Jerry Bowles and David OMalley penned the script for the project, withLisa Saltzmanset to produce. CAA Media Finance will arrange financing for the film and rep worldwide distribution rights. Even though she passed away in 1930, Mother Jones story still resonates today, Sheldon told Deadline. L-R Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Mother Jones, Lisa SltzmanGetty/Courtesy of The Newberry Library, Chicago She was compelled to create a society that was more equitable and just, added Saltzman....

Parler, the right-wing social internet known for welcoming waves of conservative figures booted off other platforms in the wake of the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, is going dark after being acquired by digital media firm Starboard. The buyer, founded in 2018 as Olympic Media, plans to revive Parler after a retooling and expand it into other business areas. No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business anymore, Starboard said in a statement....

(Turner Classic Moviesis a cable channel under the WBD umbrella.) I watch Turner Classic Movies all the time. Its the history of our country, the motion pictures. (L-R) Kathleen Finch, Cass Warner, Pola Changnon, Paul Thomas Anderson, Steven Spielberg, Angie Dickinson, Ben Mankiewicz and David Zaslav at this year’s TCM Classic Film FestivalTCM Theres no other medium where you come together. There are people around you. The lights go out, and its magic....

Not to mention their power in launching IPs around the world with big global marketing campaigns. If youre going to do that, best to make your movies cheap. Watch on Deadline On these five films, studios took the road best taken. ‘Devotion’, ‘Amsterdam’, ‘Lightyear’, ‘Strange World’ and ‘Babylon’Everett Collection Disney knew the goods were soured and hadStrange Worldon Disney+ a month later, by December 23. Disney has done better in their first go-rounds with original IP inWreck-It RalphandZootopia....

DEADLINE: I know Ari initially planned on makingBeau Is Afraidas his first feature. But when did he first discuss the project with you? Theres like two or three other things that maybe well make them, maybe not. ‘Beau Is Afraid’ collaborators Ari Aster and Lars KnudsenMichael Buckner/Getty Images But he just had all these ideas and first drafts of scripts. And then afterMidsommar, we had conversations about what should be next....

Whats aCamelotwithout a little magic? Granted, in this telling, that King is more boyish than authoritative, more puppy than lion. This king even insists on paying whatever the Medieval equivalent of alimony and child support would have been called. Phillipa Soo, Andrew Burnap, Dakin Matthews, Jordan Donica and ‘Camelot’ companyJoan Marcus The Queens budding romance with the chivalrous French knight is equally inexplicable. No divine machinations, no fate delivered, merely the democratic efforts of the many....

We hear A-list creative auspices have reached out to inquire about adapting MGM IP which they are fans of. Additionally, Amazon Studios also has been leaning on its own roster of talent for some projects. Additionally, Amazon Studios is actively developing TV series based onFame,BarbershopandThe Magnificent Seven,sources said. ‘Robocop’, ‘Legally Blonde’, ‘Stargate’ and ‘Barbershop’Everett APoltergeistproject also is likely down the road, we hear. The studio also justmade a first-look dealwith Sylvester Stallone and his Balboa Productions for film and TV projects....

EXCLUSIVE: FilmmakerAshley Avis(Black Beauty) has been tapped to write and direct the romanceCity of Angels, based on Wim Wenders 1987 classicCity of Angels, forWarner Bros,Atlas Entertainmentand Perez Pictures. Related Stories Sebastian Stan & Maria Bakalova Set For Spy Comedy In Works At Paramount; Paul Feig Eyeing To Direct From Jenny Bicks Script Writers Guild Of America West Staff Union Wins Voluntarily Recognition, Moves To Negotiate First Contract This reimagining of Wenders romantic fantasy, which won him the Cannes Film Festivals prize for Best Director, will follow the journey of a guardian angel who falls in love with a mortal man, a lonely jazz musician in Manhattan she is tasked to guide....

Blink-182will hit the stage tomorrow night as a last-minute addition to the 2023CoachellaValley Music & Arts Festival, marking Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barkerjs first appearance together since 2014. The bands Coachella appearance, set for Friday evening, April 14, on the festivals Sahara stage, went unannounced until late last night when Coachella posted Fridays itinerary on social media with no advance fanfare. DeLonge first left the band in 2015, and other members ahve been plagued by health-related interruptions since Hoppus received a cancer diagnosis in 2021....

What time did you manage to wrap things up overnight? THIERRY FREMAUX:There have been editions where weve finished at 3 in the morning. This time we all left at 1 a.m. We even took the time to eat pizza with the team. Johnny Depp as Louis XV in Jeanne du Barry, Justine Triet and Jean-Luc GodardEverett/Getty Images Of course, I ended up fielding a few texts and messages at home....

He said the decision was not due to Perlmutters support of activist investor Nelson Peltz. Id rather not get into details about this one. Perlmutters oversight included comic book publishing, game licensing and arena shows. Bob Iger & Isaac PerlmutterGetty/AP Iger toldTimethe decision to remove Perlmutter would have been made regardless of that. He also addressed Florida, Hulu and succession. If they decide to do that, then we have no choice but to buy them out....

I think if it had failed, the entire genre would have stalled, says Hugill. Its an incredibly have-able idea. Both have been recommissioned and more territory deals are imminent, we understand. The Piano He says formats and docs are feeling the love from buyers at present. This sentiment is echoed byFremantleEVP Global Acquisition and Development Vasha Wallace. Were seeing similar buying patterns to the previous recession [in 2008-9]. We describeStrandedas a fast-track relationship experience....

PresidentJoe Bidenplans to appoint producerBruce CohenandLady Gagaas the co-chairs of the revived Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities. In 2017, remaining Obama-era members of the committee resigned in protest of Trumps response to the Charlottesville riots. Trump did not renew the executive order for the committee. Joe Biden, Lady Gaga and producer Bruce CohenGetty Biden issued an executive order in September reviving the committee. A number of the members of the committee have ties to Biden, including as campaign donors and supporters....