Month: May 2021

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, Apple has landed The Big Door Prize, a half-hour comedy based on M.O. Walsh’s bestselling novel, with a 10-episode straight-to-series order. The project hails from Emmy-winning Schitt’s Creek writer/executive producer David West Read, Skydance Television and Parasite producer CJ ENM/Studio Dragon. The Big Door Prize tells a
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Spoilers for season 1 of Outer Banks below. Watching Netflix’s soapy teen drama Outer Banks left us longing for a tan, a fictional summer romance, and a sun-drenched vacation—especially after more than a year in pandemic-induced quarantine. But more than anything, it left us craving a second season to make sense of the show’s wild
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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has another feature hit on its hands in Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead which is on its way to becoming one of the streamer’s top 10 most watched movies, bound to notch 72M viewing households in its first four weeks. Army of the Dead, which repped the streamer’s widest theatrical release in 600 theaters prior
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Casting continues on HBO‘s “The Last of Us” television series, with Deadline reporting today that Merle Dandridge has joined the cast in the role she voiced in the video games. Dandridge will now play the live-action version of “Marlene, the head of the Fireflies, a resistance movement struggling for freedom against an oppressive military regime.”
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Hello, and welcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. On the newsletter this week, your usual dose of the best international stories from Deadline. As always, I’m on jkanter@deadline.com if you want to send comments, feedback or stories. And to get this delivered directly to your inbox every Friday, sign up here. Blow To Cannes
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[embedded content] President Joe Biden is touring the country to promote the American Jobs Plan, a $1.7 trillion dollar investment in the country’s infrastructure that would revitalize the American economy, create jobs in renewable energy, and provide opportunities for millions of Americans. This would be the second huge bill for Biden and the Democrats, who
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Kourtney Kardashian reacted to her favorite part of a viral video, created by comedian Benny Drama, titled ‘Kourtney Goes Punk.’ It was a playful jab at Kourtney’s romance with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker! Kourtney Kardashian, 42, is laughing right along with the other 600,000 people who watched a viral skit that poked fun at her
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There’s no getting away from it. We all need a break after the horrendous year we’ve had and while respite still seems some distance away, the relaxation of travel rules within the UK itself means that this summer needn’t be a washout after all. If you’re looking for golden sands, crystal clear waters and azure
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SHUDDER ACQUIRES TERRIFYING THRILLER THE BOY BEHIND THE DOOR Bold, Unrelenting Feature Debut from Justin Powell and David Charbonier Streams July 29 Exclusively on Shudder  Filmmakers’ Follow-up Feature, The Djinn, to be Released by IFC Midnight Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired the exclusive rights to The
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