Ryan Knighton Adapting ‘Piece Of Mind’ For Daisy Ridley At Paramount & Bad Robot EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Knighton is adapting Michelle Adelman’s novel Piece of Mind for Paramount and Bad Robot, a project which we’re hearing has Daisy Ridley circling. Related Bad Robot Teams With Producer Gl..

‘NCIS’: David McCallum Set To Return For Season 16 Of CBS Series NCIS veteran David McCallum has closed a deal to return to the venerable CBS drama series next fall for its recently ordered 16th season. With Pauley Perrette leaving the crime procedural at the end of the current fifteenth season,..

KimStim Acquires ‘An Elephant Sitting Still’; Abramorama To Release ‘Straight Into A Storm’ KimStim, a Brooklyn based arthouse distributor, has secured the North American rights to Berlin Film Festival award-winning film, An Elephant Sitting Still, from director Hu Bo. Set in a mid-sized Chinese..

Sony Screen Gems Acquires Trove Of Exorcist Exploits From Vatican Priest Father Amorth For Fright Franchise EXCLUSIVE: Sony Screen Gems has acquired the exclusive life rights of Father Gabriele Amorth, the legendary Italian priest who performed tens of thousands of exorcisms for the Vatican. Als..

‘Messiah’: Michelle Monaghan To Star In Netflix Drama Series From Mark Burnett & Roma Downey Former True Detective and The Path star Michelle Monaghan has been tapped as the female lead opposite Mehdi Dehbi in Netflix’s drama series Messiah, from producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. Re..

Jodie Foster On Taking Charge As A Director And Her Return To Acting – Behind The Lens On the latest edition of my Deadline series Behind the Lens, Jodie Foster dropped by to talk about her latest foray behind the camera with the well-received “Arkangel” episode of Netflix’s anthology series Bla..

Univision Launches Subscription Streaming Service Univision launched a subscription streaming service to provide on-demand access to its Spanish-language programming and offer content from BBC Studios, RTVE, Televisa, Viacom and others. Related Sports Illustrated TV Joins Sports SVO..

‘American Idol’ Renewed For Season 2 By ABC, Judges & Host Ryan Seacrest Set To Return ABC has ordered a second season of hit singing competition series American Idol, with Ryan Seacrest and judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie set to return. The American Idol revival has been a stro..

Rudy Giuliani Issues Statement Walking Back Remarks On ‘Hannity’ About Stormy Daniels Statement New President Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has, as POTUS promised, issued a statement walking back headlin-grabbing remarks he made on Sean Hannity’s show this week. Giuliani surprised viewers,..