Author Mo Willems, Stampede Ventures, and RedBird Capital Partners have formed Hidden Pigeon Company, a multiplatform kids and family content venture that will leverage Willems' best-selling catalogue of children's books and intellectual property across all entertainment platforms. Willems is a an…

EXCLUSIVE: Australian indie Red Empire has launched a podcast version of its upcoming sci-fi TV series Interface. Interface: The Creator’s Champion follows Wyatt, a tech genius abducted and coerced into competing in the illicit Circuit Games for a clandestine team led by the fierce and beautiful Frey…

Disney chief executive Bob Iger weighed in on AI today, staying general but calling the battleground technology good for Disney’s business, but disruptive. “It's pretty clear that AI represents some pretty interesting opportunties for us, and some substantial benefits. In fact, we are already…

EXCLUSIVE: LAIKA's Chief Marketing Officer David Burke has added Chief Operating Officer to his responsibilities at the Oscar-winning studio. Burke joined LAIKA in 2019 from Universal Pictures, where he had been General Manager for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since 2006. Burke will…

After yesterday's Imagine Dragons party outside Netflix, it was Paramount's turn to pop. Around 900 picketers flooded the streets near Melrose supporting the WGA West's Committee of Black Writers. These included stars such as Samira Wiley, Gabby Sidibe, Kendrick Sampson and Robin…

UPDATED, 3:25 PM: Striking writers marching Wednesday in New York City were joined by SAG-AFTRA members Bob Odenkirk and Mandy Patinkin — and the latter’s sign harkened back to a certain beloved 1987 movie. Both Emmy winners walked the picket line side by side outside streaming giant Amazon's field…

Just hours after members of Actors’ Equity Association joined the striking WGA picket lines outside of HBO and Amazon’s New York City offices today, Kate Shindle, Equity president, suggested in a statement to Deadline that the strike’s impact on the upcoming Tony Awards is yet to be…

Disney CEO Bob Iger has changed strategic course on Hulu, revealing that “cordial” and “constructive” discussions have started with Comcast about Disney acquiring its one-third stake in the streaming service. “I mentioned on the first earnings call that I did [in February] when I came back that…

Add another Starz series to the list of shows suspended as a result of the writers strike. P-Valley, which is filming its third season, has postponed its production in Atlanta. Creator and showrunner Katori Hall said, "We will not be filming until a fair deal is reached". We hear that filming…

It is hard to believe but in the entirety of Emmy history only one Latino actor has ever been nominated in the Lead Actor In A Drama Series category, and that was actually Brooklyn-born Jimmy Smits who had four consecutive nominations for NYPD Blue from 1996…

This just in….Paramount EVP Global Corp Comm Jenny Tartikoff is leaving the Melrose Lot. She’s be in the position since November 2021. “I’ve made the hard decision to leave the company,” the former NBCUni Corp Comm vet wrote in a note to staff which you can see below. Paramount Studios Boss Brian…

EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Aporia, a previously unannounced sci-fi thriller from Armian Pictures starring Judy Greer (Halloween Kills), Edi Gathegi (The Harder They Fall), Payman Maadi (A Separation) and Faithe Herman (Shazam!). The film, written and…