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EXCLUSIVE: Hot off of notching two Emmy noms this year, we hear that Colman Domingo is looking to co-write an original live-action feature about Princess Tiana inspired by Disney‘s animated 2009 feature Princess and the Frog. We understand, per sources, that the two-time Oscar nominee will co-pen the feature with 2020 Tony-nominated Slave Play director

Good afternoon Insiders from a boiling hot London, we’ve got your newsletter primed and ready after a busy week. Max Goldbart with the words. Sign up here. Weeks Of Uncertainty For WarnerMount Paramount/Warner Bros. “A giant conglomerate beholden to Trump”: We’ve been keeping you up to date with every twist and turn of the regulatory

Streaming giant Netflix anticipates content spending (of about $20 billion) will be up around 10% in 2026, accelerating from 8% increases over the last five years but below the 14% the company averaged over the past decade. Live, now a focus, will be about 5% of total. The higher outlay comes even as generative AI

EXCLUSIVE: Cooper & Fry are heading to the U.S. after streamer BritBox snapped up the British crime drama. The show has performed well on Paramount-owned broadcast network 5 in the UK and now has a U.S. home. BritBox has snagged Season 1 of the show for U.S. and Canada, while Netflix has taken second window

UPDATE: Paramount is pushing back on a recently filed shareholder lawsuit, saying it “recycles allegations that have already been reported and already addressed.” “As we’ve said consistently: no commitments from either David or Larry Ellison have been made to any government body, State AG, or federal agency regarding the future of CNN or any other

Filming is underway on one of Peru’s most ambitious film or TV projects ever, Los Principiantes. The eight-part Spanish-language drama, inspired by real events, is set in 1980s Lima, Peru, and follows the rise of an elite law school cabal that infiltrates academia, politics, and organized crime. According to producers, the series explores how “ambition and power

Scott Bryce, who starred as Craig Montgomery on As the World Turns in the 1980s, returned to the CBS soap in ensuing years, was a regular on The WB dramedy Popular and guested on dozen of shows during a 35-year screen career, has died. He was 68. His son Jackson confirmed the news on social

New BBC Director General Matt Brittin has signaled his support for the license fee to expand to streaming services while acknowledging enforcement would be “difficult.” Having the scope of the annual £180 ($240) fee widen to incorporate those watching non-live TV on the likes of Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ has emerged as one of

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is selling about $59.5 million in company stock, his latest move to cash in on the company’s stock rebound. The sale of the nearly 2.2 million shares was revealed in an SEC filing on Monday, hours after 12 states filed an antitrust lawsuit intended to block Paramount’s $110 billion

The Peaky Blinders team has paid tribute to Sam Neill after his unexpected death. In a post on the show’s official Instagram page, producers said they were “devastated” by the actor’s passing at the age of 78. Neil starred in the first two seasons of Peaky Blinders as Chester Campbell, an irascible and ruthless inspector

Three-time Oscar nominee Sacha Baron Cohen was at Wimbledon today, but so was his alter-ego, Ali G, as you can see from the social media posts below. We hear it’s really Ali G, and the news comes in the wake of a brand new Ali G movie being filmed sub rosa. While the man-on-the-street comedic

England progressed to the semi-final of the FIFA World Cup in front of the largest UK audience of the tournament so far. Jude Bellingham’s brace of goals knocked Norway out of the competition, with a peak of 16.8M viewers watching the 2-1 triumph on ITV1. ITV’s coverage scored an average of 12.7M viewers, according to

Barbara Ling, the production designer behind Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019) and Michael (2026), has died. She was 73. The Academy Award winner died on Thursday in Santa Barbara after she was diagnosed with cancer, a WME spokesperson confirmed to Deadline. “Equally gifted at period authenticity, contemporary realism, and stylized fantasy, Ling leaves

Police in England said a 26-year-old man was arrested Friday on suspicion of murder in the death of Ann Widdecombe, a former British Member of Parliament and a familiar and polarizing presence on UK reality TV shows Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Big Brother and many others. Widdecombe’s body was found Thursday with what officials describe

Randolph Mantooth, who starred as a Los Angeles paramedic on the NBC series Emergency! along with turns on soap operas including As the World Turns, One Life to Live and The City, has died. He was 80. His family told our sister site The Hollywood Reporter that Mantooth died July 9 in hospice in Ventura,

Hello again, Insider Squad. Jesse Whittock here to update you on the top headlines from the world of TV and film this week, as Europe went M&A crazy. Here’s what happened… but before that sign up to the newsletter for the full Insider experience. First, Sky Buys ITV Sky New Sky thinking: It was the

Four years after Batgirl was pulled from the HBO Max release schedule, J.K. Simmons wants to see the DCEU entry released. The Oscar winner, who starred as Commissioner James Gordon in the Adil El Arbi/Bilall Fallah-helmed movie, recently looked back on Warner Bros. and DC Films’ “bizarre” decision shelf the title amid the WBD merger.

