Library Pictures to Co-Finance CJ Entertainment's Local-Language Slate

Dave McNary Film ReporterFilm financer-producer New Slate Ventures, which backed “The 40-Year-Old Version,” has raised $100 million for films, documentaries, and television programs.The fund raise was announced Wednesday by Los Angeles-based private equity company Sinai Capital Partners, which also said its tech-focused venture capital firm Sinai Ventures has closed a $500 million fund.Led by partners Jordan Fudge, Jeremy Allen and Zach White, the New Slate Ventures 2020 slate includes “The

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has avoided answering whether he’d leave his current position if a cabinet position was offered to him in President-elect Joe Biden's administration, but speculation has continued to mount, according to reports. “It’s risky,” Steven P.

A Los Angeles court denied Britney Spears's bid to remove her father, Jamie Spears, from the conservatorship of her estate on Tuesday (November 10), outlets are reporting. Through his conservatorship, Jamie has controlled Spears's assets, business affairs, and estate since 2008, though he stepped down in 2019 due to health concerns.

Naman Ramachandran Archery Pictures, the U.K. outfit behind the Julia Stiles-fronted Sky Atlantic series “Riviera,” has teamed with Danny Perkins’ Elysian Film Group Distribution to form comedy label Mews Films.Mews, a production label housed within Archery Pictures, will focus on developing a slate of comedy movies for the domestic U.K.

Netflix said on Tuesday that it has named Anna Mallett vp, physical production for the U.K. and local-language production across Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

“The Law of Innocence,” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)After celebrating his latest trial victory at a local pub, Los Angeles criminal lawyer Mickey Haller gets behind the wheel of his Lincoln, drives a hundred yards or so down the street, and gets pulled over by the LAPD.At first, Mickey thinks it’s just a DUI check, but the officer spots what appears to be blood dripping from the back of the car and asks Mickey to open the trunk.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Death In Paradise producer Red Planet Pictures’ adaptation of Louise Candlish’s Sunday Times best-selling real-estate book Our House has been picked up by British broadcaster ITV.Red Planet announced that it had secured the rights to the novel last year and now Deadline can report that ITV has commissioned a four-part series, which will be penned by EastEnders writer Simon Ashdown.Our House tells the story of Fi Lawson, who arrives home one day to

LOS ANGELES -- Norm Crosby, the deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, has died.

LOS ANGELES – Incumbent Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey conceded the election race Friday morning to former Los Angeles Police Department assistant chief and former San Francisco DA George Gascón. Lacey announced her decision in a press conference.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based virtual design studio The Third Floor, which has credits including The Mandalorian, Watchmen and Game of Thrones, has added two experienced execs to its board.Chris deFaria arrives having having served as President of DreamWorks Animation, where he guided both creative development and technology advancement.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe rights to Truman Capote’s novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s is the subject of a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit.The suit contends a charity trust set up by Capote before his death owns the rights to develop a prequel, sequel or television series inspired by the 1961 film. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday.Alan Schwartz, the trustee of the charity, alleges that rights to the 1958 novella reverted to Capote’s executor after his death in 1984.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Radar Pictures, the Los Angeles production outfit with credits including Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle and Sony’s upcoming fantasy series The Wheel Of Time, is making its first foray into factual programming with a reality series focusing on environmentalism.So You Wanna Save The Planet? will see naturalist and author Paul Rosolie take a group of intrepid initiates into nature on a variety of rescue missions for the planet.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerParadigm Talent Agency has closed a two-year deal with Film2Future, a non-profit professional-level filmmaking program for under-served teenagers in Los Angeles aged 14-18, to introduce the participants to the world of agency representation and build careers as agents.Paradigm, which is the first agency partner for the non-profit, will offer workshops, mentorship programs, and paid internships to Film2Future students.Established in 2016 by Haven Entertainment

There was a large police presence late Sunday at Paramount Pictures in  Hollywood, Calif., after authorities responded to calls about a man with a knife, Fox 11 reported. The Los Angeles Times reported that a suspect in a sex assault case has barricaded himself inside the studio lot and was “uncooperative” with police.  The CBS affiliate described a tense scene.