Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films Inks First-Look Film Deal With New Republic Pictures

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Modern Family” star Ty Burrell is staying in the staying in the Disney family.The actor has inked a two-year first-look deal with 20th Century Fox Television, via his newly-launched Desert Whale Productions.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSuper Frog, the production company founded by Hiro Murai and Nate Matteson, has signed first-look deal with FX Productions.Under the deal, the company will develop scripted and unscripted programming for FX and potentially other divisions of Walt Disney Television.“We are thrilled to continue our relationship with FX as we build our company,” Murai and Matteson said.

Idris Elba is set to produce TV shows and films as part of a first-look deal with bosses at Apple Tv+.The actor will develop original content under his production company, Green Door Pictures.He joins a long list of celebrities who have partnered with executives at the new streaming service, including Oprah Winfrey, Alfonso Cuaron, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Simon Kinberg.Elba has been busy as of late – the Hobbs & Shaw star recently completed production on Ricky Staub’s Concrete Cowboy, The Long

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMrs. America‘s Cate Blanchett is expanding her relationship with FX Productions, signing a first-look TV production deal with the studio behind the critically praised limited series via her Dirty Films, an independent film and TV production company co-founded by Blanchett and Andrew Upton.

Also Read: How 'Mrs. America' Directors Went From 'Captain Marvel' to a Feminist History Lesson“Cate Blanchett is a legendary talent and it was little surprise that her first role as an executive producer and star in an American television program – ‘Mrs.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCate Blanchett and her Dirty Films production company have signed a first-look TV deal with FX Productions.Dirty Films is headed by Blanchett along with Andrew Upton and Coco Francini. News of the deal comes after Blanchett and Francini served as executive producers on the FX on Hulu limited series “Mrs.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorViola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions is staying in business with Amazon Studios. The company has expanded its exclusive first-look deal to include television, in addition to extending its film deal.

Carol, Blue Jasmine and The Lord Of The Rings, has now co-created a new six-part Netflix drama based on her experiences in the field. It’s called Stateless, and represents a rare foray into television.Stateless details Australia’s on-shore detention programme at the turn of the millennium.

Also Read: Cate Blanchett to Star in 'Borderlands' Video Game Adaptation at LionsgateJames Gray, Anthony Katagas and RT Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira are producing the film.

The Walt Disney Co. on Monday announced an overall first-look deal with Colin Kaepernick.

Dirty Films — the production banner from Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton — has signed a first-look film deal with New Republic Pictures. New Republic, run by producers Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer, was behind the Elton John biopic Rocketman and Sam Mendes' World War I drama 1917.

Also Read: Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Pre-Wedding Dance Series in Works at Amazon StudiosThe third project is an unscripted TV series inspired by an Indian pre-wedding tradition called the Sangeet, which Chopra Jonas is developing for the tech giant with her husband Nick Jonas.

Also Read: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton Comedy Pitch 'Family Jewels' Acquired by New Republic PicturesFounded by Brian Oliver, New Republic Pictures launched in May 2018 and financed the Elton John biopic “Rocketman,” which was the first film in its first-look co-financing and distribution deal with Paramount.

Dave McNary Film ReporterCate Blachett has signed a first-look feature film production deal for her Dirty Films production company with New Republic Pictures, headed by Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer.Blanchett and Fischer previously worked together on “The House With a Clock in its Walls” and “Truth.”Dirty Films, founded by Blanchett and Andrew Upton, recently executive produced the miniseries “Mrs. America” for FX on Hulu.

This year has already seen Cate Blanchett star in one high-profile TV project, with FX’s recent release, “Mrs. America.” But this summer the actress is set to make her Netflix debut in a new drama series titled “Stateless.” READ MORE: Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Anne Hathaway & More Join James Gray’s New Film, ‘Armageddon Time’ As seen in the trailer for the series, “Stateless” doesn’t feature Blanchett in a starring role.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorPriyanka Chopra Jonas remembers when she was a teenager watching Sarah Michelle Gellar in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in her native India — and later, when she moved to the U.S. for high school.“I was like, ‘That’s who I want to be,’” Chopra Jonas, 37, tells Variety.

Dave McNary Film ReporterCate Blanchett’s untitled Lucille Ball biopic and Sylvester Stallone’s “Little America” are among a dozen projects selected for $40 million tax credit allocations by the California Film Commission.The list, unveiled Monday, includes “Moonshadow,” the story of a transgender teen sent to conversion camp, which also has a trans creative team, cast and crew; “Ashes to Ocean,” which revolves around an Asian family; “The Test,” which focuses on immigration and citizenship;

Also Read: River Road Entertainment Taps MACRO Producer Kim Roth as Chief Creative Officer“One of the most important aspects of what we do at MACRO is to identify and uplift Black voices in front of and behind the camera,” added MACRO TV Studios president Marta Fernandez who is overseeing both series for the studio. “Kevin is an exciting new producer with fresh ideas and a point of view not always put forward in television.