Elliot Page Inks First-Look Deal With UCP

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Emmy and Academy Award-nominated producer Lynette Howell Taylor and her production banner 51 Entertainment have inked a first-look TV deal with Endeavor Content to develop and create premium scripted and unscripted shows for both streamers and linear networks.

Sylvie’s Love star and producer Nnamdi Asomugha has entered into an exclusive first-look deal with Amazon Studios via his iAm21 Entertainment. Under the pact, Asomugha will develop and produce projects to premiere in theatres and on Amazon Prime in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The deal follows Asomugha’s recent Emmy nomination for outstanding television movie for the Amazon Original movie, Sylvie’s Love.

Asomugha has received an Emmy nomination as producer of the Amazon film “Sylvie’s Love,” which he also starred in alongside Tessa Thompson. Amazon also released Asomugha’s 2017 film “Crown Heights,” which premiered at Sundance and earned him supporting actor nominations at the Independent Spirit and NAACP Image Awards.

Selome Hailu editorAmazon Studios has closed a first-look deal with Nnamdi Asomugha, who produced and starred in the Amazon film “Sylvie’s Love,” as well as his company iAm21 Entertainment. Asomugha will develop and produce projects for both theatrical and Amazon Prime Video premieres. Asomugha is a former professional football player, having been a cornerback for the Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers.

Elliot Page arrived at the 2021 Met Gala making a significant style statement.The 34-year-old actor made his way down the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday looking sharp in a Balenciaga black suit and sneakers — but it was the green rose that he sported on his lapel that got fans' attention.This year's Met Gala theme is «In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,» an exploration of the nation’s sartorial identity and a deep dive into American ingenuity, and Page, who

Elliot Page has arrived at the 2021 Met Gala.

Elliot Page has arrived at the 2021 Met Gala.The 34-year-old actor made his way through the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday. Page — who came out as transgender in December — looked sharp in a black suit and sneakers. This year's Met Gala theme is «In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,» an exploration of the nation’s sartorial identity and a deep dive into American ingenuity.

EXCLUSIVE: Village Roadshow Pictures has inked a multi-year first-look deal with David S. Goyer’s Phantom Four Films to source, develop and produce feature films with Phantom Four’s President of Production, Keith Levine, overseeing development. Levine also will produce alongside Goyer.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has closed a first look feature deal with female-led production company Di Novi Pictures to develop and produce content for Amazon Studios.

Stephanie Langhoff, exec producer of Starz’ Vida and former Duplass Brothers Productions President, has launched her own production company and struck a first-look deal with Boat Rocker.

Elliot Page is set to create «compelling and authentic stories» thanks to his new deal.The 34-year-old actor signed a first-look deal to develop scripted and unscripted projects with UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group. The deal includes projects across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.

Netflix has inked a multi-year first look deal with actress and producer Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and her production company, Aluna Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: Freida Pinto is expanding her relationship with eOne, signing a first-look deal with the indie studio for her Freebird Films Entertainment. Under the pact, Freebird Films, run by Pinto and her producing partner Emily Verellen Strom, will develop series for broadcast, cable and streaming with a focus on content highlighting the experience of women – especially among diverse and underrepresented groups.

EXCLUSIVE: We have learned that actor and director Michael Greyeyes has inked a first look deal to develop film projects with Blumhouse.

BBC Orders Comedy-Thriller ‘Black Ops’ 

Naman Ramachandran Fremantle and De Maio Entertainment have signed a partnership with Afua Hirsch’s U.K.

Elliot Page is looking back at the films that helped him navigate the «isolation and loneliness» he felt in his youth.