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Bel-Air is Peacock’s one-hour drama series that re-imagines the beloved ’90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air through a modern, dramatic take on Will’s complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air.

Jonathan Majors will no longer be playing Dennis Rodman in the tentatively titled feature 48 Hours in Vegas. In addition, Lionsgate is no longer involved with the project, Deadline has confirmed, which has been released to its producers, Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Aditya Sood. If the project were to be shopped around again, we understand, it will be with another actor playing the power Chicago Bulls power forward.

Sundance Institute has laid off nearly a dozen staffers across its departments, representing about 6% of its 180- workforce, Deadline has confirmed. The cuts are part of a three- to five-year strategic plan to strengthen the organization amid a challenging economic landscape.

James Gunn’s swan song as writer/director of the Guardians of the Galaxy series took another step forward today, as the trailer for Vol. 3 was previewed at CCXP22 In São Paulo, Brazil.

Joachim Trier, who directed The Worst Person in the World and co-wrote it with Eskil Vogt, said his Norwegian rom-com is epic in scope. Trier spoke with Deadline’s Matt Grobar at The Contenders Film: Los Angeles event Sunday.

We may not be in Park City this year, but Deadline is hitting the digital deck with the opening of the semi-virtual Sundance Film Festival today.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineSPOILER ALERT: This recap contains details about tonight’s series finale of The CW’s Supernatural, “Carry On.”On Thursday night, The CW’s longest-running series, Supernatural, completed its 15-year run in dramatic fashion.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineDuring a virtual screen talk today at the 64th BFI London Film Festival, George Clooney discussed the importance of journalistic integrity, the COVID-19 pandemic, his upcoming Netflix film, The Midnight Sky, and the highlights of his illustrious career.Throughout the hour-long conversation with Scottish broadcaster Edith Bowman, which centered on a selection of his iconic films—including Out of Sight, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Good Night, and Good

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWhen the coronavirus pandemic shut down production in Los Angeles in March, the producers of Shark Tank started to look for other options. They ultimately picked up and left the city, filming their 12th season at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn the final day of New York Comic Con, The Good Doctor creator David Shore his cast to tease the show’s Season 4 return and its two-part premiere, “Frontline,” centered on the COVID-19 pandemic.In conversation with actors Freddie Highmore, Antonia Thomas, Christina Chang, Hill Harper, Will Yun Lee, Fiona Gubelmann and Paige Spara, and executive producer Daniel Dae Kim, Shore explained, in depth, the thinking behind his choice to tackle COVID-19 head on.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineToday at New York Comic Con, the stars of DC’s Stargirl joined creator/executive producer Geoff Johns to recap Season 1 and tease what’s to come in Season 2.During the virtual panel with actors Brec Bassinger, Yvette Monreal, Anjelika Washington, Cameron Gellman and Meg DeLacy, Johns said that we can expect “a lot of bad guys, and a lot of bad things happening” in the series’ second run.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineSPOILER ALERT: This article contains details from tonight’s episode of The CW’s Supernatural.Following a six-month hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Supernatural returned to The CW tonight to begin wrapping up its 15th and final season.Kicking off an upcoming run of seven episodes is “Last Holiday,” which sees hunters of the supernatural Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) plotting to kill a vengeful God (Rob Benedict), as their de

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineToday at New York Comic Con, TNT announced that Snowpiercer will return for its second season on January 25th, with Sean Bean and Rowan Blanchard joining the main cast.Based on a 2013 film by Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer is set on an enormous train of the same name, which perpetually circles the globe, following an event that turned the world into a frozen wasteland.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineIn the year of the coronavirus pandemic, many TV producers have had to get creative, to figure out how to keep their shows on the air, even as production across the world was shut down.During the last seven months of lockdown, the visionaries behind two-live action sitcoms—ABC’s Black-ish and Sony Pictures Television’s One Day at a Time—wound up taking the same tack to do just that, presenting animated episodes of their beloved shows for the first time.For

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineIn Harley Quinn, Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker found a challenging entrée into the world of animation, which would subsequently become their most critically acclaimed effort to date.Created in concert with Dean Lorey, for the streaming service DC Universe, the adult-oriented comedy centers on the escapades of the titular Harley and her partner-in-crime Poison Ivy, watching as they rise to power in Gotham, and ultimately, fall in love.In recent

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Day 1 of ABC’s Virtu-Fall Presentations, Black-ish stars Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Laurence Fishburne joined creator Kenya Barris and showrunner Courtney Lilly to tease an upcoming, hour-long special, which will air ahead of the show’s Season 7 premiere.At the beginning of the panel, the cast and EPs addressed the fact that Black-ish Season 7 was initially scheduled to air mid-season, before being bumped up to Wednesday, October