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian film and TV production outfit 9 Light Entertainment is launching a sales and distribution arm which will kick off its activities with upcoming comedic thriller Sound & Fury. Scheduled to go into production this fall, Sound & Fury is the directorial feature debut of SXSW short film regular Charles Wahl (The Mohel, Little

UPDATED, July 8, 2026: Another trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s final Dune film is here. Zendaya’s Chani is not happy with Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreidies, who “promised” her that he would never “take power in [his] name.” Jason Momoa‘s Duncan Idaho remarks how the Lisan al-Gaib has “conquered the galaxy” and “destroyed thousands of worlds.” When

Could The Great British Bake Off once again rise at the BBC? That’s a possibility after BBC director general Matt Brittin revealed that the UK broadcaster is in talks with Channel 4 to host its content on iPlayer. Giving evidence to UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Wednesday, Brittin said that the BBC

The stars of The Odyssey are embracing method dressing at events, appearances and premieres for the film. They’re led by the queen of method dressing, Zendaya, who’s been thematically tying her red carpet looks to her movies for years, from Dune to Challengers to Spider-Man. Joining in this time around are her co-stars Anne Hathaway,

Moritz de Hadeln, a pioneering industry professional who led the Berlin, Venice, and Locarno Film Festivals, has died. He was 85. Reps close to de Hadeln’s family confirmed the news to Deadline. de Hadeln died on Saturday, July 4, at a hospital in Nyon, Switzerland.  de Hadeln was born in Exeter, England, to a family

While we knew when 70mm IMAX tickets were selling out a year ago that Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey would be a hit, we now have some confirmation that the film itself lives up to the standard we’ve come to expect from the director of Oppenheimer. Early reactions dropped today, and while these are always to

“Family is family,” notes a character at the beginning of Danish director Mads Mengel’s low-key but emotionally gripping three-hander The Guest, at a point in time when the biggest problem facing Karl (Simon Bennebjerg) and Emilie (Mette Klakstein Wiberg) — the proud middle-class parents of newborn baby Elliot — is whether to order asparagus or

After three movies, Jesse Eisenberg is patiently awaiting another magical journey with the Four Horsemen. The 2x Oscar nominee recently admitted he’s “never felt happier” than when playing street magician J. Daniel Atlas in the Now You See Me movies, noting that he’d “love to do” a fourth installment. “Honestly, I’d love to do Now

Robert Richardson, christened “Big Bad Bob” by Brad Pitt, took time of his insanely busy schedule to spend his July 4 weekend in the Czech Republic. The occasion was the world premiere of Robert Richardson: The White Devil, an eye-opening documentary directed by Czech filmmaker Jana Hojdová. The film began life as a student project

A year after Oasis reunited to kick off their world tour in Cardiff, Wales, fans can see their first performance together in 16 years on the big screen. On Saturday, Disney released the teaser for Don’t Look Back in Anger, a documentary that follows brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher’s highly-anticipated reunion for last year’s Oasis

UPDATE 4.20PM PT: It’s now being widely reported — including by BBC and most Mexican outlets, which have confirmed with FIFA sources — that the game will remain at its original kickoff time. FIFA’s intention to change the time seemingly led to fury in the England and Mexican camps. As you were. UPDATE: 3PM PT:

Following his 2021 falling out with the Jackass guys, Bam Margera has no ill will toward the crew and their final onscreen outing. Although the pro skater said that a reunion is “not going to happen,” he recently emphasized that he “doesn’t have any bad blood” against his former co-stars from the stunt franchise, and

It’s been a busy week for Lisa Nandy. First, the British politician was in the news this week for her intervention in Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), and now she taking aim at Elon Musk. The UK’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has quit Musk’s social media platform X over