We have our first look at Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai in the upcoming live action Avatar: The Last Airbender series!
28.09.2023 - 05:51 / deadline.com
Just as studios were quick to start suspending overall and first-look deals just days after the start of the WGA strike, several began to restore suspended pacts right after the strike ended Wednesday morning.
I hear Disney TV Studios’ 20th Century Fox TV and ABC Signature, Warner Bros. Television and Apple are among those who started notifying people that their pacts have been reinstated. That includes all the studios’ top talent, both writer-producers and non-writing producers whose deals were suspended more recently.
Other studios, including Amazon Studios, CBS Studios, Paramount TV Studios and Universal Studio Group, are expected to start sending their letters to writers and non-writing producers by end of week — some as soon as late tonight.
Deals don’t automatically extend after a strike-related suspension, with studios exercising their option to do that on a case-by-case basis. As expected, not all pacts will be extended, meaning that some will not be getting the suspension period of as much as five months for the first wave of impacted writers added to the end of the term. I hear that affects deals close to their end date which the studios are not planning to renew. (A number of pacts that expired during the strike also are not being extended.)
Of the three studios that have started to send their notifications, I hear WBTV has not extended a sizable number of its suspended pacts. According to sources, this is not final, and, for longer-term agreements, a decision on possible extensions will be made after additional discussions.
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We have our first look at Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai in the upcoming live action Avatar: The Last Airbender series!
EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic Documentary Films has signed a first-look production deal with director Sara Dosa and producer Shane Boris, the team behind NatGeo’s Oscar-nominated hit Fire of Love.
“The Crown” Monday, which marks the end of the show’s reign on the streaming site. The final season, which has been broken into two parts, will span from 1997 to 2005 with Part 1 focusing on the “relationship blossoming between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed before a fateful car journey has devastating consequences.” “Prince William tries to integrate back into life at Eton in the wake of his mother’s death as the monarchy has to ride the wave of public opinion,” continues the official description.
The blossoming relationship between Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed has been teased in first look images from the final season of The Crown.The sixth series of the hit royal drama will be released in two parts, with the first instalment of four episodes launching on 16 November and part two airing on 14 December. On Monday, 16 October, the streaming giant released a selection of images which include a picture of Diana on a yacht belonging to business tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed.The billionaire’s relationship with the royal family was depicted in season five of The Crown, where Mohamed (Salim Daw) was seen getting to know Diana – played by Elizabeth Debicki.
Talkshoplive in an effort to promote her new novel, “Worthy.” “And when you read this book, you will kind of get an understanding of why the ‘Red Table’ even happened in the first place.”“I’m in a place of peace. I’m in a place of happiness. And in all honesty, I love where I am,” continued Pinkett Smith.
EXCLUSIVE: Lion Forge Entertainment has set a first-look deal with award-winning Nigerian creator and producer Roye Okupe. YouNeek Studios founder and YouNeek YouNiverse creator Okupe recently teamed with Lion Forge on the animated fantasy series Iyanu, based on Okupe’s graphic novel Iyanu: Child of Wonder. Production is currently underway for the Cartoon Network and Max animated series, which Lion Forge will introduce to global distributors at MIPCOM next week.
The rom-com’s heyday may be far in the past at this point, but with two buzzy leads, Will Gluck‘s “Anyone But You” could be a sleeper on the calendar to end 2023. Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell star as two former college classmates who fake being in a relationship at a mutual friend’s wedding to deal with their exes at the ceremony.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director With “Moonlighting” now available on streaming for the first time thanks to Hulu, series creator Glenn Gordon Caron spoke to the New York Post and confirmed he was able to tell series star Bruce Willis about the show’s streaming resurgence amid the actor’s ongoing frontotemporal dementia (FTP) diagnosis. “Moonlighting,” the Emmy-nominated ABC dramedy that ran for five seasons and 67 episodes in the late 1980s, served as Willis’ acting breakthrough.
Bruce Willis has shared an update on the actor’s battle with dementia, describing how he’s lost his “language skills”.Willis retired from acting last year after his family announced he had been diagnosed with aphasia, a condition that affects cognitive abilities. In February this year, his wife Emma Heming shared that his condition had progressed to frontotemporal dementia (FTD).Glenn Gordon Caron, who created ’80s TV series Moonlighting starring Willis, shared an update on his health after the series was recently made available on Hulu.Caron said he tries to visit Willis and his family every month, describing the actor as an “extraordinary” person.Speaking to the New York Post about whether Willis recognises him now, Caron said: “My sense is the first one to three minutes he knows who I am.
Princess Diana in an upcoming play about her notorious 1995 “Panorama” interview is here. The 35-year-old actress looks just like the late Princess of Wales in photos released Wednesday from “The Interview,” which will debut at London’s Park Theatre at the end of the month.Kettle donned a nearly identical blazer and skirt that Diana wore to speak with disgraced journalist Martin Bashir.
