“Superman: Legacy” has found its stars.
12.06.2023 - 17:25 / deadline.com
Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge said Monday morning that they have acquired all the Golden Globes’ assets, rights and properties from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. As a result, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and its membership, which have handed out the awards, will be winding down.
The announcement was made by Todd Boehly, Chairman of Eldridge, and Jay Penske, CEO, chairman and Founder, Penske Media, who also is CEO of DCP.
With proceeds from the transaction and the existing resources of the HFPA, the new owners will launch the Golden Globe Foundation, which will carry on HPFA’s entertainment-related charitable giving.
As part of the deal, DCP and its partners will plan, host and produce the annual Golden Globe Awards show and will pursue commercial opportunities for the Golden Globes globally.
Dick Clark Prods. said in February that the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards will be held Sunday, January 7, 2024. There is no broadcast partner yet for the event after the awards show’s most recent contract with its longtime network, NBC, came to an end. Discussions have been held with outlets including NBC.
Today’s transaction completes a process that was kicked off last July, when the HFPA approved Eldridge Industries’ proposal to create a private entity to manage its Golden Globes assets, with a separate nonprofit to preserve its charitable and philanthropic programs.
The restructure was proposed by Boehly, the Eldridge chairman and CEO who was named interim CEO of the HFPA in fall 2021 amid the organization’s restructuring after backlash over its practices and lack of diversity. Eldridge along with PMC in a joint venture own dick clark productions, which produces the Golden Globes.
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“Superman: Legacy” has found its stars.
Rachel Brosnahan will be taking on the roles of Clark Kent and his lady love in the upcoming film the first under the new DC Studios mantle following the hiring of James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-chairs and co-CEOs.The film, set for a July 2025 release, will be written and directed by Gunn, who has said he's drawing from the comic run by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. While not an origin story, the film will focus on Clark's younger years as a reporter and budding hero.Corenswet is best known for his roles in Ryan Murphy's Netflix series, as well as the Mia Goth-led A24 horror film, while Brosnahan just wrapped her acclaimed five-season run as the titular lead of Prime Video's which netted her an Emmy Award and two Golden Globes.Gunn also confirmed the casting news on Twitter, writing that his new leads are «not only both incredible actors, but also wonderful people.»The casting comes after Henry Cavill announced last October that he would be returning to play Superman after making a cameo in the credits of Dwayne Johnson's DC debut, However, after Gunn and Safran took over DC Studios, Cavill returned to social media to share that he would not, in fact, be suiting up again.«I will, after all, not be returning as Superman,» Cavill wrote at the time.
Rachel Brosnahan will be taking on the roles of Clark Kent and his lady love in the upcoming film the first under the new DC Studios mantle following the hiring of James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-chairs and co-CEOs.The film, set for a July 2025 release, will be written and directed by Gunn, who has said he's drawing from the comic run by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. While not an origin story, the film will focus on Clark's younger years as a reporter and budding hero.Corenswet is best known for his roles in Ryan Murphy's Netflix series, as well as the Mia Goth-led A24 horror film, while Brosnahan just wrapped her acclaimed five-season run as the titular lead of Prime Video's which netted her an Emmy Award and two Golden Globes.Gunn also confirmed the casting news on Twitter, writing that his new leads are «not only both incredible actors, but also wonderful people.»The casting comes after Henry Cavill announced last October that he would be returning to play Superman after making a cameo in the credits of Dwayne Johnson's DC debut, However, after Gunn and Safran took over DC Studios, Cavill returned to social media to share that he would not, in fact, be suiting up again.«I will, after all, not be returning as Superman,» Cavill wrote at the time.
David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan have been chosen as Clark Kent/Superman and Lois Lane in James Gunn‘s Superman: Legacy.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer DC Studios has knighted a new Clark Kent and Lois Lane. David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan will play the coveted parts in James Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy.” The latest on-screen iteration of the iconic comic book hero will largely be a workplace origin story, Gunn said when he and fellow DC steward Peter Safran laid out their narrative plans in January. Corenswet, who broke out in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series “Hollywood,” will play cub reporter Kent at the fictional newspaper The Daily Planet. Brosnahan will be his coworker and co-lead. Gunn is directing the project from his own screenplay, based on the character created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Safran (“Aquaman,” the upcoming “Aquaman 2,” and The Conjuring franchise) will produce. The project is set for release on July 11, 2025.
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The Golden Globe Awards are no longer a part of the HFPA.
after years of controversy.DCP announced Monday that it and asset management company Eldridge have acquired all the assets, rights and properties of the Golden Globes from the HFPA. The HFPA was founded in 1943 by a group of LA-based entertainment journalists.
January 7, 2024. NBC previously hosted the Globes, but ended its relationship after scandals rocked the HFPA over a lack of diversity among its membership and questionable financing.
Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Big changes are afoot for the Golden Globe Awards now that Dick Clark Productions and Todd Boehly’s Eldridge have acquired the assets of the nonprofit Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which will shutter as the awards franchise moves into a new era. The new owners will use the assets and the cash on hand from the HFPA to establish the Golden Globe Foundation, which will continue on the HFPA’s tradition of charitable giving. The awards show itself and related assets will now be part of the for-profit operations of Dick Clark Productions, which has long been allied with the HFPA for the awards show. The move out of the HFPA’s nonprofit status will allow the Globes to pursue many more commercial opportunities than were possible under the HFPA regime.
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