Martin Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions Inks First-Look Film, TV Deal With Apple

Joe Otterson TV ReporterOWN has given a straight-to-series order to the drama series “Delilah,” which hails from “Greenleaf” creator Craig Wright, Variety has learned.The series will star Maahra Hill as Delilah Connolly, a headstrong, highly principled lawyer living in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRobin Thede has signed a multi-year overall deal at Warner Bros. Television Group.Under the terms of the deal, Thede will develop new television projects for all platforms, including streaming, premium and basic cable, and broadcast.Thede’s most recent project was “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” the HBO comedy series that Thede created, stars in, and also serves as showrunner and executive producer.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCynthia Erivo has signed a first-look television deal with MRC Television and Civic Center Media, MRC’s joint venture with UTA.Under the deal, Erivo will develop and produce television projects through her newly formed production company, Edith’s Daughter. Edith’s Daughter will focus on projects that express the beauty in the stories and people who are often overlooked and underrepresented.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFamilystyle has entered into a first-look deal with Entertainment 360, the joint venture between MRC Television and Management 360, Variety has learned exclusively.Familystyle is the production company run by Karyn Kusama, Matt Manfredi, and Phil Hay. The first project being developed under the deal is the series “The Occupant.” Kusama is attached to direct with Manfredi and Hay attached to write.

Martin Scorsese has given his seal of approval to Kornél Mundruczó's Pieces of a Woman, boarding the finished film, which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month, as an executive producer.

In the world of film, the title of executive producer is normally something that is given to people who put their stamp of approval on the project. This could be a financier, a producer that was more hands-off than usual, or maybe another filmmaker.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple is getting into the music competition series space.The streamer has ordered the series “My Kind of Country,” which will feature a global search for country music talent. Per Apple, the series will feature a documentary component as it hunts for “unconventional and extraordinary” country music stars.Adam Blackstone will serve as the musical director on the series.

Also Read: Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Signs First-Look Deal With AppleDiCaprio recently worked with Sony on Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to Hollywood, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” which earned the actor his 7th Best Actor Oscar nomination.Appian Way has produced several films starring DiCaprio, including three-time Academy Award-winner “The Revenant,” Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated “The Wolf of Wall Street,” Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning “The Aviator,” and

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Comedy Central shows “The Other Two” and “South Side” are moving to HBO Max.In a deal between Comedy Central Productions and the streaming service, the first seasons of both shows will become available on HBO Max in 2021, with future seasons debuting exclusively on HBO Max instead of Comedy Central.In addition, HBO Max will become the exclusive streaming home of the Comedy Central series “Awkwafina is Nora from Queens.” The first season is now available on HBO Max.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple has ordered an animated series based on the classic children’s book “Harriet the Spy” by Louise Fitzhugh, Variety has learned.Beanie Feldstein will voice the titular Harriet, while Jane Lynch will play her nanny, Ole Golly. In addition, Lacey Chabert will voice Marion Hawthorne, the queen bee at Harriet’s school.Like the book, the series will be set in 1960s New York City.

Martin Scorsese has signed an overall deal to create content for Apple TV+.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar-winner’s Sikelia Productions firm is now locked into a film and TV deal with the tech behemoth, meaning he will develop his projects for Apple’s TV+ streaming platform.The deal comes after Scorsese’s longtime collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio signed a similar deal with Apple, and both formalize a relationship beginning with the feature film Killers of the Flower Moon, starring D

Apple has done it once again. After signing Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way production company to a new deal, Apple has locked up the actor’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” director, Martin Scorsese, for a similar deal.

Justin Kroll, Mike Fleming Jr EXCLUSIVE: Two and one-half months after it stepped up to become the principal financier of Killers of the Flower Moon, Apple has inked a first-look deal with its director, Martin Scorsese.

Netflix mob movie The Irishman, the veteran director is already well on his way with his next film, Killers of the Flower Moon.The project has been developing since 2017, marking a sharp departure from Scorsese’s brand of mob movies – although he did call Gangs of New York “a western set on Mars”.Ahead of the upcoming release, we’ve gathered all available information about what’s set to be another stone-cold classic.It’s still all quite up in the air.

It’s truly unfortunate that the movies of Martin Scorsese have turned into such impossible endeavors despite the legendary filmmaker proving himself time and time again.

was forced to scrub this year’s edition due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tribeca Film Festival has announced it will return in 2021.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSelena Gomez has signed on star and executive produce alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short in the upcoming Hulu comedy series “Only Murders in the Building.”The series, which was first announced in January at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, follows three strangers (Martin, Short, and Gomez) who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.The role will mark Gomez’s first regular television role since her time