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineSince early March, when COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, and businesses across the United States started to shutter, live comedy — like all kinds of live performance — has been virtually nonexistent.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineTonight at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Mark Ruffalo won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, recognized for his dual roles in HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True.“Wow, ok. To be with these [fellow nominees] is such an honor.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineAt 2020’s remote edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II won his first Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, for his potent turn in HBO’s Watchmen.“Oh, man. Thank you so much to the Academy.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineAt the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Schitt’s Creek completed its extraordinary journey from cult-favorite comedy to awards titan. Claiming the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, with its sixth and final season, it’s the first basic cable series ever to win in the category.“Holy cow.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Night 4 of the Creative Arts Emmys Awards, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross earned their first Emmy for their Watchmen score, coming that much closer to the coveted EGOT.Two of the artists behind industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, Reznor and Ross previously earned an Oscar in 2011 for their score to David Fincher’s The Social Network.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineBig Mouth’s Maya Rudolph won her first Emmy on Thursday for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, for the character of Connie the Hormone Monstress.On Night 4 of the remotely-conducted Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Rudolph wasn’t present with a pre-taped acceptance speech.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Night 4 of the remote Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Quibi got its Emmys breakthrough, earning its first pair of Emmys via #FreeRayshawn stars Laurence Fishburne and Jasmine Cephas Jones.“As I sit here on my rooftop in the middle of Brooklyn, in the middle of a pandemic, and the social climate that we’re in, I am honored and grateful to be a part of an important story that is #FreeRayshawn, to be an emotional vessel to shed light on these victims and what

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Night 4 of the remote Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Pixar earned its first Emmy, for the animated short-form series Forky Asks a Question—specifically, the episode asking, “What Is Love?”Accepting the award in pre-taped speeches were creator Bob Peterson and producer Mark Nielsen.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWhen Jim Parsons was approached for Netflix miniseries Hollywood, he jumped at the chance to play a complicated, real-life figure, unlike any he’d played before, whose experiences force us to reflect on the entertainment industry as it is today—and the extent to which it has or has not changed over the last 70+ years.Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the drama follows a group of ambitious actors and filmmakers in Post-World War II Tinseltown,

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWhile director Hisham Abed joined the Queer Eye family just last year, he has quickly become an integral part of it.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineAfter several attempts to revive Reno 911!, Thomas Lennon finally pulled it off, partnering with Quibi for a seventh season and earning his first Emmy nomination, right as he “slipped under and turned 50.”Created by and starring Lennon, Kerri Kenney and Robert Ben Garant, the Reno-set series is a spoof of law enforcement documentary programs—most notably, the now-canceled Cops.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Watchmen, VFX supervisor Erik Henry was presented with a project of incredible ambition and scale, finding in the series the opportunity to bring myriad worlds and time periods to life, while offering a fresh take on an iconic comic book world.Based on a DC Comics series created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Damon Lindelof’s drama takes place in an alternate version of the 20th century, in which vigilantes—once celebrated as heroes—have been outlawed,

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOver the last three seasons of The Masked Singer, executive producer Craig Plestis has seen “the most bizarre pitch in television history” translate into one of TV’s biggest hits—a show that is as challenging to produce as it is fun to watch.Based on a popular South Korean format, the reality singing competition features celebrities singing covers of well-known songs, while covered in elaborate costumes that conceal their identities.

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Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWith Netflix reality series Nailed It!, Nicole Byer has found herself caught in the whirlwind of a pop culture phenomenon.Last year, she watched on as the fledgling show pulled off something remarkable, breaking into the Emmys with a nod for Outstanding Competition Program.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineBack in 2008, Scott Aukerman co-created Between Two Ferns, the rare short-form series that has maintained popularity over more than a decade.Hosted by Zach Galifianakis, the Funny or Die comedy plays with the ideas of celebrity image and the celebrity talk show appearance, watching as the comedian makes jokes at his A-list guests’ expense, and gets his fair share of barbs back.Earning two Emmys to date for the series, Aukerman elected last year to expand

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineAs a playwright and screenwriter, Tony McNamara was never particularly interested in scripting the period piece.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineFirst venturing into the world of Star Trek with J.J. Abrams’ 2009 film of the same name, Alex Kurtzman offered up his latest expansion of an iconic sci-fi universe with the short-form series, Star Trek: Short Treks.The CBS All Access series consists of live-action and animated shorts, which examine different corners of the ever-expanding Star Trek universe.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn The Little Mermaid Live!, production designer Misty Buckley offered up a fresh visual take on a classic fairy tale, aiming to transport viewers into an underwater world, with sets designed for the stage.Celebrating the 30th  anniversary of Disney’s animated film, the live musical special intercut footage from that beloved Oscar winner with fantastical live-action sequences, filmed within a theatre in the round.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineA cinematographer who would become one of TV’s most respected directors, Alik Sakharov has had the privilege of watching the entire trajectory of TV’s Golden Age unfold before his very eyes.Shooting 38 episodes of The Sopranos over the course of its run, including its pilot and finale, Sakharov was subsequently entrusted with myriad prestige dramas and the antiheroes at their center, directing on such shows as Boardwalk Empire, The Americans, House of