Manager Randy Kiyan Launches Ronin Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Stephanie Beatriz and Costa Ronin are fronting a sci-fi series for online storytelling platform StoryCo, with Halo showrunner Kyle Killen attached.

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment announced today the acquisition of North American distribution rights to Katie Burrell’s feature debut Weak Layers.

The 2023 edition of Deadline’s live-music event Sound & Screen: Film hit the stage November 9 showcasing the songs and scores from 12 of the ramping-up awards season’s buzziest movies. Panelists and performances came from the likes of Diane Warren and Mark Ronson and from movies as varied as Barbie and Creed III to Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon. The packed crowd of industry voters saw a 60-piece orchestra perform the music live.

Elizabeth Wagmeister is joining CNN as correspondent covering entertainment, based in Los Angeles.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has again taken aim at broadcasters for moving his side's trip to Manchester City to a Saturday 12.30pm kick-off.

Britney Spears‘ manager Cade Hudson has criticised Saturday Night Live over their comedic sketch of the singer’s new memoir.It comes after the sketch opened with Chloe Fineman impersonating the star before a parody for the auditioning process to act as the narrator for Spears’ memoir The Woman In Me followed.According to Hudson, the singer herself was also invited to appear on the show.“Wow. The writers of SNL are getting worse and worse.

EXCLUSIVE: Casting director Jennifer Presser has set her company Break Away Casting into what has been described as a “new collaborative production model” with the London-based TV and film production company Shot of Tea. 

James Corden will once again interview celebrities as part of a new show.

Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters, Netflix series Barbarians) is set to direct the thriller Ice Fall, produced by Arclight Films and Addam Bramich.

Ellise Shafer Cineflix Media, a leading independent producer and distributor, is expanding its operations by opening a Vancouver branch of Cineflix Studios run by industry veteran Mark Miller. The Vancouver office will “focus on producing and co-producing scripted series, movies, and factual content for North American and international streamers and broadcasters,” according to a press release.

Things got very heated between Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner on The Kardashians this week!

William Earl Variety will host its annual Business Managers Breakfast, presented by City National Bank on Nov. 8 in Los Angeles.

Kino Lorber has launched a new subscription streaming outlet, Kino Film Collection.

Valerie Wu Intern Film distribution company Kino Lorber has launched Kino Film Collection, a new streaming service available via Prime Video. For an individual fee of $5.99 per month, subscribers will have streaming access to hundreds of films from the more than 4,000 titles from Kino’s library, in addition to newer Kino releases.

Mark Sutherland The Hives have been around for 30 years now, but they could end 2023 as Venezuela’s new favorite band. According to their British management company, ATC Management, the Swedish group will become the first major international rock band to appear in the South American territory for a decade, when they headline Caracas’ Concha Acústica de Bello Monte venue on December 7. U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has taken North American distribution rights for James Rowe’s crime thriller Breakwater starring Dermot Mulroney, Darren Mann and Mena Suvari as Film Mode Entertainment kicks off sales at the AFM.

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution announced they have completed production on the military action/science fiction film Agent Recon, featuring legendary martial arts expert and action hero Chuck Norris (Expendables 2, Walker Texas Ranger), and will launch sales at the American Film Market (AFM) with Millennium Media selling foreign territories. Sci-fi icon Marc Singer (Beastmaster, V) and Hong Kong’s new action vanguard Derek Ting (Agent Revelation), who also writes and directs, unite with Norris to tackle two kinetic genres. 

Brent Lang Executive Editor Industry veterans Amanda Sherwin, Mike Messina and Seth Needle are teaming up to launch Blue Harbor Entertainment, a new distribution, marketing and consulting company. The news comes as the American Film Market kicks off this week in Santa Monica where the executives will be on the ground looking for partners. Blue Harbor is looking to distribute 10 to 15 feature film releases per year, as well as provide advisory services to third parties.

Kim Kardashian‘s underwear company SKIMS has launched men’s products and now the brand has been named the official underwear partner of the NBA, the WNBA, and USA Basketball.

Neon is launching sales this week at AFM to the It Follows sequel, They Follow. Filmmaker David Robert Mitchell is back to helm and write, with Maika Monroe reprising her role as Jay Height.