“Mayans MC” co-creator Elgin James has signed a multi-year overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios.
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By Peter White
International Co-Editor
Amazon has struck an overall deal with 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen and has put a sci-fi series into development.
This comes as the streaming service preps McQueen’s upcoming drama Small Axe, a co-production between Amazon and the BBC, which is launching later this year.
Separately, it is developing Last Days, a Lammas Park and See-Saw Films production. The show is a sci-fi thriller where the world’s governments have secretly
“Mayans MC” co-creator Elgin James has signed a multi-year overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios.
Julie Plec is departing her longtime studio home at Warner Bros. Television for a rich new deal with Universal Television, Variety has learned.
By Nellie Andreeva
Kristin Burr— the Disney veteran whose credits include Sweet Home Alabama, The Prestige andThe Muppets— has signed a multi-year, overall deal with Lionsgate.Under Burr! Productions banner, Burr will develop and produced features, having already set up dark comedy MILK— aka Mother I'd Like to Kill— from10 Cloverfield Lane director DanTrachtenberg.
Netflix is looking to up its adult animation game.
By Denise Petski
By Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski
Aline Brosh McKenna has signed a three year overall deal with ABC Studios.
By Mike Fleming Jr
Meghan Trainor is almost done teasing her fans with emoji riddles to guess the song titles from her upcoming third studio album Treat Myself. She unveiled all but one of the 15 songs Wednesday (Jan. 22) and the special-guest artists, including the recently reunited The Pussycat Dolls.
By Denise Petski
Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Dj Ashba has struck a plea deal with cops in a DUI case dating back to 2018.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is moving from HBO to Apple TV+.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, of “Veep” and “Seinfeld” fame, has inked an overall deal with Apple TV Plus to develop new projects exclusively for the platform as executive producer and star.
By Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski
By Jake Kanter
Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has inked a three-year overall with HBO and HBO Max. Under the deal, Soderbergh will develop content for both platforms which shall be exclusive in all forms of television and a first-look for films.
Steve Jordan, who founded the Polaris Music Prize -- Canada’s juried Canadian album of the year honor -- is leaving his role as its executive director to take on the position of senior director of CBC Music.