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Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: NBC is developing Finding Forrester, a drama series based on the 2000 Gus Van Sant movie, which starred the late Sean Connery.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today unveiled the winners of the International Emmy Awards 2020.During a virtual ceremony broadcast from New York City, Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson added another award to the mantlepiece for her BBC dementia drama Elizabeth Is Missing.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Producer Aaliyah Williams has signed a first-look deal with CBS Studios under her Just A Rebel production company. With the new deal, Williams brings her commitment to storytelling centering Black women.Williams has a slate of multiple projects in development.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorLegendary Entertainment and The Spanish Princess showrunners Emma Frost and Matthew Graham have launched the joint-venture production company Watford & Essex, which is already in development with 10 projects, including a remake of ABC’s 1960s TV series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea.The new outfit will be based in Bristol, south-west England, and has hired Christine Healy, the head of production at Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, as its chief

Tom Grater International Film ReporterScorsese In StockholmMartin Scorsese made an appearance at Sweden’s Stockholm International Film Festival this weekend to receive the event’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented with the prize remotely due to ongoing pandemic restrictions, the filmmaker said that he had always had a “real love” for the country’s films.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticBruuuuuuuuce! No, you aren’t listening to the chant of fans at a Springsteen concert. That cheer is for Bruce, the so nicknamed full-scale shark model from Jaws, the iconic 1975 film that continues to make beachgoers afraid to go into the water.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorGlobal hits including Chernobyl and His Dark Materials helped UK television exports grow 6% to a record high of £1.48B ($2B) in the 12 months to the end of March, according to producer trade body Pact.The UK TV Exports Report, prepared by 3Vision, found that the U.S.  continues to be the most important sales market for UK companies, contributing nearly a third (£466M) of total revenue.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorNetflix reports that its limited series The Queen’s Gambit has scored 62M households, becoming their most watched limited series to date in its first 28 days. The series starring Anya Taylor-Joy has been consumed Russia and Hong Kong, to France, Taiwan and Australia.

Peter White Television EditorThe Queen’s Gambit has been watched by 62M households – making it Netflix’s biggest scripted limited series to date.The series, which stars Anya Taylor-Joy as rising chess star Beth Harmon, launched on October 23, and is based on Walter Tevis’ novel.Co-written by Scott Frank, who also directs, and Allan Scott (Don’t Look Now), The Queen’s Gambit chronicles the life of an orphan chess prodigy.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticRobert Garland, a Hollywood screenwriter who began his writing career with episodes of such popular sitcoms as That Girl and Sanford and Son before going on to write the big-screen hits The Electric Horseman and No Way Out, died Nov. 21 in Baltimore.

Michael Cieply Executive EditorFrom the Department of Anniversaries-You-Probably-Forgot: Four years ago today, Nov. 23, brought the release of Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes film, Rules Don’t Apply.Forty years in the making, the movie landed with a thud.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorESPN has begun a marketing campaign with the tagline “one app, one tap” as a way to plug its centralized digital destination.The blitz, which features TV spots and digital pieces with emerging rapper Chika, kicked off Sunday night during the American Music Awards telecast on ABC.Disney-owned ESPN is touting its app as part of an overall strategic shift toward digital and streaming.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: The story of women including Angie Bowie and Jane Asher –  those behind the scenes of some of music’s greatest icons – is being turned into a scripted narrative podcast series from the team behind Disgraceland and iHeartRadio.Eleanor Wells, the filmmaker behind shorts films including The Harpist and Eagle Rock, is hosting About A Girl, which will chronicle the stories of the women who inspired, loved, supported, and challenged these artists.The anthology

Andreas Wiseman International EditorHanWay Films has closed a string of international pre-sales on Phillip Noyce’s true-crime love story Peggy Jo, which is set to star Lily James.Universal Pictures Content Group has picked up the movie for Benelux, German speaking Europe, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia, Turkey, UK, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Czech & Slovak Republics, Hungary, Poland, Romania, CIS, Baltics, Israel, West Indies, South Africa, Hong Kong, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Malaysia,

Dade Hayes Finance EditorSnap Inc. is adding a new product feature to Snapchat called Spotlight, which promotes the posts it determines are the most “entertaining” on its social platform.As extra incentive for users to adopt the new feature, Snap is also planning to award $1 million a day, at least through the end of 2020.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Feras Fayyad, the Syrian filmmaker who helmed Emmy-winning National Geographic film The Cave, has told Deadline that he would never knowingly cause “worry and sorrow” to a woman after becoming embroiled in an alleged sexual harassment scandal in Denmark.The Scandinavian country has been gripped by a #MeToo reckoning in recent weeks and Fayyad is among a number of high-profile individuals who have been accused of inappropriate behavior after living

Andreas Wiseman International EditorJohn Boyega has said that he had a “transparent, honest” phone call with Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy after expressing his view that the franchise marginalizes non-white characters.In a candid GQ interview two months ago Boyega expressed frustration that non-white characters are “pushed to the side” in the sequels to The Force Awakens, saying that Disney gave “all the nuance” to Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley’s characters.Speaking to the BBC today ahead

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorJapan’s runaway smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train continued its reign at the top of the local charts this weekend, despite the release of Stand By Me Doraemon 2. Monday is a holiday in Japan, so full official weekend figures are not expected to be reported until Tuesday.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Highly sensitive employee data, including bank account details and home addresses, may have been breached after super-producer Banijay was the victim of what could be a major hack late last week.Banijay, the company behind global hits including MasterChef and Big Brother, had its IT systems compromised by a bad actor demanding a ransom, potentially exposing the personal information of hundreds, if not thousands of staff.Deadline understands that it

Tom Grater International Film ReporterJudi Dench, Ian McKellen, Maggie Smith and Derek Jacobi will take part in a live Q&A hosted by Kenneth Branagh over Zoom on November 29 to benefit the UK’s theater community.The event is being put on to aid UK workers who have struggled during the pandemic. Tickets cost £45 and are limited.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterWarnerMedia International has confirmed its new-look organization and leadership team across India, Southeast Asia and Korea.The reshuffle combines the pre-existing WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks (comprising the legacy Turner and HBO businesses) with Warner Bros.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNordic Entertainment Group is in the process of selling NENT Studios UK, a little more than a year after the production and distribution business was established.The studio, which is currently in production on Viaplay/Channel 4’s Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston drama Close To Me, has received 20 expressions of interest.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorIn a major sign of confidence in the future of theatrical moviegoing, Cineworld Group, the world’s second largest exhibitor and owner of Regal in the U.S., has secured significant additional liquidity that will help ensure its future despite ongoing challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticEXCLUSIVE: Theatres may be closing again at a rapid pace, but the power of being on Netflix during this worldwide pandemic  certainly appears to be good news for those whose awards hopeful films have been debuting on the streaming service at virtually a weekly pace.For cinema legend  Sophia Loren that means the biggest opening of her seven decade career.  Returning to feature films for the first time since a supporting turn in Nine a decade ago, and

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe American Music Awards (AMAs) handed out trophies for their 2020 ceremony with The Weeknd, Doja Cat and Taylor Swift as some of the night’s top winners.Hosted by Taraji P. Henson, this in-person ceremony aired on ABC and was wildly socially distanced with cardboard cutouts of Beyonce, Jay Z, Dolly Parton and others in the orchestra section of the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterJason Momoa surprised superfan Danny Sheehan with a face time video call after a video report from local CBS Bosston affiliate WBZ of the seven-year-old getting a Aquaman toy went viral.Sheehan was diagnosed with Pineoblastoma, a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer, in January 2017.