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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUniversal Filmed Entertainment Group has renewed its first-look deal with Working Title Films, the producer of many of the studio’s most beloved movies.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCast and crew members were sent home this week due to a coronavirus scare on the Los Angeles set of “Bullet Train,” the upcoming Brad Pitt action-thriller.The move was made after an asymptomatic crew person tested positive for COVID-19. In accordance with union protocol and out of an abundance of caution, the handful of cast and crew who had contact with the crew member went home and continued to be tested.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJerry Bruckheimer’s first-look deal with Paramount Pictures is set to expire in February and will not be renewed.That makes the superstar producer of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise a free agent. Bruckheimer first signed a pact with Paramount in 2013, leaving Disney where he had been housed for two decades.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaPaul Schneider, Shantel VanSanten, Kevin Corrigan, and Moises Arias will round out the cast of “American Murderer.” They join previously announced stars Tom Pelphrey, Ryan Phillippe, Idina Menzel and Jacki Weaver in the story of a charismatic con man turned party king who bankrolls his high living through a series of scams.The film is written and will be directed by Matthew Gentile, and is based on the true story of Jason Derek Brown.

Eli Countryman VH1 will premiere a “Love & Hip Hop” reunion special entitled “Love & Hip Hop: Secrets Unlocked” on Jan. 4, Variety has learned exclusively.The virtual reunion, the first of a four-part special, marks the franchise’s first event featuring cast members from all four filming locations: New York, Atlanta, Hollywood and Miami.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaConcord Theatricals has secured exclusive worldwide licensing rights to “Slave Play” by Jeremy O. Harris, the galvanic look at sex, race, and power that scored a history-making 12 Tony Award nominations.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUli Edel will direct “Shadow Song,” the story of the bond between a Chinese music student and his Jewish classmate.The film is a feature-length version of the 2017 short “A Children’s Song” and boasts a screenplay by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs (“Chocolat”).

Royal weddings are huge events and, as such, every detail is meticulously planned out. At Princess Diana's wedding to Prince Charles in 1981, this included special attention that was paid to her footwear for the big day.

Carrie Underwood’s 5-year-old son, Isaiah, made an adorable appearance in My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood, which dropped on HBO Max on Thursday, December 3.The country singer, 37, and Mike Fisher’s eldest son rocked a large pair of headphones and a plaid shirt while singing his part in his and Underwood’s “Little Drummer Boy” duet.The Oklahoma native, who also shares son Jacob, 22 months, with the former professional ice hockey player, 40, gushed in October about Isaiah’s

Carrie Underwood is gifting fans with some serious Christmas cuteness. The celebrated songstress decided to turn to her adorable son to sing a duet on her new album, My Gift — and the recording is featured in her new streaming TV special.

Carrie Underwood is gifting fans with some serious Christmas cuteness.

Antenna, a startup that provides analytics about subscription businesses, has raised $4.2 million in seed funding led by Raine Ventures. Antenna, which launched in February amid a boom in direct-to-consumer entertainment services, was built on the thesis that new metrics would be needed to determine the winners and losers of the streaming wars.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNew Works Provincetown has commissioned its second and third projects. The developmental theater lab will help support a new play by Kevin Powell (“The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood”), developed with and directed by Oliver Butler (“What the Constitution Means to Me”).

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAfter the year that 2020 was, Mariah Carey knows “this Christmas we could all use a little magic.”Well, it’s not quite Dec.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWes Studi, Q’orianka Kilcher and Tatanka Means will star in “Canyon Del Muerto,” the new film from writer and director Coerte Voorhees.The film is based on the true story of one of America’s first female archaeologists, Ann Axtell Morris, who spent years uncovering civilizations in the southwest and Mexico.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSony Music Masterworks, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, has acquired a 50% stake in Seaview, the production company behind such Tony nominated shows as “Slave Play” and “Sea Wall/ A Life.” Seaview is headed by producer and entrepreneur Greg Nobile.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAtlantic Records and Mike Caren’s Artist Partner Group, which has spawned such top artists as YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Kehlani, Kevin Gates and more, have announced an evolution of their partnership that sees APG gaining greater independence while Atlantic acquires the artists that have been developed under the joint venture since it launched in 2012.While full details were not announced, ADA, the independent artist and label services division of Atlantic parent