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EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has exclusive first look photos for Pink Flags, an indie thriller starring married actors Raye Levine Spielberg & Sawyer Spielberg (Merry Good Enough), which is currently finishing up post. Written and directed by Misha Calvert, the film follows figure skater Liberty (Levine…

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has taken exclusive worldwide rights to Jim Henson’s beloved fantasy adventure movies Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, as part of a new multi-year distribution alliance with The Jim Henson Company, Deadline has learned. Under the pact, which went into effect on January 1st…

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has acquired Turkish streamer BluTV. The U.S. media giant already had a 35% stake in the eight-year-old streamer along with content deals in place, and has upped stake to 100%. Today’s news builds on WBD boss David Zaslav’s declaration during the company’s Q3 results call…

Lionsgate said today its acquisition of global entertainment platform eOne from Hasbro is done. The transaction announced last August adds 6,500 film and television titles to Lionsgate's large library; diversifies and strengthens its scripted and unscripted television businesses; extends its…

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian comedy Run the Burbs has been picked up by Hulu for its second window in the U.S. Fifth Season struck the deal with the streamer for the comedy from Kim’s Convenience star Andrew Phung, with the first two seasons set to drop on Hulu on New Year’s Eve, a few days before the third l…

This is something we don’t see often — reruns of an ongoing broadcast series airing concurrently on another broadcast network in primetime. Under a deal with Lionsgate, the CW has acquired the five existing seasons of ABC’s comedy series The Conners. Back-to-back repeats of the Roseanne spinoff will air…

After seeing her DC-inspired debut feature The People’s Joker pulled from TIFF 2022 over what the fest described as “right’s issues,” Vera Drew has secured a North American release for the film via L.A.-based indie distributor Altered Innocence. A mixed-media dark comedy drawing inspiration from…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has snapped up U.S. rights to AGC Studios’ Poolman, the absurdist comedy caper marking the directorial debut of Chris Pine (Star Trek franchise), for release in theaters in 2024. World premiering at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, the film tells the story of Pine’s native…

Ride will ride again on the CW. The network announced today that it picked up the 10-episode first season of the Yellowstone-like drama that starred Nancy Travis (Last Man Standing). The series, which follows a bucolic but cash-strapped ranch that's operated by a widowed parent (Travis) who loses a…

Neon has snapped up U.S. rights to Immaculate, a new horror film produced by and starring Sydney Sweeney (Anyone But You), for release in theaters on a date not yet disclosed. News of the deal comes as Neon & pic’s producer Black Bear await the nationwide Christmas Day release of Michael Mann’s Ferr…

EXCLUSIVE: Shudder has acquired rights to Dario Argento Panico, Simone Scadfi’s documentary retrospective and personal portrait of the Italian giallo master, for the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Pic debuts on the service on February 2, 2024, after making its world premiere at…

Roadside Attractions and Vertical have acquired U.S. rights to Firebrand, a historical thriller starring Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) and Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) that world premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film directed by Karim Aïnouz (Invisible Life) is slated for an…