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Nocturnal Launches After Selling ‘Play Dead’ to Netflix
Amid a 9‑10% share slump, Netflix scores a new WWII thriller, while the freshly‑minted Nocturnal Entertainment debuts, promising tech‑driven, low‑cost production for indie‑style studio projects.
Zero Gravity Wins Sports Deal with USA Today Studios
Zero Gravity Management has secured a first‑look agreement with USA Today Studios to turn the newspaper’s deep sports archive into scripted and unscripted series, tapping the brand’s 200 local publica
Kristen Kish Wants to Host Queer Dating Show
Top Chef host Kristen Kish publicly pitched herself to host a queer dating show at Deadline's Reality TV Summit, saying she's been approached by producers and is open to calls from anyone developing i
Gorilla Comedy+ Debuts Blotnick & Fisher Specials
Comedians Emmy Blotnick and Jourdain Fisher will launch their new specials on Gorilla Comedy+, the streaming service of 800 Pound Gorilla debuting May 5, marking the platform’s first exclusive comedy
Innovative Artists Adds Sacripanti, Promotes Biancardi
Innovative Artists Entertainment bolstered its talent roster by hiring veteran agent Brian Sacripanti from Buchwald and promoting long‑time staffer Celine Biancardi to agent. President Scott Harris sa
Neon Lands 'I Want My MTV' Film, Taps Geremy Jasper to Direct
Neon has won a competitive bidding situation for the feature film adaptation of Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum's oral history 'I Want My MTV,' with Geremy Jasper directing from a script he co-wrote wi
Park Chan‑wook Names 2026 Jury: Moore, Zhao, Skarsgård
Park Chan‑wook’s 2026 Cannes competition jury is now a star‑studded mix of Hollywood and international talent, featuring Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, Stellan Skarsgård, Ruth Negga, Laura Wandel, Diego Césp
Vic Mensa Signs With ColorCreative
Multi‑disciplinary artist Vic Mensa has signed with management firm ColorCreative, joining a roster that recently delivered a #1 Netflix film. The deal adds a high‑profile talent as Netflix grapples w
The Night Agent Ending With Season 4 on Netflix
Netflix's The Night Agent will conclude with its upcoming fourth season, which began production in Los Angeles, giving the show a planned ending under creator Shawn Ryan.
White House Posts Trump Mandalorian Meme on May 4th
The White House marked Star Wars Day by posting a social media meme depicting President Trump as the Mandalorian alongside Grogu, holding an American flag and captioned "This is the way."
Patrick Schwarzenegger Takes Dual Role for The Bookie
Patrick Schwarzenegger joins S. Craig Zahler’s 1959‑set crime drama The Bookie & The Bruiser, playing twin brothers whose actions entangle the film’s protagonists in a deadly Mafia‑Irish gang clash.
Mantello Stages 'Salesman' in a Garage With Nathan Lane
Director Joe Mantello's new Broadway 'Death of a Salesman' stages the entire play inside a smoke-filled garage representing Willy Loman's fractured mind, with Nathan Lane as a 'flailing vaudevillian'
Dan Stevens Cast as Lead in AMC's 'The Terror' Season 3
Actor Dan Stevens joins the third season of AMC’s horror anthology ‘The Terror’ as its lead, while also taking on an executive producer role, after Ridley Scott’s fandom of his Netflix ‘Eurovision’ pe
Luis Sequeira Builds 135‑Piece Red Pennywise Costume
Costume designer Luis Sequeira created Pennywise’s new red outfit for Welcome to Derry, a 135‑piece ensemble with stretch and silicone details to achieve a wet, worn look while allowing the actor full
Otero Unveils 'Agua Salada' at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Angel Otero unveils 'Agua Salada' at Hauser & Wirth Somerset — his most personal and figurative exhibition yet, channeling his Puerto Rican childhood, his late grandmother Maria Luisa, and a recent co
Anish Kapoor urges US exclusion from Venice Biennale
Anish Kapoor has called for the US to be excluded from the Venice Biennale over its 'abhorrent politics of hate' and 'incessant warmongering,' while commending jurors who resigned in protest over Isra
Rose Finn-Kelcey Show Opens at Northampton's New £5m Centre
A small but striking exhibition of conceptual artist Rose Finn-Kelcey has opened at Northampton's brand-new £5m art centre, returning the homegrown feminist prankster to the town where she was born in
Academy Adds Festival‑Winner Path for Global Films
While recent reports have centered on Iran’s maritime coercion, the Academy’s new International Feature rules open a direct Oscar pathway for films, a move celebrated by the IIFMA as a breakthrough fo
Rostam Batmanglij Releases Americana‑Persian Album
Rostam Batmanglij drops his third solo album, American Stories, a genre‑bending mix of Americana and Persian sounds that reflects his Iranian‑American roots, recent U.S. political moments, and his sup
Isa Briones tells fans to stop shouting on Broadway
As NASA’s lunar and interplanetary plans dominate headlines, Isa Briones, fresh from HBO’s The Pitt, publicly rebuked fans for shouting TV references during her Broadway performance in Just in Time, w
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