications are now being accepted for Disney Entertainment Television’s 2024 Writing Program. Now in its 34th year, the one-year writing program helps emerging, diverse writers secure their first staff writer assignment on a Disney series, in addition to offering mentorship and advanced professional development.
EXCLUSIVE: Miramax‘s high-profile TV series remake of Robert Altmann‘s Prêt-à-Porter has shifted development from Paramount+ to the BBC.
Netflix’s multi-year deal with Skydance Animation, which shifted over from Apple TV+, “helps complement the work that we’re doing” with original animated fare, Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unexpectedly announced new producers for the 96th Academy Awards. It was believed that the 2023 production team of Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner would return to give the telecast consistency as it continues to rebound from a COVID pandemic ratings plunge.
Thriller writer T.M. Logan‘s 29 Seconds is being adapted into a limited TV drama series by Frank Spotnitz‘s Big Light Productions as part of its first look with One Piece maker Tomorrow Studios.
FDNY father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Lindsay Edwards, 38, is a personal stylist and much like David Beckham she keeps her wardrobe neat and tidy. Here, she explains why to OK! "Growing up, I found it really frightening because I believed something awful would happen if I didn't do things a certain way. Some of my traits included having to repeat things a lot and feeling like somebody was going to die when I went to throw something in the bin if I didn't get it in in a certain number of shots.
The 15th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival will take place April 18-21, 2024 in its traditional Hollywood Boulevard location with a lineup exploring tales of conflict in cinema under the theme “Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film.”
Alright, “Exorcist: Believer,” Universal and Blumhouse Pictures’ legacy sequel of 1973’s “The Exorcist,” directed by David Gordon Green hit theaters last weekend and the results were, well, kinda mid. Yes, it’s a legacy sequel, so much like the newest “Halloween” trilogy (also made by Green, Universal and Blumhouse), it disregards all the other sequels and essentially only takes place after the original film).
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Tool have announced the dates for their scheduled 2024 US arena tour – see the full list of dates below.Yesterday (October 10), the band took to social media to announce the new dates, which will see the legendary progressive metal band perform 20 arena shows across the United States between January 10 and February 18, with support from Elder.Tickets to the 2024 run of shows will go on sale this Friday (October 13) at 10am local time via the band’s official website – get your tickets here. The tour will also notably include the band’s first shows at the Madison Square Garden in New York since 2001.A post shared by Tool (@toolmusic)Tool are currently on tour across North America, and are scheduled to end their current run of shows on November 22 in Toronto, Canada.
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