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Senior Amazon execs Paul Kotas and Mike Hopkins opened the tech giant’s first upfront by detailing the steps toward becoming what Hopkins called a “one-stop shop” for viewers and advertisers.

Get ready to return to Cousins Beach.

Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Darren Criss (American Buffalo, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) will return to the stage alongside Helen J Shen (The Lonely Few, Teeth) in the Broadway premiere of the new musical Maybe Happy Ending.

EXCLUSIVE: Sophie Turner (Game Of Thrones), Boyd Holbrook (Narcos), and Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus) are set to star in director Goran Dukic’s sci-fi Cloud One, produced by The Allegiance Theater (Money Monster).

The Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with expectations that the big theme of this 81st edition will be #MeToo, even if rumors of an imminent bombshell exposé involving 10 prominent cinema figures were quashed overnight.

Tim Roth (The Hateful Eight) has signed up to play Henry Kissinger in a “mostly true” story of the former U.S. secretary of state’s role in the Vietnam peace talks, with sales launching at Cannes.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith fans will finally find out what happened at the end of Season 1 as the show has been renewed for a second season by Prime Video.

With rumors of a #MeToo bombshell report knocking on the Cannes Film Festival’s door, this year’s jury president of the 77th edition, Greta Gerwig, acknowledged the wave that’s out there in a way that Festival Boss Thierry Frémaux didn’t want to address at his press conference yesterday.

Coach Prime is returning to Prime Video for Season 3.

As streamer bundling accelerates, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said today the  company will introduce a combo of Peacock , Netflix and Apple TV+ this month “at a vastly reduced price to anything that is in the market now.”

Amazon continues to have faith in The Boys.

ABC News Studios, Neon and Network Entertainment announced on Tuesday that Brats, the feature-length Brat Pack doc directed by Andrew McCarthy, will premiere on Hulu in the U.S. on Thursday, June 13.

Warner Bros. Discovery has named Buddy Marini as its Japanese GM, reporting to WBD Asia-Pacific president James Gibbons.

Ahead of the series premiere of Cross, Prime Video officially gave the thriller an early Season 2 renewal. Deadline recently revealed exclusively the new Aldis Hodge-led series was prepping its sophomore season.

Amazon is stacking up its unscripted orders.

EXCLUSIVE: Shooting is underway on Son of the Soil, a thriller from Action Xtreme out of Nigeria.

EXCLUSIVE: VMI Releasing, the North American distribution arm of VMI Worldwide, has picked up North American rights to Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba’s latest pic Haunted Heart, starring Matt Dillon. 

EXCLUSIVE: German actor Matthias Schweighöfer, who most recently starred in Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer, is joining forces with German director Erik Schmitt for upcoming project The Life of Wishes (working title). 

Sony Pictures Entertainment has seen operating income fall nearly 10% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.

Major Indian distribution platform Tata Play will collaborate with Amazon Prime to offer Tata Play Direct-to-Home (DTH) and Tata Play Binge customers access to Prime Video’s content.

Bridgerton celebrated the premiere of Season 3 at Alice Tully Hall, and star Nicola Coughlan teased what’s ahead for Lady Whistledown.

Jon Stewart returned to host The Daily Show on Monday night, and it’s taking a toll on him, as he also helmed the show last Thursday.

Bridgerton breakout Phoebe Dynevor is in talks to star in an as-yet-untitled shark thriller that Tommy Wirkola (Violent Night) wrote to direct for Sony Pictures, Deadline can confirm.

Shari Redstone strolled onto the red carpet in New York City tonight for the premiere of Paramount Pictures IF, John Krasinski’ star-studded PG adventure that opens this weekend. She was there to support studio chief Brian Robbins.

George Miller, the director of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is revisiting the on-set drama between Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in his 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road.

EXCLUSIVE: RJ Malishka, Rajesh Kumar and KC Shankar are the latest Indian stars to board SonyLIV‘s political drama series Freedom at Midnight.

The CEO of WABC in New York said that Rudy Giuliani was removed from the station after being repeatedly warned about not discussing unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.

The 2023-24 TV season was different and difficult as the industry dealt with simultaneous strikes by writers and actors, followed by discernable Hollywood contraction. But these cuts hit some bone.

Bill Burr made an appearance on Bill Maher‘s Club Random podcast and declared that “cancel culture” is “over.”

There’s been an outpouring of love over the past few days after the untimely death of KTLA entertainment journalist Sam Rubin on Friday, and this morning Rubin’s son, Colby, has added his voice to the chorus.

Whether playing DI Kate Fleming in Line of Duty or a back-against-the-wall bomb disposal expert in ITV’s Trigger Point, Vicky McClure has mastered the art of procedurals over the years.

All remains quiet on the negotiating front as IATSE seeks to wrap talks on the Basic Agreement by Thursday.

Chris Hemsworth is defending films from Marvel Studios after criticism from legendary directors like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.

The broadcast networks are getting ready for the 2024-25 TV season with a slew of drama, comedy and alternative series for the fall and midseason. Some of the shows were held during the strike-affected 2023-24 cycle and finally are getting their shot.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is moving into originals in the Central and Eastern Europe region with a green light for Polish drama Breslau (working title). The drama will follow a police officer investigating an horrific killing and production is underway, Deadline has learned.

EXCLUSIVE: Jake Borelli will be departing ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy after seven years on the show, including being a series regular for the past five seasons, Deadline has learned. According to sources, Borelli is in negotiations to return next season for several episodes to wrap up the story of his character, Levi Schmitt.