Jodi Matterson’s New Indie Silent Firework Lands Development Pacts With ‘Wolf Like Me’ & ‘Alice Hart’ Makers & Top ‘Bluey’ Exec

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE 4.17am PT, July 2:Weve got more details onJodi Mattersons new indie, Silent Firework. Additionally, we hear Matterson has raised a capital fund on the financing side. Doherty exited the ABC in May after a decade, during which time she oversaw the pubcasters mega-hitBluey. Jodi Matterson, pictured right, with Made Up Stories CEO Bruna PapandreaBrendon Thorne/Getty Images She also has credits for the likes of 2013sNowhere Boys. Matterson is setting up a business called Silent Firework, which will operate out of Australia....

July 2, 2024 · 1 min · 186 words · Beth Peterson

Joe Biden To Sit Down With ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos For First Post-Debate TV Interview

He declined to take questions from reporters. Biden will be attending a campaign fundraiser in nearby Virginia this evening. At the briefing, Jean-Pierre said that we want to turn the page on this. Joe BidenPaul Morigi/Getty Images She also suggested that reporters should ask the same question of Donald Trump. I have an answer for you. Are you ready for it? And I hope youre asking the other guy the same exact question, Jean-Pierre said....

July 2, 2024 · 1 min · 143 words · Mark Mitchell

Lindsay Lohan Felt Like “A Little Kid Again” Returning To Disney Lot For ‘Freaky Friday 2’

Lindsay Lohanwas hit with a major sense of deja vu on the set of her upcoming sequel. Jamie [Lee Curtis]and I have stayed in touch over the years, she recently said onNightline. You know how they say when you have a best friend or someone youre really close with? Lindsay Lohan at 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar PartyKarwai Tang/WireImage And being back on the Disney lot because thats not justFreaky Fridayfor me....

July 2, 2024 · 1 min · 162 words · Thomas Brown

Netflix Lands Artists Equity’s Crime Thriller ‘RIP’ Starring Matt Damon And Ben Affleck With Joe Carnahan Directing

EXCLUSIVE:Netflixlooks to have landed a big fish before everyone bolts for the Fourth of July holiday. Deadline is hearing that the streamer has landed rights to the crime thrillerRIPstarringMatt DamonandBen Affleck, withJoe Carnahandirecting. Carnahan also penned the script, with Damon and Afflecks Artists Equity producing. (L-R) Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Joe CarnahanGetty Images Plot details are being kept under wraps other thanRIPbeing described as a crime thriller. They also have ApplesThe Instigatorsstarring Damon bowing in August and recently finished production on the Amazon MGM Studios picUnstoppable....

July 2, 2024 · 1 min · 125 words · Natalie Reeves

New Zealand’s ‘After The Party’ Is Tapping Into The Zeitgeist Around Middle-Aged Women On Screen Sparked By Kate Winslet’s ‘Mare Of Easttown’

So were going to do the hard work for you. StarringRobyn MalcolmandPeter Mullan,After the Partyshowcases New Zealand production at its very best. Director is Peter Salmon. ‘After the Party’ITV Studios We talked a lot about the presence of middle-aged women [on screen], says Malcolm. They are menopausal, pissed off and have complicated histories that are still playing out. The project gained steam when Mullan jumped aboard. ‘After the Party’ITV Studios...

July 2, 2024 · 1 min · 174 words · Natalie Morris

Robert Towne Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Who Also Penned ‘Shampoo’, ‘The Last Detail’ & ‘Days Of Thunder’ Was 89

PR firm McClure & Associates announced the news on behalf of Townes family. He was honored with the guilds Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement in 1997. Otis Young, Clifton James and Carol Kane co-starred. Robert Towne in 2006Getty Images/Fairfax Media That film would set up Townes career-defining screenplay the following year. At its inception,Chinatownseemed like a dream project. Unmoved, Evans instructed Towne to abandonChinatown, offering instead a payday of $175,000 to adaptThe Great Gatsby....

July 2, 2024 · 2 min · 258 words · Richard Wilson

Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ To Open Venice Film Festival

Warner Bros starts international rollout onBeetlejuice 2on September 4 with domestic joining September 6. (Fun fact: Barbera served on the Tim Burton-led Cannes Film Festival jury in 2010.) Watch on Deadline Added Burton, Im very excited by this. Michael Keaton in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’Warner Bros It means a lot to me to have the world premiere of this film at the Venice Film Festival. Keaton has more recently been on the Lido with eventual Best Picture Oscar winnersSpotlightandBirdman....

