WWE Studios Sees Layoffs As Features, TV, Digital Divisions Consolidate

E3 2021 Xbox Games Showcase Bethesda revealed the first look at its brand new Arkane Studios title, Redfall.Redfall is an open-world co-operative FPS being developed by Arkane Austin and will launch exclusively on Xbox Series X|S and PC, as well as day one with Xbox Game Pass, in Summer 2022.Redfall is a “quaint island town” in Massachusetts which is under siege by a legion of vampires who have blocked out the sun and cut the island off from the outside world.Players will be able to choose

EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Monaghan is set to co-star opposite Anna Diop in the Stay Gold Features And Topic Studios Pic Nanny. Topic Studios, Stay Gold Pictures and LinLay Productions had teamed up to finance and produce. Nikyatu Jusu will write and direct.

Discovery and Liberty Global-owned super-producer All3Media has completed the acquisition of Nordic Entertainment Group’s NENT Studios UK.

Antonio Ferme editorArtists, Writers and Artisans (AWA) has appointed Zach Studin as the president of the newly-formed AWA Studios, which will take the company’s expanding library of comic book stories and adapt them into new film and TV projects.In his new role, Studin will oversee entertainment industry partnerships for AWA Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Anna Diop is set to star in the Stay Gold Features And Topic Studios Pic Nanny. Topic Studios and LinLay Productions had teamed up to finance and produce. Nikyatu Jusu’s will write and direct.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Chappell Production Music has opened the doors to two new recording facilities: SkyLight Studios in Los Angeles and Sandtrack Sound in Nashville.The WCPM team partnered with David Kotch of Criterion Acoustics to redesign SkyLight Studios, a former mastering lab located in Hollywood.

Ethan Shanfeld Epic Records has announced the release of the star-studded “Gully” soundtrack, featuring new music from Dua Lipa, 21 Savage, Ty Dolla $ign, Miguel and more.Opening in theaters on June 4 and VOD on June 8, “Gully” is the big screen directorial debut from Nabil, who also executive produces the soundtrack.

In an unusual coming together between two traditional rivals, BBC Studios and ITV Studios have signed a pact to co-produce dramas for the Indian market.

Naman Ramachandran ITV Studios and BBC Studios India have struck a deal to adapt several ITV Studios scripted dramas for the Indian market.The first ITV Studios titles to be adapted include “Gold Digger,” “Sticks and Stones,” “Trauma” and “35 Days.” In addition to the Hindi-language adaptations, BBC Studios will also explore tapping into the large Tamil and Telugu-language markets.Augustus Dulgaro, executive VP, distribution, Asia Pacific at ITV Studios, said: “Working with BBC Studios India

Antonio Ferme editorA small fire broke out at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park near the “Despicable Me” attraction on Tuesday night.According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, a Conex cargo box ignited around 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday.

EXCLUSIVE: WWE has named sports media veteran Jamie Horowitz EVP, Development & Digital, effective immediately, overseeing much original content including scripted and unscripted programs for digital and social media.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFabula, the Chile-based film and TV production house of Pablo and Juan de Diós Larrain, is set to produce “Maquíllame Otra Vez,” the first feature film to go into production at Fabula Mexico, launched to complement Fabula’s Santiago de Chile H.Q.

The Chainsmokers are among the many backers of a new feature film themed around emo music events brand Emo Nite.The film, titled Every Nite Is Emo Nite, will be a fictional movie set amid the real-life Emo Nite events that have surged in popularity after beginning on Los Angeles’ club scene in 2014, according to Variety.The Chainsmokers’ production company Kick the Habit will join writer Brandon Zuck, digital studio 3BLACKDOT, Five All in the Fifth and Emo Nite’s founders T.J.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorDiscovery’s CEO feels a combination of WarnerMedia and his company will create a new media company that is “uniquely competitive with Netflix and Disney,” and articulated the need to have a global footprint in the future in order to compete in the entertainment industry’s streaming wars.Discovery last week stuck a pact with AT&T to take over WarnerMedia operations in a deal that executives hope will pass regulatory muster by mid 2022.

Bild Studios, the UK Virtual Production (VP) specialist, has entered into a partnership with Los Angeles-based Lux Machina to form a U.S.-UK joint VP venture.

Juice WRLD and Nipsey Hussle, Stevie Nicks and H.E.R. will all feature on Maroon 5’s forthcoming album, ‘Jordi’.Nipsey Hussle was shot dead in March 2019 in Los Angeles at the age of 33.

So far, we’ve seen about 15 seconds of footage from Marvel Studios’ “Eternals,” but the excitement for this new superhero franchise is already off the charts. A good portion of that buzz has to come from the fact that Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloe Zhao is behind the camera for the film.