Skydance TV Inks First-Look Deal with Exile Content Studio (EXCLUSIVE)

You thought Gary Oldman’s only shot at an Oscar this year was for his leading role in the David Fincher film, “Mank,” didn’t you? Well, surprise, surprise, we now have a second contending drama in the works that just announced a February release date, titled “Crisis.” READ MORE: David Fincher Admits His Directing Style Was “Exhausting” For Gary Oldman During ‘Mank’ According to distributor Quiver, “Crisis” is now scheduled for a February release date, from writer-director Nicholas Jarecki.

MGM has signed a two-year second look film production deal with Plan B Entertainment. As part of this new pact, Plan B’s Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner have set several projects with the studio, an original sweeping love story from writer and director Lee Isaac Chung and Cory Finley’s film adaptation of National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson’s novel Landscape With Invisible Hand. Finley will write and direct the adaptation and Annapurna Pictures will produce with Plan B.

Fans from around the globe have been waiting with bated breath since it was confirmed that Netflix was adapting Shadow and Bones into a TV series.

Spotlight producer Topic Studios has signed a first-look deal with The Population, the independent production company formed by Nomadland producer Mollye Asher, Mynette Louie and Derek Nguyen. The Populations's first two films are I Carry You With Me from director Heidi Ewing and Sony Pictures Classics, and Swallow from director Carlo Mirabella-Davis and IFC Films.

Dave McNary Film ReporterTopic Studios has signed a first-look deal with The Population, formed by “Nomadland” producer Mollye Asher, “I Carry You With Me” producer Mynette Louie and Derek Nguyen.The deal, announced Thursday, expands the relationship between Topic and Louie, currently collaborating on a scripted limited drama series for television.Topic Studios produced the ACLU documentary “The Fight,” Kevin Macdonald’s upcoming legal thriller “The Mauritanian,”  “The Climb” and recently

Topic Studios has entered a first-look deal with Mynette Louie, Mollye Asher, and Derek Nguyen’s The Population, the production company behind I Carry You with Me and Swallow. The multi-faceted deal covers all media and includes film, television, non-fiction and podcasts.

Jared Padalecki is moving on from “Supernatural” with CW’s latest drama, “Walker”.

The CW has dropped the first trailer for Walker, a reimagining of CBS’ long-running 1990s action/crime series Walker, Texas Ranger, from Rideback and CBS Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Sinister writer-directors Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill are expanding their relationship with Blumhouse, signing a first-look television deal via their Crooked Highway banner. Under the new two-year pact, the recently formed production company will develop projects for Blumhouse TV. Sherryl Clark (Cloverfield, Morning Glory, Blackbird) has been named president of production for Crooked Highway.

Nexstar Media Group said its widely distributed cable network WGN America has reached its first carriage agreement with internet-delivered bundle FuboTV.

EXCLUSIVE: STX Entertainment has entered into a first-look deal with How to Train Your Dragon producer Michael Connolly’s Mad Hatter Entertainment label.

BBC Studios unveiled a new content catalogue deal Thursday with Lionsgate Play covering the streaming platform's presence in the vast India market. Under the agreement, five of BBC Studios recent scripted dramas have been selected for the service, with the shows subtitled into multiple regional Indian languages.

Amazon Donates $600,000 To Germany Amazon Prime Video has donated €500,000 ($600,000) to a German relief fund for entertainment industry workers who have been left without income by the coronavirus pandemic. Amazon, which counts Deutschland 89 among its German originals, has donated to Backstage Heroes, a fundraising campaign led by STERN magazine. Amazon’s support is part of a $6M commitment announced earlier this year to support the European production community.

Greg Berlanti, the series will pick up with Clark Kent — Superman’s alter ego — and Lois already a couple and dealing with the stress of being working parents in today’s society.

, the reality show? HBO Max's new docusoap, follows the Hos, a wealthy Vietnamese American family in Houston, Texas, as they go through power struggles and family drama surrounded by luxury.Led by patriarch Binh and matriarch Hue, immigrants who achieved the American dream and built a multimillion-dollar empire in banking and real estate development, they attempt to control the lives of their children, son Washington and daughter Judy, who find themselves under pressure to live up to their

Skydance Television has acquired the rights to P. Djéli Clark’s novella Ring Shout in a competitive situation. Kasi Lemmons (Harriet, Eve’s Bayou) is set to serve as showrunner and will write and direct the television series based on the historical fantasy while Kiki Layne (The Old Guard, If Beale Street Could Talk) is set to star.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Game of Thrones” and “Lord of the Rings” writer-producer Bryan Cogman has struck a multiyear overall deal with Entertainment One, which follows his most recent overall at Amazon Studios.Under the terms of the agreement, he is set to develop scripted television and new media projects for eOne.

Metro Goldwyn Mayer has signed a cloud computing agreement with Amazon Web Services to move its content and distribution efforts to the tech giant's cloud and to help the studio develop "new business models" and "new revenue opportunities," according to the companies.