July 2, 2024 · 1 min · 124 words · Jacqueline Kennedy

‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 Joins S1 & S2 On Netflix Most Popular List As Shonda Rhimes Teases New Installments “For Years To Come”

NoNetflixseries besidesBridgertonhas more than one entry on Netflixs Most Popular English-Language Series List. Shondalands Regency-era romance now has three, with Season 3 pushing downBaby Reindeerto enter the list at No. 10 with 91.90 million views half-way through its initial 91-day window. ‘Bridgerton’Liam Daniel/Netflix It joins Season 1, which is at No. 4 with 113.30M views and Season 2 at No. 9 with 93.80M views. Shondaland is so proud that audiences far and wide have connected with our storytelling and theBridgertonworld we have built....

July 2, 2024 · 1 min · 160 words · Kristine Obrien

‘Dancing With The Stars’: Season 32’s Jason Mraz Asked Friends To Not Vote For Him Because He Missed His Cat

Dancing With The Stars, Shark Tank, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Celebrity Jeopardy! & What Would You Do? And I start telling my friends, Stop voting for me!' Daniella Karagach and Jason MrazEric McCandless/Disney Its like the only way I can get off this show is if I dont get enough votes. And I even told the producers, Im good. So the only thing I could do is ask friends to vote for someone else....

July 2, 2024 · 1 min · 196 words · Wendy Martinez

‘Despicable Me 4’ To Set Off Fireworks Over Independence Day Frame, Global Cume Bound For Potential $200M+ By Sunday – Box Office Preview

This as Disney/PixarsInside Out 2remains strong after a third No. 1 weekend, that pic heading to half-billion stateside before the week is up. All in,Despicable Me 4s global cume is bound to stand around$200Mby Sunday. Left to Right: Gru Jr., Gru (voice: Steve Carell), Poppy (voice: Joey King), Minions (voice: Pierre Coffin).Universal DM4is on a staggered release pattern abroad to take advantage of holiday play. Left to open are France, China, Germany, the UK and Italy....

July 2, 2024 · 1 min · 137 words · Heather Taylor

‘It’s Showtime!’ Racehorse Doc Headed To Big Screen As ‘Twisters’ Producer The Kennedy/Marshall Company Options Feature Film Rights

EXCLUSIVE:Santa Monica-basedThe Kennedy/Marshall Companyhas optioned the feature adaptation rights to breakout UK racehorse documentaryIts Showtime!. The Kennedy/Marshall Company was established by award-winning producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1991. We are thrilled to begin developing this incredible true story for the big screen. It’s Showtime!ITV Kennedy/Marshall will produce alongside McKenna Marshall/Marshall Arts. Marshall Arts is an independent production company focused on film, television, podcast, and digital production. Their latest project is a Tubi original feature set to be released later this year....

July 2, 2024 · 1 min · 119 words · Jonathon Williams MD

‘The Boys’ Antony Starr Explains Origins Of Homelander’s Milk Fetish: “It’s Become A Really Fun Thing”

Antony Starrs thirst is real when it comes to a good running joke. This is gonna be like a little motif or a signature thing. Like, we have to do it. Antony Starr explains his ‘The Boys’ character Homelander’s milk fetish.Panagiotis Pantazidis /Amazon/Courtesy Everett Collection And he was like, One step ahead of you, brother. Im putting it in everything. And so now every opportunity we get, the milk thing comes out....

July 2, 2024 · 2 min · 299 words · Erin Glover

‘The Sandman’ Season 2 Casts Orpheus, Odin, Thor, Loki & More

They join previously announced new cast membersEsme Creed-Milesas Delirium,Adrian Lesteras Destiny andBarry Sloaneas The Prodigal. Foxs Loki is the god of chaos. Loki is a charming, seductive shapeshifter. Ruairi O’Connor as Orpheus and Clive Russell as OdinCourtesy/Sally Mais The smartest and most dangerous person in any room, Loki is utterly irresistible and never to be trusted. Russells Odin is the father of Thor, and blood-brother to Loki. OFuarains Thor is the storm god....

July 2, 2024 · 2 min · 233 words · Mr. Paul Morris