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EXCLUSIVE: Picture Perfect Federation, which recently tapped CODA filmmaker Siân Heder to write and direct a feature adaptation of Sarah Lotz’s novel Impossible, is getting into the scripted podcast business.

Kaci Walfall is a near spitting image of DC’s Naomi in the first look at the CW pilot from Ava Duvernay and Jill Blankenship.

Dominique Fishback is joining the cast of Transformers!

There have been some signs that Paramount Pictures might be taking a different angle with future “Transformers” movies post-Michael Bay as previously seen with Steven DeKnight‘s quirky 1980s-set “Bumblebee” taking a much less noisy approach and allowing audiences to settle in rather than being bombarded with incoherent explosions.

EXCLUSIVE: Following her breakout role in the Oscar-winning Judas and the Black Messiah, Dominique Fishback has found her next role in one of Hollywood’s biggest franchises. Sources tell Deadline that Fishback is in final negotiations to co-star with Anthony Ramos in a Transformers movie for Paramount, eOne and Hasbro that has Steven Caple Jr. is directing. The film is bowing on June 24, 2022

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to Wolf Like Me, a six-episode half-hour genre-bending romantic comedy from Little Monsters helmer Abe Forsythe, starring Josh Gad and Isla Fisher. The series is produced by Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories in partnership with Endeavor Content and Australia streaming service Stan.

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BBC TV presenter Ade Adepitan said “it was bonkers” that people mistook his baby boy for a teddy bear while out with his son on multiple occasions.The former Paralympian, 48, could not believe that people thought he was travelling with a teddy bear in his arms whilst he was seen out with his son, Bolla, during the national lockdown. Speaking to the Mirror, he said: “Bolla has got a bear suit and he looks super cute in it.

While it doesn’t appear we’re going to see Ava DuVernay tackle the cosmic DC superhero universe in a “New Gods” film, she’s sticking with genre filmmaking for her next project, a Netflix animated adaptation of the “Wings of Fire” novel series. According to Netflix, DuVernay is set to produce an animated series based on the “Wings of Fire” novel series from author Tui T.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Wings of Fire” books by Tui T. Sutherland are being adapted into an animated series at Netflix with Ava DuVernay set to executive produce.The “Wings of Fire” books have sold more than 14 million copies around the world to date.

Facebook is making a major push into audio, integrating podcasts, establishing a live chat answer to Clubhouse and launching a new format called Soundbites.

The White Tiger director Ramin Bahrani recently was subjected to a racist taunt and his film's executive producers Jonas and Ava DuVernay are speaking up. The incident occurred last week when Bahrani was directing a pilot for Apple TV in Atlanta and was scheduled to do a Zoom Q&A with Ava DuVernay.

Angelique Jackson UTA has signed award-winning filmmakers Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz for representation in all areas.Known for making character-driven projects that touch on taboo subjects under their Yulari Films banner, Barash and Shatz created, produced and directed the Netflix docuseries “Lenox Hill,” which takes an intimate look at the lives of four doctors working at the renowned New York City hospital.In his review of the medical documentary series, which launched in June 2020,