Donald Glover Tweets 15-Page ‘Deadpool’ Script, Says Was Not “Too Busy” For FX Series No, Donald Glover says, he was not “too busy to work on Deadpool,” despite FX’s still-fresh announcement that Glover and his brother Stephen Glover are off the animated Deadpool series. Related Rya..

Meredith Vieira To Host ‘The Great American Read’ At PBS EXCLUSIVE: PBS announced today that journalist and The View alum Meredith Vieira will host the forthcoming series The Great American Read. The eight-part series will debut with a two-hour special event on Tuesday, May 22 at 8 PM. Re..

Television Academy Opens Membership To Promo Producers & Directors, Commercial Performers The Television Academy announced today that it will expand membership to include on-air promo producers and directors as approved by its Board of Governors. Commercial performers and narrators have also bee..

Bill Nighy, Caleb Landry Jones & Jay Baruchel Join Lone Scherfig Drama, Shoot Underway In Toronto EXCLUSIVE: Bill Nighy (Love Actually), Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri) and Jay Baruchel (Goon) are joining the cast of Lone Scherfig’s latest movie, I can reveal. The movi..

BBC Takes Aim At Global SVOD Arms Race As It Publishes Annual Content Strategy The BBC has warned that it risks being squeezed out of an “ever more competitive global market” by the likes of Netflix and Amazon as well as the Hollywood studios unless it find new ways to bolster its income. This c..

Cannes Critics’ Week Sets Jury President Joachim Trier, Chloë Sevigny Among Jurors Norwegian director Joachim Trier (Louder Than Bombs) will head the jury for the 57th Cannes Critics’ Week (9-17 May), the parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival which honours first and second films. R..

Former Harvey Weinstein Assistant Says Her NDA Was “Morally Lacking On Every Level” Zelda Perkins, a former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, has told a UK parliamentary committee she was “pressured” by Miramax into signing a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that was “morally lacking on every level.” “..

UK Government Eyes $5.7B Film & TV Inward Investment By 2025 The UK Government today revealed plans to jointly invest $212M (£150M) with industry into the creative sectors, a move hailed by Warner Bros. UK, Ireland and Spain President Josh Berger. With continued investment in the creative indust..

‘Andi Mack’ Star Sofia Wylie Scores Big Screen Role With Australian Soccer Feature ‘Back Of The Net’ EXCLUSIVE: Sofia Wylie, the star of Disney Channel’s hit series Andi Mack, has scored her first big screen role, playing the lead in Australian family soccer film Back of the Net. Related ..