EXCLUSIVE : Jessi Klein has signed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television. Under the pact, the TV writer-producer, author and comedian will develop and produce scripted series for cable and streaming platforms. Klein, who helped develop Chappelle’s Show as an executive at Comedy…

Don Hall, the Academy Award-winning director behind such modern animated classics as Raya and the Last Dragon , Moana and Big Hero 6 , has closed a deal to create, develop, and produce an original animated feature for Skydance Animation. No specific details on the project were…

EXCLUSIVE : After a rapturous world premiere at the Palais des Festivals on Saturday night and an 11-minute standing ovation, Jacques Audiard's latest Cannes Competition entry  Emilia Perez  is nearing a deal with Netflix for North America and the UK. The Spanish-language musical crime comedy, starring…

Netflix has tied up a deal in the $34M range for the  John Lee Hancock -directed package  Monsanto , we can reveal. The pic will star Glen Powell,  Anthony Mackie  and Oscar winner  Laura Dern . CAA Media Finance cut the presale after launching with Rocket Science last week. Netflix has been quieter at…

EXCLUSIVE : Three and a half decades into his career as a playwright and film and TV writer, Jon Robin Baitz has never been busier, coming off one series, with three others in production or preproduction. Baitz has now signed a big multi-year deal with 20th Television, the studio behind the four series…

EXCLUSIVE : Ever Anderson, an up-and-coming actress known for roles in Disney+’s Peter Pan & Wendy and Marvel’s Black Widow , has entered into a new strategic partnership with Amazon MGM Studios, sources tell Deadline. We’re told there’s no official first-look deal here, though the hope at the…

EXCLUSIVE : After a decade at Paramount Global and its predecessors ViacomCBS and Viacom, Darren Star is making a move. In a competitive situation, the prolific TV creator of such shows as Beverly Hills, 90210 , Sex and the City and Emily In Paris , has signed a big multi-year overall deal at Universal…

In what is no surprise, Warner Bros Motion Picture Group is getting into business with its Dune and Wonka star Timothee Chalamet, and has hammered a multi-year first look feature film deal with the Oscar nominee as actor and producer. Between the Dune movies and Wonka, Chalamet’s recent pics with…

As they prepare to start the third installment of the Knives Out trilogy with Daniel Craig to shoot later this year, T-Street partners Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman have made a two-picture producing deal with the Warner Bros Motion Picture Group. T-Street becomes the latest in a flurry of A-listers to…

EXCLUSIVE: Drops of God creator Quoc Dang Tran is getting into business with HBO. The writer-producer has signed a two-year overall deal with the premium cable network to create and executive produce content exclusive to HBO.? Dang Tran recently gained recognition for creating Drops of God, Apple TV+…

Peabody Award-winning producer, showrunner and writer Gary Lennon has signed a new deal with Lionsgate extending their partnership. Under the deal, he will continue to work with Lionsgate Television and Starz on development opportunities to expand the Power Universe. Lennon has served as showrunner…

EXCLUSIVE : In a competitive situation with multiple studios bidding, 20th Century Studios has reeled in theatrical distribution rights to Imagine Entertainment’s thriller Whalefall , based on the recently published novel by bestseller Daniel Kraus. Aboard to co-write, direct, and produce the film is…