Holly Willoughby has stunned TV viewers as well as her co-stars and fellow celebrities by announcing she's sensationally quitting This Morning.The 42 year old star took to Instagram on Tuesday, 10 October, to share a shock statement that said she was leaving after 14 years and "will not be returning." Holly's statement began: “I have let ITV know today that after 14 years, I will not be returning to This Morning.To everyone who has ever worked on the show over the years, thank you so much.This is such a difficult goodbye, you are incredible and I forever will be proud of what we’ve done together." Celebrities including Alison Hammond, Rochelle Humes and Ferne McCann have shown their support – but a source has told the Daily Star that it's not just the alleged 'kidnap and murder plot' that has influenced Holly's decision. Holly had been on 'indefinite leave' from This Morning after the alleged 'plot' came to light last week.
Angelina Jolie stars in “Maria”, the new film by Pablo Larrain. Larrain is a Chilean director who’s made his mark in the industry while making these types of films: artistic biopics centered on important female figures in our culture, like “Spencer”, which shows a fictitious portrait of Princess Diana at a pivotal point in her life, and “Jackie”, trailing Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath of her husband’s death. Both films have resulted in the lead actress getting nominations for the Academy Awards.
Ellise Shafer Angelina Jolie transforms into legendary opera singer Maria Callas in the first images from Pablo Larraín’s biopic “Maria.” The “Jackie” and “Spencer” director’s latest film will “explore the life of the legendary, iconic and controversial singer, often described as the original diva,” according to its official description. “Based on true accounts, ‘Maria’ tells the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris.” As “Maria” is an independent film with an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA, production is set to take place over eight weeks in Paris, Greece, Budapest and Milan.
Filmmaker Pablo Larraín (Jackie) has revealed two first photos of Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in his new film that will explore the life of the legendary singer, often described as the original diva.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will see the return of classics Pack-A-Punch, Perk Colas, the Mystery Box, Wonder Weapon and more in an entirely new twist on the mode.Revealed in Call Of Duty Next, the trailer set the scene for Operation Deadbolt and the continuation of the Dark Aether storyline that originated in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 and was last seen in Call Of Duty: Vanguard.Check out the trailer below.As an open world outing, developer Treyarch aimed to deliver the “largest Zombies offering to date” and confirmed that there are other antagonists as well as the undead.Players will mow down scores of Zombies in waves that are much greater in number than before, but multiple squads will be let loose to curtail the threat.Moreover, the Pack-a-Punch Machine will be back, allowing players to upgrade their weapons in exchange for Essence.Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be released for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on November 10.There are two editions available for pre-order – the Standard edition and the Vault edition.
BBC has released a series of first look images of This Town, the new drama series from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.Set in 1981, the six-part series centres on a band’s formation against a backdrop of violence, and is described as a love letter to Birmingham and Coventry, featuring fierce new music.The cast is led by a number of rising stars, including Levi Brown (Loss and Return), Jordan Bolger (The Woman King), Ben Rose (Line of Duty) and Eve Austin (You) as its four young leads.This Town also stars Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Nicholas Pinnock (Marcella), and David Dawson (My Policeman).In the first look images, the one above shows leads Ben Rose as Bardon Quinn, Jordan Bolger as Gregory Williams and Levi Brown as Dante Williams walking down a street.Another image shows Brown as Dante Williams in a record store, and in a third photo he’s pictured sharing a moment with Austin’s Jeannie Keefe in a dressing room.Dockery’s Estella and Pinnock’s Deuce Williams are also pictured getting ready to perform. Meanwhile, another images shows Rose, Parks, Brown and Austin together in a warehouse.This Town will be co-produced with Mercury Studios, which is part of the Universal Music Group, who is set to bring in high-profile musicians to “help lay the backdrop for Knight’s incredible story” (per the BBC).Mercury-nominated musician, novelist and poet Kae Tempest and producer Dan Carey wrote the songs performed by the band on screen.Of the series, Knight said: “It’s about an era I lived through and know well and it involves characters who I feel I grew up with.
Lego and Nintendo have revealed Lego Animal Crossing, featuring mini figures of fan-favourite villagers as well as characters like Isabelle and Tom Nook.The teaser for the collaboration showed Rosie, Bunnie, Marshall, Kapp’n, Fauna, Julian, Isabelle and Tom Nook waving at a floating present with a balloon attached. When the clouds parted, the logos for Lego and Animal Crossing appeared in the sky.Behind the villagers were Lego trees with plastic fruit like apples, oranges and cherries on their branches, and Lego flowers studded into the grass.
As the iconic reality show Big Brother will soon be back on our screens, the brand new house appears to be taking shape as we take a first look at the colourful garden space and stage area where the contestants will enter and exit the show. In new images of the reality show's London set, a huge stage can be seen from a bird's eye view where the contestants will enter the show, complete with the iconic eye-shaped structure for them to walk through.
Alissa Simon Film Critic Sometimes films highlight little-known events in their country of origin that wind up catalyzing a re-evaluation of their nation’s history. Finnish director Klaus Härö’s “Never Alone” is shaping up to be that sort of film. It follows the deportation from Finland of eight Austrian-Jewish refugees by the Gestapo during World War II and the work of Abraham Stiller, a pillar of the Helsinki Jewish community, who tried to stop it from happening.
Caroline Brew editor National Geographic has signed a first-look deal with Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning production company Muck Media for unscripted series and specials. Muck and National Geographic have previously collaborated on “Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller,” which is nominated for nine Emmys at the 2023 News & Documentary Emmy Awards. In “Trafficked,” van Zeller investigates shadow markets, criminal organizations and trafficking networks around the world.