Amazon Studios Hires Former Legendary Exec Nick Pepper To Oversee IP & Talent Management Following TV Restructure

Stay Gold Features and Topic Studios have teamed up to finance and produce Nanny, a horror film written and directed by Sierra Leonean-American filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu, in her feature directorial debut. Nikkia Moulterie (Random Acts of Flyness) and Stay Gold’s Daniela Taplin Lundberg (Harriet, Honey Boy) are producing the project, which will begin shooting this June in New York City.

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EXCLUSIVE: A documentary about American Gladiators, widely considered one of the first reality competition series, is set as ESPN’s latest 30 for 30.

Shout! Studios has picked up the North American rights to Natalie Morales' drama Language Lessons, which also stars and is written by Mark Duplass. Actress-turned-director Morales debuted Language Lessons at the Berlin Film Festival and earned the audience award at the SXSW Film Festival.

Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to Language Lessons, the drama that marks the feature directing debut of Natalie Morales. She co-stars with Mark Duplass, who also penned the script. The pic, which had its world premiere at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and won an audience award at SXSW, will now hit theaters and additional platforms later this year as part of the deal that includes digital, VOD, broadcast, and home entertainment rights.

Fremantle’s Melissa Harper is joining NBCUniversal in a new role that will oversee all physical production across its TV and streaming portfolios.

EXCLUSIVE: Fauda and Shtisel outfit Yes Studios has sold its hit Israeli series On The Spectrum to HBO Max for North American streaming.

A Starting Point, the civic media organization created by Chris Evans, actor/filmmaker Mark Kassen and entrepreneur Joe Kiani, has teamed up with Newsweek for the month of April to create a cross-platform series exploring Gen Z’s impact on American politics. In this first-of-its-kind media collaboration for ASP, the brands will combine ASP’s educational and bipartisan lawmaker video interviews with Newsweek’s articles.

Barry Jenkins is one of the most exciting voices in American film working today. That’s pretty undeniable.

EXCLUSIVE: Trailblazer Studios, one of the company’s behind Dawn Porter’s Tulsa massacre doc Red Summer for Nat Geo, is moving into podcasting.

Antonio Ferme editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Amazon Prime Video released the premiere date and trailer for “Frank of Ireland,” and TV One released a clip from the upcoming season of “Unsung.”HBO Max has announced the cast for the upcoming comedy pilot “The Gordita Chronicles” from Sony Pictures Television. The family comedy is about a willful, 12-year-old Dominican girl Cucu (Olivia Goncalves) who struggles to fit into hedonistic 1980s Miami as her family pursues the American dream.

Ellise Shafer administratorRyan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s latest project, “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” has found its leads.Evan Peters, a longtime staple of Murphy’s “American Horror Story” anthology series, will take on the role of notorious serial killer Dahmer. Niecy Nash, who starred in Murphy and Brennan’s 2015 series “Scream Queens,” has been cast as the show’s female lead, Glenda Cleveland.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. studio veteran Ravi Mehta has been named Head of Physical Production, Post-Production, VFX at 20th Century Studios. Mehta will oversee all aspects of physical production for the Disney-owned 20th Century studios film division.

The NBA has handed Raptors head coach Nick Nurse a US$50,000 fine for his actions in Toronto’s 115-112 loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday night at Amalie Arena.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has picked up the North American and U.K. distribution rights to noir thriller, The Virtuoso, starring Anson Mount (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), Abbie Cornish (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), and Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins (The Father). Directed and produced by Nick Stagliano, the film is slated to be released in theaters and on-demand in Q2 of 2021.

Nick Jonas recently released his all-new album Spaceman and it has been on a chart-topping journey ever since its release. The singer has also been busy with promotional interactions for the same and recently appeared on Zane Lowe's Apple Music podcast.