New Republic Pictures Inks First Look Deal With Filmmaker Francis Lawrence

EXCLUSIVE: Oliver Hudson, the actor who has starred in series including Rules of Engagement, Nashville and Scream Queens, is set to front and produce non-scripted format World’s Best Dad (w/t) after his new production company Bronco Productions struck a first-look deal with Jupiter Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: Trine Dyrholm, Meera Syal and Celyn Jones have joined the cast of indie pic The Almond And The Seahorse, which is now underway in the UK.

Discovery, led by CEO David Zaslav, and Comcast said on Thursday that streaming service Discovery+ has launched on the cable giant's Xfinity Flex broadband-only service. It will also begin its rollout on Comcast's X1 pay TV platform "in the coming weeks," giving subscribers "access to more great Discovery programming over the internet alongside all the live and on-demand content they get as part of their TV subscription." Financial details weren't disclosed.

Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment have set a significant new licensing deal giving the streaming giant an exclusive window for the studio’s theatrical titles starting in 2022.

Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross, the Emmy-winning producers behind HBO’s Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects, have entered into a three-year first-look deal with HBO and HBO Max via their Crazyrose production company. Under the deal, Vallée and Ross will executive produce both Gorilla and the Bird, a limited series based on the memoir by Zack McDermott which Vallée will also direct, and The Players Table, starring Sydney Sweeney and Halsey to be directed by Annabelle Attanasio.

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific reality TV producer Carlos King is expanding his relationship with OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network with a first-look deal. Under the pact, King, via his Kingdom Reign Entertainment, will develop original unscripted series that will be available exclusively on OWN, which he will executive produce.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Joy-Anna Duggar has shared an adorable new family picture, praising her eldest child for helping with her youngest daughter. In the series of pictures, two-year-old Gideon sits with seven-month-old Evelyn Mae between his legs.

Barry Jenkins is one of the most exciting voices in American film working today. That’s pretty undeniable.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated director-producer Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland) has teamed with executive/Emmy-winning producer Cheryl Bloch (Northern Exposure) to launch Backyard Pictures. The new company will be based at Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, with a first-look deal. Under the pact, Backyard Pictures will develop new television series spanning broadcast, cable and streaming. They already have multiple projects in the works.

Pastel, the filmmaking collective founded by Barry Jenkins and The Underground Railroad producers Adele Romanski, and Mark Ceryak, have struck a first-look television deal with HBO and HBO Max and A24.

Ryan Serhant, Fredrik Eklund, Steve Gold and Tyler Whitman as they navigate new businesses, working remotely and managing the needs of several high-profile clients.«Kirsten is a power broker. She's tough as nails,» Serhant says in the trailer.

Peter Berg, the filmmaker behindDeepwater Horizon, Hancock, and Friday Night Lights,and his banner Film 44 have signed a first-look deal at Netflix to produce and direct live-action films and series. The pact comes just over a year after his last feature directorial effort, the action thriller Spenser Confidential, debuted on the streamer and become one of the company’s biggest hits of last year.

Following the success of the Mark Wahlberg-starrer, Spenser Confidential, director Peter Berg is making a home at Netflix. The filmmaker, through his Film 44 entertainment banner, has entered into a first-look deal to produce and direct live-action films and series for the streaming giant.

Angelique Jackson Peter Berg’s Film 44 has set a new first-look deal with Netflix, under which Berg will produce and direct live-action films and series for the streamer.The new deal follows the success of last year’s “Spenser Confidential,” which Berg produced and directed at Netflix.

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner reunite in this first look pic from the final season of The Kominsky Method.

Korea’s NEW Strikes Multi-Picture Deal With Library Pictures