VFX Group Cinesite Unveils New $235 Million Financing Package To Fuel Ongoing Expansion

Sony’s Tom Hanks-starrer A Man Called Otto banked $4.2 million in a lively second frame as it moved to 637 locations nationwide from four in NY and LA. Strong word of mouth propelled moviegoers into seats with particular strength in the heartland and momentum looks good as the adult drama/comedy heads into next week’s wide expansion for the holiday weekend. It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day next Monday.   

EXCLUSIVE: The management and production firm Navigation Media Group, repping creators in film and television, is expanding with the addition of Kegan Schell as Literary Manager.

Setting goals? Katie Maloney shared a message about her plans for the new year after finalizing her divorce from Tom Schwartz.

Harold Morgenstern is joining Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG) President of Direct Advertising Sales & Partnerships.

Paramount Global has announced the 12 cast members as well as the producing team for the 2023 CBS Showcase. A premiere screening event will be held in Hollywood on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Additional virtual screenings will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 18 and Thursday, Jan. 19 at 1 PM, PT, 4 PM, PT and 7 PM, PT.

A New York man is suing Hershey after a startling discovery was made about some of their chocolatey treats.

Netflix will pay $55 million for a big parcel of land in New Jersey, then invest $850 million to build a state-of-the-art production studio, according to details of the streamer’s bid.

All rise! The New York Yankees announced that Aaron Judge will become the 16th captain in the baseball team’s history, making him the first person to hold the title since Derek Jeter.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate’s Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired North American rights to Dead Man’s Hand — a Western starring Stephen Dorff (True Detective), Jack Kilmer (The Nice Guys) and Cole Hauser (Yellowstone), which just recently wrapped production in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

EXCLUSIVE: Cohen Media Group has set a February U.S. theatrical rollout for Eran Kolirin’s Let It Be Morning, which was Israel’s entry for the 94th Academy Awards. The picture will open on February 3 at the Quad Cinema in New York and at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles before expanding to select cities around the country on February 10 and nationwide on February 17.

The Off Broadway musical revival of the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth classic Merrily We Roll Along, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff & Lindsay Mendez will move to Broadway in the fall, producers anounced today.

EXCLUSIVE: Allen Media Group’s free streaming service for local news and entertainment Local Now announced today a partnership to include live streaming of local PBS stations and that network’s Kids 24/7 channel. Local Now’s audience will have access to PBS’s award-winning content, from locally-produced shows to high-quality educational series to viewer favorites like PBS Newshour, Frontline and Antiques Roadshow.

.On December 9, the supermodel attended the New York City holiday celebration with her : 19-year-old and 16-year-old . The trio arrived on the red carpet at Madison Square Garden in coordinated looks, though Grier went a little out of the box.

Despite what you may read in the New York Times today, I nor anyone at Deadline ever wrote a review declaring that Showtime’s George & Tammy had an “intense storyline.”