Tony Watch: Nominees Get Moment In The Sun Just Before Matinee Curtain Emotions — mostly the good kind, like ebullience, delight and satisfaction — ricocheted around today’s press event honoring the 2018 Tony Award nominees. Time, though, was in very short supply. Related Bruce Spri..

‘Empire’ Renewed For Season 5 By Fox With Brett Mahoney As Showrunner Fox has picked up Empire for a fifth season. The hip-hop family drama, from creators Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox TV, was an instant pop culture phenomenon when it debuted in January 20..

‘Swamp Thing’ Drama Series In Works At DC Digital Service, ‘Metropolis’ Heads To Redevelopment The upcoming DC digital service, which was just officially named DC Universe, has given a script-to-series order to Swamp Thing, a drama based on the DC characters created by Len Wein and Bernie Wright..

Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Taps Brand Studio Boss Rachel Spiegelman has been named Head of Brand Studio at Hello Sunshine, the multiplatform media company founded by Reese Witherspoon. Spiegelman, previously CEO of ad agency Pitch, will report to CEO Sarah Harden and lead efforts to part..

Undeterred, Broadway Producer Ups Offer For The Weinstein Co. To $325 Million EXCLUSIVE: The Broadway producer whose offer to buy The Weinstein Co.’s assets was rejected yesterday as too little, too late, is back today with a new bid that exceeds the cash offer from Lantern Capital. Relat..

‘Goliath’ Gets Season 2 Premiere Date & New Trailer Amazon has set June 15 for the Season 2 premiere of Goliath, its praised original drama series starring Billy Bob Thornton, and released a new trailer. Related Comedy Series Starring Salma Hayek From Paul Feig & Imagine Eyed By Ama..

WME Signs Math Tutor/G League Player-Turned LA Laker Andre Ingram EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Andre Ingram, whose inspirational underdog story it will package for a book and potentially for TV or film. Ingram spent a decade in the NBA G League before receiving a call from Magic Johnson last month ..

Sony Pictures Promotes Dan Primozic To EVP Of Business Affairs At Screen Gems Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions President Steve Bersch announced today that, effective June 1, Dan Primozic has been upped to Executive Vice President of Business Affairs for Screen Gems. Related Son..

DC Digital Service Gets A Name — DC Universe DC’s new digital service now has a name. The platform, a joint venture of Warner Bros and DC Entertainment announced last year, is called DC Universe and has a landing page. Related Warner Bros Adds Five Films To ScreenX Deal - CinemaCon ..