Michael Winterbottom’s Revolution Films Inks First-Look Deal With Fremantle

Ryan Michelle Bathé (All Rise) has signed a first-look development deal with ViacomCBS MTV Entertainment Group (formerly Entertainment & Youth Group). Under the pact, Bathé will develop and executive produce new television programming for MTV Entertainment Studios with an emphasis on emerging talent and underrepresented voices.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group has signed a comprehensive development deal with Ryan Michelle Bathé and her Down on Maple Productions, an agreement that covers content created for television and new media platforms.Under the terms of the deal, Bathé will develop and executive produce new TV series for MTV Entertainment Studios across scripted, unscripted and TV movie formats for all brands in the division, which includes MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and other

Will Thorne Staff WriterCharlize Theron pushing further into the TV space.The actor and her Denver & Delilah production banner have inked a two-year first-look deal with HBO and HBO Max, Variety has confirmed.Under the deal, Theron and her company will develop TV projects for both platforms, looking to add to its TV slate which previously included David Fincher’s “Mindhunter,” and “Girlboss,” the series created by Kay Cannon.

Keenan Chapman.With the tagline, «Remember where you came from,» the key art highlights Spencer (Daniel Ezra) in full profile, as well as Billy (Taye Diggs), Coop (Bre-Z), Olivia (Samatha Logan) and Jordan (Michael Evans Behling). The poster also zeroes in on the Black Lives Matter movement and protests against racial injustice, which will permeate throughout the season, along with the two opposing sides of Spencer's realities — palm trees for Beverly Hills and the Crenshaw street sign for his

The first look at Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special is out, as the trailer and key art for the Dec. 4 event for Apple TV+ has been unveiled today.The show will feature Carey with Tiffany Haddish, Billy Eichner, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Snoop Dogg, Jermaine Dupri, Misty Copeland and Mykal-Michelle Harris, as well as Carey’s nine-year-old twins, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Producer Aaliyah Williams has signed a first-look deal with CBS Studios under her Just A Rebel production company. With the new deal, Williams brings her commitment to storytelling centering Black women.Williams has a slate of multiple projects in development.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: SK Global and LA-based production and literary outfit The Mazur Kaplan Company have closed a first-look development deal, with an initial five books set for adaptation. The pact was jointly announced Tuesday by SK Global President of Television Marcy Ross, and Mazur Kaplan principals Paula Mazur and Mitchell Kaplan.

ViacomCBS' ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) unit has signed a first-look deal with Marc Anthony’s production company, Magnus Studios.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Anthony Sparks, showrunner of Ava DuVernay’s OWN drama Queen Sugar, has struck a first-look deal with Blumhouse Television.Sparks, who has written and produced series including The Blacklist and Undercovers, is working with The Loudest Voice producer to develop and produce scripted series.It comes after he signed up to write and develop a scripted series based on the Detroit Youth Choir with the company.

BAFTA-winning filmmaker Michael Winterbottom and his Revolution Films production company have signed an exclusive first-look deal with TV giant Fremantle.

Naman Ramachandran Fremantle has announced an exclusive first-look deal with BAFTA-winning filmmaker Michael Winterbottom’s Revolution Films, starting with U.K. political drama series “This Sceptred Isle.”Under the terms of the deal, Revolution Films will develop and produce scripted series and films with Fremantle co-producing and distributing the projects worldwide.

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Lisa Schwartz, the longtime IFC Films co-president, will step down at the end of the year, AMC Networks said on Thursday. Schwartz led IFC Films’ foray into streaming with the IFC Films Unlimited online video channel and earlier launched the Sundance Now subscription video on demand service as she led the company from movie theaters to the emerging streaming space.

TheWrap’s annual Innovator’s List.Also Read: How IFC Films' Bet on Drive-In Theaters Paid Off During the PandemicSchwartz also led the creation of IFC Films Unlimited, the subscription video on-demand service that hosts IFC Films’ library of films dating back 20 years, as well as those from Sundance Selects and IFC Midnight. She previously headed development of the Sundance Now streaming service that launched in 2014.