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EXCLUSIVE: In-between its months-long pursuit of Paramount, Skydance has found time to make what we understand to be an $80M-$85M global deal for Chris Pratt Cannes package Way of the Warrior Kid. We make this one of the single biggest package deals since Apple splashed on Emancipation back in 2020…

EXCLUSIVE: Now that we know the competition slates, it’s time to bring out the star packages that will line the Cannes Market. Here’s one inspirational movie package that ought to register strongly with the buying crowd. Way of The Warrior Kid is slated to begin production this summer, with Chris Pratt…

EXCLUSIVE: Corey Marsh has been promoted to President of TV at Wonderland Sound and Vision, the television and film production banner founded by McG and run by his longtime partner and President of Production, Mary Viola. Marsh, elevated from his role as EVP of the prodco, has been behind numerous…

EXCLUSIVE: The McG-led Wonderland Sound and Vision is developing a new docuseries based on the alleged crimes of Anthony Farrer, a high-end watch dealer and social media influencer who ran a consignment store in Beverly Hills. Farrer, whose business was called the Timepiece Gentleman, would collect…

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again, goes the axiom. Apparently, film director McG strongly believes it, saying he is not closing the door on a potential Charlie’s Angels 3. Joseph McGinty Nichol, known professionally as McG, made the comments while talking up his upcoming Netflix comedy…

ABC is starting to make comedy pilot orders. The network has handed a pilot order to single-camera comedy Public Defenders, from Acapulco and Duncanville writer Eddie Quintana and McG. RELATED: 2023 ABC Pilots & Series Orders The project, which comes from 20th Television, follows four…

Fox Entertainment has entered into a non-exclusive broadcast development deal with writer, producer and director McG (Supernatural, Lethal Weapon, We Are Marshall). McG and his production company, Wonderland Sound & Vision, will develop and produce drama series for Fox, which will own and sell the…

Ed Helms (Together Together) and McG (The Babysitter) have boarded the Netflix body swap comedy Family Leave, inspired by New York Times bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s book, Bedtime for Mommy. Helms will star alongside the previously announced Jennifer Garner, with McG serving as the project’s…

Deadline caught up with actress Joey King at the premiere of the David Leitch’s new action-thriller Bullet Train. When asked about working on Netflix’s Uglies on the red carpet, King stated, “It was very exciting for me. The Uglies books meant a lot to me as a kid.” She continues, “Being able to…

McG, who has been busy producing movies for Netflix, returned to broadcast television this season with three pilots on three different networks for his Wonderland Sound and Vision banner, True Lies, based on James Cameron’s 1994 movie, on CBS; Not Dead Yet starring Gina Rodriguez on ABC; and the Jensen Ackles-produced…

Former Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez is returning to broadcast television as the lead in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Not Dead Yet from The Real O'Neals creators Casey Johnson and David Windsor, McG and 20th Television. In the project, based on Alexandra Potter’s Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up…

It's a busy morning of pilot pickups at ABC. The network has ordered a pilot for single-camera comedy Not Dead Yet, which comes from The Real O'Neals creators Casey Johnson and David Windsor with McG exec producing. The project is based on Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter, which was…