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PILOTS 2016: Very Early Buzz Edition

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T-minus 1 month until the start of the broadcast upfront week, we are launching Deadline’s annual Pilot Buzz feature. As usual, the first installment is very incomplete as many pilots are sill filming, and some have not even started production. We will be adding feedback on more pilots in the upcoming Pilot Buzz editions. For now, here are some of the early standouts that people are talking about. ABC’s Reese Witherspoon-produced drama pilot Broken is getting buzz in the… Read

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Retiring Editor Col Allan Calls New York Post “The Best Ex I Ever Had!”

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Col Allan, who has presided over the pugilistic, perennially profit-challenged New York Post for 15 years, announced Thursday that he’s outta there at the end of April and will be succeeded by Sunday editor Stephen Lynch. Allan has worked for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, which owns the Post, for 42 years. "It has been an enormous privilege to edit this great paper," Allan, 62, said in a statement. "I know that the paper will continue to grow in scale and influence."… Read

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Relativity Formally Emerges From Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

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EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Media is finally, formally out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection: Today was the “Effective Date” of the exit plan, the company says in a filing at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York that calls the terms “substantially consummated.” The court is still scheduled to hold a hearing next week over a few remaining disputes. They include one from Relativity’s former restructuring advisers, FTI Consulting, seeking payment for its services in the three… Read

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Frank Langella Brings ‘The Father’ To Broadway; F. Murray Abraham’s ‘Nathan The Wise’ Downtown – Review

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Just last week, Frank Langella was gasping for breath in his role as a Russian spy handler exposed to a deadly virus on FX’s The Americans. Here he is tonight on stage at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway venue, the Friedman Theatre, suffering an equally distraught kind of ravagement in the title role of Florian Zeller’s The Father (not to be confused with August Strindberg’s play of the same name). André is his name, and he pads about a spacious apartment in his… Read

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Gravitas Ventures Conducts ‘The Blackout Experiments’; Matson Films Nabs ‘Gurukulam’

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Gravitas Ventures has picked up North American rights to the Sundance Midnight horror documentary The Blackout Experiments, with release plans to be announced later. Directed by Rich Fox, the film follows a group of friends obsessed with “Blackout,” an immersive horror experience designed to play on people's deepest psychological fears. Using footage that is 100% real, it tracks the increasingly personal experience that hijacks their lives and blurs the line between… Read

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DreamWorks, Sam Mendes Win Gay Talese’s ‘The Voyeur’s Motel’

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EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes and DreamWorks have captured screen rights to the Gay Talese article The Voyeur’s Motel that got the town all hot and bothered when the April 11th The New Yorker article hit. Mendes will direct and produce with Steven Spielberg a film based on the article and a book that Talese has written. The book, which bears the same title, will be published July 12th by Grove Press. Word is the deal was at or close to $1 million. It brings Mendes, who directed… Read

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NFL Schedule: L.A. Rams Set For ‘Monday Night Football’ Opener; Full List Of Primetime Games

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The resurrected Los Angeles Rams blindsided the NFL world this morning by trading for the No. 1 overall draft pick, and the new face of the franchise will make his debut on national TV. The league announced its 2016 schedule today, and the Rams will open their first LA regular season since 1994 on the road against the San Francisco 49ers on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. The team’s first home game in Los Angeles since 1994 will be Week 2 at the Coliseum against the Seattle… Read

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‘Batman V Superman’ Smashes $800M Worldwide, But ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Looms

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Just as CinemaCon begins to wind down, Warner Bros has proudly announced that Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has cracked $800M worldwide. Broken down, that’s $500.5M from overseas and $301.2M from domestic ticket sales. The film, which has been looked upon as the reboot of DC Films 2.0., stands above Sony’s Spider-Man 2 ($783.8M) and Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy ($773.3M) but far away from the $1B-plus thresholds held by Christopher Nolan’s The… Read

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Ethan Suplee Joins Hulu’s Hugh Laurie Drama Series ‘Chance’

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My Name Is Earl alum Ethan Suplee has booked a series regular role opposite Hugh Laurie in Hulu's drama series Chance. The project is from author Kem Nunn, Room director Lenny Abrahamson, showrunner Alexandra Cunningham, producer Michael London and Fox 21 TV Studios. Based on Nunn's novel, Chance is described as a provocative psychological thriller that focuses on Eldon Chance (Laurie), a San Francisco-based forensic neuro-psychiatrist who reluctantly gets sucked into a… Read

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‘Game Of Thrones’ Exec Producers Eyeing Shortened Final Seasons

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It might not sit well with fans of the show or of the epic-length books upon which it is based, but Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are apparently considering shortened episode runs for the show’s final seasons. While the upcoming sixth season, debuting April 24 on HBO, will have the usual 10 episodes, under consideration is a plan that would see season six followed with just 13 more episodes split between season seven and a concluding season… Read

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Police Give All-Clear After ‘Now You See Me 2’ CinemaCon Screening Evacuation – Update

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UPDATE, 4:55 PM: Las Vegas Metro police have given the all-clear at The Colosseum theater at Caesars Palace after a suspicious item prompted an evacuation during a screening of Now You See Me 2. Las Vegas Metro Police Officer Larry Hadfield told Deadline the suspicious item turned out not to be a threat. He did not have details on the item or why it was considered suspicious. A previously scheduled awards presentation will go on as planned with doors opening at 7 PM. PREVI… Read

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‘The Expanse’ Casts Frankie Adams As Bobbie Draper

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New Zealand actress Frankie Adams (Shortland Street) has landed the series regular role of Bobbie Draper in Season 2 of Syfy’s space drama series The Expanse. Powerful in both stature and personality, Bobbie Draper followed in her father’s footsteps, enlisting in the Martian Marine Corps at an early age. A born solider, she quickly rose to the rank of Gunnery Sargent, commanding a group of elite troops. When a surprise attack on her squad puts in her in the middle of the… Read

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