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Redbox Instant Subscriptions Will Cost $8 A Month And Include EPIX Content
We still don’t have a firm start date although the joint venture between Redbox and Verizon says that consumers will be able to subscribe to a “beta ...
SAG Awards Nominations Announced
UPDATED: Busy Phillipps of TBS’ Cougar Town, Taye Diggs of ABC’s Private Practice were introduced by SAG-AFTRA EVP Ned Vaughn to announce nominees for ...
UK’s Sky Makes Exclusive Three-Season Deal For NBC’s Freshman Drama ‘Revolution’
Sky acquired the exclusive UK TV rights to NBC’s breakout drama from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. The deal is for three ...
European Film Promotion Names 10 Rising Actors As 2013 Shooting Stars
, the network that brings together promotional and export bodies from 34 countries, has unveiled the 10 young actors who will be featured at the 2013 ...
Spate Of U.S. Remake Deals Leaves Oz Producers Mulling Future Of TV Format Sales
Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney A significant group of Australian TV dramas and comedies, plus the film Animal Kingdom, have been ...
Global Showbiz Briefs: Revolver Entertainment Partners With BFI Film Academy, Icon Film Distribution Names Development Exec
Revolver Entertainment UK Partners On Film Education Program Revolver Entertainment UK is working with the BFI Film Academy Network in a film ...
‘Dallas’ Will Hold Funeral For J.R. Ewing
The funeral episode hasn’t been filmed or scheduled yet, but TNT says it will happen at some point during the second season which begins next month.
The Ant Farm Names New CEO
Doug Brandt today was named Chief Executive Officer/Creative Director of the entertainment advertising agency. He will start on January 1.
Dish Network Wins FCC Approval For Wireless Plans
The Federal Communications Commission tonight approved a proposal to allow Dish Network to convert satellite spectrum it owns for wireless use.
R.I.P. Ravi Shankar
, who shared an Oscar win for best original score for Richard Attenborough’s , died today at a San Diego hospital. He was 92. Shankar was admitted to ...
Janel Parrish, Jackson Rathbone To Star In ‘The Concerto’
EXCLUSIVE: Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars) and Jackson Rathbone (Twilight) will play the leads in the Pece Dingo-helmed indie pic. Parrish stars ...
Fox’s Comedy ‘I Suck At Girls’, Drama ‘Rake’ Start Casting
EXCLUSIVE: Two high-profile Fox projects with pilot production commitments have started the casting process in anticipation of official pilot orders.
‘Pawn Stars’ Former Agents Sue A&E, History Channel & Michael Camacho
The former agents of the stars of ’s today sued the network, executives Nancy Dubac and Mary Donahue, A&E and former UTA agent for allegedly poaching ...
‘Arrested Development’ Pauses Production As Netflix Episodic Order Grows
EXCLUSIVE: Good news for fans. The new season of the cult Mitch Hurwitz comedy commissioned by will be larger than originally planned. I’ve learned ...
HBO Options ‘Game Change’ Sequel Book On 2012 Presidential Race
Expect to see the real story of the election of 2012 on around the time of the election of 2016. The network confirmed today that they have optioned ...
Seth MacFarlane On His Oscar Approach: It’s Part Stewie, Part Gene Kelly
There has been plenty of arm-waving concern since Academy Awards producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan that his poop jokes would stink up the Dolby ...
ABC’s ‘Weird Desk’ Summer Series Shelved
EXCLUSIVE: That was quick — a week after gave a to paranormal investigation drama , the network has put the project on hold. It will no longer be ...
BBC Adaptation Of J.K. Rowling’s ‘The Casual Vacancy’ Finds Exec Producer
Jane Eyre producer and Saving Mr. Banks executive producer has been brought on to exec produce TV series that’s . Trijbits is the former managing ...
AMC Developing Colonial Comedy Series
EXCLUSIVE: After exploring 1960s New York City with Mad Men and the Nebraska territory circa 1865 with Hell On Wheels, is heading to Colonial Boston ...
PBS Ups VP Beth Hoppe To Head of Programming
Beth Hoppe replaces John Wilson as chief programming executive and general manager, general audience programming, according to an internal memo ...
Many Consumers Are Willing To Pay 20% Premium For An Apple TV: Study
The latest contribution to the speculation about a possible Apple TV comes from a survey commissioned by Morgan Stanley which quizzed 1,568 heads of ...
Joel Edgerton In Talks For ‘Jane Got A Gun’
EXCLUSIVE: is in negotiations to join the cast of, the Lynne Ramsey-directed Western action film that stars Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbender.
2013 Image Award Film And TV Nominations Unveiled
The Weinstein Company’s leads the film nominees and tops the TV side with 20 mentions for the 44th NAACP . Winners will be announced February 1 in ...
Barbara Hershey Back For ‘Insidious Chapter 2′
EXCLUSIVE: is returning for As she did in the first Insidious, the Oscar-nominated actress will play the role of Lorraine Lambert, the mother to ...
Oz Billionaire James Packer Partners With Brett Ratner On RatPac Entertainment
Australian media scion is getting into the business. The billionaire will personally back film development, production and finance company, .