Blink49 Studios Names Lindsay Tolbert As VP, Scripted TV, Promotes Alix Steerman

EXCLUSIVE: Industry star Myha’la Herrold has become the latest big name to join the cast of Black Mirror’s highly-anticipated sixth season.

Netflix has unveiled a trailer and first-look photos for its action-thriller Lou, starring Oscar winner Allison Janney (I, Tonya) and Emmy nominee Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Country), which is slated for release on September 23rd.

Michele Morrone is stepping out to promote his new Netflix movie.

Zack Sharf Jonah Hill has released an open letter in which he announced that he will no longer promote his own movies for the foreseeable future in order to continue working on his mental health. Hill’s upcoming projects include a new documentary he directed titled “Sputz” and Netflix’s comedy movie “You People,” which Hill co-wrote with director Kenya Barris.

BreAnna Bell eOne has selected Kris Henigman as its new senior vice president of scripted television, where he will focus on the development and packaging of television projects, Variety has learned exclusively.“I am very excited to join the amazing team at eOne. In addition to eOne’s fantastic original series slate, Hasbro has a deep well of beloved IP that I have been a massive fan of since childhood.

Barmageddon firm White Label Productions has hired Netflix physical production exec Katie Judkins and promoted Stephanie Wagner to Senior Vice President level.

What to watch: 7 movies & shows to stream this week - August 5What to watch: 7 movies & shows to stream this week - July 29Abbi Jacobson is back with a program of her own. Following the end of “Broad City,” Jacobson took her time to deliver a new project, turning in “A League of Their Own,” a TV show based on the legendary Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell and Geena Davis movie. Jacobson is the co-creator of the series and stars in it, telling the story of a team of female baseball players in the 40’s, with an expanded scope that accounts for race and sexuality.

Angelique Jackson MACRO Film Studios and Confluential Films has announced the start of production on the new film “Young. Wild. Free.”Directed by Thembi Banks (“Insecure,” “The Sex Lives of College Girls”), the movie stars Sanaa Lathan, Algee Smith, Sierra Capri and Mike Epps.

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Ferguson, series producer on BBC hits including The Responder and The Trial of Christine Keeler, has been snapped up by the new-look BBC drama commissioning team, Deadline can reveal.

Just a few hours shy of the deadline set in late July by hundreds of top female writers and showrunners on abortion safety protocols, most of Hollywood’s biggest studios and streamers today opted to side step specifics.

The SAG-AFTRA National Board overwhelmingly approved its new bargaining agreement with Netflix on Monday, sending it to members for a ratification vote. The new agreement is a follow-up to the 2019 contract that marked the first agreement between the actors union and the streaming studio, but it will also be the last one made exclusively between the two sides.

Netflix has released a batch of first-look images for Season 5 of featuring The Karate Kid Part III star Sean Kanan returning to the ‘Miyagi-Verse’ as Mike Barnes, and Alicia Hannah-Kim’s debut as South Korean sensei, Kim Da-Eun.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is developing Stronger (working title), a female empowerment bodybuilding drama series starring and executive produced by Insecure standout Yvonne Orji, sources tell Deadline. The project is created and written by Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air) and comes from A+E Studios where Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions has a first-look deal.

So many stars are stepping out to support 13: The Musical!

What to watch: 7 movies & shows to stream this week - July 22What to watch: 7 movies & shows to stream this week - July 29“Prey” is one of the most exciting releases this week. The film is a prequel to the “Predator” franchise, starring Naru (Amber Midthunder), a Comanche warrior who faces off with the terrifying and tech-savvy alien. It’s directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who has experience reinvigorating franchises and crafting tense sequences.

Wilson Chapman editorAcademy Award winner Kathy Bates and YouTube star Liza Koshy have joined the cast for an upcoming romantic comedy film from Netflix.The film, which is currently untitled, is headlined by former “The Paperboy” co-stars Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron, as well as “Kissing Booth” lead Joey King. According to the logline, the film will focus on a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as as a surprising romance kicks off comedic consequences for the trio, forcing them to face complications of love, sex and identity.The film is directed by “The Last Five Years” and “Beautiful Creatures” director Richard LaGravenese, who co-wrote the script with Carrie Solomon.

Shania Twain has had quite the eventful few weeks, and it was capped off in the best way possible when it was announced that she was among the class of musicians being inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.MORE: Shania Twain gets candid about divorce from ex-husband Mutt Lange in new documentaryThe singer shared a photograph of some of the inductees on her Instagram Stories, which included a beautiful black and white shot of hers as well.VIDEO: Trailer for Shania Twain's new Netflix documentaryShe reacted to the big honor with a message of gratitude, saying: "It feels really, really good to be among so many of my songwriting idols and for my own songwriting to be celebrated."Shania even added a hint as to what was to come with new music of her own, saying: "Ironically I was at home in Switzerland writing when this was announced!"MORE: Shania Twain shares revealing insight into rarely seen son EjaThe Canadian star also touched on how big of an honor it was that she had been inducted as a woman, alongside prolific songwriter Hillary Lindsey, given that it had been a few years since that had happened."It's been a while since a woman has been inducted into this," she wrote.

Array Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s Peabody Award-winning narrative change collective, has picked up rights to the feature drama Learn to Swim for the U.S., the UK, Australia and New Zealand, slating it for release on select screens and on Netflix on August 15.