AMC Studios Enters Exclusive Multi-Year Deal with ‘Walking Dead’ Producer Jim Barnes

The Walking Dead will feature original comic book character, Mercer.Actor Michael James Shaw will portray the popular character, who is an officer of the Commonwealth and the de-facto leader of the Commonwealth Military in Robert Kirkman’s comics.Shaw, whose acting credits include playing Corvus Glaive in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), shared the news on Instagram, writing: “Super excited to announce that I will be joining @thewalkingdead for the final season as

The Walking Dead‘s return last night (February 28) for six bonus season 10 episodes heralded the arrival of a new threat to the show’s heroes – the Reapers.With Maggie back in the fold, it seems that while she has been away she has attracted the attention of these new villains, who are hot on her trail.But who are this mysterious group? Unfortunately, fans of the comics are none the wiser either, as there is no counterpart in the source material (unlike previous threats such as the

ViacomCBS International Studios’ children’s division VIS Kids has signed a first-look deal with John Boyega’s UpperRoom Productions as part of a raft of content partnerships announced at the Kidscreen Summit Virtual 2021.

Anthony and Joe Russo are the latest top-level talent to strike a major podcasting deal with Spotify.

Freddy Syborn, a writer and co-exec producer on Disney+’s upcoming Ms. Marvel series and co-creator of Jack Whitehall comedy drama Bounty Hunters, is adapting Daniel Cole’s Ragdoll for AMC and UKTV network Alibi.

I’m not Donald Glover’s accountant or anything, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the actor-comedian-rapper-writer-[insert whatever else he’s working on today] is already a pretty wealthy man. But after his brand-new Amazon deal that is THR is reporting about, it seems like he’s, uh, doing pretty damn well financially.

Donald Glover reportedly has a new home for his content.

Apple today announced a multi-year partnership with Skydance Animation to deliver kids and families animated theatrical features and TV series. AppleTV+ has a reach of 100 countries. The deal begins with the recent Apple acquisitions of Skydance’s upcoming animated titles Luck and Spellbound. 

EXCLUSIVE: Chernin Entertainment has set a first-look deal with producer Julie Oh and her newly launched production label, OhCo.

EXCLUSIVE: The Walking Dead writer-producer Jim Barnes is expanding his relationship with AMC Studios, signing an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with the studio behind the hit zombie apocalypse series. Under the pact, Barnes will develop and produce new series for AMC’s television networks and streaming platforms and third-party buyers.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSF Studios and sales banner REinvent have unveiled the trailer for “The Pact,” Bille August’s psychological drama based on real events in the life of Karen Blixen, the Danish author best known for her autobiographical novel “Out of Africa.”The film depicts Blixen’s tumultuous relationship with Thorkild Bjørnvig, a promising young poet, after she returned from Africa.

EXCLUSIVE: As exhibition and the domestic box office remain in purgatory during the pandemic, with several tentpole movies delayed to later in the year, you would think that the streamers would rise to the occasion and backfill the major studios with pushing their wares during the Super Bowl, right?

Fans of The Walking Dead will be happy to hear that AMC+ will debut the first episode of the horror series’ extended 10th season on February 21 ahead of its linear premiere on February 28 at 9PM ET/PT on AMC. To sweeten the deal, all subsequent episodes will debut early on the premium streaming bundle, every Thursday before hitting AMC beginning March 4. AMC also released a new promo, photos and key art for the new extended season which you can see below.

EXCLUSIVE: The Walt Disney Company has extended its relationship with Black Panther director and co-writer Ryan Coogler. Disney has made a five-year overall exclusive television deal with Coogler’s Proximity Media, which he runs with principals Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis and Peter Nicks.

Fear The Walking Dead has set a return date to air the second half of season 6.AMC, the network on which the show airs, today (January 28) announced that the series would return on April 11.It was also revealed that three new cast members would be joining the show – John Glover, Nick Stahl and Keith Carradine.The show’s official synopsis read: “As Morgan’s bid to free the remaining members of the group becomes bolder, Virginia grows increasingly desperate to find her sister and protect the

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterFollowing the success of “Marriage Story,” acclaimed filmmaker Noah Baumbach has singed a multi-year deal to write and direct films for Netflix.Baumbach, an indie stalwart who broke out with the 2005 drama “The Squid and the Whale,” will exclusively work with the streaming giant in the feature space for the duration of the deal.His next project is an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s iconic American novel “White Noise,” widely reported to be his partner Greta Gerwig’s

With the release of “Marriage Story” leading to more people than ever before raving about writer-director Noah Baumbach, it appears the filmmaker is ready to make his relationship with Netflix official.