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“The Equalizer” screenwriter Richard Wenk is writing the script. Palak Patel is overseeing for Sony.Born into Russian aristocracy, Sergei Kravinoff a.k.a.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures TV has put in development National Enquirer: The Untold Story!, a limited series inspired by the 2019 feature documentary Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer, produced and directed by Mark Landsman.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has implemented several new perks for its weary staff, including increased paid time off and a liberal medical leave policy, following a dramatic address from the daytime host on Monday.Staffers will receive five paid days off to use at their discretion, birthdays off, and paid time for doctors appointments and family matters, one source familiar with the series told Variety.

Still hot off the heels of her tremendous directing debut, “Booksmart”—one of the most accomplished first films in recent memory—actor/director Olivia Wilde has been tapped to direct a Marvel film over at Sony Pictures, meaning one of the characters within Spider-Man’s Spiderverse, or as it’s officially known as, Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters. Update: Deadline now retroactively says, Spider-Woman is believed to be the character, but none of that is official.

Dave McNary Film ReporterOlivia Wilde has signed a deal with Sony Pictures to develop and direct an untitled, female-centric Marvel film project for the studio, sources have told Variety.Representatives for Sony and Marvel had no comment about the project.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: For Life writer/producer Sonay Hoffman is expanding her relationship with Sony Pictures TV, signing a multi-year overall deal with the studio behind the praised and timely legal drama. Under the pact, Hoffman will develop dramas across all platforms.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures have acquired worldwide rights excluding Canada to the Sundance breakout Some Kind of Heaven. The documentary marks the documentary feature debut of Lance Oppenheim and puts a Floridian sun-kissed spotlight on the surreal world of The Villages, the nation’s largest retirement community. Some Kind of Heaven is produced by Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Media Fund.

With cinemas shut down or operating with reduced capacity during the coronavirus pandemic, Sony Pictures plans to host socially distant drive-in screenings of classic titles like Ghostbusters and The Karate Kid on its studio lot in Culver City. The makeshift drive-in will be erected in the Thalberg parking lot on the historic studio lot, and will start showcasing library titles on Aug.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: The inclusive Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) was the perfect stage to launch Gemstone Studios’ inaugural Rising Storytellers Search, a competition seeking underrepresented female-led narratives. The competition was unveiled today during the fest which continues through August 16.Gemstone, a boutique production unit of Sony Pictures Television, is teaming with Ideas United and Geena Davis’ BFF for Rising Storytellers.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television is expanding its relationship with Hank Steinberg in a big way. The studio has signed a big five-year overall deal with the creator of the praised — and timely — Sony TV legal drama series For Life, which has been renewed for a second season by ABC.Under the pact, Steinberg will continue as executive producer and showrunner on For Life.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures will be hosting a high-end dual big screen drive-in experience on the Culver City, CA lot starting this Friday, Aug. 14.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticEXCLUSIVE: John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co and Nia Long are teaming up with Sony Pictures TV to bring the saga of on power, race  and political intrigue of Goldie Taylor’s 2018 best seller Paper Gods to ABC.Fatal Affair and Dear White People’s Long will star and executive produce the project in development with Get Lifted co-founder Mike Jackson and showrunner Tash Gray.Paper Gods spotlights the struggles and battles professionally and personally

Sony Corp. on Tuesday Tokyo time reported that Sony Pictures grew its operating earnings to $230 million in the fiscal first quarter from a year-ago profit of $3 million despite nearly no theatrical revenue due to cinemas being closed amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorDespite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Sony Pictures Entertainment continued an upward trend in first quarter results with a $230M profit for the three months ending June 30, 2020. That compares to a $3.7M profit in the same quarter of 2019 and a $68M loss the previous year.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: More unhappy reading for Mipcom: Sony Pictures Television has become the latest major studio to pull out of the physical Cannes market as coronavirus continues to give exhibitors jitters.Deadline hears that Sony has informed organizer Reed Midem about its plans to tap out, but remains in talks with the company about joining its virtual Mipcom Online+ lineup.Sony hosted its own LA Screenings Portal in April and was pleased with the results, so is