Peacock Adds ‘The Godfather’ Trilogy & Other Paramount Favorites Through Streaming Deal With ViacomCBS

Logic has confirmed that he has signed an exclusive seven-figure deal with streaming giant, Twitch.The Maryland rapper broke the news in an exclusive interview with The Verge just days after he announced that he will be retiring from music following the release of his last album, ‘No Pressure’, later this week.In the interview, Logic revealed that the deal is worth seven figures, and was the perfect fit for the self-professed nerd. “I’m not this rapper guy, man,” he said.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Tyler Posey (MTV’s Teen Wolf)has signed on to star opposite Eve Symington (Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash) in Brut Force, the first feature from writer-director Eve Symington.Slated to go before cameras this fall in California, the film follows Sloane (Eve Symington), a reporter who returns to her rural California hometown to investigate harassment of local vineyard workers, uncorking a tangled web of crime,

Hull Live.There they met up with eight other family members there for a well-earned break after Alex had been working long shifts at supermarket Heron throughout the pandemic.Despite being apprehensive before the holiday, Mrs Scaum has admitted that she’s never felt safer flying and that the stay was exactly what she needed.The couple booked the flights in May with Pegasus Airlines, which were initially cancelled due to travel restrictions.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorLinda Yaccarino, a Long Island native who rose through the cutthroat advertising ranks to become a top executive at Turner and, for the past nine years, at NBCUniversal, doesn’t shrink from a challenge.When Nielsen was struggling a few years ago to roll out measurement that would capture total viewing across screens, she wrote an open letter blasting the company for peddling “bad, inaccurate and misleading data.” With big tech companies threatening to vacuum up billions

Firaxis Games has detailed all the new additions coming to Civilization VI in its upcoming Ethiopia Pack.The new DLC will introduce Ethiopia as a playable civilization into the series for the second time, following Civilization V: Gods & Kings. Ethiopia will be a religion-focused civilization with a special ability that allows it to generate faith points through international trade routes.

Dave McNary Film ReporterRosamund Pike brings pioneering scientist Marie Curie to life in late 19th century Paris in the U.S.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has landed the rights to develop the 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist New York Times story and podcast “The Jungle Prince of Delhi” as a drama series, Variety has learned.The story, written by Ellen Barry, delved into the history of the royal family of Oudh, deposed aristocrats living in a ruined palace in the Indian capital claiming to be the heirs to a fallen kingdom.Mira Nair is attached to direct the project and will also executive produce.

Peter White Television EditorThe Jungle Prince of Delhi, a New York Times expose about the fake royal family of Oudh, is in development at Amazon.The streamer has secured the exclusive rights to the story, which was also profiled on the paper’s podcast The Daily and was a 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist.Mira Nair, who recently directed six-part BBC drama A Suitable Boy, is attached to direct and exec produce.

Peter White Television EditorDarren Star is extending his relationship with ViacomCBS after inking an overall deal with the company’s Entertainment & Youth Group.Star recently wrapped the sixth season of his TV Land comedy Younger, which has been picked up for a seventh season, making it the cable network’s longest running original scripted series.The Beverly Hills, 90210 and Sex and the City creator will develop and produce series for the company’s linear networks and through MTV Studios,

Also Read: Peacock Inks Licensing Deal With ViacomCBS Ahead of Nationwide Launch“I am thrilled to continue this journey with Keith, Nina, Chris and the ViacomCBS Entertainment and Youth Group,” Star said in a statement. “They inspire me with their passion and vision.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Sex and the City” and “Younger” creator Darren Star has inked an overall production and development deal with ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group.“Darren is a creative force behind some of the most seminal shows of our time and we are thrilled he will continue to call ViacomCBS his home as we rapidly expand our studios business,” said Chris McCarthy, president of ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group.Star will develop projects for the division’s various

Young Thug has criticised Pusha T for lyrics from a newly surfaced, unreleased Pop Smoke track in which he disses his old enemy Drake.The track, unofficially titled ‘Paranoia’, features guest verses from Pusha T, Young Thug and Gunna.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFox Corp.’s Tubi is widening the streaming audience for The Joy of Painting, the hushed classic hosted by the late Bob Ross.Thirty of 31 seasons, totaling almost 400 episodes, will be on Tubi by the end of the month. The first season of the show, which launched in 1983, is not part of the launch.Cinedigm’s Docurama Channel, which is already on Tubi, will feature the Painting episodes.

As global cinemas look to reopen amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Imax has signed a 17-theater deal with Korea's CGV, the biggest this year for the giant screen exhibitor. The agreement will see nine Imax large format screens installed in South Korea, in addition to theaters being added to CGV’s global footprint, which includes Turkey, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Jill Goldsmith Imax Monday announced an expansion of a longstanding partnership with South Korea’s CGV to launch 17 new theaters in that country as well as in Turkey, Vietnam, and Indonesia.Imax said South Korea, where it’s putting nine new theatres, is one of its fastest-growing markets and home of its highest grossing screen worldwide.The pact is  the large-format exhibitor’s biggest theater deal in 2020 and comes as the global movie theatre industry seeks to reopen, with South Korea among

Teen Wolf cast reunited virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic to spill secrets about the show — from their favorite episodes to who was the biggest problem on the set.Tyler Posey, Dylan O’Brien, Holland Roden, Shelley Hennig, Dylan Sprayberry, Arden Cho, Cody Christian, Melissa Ponzio, Linden Ashby, Orny Adams, Khylin Rhambo, Max Carver, Charlie Carver, Ian Bohen and creator Jeff Davis participated in the chat on Friday, June 26.

ViacomCBS' ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has struck a deal with Miramax, in which the entertainment giant owns a 49 percent stake, to co-produce The Turkish Detective, a detective series set in modern-day Istanbul based on the 21 books in The Cetin Ikmen Crime Novelsseries by Barbara Nadel.

Anna Marie de la Fuente The bestselling Cetin Ikmen crime novels by Barbara Nadel, set in modern-day Istanbul, are coming to the small screen, thanks to a new pact between Miramax and ViacomCBS Int’l Studios (VIS) to co-produce the series adaptation, “The Turkish Detective.”Deal is the first co-production between VIS and Miramax, the international film and television studio jointly owned by beIN Media Group and ViacomCBS, which acquired a stake in December last year.The CWA Silver

Jake Kanter International TV EditorViacomCBS International Studios and Miramax are partnering on their first project since ViacomCBS took a 49% stake in the film and TV studio in April.The two companies will co-produce The Turkish Detective, a crime series set in modern-day Istanbul based on the 21 inspector Cetin Ikmen novels by Barbara Nadel.Production on the series, which was first announced at Mipcom last year, will begin in spring next year.

Ruth Wilson, Cush Jumbo, and Rosamund Pike are in talks to star in the Take That movie 'Greatest Days'. The upcoming film is based off the musical, 'The Band', which focuses on the life of fangirls, with songs by the British boy band featured throughout.